SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP — Director's Dealing 2009

Jul 23, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT)
CIK: 0000310142
Period of Report: 2009-07-21

Reporting Person: Cracknell Neil (President and COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-07-21	Common Stock	M	4500	$18.375	Acquired	57768	Direct
2009-07-21	Common Stock	S	4500	$24.504	Disposed	53268	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-07-21	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$18.375	M	4500	Disposed	2010-01-31	Common Stock (4500)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$19.71	2012-02-19	Common Stock (5000)	5000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$21.30	2013-02-13	Common Stock (7000)	7000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$20.55	2014-02-17	Common Stock (5000)	5000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$23.09	2015-02-14	Common Stock (4000)	4000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$19.03	2016-02-10	Common Stock (5000)	5000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$24.45	2017-02-08	Common Stock (7500)	7500	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of in-the-money employee stock option that would otherwise expire on 1/31/2010, exempt from Section 16(b) by virtue of Rule 16b-6(b) and Rule 16b-3(d) and (e).

F2: Includes shares of restricted stock held under Issuer's 1998 and 2002 Stock Option Plans.

F3: Original option grant vests in three equal annual installments beginning on the date listed in the "Date Exercisable" column.

F4: This amount represents the weighted average sale price for the transactions reported on this line. The actual sale prices ranged from $24.50 to $24.53. The reporting person hereby agrees to provide, upon request by the SEC staff, by the Issuer, or by any security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.