Company: SXT
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001140361-25-005084
Chunk: 38

Company: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 5
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Item 5.

                Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

The Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “SXT.” The number of shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock on February 13, 2025 was 1,837.

Since 1962, the Company has paid, without interruption, a quarterly cash dividend. During fiscal 2024, the Company paid aggregate cash dividends of $1.64 per share to our shareholders, and the Company most recently
          declared a dividend of $0.41 per share payable on March 3, 2025 to shareholders of record on February 4, 2025. The timing, declaration, and payment of future dividends to holders of the Company’s common stock will depend upon many factors,
          including the Company’s financial condition and results of operations, the capital requirements of the Company’s businesses, industry practice, and any other relevant factors.

On October 19, 2017, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to three million shares (2017 Authorization). As of December 31, 2024, 1,267,019 shares had been repurchased under the 2017 Authorization.
          There were no repurchases of shares by the Company during 2024. There is no expiration date for the 2017 Authorization. The 2017 Authorization may be modified, suspended, or discontinued by the Board of Directors at any time. As of December 31,
          2024, the maximum number of shares that may be purchased under publicly announced plans is 1,732,981.

This graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return for the Company’s common stock over the last five years to the total returns on the Standard & Poor’s Midcap Specialty Chemicals Index (S&P Midcap
          Specialty Chemicals Index), the Standard & Poor’s Midcap Food Products Index (S&P Midcap Food Products Index), and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index (S&P 500 Index). The graph assumes a $100 investment made on December 31,
          2019, and reinvestment of dividends. The stock performance shown on the graph is not necessarily indicative of future price performance. The stock performance graph and related information presented below is not deemed to be “soliciting material”
          or to be “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission or subject to Regulation 14A or