SEC FORM 3

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

COTE JEFFREY J

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

529 PLEASANT STREET

(Street)

ATTLEBORO

02703

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/10/2010

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. [ ST ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Executive VP and CFO

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Ordinary Shares, par value EUR 0.01 per share	92,900⁽¹⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Options to Buy	⁽²⁾	03/28/2017	Ordinary shares	1,190,000⁽²⁾	$7.3	D
Stock Options to Buy	⁽³⁾	09/04/2019	Ordinary shares	250,000⁽³⁾	$14.8	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Consists of unvested restricted ordinary shares granted to the reporting person on December 9, 2009. The restricted ordinary shares vest in five equal annual installments beginning one year from the date of grant

2. Consists of 396,667 Tranche I options and 793,333 Tranche II options granted to the reporting person on March 28, 2007. The Tranche I options vest as follows: 40% upon the second anniversary of the date of grant and 20% upon each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the date of grant. Vesting of Tranche II options is conditioned upon the achievement of a performance target at which time they become subject to time vesting in the same manner as the Tranche I options. 158,667 of the Tranche I options have vested; no Tranche II options have vested.

3. Consists of Tranche I options granted to the reporting person on September 4, 2009. The Tranche I options vest in five equal annual installments beginning one year from the date of grant.

	/s/ Jeffrey Cote	03/10/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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