date:May 07, 2014
on, or $1.10 per diluted share, in the prior year first quarter. Adjusted EPS excludes the impact of restructuring and operational improvement initiative costs from the current year quarter, and a Spanish tax charge and other items impacting comparability from the prior year quarter. Adjusted EPS increased 11% to $1.32 per diluted share in the first quarter, up from an adjusted $1.19 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2013.
Doug Tough, Chairman and CEO of IFF, said We are pleased with ou