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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Market Information.

Our common stock is principally traded on the New York Stock Exchange and available on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, both under the ticker symbol "IFF".

Approximate Number of Equity Security Holders.

Title of ClassNumber of shareholders of record as of February 26, 2020
Common stock, par value 12 1/2¢ per share1,555

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

None.

Performance Graph.

The following graph compares a shareholder’s cumulative total return for the last five fiscal years as if such amounts had been invested in: (i) our common stock; (ii) the stocks included in the S&P 500 Index; and (iii) a customized Peer Group. The graph is based on historical stock prices and measures total shareholder return, which takes into account both changes in stock price and dividends. The total return assumes that dividends were reinvested daily and is based on a $100 investment on December 31, 2014.

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SOURCE: S&P Capital IQ

Due to the international scope and breadth of our business, we believe that a Peer Group comprising international public companies, which are representative of the customer group to which we sell our products, is the most appropriate group against which to compare shareholder returns. See the table below for the list of companies included in our Peer Group.

Peer Group Companies
Avon Products, Inc.Kellogg Company
Campbell Soup CompanyThe Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.McCormick & Company, Incorporated
The Clorox CompanyMcDonald’s Corporation
The Coca-Cola CompanyNestle SA
Colgate-Palmolive CompanyPepsiCo, Inc.
Conagra Brands, Inc.The Procter & Gamble Company
Edgewell Personal Care Company(1)Revlon, Inc.
General Mills, Inc.Sensient Technologies Corporation
The Hershey CompanyUnilever N.V.
Hormel Foods CorporationYUM! Brands, Inc.
(1)Edgewell Personal Care has been included starting from July 1, 2015 when it spun off from Energizer Holdings.

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