Document:

Exhibit 10.18
	 

	 
		                                                                                                                                               
		
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
	 

	 
		                                EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the
		“Agreement”) dated as of January 1, 2007 by and between
		COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC. (the “Company”) and Allen J.
		Campbell (the “Executive”).
	 

	 
		                                WHEREAS, the Company desires to
		employ Executive on the terms set forth in this Agreement and Executive desires
		to accept and continue such employment with the Company under the terms of this
		Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
		of the premises and mutual covenants herein and for other good and valuable
		consideration, the parties agree as follows:
	 

	 
		                                1.
		            Term
		of Employment. Subject to the provisions of Section 7 of this Agreement,
		Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period commencing on January
		1, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) and ending on December 31, 2009
		(the “Employment Term”) on the terms and subject to the
		conditions set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, that
		commencing with December 31, 2009 and on each December 31 thereafter (each an
		“Extension Date”), the Employment Term shall be automatically
		extended for an additional one-year period, unless the Company or Executive
		provides the other party hereto 60 days prior written notice before the next
		Extension Date that the Employment Term shall not be so extended.
	 

	 
		                                2.
		           
		Position.
	 

	 
		                                                a.
		            During
		the Employment Term, Executive shall serve as the Company’s Vice President
		and Chief Financial Officer. In such positions, Executive shall have such
		duties and authority as is customarily associated with such positions at other
		privately held companies similar to the Company and shall have such duties,
		consistent with Executive’s positions, as may be assigned from time to
		time by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “CEO”)
		or the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

	 

	 
		                                                b.
		            During
		the Employment Term, Executive will devote Executive’s full business time
		and best efforts to the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder and
		will not engage in any other business, profession or occupation for
		compensation or otherwise which would conflict or interfere with the rendition
		of such services either directly or indirectly, without the prior written
		consent of the Board; provided that nothing herein shall preclude
		Executive, subject to the prior approval of the Board, from accepting
		appointment to or continue to serve on any board of directors or trustees of
		any business corporation or any charitable organization; provided in
		each case, and in the aggregate, that such activities do not conflict or
		interfere with the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder or conflict
		with Section 8.
	 

	 
		                                3.
		            Base
		Salary. During the Employment Term, the Company shall pay Executive a base
		salary at the annual rate of $400,000, payable in regular installments in
		accordance with the Company’s usual payroll practices. Executive shall be
		entitled to such increases in Executive’s base salary, if any, as may be
		determined from time to time by the compensation committee of the Board, based
		upon the recommendation of the CEO.
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 

	 
	 

	 

	 
		Executive’s
		annual base salary, as in effect from time to time, is hereinafter referred to
		as the “Base Salary.”
	 

	 
		                                4.
		            Bonus
		Incentives. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to
		participate in such annual and/or long-term cash incentive plans and programs
		of the Company as are generally provided to the Company’s other senior
		executives.
	 

	 
		                                5.
		            Employee
		Benefits. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to
		participate in the Company’s employee benefit plans (other than annual
		bonus and long-term incentive programs, which are addressed in Section 4) as in
		effect from time to time (collectively “Employee Benefits”),
		on the same basis as those benefits are generally made available to other
		senior executives of the Company; provided that the Company may reduce
		such level of benefits to the extent such reduction applies to at least half of
		the senior executives of the Company.
	 

	 
		                                6.
		            Business
		Expenses. During the Employment Term, reasonable business expenses incurred
		by Executive in the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder shall be
		reimbursed by the Company in accordance with Company policies.
	 

	 
		                                7.
		            Termination.
		The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated
		by either party at any time and for any reason; provided that Executive
		will be required to give the Company at least 60 days advance written notice of
		any resignation of Executive’s employment. Notwithstanding any other
		provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 7 shall exclusively
		govern Executive’s rights upon termination of employment with the Company
		and its affiliates.
	 

	 
		                                                a.
		            By
		the Company For Cause or By Executive’s Resignation Without Good
		Reason.
	 

	 
		                                (i)            The
		Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by
		the Company for Cause (as defined in Section 7(a)(ii) and shall terminate
		automatically upon Executive’s resignation without Good Reason (as defined
		in Section 7(c)); provided that Executive will be required to give the Company
		at least 60 days advance written notice of a resignation without Good
		Reason.
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           For
		purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean any
		of: (I) the Executive’s willful failure to perform duties or
		directives which is not cured following written notice, (II) the
		Executive’s commission of a (x) felony or (y) crime involving moral
		turpitude, (III) the Executive’s willful malfeasance or misconduct which
		is demonstrably injurious to the Company or its affiliates, or (IV) material
		breach by the Executive of the restrictive covenants, including, without
		limitation, Sections 8 and 9 hereof and any non-compete, non-solicitation or
		confidentiality provisions to which the Executive is bound.
	 

	 
		                                (iii)          If,
		during the Employment Term, Executive’s employment is terminated by the
		Company for Cause or Executive resigns without Good Reason, Executive shall be
		entitled to receive:
	 

	 
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	 	 	                (A)          the
			 Base Salary accrued but not paid through the date of termination;
		 
	 	                (B)          any
			 annual and/or long-term bonus earned but unpaid as of the date of termination
			 for any previously completed fiscal year or performance period;
		 
	 	                (C)           reimbursement
			 for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by Executive in
			 accordance with Company policy prior to the date of Executive’s
			 termination; and
		 
	 	                (D)          such
			 Employee Benefits, if any, as to which Executive may be entitled under the
			 employee benefit plans of the Company (the amounts described in clauses (A)
			 through (D) hereof being referred to as the “Accrued
			 Rights”).

	 
		                                Following such termination of
		Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause or resignation by
		Executive without Good Reason, except as set forth in this
		Section 7(a)(iii), Executive shall have no further rights to any
		compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                b.
		           
		Disability or Death.
	 

	 
		                                (i)            The
		Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon
		Executive’s death and may be terminated by the Company if Executive
		becomes physically or mentally incapacitated and is therefore unable for a
		period of six (6) consecutive months or for an aggregate of nine (9) months in
		any twenty-four (24) consecutive month period to perform Executive’s
		duties (such incapacity is hereinafter referred to as
		“Disability”). Any question as to the existence of the
		Disability of Executive as to which Executive and the Company cannot agree
		shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually
		acceptable to Executive and the Company. If Executive and the Company cannot
		agree as to a qualified independent physician, each shall appoint such a
		physician and those two physicians shall select a third who shall make such
		determination in writing. The determination of Disability made in writing to
		the Company and Executive shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of the
		Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           Upon
		termination of Executive’s employment hereunder during the Employment Term
		for either Disability or death, Executive, Executive’s estate or
		Executive’s beneficiaries under the terms of any benefit plan (as the case
		may be) shall be entitled to receive:
	 

	 	 	                (A)          the Accrued
			 Rights; and
		 
	 	                (B)           a
			 pro rata portion of any Annual Bonus, if any, that Executive would have been
			 entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4 hereof in such year based upon the
			 percentage of the fiscal year that shall have elapsed through the date of
			 Executive’s termination of employment, payable when such Annual Bonus
			 would have otherwise been payable had Executive’s employment not
			 terminated.

	 
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		                                Following Executive’s
		termination of employment due to death or Disability, except as set forth in
		this Section 7(b)(ii), Executive shall have no further rights to any
		compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                c.
		            By
		the Company Without Cause or Resignation by Executive for Good
		Reason.
	 

	 
		                                (i)            The
		Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by
		the Company without Cause or by Executive’s resignation for Good
		Reason.
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           For
		purposes of this Agreement,
	 

	 	 	                (A)          “Good
			 Reason” shall mean any of: (i) a substantial diminution in
			 Executive’s position or duties; adverse change in reporting lines; or
			 assignment of duties materially inconsistent with Executive’s position;
			 (ii) any reduction in Executive’s Base Salary or Annual Bonus opportunity;
			 (iii) any reduction in Executive’s long-term cash incentive compensation
			 opportunities, other than reductions generally affecting other senior
			 executives participating in the applicable long-term incentive compensation
			 programs or arrangements; (iv) the failure of the Company to pay Executive any
			 compensation or benefits when due hereunder; (v) relocation of Executive’s
			 principal place of work in excess of fifty (50) miles from Executive’s
			 current principal place of work; or (vi) any material breach by the Company of
			 the terms of the Agreement; provided that none of the events described
			 in this Section 7(c)(ii)(A) shall constitute Good Reason unless the Company
			 fails to cure such event within 10 calendar days after receipt from Executive
			 of written notice of the event which constitutes Good Reason.
		 
