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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-14-061522
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141015
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141016
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141016

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STONERIDGE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001043337
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714]
		IRS NUMBER:				341598949
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13337
		FILM NUMBER:		141159971

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9400 EAST MARKET ST
		CITY:			WARREN
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44484
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3308562443

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9400 EAST MARKET ST
		CITY:			WARREN
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44484
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
October 15, 2014</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B><U>STONERIDGE, INC.</U></B></P>

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in its charter)</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><B><U>Ohio</U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><B><U>34-1598949</U></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&#9;(<I>State or other jurisdiction of</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><I>(I.R.S. Employer&#9;</I></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><I>&#9;incorporation or organization)&#9;</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><I>Identification No.)&#9;</I></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><B><U>9400 East Market Street, Warren, Ohio</U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><B><U>44484</U></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><I>(Address of principal executive offices)</I> </TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><I></I>(<I>Zip Code)</I></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B><U>(330) 856-2443</U></B></P>

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area code</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 49.5pt">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):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 93%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 93%; font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On October 15, 2014, Stoneridge, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
redeemed the remaining $157,500,000 of its 9.5% Senior Secured Notes (the &ldquo;Notes&rdquo;) at a price of 104.75% of the principal
amount discharging the corresponding Senior Secured Notes Indenture, dated October 4, 2010, among the Company, certain subsidiary
guarantors, and the Bank of New York Mellon Company, N.A. (as trustee and collateral agent). As a result of the redemption, the
Company will recognize a loss on redemption of approximately $10,000,000 in the fourth quarter of 2014, which includes a premium
of approximately $7,500,000 and the acceleration of both the remaining deferred financing costs and original issue discount.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Notes were redeemed using $57,500,000 in cash and borrowing
$100,000,000 under the Company&rsquo;s $300,000,000 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</P>

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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Press release dated October 15, 2014 announcing the
redemption of the Notes.&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 63%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.05in"><B>Stoneridge, Inc.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">Date: October 16, 2014</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.05in">/s/ George E. Strickler</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.05in">George E. Strickler, Executive Vice President,</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.05in">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.05in">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>Exhibit Index</U></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in">99.1</TD><TD>Press release dated October 15, 2014 announcing the redemption of the Notes.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">STONERIDGE REDEEMS $157.5 MILLION OF
9.5% SENIOR SECURED NOTES</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><I>New Credit Facility used to refinance Notes; initial borrowing level $100.0 million at LIBOR
plus 145 basis points</I></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><I>New Credit Facility adds flexibility to capital
structure while lowering interest expense</I></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">WARREN, Ohio &ndash; October 15, 2014 &ndash; Stoneridge, Inc.
(NYSE: SRI) announced today that it has redeemed the remaining $157.5 million of its outstanding 9.5%
Senior Secured Notes (the &ldquo;Notes&rdquo;) using $57.5 million in cash and $100.0 million in borrowings under its
new $300.0 million Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility (the &ldquo;Credit Facility&rdquo;). The cost of borrowing on the initial
$100.0 million will be LIBOR plus 145 basis points.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&ldquo;Consummating the sale of the Wiring Business on August
1, 2014, executing our new Credit Facility on September 12, 2014 and now extinguishing the Notes mark important steps in transforming
Stoneridge,&rdquo; said John C. Corey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stoneridge. &ldquo;Our
new Credit Facility will reduce interest expense significantly and offer much greater flexibility to our capital structure while
improving our free cash flow, which will provide greater value to our shareholders.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>About Stoneridge, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Stoneridge, Inc., headquartered in Warren, Ohio, is an independent
designer and manufacturer of highly engineered electrical and electronic components, modules and systems principally for the automotive,
commercial vehicle, motorcycle and off-highway vehicle markets. Additional information about Stoneridge can be found at www.stoneridge.com.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B><U>Forward-Looking Statements</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Statements in this release that are not historical fact are
forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in this release. Things that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements include, among other factors, the loss of a major customer; a significant volume change in commercial vehicle, automotive,
agricultural, motorcycle and off-highway vehicle production; disruption in the OEM supply chain due to bankruptcies; a significant
change in general economic conditions in any of the various countries in which the Company operates; labor disruptions at the Company&rsquo;s
facilities or at any of the Company&rsquo;s significant customers or suppliers; the ability of the Company&rsquo;s suppliers to
supply the Company with parts and components at competitive prices on a timely basis; customer acceptance of new products; and
the failure to achieve successful integration of any acquired company or business. In addition, this release contains time-sensitive
information that reflects management&rsquo;s best analysis only as of the date of this release. The Company does not undertake
any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future events, information or circumstances
that arise after the date of this release. Further information concerning issues that could materially affect financial performance
related to forward-looking statements contained in this release can be found in the Company&rsquo;s periodic filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">For more information, contact:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Kenneth A. Kure, Corporate Treasurer and Director of Finance</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">330/856-2443</P>

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