Goodyear Directors Re-Elected at 2006 Annual Meeting

AKRON, Ohio, April 11 -- Shareholders of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today elected James C. Boland, Steven A. Minter, Michael R. Wessel, John G. Breen and William J. Hudson, Jr. to the company's Board of Directors.

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In other business, shareholders passed a proposal requiring the annual election of directors. In connection with that proposal, the terms of all of the company's directors will expire at the 2007 annual meeting.

Boland is vice chairman of Cavaliers Operating Company, LLC. Minter is the retired former president and executive director of The Cleveland Foundation. Wessel is executive vice president of the Downey McGrath Group. Breen is a retired chairman of The Sherwin-Williams Company. Hudson is a retired president, chief executive officer and director of AMP Incorporated.

The company's other directors are Robert J. Keegan, Rodney O'Neal, Shirley D. Peterson, Gary D. Forsee, Denise M. Morrison, G. Craig Sullivan, and Thomas H. Weidemeyer.

Shareholders also approved a proposal to permit an increase in authorized common stock from 450,000,000 shares to 300,000,000 shares.

The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2006 was approved by shareholders.

A shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of a simple majority vote standard for all issues subject to shareholder vote failed to get a majority of votes outstanding.

Goodyear is the world's largest tire company. The company manufactures tires, engineered rubber products and chemicals in more than 100 facilities in 29 countries around the world. Goodyear employs more than 80,000 people worldwide. For more information about Goodyear go to http://www.goodyear.com/corporate/.

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