	 	                (B)           “Change
			 of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events
			 after the Effective Date: (i) the sale or disposition, in one or a series of
			 related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of
			 Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (“CSA”) to any
			 “person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections
			 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than Permitted Holders or (ii)
			 any person or group, other than Permitted Holders, is or becomes the
			 “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
			 Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of greater than or equal to 50% of the
			 total voting power of the voting stock of CSA, including by way of merger,
			 consolidation or otherwise, except where one or more of Cypress Merchant
			 Banking Partners II L.P., Cypress Merchant Banking II C.V., 55th
			 Street Partners II L.P., Cypress Side-By-Side LLC, GS Capital Partners 2000,
			 L.P., GS Capital Partners 2000 Offshore, L.P., GS Capital Partners 2000 GmbH
			 & Co. Beteiligungs KG, GS Capital Partners 2000 Employee Fund, L.P. and
			 Goldman Sachs Direct Investment Fund 2000, L.P. (collectively, the
			 “Sponsors”) and/or their respective affiliates, immediately
			 following such merger, consolidation or other transaction, continue to have the
			 ability to designate or elect a majority of the Board of Directors of CSA (or
			 the board of directors of the resulting entity or its parent company). For
			 purposes of this Agreement, “Permitted Holder” shall mean, as
			 of the date of determination, any and all of (x) an employee benefit plan
			 

	 
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	 	 	(or trust forming a part thereof) maintained by (A) the Company or its
			 affiliate or (B) any corporation or other person of which a majority of its
			 voting power of its voting equity securities or equity interest is owned,
			 directly or indirectly, by the Company or its affiliate and (y) the Sponsors
			 and any of their respective affiliates. Notwithstanding that a transaction or
			 series of transactions does not constitute a Change of Control, with respect to
			 Executive it shall be deemed to be a Change of Control for purposes of
			 Executive’s entitlement’s hereunder if clause (i), above, is
			 satisfied in respect of the business or division in which Executive is
			 principally engaged. For the avoidance of doubt, a Change of Control pursuant
			 to the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to Executive if his
			 employment is not primarily with and for the business or division that is
			 sold.

	 
		                                (iii)          If
		during the Employment Term Executive’s employment is terminated by the
		Company without Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or
		Executive resigns for Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive,
		subject to Executive’s execution (without subsequent revocation) of a
		release of claims substantially in the form of Exhibit A (the
		“Release”):
	 

	 	 	                (A)          Termination
			 Prior to a Change of Control. If such termination of employment occurs
			 prior to a Change of Control, then:
		 

	 		(i)	the Accrued Rights;
			 
		(ii)	a
			 pro rata portion of any Annual Bonus, if any, that Executive would have been
			 entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4 hereof in respect of such year based
			 upon the percentage of the fiscal year that shall have elapsed through the date
			 of Executive’s termination of employment, payable when such Annual Bonus
			 would have otherwise been payable had Executive’s employment not
			 terminated;
			 
		(iii)	subject to Section 11.k., a single lump sum cash payment within five
			 (5) days following the expiration of such revocation period provided for in the
			 Release equal to two (2) times the sum of Executive’s (i) Base Salary plus
			 (ii) Target Annual Bonus for the year prior to such termination of
			 employment;
			 
		(iv)	subject to Section 11.k., a single lump sum cash payment within five
			 (5) days following the expiration of such revocation period provided for in the
			 Release equal to the actuarial equivalent (determined using all of the same
			 mortality, interest rate and other methods and assumptions as are used from
			 time to time to determine “actuarial equivalence” for lump sum
			 benefits under the applicable Retirement Plan (as defined below)) of the excess
			 of (A) the retirement pension (determined as a straight life annuity commencing
			 at age sixty-five (65) or the first of the month following the Executive’s
			 termination of employment, whichever 

	 
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	 	 	is
			 later) which Executive would have accrued under the terms of any tax qualified
			 defined benefit plan or scheme and nonqualified supplementary defined benefit
			 plan sponsored by the Company in which Executive participates (the
			 “Retirement Plans”), determined as if the Executive had
			 accumulated (after the date of termination) twenty-four (24) additional months
			 of service credit thereunder and had pensionable compensation equal to the
			 pensionable compensation (as determined pursuant to the terms of the Retirement
			 Plans) paid to the Executive for the calendar year immediately preceding the
			 year in which such termination of employment occurs, over (B) the retirement
			 pension (determined as a straight life annuity commencing at age sixty-five
			 (65) or the first of the month following the Executive’s termination of
			 employment, whichever is later) which Executive had then accrued pursuant to
			 the provisions of such Retirement Plans; and
		 

	 		(v)	for twenty-four (24) months following his date of termination, the
			 Company shall arrange to provide Executive with life (for the Executive only,
			 excluding spouse or dependent life insurance) and health insurance benefits on
			 the same basis applicable to active employees of the Company, provided
			 the Executive remits to the Company on a timely basis the monthly active
			 employee premiums owed for such coverage; and provided that if the
			 Company is unable to continue Executive’s life insurance coverage under
			 the Company’s group policy, the Company shall pay for Executive’s
			 conversion policy for such period. Benefits otherwise receivable by Executive
			 pursuant to this Subsection (v) shall become secondary to comparable benefits
			 that are actually received by Executive during the remainder of such period
			 following his termination, and any such benefits actually received by Executive
			 shall be reported to the Company. The continued health insurance benefits
			 hereunder shall count as COBRA continuation coverage.
			 

	 	 	                (B)         Termination
			 Following a Change of Control. If such termination of employment occurs
			 following a Change of Control, the Accrued Rights, but without further
			 payments or benefits hereunder, however, Executive shall be entitled
			 (albeit without duplication of amounts payable in respect of the Accrued
			 Rights) to be covered by the Company’s Change of Control Severance Pay
			 Plan, substantially in the form of Exhibit B (the “Change of Control
			 Severance Plan”).

	 
		                                Notwithstanding the foregoing,
		the aggregate amounts payable to Executive pursuant to this Section 7(c)(iii)
		shall be reduced by the present value of any other cash severance or
		termination benefits payable to Executive under any other plans, programs or
		arrangements of the Company or its affiliates including, without limitation,
		under the Change of Control Severance Plan. Following Executive’s
		termination of employment by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of
		Executive’s death or Disability) or by Executive’s 
	 

	 
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		resignation for Good
		Reason, except as set forth in this Section 7(c), Executive shall have no
		further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this
		Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                d.
		            Expiration
		of Employment Term. In the event either party elects not to extend the
		Employment Term pursuant to Section 1, unless Executive’s employment is
		earlier terminated pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 7,
		Executive’s termination of employment hereunder shall be deemed to occur
		on the close of business on the day immediately preceding the next scheduled
		Extension Date, and upon such deemed termination of Executive’s employment
		hereunder:
	 

	 
		                                (i)            if
		Executive has elected not to extend the Employment Term, Executive shall be
		entitled to receive only the Accrued Rights; or
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           if
		the Company has elected not to extend the Employment Term (for other than
		Cause), Executive shall be entitled to receive the amounts and considerations
		provided for in Section 7 c. as if Executive’s employment had been
		terminated by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of
		Executive’s death or Disability) or by Executive’s resignation for
		Good Reason immediately prior to the expiration of the Employment Term;
		provided that: 
	 

	 	 	                (A)          the
			 amounts and considerations provided for in Section 7 c. shall not be paid or
			 begin to be paid until the Executive’s actual separation from the Company
			 and its affiliates (within the meaning of Code Section 409A); 
		 
	 	                (B)           if
			 the date of Executive’s actual separation from the Company falls between
			 his 64th and 65th birthdays, the multiple applicable to
			 the lump sum payment under Section 7 c.(iii)(A)(iii) shall be reduced from two
			 (2) to one (1) and 
		 
	 	                (C)           if
			 the date of Executive’s actual separation from the Company is on or after
			 his 65th birthday, Executive shall be entitled to receive only the
			 Accrued Rights.

	 
		Following such deemed
		termination of Executive’s employment hereunder as a result of either
		party’s election not to extend the Employment Term, except as set forth in
		this Section 7 d., Executive shall have no further rights to any
		compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                e.
		            Notice
		of Termination. Any purported termination of employment by the Company or
		by Executive (other than due to Executive’s death) shall be communicated
		by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with
		Section 11(h) hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of
		Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific
		termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in
		reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
		termination of employment under the provision so indicated.
	 

