Cooper Tire Reports Cooper Chengshan Tire to Begin Process of Entering Past and Current Financial and Operational Data

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company CTB today issued the following statement regarding the status of financial and operational data entry at its Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire (CCT) joint venture facility in Rongcheng, China. “Cooper has continued to work with the joint venture partner and labor union at CCT to restore normal operations as soon as possible. Last week, CCT began to ramp up production of Cooper brand tires. We have now received word that CCT will begin the process of entering past and current financial and operational data into company computer systems. Cooper will monitor the data entry to assure that it is taking place properly and that it will continue without interruption. See full press release