Form 11-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 11-K

 


 

FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS AND SIMILAR PLANS

PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission file number: 1-7626

 


 

A. Full title of the plan and address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

Sensient Technologies Corporation Savings Plan

 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53202-5304

(414) 271-6755

 



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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits – December 31, 2004 and 2003

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits – Years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003

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Notes to Financial Statements

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Supplemental Schedule Furnished Pursuant to Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations

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Supplemental Schedule – Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

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Signatures

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Exhibit Index

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All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.

 

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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

SAVINGS PLAN

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND 2003,

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND REPORT OF INDEPENDENT

REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Benefits Administrative Committee

Sensient Technologies Corporation

    Savings Plan

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Sensient Technologies Corporation Savings Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2004 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic 2004 financial statements, and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

May 13, 2005

 

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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND 2003

 

     2004

   2003

ASSETS:              

Investments at fair value:

             

Interest in Sensient Technologies Corporation Master Defined Contribution Trust

   $ 78,803,303    $ 70,297,842

Participant Loans

     3,651,113      3,319,395
    

  

Total investments

     82,454,416      73,617,237

Contributions receivable from Sensient Technologies Corporation

     2,179,699      2,255,151
    

  

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

   $ 84,634,115    $ 75,872,388
    

  

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND 2003

 

     2004

    2003

 

Investment income –

                

Equity in net income of Sensient Technologies Corporation Master Defined Contribution Trust

   $ 9,347,861     $ 9,007,470  

Interest on Participant Loans

     220,621       234,948  

Contributions:

                

Participants

     4,568,509       4,988,959  

Sensient Technologies Corporation

     2,179,995       2,255,151  
    


 


Total additions

     16,316,986       16,486,528  
    


 


Withdrawals and distributions

     (7,500,343 )     (6,617,507 )

Administrative expenses

     (54,916 )     (64,304 )
    


 


Total deductions

     (7,555,259 )     (6,681,811 )
    


 


Net increase

     8,761,727       9,804,717  

Net assets available for benefits:

                

Beginning of year

     75,872,388       66,067,671  
    


 


End of year

   $ 84,634,115     $ 75,872,388  
    


 


 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND 2003

 

Note A -   Accounting Policies:
    The financial statements of the Sensient Technologies Corporation Savings Plan (the “Plan”) are prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Assets of the Plan are stated at fair value.
    Benefits are recorded when paid.
    Certain administrative expenses incurred by the Plan are paid by Sensient Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) on behalf of the Plan or from Plan assets as determined by the Benefits Administrative Committee.
    The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
    Reclassifications - Certain amounts as previously reported have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
Note B -   Description of the Plan:
    The following description of the Plan provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more comprehensive description of the Plan’s provisions.
    The Plan is a defined contribution plan. Substantially all domestic employees of the Company, except for employees covered by collective bargaining agreements that do not expressly provide for participation in the Plan, are eligible to participate in the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). Employees can contribute up to the maximum amount of their eligible compensation prescribed by law. Employee contributions are 100% vested at all times. The Company intends to contribute an amount sufficient to provide 100% matching of the first 4% of eligible compensation contributed to the Plan by those employees who are employed with the Company at the end of each Plan year. Prior to March 1, 2002, all Company contributions were invested in common stock of the Company. Between March 1, 2002 and December 31, 2002, participant’s age 55 or older that had completed at least 10 years of service had the option to invest the Company contributions into any of the funds offered by the Plan. Company contributions for those participants who were not over age 55 with at least 10 years of service were required to be invested in common stock of the Company. Effective January 1, 2003, participant’s age 55 or older that have completed at least five years of service can invest any Company contribution credited before January 1, 2003 among designated investment funds. In addition, all Company contributions made after January 1, 2003 are invested in accordance with each participant’s investment election, regardless of age or vested service. Company contributions vest at 20% per year of credited service with the Company or upon termination due to death or disability. Amounts which have been forfeited in accordance with provisions of the Plan serve to reduce Company contributions. Forfeitures available to reduce the Company contribution were $82,144 and $46,818 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
    Plan assets may be invested in any type of investment that is legally permitted for employee retirement plans.

 

 

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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND 2003

 

Note B –   (continued):
    Participants direct the investment of their account balance, from both participant and employer contributions, except as to certain prior Company contributions as noted above, into various investment options offered by the Plan. The Plan currently offers fifteen mutual funds, two fixed income funds and the Sensient Technologies Common Stock Fund as investment options for participants. Participants may revise their investment allocations daily.
    Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, the Company’s matching contribution, and Plan Earnings, and charged with withdrawals and an allocation of Plan income and losses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
    The Plan allows participants to borrow funds from their account through the loan fund, up to 50% of their vested balance. All loans require approval by the Benefits Administrative Committee. Monthly payroll deductions are required to repay the loan over five years, or longer if the loan is used to acquire a principal residence. Loans bear interest at a rate that is fixed at the time the loan is taken out and is based on a rate of prime plus 1.5%. Unless loans are repaid in full at the time of retirement or termination, the amount of the loan becomes taxable income to the participant. Interest rates on loans outstanding at December 31, 2004 ranged from 5.50% to 11.00% and the interest rates on loans outstanding at December 31, 2003 ranged from 5.75% to 11.00%.
    Although it has not expressed any intention to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions set forth in ERISA. In the event of termination, participant accounts become fully vested.
Note C -   Sensient Technologies Corporation Master Defined Contribution Trust:
    The Plan’s investments, except participant loans, are held by the Sensient Technologies Corporation Master Defined Contribution Trust (the “Master Trust”), along with the investments of the Sensient Technologies Corporation Retirement Employee Stock Ownership Plan and the Sensient Technologies Corporation Transition Plan. Use of the Master Trust permits the commingling of assets of various employee benefit plans for investment and administrative purposes. Although plan assets are commingled, supporting records are maintained for the purpose of determining changes in each plan’s undivided and specifically allocated interest in the Master Trust.
    Quoted market prices are used to determine the fair value of marketable securities. Shares of registered investment companies or collective trusts are stated at quoted market prices or withdrawal value. Investment income, realized gains and losses, and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments in the Master Trust are allocated to each plan participating in the Master Trust based upon the relationship of the individual interest of each plan to the total of the individual interests of all plans participating in the Master Trust.
    Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is accrued when earned. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Capital gain distributions are included in dividend income.

 

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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND 2003

 

Note C –   (continued):
    The Master Trust invests in various securities. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.
    The fair value of the net assets of the Master Trust as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 is as follows:

 

     2004

    2003

 

Sensient Technologies Corporation common stock*

   $ 58,649,892     $ 53,003,097  

Fixed income funds

     16,433,881       15,637,573  

Mutual funds

     49,032,445       43,226,821  
    


 


Net assets in Master Trust

   $ 124,116,218     $ 111,867,491  
    


 


Plan’s investment in Master Trust

   $ 78,803,303     $ 70,297,842  
    


 


Plan’s investment in Master Trust as a percent of total

     63.49 %     62.84 %
    


 


* Party-in-interest

 

The net income of the Master Trust for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 is as follows:

     2004

   2003

Dividends on Sensient Technologies Corporation common stock*

   $ 1,471,910    $ 1,611,104

Interest and other dividends

     1,420,463      997,439

Net appreciation of investments based on quoted market prices

     14,536,371      3,074,023
    

  

Net income of Master Trust

   $ 17,428,744    $ 5,682,566
    

  

Plan’s equity in net income of the Master Trust

   $ 9,347,861    $ 9,007,470
    

  

* Party-in-interest

 

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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND 2003

 

Note C –   (continued):
    During the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, net appreciation of the investments held by the Master Trust (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) is as follows:

 

     2004

   2003

 

Sensient Technologies Corporation Common Stock*

   $ 10,519,625    $ (7,330,545 )

Mutual Funds

     4,016,746      10,404,568  
    

  


Net appreciation in fair value of investments - Master trust

   $ 14,536,371    $ 3,074,023  
    

  


* Party-in-interest

 

Note D –   Non-participant Directed Investments:
    The non-participant directed investments of the Plan held by the Master Trust, are invested in Sensient Technologies Corporation common stock. Participant account balances, which are eligible to be diversified but remain in Sensient Technologies Corporation common stock, cannot be separately determined and are reported as non-participant directed investments. Information about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net assets relating to non-participant directed net assets of the Plan held by the Master Trust is as follows:

 

     2004

    2003

 

Net Assets:

                

Sensient Technologies Corporation common stock*

   $ 16,950,604     $ 15,180,449  
    


 


Non-participant directed net assets

   $ 16,950,604     $ 15,180,449  
    


 


     2004

    2003

 

Changes in non-participant directed net assets:

                

Contributions

   $ (25,257 )   $ (101,322 )

Dividends

     457,156       469,803  

Net appreciation (depreciation)

     2,779,538       (1,842,951 )

Withdrawals and distributions

     (1,438,254 )     (1,260,970 )

Other

     (3,028 )     (10,007 )
    


 


     $ 1,770,155     $ (2,745,447 )
    


 


* Party-in-interest

 

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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND 2003

 

Note E –   Income Tax Status:
    The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on December 18, 2002, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan, as then designed, qualifies under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. The Plan administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, the Plan administrator believes that the Plan was qualified and the related trust continues to be tax-exempt as of December 31, 2004. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.
Note F –   Benefits Payable:
    As of December 31, 2004 and 2003, the Plan had benefits payable to persons who have elected to withdraw from participation in the earnings and operations of the Plan but have not yet been paid of $181,764 and $83,851, respectively.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

FURNISHED PURSUANT TO

 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN

 

FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i – SCHEDULE OF ASSETS

(HELD AT END OF YEAR)

DECEMBER 31, 2004

 

Number of

Shares or

Face Amount


  Description

  Cost

 

Fair

Value


$ 3,651,113   Participant Loans*   3,651,113   3,651,113
* Party-in-interest

 

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SIGNATURES

 

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    Sensient Technologies Corporation Savings Plan
Date: June 28, 2005   By:  

/s/ John L. Hammond


    Name:   John L. Hammond
    Title:   Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.


    

Description


Exhibit 23      Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

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