UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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 31, 2006
COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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1-04329
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34-4297750 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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701 Lima Avenue, Findlay, Ohio
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45840 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code) |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
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(419) 423-1321 |
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Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2.):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.04. Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit
Plans.
On October 31, 2006, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”)
notified its directors and officers that, in connection with the transition of the administrative
services with respect to its plans, including Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Pre-Tax Savings Plan
(Clarksdale), The Standard Products Company Collectively Bargained Savings and Retirement Plan,
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Texarkana), Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Pre-Tax
Savings Plan (Findlay) and Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Spectrum Investment Savings Plan
(collectively, the “Plans”) to Principal Financial Group®, a blackout period with respect to the
Plans will be in effect beginning at 4:00 p.m. E.T. on November 27, 2006. The blackout period will
end at 5:00 p.m. E.T. on December 5, 2006. The Company provided its notice to the directors and
executive officers in accordance with Rule 104 of Regulation BTR.
A copy of the notice is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein
by reference.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Description |
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99.1
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Notice of Blackout Period to Directors and Executive Officers of Cooper Tire &
Rubber Company dated October 31, 2006. |
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