Goodyear Announces Investor Meeting, Conference Call

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 16 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will hold an investor meeting Friday, September 23 at 8:30 a.m. EDT at the New York Marriott Marquis.

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Participating in the meeting will be Robert J. Keegan, chairman and chief executive officer; Richard J. Kramer, executive vice president and chief financial officer; Arthur de Bok, president of Goodyear's European Union tire business unit; Jonathan D. Rich, president of the North American Tire business unit; and Lawrence D. Mason, president, consumer tires, North America.

Investors, members of the media and other interested persons may register on-line to attend the meeting at: https://secure.goodyear.com/investor/invite_0905.html.

Interested persons may also access the meeting via conference call on the investor.goodyear.com website or via telephone by calling 1 (800) 362-0571 before 8:25 a.m. September 23. A taped replay of the conference call will be available at 2 p.m. that day by calling 1 (800) 839-9305. The call replay will also remain available on the website.

Prior to the commencement of the meeting, the company will post the financial and other statistical information that will be presented on its investor relations Web site: investor.goodyear.com.

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 around the world. Goodyear employs more than 75,000 people worldwide.

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