STONERIDGE INC — Earnings Release 2021

Oct 13, 2021

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 13, 2021

STONERIDGE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Ohio	001-13337	34-1598949
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

39675 MacKenzie Drive , Suite 400 , Novi , Michigan 48377

(Address of principal executive offices, and Zip Code)

( 248 ) 489-9300

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares, without par value	SRI	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

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ITEM 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 13, 2021, Stoneridge, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release providing a business update related to the current macroeconomic environment and announcing certain preliminary results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted Operating Loss and Margin, Adjusted Net Loss and Adjusted Loss per Share (“Adjusted EPS”), (collectively, the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”). Management believes that the presentation of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures used in the press release are useful to both management and investors in their analysis of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and expected results of operations because the Non-GAAP Financial Measures facilitate a period to period comparison of operating results by excluding significant unusual, non-recurring items in the third-quarter of 2021. For the quarter ending September 30, 2021, these items relate to after-tax and pre-tax change in fair value of the earn-out consideration related to the acquisition of the remaining 26% minority interest in Stoneridge Brazil, after-tax and pre-tax restructuring and business realignment costs and an adjustment to the tax impact related to the sale of the Canton facility. These non-GAAP financial measures, however, should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most comparable GAAP financial measures. Investors are cautioned that non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may not be comparable to non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Adjusted Operating Loss and Margin, Adjusted Net Loss and Adjusted EPS should not be considered a substitute for Operating Loss, Net Loss or Loss per Share prepared in accordance with GAAP.

ITEM 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The information set forth in Item 2.02 above is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this report, including the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. In addition, the exhibits furnished herewith contain statements intended as “forward-looking statements” that are subject to the cautionary statements about forward-looking statements set forth in such exhibits.

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ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated October 13, 2021 providing preliminary third quarter 2021 results
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Stoneridge, Inc.
Date: October 13, 2021	/s/ Matthew R. Horvath
	Matthew R. Horvath Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

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