secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC (IFF)
CIK:        0000051253
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T20:24:34+00:00
Accession:  0000051253-26-000028
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

IFF Q2 continuing ops sales $2.0B, adj EPS $0.82; $2.5B buyback, Food Ingredients sale to CVC
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- Q2 2026 continuing ops: Sales $2.0B, GAAP EPS $0.13, adjusted EPS ex amortization $0.82, Operating EBITDA $408M (20.9% margin).
- First half 2026 continuing ops: Sales $3.9B, GAAP EPS $0.73, adjusted EPS ex amortization $1.74, Operating EBITDA $841M (21.8% margin).
- Food Ingredients divestiture to CVC Capital Partners expected to close by end of Q2 2027; IFF retains ~10% minority equity interest.
- Board authorized $2.5B share repurchase program, including $500M accelerated share repurchase in H2 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125326000028/0000051253-26-000028-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125326000028/iff-20260804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000051253-26-000028

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