8-K




    
UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2016

TITAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)


Delaware
1-12936
36-3228472
(State of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2701 Spruce Street, Quincy, IL 62301
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(217) 228-6011
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

Item 8.01 - OTHER EVENTS

On April 28, 2016, Titan International, Inc. (“Titan”) issued a press release announcing that Goldman, Sachs & Co. has been engaged as financial advisor to a Special Committee of Titan’s Board of Directors in connection with a possible sale of Titan’s subsidiary Italtractor ITM S.p.A. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.

Item 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)    Exhibits
99
Press release dated April 28, 2016, announcing that Goldman, Sachs & Co. has been engaged as financial advisor to a Special Committee of Titan’s Board of Directors in connection with a possible sale of Titan’s subsidiary Italtractor ITM S.p.A.







    

SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.




 
TITAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
(Registrant)

Date:
April 28, 2016
By:
/s/ JOHN HRUDICKA
 
 
 
John Hrudicka
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
 
 







EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
99
Press release dated April 28, 2016, announcing that Goldman, Sachs & Co. has been engaged as financial advisor to a Special Committee of Titan’s Board of Directors in connection with a possible sale of Titan’s subsidiary Italtractor ITM S.p.A.