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Consolidated Financial Statements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1. Consolidated Financial Statements:

Basis of Presentation

These interim statements and related management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and their related notes and management’s discussion and analysis of results of operations and liquidity and capital resources included in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K (“2011 Form 10-K”). These interim statements are unaudited. The year-end balance sheet data included in this Form 10-Q filing was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. We have historically operated on a 52/53 week fiscal year ending on the Friday closest to the last day of the quarter. For ease of presentation, June 30 and December 31 are utilized consistently throughout this Form 10-Q and these interim financial statements and related notes to represent the period-end date. The unaudited interim financial statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) and accruals necessary in the judgment of management for a fair statement of the results for the periods presented. When used herein, the terms “the Registrant”, “IFF,” “the Company,” “we”, “us” and “our” mean International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Reclassifications and Revisions

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s Consolidated Balance Sheet to conform to the 2012 presentation.

For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Company reclassified $2.8 million in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows from Stock-based compensation to Changes in Other liabilities related to the portion of Stock-based compensation that is settled in cash. There were no changes to the balance sheet, cash flows from operations, net income or shareholders’ equity as a result of this reclassification in the respective period. In addition, the Company has revised its Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2011 to reflect $2.1 million of allowance for doubtful accounts which had previously been netted against gross trade receivables. As a result, both gross trade accounts receivable and the related allowance for doubtful accounts increased by $2.1 million, resulting in no change to Trade receivables, net of allowances.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued revised guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. This revised guidance eliminates the option to present the components of Other comprehensive income (“OCI”) as part of the Consolidated Statement of Shareholder’s Equity and provides two alternatives for presenting the components of net income and OCI, either: (i) in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or (ii) in two separate but consecutive financial statements, consisting of an income statement followed by a separate statement of comprehensive income. Additionally, items that are reclassified from OCI to net income must be presented on the face of the financial statements. Although in December 2011, the FASB deferred the reclassification requirement of this guidance indefinitely, the Company has adopted this revised guidance as of January 1, 2012 and it did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.