---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000051253-23-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IFF"
cik: "0000051253"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T22:06:39.979206+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IFF reports Q4 sales $2.84B (-6% YoY); FY GAAP EPS $(7.21), adj. EPS $5.55

## Summary
- Q4 reported net sales $2.84B, down 6% YoY; currency-neutral comparable sales +4%.
- Q4 reported EPS $0.01; adjusted EPS ex amortization $0.97; adjusted operating EBITDA $441M (15.5% margin).
- Full year 2022: Sales $12.4B; reported net loss $(1.6)B, EPS $(7.21); adjusted EBITDA $2.5B, adj. EPS $5.55.
- CEO cites pricing, productivity, and portfolio optimization driving sales growth and debt reduction; refreshed growth strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000051253-23-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IFF
- cik: 0000051253
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125323000004/0000051253-23-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125323000004/iff-20230208.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000051253-23-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC reported financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Attached and being furnished hereby as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (“IFF” or the “Company”) dated February 8, 2023 reporting IFF’s financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125323000004/0000051253-23-000004-index.htm

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