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Exhibit 99(a)(9)
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES AND
BUSH BOAKE ALLEN ANNOUNCE EXPIRATION
OF HART-SCOTT-RODINO WAITING PERIOD
NEW YORK (October 30, 2000) - International Flavors &
Fragrances Inc. (NYSE:IFF) and Bush Boake Allen Inc. (NYSE:BOA) today announced
that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976, as amended, has expired in connection with the previously announced
acquisition of Bush Boake Allen. On October 6, 2000, IFF and Bush Boake Allen
announced that B Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of IFF, had
commenced a tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of
Bush Boake Allen at a price of $48.50 per share, as provided under an Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 25, 2000.
The tender offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, New
York City time, on Friday, November 3, 2000, unless extended. According to The
Bank of New York, the depositary for the offer, as of the close of business on
October 27, 2000, 13,302,685 shares of Bush Boake Allen common stock,
representing approximately 68.7% of the issued and outstanding shares of common
stock, had been validly tendered and not withdrawn.
Questions and requests for assistance with respect to the
offer may be directed to the Information Agent or the Dealer Manager for the
offer. The Information Agent is Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc., 17
State Street, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10004. Banks and brokers call
collect (212) 440-9800. All others calls toll free (800) 223-2064.
The Dealer Manager for the offer is Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036.
The Depositary for the offer is The Bank of New York, One Wall
Street, New York, New York 10286.
IFF is the world's leading creator and manufacturer of flavors
and fragrances used by others to impart or improve flavor or fragrance in a wide
variety of consumer products. IFF has sales, manufacturing and creative
facilities in more than 35 countries worldwide with sales of $1.44 billion in
1999.
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BBA, which conducts operations on six continents, has 60
locations in 38 countries worldwide. BBA supplies flavors and fragrances to the
world's leading consumer products companies for use in foods, beverages, soaps
and detergents, cosmetics, toiletries, personal care items and related products.
Its aroma chemicals, natural extracts and essential oils serve as raw materials
for a wide range of compounded flavors and fragrances. BBA had 1999 worldwide
sales of $499 million.
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