Cooper Tire & Rubber Co : - Cooper Tire Issues Statement Regarding Production at Chinese Joint Venture Plant

Resuming Regular Financial Reporting Remains an Open Issue

FINDLAY, Ohio, USA - January 10, 2014 - Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) today issued the following statement regarding reports that production of Cooper brand tires has resumed at the Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire (CCT) joint venture facility in Rongcheng, China.

"Preliminary work to ramp up production of Cooper brands at CCT is taking place. While this is a step forward in resolving the issues there, Cooper is looking to the labor union and joint venture partner to assure that production will indeed resume in full and will continue uninterrupted. While restarting production of Cooper brands at CCT indicates positive progress, it is absolutely critical that actions are taken there to allow Cooper to resume regular financial reporting. This remains an open issue and we are working hard to resolve it as our top priority."

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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is the parent company of a global family of companies that specialize in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sales of passenger car and light truck tires. Cooper has joint ventures, affiliates and subsidiaries that also specialize in medium truck, motorcycle and racing tires. Cooper's headquarters is in Findlay, Ohio, with manufacturing, sales, distribution, technical and design facilities within its family of companies located in 11 countries around the world. For more information on Cooper Tire, visit www.coopertire.com, www.facebook.com/coopertire or www.twitter.com/coopertire.

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