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• Net revenue and Adjusted EBITDA¹ grew at greater than a double-digit pace for the full year ended December 31, 2007.
• Cash from operations generated approximately $155.3 million for the full year 2007.

ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | February 6, 2008 | Sensata Technologies B.V. announces results of its operations for the fourth quarter and full year, 2007.

Highlights of the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ended December 31, 2007

Fourth quarter 2007 net revenue was $373.0 million, which represents an increase of $78.5 million or 26.6 percent over the fourth quarter of 2006. Organically, net revenue would have grown by $26.1 million or 8.9 percent. Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $94.5 million, an increase of $8.5 million or 9.9 percent over the fourth quarter 2006 Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $86.0 million.

Full year ended December 31, 2007 net revenue was $1.40 billion, an increase of 19.6 percent from $1.17 billion for the same period in 2006. Organically, net revenue would have grown by $98.6 million or 8.4 percent. Adjusted EBITDA¹ increased to $358.8 million or 12.1 percent from $320.0 million for the same period in 2006.

Adjusted EBITDA¹ grew at a slower rate than net revenue due to an increased investment in research and development during 2007 and acquired business earnings that are lower as a percent of net revenue than organic earnings because synergies have not yet been fully realized.

Cash at December 31, 2007 grew by $6.1 million to $60.1 million compared to the third quarter cash balance of $54.0 million.

Tom Wroe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said "2007 was a strong year for Sensata despite a global macroeconomic environment that weakened as the year progressed. We executed on three integration strategies for the acquisitions we have made since becoming a stand-alone company and synergies are on track. In addition, we expected and achieved double-digit net revenue and Adjusted EBITDA¹ growth for the full year 2007, and we are cautiously optimistic that we’ll be able to continue that growth in 2008. We will also continue to execute on our business strategy in 2008 and are committed to being a ‘Partner, Employer and Neighbor of Choice’."

Jeff Cote, Chief Financial Officer, added "From a financial perspective, we ended 2007 on a high note despite the weakening U.S. housing market. Year-over-year, our Sensors business experienced both total and organic double-digit net revenue growth and our Controls business produced a 16.5% increase in net revenue when we include our acquisitions."

¹ See Non-GAAP Measures for discussion of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, including a reconciliation of these measures to GAAP Net (Loss) / Income

Company Earnings Conference Call

The Company will conduct a conference call on February 6, 2008 at 10:30am (EST) to discuss the financial results for its fourth quarter and full year 2007. The U.S. dial-in number is 1-800-524-3357 and the non-U.S. dial-in number is 1-913-312-0717. The passcode number is 4792125. For those unable to participate in the conference call, a replay will be available for two weeks beginning on February 6, 2008 thru February 20, 2008. To access the replay, the U.S. dial-in number is 1-888-203-1112 and the non-U.S. dial-in number is 1-719-457-0820. The replay passcode is 4792125. The replay will also be available for one year on our website, www.sensata.com.

About Sensata Technologies B.V.

On April 27, 2006, Sensata Technologies B.V.("Sensata" or the "Successor"), a company owned by an affiliate of Bain Capital Partners, LLC, a leading global private investment firm, completed the acquisition of the Sensors & Controls business of Texas Instruments Incorporated ("S&C" or the "Predecessor").

Sensata is a leading designer and manufacturer of sensors and controls in each of the key applications in which it competes. Sensata has business and product development centers in Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Japan; and manufacturing operations in Brazil, China, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, and The Dominican Republic, as well as sales offices around the world. Sensata currently employs approximately 9,300 people worldwide.

The Company manufactures over 20,000 different products that are highly engineered and application specific and ships over one billion units each year.

Safe Harbor Statement

This earnings release and our statements on our earnings calls contain forward-looking statements, which may involve risks or uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause these differences include, but are not limited to: our ability to integrate acquired businesses, including Airpax Holdings, Inc., and our ability to realize synergies related to our integration of acquisitions; fundamental changes in the industries in which we operate, including economic declines that impact the sales of any of the products manufactured by our customers that use our sensors or controls; continued pricing and other pressures from our customers; general economic, political, business and market risks associated with our non-U.S. operations; risks associated with establishing and maintaining internal control over financial reporting in compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange and interest rates; competition in our markets; risks associated with our substantial indebtedness, leverage and debt service obligations; our ability to realize revenue or achieve anticipated gross operating margins from products subject to existing purchase orders; fluctuations in the cost and/or availability of manufactured components and raw materials; labor costs and disputes; our dependence on third parties for certain transportation, warehousing and logistics services; material disruptions at any of our manufacturing facilities; our ability to develop and implement technology in our product lines; litigation and disputes involving us, including the extent of product liability and warranty claims asserted against us; our ability to protect our intellectual property and know-how; our exposure to claims that our products or processes infringe on the intellectual property rights of others; the costs of compliance with various laws and regulations applicable to our operations, including environmental, health and safety laws and export controls, and responding to potential liabilities under these laws; non-performance by our suppliers; our ability to attract and retain key personnel; our ability to operate as a stand-alone company, including our ability to raise additional funds when needed; and, the possibility that our controlling shareholder’s interests will conflict with ours or yours. For a discussion of potential risks and uncertainties, please refer to the risk factors listed in our SEC filings. Copies of our filings are available from our Investor Relations department or from the SEC website, www.sec.gov.

Non–GAAP Measures

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP measures of profitability. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. They are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities as measures of our liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA is a required measure in our bank reporting. We define EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We calculate Adjusted EBITDA by adjusting EBITDA to exclude non-cash expenses, one-time charges associated with becoming a stand-alone company or integrating acquisitions, and charges associated with becoming a public company ("acquisition and transition expenses"), and significant nonrecurring items. We believe Adjusted EBITDA provides investors with helpful information with respect to our operations and cash flows. We include it to provide additional information with respect to our ability to meet our future debt service, capital expenditures and working capital requirements. Our EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA measures have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Because of these limitations, our EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA measures should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business or as measures of cash that will be available to us to meet our obligations. You should compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using these measures supplementally. See the tables below which reconcile net (loss)/income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.

The following table reconciles Net (Loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter 2007 and 2006.

Statements (in $000s)	Successor
	Three Months Ended Dec. 31, 2007	Three Months Ended Dec. 31, 2006
Net (loss)	$(80,198)	$(65,050)
Provision for income taxes	21,033	23,999
Interest expense, net	51,737	42,079
Depreciation and amortization	50,817	41,799
EBITDA	43,389	42,827
Acquisition and transition expenses	13,567	9,668
Write-off of inventory step-up	—	446
Currency translation losses on debt	35,939	31,605
Stock compensation management fees and other	1,642	1,500
Adjusted EBITDA*	$94,537	$86,046

•	*See accompanying basis of presentation and discussion of Non-GAAP Measures
•	Adjusted EBITDA excludes transition expenses, and significant non-recurring items as well as non-cash expenses from EBITDA.

The following table reconciles Net (Loss)/Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the full years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.