SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP — Director's Dealing 2010

Feb 19, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT)
CIK: 0000310142
Period of Report: 2010-02-18

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-02-18	Common Stock	M	29001	$23.00	Acquired	278399	Direct
2010-02-18	Common Stock	S	29001	$26.0826	Disposed	249398	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-02-18	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$23.00	M	29001	Disposed	2014-12-06	Common Stock (29001)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	8699.712	Indirect
Common Stock	15969.503	Indirect
Common Stock	2000	Indirect
Common Stock	51383.406	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$23.19	2012-12-09	Common Stock (146604)	146604	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of in-the-money employee 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).

F2: The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person.

F3: This amount represents the weighted average sale price for the transactions reported on this line. The actual sale prices ranged from $26.07 to $26.12. 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.

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

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