Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  McElya James Strauss
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/21/2011		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. [COSH]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
39550 ORCHARD HILL PLACE		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman and CEO
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NOVI, MI 48375		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common stock 430,015 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
7% Cumulative Participating Convertible Preferred stock   (2)(3)   (4) Common stock 21,534 $ 23.3057 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
McElya James Strauss
39550 ORCHARD HILL PLACE
NOVI, MI 48375		   X     Chairman and CEO  

Signatures

/s/ James S. McElya 03/21/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents restricted stock granted to the reporting person. 375,940 of such shares shall vest, assuming continued employment, in three equal installments on May 27, 2011, May 27, 2012, and May 27, 2013. 54,075 of such shares shall vest, assuming continued employment, upon the later of (i) the vesting schedule described in the preceding sentence and (ii) the exercise of certain outstanding warrants (the "Warrants") that have been issued in respect of our common stock. The number of these 54,075 shares that will vest under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence will be based on a formula that is tied to the percentage of the Warrants that are exercised.
(2) These shares of participating preferred common stock are entitled to receive dividends at a rate of 7% per annum and may be converted at any time at a conversion price of $23.30574 per share of common stock, subject to adjustment upon certain events specified in the certificate of designations.
(3) Time-based restricted stock vesting in four equal installments on May 27, 2011, May 27, 2012, May 27, 2013, and May 27, 2014.
(4) The 7% Cumulative Participating Convertible Preferred stock do not have an expiration date.

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