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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-17-028626
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170724
ITEM INFORMATION:		Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170725
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170725

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:		17980656

	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'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">FORM 8-K</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">CURRENT REPORT</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; 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'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">July 24, 2017</div>

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

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Effective as of July 24, 2017, Sensient Technologies Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) filed an amendment to its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions to change the Company&#8217;s registered agent listed in Section 6.1 thereof.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The foregoing description of the amendment to the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Sensient Technologies Corporation Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation as amended as of July 24, 2017, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">[This document is a composite of the Sensient Technologies Corporation Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, including all amendments thereto, currently on file with the Department of Financial Institutions of the State of Wisconsin as of the date of the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K.]</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subsection 3.1.1. Common Stock. 100,000,000 shares at the par value of $0.10 per share designated as &#8220;Common Stock.&#8221;</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subsection 4.1.1. The holders of Cumulative Preferred Stock of all series shall be entitled to receive dividends at such rates, upon such conditions and at such times as shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issuance thereof and not inconsistent with the provisions hereof.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subsection 4.1.3. All dividends on Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be without priority as between series, shall be paid out of net earnings or any surplus properly applicable to the payment thereof, shall be cumulative and shall be paid or set apart before any dividends or other distributions shall be paid or set apart for Common Stock, provided, however, that dividends may be declared and paid on Common Stock in Common Stock of the corporation. Any dividends paid upon the Cumulative Preferred Stock in an amount less than full cumulative dividends accrued and in arrears upon all Cumulative Preferred Stock outstanding shall, if more than one series be outstanding, be distributed among the different series in proportion to the aggregate amounts which would be distributable to the Cumulative Preferred Stock of each series if full cumulative dividends were declared and paid thereon.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subsection 4.1.4. The Cumulative Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to receive, out of net profits of the corporation or out of any surplus applicable to the payment of such dividends in each fiscal year as declared at any time by the Board of Directors, dividends at the rate fixed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to which the issuance of such Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be authorized. The dividends on the Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be cumulative, so that if at any time the full amount of dividends accrued and in arrears on the Cumulative Preferred Stock shall not be paid, the deficiency shall be payable before any dividends or other distributions shall be paid or set apart on the Common Stock, and before any sums shall be paid or set apart for the redemption of less than all of the Cumulative Preferred Stock then outstanding. Dividends on Cumulative Preferred Stock shall accrue from date of issue. Whenever all dividends accrued and in arrears on Cumulative Preferred Stock shall have been declared and shall have been paid or set apart, the Board of Directors may declare dividends on Common Stock out of the remaining net profits of the corporation, or out of surplus applicable to the payment of such dividends, subject to the restriction set forth in Subsection 4.1.2 hereof.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In the event of the voluntary liquidation or winding up of the corporation, the holders of Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive in full the fixed voluntary liquidation amount thereof plus accrued dividends thereon, all as provided in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof, and no more, before any amount shall be paid to the holders of Common Stock. In the event of the involuntary liquidation of the corporation, the holders of the Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive in full the fixed involuntary liquidation amount thereof, plus accrued dividends thereon, all as provided in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof, and no more, before any amount shall be paid to the holders of Common Stock. The holders of all series of Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive all amounts described in the preceding provisions of this Section 4.3 out of the assets of the corporation, whether from capital, surplus or earnings. As used in this Section 4.3 &#8220;accrued dividends&#8221; means, in respect to each share of Cumulative Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the fixed dividend rate per annum for each share (without interest thereon), from the date from which cumulative dividends commenced to accrue in respect of such share to the date as of which the computation is to be made, less the aggregate amount (without interest) of all dividends paid thereon or declared and set aside for payment in respect thereof, whether or not any such dividends shall have been earned. If, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, the assets of the corporation distributable as aforesaid among the holders of the Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit payment to them of the full preferential amounts aforesaid, then the entire assets of the corporation available for distribution to shareholders shall be distributed ratably among the holders of Cumulative Preferred Stock in proportion to the full preferential amounts to which they are respectively entitled.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Cumulative Preferred Stock may be issued in series from time to time, with such designations, preferences and other rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series and adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to the authority hereby given as provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and not inconsistent with the provisions hereof. Without limiting the authority granted to the Board of Directors in this Section, each series shall have such (a) rate of dividend; (b) price at and terms and conditions on which shares may be redeemed; (c) amount payable upon shares in event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation; (d) sinking fund provisions for the redemption or purchase of shares; and (e) terms and conditions on which shares may be converted, if the shares of any series are issued with the privilege of conversion; as shall be stated or expressed in the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issuance thereof.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Not later than thirty (30) days following the date on which the corporation receives credible notice that any person has become an Acquiring Person whereupon the right shall be engendered to have Common Stock repurchased by the corporation under this Article X, the corporation shall give written notice, by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address shown on the records of the corporation, to each holder of record of Common Stock (and to any other person known by the corporation to have rights to demand repurchase pursuant to Section 10.1 of this Article) as of a date not more than seven (7) days prior to the date of the mailing pursuant to this Section 10.3 and shall advise each such holder of the right to have shares repurchased and the procedures for such repurchase. In the event that the corporation fails to give notice as required by this Section 10.3, any holder entitled to receive such notice may within thirty (30) days thereafter serve written demand upon the corporation to give such notice. If within thirty (30) days after the receipt of written demand the corporation fails to give the required notice, such holder may at the expense and on behalf of the corporation take such reasonable action as may be appropriate to give notice or to cause notice to be given pursuant to this Section 10.3.</div>

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