SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP — Director's Dealing 2010

Apr 26, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT)
CIK: 0000310142
Period of Report: 2010-04-22

Reporting Person: ROLFS STEPHEN J (VP, Controller and CAO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-04-22	Common Stock	I	544.616	$31.67	Disposed	476.006	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	52800	Direct
Common Stock	3377.614	Indirect
Common Stock	1548.609	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$22.00	2010-12-11	Common Stock (15000)	15000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$18.54	2011-12-10	Common Stock (15000)	15000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$23.19	2012-12-09	Common Stock (15000)	15000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$19.40	2013-12-08	Common Stock (8000)	8000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$23.00	2014-12-06	Common Stock (10000)	10000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$18.57	2015-12-01	Common Stock (9000)	9000	Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$24.15	2016-12-07	Common Stock (2125)	2125	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Transaction exempt from Section 16(b) by virtue of Rule 16b-3(f).

F2: Represents shares held in Issuer's Supplemental Benefit Plan as of the date of the transaction.

F3: Includes shares of restricted stock held under Issuer's 1998 and 2002 Stock Option Plans.

F4: Represents shares held in Issuer's ESOP as of the end of the month immediately preceding this filing.

F5: Represents shares held in Issuer's Savings Plan as of the end of the month immediately preceding this filing.

F6: Original option grant vests in three equal annual installments beginning on the date listed in the "Date Exercisable" column.