---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001043337-23-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SRI"
cik: "0001043337"
company_name: "STONERIDGE INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T15:26:24.592884+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stoneridge director Jeffrey Draime not seeking re-election; board refreshment continues

## Summary
- Jeffrey P. Draime will not stand for re-election at the 2023 Annual Meeting but remains on board until then.
- Draime had served as a director since 2005; he is the son of Stoneridge founder D.M. "Max" Draime.
- Board retains a search firm to find a successor with executive leadership, tech expertise, and global market knowledge.
- Past year: Frank Sklarsky joined board as Audit Committee chair as part of ongoing refreshment plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001043337-23-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SRI
- cik: 0001043337
- company_name: STONERIDGE INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000104333723000004/0001043337-23-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000104333723000004/sri-20230207.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043337-23-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043337-23-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001043337-23-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey P. Draime departed as Director at STONERIDGE INC.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 7, 2023, Jeffrey P. Draime, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, notified the Company that he has decided that he will not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000104333723000004/0001043337-23-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.