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Goodyear Declares Dividend

2 August 2000

Goodyear Declares Dividend

    AKRON, Ohio - Directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today declared 
a quarterly dividend of 30 cents a share.  The dividend is payable September 15, 
to shareholders of record August 15.  The payout represents an annual rate of 
$1.20 per share.

    Goodyear is the world's largest tire company.  Headquartered in Akron,
Ohio, the company manufactures tires, engineered rubber products and chemicals
in more than 90 facilities in 27 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.