The Supreme Court will decide whether a state, as Texas does, can use illegal alien and resident alien population in apportioning political power in legislative redistricting. The decision will have a profound effect on politics. Here is the ACRU brief explaining how the Justice Department already exclusively uses citizenship data in redistricting lawsuits.
We are grateful to those who have served and sacrificed to preserve our Republic and our system of self-government. Memorial Day should give pause for thought to citizens committed to free and fair elections. When exercising a key voter's right – questioning election authority – there is ample opportunity to feel tremendous levels of frustration when seeking the truth. Memorial Day always manages to offer perspective; as difficult as research and advocacy can be for our shared cause, we must be grateful for those who sacrificed all to preserve our nation. This weekend, take time to remember those in your community who fought for your rights and freedoms.
You may have read recently that True the Vote's lawsuit against the IRS was placed on a temporary hold until a similar case, Z Street v. Koskinen, is adjudicated before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Written accounts detail multiple instances of the Court being absolutely beside itself hearing the DOJ defend the Internal Revenue Service's alleged targeting of an organization seeking tax-exempt status due to its pro-Israel views. During this extended weekend, you have the opportunity to listen to the full audio of the oral argument hearing. Running just short of an hour in length, this is must-listen content for anyone closely following the fight against the IRS.
"How widespread is voter fraud, really? Is there really enough fraud to overturn an election?" At the height of every political season, TTV fields those two questions on a daily basis from the media. The reality is that even the slightest amount of fraud can affect an entire election – particularly in down-ballot races. We can now add another unfortunate statistic to the conversation. The 13th Texas Court of Appeals in south Texas recently found that a new election was justified after finding that 30 votes were illegally cast in a local commissioner race due to questions of voter residency and improper mail ballot assistance. The fraudulent ballots allowed for a margin of victory of just 16 votes. The City of Weslaco will have to make preparations for a new election, unless the losing party petitions the Texas Supreme Court. Click here to read more.
Email us if there is election reform legislation on the move in your state that you'd like to see passed/defeated.
AB 177 – Relates to candidate eligibility, residency requirements and other matters.
HB 621 – Relates to the termination of a volunteer deputy voter registrar's appointment. Under the bill, county election officials would be empowered to revoke deputy status should they engage in any activity considered to be a violation of duties. The bill has been passed by the House and was referred to the Senate State Affairs Committee.
HB 891 – Relating to establishing an interstate voter registration crosscheck program.
A Dothan woman was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison—a term later amended—for her part in a voter fraud scheme that got a city commissioner re-elected. Lesa Coleman is one of four people arrested for falsely witnessing absentee ballots in the 2013 municipal election. Of 124 absentees cast, Commissioner Amos Newsome received 119 votes in the District 2 contest.
Coleman is one of four people, including Newsome's longtime girlfriend, arrested in the alleged voter fraud scheme after a lengthy and complex investigation by the Houston County Sheriff's Office. Olivia Reynolds—the commissioner's girlfriend—and another person have yet to be tried. Defendant Janice Hart pleaded guilty earlier this year and was sentenced to probation.
Hector Ramirez, who ran for State Assembly in 2014, was in Bronx Supreme Court on Tuesday, having been busted on voting fraud charges. Despite allegedly using fraudulent absentee ballots, he still lost the election by 2 votes.
Hector Ramirez was arrested Tuesday on massive voter fraud charges in his failed 2014 Assembly bid. Ramirez and his allies went door-to-door in his west Bronx district duping voters into letting the veteran pol's campaign staff vote on their behalf, a prosecutor charged as the 242-count indictment was unsealed.
Nevada might soon become the 35th state to pass a law requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls, and that's a good thing.
If these proposals (Assembly Bill 253 or Assembly Bill 266) become law, voting would join many other activities for which you need to prove your identity in Nevada, such as buying a gun, opening a bank account, or getting married. Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya currently requires similar documents for every couple seeking to get married. Nevada already requires first-time voters who registered by mail to prove their identity with photo ID.
Nobody complains about these requirements. So why not make sure voters are who they say they are and enact voter ID?
Voting is one of the most precious rights we have as citizens. Perhaps that is why Americans continue overwhelmingly to support voter ID requirements. A recent poll found that 70 percent of registered voters are in favor of identification laws. Support is not limited to Republicans; rather, it is present across all racial and political spectrums. A majority of black, Hispanic and Democrat respondents indicated support for voter ID.
Yet a small but vocal minority oppose voter ID and claim such laws disenfranchise voters.
Reality, however, has proved otherwise.
(Full op ed at link above).
On the night before Philly's primary, four local election officials are accused of casting extra votes in order to balance their numbers.
Sandra Lee, 60, Alexia Harding, 22, James Collins, 69, and Gregory Thomas, 60, are all charged with voter fraud. Warrants for their arrests were issued Monday. All four suspects were election officials from Philly's 18th Ward, 1st Division.
Two Donna campaign workers who bribed voters with cocaine and cash during the 2012 elections both were sentenced to less than a year in prison Thursday.
Veronica Saldivar, 42, was sentenced to eight months in prison and two years of supervised release after she pleaded guilty to election fraud… Saldivar was accused of paying up to 29 voters with cash, beer, cigarettes and cocaine to vote for a Donna school board candidate… Rebecca Gonzalez, 45, worked alongside Saldivar and was sentenced to four months in prison and two years of supervised release.
Saldivar and Gonzalez are the latest of several South Texas politiqueras indicted in connection with fraudulent activity in 2012 elections to be sentenced.


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IFF Reports First Quarter 2020 Results
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2020-- Regulatory News:
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) (Euronext Paris: IFF) (TASE: IFF) reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020.
First Quarter 2020 Consolidated Summary:
(GAAP)
(Non-GAAP)1
EPS ex Amortization
$1.3 B
$196 M
¹ Schedules at the end of this release contain reconciliations of reported GAAP to non-GAAP metrics.
Management Commentary
"I am incredibly proud of how everyone at IFF has delivered for our customers around the world through the most challenging of circumstances," said Andreas Fibig, IFF Chairman and CEO. "Our strong first quarter performance is a testament to the strength of our business and IFF's role as an essential partner in the global consumer product supply chain. We realized strong top and bottom-line growth, which reflects the breadth of our diverse portfolio as well as the important role we play in the everyday life of consumers. Even in the midst of increased demand and a challenging operating environment, our teams continued to deliver solid synergies related to the Frutarom acquisition, advanced our DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences integration planning and helped to support those protecting our communities, including through the creation of more than 65 tons of hand sanitizer and the development of a new scent, 'HOPE 2020,' in record time.
"Our ability to pivot quickly and adapt our daily operations has enabled us to responsibly operate our business while continuing to meet customer demand, despite a few logistics hurdles around the world. As regulatory restrictions aimed at protecting public health shifted worldwide through the quarter, we have worked through these challenges to realize minimal disruption across our production and supply chain. Protecting the health and safety of our colleagues, especially those still coming to our facilities, continues to be paramount as we navigate the challenges presented by COVID 19."
IFF Executive Vice President and CFO, Rustom Jilla commented, "We leveraged our mid-single digit sales growth to deliver solid adjusted operating margin expansion in the first quarter. Now more than ever, IFF's broad based exposure across regions, categories and customers positions us to remain resilient through these uncertain times. We are fortunate that the majority of our revenue comes from packaged food, beverage and personal care and hygiene products, where there is relative strength. Having said that, we are not entirely immune as categories such as Fine Fragrances, Cosmetic Actives, Fragrance Ingredients and Food Service are exhibiting challenges and we are seeing additional costs related to COVID-19. It also is clear that in the near-term, global conditions will be extraordinarily volatile and unpredictable, leading us to withdraw our full year financial guidance. We will continue to effectively manage our balance sheet by taking actions to generate strong cash flow, and to maintain ample liquidity even through a prolonged global downturn."
Mr. Fibig continued, "As we gain more visibility in the second quarter and beyond, we expect to share additional updates on the performance and outlook for our business. We've been through challenging and uncertain times before as a company and believe that we're well positioned to successfully manage through this and emerge as an even stronger company."
First Quarter 2020 Consolidated Financial Results
Reported net sales for the first quarter totaled $1.35 billion, an increase of 4% from $1.30 billion in 2019. Currency neutral sales increased 6% driven by broad-based growth in Scent and Taste.
Reported operating profit for the first quarter was $196.2 million, an increase of 20% from $163.9 million in 2019. Excluding those items that affect comparability, adjusted operating profit excluding amortization increased 9% on a currency neutral basis led by volume growth, productivity initiatives and integration related synergies.
Reported earnings per share (EPS) for the first quarter was $1.15 per diluted share versus $0.96 per diluted share reported in 2019. Excluding those items that affect comparability, adjusted EPS excluding amortization was $1.62 per diluted share in 2020 versus $1.57 in the year-ago period. On a currency neutral basis, adjusted EPS excluding amortization increased 13% driven by adjusted operating profit growth, lower year-over-year interest expense and a more favorable effective tax rate.
First Quarter 2020 Segment Summary¹ : Growth vs. Prior Year
Currency Neutral
(Non-GAAP)
¹ Starting this quarter, IFF reports financial results in two segments, Taste and Scent, incorporating nearly all of the Frutarom business into the Taste segment.
Scent Segment
On a reported basis, sales increased 5%, or $24.4 million, to $517.0 million. Currency neutral sales improved 7%, with growth in nearly all regions and all categories. Performance was driven by double-digit growth in Consumer Fragrance and high single-digit growth in Fragrance Ingredients. Fine Fragrance declined versus the prior year period, as the temporary closure of retail sites due to COVID-19 led to a deceleration in performance late in the quarter.
Scent segment profit increased 17% on a reported basis and grew 19% on a currency neutral basis driven by volume growth and the benefits of productivity initiatives.
Taste Segment
On a reported basis, sales increased 3%, or $25.5 million, to $830.3 million. Currency neutral sales increased approximately 5% with growth in all regions and nearly all categories. Performance was driven by double-digit growth in Savory Solutions and Inclusions as well as low single digit growth in Flavors and Natural Products Solutions. Standalone legacy Frutarom sales growth in the quarter would have been approximately 4%.
Taste segment profit increased 5% on a reported basis and 6% on a currency neutral basis led by volume growth and integration-related synergies.
Business Environment Update Amid COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread globally, IFF is experiencing significant demand for ingredients and solutions used in certain consumer products, including packaged food, beverage and hygiene and disinfection, which represents approximately 85% of the Company's total 2019 revenue. At the same time, IFF is seeing weakness across other offerings exposed to temporary disruptions of consumer access to retail markets, such as Fine Fragrance and Cosmetic Actives, and away-from-home channels, such as Food Service.
IFF continues to adapt quickly to the current environment, with a focus on mitigating the near-term impact while positioning for continued long-term success following the crisis and remains optimistic on seeing improvement as the pandemic abates.
2020 Full Year Financial Guidance:
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, there is uncertainty around its ultimate impact; therefore, the Company's full year financial results cannot be reasonably estimated at this time and have been withdrawn.
Audio Webcast
A live webcast to discuss the Company's first quarter 2020 financial results will be held on May 12, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The webcast and accompanying slide presentation may be accessed on the Company's IR website at ir.iff.com. For those unable to listen to the live webcast, a recorded version will be made available on the Company's website approximately one hour after the event and will remain available on IFF's website for one year.
Cautionary Statement Under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" under the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the expected impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the Company's near term results, including sales and profit in the second quarter of 2020, and revenue from its categories with retail channel exposure, such as Fine Fragrance, Cosmetic Actives and Food Service; the expected impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the global economy; the Company's expectations with respect to generating cash flow and its liquidity position to manage a prolonged global economic downturn; anticipated increased costs relating to managing through the COVID 19 pandemic; expected updates from the Company on future performance and outlook for the business in 2020; the Company's ability to manage through the COVID 19 pandemic and to mitigate the near-term impact; and the Company's belief that it will see improvement in its business as the pandemic abates. These forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by cautionary statements and risk factor disclosures contained in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 3, 2020 and subsequent filings with the SEC. The Company wishes to caution readers that certain important factors may have affected and could in the future affect the Company's actual results and could cause the Company's actual results for subsequent periods to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. With respect to the Company's expectations regarding these statements, such factors include, but are not limited to: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which IFF operates in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand, the impact of weather conditions, natural disasters, public health issues, epidemics and pandemics, including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), or the fear of such events, and the financial condition of IFF's customers and suppliers; (2) the risks to the Company's business from the COVID 19 pandemic, including operational risks, supply chain risks, and customer related-risks; (3) risks related to the integration of the Frutarom business, including whether we will realize the benefits anticipated from the acquisition in the expected time frame; (4) unanticipated costs, liabilities, charges or expenses resulting from the Frutarom acquisition, (5) the impact of the outcome of legal claims, regulatory investigations and litigation, (6) the increase in the Company's leverage resulting from the additional debt incurred to pay a portion of the consideration for Frutarom and its impact on the Company's liquidity and ability to return capital to its shareholders, (7) the Company's ability to successfully market to its expanded and decentralized Taste and Frutarom customer base, (8) the Company's ability to effectively compete in its market and develop and introduce new products that meet customers' needs, (9) the Company's ability to successfully develop innovative and cost-effective products that allow customers to achieve their own profitability expectations, (10) the impact of the disruption in the Company's manufacturing operations, (11) the impact of a disruption in the Company's supply chain, including the inability to obtain ingredients and raw materials from third parties, (12) volatility and increases in the price of raw materials, energy and transportation, (13) the Company's ability to comply with, and the costs associated with compliance with, regulatory requirements and industry standards, including regarding product safety, quality, efficacy and environmental impact, (14) the impact of any failure or interruption of the Company's key information technology systems or a breach of information security, (15) the Company's ability to react in a timely and cost-effective manner to changes in consumer preferences and demands, (16) the Company's ability to establish and manage collaborations, joint ventures or partnership that lead to development or commercialization of products, (17) the Company's ability to benefit from its investments and expansion in emerging markets; (18) the impact of currency fluctuations or devaluations in the principal foreign markets in which it operates; (19) economic, regulatory and political risks associated with the Company's international operations, (20) the impact of global economic uncertainty on demand for consumer products, (21) the inability to retain key personnel; (22) the Company's ability to comply with, and the costs associated with compliance with, U.S. and foreign environmental protection laws, (23) the Company's ability to realize the benefits of its cost and productivity initiatives, (24) the Company's ability to successfully manage its working capital and inventory balances, (25) the impact of the failure to comply with U.S. or foreign anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws and regulations, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, (26) the Company's ability to protect its intellectual property rights, (27) the impact of the outcome of legal claims, regulatory investigations and litigation, (28) changes in market conditions or governmental regulations relating to our pension and postretirement obligations, (29) the impact of future impairment of our tangible or intangible long-lived assets, (30) the impact of changes in federal, state, local and international tax legislation or policies, including the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, with respect to transfer pricing and state aid, and adverse results of tax audits, assessments, or disputes, (31) the effect of potential government regulation on certain product development initiatives, and restrictions or costs that may be imposed on the Company or its operations as a result, and (32) the impact of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union. New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of such risks on the Company's business. Accordingly, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
We provide in this press release non-GAAP financial measures, including: (i) currency neutral sales; (ii) adjusted operating profit; (iii) adjusted operating profit (margin) ex. amortization; (iv) adjusted EPS; (v) adjusted EPS ex. amortization and (vi) currency neutral adjusted EPS ex amortization.
Our non-GAAP financial measures are defined below.
Currency Neutral metrics eliminate the effects that result from translating international currency to U.S. dollars. We calculate currency neutral numbers by comparing current year results to the prior year results restated at exchange rates in effect for the current year based on the currency of the underlying transaction.
Adjusted Operating Profit excludes the impact of operational improvement initiatives, integration related costs, restructuring and other charges, net, losses (gains) on sale of assets, Frutarom acquisition related costs, compliance review & legal defense costs, and N&B transaction related costs ("Operating Profit Items Impacting Comparability").
Adjusted Operating Profit (Margin) ex. Amortization excludes the impact of Operating Profit Items Impacting Comparability and the amortization of acquisition related intangible assets.
Adjusted EPS excludes the impact of operational improvement initiatives, integration related costs, restructuring and other charges, net, losses (gains) on sale of assets, Frutarom acquisition related costs, compliance review & legal defense costs, N&B transaction related costs, and redemption value adjustment to EPS (often referred to as "Items Impacting Comparability").
Adjusted EPS ex. Amortization excludes the impact of Items Impacting Comparability and the amortization of acquisition related intangible assets.
These non-GAAP measures are intended to provide additional information regarding our underlying operating results and comparable year-over-year performance. Such information is supplemental to information presented in accordance with GAAP and is not intended to represent a presentation in accordance with GAAP. In discussing our historical and expected future results and financial condition, we believe it is meaningful for investors to be made aware of and to be assisted in a better understanding of, on a period-to-period comparable basis, financial amounts both including and excluding these identified items, as well as the impact of exchange rate fluctuations. These non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of the Company's results under GAAP and may not be comparable to other companies' calculation of such metrics.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018, we began including Adjusted EPS ex. Amortization as a key non-GAAP financial measure of our business. Full amortization expense of intangible assets acquired in connection with acquisitions will be excluded from Adjusted EPS ex. Amortization calculation. The exclusion of amortization expense allows comparison of operating results that are consistent over time for newly and long-held businesses and with both acquisitive and non-acquisitive peer companies. We believe this calculation will provide a more accurate presentation in this and in future periods in the event of additional acquisitions. Further, this allows the investors to evaluate and understand operating trends excluding the impact on operating income and earnings per diluted share. In addition, the Frutarom acquisition related costs and N&B transaction related costs have been separated from costs related to prior acquisitions. The Frutarom acquisition related costs and N&B transaction related costs represent a significant balance and we believe this amount should be shown separately to provide an accurate presentation of the acquisition related costs. Our GAAP results and GAAP metrics do not change, and this change has no effect on day to day business operations, or how we manage our business.
Welcome to IFF
At IFF (NYSE:IFF) (Euronext Paris: IFF) (TASE: IFF), we're using Uncommon Sense to create what the world needs. As a collective of unconventional thinkers and creators, we put science and artistry to work to create unique and unexpected scents, tastes, experiences and ingredients for the products our world craves. Learn more at www.iff.com, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
(Amounts in thousands except per share data)
Three Months Ended March 31,
Research and development expenses
)%
Selling and administrative expenses
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles
Restructuring and other charges, net
Losses (gains) on sales of fixed assets
NMF
Other loss (income), net
Taxes on income
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
Net income attributable to IFF
Net income per share - basic (1)
Net income per share - diluted (1)
Average number of shares outstanding - basic
Average number of shares outstanding - diluted
(1) For 2020 and 2019, net income per share reflects adjustments related to the redemption value of certain redeemable noncontrolling interests.
NMF Not meaningful
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
(Amounts in thousands)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Property, plant and equipment, net
Goodwill and other intangibles, net
Redeemable noncontrolling interests
Shareholders' equity
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Adjustments to reconcile to net cash provided by operating activities
Deferred income taxes
Losses (gains) on sale of assets
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Trade receivables
Accruals for incentive compensation
Other current payables and accrued expenses
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash received
Additions to property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from life insurance contracts
Proceeds from disposal of assets
Contingent consideration paid
Cash dividends paid to shareholders
Increase in revolving credit facility and short term borrowings
Repayments on debt
Purchases of redeemable noncontrolling interest
Proceeds from issuance of stock in connection with stock options
Employee withholding taxes paid
Effect of exchange rates changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
The following table reconciles cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash between the Company's statement of cash flows for the periods ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 to the amounts reported in the Company's balance sheet:
Noncurrent assets
Restricted cash included in Other assets
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Business Unit Performance
Segment Profit
Global Expenses
Operational Improvement Initiatives
Frutarom Integration Related Costs
(Losses) gains on sale of assets
Frutarom Acquisition Related Costs
Compliance Review & Legal Defense Costs
N&B Transaction Related Costs
N&B Integration Related Costs
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation
Foreign Exchange Impact
Q1 Taste
% Change - Reported
Currency Impact
% Change - Currency Neutral
Q1 Scent
Q1 Consolidated
EPS ex. Amortization
Adjusted Operating Profit
% Change - Adjusted (Non-GAAP)
The following information and schedules provide reconciliation information between reported GAAP amounts and non-GAAP certain adjusted amounts. This information and schedules are not intended as, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for reported GAAP amounts or financial statements of the Company prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
Reconciliation of Gross Profit
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
Reported (GAAP)
Operational Improvement Initiatives (a)
Frutarom Integration Related Costs (b)
Frutarom Acquisition Related Costs (d)
Adjusted (Non-GAAP)
Reconciliation of Selling and Administrative Expenses
Compliance Review & Legal Defense Costs (e)
N&B Transaction Related Costs (f)
N&B Integration Related Costs (g)
Reconciliation of Operating Profit
Restructuring and Other Charges, net (c)
Reconciliation of Adjusted (Non-GAAP) Operating Profit Margin ex. Amortization
Adjusted (Non-GAAP) Operating Profit
Amortization of Acquisition related Intangible Assets
Adjusted (Non-GAAP) Operating Profit ex. Amortization
Adjusted (Non-GAAP) Operating Profit Margin ex. Amortization
Reconciliation of Net Income
Taxes on income (i)
Net Income Attributable to IFF (j)
Diluted EPS (k)
Diluted EPS
Redemption value adjustment to EPS (h)
Reconciliation of Adjusted (Non-GAAP) EPS ex. Amortization
(DOLLARS AND SHARE AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Adjusted (Non-GAAP) Net Income
Tax impact on Amortization of Acquisition related Intangible Assets (i)
Amortization of Acquisition related Intangible Assets, net of tax (l)
Adjusted (Non-GAAP) Net Income ex. Amortization
Weighted average shares assuming dilution (diluted)
Adjusted (Non-GAAP) EPS ex. Amortization
Represents accelerated depreciation related to a plant relocation in India.
Represents costs related to the integration of the Frutarom acquisition. For 2020, costs primarily related to advisory services, retention bonuses and performance stock awards. For 2019, costs principally related to advisory services.
For 2020, represents costs primarily related to the Frutarom Integration Initiative. For 2019, represents costs primarily related to the Frutarom Integration Initiative and the 2019 Severance Charges program.
Represents transaction-related costs and expenses related to the acquisition of Frutarom. For 2020, amount primarily includes earn-out payments, net of adjustments, amortization for inventory "step-up" costs and transaction costs principally related to the 2019 Acquisition Activity. For 2019, amount primarily includes amortization for inventory "step-up" costs and transaction costs.
Costs related to reviewing the nature of inappropriate payments and review of compliance in certain other countries. In addition, includes legal costs for related shareholder lawsuits.
Represents transaction costs and expenses related to the pending transaction with Nutrition & Biosciences Inc.
Represents costs related to the integration of the pending transaction with Nutrition & Biosciences Inc.
Represents the adjustment to EPS related to the excess of the redemption value of certain redeemable noncontrolling interests over their existing carrying value.
The income tax expense (benefit) on non-GAAP adjustments is computed in accordance with ASC 740 using the same methodology as the GAAP provision of income taxes. Income tax effects of non-GAAP adjustments are calculated based on the applicable statutory tax rate for each jurisdiction in which such charges were incurred, except for those items which are non-taxable or are subject to a valuation allowance for which the tax expense (benefit) was calculated at 0%. For fiscal years 2020 and 2019, these non-GAAP adjustments were not subject to foreign tax credits, but to the extent that such factors are applicable to any future non-GAAP adjustments we will take such factors into consideration in calculating the tax expense (benefit).
For 2020 and 2019, net income is reduced by income attributable to noncontrolling interest of $2.6M and $2.4M, respectively.
The sum of these items does not foot due to rounding.
Represents all amortization of intangible assets acquired in connection with acquisitions, net of tax.
Michael DeVeau
Head of Investor Relations and Communications
Source: IFF

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Cedric Levon Richmond ( * September 13, 1973 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American politician. Since 2011 he represents the state of Louisiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Cedric Richmond attended Morehouse College in Atlanta ( Georgia), the Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans and then to 1995. After a subsequent law degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, he was admitted in 1998 as a lawyer. He also studied at Harvard University, both belonging to John F. Kennedy School of Government. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1999 and 2008 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Louisiana. He has at times been chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a member of the Tax Committee and two other committees. In 2008, he unsuccessfully sought the nomination of his party for the congressional elections.
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In Congress, he is a member of the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Small Business and in two sub-committees. He is also a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the New Democrat Coalition within the party.
In the congressional elections in 2012 Richmond was achieved with a vote share of 55 percent of the initial re-election.


Members of the Committee of the Region's Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX) today gave almost unanimous support to the draft opinion on Reflecting on Europe by CoR President Karl-Heinz Lambertz (PES/Belgium) and CoR First Vice-President Markku Markkula (EPP/Finland), responding to a request by European Council President Donald Tusk to put forward "the voice of local and regional authorities on how to rebuild trust in the EU".
The opinion takes up the results of more than 200 citizens' dialogues organised by CoR members in their cities and regions, providing a platform for citizen engagement in the ongoing debate on the future of Europe and collecting their views through an online survey.
"During the past months, we have listened to citizens from all over Europe. Their main message for Europe's future is clear: a call for action to reduce inequalities, strengthen solidarity between and within Member States and regions, and open up channels for democratic participation. As local and regional representatives, we are best placed to be their voice in Brussels", Mr.Lambertz stressed.
arguing that all this requires an ambitious EU budget post 2020 that allows cities and regions to deliver.
The draft opinion is scheduled to be adopted at the October 2018 CoR plenary session. Together with the president's "Speech of the State of the Union from a local and regional perspective", it will lead to the adoption of a set of proposals for the European elections 2019 by the CoR summit in Bucharest, Romania in March next year.


Do no harm! | "The road's half travelled when you know the way"
Posted on 2018-05-31	by Bridie.
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My history of blogging has always been non-commercial, and free to use, and its content is not disposed to attract contemporary commercial social media. The internet now has serious issues to deal with. It now has a multiple variety of International companies with Big Brother complexes seeking your personal data and misusing it. The content on these pages is not a commercial commodity. Nor are human beings.
All the energy needed to disseminate anything that is of value, cannot come from one person alone. True energy needs a sharing dimension, and new concepts for it to grow.
The last blog initiated a host of notifications. Consequently as that which is factual is of interest, and as my time is limited, I propose to introduce the subject once again.
That which is evidently true, beyond any opinion into infinity, adds only to the wonderment of our existence. It would mean that nothing is ever lost in time.
Walk through a doorway, consider that your passage through the doorway is forever locked in time.
This information, alarming though it may be, could be the catalyst to the realisation that any egotistical embedded lifestyle needs to be exposed to allow the reality that must evidently exist.
This factual information may provide the forerunner of who we are.
It may also enlighten our minds to the condition we are in at the moment, alienated from the very properties that are our interdependent and interconnected link.
who we are. Embedded industrialisation clouds most cultures to the unhealthy need that we must have possessions.
Does the above reality give you any pause to wish for a state of being that transforms your experience. That transformation can only come from you, and whatever consciousness level you live at.
Have written 'The Magic Mantra' and the purpose in the use of a mantra.
One UG Krishnamurti wrote "Your thoughts are your worst enemy" hence my reason for introducing the mantra.
Thoughts and consciousness exist at varying scales of experience.
Thoughts contain the whole array of spurious dichotomies, They consequently can have a deleterious effect on human behaviour. They are life's embedded information which we are all subject to. We see life through their prism.
Thoughts, as they are, are at the bottom of the scale, and the analogy is that we sit in a cave, a fire casting shadows on the wall believing the shadows are our reality.
Consciousness is your right to experience knowledge, not imposed by life but specifically direct to you.
The greatest knowledge you can ever have is your own. It transcends any of life's embedded experience. The only purpose that infinite knowledge has is to be shared.
Infinite knowledge is the content of the semantic template which is there for everyone to use. No wonder Heraclitus wept for humanity.
Infinity Courtesy of Google "free to use images".
The Mantra is a very simple tool to let your mind rest from its continuous soliloquy.
Your breath and your blood need continuity, and your thoughts need rest via sleep, and your own personal mantra, to restore vital physical needs.
Our obligation is to reach for states of consciousness that recognise our real state of being. Goodness does not necessarily come by deliberation. The Chinese continent with its polluted cities, will inevitably take drastic measures to restore a healthy climate for its citizens.
In doing so the planet will benefit by its actions. Goodness in action!
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5 Responses to Do no harm!
Hello Bridie! I'm so glad to see you still blogging and sharing your thoughts! Hope you are well.
Took a walk back in time through your photo gallery. For a 91 year old it was a joy, and a priviledge to catch up with you again, and I thank you, the Captain and the kids.
Yes, still blogging. My motivation seems to be intact, wherever it comes from?
When I look back on old blogs I do wonder who the hell wrote that?
Like "goodness", deliberation may not apply – its a happening outside my domain!
Now seem to have lots of notifications from Twitter and Facebook. Whatever they mean they are beyond my capacity to answer them. My only wish is that the material may find a peaceful mind to make good use of it.
What a reflection you and your family must cast – let it continually blossom.
I wish you could share some of your motivation with me! I still don't blog nearly as regularly as I wish I did. I'm sure you're inspiring people!
Perhaps because I write with a pen name. Very early on I was concerned about social media, My surname is not registered in any sharing address. Use Jean's surname.
In her memory I started some years ago to take an interest in our conscioussnes, and arrived where I am today..
Most of what I write (and my motivation), comes when I waken up at night, with "stuff" running through my head. Unless I scribble it down there and then – it's gone!
My obligation is to capture it, and expand the best way I can.
My motivation then is an ethereal like substance – not me!
Loved your advice on gardening. My two plant pots will benefit – and I will tell them!
I enjoy the hugs and return them to you all – in abundance.
Where is the next blog?
Mine will be in the post soon, the substance still appears!!!!
I'm sure you will never do any harm, and for that the planet will be grateful. How much motivation do you need?
Am taking the time to write you again about inspiration – Twitter and Facebook.
seem blatantly innocent of the real need to scrap the programme (inert radicalization).
Back to inspiration. My source is my semantic template of about 100 absolutes.
Absolutes or principles without dichotomies, provide an infinite kaleidoscope of new thought.
The Template that you construct is yours and yours alone for the purpose of sharing.
That is why it is no one's property and can never be a commercial enterprise.
You will find when you construct and use your Template that your inspiration is you!
Hope this finds you and your family are all in a good place.


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In Pictures: Vivian Maier's Unseen Photographs
The University of Chicago Library has received a gift of over 2,700 photographs by the late American street photographer
The University of Chicago has received a gift of more than 2,700 photographs by street photographer Vivian Maier, many of which have never been displayed. John Maloof, a director and writer with a large collection of Maier's photographs, made the donation to the University of Chicago library. Included in the selection are black-and-white and colour photographs taken in Chicago, where Maier lived, as well as on her travels.
Maier took over 150,000 photographs in her lifetime, however her images remained unpublished until they attracted critical acclaim in 2007. Maier's life has since become the subject of films and books, including Christina Hesselholdt's newly-translated book, Vivian (2016/2019). Writing in frieze in June, Tom Overton described the novel: 'Hesselholdt brings Maier to life, luminously: looking down into the viewfinder on the top of her Rolleiflex camera, seeing the image for the first and last time.' Below are a selection of images from this new acquisition.
Courtesy: Unpublished work © 2017 The Estate of Vivian Maier. All rights reserved
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Two experiments were conducted: one tracking the relationship between alcohol and long-term happiness, and the other about "moment-to-moment changes in happiness and drinking." The latter was done over a quite large sample -- 2,049,120 observations from 31,302 individuals -- though this wasn't a representative sample.
Unsurprisingly, people are much happier in the moment of drinking. "Drinking alcohol is associated with considerably greater happiness at that moment — 10.79 points on a 0-100 scale," says the study. The collection method attempted to control for the other variables that can cause happiness and tend to be around in the moment of drinking: friends, family, the Stanley Cup Final, and good food.
Controlled for those factors, the happiness boost fell to 4 points, but that remains a statistically significant boost in happiness.
While there weren't significantly different responses based on who people were drinking with, drinking could have a dramatic impact on reported happiness based on what kind of activity it accompanied.
"Drinking had the greatest impact when it came alongside otherwise unenjoyable activities (traveling/commuting, waiting), and only increased the happiness of already enjoyable activities by smaller amounts (socializing, making love)."
So, next time you go to the DMV, brown-bagging it might give a lot of bang for your buck.
Drinkers reported higher satisfaction in the moment of drinking, but any spillover into other moments were "in question... and more inconsistent," and that wasn't just about regrets and hangovers.
Additionally, in the longterm, drinking didn't make people more happy or unhappy, except where drinking problems arose.
Overall, the study didn't reveal anything that wasn't assumed about drinking, but putting that in a scientific framework is important. "The conventional way that government economists (at least in the UK) value the wellbeing impacts of drinking – assuming that we are all rational and fully-informed for every drink – are simply wrong," Geiger told Thrillist.
To seriously address the problems of drinking, the study contends, the complete picture must be understood, including the obvious fact staring everyone in the face: People drink because it's fun.


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Heavens to Betsy! This trip turned out to be much warmer than I expected. No jackets or layers needed – it's summer in Texas, ya'll!
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Back to the heat. I packed totally wrong for the kids. Too many long sleeve shirts and no shorts for Jemma so I popped into Old Navy and grabbed her this little dress to cool off her vacation wardrobe. We're off to the Austin area next and it's supposed to be even warmer there so I'm sure she'll get lots of wear out of it. Well, at least until we get back to the Northwest's frigid temps.
So far in Texas, I'm eating WAY too much – fried cheese, pulled pork, steak, creamed corn, Tex Mex, and Bluebell ice cream – all while keeping my running schedule … apparently to balance things out. We've loved our time with Dominic's brother and his family; Jem especially because cousins are rad. I'm going to share more about them later as they're expecting a miracle baby and it's a wonderful, amazing and fabulous story that will melt your heart!
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Wonderful post, Julie. It is certainly a pivotal point in the novel that these illustrations show.
I'm enjoying this Sense and Sensibility illustration series very much thank you, Julie. I think you are right about the first one showing more emotion than Jane Austen wrote. In this vulgar day and age when modesty and subtlety have, for all intents and purposes, disappeared, it is amazing how VERY much can be conveyed with simple line drawings, isn't it? Thank you, Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson, and thank you again, Julie!
I'm glad, Cathy. They are very interesting and accomplished drawings,aren't they?
Wicked girl, that Lucy. he should have had the Middleton angels abusing her more.