Rule 424 (c)
Reg. No. 33-47856
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
1990 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED JUNE 2, 1992
AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTS
DATED AUGUST 12, 1993, OCTOBER 5, 1995 AND AUGUST 26, 1997
The 39,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock in column (B) are covered
by this Prospectus and are, or may be, offered by the Company's non-employee
directors who, at the time of such offering, will have acquired said shares upon
the exercise of options granted since August 26, 1997 under the Company's stock
option plan for non-employee directors. The shares of the Company's Common Stock
shown in column (A) below include 84,000 shares of Common Stock which the
non-employee directors of the Company have (or will have as of 60 days after
such date) the right to acquire under stock options granted by the Company.
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Common Stock Which
May be Sold
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(A) (B)
Shares under
options granted
which may be
Common Stock offered for
Position with Company owned as of the selling
within the past December 31, shareholder's
Name three years 1999 account
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Margaret Hayes Adame ................... Director 12,000 6,000
Robin Chandler Duke .................... Director 20,000 6,000
Richard M. Furlaud ..................... Director, Chairman of the Board 63,250 6,000
and Chief Executive Officer
since December 1999
Peter A. Georgescu ..................... Director 1,000 3,000
George Rowe, Jr. ....................... Director 7,025,239* 6,000
Henry P. van Ameringen ................. Director 7,944,376* 6,000
William D. Van Dyke, III ............... Director 7,295,493* 6,000
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* See page 4 of the Company's Proxy Statement for 2000 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders which is incorporated by reference herein for a further
description of the shares of the Company's Common Stock beneficially owned
by Messrs. Rowe, van Ameringen and Van Dyke. Their percentage of beneficial
ownership stated in the proxy statement will remain unchanged after the sale
of the shares in column (B) above.
This supplement is dated April 18, 2000
