Ownership Submission
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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  COTE JEFFREY J
 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]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 529 PLEASANT STREET		 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 Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

ATTLEBORO, MA 02703		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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
 

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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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
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  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
COTE JEFFREY J
C/O SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
529 PLEASANT STREET
ATTLEBORO, MA 02703		       Executive VP and CFO  

Signatures

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

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(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.

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