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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-14-030545
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140804
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140804
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140804

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	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

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07626
		FILM NUMBER:		141012621

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

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

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UNIVERSAL FOODS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer Dick Hobbs to Retire in February 2015</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 22.3pt; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18pt">MILWAUKEE&#8212;August 4<a name="_GoBack"><!--Anchor--></a>, 2014<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#8212;</font>Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE: SXT) today announced that Dick Hobbs will retire from his role as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in February 2015 and that he will be succeeded by Stephen Rolfs, Sensient&#8217;s current Senior Vice President, Administration.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 22.3pt; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18pt">Mr. Hobbs has been Sensient&#8217;s Chief Financial Officer since July 2000.&#160; He joined the Company in 1973.&#160; &#8220;Dick has been instrumental to the success of Sensient,&#8221; said Paul Manning, President and CEO of Sensient.&#160; &#8220;The Company would not be where it is today without Dick&#8217;s financial and strategic leadership.&#160; We cannot thank him enough for all he has done.&#8221;</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 22.3pt; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18pt">Stephen Rolfs joined Sensient in 1997.&#160; Prior to assuming his current role as Senior Vice President, Administration, Mr. Rolfs was Sensient&#8217;s Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.&#160; He has also served as Sensient&#8217;s Treasurer and its Vice President, Corporate Development.&#160; Prior to joining Sensient, he was employed by Brown-Forman Corporation, a beverage and consumer products company, as a financial analyst and as Assistant Vice President.&#160; From 1986 to 1991 Mr. Rolfs worked as a CPA for the public accounting firm of Ernst &amp; Young. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Chicago.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 22.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18pt">Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors and fragrances.&#160; Sensient employs advanced technologies at facilities around the world to develop specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, inkjet and specialty inks and colors, and other specialty and fine chemicals.&#160; The Company&#8217;s customers include major international manufacturers representing most of the world&#8217;s best-known brands.&#160; Sensient is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</div>

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