Code of Conduct

All Sensient Technologies employees in the U.S., as well as all directors and officers, are responsible for fully understanding and adhering to the policies outlined in the Code of Conduct.

This document, available for download below in Adobe PDF format, explains Sensient's general expectations, policies and procedures for conducting business. Beyond adhering to all international, federal and state laws, Sensient employees are expected to maintain high standards of business and personal ethics while performing work duties.

Violations of this Code should be promptly reported to the Corporate Vice President of Human Resources or any member of the corporate legal department.

Code of Conduct (Adobe PDF)

Standards of Conduct for International Employees

This document is a modified version of the Code of Conduct which is utilized by all of the Company's employees who are based outside the U.S. It sets forth the same strict requirements regarding business and personal ethics while performing work duties, but excludes certain sections which relate to U.S. law.

Standards of Conduct (Adobe PDF)

Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers

This Code of Ethics sets forth the standards and procedures to be followed by our Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, controller, and all other persons performing similar functions for the Company to ensure that Company business is conducted in a lawful and ethical manner. This Code of Ethics supplements the Company's Code of Conduct.

Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers (Adobe PDF)

Corporate Governance Guidelines

The Corporate Governance Guidelines cover a broad range of governance matters, including director qualification standards, director responsibilities, director access to management and independent advisors, director compensation, director orientation and continuing education, management succession and annual performance evaluation of the Board of Directors.

Corporate Governance Guidelines (MS Word)

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter - Section 3.17 of Company Bylaws
Chairman: William Hickey

This charter outlines the purposes, membership, structure and operations, duties and responsibilities, and the authority and resources of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. Among other functions, this Committee: (i) studies and makes recommendations concerning the composition of the Board of Directors and its committee structure and reviews the compensation of Board and Committee members; (ii) recommends persons to be nominated by the Board of Directors for election as directors of the Company and to serve as proxies at the annual meeting of shareholders; (iii) considers nominees recommended by shareholders; (iv) assists the Board in its determination of the independent status of each director; (v) develops a set of corporate governance principles for the Company and reassesses such principles annually; and (vi) oversees the system of corporate governance and the evaluation of the Board and management from a corporate governance standpoint.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter (MS Word)

Audit Committee Charter - Section 3.14 of Company Bylaws
Chairman: Hank Brown

This charter outlines the purposes, membership, structure and operations, duties and responsibilities, and the authority and resources of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. This Committee, among other things: (i) has sole responsibility to appoint, terminate, compensate and oversee the independent auditors of the Company and to approve any audit and permitted non-audit work by the independent auditors; (ii) reviews the adequacy and appropriateness of the Company's internal control structure and recommends improvements thereto, including management's assessment of internal controls and the internal audit function; (iii) reviews with the independent auditors their reports on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the adequacy of the financial reporting process, including the selection of accounting policies; (iv) reviews and discusses with management the Company's practices regarding earnings press releases and the provision of financial information and earnings guidance to analysts and ratings agencies; (v) obtains and reviews an annual report of the independent auditor covering the independent auditor's quality control, any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities within five years and independence; (vi) sets hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent auditors; (vii) establishes procedures for receipt of complaints about accounting or auditing matters and (viii) reviews the adequacy and appropriateness of the various policies of the Company dealing with the principles governing performance of corporate activities.

Audit Committee Charter (MS Word)

Compensation and Development Committee Charter - Section 3.15 of Corporation Bylaws
Chairman: James Croft

This charter outlines the purposes, membership, structure and operations, duties and responsibilities, and the authority and resources of the Compensation and Development Committee of the Board of Directors. This Committee, among other things: (i) reviews and approves all compensation programs for senior management of the Company, including salary structure, base salary and short-term and long-term incentive compensation plans, including stock options and non-qualified fringe benefit programs; (ii) prepares reports for the annual proxy statement; (iii) reviews and approves annual changes in each elected officer's compensation including base salary and short-term and long-term incentive awards, and approves all executive employment contracts; (iv) annually recommends to the Board of Directors the election of Company officers; and (v) annually reviews the performance of the Chief Executive Officer and reviews and approves the Chief Executive Officer's management development and succession plans for the Company.

Compensation and Development Committee Charter (MS Word)