Stoneridge (SRI) Form 4 STONERIDGE / THOMAS A BEAVER ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BEAVER THOMAS A

(Last) (First) (Middle)

39675 MACKENZIE DRIVE, SUITE 400

(Street)

NOVI MI 48377

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STONERIDGE INC [ SRI ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Vice President - Global Sales

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/30/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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
Common Shares, without par value	03/30/2018		M		34,248	A	(1)	93,950	D
Common Shares, without par value	03/30/2018		F		10,949	D	$27.6	83,001	D

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
Performance Shares	(1)	03/30/2018		M			34,248	(1)	(1)	Common Shares, without par value	34,248	$0	65,342(2)	D
Performance Shares	(1)	03/30/2018		F			1,962	(1)	(1)	Common Shares, without par value	1,962	(1)	63,380(2)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On March 30, 2015 the Reporting Person was granted under the Company Long-Term Incentive Plan 36,210 performance shares, vesting (if earned) on March 30, 2018; 12,780 of the performance shares were time-based and were earned and vested on March 30, 2018 and were paid on a one-for-one basis in common shares and 23,430 performance shares were time-based and performance based. Of the time and performance based performance shares, 21,468 were earned and vested on March 30, 2018 and were paid on a one-for-one basis in common shares and 1,962 performance shares were not earned.

2. Includes performance shares and time-based share units vesting (if earned) in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

	/s/ Robert M. Loesch, by power of attorney	03/30/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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