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Sensient Technologies Corporation filings document the regulatory record of a Wisconsin-based operating company that manufactures and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients. Form 8-K disclosures cover quarterly and annual results of operations, financial condition, Regulation FD investor presentations, and exhibits tied to earnings releases for the company's ingredient segments.
Governance filings include the definitive proxy statement, annual meeting voting results, director elections, advisory executive-compensation votes, auditor ratification, and board committee and bylaw changes. Other current reports document executive and segment-leadership matters within the Color and Flavors & Extracts groups, along with formal exhibits and corporate-governance updates.
Sensient Technologies Corp ownership disclosure: The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 14 to report 0% ownership of Sensient common stock (CUSIP 81725T100) and 0 shares beneficially owned. The filing states certain Vanguard subsidiaries now report separately following an internal realignment.
The filing is signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, dated 03/27/2026. It lists Vanguard's address as 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, PA, and reiterates that no single outside person holds more than 5% of the class.
Sensient Technologies Corporation is asking shareholders to vote at its April 23, 2026 annual meeting on three main items: electing nine directors, giving an advisory approval of executive compensation, and ratifying Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for 2026.
The proxy details board structure, committee responsibilities, risk oversight, sustainability oversight, and director independence, as well as director and executive stock ownership and compensation programs. It highlights strong say‑on‑pay support in 2025 and describes performance‑based incentive plans tying executive pay to multi‑year financial results and stock ownership guidelines for directors and officers.
Sensient Technologies executive Steven B. Morris reported a small share disposition linked to taxes and new performance-based equity awards. On March 2, 2026, 373 shares of common stock were withheld at $100.58 per share to cover tax obligations from a prior restricted stock vesting, leaving 6,959.372 directly held shares and additional shares in an ESOP. Morris also holds and received grants of performance stock units that may convert into common stock after three-year performance periods ending in 2026, 2027, and 2028, based on EBITDA growth, revenue, and return on invested capital, with actual shares earned ranging from 0% to 200% of target awards.
Sensient Technologies VP, Controller, and CAO Adam Vanderleest reported that 133 shares of common stock were withheld on March 2, 2026 at $100.58 per share to cover taxes on a prior restricted stock vesting, leaving 2,066 directly held shares. He also reports direct holdings of performance stock units that may vest over three-year periods based on EBITDA growth, revenue, and return-on-invested-capital goals, plus 341.255 indirectly held ESOP shares.
Janus Henderson Group plc has reported a beneficial ownership position in Sensient Technologies Corporation common stock. Through its investment adviser subsidiaries managing client accounts (the Managed Portfolios), it may be deemed to beneficially own 2,084,311 shares, representing 4.9% of the outstanding common stock.
Janus Henderson’s asset managers share voting and disposition power over these 2,084,311 shares but have no sole voting or dispositive power. The filing states that the securities are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Sensient Technologies.
Sensient Technologies officer Michael C. Geraghty reported equity award activity. On February 12, 2026, 4,924 performance stock units vested at 85.4% of the target award and converted into the same number of shares of common stock at $0 exercise price. To cover taxes from this vesting, 2,462 shares of common stock were withheld at $97.93 per share. After these transactions, he directly owned 45,220.541 common shares, plus 414.308 shares in a Supplemental Benefit Plan and 713.47 shares in an ESOP. He also holds performance stock unit awards covering 5,126, 6,055, and 7,205 shares at target, which may vest over three-year periods based on revenue, EBITDA growth, and return on invested capital performance criteria.
Sensient Technologies VP Asia Pacific Group Thierry Hoang reported the vesting and conversion of 1,293 performance stock units into 1,293 shares of common stock on February 12, 2026 at $0 per share through an exercise of a derivative security. Following this transaction, he directly owned 14,748 shares of common stock.
The vested units represented 85.4% of the target award, earned over a three-year period based on adjusted EBITDA growth and adjusted return on invested capital. Hoang also holds additional performance stock unit awards at target levels of 1,429, 1,610, and 1,925 units, which are eligible to vest over separate three-year performance periods ending in 2026, 2027, and 2028 if revenue, EBITDA growth, and return on invested capital goals and continued employment conditions are met. Each unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock, with actual shares earned ranging from 0% to 200% of target depending on performance, subject to specified minimum thresholds.
Sensient Technologies VP, HR and Senior Counsel Amy Schmidt Jones reported equity award activity in company stock. On February 12, 2026, she converted 3,388 performance stock units into the same number of common shares at an exercise price of $0, raising her direct common stock holdings to 27,358 shares.
On the same date, 1,694 common shares were disposed of at $97.93 per share to satisfy tax withholding tied to the vesting, leaving her with 25,664 directly held shares. The vested units reflected 85.4% of the target award based on multi‑year adjusted EBITDA and return on invested capital performance. Jones also has indirect ownership of 312.687 common shares through the company ESOP and continues to hold multiple tranches of unvested performance stock units that may vest between 2026 and 2028 depending on EBITDA, revenue, and return on invested capital goals.
Sensient Technologies senior vice president, general counsel and secretary John J. Manning reported equity compensation activity involving performance stock units and common shares on February 12, 2026. A block of 4,016 performance stock units vested at 85.4% of the target award and was converted into the same number of shares of common stock at $0 per share. To cover tax withholding related to this vesting, 2,008 common shares were disposed of at $97.93 per share, leaving him with 35,200.467 directly held common shares. He also has indirect beneficial ownership of additional common shares through his children, the company ESOP, and a supplemental benefit plan, and continues to hold several grants of performance stock units that may vest over future three‑year performance periods based on EBITDA growth, revenue and return on invested capital.
Sensient Technologies’ Chairman, President & CEO Paul Manning reported equity award activity on February 12, 2026. A block of 30,027 performance stock units vested at 85.4% of the target award and converted into an equal number of common shares at an exercise price of $0.
To cover tax withholding on this vesting, 15,013 common shares were withheld at $97.93 per share. After these transactions, Manning directly owned 275,954 common shares, plus indirect holdings of common stock through his children, the company’s ESOP, and a supplemental benefit plan.
He also continued to hold performance stock units that are eligible to vest after separate three-year performance periods, covering 42,442, 34,492, and 29,516 target shares. Vesting of these units depends on future achievement of performance criteria tied to adjusted EBITDA or revenue growth and return on invested capital.