Company: CPS
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001320461-25-000073
Chunk: 22

Company: Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 22
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4) embezzlement, misappropriation or fraud, whether or not related to his or her employment with the Company or an Affiliate, (5) conviction of or plea of guilty ornolo contendreto a crime that constitutes a felony (or state law equivalent) or a crime that constitutes a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, if such felony or other crime is work-related, or materially impairs the Participant’s ability to perform services for the Company or an Affiliate, or results in reputational or financial harm to the Company or its Affiliates, (6) violation of the Company’s or Affiliate’s written policies or codes of conduct which have been provided to (or made available to) the Participant prior to the date of the violation, including but not limited to written policies related to discrimination, harassment, performance of illegal or unethical activities, and ethical misconduct, (7) violation of any restrictive covenant agreement in effect with the Company or an Affiliate which violation results in harm to the Company or any Affiliate, or (8) conduct that brings or is reasonably |

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| Appendix A |

| likely to bring (if it were publicly known) the Company or any Affiliate negative publicity or into public disgrace, embarrassment, or disrepute. For purposes of this definition, (A) no act or failure to act on the part of the Participant shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Participant’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company or any Affiliate; (B) “harm” shall mean more than de minimis harm; and (C) with respect to an act or omission subject to clauses (1) or (2) above, if the underlying act or omission is curable, the Participant’s termination will not be considered to be for “Cause” unless the Board or the Participant’s direct supervisor has notified Participant of such act or omission (which notice must be provided in a manner that enables the Participant to effectuate a cure), and the Participant has failed to correct such act or omission within thirty (30) days of such notification (other than by reason of the incapacity of the Participant due to physical or mental illness).  If the Participant’s act or omission could be described in more than one of the clauses above, the Company shall have the discretion to determine which of such clauses (either singly or in combination) shall form the basis for the Participant