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): August 9, 2017

Commission file number: 001-13337

STONERIDGE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(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):

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. ¨

Senior executives of Stoneridge, Inc. (the “Company”) are presenting at the J.P. Morgan Auto Conference on August 9, 2017.  In connection with such presentation, the Company is making available the presentation slides attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which are incorporated herein by reference.  

The presentation 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.

The presentation contains certain non-GAAP financial measures Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share Attributable to Stoneridge Inc. (“Adjusted EPS”) and Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”). EBITDA represents the sum of net income, interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Management believes that the presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures used in the presentation 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 Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted EBITDA facilitates a period to period comparison of operating results by excluding significant unusual, non-recurring items in 2017. For 2017, these items relate to the after-tax transaction costs related to the acquisition of Orlaco, the after-tax step-up in acquired Orlaco inventory, after-tax step-up in fair value of the earn-out consideration related to the acquisitions of Orlaco and the remaining 26% minority interest in PST. These non-GAAP measures, however, should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most comparable GAAP measures. Investors are cautioned that non-GAAP financial measures utilized by the Company may not be comparable to non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for Gross Profit, Operating Income, Net Income or Earnings Per Share prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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.

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