Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (Form: 8-K)  

 


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   October 5, 2007

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 001-04329 344297750
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
701 Lima Avenue, Findlay, Ohio   45840
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   419-423-1321

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

In July 2007, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), along with Michelin North America, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Buyer"), announced an agreement regarding the Buyer’s intention to purchase all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Oliver Rubber Company, a California corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and its subsidiaries ("Oliver Rubber"). Oliver Rubber produces tread rubber and retreading equipment. The Buyer announced today, and the Company hereby announces, that the Buyer has completed its acquisition of Oliver Rubber.






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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
          
October 5, 2007   By:   /s/Jack Jay McCracken
       
        Name: Jack Jay McCracken
        Title: Assistant Secretary