Exhibit 10.39

SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING N.V.
(the "Company")
AMENDMENT TO AWARD AGREEMENT - OPTIONS
Amendment Date: January 23, 2012
Issue to:
Jeff Cote ("Participant")

The Award Agreements dated January 1, 2007, September 4, 2009, and April 1, 2011
are hereby amended as follows:

This amendment provides to each of the Award Agreements a vested options
expiration post- termination of employment to the expiry of the full ten-year
term of the option grant.

This amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by means
of telecopied signature pages), all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, acting by and through its duly authorized
officers, has executed this agreement effective as of the date first above
written.

 
SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING N.V.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Donna N. Kimmel
 
 
 
 
Name:
Donna N. Kimmel
 
 
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President Human Resources
 
 
 
Accepted and Agreed:
 
 
/s/ Jeff Cote
 
 
Jeff Cote