FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
SHAREHOLDER PROTECTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This FIRST AMENDMENT to the AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDER PROTECTION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), is made as of March 9, 1999, between
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company"),
and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Rights Agent (the
"Rights Agent"), which term shall include any successor Rights Agent hereunder).
All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined in this Amendment
shall have the meanings set forth in the Shareholder Protection Rights Agreement
(as defined below), as amended by this Amendment.
WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent entered into a Shareholder
Protection Rights Agreement (the "Shareholder Protection Rights Agreement"),
dated as of February 20, 1990 (as amended and restated as of September 25,
1998); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has the authority pursuant to Section
5.4(iii) of the Shareholder Protection Rights Agreement to amend the Shareholder
Protection Rights Agreement in order to cure any ambiguity or to correct or
supplement any provision contained therein which may be inconsistent with any
other provisions therein or otherwise defective.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of $10.00 and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. The Shareholder Protection Rights Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing the third clause of the definition of "Expiration Time"
contained in Section 1.1 in its entirety with the following
sentence:
"(iii) the close of business on the tenth-year anniversary
of the date hereof (February 20, 2000) and".
2. Except as amended hereby, all of the terms of the Shareholder
Protection Rights Agreement shall remain and continue in full
force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects.
3. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND APPLICABLE
FEDERAL LAW WITHOUT REGARD TO CHOICE OF LAW RULES.
4. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of
which, when so executed and delivered, shall be an original, but
all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed as of the date first above written.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS &
FRAGRANCES INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Block
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Block
Title: Vice President & Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Rights Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxx
Title: Vice-President