	 
		                                                f.
		             Board/Committee
		Resignation. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any
		reason, Executive agrees to resign, as of the date of such termination and to
		
	 

	 
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		the extent
		applicable, from the Board (and any committees thereof) and the Board of
		Directors (and any committees thereof) of any of the Company’s
		affiliates.
	 

	 
		                                8.
		           
		Non-Competition.
	 

	 
		                                                a.
		            Executive
		acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of
		the Company and its affiliates and accordingly agrees as follows:
	 

	 
		                                (i)            During
		the Executive’s employment with the Company and for a period of two years
		following the date Executive ceases to be employed by the Company and its
		affiliates, Executive will not:
	 

	 	 	                (A)          engage
			 in any Competitive Activity (as defined in Section 8(b)); or
		 
	 	                (B)           induce
			 or attempt to induce customers, business relations or accounts of the Company
			 or any of its affiliates to relinquish their contracts or relationships with
			 the Company or any its affiliates; or
		 
	 	                (C)           solicit,
			 entice, assist or induce other employees, agents or independent contractors to
			 leave the employ of the Company or any of its affiliates or to terminate their
			 engagements with the Company and/or any of its affiliates or assist any
			 competitors of the Company or any of its affiliates in securing the services of
			 such employees, agents or independent contractors.

	 
		                                                b.
		            Definitions.
		For purposes of this Agreement, “Competitive Activity”
		means Executive’s participation, without the written consent of any one of
		the Chief Executive Officer, or Chief Operating Officer (except where Executive
		holds any of such positions, in which case the Board shall be required to
		provide such written consent), if any, of the Company, in the management of any
		business enterprise if such enterprise engages in substantial and direct
		competition with the Company or any of its affiliates and such
		enterprise’s sales of any product or service competitive with any product
		or service of the Company or any of its affiliates amounted to 5% of such
		enterprise’s net sales for its most recently completed fiscal year and if
		the Company’s net sales of said product or service amounted to 5% of, as
		applicable, the Company’s or its affiliate’s net sales for its most
		recently completed fiscal year. “Competitive Activity” will not
		include (i) the mere ownership of 5% or more of securities in any such
		enterprise and the exercise of rights appurtenant thereto or (ii) participation
		in the management of any such enterprise other than in connection with the
		competitive operations of such enterprise.
	 

	 
		                                9.
		            Confidentiality;
		Intellectual Property.
	 

	 
		                                                a.
		           
		Confidentiality.
	 

	 
		                                (i)            Executive
		acknowledges and agrees that in the performance of his duties as an employee of
		the Company or an affiliate thereof, he was and will continue to be brought
		into frequent contact with, had and will continue to have access to, and became
		and will continue to become informed of confidential and proprietary
		information of the Company and its affiliates and/or information which is a
		trade secret of the Company and/or its affiliates (collectively, 
	 

	 
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		“Confidential
		Information”), as more fully described in Subsection (ii) of this
		Section. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Confidential Information of
		the Company and its affiliates gained by Executive during his association with
		the Company and its affiliates was, is and will be developed by and/or for the
		Company and its affiliates through substantial expenditure of time, effort
		and money and constitutes valuable and unique property of the Company and its
		affiliates.
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           The
		Executive will keep in strict confidence, and will not, directly or indirectly,
		at any time, disclose, furnish, disseminate, make available, use or suffer to
		be used in any manner any Confidential Information of the Company or its
		affiliates without limitation as to when or how Executive may have acquired
		such Confidential Information (subject to subsection (iv)). Executive
		specifically acknowledges that Confidential Information includes any and all
		information, whether reduced to writing (or in a form from which information
		can be obtained, translated, or derived into reasonably usable form), or
		maintained in the mind or memory of Executive and whether compiled or created
		by the Company or its affiliates, which derives independent economic value from
		not being readily known to or ascertainable by proper means by others who can
		obtain economic value from the disclosure or use of such information, that
		reasonable efforts have been put forth by the Company and its affiliates to
		maintain the secrecy of Confidential Information, that such Confidential
		Information is and will remain the sole property of the Company and its
		affiliates, and that any retention (in tangible form) or use by Executive of
		Confidential Information not in the good faith performance of his duties in the
		best interest of the Company or, in any case, after the termination of
		Executive’s employment with and services for the Company and its
		affiliates shall constitute a misappropriation of the Company’s
		Confidential Information.
	 

	 
		                                (iii)          The
		Executive further agrees that he shall return, within ten (10) days of the
		effective date of his termination as an employee of the Company and its
		affiliates, in good condition, all property of the Company and its affiliates
		then in Executive’s possession, including, without limitation, whether in
		hard copy or in any other media (i) property, documents and/or all other
		materials (including copies, reproductions, summaries and/or analyses) which
		constitute, refer or relate to Confidential Information of the Company or its
		affiliates, (ii) keys to property of the Company or its affiliates, (iii) files
		and (iv) blueprints or other drawings.
	 

	 
		                                (iv)          Executive
		further acknowledges and agrees that his obligation of confidentiality shall
		survive until and unless such Confidential Information of the Company or its
		affiliates shall have become, through no fault of Executive, generally known to
		the industry or Executive is required by law (after providing the Company with
		notice and opportunity to contest such requirement) to make disclosure.
		Executive’s obligations under this Section are in addition to, and not in
		limitation or preemption of, all other obligations of confidentiality which
		Executive may have to the Company and its affiliates under general legal or
		equitable principles or statutes.
	 

	 
		                                                b.
		           
		Intellectual Property.
	 

	 
		                                (i)            If
		Executive has created, invented or contributed to any works of authorship,
		inventions, software, databases, systems or other intellectual property,
		materials, documents or other work product (“Works”) prior to
		Executive’s employment, that are relevant 
	 

	 
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		to or implicated by
		such employment (“Prior Works”), Executive hereby agrees not
		to seek royalties or other compensation from the Company, and not to assert any
		infringement or similar claim against the Company, for the Company’s use
		of such Prior Works.
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           If
		Executive creates, invents or contributes to any Works at any time during
		Executive’s employment and within the scope of such employment and/or with
		the use of any Company resources (“Company Works”), Executive
		hereby assigns and shall assign all rights and intellectual property rights
		therein to the Company to the extent ownership of any such rights does not vest
		originally in the Company.
	 

	 
		                                10.
		          Specific
		Performance/Survival. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the
		Company’s remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the
		provisions of Section 8 or 9 would be inadequate and the Company would suffer
		irreparable damages as a result of such breach or threatened breach. In
		recognition of this fact, Executive agrees that, in the event of such a breach
		or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company, without
		posting any bond, shall be entitled to cease making any payments or providing
		any benefit otherwise required by this Agreement and obtain equitable relief in
		the form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or
		permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available.
		In the event the Company wrongfully ceases making payments and providing
		benefits in accordance with the prior sentence, Executive shall be entitled to
		recover reasonable attorney fees, incurred in recovering such payments or
		benefits. The provisions of Section 8, 9 and 10 shall survive the termination
		of this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                11.
		         
		Miscellaneous.
	 

	 
		                                                a.
		            Governing
		Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
		the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflicts of laws
		principles thereof.
	 

	 
		                                                b.
		            Entire
		Agreement/Amendments. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of
		the parties with respect to the employment of Executive by the Company. There
		are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or
		undertakings between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein
		other than those expressly set forth herein. This Agreement may not be altered,
		modified, or amended except by written instrument signed by the parties
		hereto.
	 

	 
		                                                c.
		            No
		Waiver. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term
		of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such
		party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist
		upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                d.
		            Severability.
		In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
		or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity,
		legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall
		not be affected thereby.
	 

	 
		                                                e.
		            Assignment.
		This Agreement, and all of Executive’s rights and duties hereunder, shall
		not be assignable or delegable by Executive. Any purported assignment 
	 

	 
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		or delegation by
		Executive in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio
		and of no force and effect. This Agreement may be assigned by the Company to a
		person or entity which is an affiliate, and shall be assigned by the Company to
		a person or entity which is a successor in interest to substantially all of the
		business operations of the Company. Upon such assignment, the rights and
		obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of
		such affiliate or successor person or entity.
	 

	 
		                                                f.
		             Set
		Off; No Mitigation. The Company’s obligation to pay Executive the
		amounts provided and to make the arrangements provided hereunder shall be
		subject to set-off, counterclaim or recoupment of amounts owed by Executive to
		the Company or its affiliates. However, Executive shall not be required to
		mitigate the amount of any payment provided for pursuant to this Agreement by
		seeking other employment or otherwise.
	 

