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

Company: Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 14
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The amounts shown in column (g) represent the Total Shareholder Return or cumulative growth of a hypothetical $100 investment in the Standard & Poor's Supercomposite Auto Parts & Equipment Index, which we also use for purposes of the stock performance graph required by Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K included in our Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2024, reflected as of the end of each respective year and inclusive of the reinvestment of all dividends, where applicable. |

| 8For purposes of Item 401(v) of Regulation S-K, we have identifiedAdjusted EBITDAas our Company-Selected Measure, as describedunder “Annual Incentive Award” in the Executive Compensation Components section of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis.  Additional information regarding the Adjusted EBITDA measure is also provided with the Financial Performance Measures list below. |

| Financial Performance Measures                                                                                                                                                      
 Set forth below is a list of the financial performance measures used to link compensation actually paid to NEOs for the most recently completed fiscal year to company performance. |

| • |     | Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (Adjusted EBITDA)1 |
| • |     | Free Cash Flow2                                                                            |
| • |     | Relative Total Shareholder Return (RTSR)3                                                  |

| 1Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) plus income tax expense (benefit), interest expense, net of interest income, depreciation and amortization (or “EBITDA”), as adjusted for items that management does not consider to be reflective of our core operating performance (including, but not limited to, restructuring costs, impairment charges, non-cash fair value adjustments and acquisition-related costs).  Adjusted EBITDA is deemed by the Compensation Committee to be an appropriate objective measurement of the financial performance of the Company because it is an indicator of our strategy to achieve sustained profitable growth and align executive compensation with the interests of our stockholders over the long term. Further information regarding Adjusted EBITDA, including a description of the use of Adjusted EBITDA for NEO performance-based compensation for the most recently completed fiscal year is included under “Annual Incentive Award” under the Executive Compensation Components section. |

| 2Free Cash Flow (FCF)  is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as net cash provided by operating activities minus capital expenditures. During the most recently completed fiscal year, FCF was used as a financial measure within our long-term incentive compensation programs