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* Creighton Christine Frances (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O 529 PLEASANT STREET, MS B-7 (Street) ATTLEBORO MA 02703 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/12/2011	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) Chief Accounting Officer	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	6,000(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)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options to Buy	(2)	11/12/2018	Ordinary Shares, par value EUR 0.01 per share	30,000	$11.38	D
Stock Options to Buy	(3)	09/21/2020	Ordinary Shares, par value EUR 0.01 per share	20,700	$18.88	D
Stock Options to Buy	(4)	04/01/2021	Ordinary Shares, par value EUR 0.01 per share	13,600	$35.01	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Consists of 3,600 and 2,400 unvested restricted ordinary shares granted to the reporting person on September 21, 2010 and April 1, 2011, respectively. The restricted ordinary shares will vest on September 21, 2013 and April 1, 2014, respectively, based on the issuer's satisfaction of certain performance criteria.

2. Consists of options granted to the reporting person on November 12, 2008. These options vest as follows: 40% on the second anniversary of the date of grant and 20% upon each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the date of grant. 12,000 of these options have vested.

3. Consists of options granted to the reporting person on September 21, 2010. These options vest as follows: 25% on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant. None of these options have vested.

4. Consists of options granted to the reporting person on April 1, 2011. These options vest as follows: 25% on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant. None of these options have vested.

	/s/ Christine F. Creighton	07/22/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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