	 
		                                                g.
		            Successors;
		Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
		binding upon personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators,
		successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
	 

	 
		                                                h.
		            Notice.
		For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications
		provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
		been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three days after
		it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested,
		postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this
		Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the
		other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of
		address shall be effective only upon receipt.
	 

	 
		                                If to the Company:
	 

	 
		                               
		Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
                                
		39550 Orchard Hill Place Drive 
                                
		Novi, MI 48375
                                
		Phone:  248-596-5900
                                
		Attention:  Chief Executive Officer
	 

	 
		                                If to Executive:
	 

	 	 	To
			 the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel records of the
			 Company.

	 
		                                                i.
		             Executive
		Representation. Executive hereby represents to the Company that the
		execution and delivery of this Agreement by Executive and the Company and the
		performance by Executive of Executive’s duties hereunder shall not
		constitute a breach of, or otherwise contravene, the terms of any employment
		agreement or other agreement or policy to which Executive is a party or
		otherwise bound.
	 

	 
		                                                j.
		             Prior
		Agreements. This Agreement supercedes all prior agreements and
		understandings (including verbal agreements) between Executive and the Company
		and/or its affiliates regarding the terms and conditions of Executive’s
		employment with the Company and/or its affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt,
		this Agreement shall not 
	 

	 
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		supercede the Change
		of Control Severance Plan and any equity-based awards granted to the Executive
		pursuant to the 2004 CSA Acquisition Corp. Stock Incentive Plan.
	 

	 
		                                                k.
		            Compliance
		with IRC Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i)
		if at the time of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company
		and its affiliates, Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in
		Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
		“Code”) and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or
		benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of
		employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax
		under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of
		the payment of any such amounts or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in
		such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to Executive) until the
		date that is six months following Executive’s termination of employment
		with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of
		the Code) and (ii) if any other payments of money or other benefits due to
		Executive hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional
		tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be
		deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under
		Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be
		restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Board,
		that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. The Executive will
		be considered to have terminated employment hereunder for purposes of receiving
		payments subject to Code Section 409A only if his termination of employment
		constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code
		Section 409A.
	 

	 
		                                                l.
		             Cooperation.
		Executive shall provide Executive’s reasonable cooperation in connection
		with any action or proceeding (or any appeal from any action or proceeding)
		which relates to events occurring during Executive’s employment hereunder.
		This provision shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                m.
		           Withholding
		Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this
		Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld
		pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.
	 

	 
		                                                n.
		            Survival.
		The provisions of Sections 7 d., 8, 9, 10 and 11 of this Agreement shall
		survive any termination of this Agreement or Executive’s termination of
		employment hereunder
	 

	 
		                                                o.
		            Counterparts.
		This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an
		original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were
		upon the same instrument.
	 

	 
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		                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
		hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above
		written.
	 

	 	 	 	 
	COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.	 	EXECUTIVE
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	               /s/
			 James S.
			 McElya                              	 	                  /s/
			 Allen J.
			 Campbell                   
	 	 	 
	By:          James
			 S. McElya	 	Name: Allen J.
			 Campbell
	Title:
			       Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	 	 

	 
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		EXHIBIT
		A
	 

	 
		COOPER-STANDARD
		AUTOMOTIVE INC.
	 

	 
		Form of
		Release
	 

	 
		                WHEREAS, ________________ (the
		“Executive”) employment has been terminated in accordance with
		Section 7(c) of the Employment Agreement dated as of ________________ between
		Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. (“Cooper”) and the Executive
		(the “Employment Agreement”); and
	 

	 
		                WHEREAS, the Executive is
		required to sign this Release in order to receive the severance and termination
		benefits described in Section 7(c) of the Employment Agreement.
	 

	 
		                NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
		of the promises and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable
		consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged,
		and intending to be legally bound, the Executive agrees as follows:
	 

	 
		                1.
		            This
		Release is effective on the date hereof and will continue in effect as provided
		herein.
	 

	 
		                2.
		            In
		consideration of the payments to be made and the benefits to be received by the
		Executive pursuant to the Employment Agreement, which the Executive
		acknowledges are in addition to payments and benefits which the Executive would
		be entitled to receive absent the Employment Agreement, the Executive, for
		himself and his dependents, successors, assigns, heirs, executors and
		administrators (and his and their legal representatives of every kind), hereby
		releases, dismisses, remises and forever discharges Cooper, its predecessors,
		parents, subsidiaries, divisions, related or affiliated companies, officers,
		directors, stockholders, members, employees, heirs, successors, assigns,
		representatives, agents and counsel (the “Company”) from any
		and all arbitrations, claims, including claims for attorney’s fees,
		demands, damages, suits, proceedings, actions and/or causes of action of any
		kind and every description, whether known or unknown, which Executive now has
		or may have had for, upon, or by reason of any cause whatsoever
		(“claims”), against the Company, including but not limited
		to:
	 

	 	 	                (a)           any
			 and all claims arising out of or relating to Executive’s employment by or
			 service with the Company and his termination from the Company;
		 
	 	                (b)           any
			 and all claims of discrimination, including but not limited to claims of
			 discrimination on the basis of sex, race, age, national origin, marital status,
			 religion or handicap, including, specifically, but without limiting the
			 generality of the foregoing, any claims under the Age Discrimination in
			 Employment Act, as amended, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
			 amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights
			 Act, the Michigan Handicappers’ Civil Rights Act, the Michigan Wage
			 Payment Act (MCLA Section 408.471), the Polygraph Protection Act of 1981, the
			 Michigan Whistleblower’s Protection Act (MCLA Section 15.361), the common
			 law of the State of Michigan, and any other applicable state statutes and
			 regulations; and 

	 
		
	 

	 
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	 	 	provided, however  that the foregoing shall not apply to
			 claims to enforce rights that Executive may have as of the date hereof or in
			 the future under any of Cooper’s health, welfare, retirement, pension or
			 incentive plans, under any indemnification agreement between the Executive and
			 Cooper, under Cooper’s indemnification by-laws, under the directors’
			 and officers’ liability coverage maintained by Cooper, under the
			 applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or that
			 Executive may have in the future under the Employment Agreement or under this
			 Release.
		 
	 	                (c)           any
			 and all claims of wrongful or unjust discharge or breach of any contract or
			 promise, express or implied.

	 
		                3.
		            Executive
		understands and acknowledges that the Company does not admit any violation of
		law, liability or invasion of any of his rights and that any such violation,
		liability or invasion is expressly denied. The consideration provided for this
		Release is made for the purpose of settling and extinguishing all claims and
		rights (and every other similar or dissimilar matter) that Executive ever had
		or now may have against the Company to the extent provided in this Release.
		Executive further agrees and acknowledges that no representations, promises or
		inducements have been made by the Company other than as appear in the
		Employment Agreement.
	 

	 
		                4.
		            Executive
		further agrees and acknowledges that:
	 

	 	 	                (a)           The
			 release provided for herein releases claims to and including the date of this
			 Release;
		 
	 	                (b)           Executive
			 has been advised by the Company to consult with legal counsel prior to
			 executing this Release, has had an opportunity to consult with and to be
			 advised by legal counsel of his choice, fully understands the terms of this
			 Release, and enters into this Release freely, voluntarily and intending to be
			 bound;
		 
	 	                (c)           Executive
			 has been given a period of 21 days to review and consider the terms of this
			 Release, prior to its execution and that he may use as much of the 21 day
			 period as he desires; and
		 
	 	                (d)           Executive
			 may, within 7 days after execution, revoke this Release. Revocation shall be
			 made by delivering a written notice of revocation to the General Counsel at
			 Cooper. For such revocation to be effective, written notice must be actually
			 received by the General Counsel at Cooper no later than the close of business
			 on the 7th day after Executive executes this Release. If Executive does
			 exercise his right to revoke this Release, all of the terms and conditions of
			 the Release shall be of no force and effect and Cooper shall not have any
			 obligation to make payments or provide benefits to Executive as set forth in
			 the Employment Agreement.

	 
		                5.
		            Executive
		agrees that he will never file a lawsuit or other complaint asserting any claim
		that is released in this Release.
	 

	 
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		                6.
		            Executive
		waives and releases any claim that he has or may have to reemployment after the
		date of this Release.
	 

	 
		IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
		the Executive has executed and delivered this release on the date set forth
		below.
	 

