Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
DeGaynor Jonathan B
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STONERIDGE INC [SRI] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President and CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
6265 THURBER ROAD		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/30/2018
(Street)

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48301		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Shares, without par value 03/30/2018   M   160,431 A (1) 173,157 D  
Common Shares, without par value 03/30/2018   F   69,035 D $ 27.6 104,122 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Shares (1) 03/30/2018   M     160,431   (1)   (1) Common Shares, without par value 160,431 $ 0 248,894 (2) D  
Performance Shares (1) 03/30/2018   D     10,564   (1)   (1) Common Shares, without par value 10,564 (1) 238,330 (2) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
DeGaynor Jonathan B
6265 THURBER ROAD
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48301		   X     President and CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Robert M. Loesch, by power of attorney   03/30/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On March 30, 2015 the Reporting Person was granted under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan 170,995 performance shares, vesting (if earned) on March 30, 2018; 51,355 of the performance shares were time-based and were earned and vested on March 30, 2018 and were paid on a one-for-one basis in common shares and 119,640 performance shares were time-based and performance based. Of the time and performance based performance shares 109,076 were earned and vested on March 30, 2018 and were paid on a one-for-one basis in common shares, and 10,564 performance shares were not earned.
(2) Includes performance shares and time based share units vesting (if earned) in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

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