UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  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):  November 28, 2011

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware
  
001-04329
  
344297750
(State or Other Jurisdiction
  
(Commission
  
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
  
File Number)
  
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)

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:
 
 
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Item 8.01 – Other Events
 
On November 28, 2011, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing a labor action at its Findlay, Ohio manufacturing facility.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
     
99.1
  
Press Release issued by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company on November 28, 2011

 
 
 

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/ Jack Jay McCracken
 
Name:  Jack Jay McCracken
 
Title:    Assistant Secretary

Date:  November 28, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
     
99.1
  
Press Release issued by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company on November 28, 2011