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* BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (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 X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X 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	144,029,636(1)(2)(3)	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)

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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAIN CAPITAL FUND VIII, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAIN CAPITAL VIII COINVESTMENT FUND, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAIN CAPITAL PARTNERS VIII, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAIN CAPITAL FUND VIII-E, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAIN CAPITAL PARTNERS VIII-E, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAIN CAPITAL FUND IX L P (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAIN CAPITAL IX COINVESTMENT FUND L P (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bain Capital Partners IX, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BCIP Associates III (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE (Street) BOSTON MA 02199 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents ordinary shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. owned by Sensata Investment Company S.C.A. ("Sensata Investment Co."). Sensata Investment Co. is controlled by its manager, Sensata Management Company S.A. ("Sensata SA") through its board of directors. All of the outstanding capital stock of Sensata SA is owned by Bain Capital Fund VIII, L.P. ("Fund VIII") and Bain Capital Fund VIII-E, L.P. ("Fund VIII-E"), and in that capacity, these funds have the power to appoint the directors of Sensata SA. Because of the relationships described in footnote (2) below, Bain Capital Investors, LLC ("BCI") may be deemed to control Fund VIII and Fund VIII-E and thus may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by Sensata Investment Co. (Continued in Footnote 2)

2. Approximately 80.6% of the ordinary shares of Sensata Investment Co. are owned by Fund VIII, Bain Capital VIII Coinvestment Fund, L.P. ("Coinvestment VIII"), Fund VIII-E, Bain Capital Fund IX, L.P. ("Fund IX"), Bain Capital IX Coinvestment Fund, L.P. ("Coinvestment IX"), BCIP Associates III ("BCIP III"), BCIP Trust Associates III ("BCIP Trust III"), BCIP Associates III-B ("BCIP III-B"), BCIP Trust Associates III-B ("BCIP Trust III-B") and BCIP Associates-G ("BCIP-G" and together with Fund VIII, Coinvestment VIII, Fund VIII-E, Fund IX, Coinvestment IX, BCIP III, BCIP Trust III, BCIP III-B and BCIP Trust III-B, the "Bain Capital Funds"). Each Bain Capital Fund disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Sensata Investment Co. except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

3. BCI is the managing general partner of BCIP III, BCIP Trust III, BCIP III-B, BCIP Trust III-B and BCIP-G. BCI is also the general partner of Bain Capital Partners IX, L.P., which is the general partner of Fund IX and Coinvestment IX. BCI is also the general partner of Bain Capital Partners VIII, L.P. which is the general partner of Fund VIII and Coinvestment VIII. BCI is also the general partner of Bain Capital Partners VIII-E, L.P., which is the general partner of Fund VIII-E. By virtue of these relationships, BCI may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of the issuer that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Bain Capital Funds. BCI and each of the Bain Capital Funds disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Sensata Investment Co. except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

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	/s/ Paul B. Edgerley	03/10/2010
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