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accession: "0000051253-25-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IFF"
cik: "0000051253"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:10:03.344121+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# IFF Reports Q2 2025 Results with $2.8B Sales, Announces $500M Share Buyback and Sale of Soy Crush Business

## Summary
- Q2 2025 sales were $2.8B, reported EPS $2.38, operating EBITDA $552M at 20.0% margin.
- Leverage reduced to 2.5x, ahead of target; $500M share repurchase program authorized.
- Definitive agreement to sell soy crush, concentrates & lecithin business; evaluating strategic alternatives for Food Ingredients segment.
- Reaffirmed full year 2025 financial guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000051253-25-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IFF
- cik: 0000051253
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125325000040/0000051253-25-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125325000040/iff-20250805.htm

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