---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-21-011308"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SRI"
cik: "0001043337"
company_name: "STONERIDGE INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T14:31:30.035233+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stoneridge CLO Thomas Dono separates; receives $418K salary continuation, $75K payment

## Summary
- Chief Legal Officer and Secretary Thomas M. Dono, Jr. separated from Stoneridge effective August 6, 2021 under mutual agreement.
- Separation agreement includes base salary continuation of $418,471 for 12 months, a $75,000 lump-sum payment, and 12 months of COBRA premium payments.
- Outstanding LTIP awards (2019, 2020, 2021) will vest as if terminated without cause; non-compete restricted to nine listed competitors.
- Non-disparagement, confidentiality, non-solicitation covenants; seven-day revocation period through August 13, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-21-011308
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SRI
- cik: 0001043337
- company_name: STONERIDGE INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000155837021011308/0001558370-21-011308-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000155837021011308/sri-20210806x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-21-011308.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas M. Dono, Jr. departed as Chief Legal Officer and Secretary at STONERIDGE INC.
  - Action: separated
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
  source text: Stoneridge, Inc. (the “Company”) and Thomas M. Dono, Jr., Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, reached a mutual agreement that Mr. Dono separated from his employment with the Company effective August 6, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043337/000155837021011308/0001558370-21-011308-index.htm

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