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UNITES STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
** IMPORTANT NOTICE **
Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials
 
You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above company, and the materials you should review before you cast your vote are now available.
This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.
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Shareholder Meeting to be held on April 28, 2009
 
Proxy Materials Available
•   Notice and Proxy Statement
 
•   Annual Report



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You can choose to view the materials online or request that a paper or e-mail copy be sent to you for this meeting or for future meetings. There is NO charge for requesting a paper or email copy. Requests, instructions and other inquiries will NOT be forwarded to your investment advisor.
To facilitate timely delivery please make the request as instructed below on or before 4/14/09.

HOW TO VIEW MATERIALS VIA THE INTERNET
 
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HOW TO REQUEST A COPY OF MATERIALS
 
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Meeting Information
 
     
Meeting Type:
  Annual
Meeting Date:
  4/28/09
Meeting Time:
  10:00 a.m., Eastern Time
For holders as of:
  3/2/09
 
Meeting Location:
 
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
521 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
(Please enter at 533 West 57th Street)
 
Meeting Directions:
 
For directions to the Annual Meeting please call:
IFF Operator - (212) 765-5500

How To Vote
 
     
     
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  Vote In Person
   
 
Many shareholder meetings have attendance requirements including, but not limited to, the possession of an attendance ticket issued by the entity holding the meeting. Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. At the meeting, you will need to request a ballot in order to vote.
 
 
    
     
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  Vote By Internet
   
 
To vote now by Internet, go to WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM. Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on April 27, 2009, or if you are voting as a participant in the Company’s Retirement Investment Fund Plans (401(k) Plans), up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on April 23, 2009. Have this notice in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions.
 


 





































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Voting items
       
       
       
       
The Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" each of the director nominees listed in Item 1 below
and "FOR" Item 2.
   
1.   ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
 
    Nominees:
1a.   Margaret Hayes Adame

1b.   Robert M. Amen   		  2.
 
  3.
To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2009.

Transaction of any other business that may properly come before the meeting.
   
1c.  Marcello Bottoli

1d.  Linda B. Buck

1e.  J. Michael Cook

1f.  Peter A. Georgescu

1g.  Alexandra A. Herzan

1h.  Henry W. Howell, Jr.

1i.  Katherine M. Hudson

1j.  Arthur C. Martinez

1k.  Burton M. Tansky

1l.  Douglas D. Tough 		 

THIS IS NOT A PROXY CARD. If you wish to cast your vote on a traditional proxy card, you must request that a paper copy of the proxy materials be mailed to you by following the instructions set forth in this Notice.


 

 
 
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