Cooper Tire & Rubber Company S-8 POS
 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2004

Registration No. 33-47982



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Delaware   34-4297750
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)   Identification No.)


701 Lima Avenue
Findlay, Ohio 45840
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
PRE-TAX SAVINGS PLAN AT THE EL DORADO PLANT

(Full Title of the Plan)


James E. Kline, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
701 Lima Avenue
Findlay, Ohio 45840
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(419) 423-1321
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)



This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed solely to
remove from registration securities that were registered and will not be issued.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 464 under the Securities Act of 1933.



 


 

Part II

Termination of Registration

     Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (the “Registrant”) filed its Registration Statement No. 33- 47982 on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 1992 with respect to the registration of 10,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1 par value per share (the “Common Shares”), which were to be issued to employees under the Registrant’s Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the El Dorado Plant (the “Plan”).

     The Company will no longer issue Common Shares under the Plan. Pursuant to the undertaking included in the Registration Statement, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to remove from registration the Common Shares that have not been issued under the Plan and, accordingly, remain unsold upon termination of the offering pursuant to the Plan.

 


 

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-47982 on Form S-8 (“Post-Effective Amendment No. 1”) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Findlay, State of Ohio, on December 23, 2004.

             
    COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY    
    By:   /s/Philip G. Weaver
Philip G. Weaver, Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
   

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 has been executed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of December 23, 2004.

     
Signature
  Title
 
   
/s/Thomas A. Dattilo
Thomas A. Dattilo
  Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)
 
   
/s/Philip G. Weaver
Philip G. Weaver
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
 
   
/s/Eileen B. White
Eileen B. White
  Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer)
 
   
/s/Arthur H. Aronson
Arthur H. Aronson
  Director
 
   
/s/Laurie B. Breininger
Laurie B. Breininger
  Director
 
   
/s/Dennis J. Gormley
Dennis J. Gormley
  Director

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/s/John J. Holland
John J. Holland
  Director
 
   
/s/John F. Meier
John F. Meier
  Director
 
   
/s/Byron O. Pond
Byron O. Pond
  Director
 
   
/s/John H. Shuey
John H. Shuey
  Director
 
   
/s/Richard L. Wambold
Richard L. Wambold
  Director

     The Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the El Dorado Plant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the plan administrator has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Findlay, State of Ohio, on December 23, 2004.

             
    PRE-TAX SAVINGS PLAN AT THE EL DORADO PLANT    
    By:   /s/ Philip G. Weaver
Philip G. Weaver
   
    By:   /s/ Stephen O. Schroeder
Stephen O. Schroeder
   
    By:   /s/ Charles F. Nagy
Charles F. Nagy
   
    As members of the Pre-Tax Savings Plan Committee    

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