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 10, 2013

 

 

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		 _____________
(Commission		 ______________
(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)		   ___________
(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

 

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 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

  

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 10, 2013 (the “Annual Meeting”).  The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon by stockholders at the Annual Meeting, all of which are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed March 26, 2013.

 

 1.  The following individuals were elected to serve as directors for a term expiring at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2014.  The voting results were as follows:

 

NOMINEE  VOTES FOR   VOTES
 WITHHOLD		   BROKER
NON-VOTES		 
                
Roy V. Armes   46,665,580    2,187,076    7,528,334 
                
Thomas P. Capo   47,937,262    915,394    7,528,334 
                
Steven M. Chapman   48,117,622    735,034    7,528,334 
                
John J. Holland    47,845,843    1,006,813    7,528,334 
                
John F. Meier   47,948,904    903,752    7,528,334 
                
Cynthia A. Niekamp   48,155,935    696,721    7,528,334 
                
John H. Shuey   47,941,373    911,283    7,528,334 
                
Richard L. Wambold    48,088,736    763,920    7,528,334 
                
Robert D. Welding   47,902,102    950,554    7,528,334 

 

 

2.   Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2013.  The voting results were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR   VOTES AGAINST   VOTES ABSTAINED 
             
 55,578,957    573,423    228,610 

 

 

3.   The non-binding advisory resolution on the Company's executive compensation was approved.  The voting results were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR   VOTES AGAINST   VOTES ABSTAINED   BROKER NON-VOTES 
                  
 46,077,633    2,119,153    655,870    7,528,334 

  

 
 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

 

Date:  May 13, 2013     COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY  
         
         
    By: /s/ Jack Jay McCracken  
            Jack Jay McCracken  
           Assistant Secretary