Goodyear Announces First Quarter 2003 Earnings Release and Conference Call

AKRON, Ohio, April 15 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will report first quarter 2003 financial results on Wednesday, April 30, to be followed by an investor conference call at 9 a.m. EDT.

Participating in the conference call will be Robert J. Keegan, president & chief executive officer; Robert W. Tieken, executive vice president & chief financial officer; and the presidents of Goodyear's seven Strategic Business Units. They will review Goodyear's first quarter results as well as its future strategies.

Prior to the commencement of the call, Goodyear will post the financial and other statistical information that will be presented, on its investor relations Web site: www.goodyear.com/investor/events.html .

Shareholders, members of the media, and other interested persons may access the conference call on the Web site or via telephone by calling (706) 634-5954 before 8:55 a.m. April 30. A taped replay of the conference call will be available at 2 p.m. April 30 by calling (706) 645-9291 and entering access code 9612747. The call replay will also remain available on the Web site.

Goodyear is the world's largest tire company. The company manufactures tires, engineered rubber products and chemicals in more than 90 facilities in 28 countries. It has marketing operations in almost every country around the world. Goodyear employs about 92,000 people worldwide.