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): May 9, 2005

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware
  1-04329   34-4297750
 
       
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number) 		  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
701 Lima Avenue, Findlay, Ohio
    45840  
 
       
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
    (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (419) 423-1321

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

     On May 9, 2005, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company issued a press release announcing that it has commenced a fixed spread tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of the $350 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 7 3/4% Notes due 2009. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits.

         
 
Number
  Exhibit
   
 
99.1
  Press release, dated May 9, 2005

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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
  By:   /s/ James E. Kline
       
      Name: James E. Kline
Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

     Date: May 9, 2005

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

         
 
Number
  Description
   
 
99.1
  Press release, dated May 9, 2005

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