SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-000116 to Sensata Technologies Holding plc (ST) (CIK 0001477294) (ST)
Sensata Technologies Holding plc (ST) (CIK 0001477294)
Date: Jan. 4, 2024 · CIK: 0001477294 · Accession: 0000000000-24-000116
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January 4, 2024
Jeff Cote
Chief Executive Officer and President
Sensata Technologies Holding plc
529 Pleasant Street
Attleboro, MA 02703
Re:Sensata Technologies Holding plc
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
Filed April 13, 2023
File No. 001-34652
Dear Jeff Cote:
We have limited our review of your most recent definitive proxy statement to those issues
we have addressed in our comments. Please respond to these comments by confirming that you
will revise your future proxy disclosures in accordance with the topics discussed below.
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April 13, 2023
Pay Versus Performance, page 50
1.We note that you have included Adjusted Earnings Per Share, a non-GAAP measure, as
your Company-Selected Measure pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 402(v)(2)(vi). Please
provide disclosure showing how this number is calculated from your audited financial
statements, as required by Regulation S-K Item 402(v)(2)(v). If the disclosure appears in a
different part of the definitive proxy statement, including an appendix, you may satisfy the
disclosure requirement by a cross-reference thereto; however, incorporation by reference
to a separate filing will not satisfy this disclosure requirement. In this regard, we note your
footnote (5) reference to pages 32 - 35 of the proxy statement, but are unable to locate
disclosure showing how this number is calculated from your audited financial statements
on these pages.
FirstName LastNameJeff Cote
Comapany NameSensata Technologies Holding plc
January 4, 2024 Page 2
FirstName LastName
Jeff Cote
Sensata Technologies Holding plc
January 4, 2024
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2.We note your disclosure in footnotes (1) - (3) showing the calculation of compensation
actually paid to your PEOs and non-PEO named executive officers. It appears that you
have aggregated the individual equity calculations that you are required to show
separately. Please ensure that your disclosure regarding the calculation of compensation
actually paid shows each of the numerical amounts deducted and added pursuant to
Regulation S-K Item 402(v)(2)(iii). See Regulation S-K Item 402(v)(3). For guidance,
refer to Regulation S-K Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations Questions 128D.03
and 128D.04.
3.Although we note your disclosure that, "there is not always a clear direct correlation
between a metric's performance in a given year and the effect it had on CAP," it appears
that you have not provided the relationship disclosures required by Regulation S-K Item
402(v)(5) relating to total shareholder return and net income. Please ensure that you have
provided this required disclosure in its entirety. Although you may provide this
information graphically, narratively, or a combination of the two, this disclosure must be
separate from the pay versus performance table required by Regulation S-K Item
402(v)(1) and must provide a clear description of each separate relationship indicated in
Regulation S-K Item 402(v)(5)(i)-(iv). Please note, it is not sufficient to state that the
relationship is unclear or that no relationship exists, even if a particular measure is not
used in setting compensation.
4.Refer to the graphical disclosure under the headings "Long-term Incentive Pay" and
"Short-term Incentive Pay." It is not clear what is meant by the term "indirect" under each
graph, particularly since the graphs represent empirical data regarding actual results. In
addition, it appears that you have already included disclosure explaining why you believe
that these relationships are indirect. Please ensure that the disclosure you provide pursuant
to Regulation S-K Item 402(v)(5) represents a clear description of the relevant
relationships.
Please contact Eric Envall at 202-551-3234 or Amanda Ravitz at 202-551-3412 with any
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Disclosure Review Program