UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2021

SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLC

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Interface House, Interface Business Park, Bincknoll Lane

Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon SN4 8SY, United Kingdom

529 Pleasant Street

Attleboro, Massachusetts 02703, United States

(Address of Principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

+1(508) 236 3800

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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On March 31, 2021, Sensata Technologies Holding plc (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, Sensata Technologies B.V. (the “Issuer”), intended to offer, subject to market and other customary conditions, an additional $150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.000% senior notes due 2029 in a private offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Subsequently, on March 31, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Issuer had priced an additional $250.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.000% senior notes due 2029 (the “Additional Notes”) at 100.75%. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on April 8, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Additional Notes will be issued under the indenture governing the Issuer’s existing 4.000% senior notes due 2029 and will be consolidated and form a single class with the $750 million aggregate principal amount of these notes that were issued by the Issuer on March 29, 2021 (the “Initial Notes” and, together with the Additional Notes, the “Notes”). The Additional Notes will have the same terms as the Initial Notes, other than with respect to the date of issuance and the issue price.

The Notes and the related guarantees will be offered only to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” in reliance on the exemption from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes and the related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other state or jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities or blue sky laws and foreign securities laws. This Current Report on Form 8-K is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation, or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.

Copies of the press releases announcing the offering and pricing of the Notes are filed herewith as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.