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Employee Benefit Plans
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

8. Employee Benefit Plans

 

The Company has certain defined contribution profit sharing and 401(k) plans covering substantially all of its employees in the United States and United Kingdom. Company contributions are generally discretionary. The Company’s policy is to fund all benefit costs accrued. For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, expenses related to these plans amounted to $1,527, $1,801 and $0, respectively.

 

Effective June 1, 2009 the Company discontinued matching contributions to the Company’s 401(k) plan covering substantially all of its employees in the United States. Beginning January 1, 2011 the Company reinstituted a matching contribution to the 401(k) plan.

 

Long-Term Cash Incentive Plans

 

In March 2009, the Company adopted the Stoneridge, Inc. Long-Term Cash Incentive Plan (“LTCIP”) and granted awards to certain officers and key employees. For 2009, the awards under the LTCIP provided recipients with the right to receive cash three years from the date of grant depending on the Company’s actual earnings per share performance for a performance period comprised of 2009, 2010 and 2011 fiscal years. The Company recorded an accrual for an award to be paid in the period earned based on anticipated achievement of the performance goal. If the participant voluntarily terminated employment or was discharged for cause, as defined in the LTCIP, the award would be forfeited. In May 2009, the LTCIP was approved by the Company’s shareholders. As of December 31, 2011, the Company recorded a liability of $2,173, which is included on the consolidated balance sheet as a component of accrued expenses and other current liabilities. In March 2012, the 2009 awards were paid based on achievement of the performance goal. As such, no liability remains at December 31, 2012.

 

For 2010, the awards under the LTCIP provided recipients with the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the fair market value of a specified number of Common Shares, without par value, of the Company (“Phantom Shares”) three years from the date of grant depending on the Company’s actual earnings per share performance for each fiscal year of 2010, 2011 and 2012 within the performance period. The Company recorded an accrual based on the fair market value of the Phantom Shares for an award to be paid in the period earned based on anticipated achievement of the performance goals. If the participant voluntarily terminates employment or is discharged for cause, as defined in the LTCIP, the award will be forfeited. The Company has recorded a liability of $606 for these awards granted under the LTCIP at December 31, 2012 which is included on the consolidated balance sheet as a component of accrued expense and other current liabilities. At December 31, 2011, the Company recorded a liability of $559 for the awards granted under the LTCIP which is included on the consolidated balance sheet as component of other long-term liabilities.

 

There were no awards granted under the LTCIP during the years ended December 31, 2012 or 2011.