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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Chawla Paul   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sensata Technologies Holding plc [ST] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP, Performance Sensing Auto (Last) (First) (Middle) 529 PLEASANT STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/01/2018 (Street) ATTLEBORO, MA 02703 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Ordinary Shares, par value EUR 0.01 per share 04/01/2018   A(1)   10,131 (2) A $ 0 32,282 (3) D   Ordinary Shares, par value EUR 0.01 per share 04/01/2018   D   1,102 (4) D $ 0 31,180 (5) D   Ordinary Shares, par value EUR 0.01 per share 04/01/2018   F   2,156 (6) D $ 51.83 29,024 (5) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock options to Buy

$ 51.83

04/01/2018

A

14,060

(7)

04/01/2028

Ordinary Shares, par value EUR 0.01 per share

14,060

$ 0

14,060

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Chawla Paul 529 PLEASANT STREET ATTLEBORO, MA 02703			SVP, Performance Sensing Auto

Signatures

/s/ Michael Richards by power of attorney		04/03/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Granted pursuant to Sensata Technologies Holding plc First Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)	Consists of unvested restricted securities granted to the reporting person on April 1, 2018. The restricted securities include 2,171 restricted securities that will vest on April 1, 2021 based on the reporting person's continued employment, and 7,960 restricted securities that will vest on April 1, 2021 based on the issuer's satisfaction of certain performance criteria.
(3)	Includes 31,318 unvested restricted securities, of which 23,105 securities are subject to performance conditions.
(4)	Represents the portion of the reporting person's performance-based restricted securities granted in 2015 that were forfeited based on certain performance criteria not being met.
(5)	Includes 25,681 unvested restricted securities, of which 20,251 securities are subject to performance conditions.
(6)	Represents shares withheld to cover taxes due by the reporting person upon vesting of certain restricted security awards.
(7)	These options are exercisable over four years at 25% per year, beginning on the first anniversary date of April 1, 2019.

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