Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;


          Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
          Officers.

(e) On December 10, 2020, the Compensation and Development Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors of Sensient Technologies Corporation (the "Company") approved the granting of restricted stock awards to the Company's executive officers under the Company's 2017 Stock Plan (the "Restricted Stock Award Grants"). Since 2014, the long-term equity incentive awards issued each year to the Company's executive officers consisted 100% of performance stock unit awards. For the 2020 long-term equity incentive awards, the Committee determined that 40% of the awards granted will be restricted stock that does not vest until the end of a three-year restricted period. The remaining 60% of the awards will continue to be performance stock unit awards, the terms of which are materially consistent with previously disclosed awards. The Committee determined that these changes were appropriate and necessary to better align the Company to prevailing market pay practices and to enhance the retention effect of the long-term incentive program.



The detail of the Restricted Stock Award Grants for the Company's executive
officers is set forth below:

                                                              Long Term
                                                         Incentive Restricted
                                                           Stock Awards or
Officer                                                         Units

Paul Manning, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer

                                                     19,373 shares
Amy M. Agallar, Vice President and Treasurer                  764 shares
Michael C. Geraghty, President, Color Group                  3,466 shares
Thierry Hoang, Vice President, Asia Pacific Group             873 units

Amy Schmidt Jones, Vice President, Human Resources and Senior Counsel

                                               2,401 shares
John J. Manning, Senior Vice President, General
Counsel, and Secretary                                       2,702 shares

E. Craig Mitchell, President, Flavors and Extracts Group

                                                        3,466 shares
Stephen J. Rolfs, Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer                                            5,457 shares

Tobin Tornehl, Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer

                                           1,037 shares

The Restricted Stock Award Grants vest following a three-year restricted period if the executive remains employed at such time. Under the terms of the Company's 2017 Stock Plan, individuals holding shares of restricted stock may exercise full voting rights with respect to such shares and receive dividends. As an international employee, Mr. Hoang received restricted stock units in lieu of shares of restricted stock. Restricted stock units are substantially similar to restricted shares except restricted stock units do not provide for any voting or dividend rights and each unit has a value equal to one share of common stock of the Company. Following the three-year restricted period, the Company will issue the grantee one share of common stock of the Company for each restricted stock unit that was vested. The Restricted Stock Award Grants are subject to customary provisions for vesting upon certain termination events, as provided in the respective award agreements.

In connection with the Restricted Stock Award Grant, the Committee approved a form of Restricted Stock Agreement and a form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, which are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively. The foregoing description of the Restricted Stock Award Grants is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Restricted Stock Agreement and the form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement filed herewith, which are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form

8-K:

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