	 	Dated:                                                    	 	                                                  
	 	 	[Name]
	 	 	
			 Executive

	 
		16Exhibit 10.22
	 

	 
		                                                                                                                                               
		
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
	 

	 
		                                EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the
		“Agreement”) dated as of January 1, 2007 by and between
		COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC. (the “Company”) and Edward A.
		Hasler (the “Executive”).
	 

	 
		                                WHEREAS, the Company desires to
		employ Executive on the terms set forth in this Agreement and Executive desires
		to accept and continue such employment with the Company under the terms of this
		Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
		of the premises and mutual covenants herein and for other good and valuable
		consideration, the parties agree as follows:
	 

	 
		                                1.
		            Term
		of Employment. Subject to the provisions of Section 7 of this Agreement,
		Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period commencing on January
		1, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) and ending on December 31, 2009
		(the “Employment Term”) on the terms and subject to the
		conditions set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, that
		commencing with December 31, 2009 and on each December 31 thereafter (each an
		“Extension Date”), the Employment Term shall be automatically
		extended for an additional one-year period, unless the Company or Executive
		provides the other party hereto 60 days prior written notice before the next
		Extension Date that the Employment Term shall not be so extended.
	 

	 
		                                2.
		           
		Position.
	 

	 
		                                                a.
		            During
		the Employment Term, Executive shall serve as the Company’s President and
		Chief Operating Officer. In such positions, Executive shall have such duties
		and authority as is customarily associated with such positions at other
		privately held companies similar to the Company and shall have such duties,
		consistent with Executive’s positions, as may be assigned from time to
		time by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “CEO”)
		or the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

	 

	 
		                                                b.
		            During
		the Employment Term, Executive will devote Executive’s full business time
		and best efforts to the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder and
		will not engage in any other business, profession or occupation for
		compensation or otherwise which would conflict or interfere with the rendition
		of such services either directly or indirectly, without the prior written
		consent of the Board; provided that nothing herein shall preclude
		Executive, subject to the prior approval of the Board, from accepting
		appointment to or continue to serve on any board of directors or trustees of
		any business corporation or any charitable organization; provided in
		each case, and in the aggregate, that such activities do not conflict or
		interfere with the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder or conflict
		with Section 8.
	 

	 
		                                3.
		            Base
		Salary. During the Employment Term, the Company shall pay Executive a base
		salary at the annual rate of $500,000, payable in regular installments in
		accordance with the Company’s usual payroll practices. Executive shall be
		entitled to such increases in Executive’s base salary, if any, as may be
		determined from time to time by the compensation committee of the Board, based
		upon the recommendation of the CEO.
	 

	 
		 
	 

	 

	 
	 

	 

	 
		Executive’s
		annual base salary, as in effect from time to time, is hereinafter referred to
		as the “Base Salary.”
	 

	 
		                                4.
		            Bonus
		Incentives. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to
		participate in such annual and/or long-term cash incentive plans and programs
		of the Company as are generally provided to the Company’s other senior
		executives.
	 

	 
		                                5.
		            Employee
		Benefits. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to
		participate in the Company’s employee benefit plans (other than annual
		bonus and long-term incentive programs, which are addressed in Section 4) as in
		effect from time to time (collectively “Employee Benefits”),
		on the same basis as those benefits are generally made available to other
		senior executives of the Company; provided that the Company may reduce
		such level of benefits to the extent such reduction applies to at least half of
		the senior executives of the Company.
	 

	 
		                                6.
		            Business
		Expenses. During the Employment Term, reasonable business expenses incurred
		by Executive in the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder shall be
		reimbursed by the Company in accordance with Company policies.
	 

	 
		                                7.
		            Termination.
		The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated
		by either party at any time and for any reason; provided that Executive
		will be required to give the Company at least 60 days advance written notice of
		any resignation of Executive’s employment. Notwithstanding any other
		provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 7 shall exclusively
		govern Executive’s rights upon termination of employment with the Company
		and its affiliates.
	 

	 
		                                                a.
		            By
		the Company For Cause or By Executive’s Resignation Without Good
		Reason.
	 

	 
		                                (i)            The
		Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by
		the Company for Cause (as defined in Section 7(a)(ii) and shall terminate
		automatically upon Executive’s resignation without Good Reason (as defined
		in Section 7(c)); provided that Executive will be required to give the Company
		at least 60 days advance written notice of a resignation without Good
		Reason.
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           For
		purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean any
		of: (I) the Executive’s willful failure to perform duties or
		directives which is not cured following written notice, (II) the
		Executive’s commission of a (x) felony or (y) crime involving moral
		turpitude, (III) the Executive’s willful malfeasance or misconduct which
		is demonstrably injurious to the Company or its affiliates, or (IV) material
		breach by the Executive of the restrictive covenants, including, without
		limitation, Sections 8 and 9 hereof and any non-compete, non-solicitation or
		confidentiality provisions to which the Executive is bound.
	 

	 
		                                (iii)          If,
		during the Employment Term, Executive’s employment is terminated by the
		Company for Cause or Executive resigns without Good Reason, Executive shall be
		entitled to receive:
	 

	 
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	 	 	                (A)          the
			 Base Salary accrued but not paid through the date of termination;
		 
	 	                (B)          any
			 annual and/or long-term bonus earned but unpaid as of the date of termination
			 for any previously completed fiscal year or performance period;
		 
	 	                (C)           reimbursement
			 for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by Executive in
			 accordance with Company policy prior to the date of Executive’s
			 termination; and
		 
	 	                (D)          such
			 Employee Benefits, if any, as to which Executive may be entitled under the
			 employee benefit plans of the Company (the amounts described in clauses (A)
			 through (D) hereof being referred to as the “Accrued
			 Rights”).

	 
		                                Following such termination of
		Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause or resignation by
		Executive without Good Reason, except as set forth in this
		Section 7(a)(iii), Executive shall have no further rights to any
		compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                b.
		           
		Disability or Death.
	 

	 
		                                (i)            The
		Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon
		Executive’s death and may be terminated by the Company if Executive
		becomes physically or mentally incapacitated and is therefore unable for a
		period of six (6) consecutive months or for an aggregate of nine (9) months in
		any twenty-four (24) consecutive month period to perform Executive’s
		duties (such incapacity is hereinafter referred to as
		“Disability”). Any question as to the existence of the
		Disability of Executive as to which Executive and the Company cannot agree
		shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually
		acceptable to Executive and the Company. If Executive and the Company cannot
		agree as to a qualified independent physician, each shall appoint such a
		physician and those two physicians shall select a third who shall make such
		determination in writing. The determination of Disability made in writing to
		the Company and Executive shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of the
		Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           Upon
		termination of Executive’s employment hereunder during the Employment Term
		for either Disability or death, Executive, Executive’s estate or
		Executive’s beneficiaries under the terms of any benefit plan (as the case
		may be) shall be entitled to receive:
	 

	 	 	                (A)          the Accrued
			 Rights; and
		 
	 	                (B)           a
			 pro rata portion of any Annual Bonus, if any, that Executive would have been
			 entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4 hereof in such year based upon the
			 percentage of the fiscal year that shall have elapsed through the date of
			 Executive’s termination of employment, payable when such Annual Bonus
			 would have otherwise been payable had Executive’s employment not
			 terminated.

	 
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		                                Following Executive’s
		termination of employment due to death or Disability, except as set forth in
		this Section 7(b)(ii), Executive shall have no further rights to any
		compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                c.
		            By
		the Company Without Cause or Resignation by Executive for Good
		Reason.
	 

	 
		                                (i)            The
		Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by
		the Company without Cause or by Executive’s resignation for Good
		Reason.
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           For
		purposes of this Agreement,
	 

	 	 	                (A)          “Good
			 Reason” shall mean any of: (i) a substantial diminution in
			 Executive’s position or duties; adverse change in reporting lines; or
			 assignment of duties materially inconsistent with Executive’s position;
			 (ii) any reduction in Executive’s Base Salary or Annual Bonus opportunity;
			 (iii) any reduction in Executive’s long-term cash incentive compensation
			 opportunities, other than reductions generally affecting other senior
			 executives participating in the applicable long-term incentive compensation
			 programs or arrangements; (iv) the failure of the Company to pay Executive any
			 compensation or benefits when due hereunder; (v) relocation of Executive’s
			 principal place of work in excess of fifty (50) miles from Executive’s
			 current principal place of work; or (vi) any material breach by the Company of
			 the terms of the Agreement; provided that none of the events described
			 in this Section 7(c)(ii)(A) shall constitute Good Reason unless the Company
			 fails to cure such event within 10 calendar days after receipt from Executive
			 of written notice of the event which constitutes Good Reason.
		 
	 	                (B)           “Change
			 of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events
			 after the Effective Date: (i) the sale or disposition, in one or a series of
			 related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of
			 Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (“CSA”) to any
			 “person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections
			 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than Permitted Holders or (ii)
			 any person or group, other than Permitted Holders, is or becomes the
			 “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
			 Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of greater than or equal to 50% of the
			 total voting power of the voting stock of CSA, including by way of merger,
			 consolidation or otherwise, except where one or more of Cypress Merchant
			 Banking Partners II L.P., Cypress Merchant Banking II C.V., 55th
			 Street Partners II L.P., Cypress Side-By-Side LLC, GS Capital Partners 2000,
			 L.P., GS Capital Partners 2000 Offshore, L.P., GS Capital Partners 2000 GmbH
			 & Co. Beteiligungs KG, GS Capital Partners 2000 Employee Fund, L.P. and
			 Goldman Sachs Direct Investment Fund 2000, L.P. (collectively, the
			 “Sponsors”) and/or their respective affiliates, immediately
			 following such merger, consolidation or other transaction, continue to have the
			 ability to designate or elect a majority of the Board of Directors of CSA (or
			 the board of directors of the resulting entity or its parent company). For
			 purposes of this Agreement, “Permitted Holder” shall mean, as
			 of the date of determination, any and all of (x) an employee benefit plan
			 

	 
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	 	 	(or trust forming a part thereof) maintained by (A) the Company or its
			 affiliate or (B) any corporation or other person of which a majority of its
			 voting power of its voting equity securities or equity interest is owned,
			 directly or indirectly, by the Company or its affiliate and (y) the Sponsors
			 and any of their respective affiliates. Notwithstanding that a transaction or
			 series of transactions does not constitute a Change of Control, with respect to
			 Executive it shall be deemed to be a Change of Control for purposes of
			 Executive’s entitlement’s hereunder if clause (i), above, is
			 satisfied in respect of the business or division in which Executive is
			 principally engaged. For the avoidance of doubt, a Change of Control pursuant
			 to the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to Executive if his
			 employment is not primarily with and for the business or division that is
			 sold.

	 
		                                (iii)          If
		during the Employment Term Executive’s employment is terminated by the
		Company without Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or
		Executive resigns for Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive,
		subject to Executive’s execution (without subsequent revocation) of a
		release of claims substantially in the form of Exhibit A (the
		“Release”):
	 

	 	 	                (A)          Termination
			 Prior to a Change of Control. If such termination of employment occurs
			 prior to a Change of Control, then:
		 

	 		(i)	the Accrued Rights;
			 
		(ii)	a
			 pro rata portion of any Annual Bonus, if any, that Executive would have been
			 entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4 hereof in respect of such year based
			 upon the percentage of the fiscal year that shall have elapsed through the date
			 of Executive’s termination of employment, payable when such Annual Bonus
			 would have otherwise been payable had Executive’s employment not
			 terminated;
			 
		(iii)	subject to Section 11.k., a single lump sum cash payment within five
			 (5) days following the expiration of such revocation period provided for in the
			 Release equal to two (2) times the sum of Executive’s (i) Base Salary plus
			 (ii) Target Annual Bonus for the year prior to such termination of
			 employment;
			 
		(iv)	subject to Section 11.k., a single lump sum cash payment within five
			 (5) days following the expiration of such revocation period provided for in the
			 Release equal to the actuarial equivalent (determined using all of the same
			 mortality, interest rate and other methods and assumptions as are used from
			 time to time to determine “actuarial equivalence” for lump sum
			 benefits under the applicable Retirement Plan (as defined below)) of the excess
			 of (A) the retirement pension (determined as a straight life annuity commencing
			 at age sixty-five (65) or the first of the month following the Executive’s
			 termination of employment, whichever 

	 
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	 	 	is
			 later) which Executive would have accrued under the terms of any tax qualified
			 defined benefit plan or scheme and nonqualified supplementary defined benefit
			 plan sponsored by the Company in which Executive participates (the
			 “Retirement Plans”), determined as if the Executive had
			 accumulated (after the date of termination) twenty-four (24) additional months
			 of service credit thereunder and had pensionable compensation equal to the
			 pensionable compensation (as determined pursuant to the terms of the Retirement
			 Plans) paid to the Executive for the calendar year immediately preceding the
			 year in which such termination of employment occurs, over (B) the retirement
			 pension (determined as a straight life annuity commencing at age sixty-five
			 (65) or the first of the month following the Executive’s termination of
			 employment, whichever is later) which Executive had then accrued pursuant to
			 the provisions of such Retirement Plans; and
		 

	 		(v)	for twenty-four (24) months following his date of termination, the
			 Company shall arrange to provide Executive with life (for the Executive only,
			 excluding spouse or dependent life insurance) and health insurance benefits on
			 the same basis applicable to active employees of the Company, provided
			 the Executive remits to the Company on a timely basis the monthly active
			 employee premiums owed for such coverage; and provided that if the
			 Company is unable to continue Executive’s life insurance coverage under
			 the Company’s group policy, the Company shall pay for Executive’s
			 conversion policy for such period. Benefits otherwise receivable by Executive
			 pursuant to this Subsection (v) shall become secondary to comparable benefits
			 that are actually received by Executive during the remainder of such period
			 following his termination, and any such benefits actually received by Executive
			 shall be reported to the Company. The continued health insurance benefits
			 hereunder shall count as COBRA continuation coverage.
			 

	 	 	                (B)         Termination
			 Following a Change of Control. If such termination of employment occurs
			 following a Change of Control, the Accrued Rights, but without further
			 payments or benefits hereunder, however, Executive shall be entitled
			 (albeit without duplication of amounts payable in respect of the Accrued
			 Rights) to be covered by the Company’s Change of Control Severance Pay
			 Plan, substantially in the form of Exhibit B (the “Change of Control
			 Severance Plan”).

	 
		                                Notwithstanding the foregoing,
		the aggregate amounts payable to Executive pursuant to this Section 7(c)(iii)
		shall be reduced by the present value of any other cash severance or
		termination benefits payable to Executive under any other plans, programs or
		arrangements of the Company or its affiliates including, without limitation,
		under the Change of Control Severance Plan. Following Executive’s
		termination of employment by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of
		Executive’s death or Disability) or by Executive’s 
	 

	 
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		resignation for Good
		Reason, except as set forth in this Section 7(c), Executive shall have no
		further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this
		Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                d.
		            Expiration
		of Employment Term. In the event either party elects not to extend the
		Employment Term pursuant to Section 1, unless Executive’s employment is
		earlier terminated pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 7,
		Executive’s termination of employment hereunder shall be deemed to occur
		on the close of business on the day immediately preceding the next scheduled
		Extension Date, and upon such deemed termination of Executive’s employment
		hereunder:
	 

	 
		                                (i)            if
		Executive has elected not to extend the Employment Term, Executive shall be
		entitled to receive only the Accrued Rights; or
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           if
		the Company has elected not to extend the Employment Term (for other than
		Cause), Executive shall be entitled to receive the amounts and considerations
		provided for in Section 7 c. as if Executive’s employment had been
		terminated by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of
		Executive’s death or Disability) or by Executive’s resignation for
		Good Reason immediately prior to the expiration of the Employment Term;
		provided that: 
	 

	 	 	                (A)          the
			 amounts and considerations provided for in Section 7 c. shall not be paid or
			 begin to be paid until the Executive’s actual separation from the Company
			 and its affiliates (within the meaning of Code Section 409A); 
		 
	 	                (B)           if
			 the date of Executive’s actual separation from the Company falls between
			 his 64th and 65th birthdays, the multiple applicable to
			 the lump sum payment under Section 7 c.(iii)(A)(iii) shall be reduced from two
			 (2) to one (1) and 
		 
	 	                (C)           if
			 the date of Executive’s actual separation from the Company is on or after
			 his 65th birthday, Executive shall be entitled to receive only the
			 Accrued Rights.

	 
		Following such deemed
		termination of Executive’s employment hereunder as a result of either
		party’s election not to extend the Employment Term, except as set forth in
		this Section 7 d., Executive shall have no further rights to any
		compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                e.
		            Notice
		of Termination. Any purported termination of employment by the Company or
		by Executive (other than due to Executive’s death) shall be communicated
		by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with
		Section 11(h) hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of
		Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific
		termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in
		reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
		termination of employment under the provision so indicated.
	 

