Cooper Tire Declares 148th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

Findlay Ohio Feb. 24 2009 — COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (NYSE:CTB) today announced a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per share on common stock payable March 31 2009 to stockholders of record at the close of business March 9 2009. This will mark the 148th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company.

About Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is a global company that specializes in the design manufacture marketing and sales of passenger car light truck medium truck tires and subsidiaries that specialize in motorcycle and racing tires. With headquarters in Findlay Ohio Cooper Tire has manufacturing sales distribution technical and design facilities within its family of companies located in 10 countries around the world. For more information visit Cooper Tire's web site at: www.coopertire.com.

Company Contact: Curtis W. Schneekloth, 419-427-4768