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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 2, 2007
TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MICHIGAN 0-452 38-1093240
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
100 EAST PATTERSON STREET
TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN 49286
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (517) 423-8411
(NOT APPLICABLE)
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
On April 2, 2007, we announced that we had signed an agreement with
Todd Herrick and certain parties affiliated with him, resolving the litigation
recently brought by Mr. Herrick and those affiliated parties in state court in
Michigan and the Company's related federal court suit against them. We are
furnishing a copy of the press release as an exhibit to this report.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
The following exhibit is furnished with this report:
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Press Release dated April 2, 2007
SIGNATURES
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.
TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY
Date: April 3, 2007 By /s/ James S. Nicholson
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James S. Nicholson
Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer
NOTE: The information in Item 7.01 of this report and the related
exhibit is not to be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange
Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section unless the
registrant specifically incorporates it by reference into a filing under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Press Release dated April 2, 2007