SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP — Director's Dealing 2010

Jul 6, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT)
CIK: 0000310142
Period of Report: 2010-07-01

Reporting Person: MANNING KENNETH P (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-07-01	Common Stock	M	86604	$23.19	Acquired	314427	Direct
2010-07-01	Common Stock	M	28396	$23.00	Acquired	342823	Direct
2010-07-01	Common Stock	S	115000	$25.9141	Disposed	227823	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-07-01	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$23.19	M	86604	Disposed	2012-12-09	Common Stock (86604)	Direct
2010-07-01	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$23.00	M	28396	Disposed	2014-12-06	Common Stock (28396)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of in-the-money stock option that would otherwise expire on 12/9/2012, exempt from Section 16(b) by virtue of Rule 16b-6(b) and Rule 16b-3(d) and (e).

F2: Exercise of in-the-money stock option that would otherwise expire on 12/6/2014, exempt from Section 16(b) by virtue of Rule 16b-6(b) and Rule 16b-3(d) and (e).

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 $25.74 to $26.14. 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: Original option grant vests in three equal annual installments beginning on the date listed in the "Date Exercisable" column.