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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-14-018055
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140430
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
ITEM INFORMATION:		Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140430
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140430

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000310142
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
		IRS NUMBER:				390561070
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07626
		FILM NUMBER:		14799649

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4142716755

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 737
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UNIVERSAL FOODS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">April 30, 2014</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">777 East Wisconsin Avenue</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">At the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (&#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;) of Sensient Technologies Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) held on April 24, 2014, shareholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Company&#8217;s Incentive Compensation Plan for Elected Corporate Officers (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) to amend certain performance criteria for setting target goals, to clarify that bonus awards payable to elected officers that served for a partial fiscal year shall be prorated (subject to the Compensation Committee&#8217;s discretion to reduce any such bonus award), to clarify language regarding events outside the Company&#8217;s ordinary course of business that may be excluded from actual performance when compared to performance goals in the Compensation Committee&#8217;s discretion, to clarify the timing of bonus award payments and to make certain other changes, as described in the Company&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (the &#8220;2014 Proxy Statement&#8221;).</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The full text of the Plan was filed as Appendix B to the 2014 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On April 24, 2014, the Board amended the first sentence of Section 3.3 and the fifth sentence of Section 3.12(b) of the Company's By-laws, effective immediately.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The first sentence of Section 3.3 of the Company&#8217;s By-laws was amended to provide that a regular meeting of the Board may be held without other notice immediately after, and at the same place as, the Annual Meeting of shareholders, and each adjourned session thereof or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter at such time and place as may be determined by the Chairman of the Board or the Lead Director. Previously, the first sentence of Section 3.3 of the Company&#8217;s By-laws provided that a regular meeting of the Board shall be held without other notice immediately after, and at the same place as, the Annual Meeting of shareholders, and each adjourned session thereof.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The fifth sentence of Section 3.12(b) of the Company&#8217;s By-laws was amended to provide that members of standing committees, and their chairmen, shall be appointed yearly at the organizational meeting of the Board of Directors which is held as provided in Section 3.3 of the Company&#8217;s By-laws. Previously, the fifth sentence of Section 3.12(b) of the Company&#8217;s By-laws provided that members of standing committees, and their chairmen, shall be appointed yearly at the organizational meeting of the Board of Directors which is held immediately following the Annual Meeting of shareholders.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On April 24, 2014, the Board approved certain amendments to the Company's Code of Conduct for its officers, directors and U.S. employees and its Standards of Conduct for international employees, effective immediately. The amendments to the Company&#8217;s Code of Conduct and Standards of Conduct consist of updates or enhancements to the following subject areas: communications with analysts and the media, confidentiality and a director confidentiality policy.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Set forth below are the proposals voted upon at the Annual Meeting, and the preliminary voting results reported by the independent inspector of elections, IVS Associates, Inc. (&#8220;IVS&#8221;). These results are only preliminary and are subject to change based on IVS&#8217;s certification of the final voting results.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Based on the preliminary results reported by IVS, the following nine Directors were each elected for a one-year term of office:&#160; Hank Brown, Edward H. Cichurski, Dr. Fergus M. Clydesdale, James A.D. Croft, William V. Hickey, Kenneth P. Manning, Paul Manning, Dr. Elaine R. Wedral and Essie Whitelaw<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">.</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">30,868,448</div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">14,494,242</div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">21,775,109</div>
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<div>&#160;</div>
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<div>&#160;</div>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Kenneth P. Manning</div>
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<td style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1.21%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<div>&#160;</div>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Paul Manning</div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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<div>&#160;</div>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
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<div>&#160;</div>
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<div>&#160;</div>
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<div>&#160;</div>
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<div>&#160;</div>
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<td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 19.17%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<div style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">8,641,307</div>
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<div>&#160;</div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">17,082,673</div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Plan was approved, with&#160;42,107,724 shares voted for,&#160;1,549,620 shares voted against and 1,705,341&#160;shares abstaining.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The shareholders also approved a proposal by the Board of Directors to ratify the appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent auditors to conduct the annual audit of the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2014. The shareholders cast&#160;43,694,651 votes in favor of this proposal,&#160;588,278 votes against and there were&#160;1,112,156 shares abstaining.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">/s/ John L. Hammond</div>
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