Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Statement Regarding Delaware Chancery Court Ruling of November 8, 2013

FINDLAY, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is disappointed with the decision of the Delaware Chancery Court that Apollo did not breach its obligation to expeditiously reach an agreement with the United Steelworkers per the terms of the merger agreement. Cooper is assessing its options with respect to this decision and awaits the Court's ruling on other open matters in this case.

About Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company CTB 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.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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Numerous factors could cause our actual results and events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: uncertainties associated with the proposed acquisition of Cooper by Apollo, including uncertainties relating to the ability to complete the transaction for any reason, including, without limitation, the outcome of Cooper's pending litigation against Apollo and the inability of Cooper or Apollo to enter into agreements with the United Steelworkers consistent with the previously announced arbitration decision regarding the local unions at the Findlay, Ohio and Texarkana, Arkansas plants. This list of factors is illustrative, but by no means exhaustive. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty.