SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP — Director's Dealing 2003

Apr 28, 2003

4 1 rrd7622.htm FORM 4 SEC Form 4

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Batten, Michael A. (Last) (First) (Middle) Sensient Technologies Corporation 777 East Wisconsin Avenue (Street) Milwaukee, WI 53202 (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sensient Technologies Corporation SXT 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) 4. Statement for (Month/Day/Year 04/24/2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Description 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned — 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2.Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
		Code	V	Amount	A/D	Price
Common Stock	04/24/2003	A		300	A	(1)	4,715.252 (2)	D

4. Transaction Code (Instr.8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable(DE) and Expiration Date(ED) (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.5)
Code	V	A	D DE ED Title Amount or Number of Shares	DE	ED	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Grant of restricted stock under the Company's 2002 Directors Stock Plan. (2) Includes shares of restricted stock as well as allocation of dividends to Director's account.

By:	Date:
/s/ John L. Hammond	04/25/2003
Attorney-in-fact for Mr. Batten
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Additional Information Reported For This Form

Name and Address of Reporting Person * Batten, Michael A. (Last) (First) (Middle) Sensient Technologies Corporation 777 East Wisconsin Avenue (Street) Milwaukee, WI 53202 (City) (State) (Zip) Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sensient Technologies Corporation SXT Statement for (Month/Day/Year) 04/24/2003

POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of John L. Hammond, Richard Carney, Stephen J. Rolfs, and Richard F. Hobbs, and each of them individually, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an Officer and/or Director of Sensient Technologies Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (a "Section 16 Form") and a Form ID and any other forms required to be filed or submitted in accordance with Regulation S-T promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor provision) in order to file the Section 16 Forms electronically (a "Form ID", and, together with the Section 16 Forms, a "Form"); (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by each such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as he may approve in his discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each such attorney-in-fact is serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, and is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file any Forms pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact. From and after the date hereof, any Power of Attorney previously granted by the undersigned concerning the subject matter hereof is hereby revoked. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 20th day of September, 2002. /s/ Michael A. Batten Michael A. Batten Print Name