---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001043337-23-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SRI"
cik: "0001043337"
company_name: "STONERIDGE INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T22:05:59.716284+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stoneridge shareholders elect all nine director nominees; ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All nine board nominees elected with majority support; broker non-votes of 934,357 for each.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor approved with 24,700,943 votes for, 330,001 against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on 2022 executive compensation approved with 23,040,927 for, 1,059,510 against.
- Shareholders recommended annual advisory vote on executive compensation (22,837,798 votes for 1-year frequency).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001043337-23-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SRI
- cik: 0001043337
- company_name: STONERIDGE INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000104333723000040/0001043337-23-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000104333723000040/sri-20230516.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  STONERIDGE INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: 2. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2023 was approved by the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 24,700,943 330,001 6,257 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000104333723000040/0001043337-23-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STONERIDGE INC shareholders approved Advisory Non-Binding Resolution to Approve 2022 Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: 3. A non-binding advisory resolution to approve the 2022 compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers was approved by the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 23,040,927 1,059,510 2,407 934,357
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000104333723000040/0001043337-23-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STONERIDGE INC shareholders approved Election of Nine Directors at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: 1. The nine Company nominees for election to the Board of Directors were elected, each for a one-year term, by the following votes: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ira C. Kaplan 23,082,603 1,020,241 934,357 Kim Korth 22,897,530 1,205,314 934,357 William M. Lasky 20,353,718 3,749,126 934,357 George S. Mayes, Jr. 23,602,891 499,953 934,357 Carsten J. Reinhardt 23,788,896 313,948 934,357 Sheila Rutt 23,448,287 654,557 934,357 Paul J. Schlather 23,561,593 541,251 934,357 Frank S. Sklarsky 23,763,657 339,187 934,357 James Zizelman 23,677,203 425,641 934,357
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000104333723000040/0001043337-23-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STONERIDGE INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: 4. The shareholders recommended a frequency of “One Year” for an advisory non-binding vote on compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. The result of the advisory non-binding vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers was based on the following votes: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 22,837,798 1,379 1,262,312 1,355 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000104333723000040/0001043337-23-000040-index.htm

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