Insider trade

CEO purchased ~$933K of IFF shares in the open market

Traded Mar 13, 2026 · Filed Mar 16, 2026

~$933K
Reported value · 13K sh @ $69.8521: 92K
Holds after · shares reported: +19.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +15.4%, $69.61 → $83.12 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of International Flavors & Fragrances spent $933K of their very own money to buy International Flavors & Fragrances shares. 1 other person at International Flavors & Fragrances bought some too, in the same month. Their pile of International Flavors & Fragrances shares grew by 17%.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Mar 13, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 16, 2026

CEO$500K–$1MHoldings +17%2 insiders bought in 30dLargest by this insider

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$933,224

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

$500K–$1M

Ownership change

+17.1%

Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing

Rarity

First purchase in 0 months

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Largest by this insider

Yes

Compared with 1 earlier confirmed purchase

Cluster activity

2 distinct insiders in 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Size vs CEO pay

This purchase equals about 6.2% of the CEO's reported total pay for fiscal 2025 ($15M)

Purchase value ÷ the CEO's total from the Summary Compensation Table, as tagged in the pay versus performance table of the company's proxy statement (DEF 14A), filed 2026-03-18. The proxy names Mr. J. Erik Fyrwald as CEO for that year. A size comparison, not a judgement

Timing vs results

30 days after results of Feb 11, 2026, 53 days before results of May 5, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $69.61 on Mar 13, 2026, 17% above its 52-week low and 16% below its high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $59.55 (Oct 10, 2025) to $83.00 (Feb 13, 2026), 43% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $69.60 on Jan 29, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-4.7%	-2.6%	-2.1%
30 days	+1.1%	+4.6%	-3.5%
90 days	+9.9%	+12.5%	-2.6%
180 days	+17.1%	+13.4%	+3.6%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001225208-26-003696
Filed / recorded: Mar 16, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
Issuer CIK: 51253
Ticker: IFF
Reporting person: J Erik Fyrwald
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Chief Executive Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Mar 13, 2026
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 13,360
Price per share: $69.8521
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 91,630
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $69.76 to $69.95, inclusive. The reporting persons undertake to provide the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (2) to this Form 4.