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Exhibit 10.1




Amendment No. 1




To The Sensient Technologies Corporation




Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan A




     WHEREAS, Sensient Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) sponsors the
Sensient Technologies Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan A (the
“Plan”); and



     WHEREAS, the Company desires to revise the definition of “final
compensation” to clarify the meaning of the term “highest bonus award” in such
definition;



     NOW THEREFORE, Section 2.D is amended in its entirety to read as follows
effective as of October 14, 2004;




	 	“D.	 	“Final Compensation” means the greater of:





	 	1.	 	the Executive’s annual base salary as
in effect, prior to reduction for the Executive’s
contributions to this Plan, as of, as applicable, the
date of his or her death or retirement, or the date
immediately preceding the Company’s change of control,
plus 50% (100% if the Executive has at any time been the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating
Officer or Chief Financial Officer) of the highest bonus
award, if any, paid to the Executive pursuant to, as
applicable, the Sensient Technologies Corporation
Management Incentive Plan for Division Presidents or the
Sensient Technologies Corporation Incentive Compensation
Plan for Elected Corporate Officers during
on the last five annual bonus payment dates
fiscal years of the Company
immediately preceding or coinciding with,
as applicable, the date of the Executive’s death or
retirement, or the date immediately preceding of
the Company’s change of control 
(annualized in the event the Executive was not employed
by the Company for the entire fiscal year of any such
fiscal year or in the event any such fiscal year was a
short fiscal year consisting of less than 12 full
months) ; or





	 	2.	 	the Executive’s average annual base salary as in effect,
prior to reduction for the Executive’s contributions to
this Plan, during the 60 highest paid consecutive
calendar months of the last 120 calendar months
immediately preceding, as applicable, the date of his or
her death or retirement, or the date immediately
preceding the Company’s change of control, plus 50%
(100% if the Executive has at any time been the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating
Officer or Chief Financial Officer) of the highest bonus
award, if any, paid to the Executive pursuant to, as
applicable, the Sensient Technologies Corporation
Management Incentive Plan for Division Presidents or the
Sensient Technologies Corporation Incentive Compensation
Plan for



 









 






	 	 	 	Elected Corporate Officers duringon the last five
fiscal years of the Company
annual bonus payment dates immediately
preceding or coinciding with,
as applicable, the date of the
Executive’s death or retirement, or the date
 immediately proceding of
the Company’s change of control(annualized in the event the Executive was not employed
by the Company for the entire fiscal year of any such
fiscal year or in the event any such fiscal year was a
short fiscal year consisting of less than 12 full months).”




     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is duly executed this 14th day of
October, 2004.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	

SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION





 

 	 
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