---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-034634"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SXT"
cik: "0000310142"
company_name: "SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2021-10-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T20:39:11.231312+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sensient elects Sharad Jain to board; director Cichurski to retire at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Board size increased from 10 to 11; Jain elected effective December 1, 2021.
- Jain is a retired PwC partner with 33+ years in audit and M&A advisory, will serve on Audit and Scientific Advisory Committees.
- Edward Cichurski will not seek reelection and retires at 2022 annual meeting, having served since 2013.
- Board to reduce from 11 to 10 directors effective at the 2022 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-034634
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SXT
- cik: 0000310142
- company_name: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2021-10-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036121034634/0001140361-21-034634-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036121034634/brhc10029833_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-034634
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-034634.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-034634.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward Cichurski departed as Director at SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: Edward Cichurski notified the Board that he does not intend to seek reelection and will retire from the Board at the end of his current term expiring at the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036121034634/0001140361-21-034634-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sharad Jain was elected as Director at SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: increased the size of the Board from ten to eleven members pursuant to Section 3.2(a) of the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws and elected Sharad Jain as a director, effective December 1, 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036121034634/0001140361-21-034634-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.