SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP — Director's Dealing 2009

Feb 10, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT)
CIK: 0000310142
Period of Report: 2009-02-06

Reporting Person: HOBBS RICHARD F (Senior VP & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-02-06	Common Stock	M	10920	$18.54	Acquired	152020	Direct
2009-02-06	Common Stock	S	10920	$23.3438	Disposed	141100	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-02-06	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$18.54	M	10920	Disposed	2011-12-10	Common Stock (10920)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	9112.909	Indirect
Common Stock	11849.973	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$23.19	2012-12-09	Common Stock (50000)	50000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$19.40	2013-12-08	Common Stock (30000)	30000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$23.00	2014-12-06	Common Stock (30000)	30000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$18.57	2015-12-01	Common Stock (25000)	25000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$24.15	2016-12-07	Common Stock (6250)	6250	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of in-the-money employee stock option that would otherwise expire on 12/10/2011, 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 and Issuer's 2007 Restricted Stock Plan.

F3: The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person.

F4: This amount represents the weighted average sale price for the transactions reported on this line. The actual sale prices ranged from $23.24 to $23.51. 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.

F5: Represents shares held in Issuer's Supplemental Benefit Plan as of the most recent statement date.

F6: Represents shares held in Issuer's Savings Plan as of the end of the month immediately preceding this filing.

F7: Original option grant vests in three equal annual installments beginning on the date listed in the "Date Exercisable" column.