Goodyear Directors Re-Elected at 2007 Annual Meeting

AKRON, Ohio, April 10 -- Shareholders of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today re-elected 11 members of the company's Board of Directors.

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  Re-elected were:

  * James C. Boland, vice chairman, Cavaliers Operating Company, LLC;
  * John G. Breen, former chairman of the board, The Sherwin-Williams
    Company;
  * William J. Hudson Jr., former president and chief operating officer, AMP
    Inc.;
  * Robert J, Keegan, chairman, chief executive officer and president,
    Goodyear;
  * Steven A. Minter, former president and executive director, The Cleveland
    Foundation;
  * Denise M. Morrison, senior vice president, Campbell USA Soup, Sauce and
    Beverage;
  * Rodney O'Neal, chief executive officer and president, Delphi
    Corporation;
  * Shirley D. Peterson, former partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP;
  * G. Craig Sullivan, former chairman and chief executive officer, The
    Clorox Company;
  * Thomas H. Weidemeyer, former senior vice president and chief operating
    officer, United Parcel Service Inc.; and
  * Michael R. Wessel, president, The Wessel Group Inc.

The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2007 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 receive a majority of votes outstanding.

In other business, shareholder proposals related to executive compensation and retirement benefits failed to receive a majority of votes outstanding.

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. 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. For more information about Goodyear go to http://www.goodyear.com/corporate.