	 
		                                                f.
		             Board/Committee
		Resignation. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any
		reason, Executive agrees to resign, as of the date of such termination and to
		
	 

	 
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		the extent
		applicable, from the Board (and any committees thereof) and the Board of
		Directors (and any committees thereof) of any of the Company’s
		affiliates.
	 

	 
		                                8.
		           
		Non-Competition.
	 

	 
		                                                a.
		            Executive
		acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of
		the Company and its affiliates and accordingly agrees as follows:
	 

	 
		                                (i)            During
		the Executive’s employment with the Company and for a period of two years
		following the date Executive ceases to be employed by the Company and its
		affiliates, Executive will not:
	 

	 	 	                (A)          engage
			 in any Competitive Activity (as defined in Section 8(b)); or
		 
	 	                (B)           induce
			 or attempt to induce customers, business relations or accounts of the Company
			 or any of its affiliates to relinquish their contracts or relationships with
			 the Company or any its affiliates; or
		 
	 	                (C)           solicit,
			 entice, assist or induce other employees, agents or independent contractors to
			 leave the employ of the Company or any of its affiliates or to terminate their
			 engagements with the Company and/or any of its affiliates or assist any
			 competitors of the Company or any of its affiliates in securing the services of
			 such employees, agents or independent contractors.

	 
		                                                b.
		            Definitions.
		For purposes of this Agreement, “Competitive Activity”
		means Executive’s participation, without the written consent of any one of
		the Chief Executive Officer, or Chief Operating Officer (except where Executive
		holds any of such positions, in which case the Board shall be required to
		provide such written consent), if any, of the Company, in the management of any
		business enterprise if such enterprise engages in substantial and direct
		competition with the Company or any of its affiliates and such
		enterprise’s sales of any product or service competitive with any product
		or service of the Company or any of its affiliates amounted to 5% of such
		enterprise’s net sales for its most recently completed fiscal year and if
		the Company’s net sales of said product or service amounted to 5% of, as
		applicable, the Company’s or its affiliate’s net sales for its most
		recently completed fiscal year. “Competitive Activity” will not
		include (i) the mere ownership of 5% or more of securities in any such
		enterprise and the exercise of rights appurtenant thereto or (ii) participation
		in the management of any such enterprise other than in connection with the
		competitive operations of such enterprise.
	 

	 
		                                9.
		            Confidentiality;
		Intellectual Property.
	 

	 
		                                                a.
		           
		Confidentiality.
	 

	 
		                                (i)            Executive
		acknowledges and agrees that in the performance of his duties as an employee of
		the Company or an affiliate thereof, he was and will continue to be brought
		into frequent contact with, had and will continue to have access to, and became
		and will continue to become informed of confidential and proprietary
		information of the Company and its affiliates and/or information which is a
		trade secret of the Company and/or its affiliates (collectively, 
	 

	 
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		“Confidential
		Information”), as more fully described in Subsection (ii) of this
		Section. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Confidential Information of
		the Company and its affiliates gained by Executive during his association with
		the Company and its affiliates was, is and will be developed by and/or for the
		Company and its affiliates through substantial expenditure of time, effort
		and money and constitutes valuable and unique property of the Company and its
		affiliates.
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           The
		Executive will keep in strict confidence, and will not, directly or indirectly,
		at any time, disclose, furnish, disseminate, make available, use or suffer to
		be used in any manner any Confidential Information of the Company or its
		affiliates without limitation as to when or how Executive may have acquired
		such Confidential Information (subject to subsection (iv)). Executive
		specifically acknowledges that Confidential Information includes any and all
		information, whether reduced to writing (or in a form from which information
		can be obtained, translated, or derived into reasonably usable form), or
		maintained in the mind or memory of Executive and whether compiled or created
		by the Company or its affiliates, which derives independent economic value from
		not being readily known to or ascertainable by proper means by others who can
		obtain economic value from the disclosure or use of such information, that
		reasonable efforts have been put forth by the Company and its affiliates to
		maintain the secrecy of Confidential Information, that such Confidential
		Information is and will remain the sole property of the Company and its
		affiliates, and that any retention (in tangible form) or use by Executive of
		Confidential Information not in the good faith performance of his duties in the
		best interest of the Company or, in any case, after the termination of
		Executive’s employment with and services for the Company and its
		affiliates shall constitute a misappropriation of the Company’s
		Confidential Information.
	 

	 
		                                (iii)          The
		Executive further agrees that he shall return, within ten (10) days of the
		effective date of his termination as an employee of the Company and its
		affiliates, in good condition, all property of the Company and its affiliates
		then in Executive’s possession, including, without limitation, whether in
		hard copy or in any other media (i) property, documents and/or all other
		materials (including copies, reproductions, summaries and/or analyses) which
		constitute, refer or relate to Confidential Information of the Company or its
		affiliates, (ii) keys to property of the Company or its affiliates, (iii) files
		and (iv) blueprints or other drawings.
	 

	 
		                                (iv)          Executive
		further acknowledges and agrees that his obligation of confidentiality shall
		survive until and unless such Confidential Information of the Company or its
		affiliates shall have become, through no fault of Executive, generally known to
		the industry or Executive is required by law (after providing the Company with
		notice and opportunity to contest such requirement) to make disclosure.
		Executive’s obligations under this Section are in addition to, and not in
		limitation or preemption of, all other obligations of confidentiality which
		Executive may have to the Company and its affiliates under general legal or
		equitable principles or statutes.
	 

	 
		                                                b.
		           
		Intellectual Property.
	 

	 
		                                (i)            If
		Executive has created, invented or contributed to any works of authorship,
		inventions, software, databases, systems or other intellectual property,
		materials, documents or other work product (“Works”) prior to
		Executive’s employment, that are relevant 
	 

	 
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		to or implicated by
		such employment (“Prior Works”), Executive hereby agrees not
		to seek royalties or other compensation from the Company, and not to assert any
		infringement or similar claim against the Company, for the Company’s use
		of such Prior Works.
	 

	 
		                                (ii)           If
		Executive creates, invents or contributes to any Works at any time during
		Executive’s employment and within the scope of such employment and/or with
		the use of any Company resources (“Company Works”), Executive
		hereby assigns and shall assign all rights and intellectual property rights
		therein to the Company to the extent ownership of any such rights does not vest
		originally in the Company.
	 

	 
		                                10.
		          Specific
		Performance/Survival. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the
		Company’s remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the
		provisions of Section 8 or 9 would be inadequate and the Company would suffer
		irreparable damages as a result of such breach or threatened breach. In
		recognition of this fact, Executive agrees that, in the event of such a breach
		or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company, without
		posting any bond, shall be entitled to cease making any payments or providing
		any benefit otherwise required by this Agreement and obtain equitable relief in
		the form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or
		permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available.
		In the event the Company wrongfully ceases making payments and providing
		benefits in accordance with the prior sentence, Executive shall be entitled to
		recover reasonable attorney fees, incurred in recovering such payments or
		benefits. The provisions of Section 8, 9 and 10 shall survive the termination
		of this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                11.
		         
		Miscellaneous.
	 

	 
		                                                a.
		            Governing
		Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
		the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflicts of laws
		principles thereof.
	 

	 
		                                                b.
		            Entire
		Agreement/Amendments. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of
		the parties with respect to the employment of Executive by the Company. There
		are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or
		undertakings between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein
		other than those expressly set forth herein. This Agreement may not be altered,
		modified, or amended except by written instrument signed by the parties
		hereto.
	 

	 
		                                                c.
		            No
		Waiver. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term
		of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such
		party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist
		upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                d.
		            Severability.
		In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
		or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity,
		legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall
		not be affected thereby.
	 

	 
		                                                e.
		            Assignment.
		This Agreement, and all of Executive’s rights and duties hereunder, shall
		not be assignable or delegable by Executive. Any purported assignment 
	 

	 
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		or delegation by
		Executive in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio
		and of no force and effect. This Agreement may be assigned by the Company to a
		person or entity which is an affiliate, and shall be assigned by the Company to
		a person or entity which is a successor in interest to substantially all of the
		business operations of the Company. Upon such assignment, the rights and
		obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of
		such affiliate or successor person or entity.
	 

	 
		                                                f.
		             Set
		Off; No Mitigation. The Company’s obligation to pay Executive the
		amounts provided and to make the arrangements provided hereunder shall be
		subject to set-off, counterclaim or recoupment of amounts owed by Executive to
		the Company or its affiliates. However, Executive shall not be required to
		mitigate the amount of any payment provided for pursuant to this Agreement by
		seeking other employment or otherwise.
	 

	 
		                                                g.
		            Successors;
		Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
		binding upon personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators,
		successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
	 

	 
		                                                h.
		            Notice.
		For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications
		provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
		been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three days after
		it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested,
		postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this
		Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the
		other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of
		address shall be effective only upon receipt.
	 

	 
		                                If to the Company:
	 

	 
		                               
		Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
                                
		39550 Orchard Hill Place Drive 
                                
		Novi, MI 48375
                                
		Phone:  248-596-5900
                                
		Attention:  Chief Executive Officer
	 

	 
		                                If to Executive:
	 

	 	 	To
			 the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel records of the
			 Company.

	 
		                                                i.
		             Executive
		Representation. Executive hereby represents to the Company that the
		execution and delivery of this Agreement by Executive and the Company and the
		performance by Executive of Executive’s duties hereunder shall not
		constitute a breach of, or otherwise contravene, the terms of any employment
		agreement or other agreement or policy to which Executive is a party or
		otherwise bound.
	 

	 
		                                                j.
		             Prior
		Agreements. This Agreement supercedes all prior agreements and
		understandings (including verbal agreements) between Executive and the Company
		and/or its affiliates regarding the terms and conditions of Executive’s
		employment with the Company and/or its affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt,
		this Agreement shall not 
	 

	 
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		supercede the Change
		of Control Severance Plan and any equity-based awards granted to the Executive
		pursuant to the 2004 CSA Acquisition Corp. Stock Incentive Plan.
	 

	 
		                                                k.
		            Compliance
		with IRC Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i)
		if at the time of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company
		and its affiliates, Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in
		Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
		“Code”) and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or
		benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of
		employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax
		under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of
		the payment of any such amounts or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in
		such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to Executive) until the
		date that is six months following Executive’s termination of employment
		with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of
		the Code) and (ii) if any other payments of money or other benefits due to
		Executive hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional
		tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be
		deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under
		Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be
		restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Board,
		that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. The Executive will
		be considered to have terminated employment hereunder for purposes of receiving
		payments subject to Code Section 409A only if his termination of employment
		constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Code
		Section 409A.
	 

	 
		                                                l.
		             Cooperation.
		Executive shall provide Executive’s reasonable cooperation in connection
		with any action or proceeding (or any appeal from any action or proceeding)
		which relates to events occurring during Executive’s employment hereunder.
		This provision shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
	 

	 
		                                                m.
		           Withholding
		Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this
		Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld
		pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.
	 

	 
		                                                n.
		            Survival.
		The provisions of Sections 7 d., 8, 9, 10 and 11 of this Agreement shall
		survive any termination of this Agreement or Executive’s termination of
		employment hereunder
	 

	 
		                                                o.
		            Counterparts.
		This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an
		original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were
		upon the same instrument.
	 

	 
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		                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
		hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above
		written.
	 

	 	 	 	 
	COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.	 	EXECUTIVE
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	               /s/
			 James S.
			 McElya                              	 	                  /s/
			 Edward A.
			 Hasler                   
	 	 	 
	By:          James
			 S. McElya	 	Name: Edward A.
			 Hasler 
	Title:
			       Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	 	 

	 
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		EXHIBIT
		A
	 

	 
		COOPER-STANDARD
		AUTOMOTIVE INC.
	 

	 
		Form of
		Release
	 

	 
		                WHEREAS, ________________ (the
		“Executive”) employment has been terminated in accordance with
		Section 7(c) of the Employment Agreement dated as of ________________ between
		Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. (“Cooper”) and the Executive
		(the “Employment Agreement”); and
	 

	 
		                WHEREAS, the Executive is
		required to sign this Release in order to receive the severance and termination
		benefits described in Section 7(c) of the Employment Agreement.
	 

	 
		                NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
		of the promises and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable
		consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged,
		and intending to be legally bound, the Executive agrees as follows:
	 

	 
		                1.
		            This
		Release is effective on the date hereof and will continue in effect as provided
		herein.
	 

	 
		                2.
		            In
		consideration of the payments to be made and the benefits to be received by the
		Executive pursuant to the Employment Agreement, which the Executive
		acknowledges are in addition to payments and benefits which the Executive would
		be entitled to receive absent the Employment Agreement, the Executive, for
		himself and his dependents, successors, assigns, heirs, executors and
		administrators (and his and their legal representatives of every kind), hereby
		releases, dismisses, remises and forever discharges Cooper, its predecessors,
		parents, subsidiaries, divisions, related or affiliated companies, officers,
		directors, stockholders, members, employees, heirs, successors, assigns,
		representatives, agents and counsel (the “Company”) from any
		and all arbitrations, claims, including claims for attorney’s fees,
		demands, damages, suits, proceedings, actions and/or causes of action of any
		kind and every description, whether known or unknown, which Executive now has
		or may have had for, upon, or by reason of any cause whatsoever
		(“claims”), against the Company, including but not limited
		to:
	 

	 	 	                (a)           any
			 and all claims arising out of or relating to Executive’s employment by or
			 service with the Company and his termination from the Company;
		 
	 	                (b)           any
			 and all claims of discrimination, including but not limited to claims of
			 discrimination on the basis of sex, race, age, national origin, marital status,
			 religion or handicap, including, specifically, but without limiting the
			 generality of the foregoing, any claims under the Age Discrimination in
			 Employment Act, as amended, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
			 amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights
			 Act, the Michigan Handicappers’ Civil Rights Act, the Michigan Wage
			 Payment Act (MCLA Section 408.471), the Polygraph Protection Act of 1981, the
			 Michigan Whistleblower’s Protection Act (MCLA Section 15.361), the common
			 law of the State of Michigan, and any other applicable state statutes and
			 regulations; and 

	 
		
	 

	 
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	 	 	provided, however  that the foregoing shall not apply to
			 claims to enforce rights that Executive may have as of the date hereof or in
			 the future under any of Cooper’s health, welfare, retirement, pension or
			 incentive plans, under any indemnification agreement between the Executive and
			 Cooper, under Cooper’s indemnification by-laws, under the directors’
			 and officers’ liability coverage maintained by Cooper, under the
			 applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or that
			 Executive may have in the future under the Employment Agreement or under this
			 Release.
		 
	 	                (c)           any
			 and all claims of wrongful or unjust discharge or breach of any contract or
			 promise, express or implied.

	 
		                3.
		            Executive
		understands and acknowledges that the Company does not admit any violation of
		law, liability or invasion of any of his rights and that any such violation,
		liability or invasion is expressly denied. The consideration provided for this
		Release is made for the purpose of settling and extinguishing all claims and
		rights (and every other similar or dissimilar matter) that Executive ever had
		or now may have against the Company to the extent provided in this Release.
		Executive further agrees and acknowledges that no representations, promises or
		inducements have been made by the Company other than as appear in the
		Employment Agreement.
	 

	 
		                4.
		            Executive
		further agrees and acknowledges that:
	 

	 	 	                (a)           The
			 release provided for herein releases claims to and including the date of this
			 Release;
		 
	 	                (b)           Executive
			 has been advised by the Company to consult with legal counsel prior to
			 executing this Release, has had an opportunity to consult with and to be
			 advised by legal counsel of his choice, fully understands the terms of this
			 Release, and enters into this Release freely, voluntarily and intending to be
			 bound;
		 
	 	                (c)           Executive
			 has been given a period of 21 days to review and consider the terms of this
			 Release, prior to its execution and that he may use as much of the 21 day
			 period as he desires; and
		 
	 	                (d)           Executive
			 may, within 7 days after execution, revoke this Release. Revocation shall be
			 made by delivering a written notice of revocation to the General Counsel at
			 Cooper. For such revocation to be effective, written notice must be actually
			 received by the General Counsel at Cooper no later than the close of business
			 on the 7th day after Executive executes this Release. If Executive does
			 exercise his right to revoke this Release, all of the terms and conditions of
			 the Release shall be of no force and effect and Cooper shall not have any
			 obligation to make payments or provide benefits to Executive as set forth in
			 the Employment Agreement.

	 
		                5.
		            Executive
		agrees that he will never file a lawsuit or other complaint asserting any claim
		that is released in this Release.
	 

	 
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		                6.
		            Executive
		waives and releases any claim that he has or may have to reemployment after the
		date of this Release.
	 

	 
		IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
		the Executive has executed and delivered this release on the date set forth
		below.
	 

	 	Dated:                                                    	 	                                                  
	 	 	[Name]
	 	 	
			 Executive

	 
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