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Goodyear Declares Dividend

6 October 1999

Goodyear Declares Dividend

    AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 5 -- Directors of The Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co. today declared a quarterly dividend of 30 cents a share.  The
dividend is payable December 15, to shareholders of record November 16.  The
payout represents an annual rate of $1.20 per share.
    Goodyear is the world's largest tire and rubber company.  Headquartered in
Akron, Ohio, the company manufactures tires, engineered rubber products and
chemicals in more than 90 facilities in 30 countries.  It has marketing
operations in almost every country around the world.  Goodyear, with the
addition of its Dunlop tire joint ventures, employs more than 105,000 people
worldwide.