---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-006544"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SXT"
cik: "0000310142"
company_name: "SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T14:43:10.989526+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sensient amends bylaws for universal proxy rules and hedging delegation

## Summary
- Adopted amendments to comply with SEC Universal Proxy Rules (Rule 14a-19).
- Shareholder nomination notices must now include intent to solicit proxies for at least 67% of voting power.
- Amended Section 3.16 to reflect Finance Committee delegation for hedging and swap activities.
- Amendments effective February 9, 2023, as filed in Exhibit 3.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-006544
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SXT
- cik: 0000310142
- company_name: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036123006544/0001140361-23-006544-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036123006544/brhc10048133_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP: Amended Sections 2.9, 3.9, and 3.16 of the Amended and Restated By-Laws to update universal proxy rules and Finance Committee powers (effective 2023-02-09).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-09
  source text: On February 9, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sensient Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) adopted amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “Amended By-Laws”), effective immediately, to update: • Sections 2.9 and 3.9 of the Amended By-Laws to address matters relating to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s requirements regarding universal proxies pursuant to Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Universal Proxy Rules”), including, among other things, addressing the color of proxy cards reserved for use by the Company, requiring that a shareholder’s nomination notice contain a representation that it intends to solicit proxies from shareholders representing at least 67% of the voting power of shares entitled to vote on the election of directors, and requiring the shareholder to provide reasonable evidence of satisfaction of the Universal Proxy Rules; and • Section 3.16 of the Amended By-Laws to ref
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036123006544/0001140361-23-006544-index.htm

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