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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   WROE THOMAS JR 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) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer 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 52,118 (1) D   Ordinary Shares, par value EUR 0.01 per share 83,600 (2) D Â

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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	  (3)	05/15/2016	Ordinary Shares	1,942,495 (3)	$ 6.99	I	By a Family Trust (3)
Stock Options to Buy	  (4)	09/04/2019	Ordinary Shares	225,000 (4)	$ 14.8	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WROE THOMAS JR C/O SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC 529 PLEASANT STREET ATTLEBORO, MA 02703	  X	Â	  Chief Executive Officer	Â

Signatures

/s/ Thomas Wroe, Jr.		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 May 15, 2006. The restricted ordinary shares are subject to time vesting and vest upon the earliest to occur of the reporting person's involuntary retirement, a change of control and June 2, 2011.
(2)	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.
(3)	Consists of 647,498 Tranche I options and 1,294,997 Tranche II options options granted to the reporting person on May 15, 2006. 256,409 of these options are held by the Trust. 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. 388,499 of the Tranche I options have vested; no Tranche II options have vested.
(4)	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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