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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.
Sensient Technologies’ VP and Chief Financial Officer, Tobin Tornehl, reported equity compensation activity involving performance stock units and common shares. On February 12, 2026, 1,502 performance stock units vested at 85.4% of the target award and converted into 1,502 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.
To cover taxes on this vesting, 751 common shares were withheld at $97.93 per share as a tax-withholding disposition, leaving 15,504 common shares held directly. Tornehl also has 959.278 common shares held indirectly through the company ESOP and continues to hold multiple tranches of performance stock units, with target amounts of 3,341, 3,833, and 4,350 units tied to multi-year performance goals based on EBITDA growth, revenue, and return on invested capital, each capable of paying out between 0% and 200% of target depending on results.
Sensient Technologies Corporation filed its annual report describing 2025 operations across three main segments: Flavors & Extracts, Color, and Asia Pacific, supported by a Corporate & Other category. The company positions itself as a leading global supplier of colors, flavors, and specialty ingredients to food, beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and personal care customers.
In 2025 Sensient acquired Biolie SAS, a natural color extraction business in France, for $4.9 million in cash, allocating $4.6 million to goodwill within the Color segment. The company emphasizes its long-term investment in natural color capabilities as regulatory and customer trends accelerate the shift away from synthetic food colors.
The report details extensive risk factors, including macroeconomic volatility, tariffs and trade disputes, raw material and energy cost inflation, supply-chain disruptions, regulatory changes on synthetic colors and ultra-processed foods, ESG-related pressures, and cybersecurity threats. Sensient reports a global workforce of 4,070 employees as of December 31, 2025 and outlines comprehensive human capital, safety, food safety, and cybersecurity programs.
The company highlights use of non-GAAP measures such as adjusted operating income, adjusted net earnings, adjusted diluted EPS, and adjusted EBITDA to evaluate performance. As of June 30, 2025, the aggregate market value of voting common stock held by non‑affiliates was $4,117,864,471. There were 42,506,700 shares of common stock outstanding as of February 3, 2026.
Sensient has paid uninterrupted quarterly dividends since 1962. In 2025 it paid total cash dividends of $1.64 per share and most recently declared a $0.41 per share dividend payable on March 2, 2026 to shareholders of record on February 3, 2026. The company also discloses a share repurchase authorization from 2017 covering up to three million shares; 1,267,019 shares had been repurchased as of December 31, 2025, with 1,732,981 shares remaining authorized and no repurchases during 2025.