Goodyear to Webcast June 26 Investor Meeting

AKRON, Ohio, June 18 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced today that it will host a live web cast of its June 26 investor meeting in New York. The event is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. (EDT) and is expected to conclude at approximately 11:30 a.m.

Participating in the meeting will be Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Keegan and W. Mark Schmitz, executive vice president and chief financial officer, along with leaders of the company's strategic business units.

The web cast, along with presentation material, will be available on the company's investor relations web site: http://investor.goodyear.com/. A replay will be available the same day.

Attendance in person at the investor meeting in New York is by invitation only. For further information regarding the event, please contact Goodyear Investor Relations at goodyear.investor.relations@goodyear.com.

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. Fortune magazine named Goodyear the World's Most Admired Motor Vehicle Parts Company in its 2008 list of the World's Most Admired Companies. The publication ranked Goodyear No. 1 in innovation, people management, use of assets and global orientation. The company is also listed on Forbes magazine's list of the Most Trustworthy Companies in America and CRO magazine's ranking of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens. Goodyear employs about 70,000 people and manufactures its products in more than 60 facilities in 25 countries around the world.