International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript

 

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF)

Q2 2010 Earnings Call

August 5, 2010; 10:00 am ET

Executives

Doug Tough - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Nicolas Mirzayantz - Group President of Fragrances

Hernan Vaisman - Group President of Flavors

Kevin Berryman - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Analysts

Mike Sison - KeyBanc

Mark Astrachan - Stifel Nicolaus

Mimi Noel - Sidoti & Company

Jeffrey Zekauskas - JP Morgan

Erik Sjogren - Morgan Stanley

Richard O'Reilly - Standard & Poor's

John Roberts - Buckingham Research

Presentation

Operator

At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the International Flavors & Fragrances’ second quarter 2010 earnings conference call. All participants will be on a listen-only mode until the formal question-and-answer portion of the call. Participants will be announced by their name and company. In order to give all participants an opportunity to ask their question, we request and limit of one question per person.

I would now like to introduce Michael DeVeau, Investor Relations Manager. You may begin.

Michael DeVeau

Thank you, operator, and thanks everyone for joining us this morning. With me on the call today is our Chairman and CEO, Doug Tough; our Group President of Fragrances, Nicolas Mirzayantz; our Group President of Flavors, Hernan Vaisman; and our Executive Vice President and CFO, Kevin Berryman.

Please note that this call will be recorded and will be available for playback on our website. Please keep in mind that during this call, we may make some forward-looking statements about the company’s performance, particularly with respect to the second half of 2010. These statements are based on how we see things today and may contain some elements of uncertainty.

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