Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2005

Registration No. 333-     
 
 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
     
Ohio   34-0253240
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)    
     
1144 East Market Street   44316-0001
Akron, Ohio   (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Office)    

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
(Full Title of the Plan)

C. Thomas Harvie, Esq., Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
1144 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44316-0001
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(Telephone number, including area code, of Agent for Service)      (330) 796-2121

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                             
 
                    Proposed        
              Proposed     maximum        
        Amount     Maximum     aggregate     Amount of  
  Title of securities     to be     Offering price     offering     Registration  
  to be registered(1)     registered(2)     Per share(3)     price(3)     Fee  
 
Common Stock, Without Par Value
    20,000,000
shares
    $14.80     $296,000,000     $34,840  
 
 
(1)   In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee Savings Plan for Salaried Employees.
 
(2)   Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall cover such additional shares as may hereinafter be offered or issued from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
 
(3)   Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low sale prices per share of Registrant’s Common Stock on July 7, 2005, on the New York Stock Exchange Consolidated Transactions Tape.
 
 

 


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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit 4.1 Certificate of Amended Articles of Incorporation
Exhibit 4.3 Specimen Nondenominational Certificate
Exhibit 5.1 Determination Letter Issued by the IRS
Exhibit 23.1 Consent of PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP
Exhibit 23.2 Consent of KPMG
Exhibit 23.3 Consent of Bober, Markey, Fedorovich & Company
Exhibit 24.1 Power of Attorney Dated June 7, 2005


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PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following documents, heretofore or hereafter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Registrant”) or by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee Savings Plan for Salaried Employees (the “Plan”), are, as of their respective dates, incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and made a part hereof:

    The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 1-1927).
 
    The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.
 
    The definitive Proxy Statement of the Registrant dated March 24, 2005, for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 26, 2005.
 
    The Current Reports on Form 8-K of the Registrant filed with the Commission on January 3, 2005, January 14, 2005, February 23, 2005, February 25, 2005, February 28, 2005, March 2, 2005, March 8, 2005, March 18, 2005, April 14, 2005, April 19, 2005, April 27, 2005, May 3, 2005, June 20, 2005 and June 24, 2005 (excluding any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K).
 
    The description of the Common Stock of Registrant in the Registration Statement on Form 10 filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, and all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
 
    The Plan’s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year of the Plan ended December 31, 2004.
 
    All documents filed by Registrant or the Plan with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 which indicates that all Securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof on and from the date of filing of such documents.

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      (excluding any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K).

     Any statements contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or incorporated herein by reference, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

     Not Applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not Applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Article V of the Code of Regulations of Registrant concerns indemnification of the Registrant’s directors and officers and provides as follows:

INDEMNIFICATION

     “The Company shall indemnify each person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company, or of any other corporation which he served as such at the request of the Company, against any and all liability and reasonable expense that may be incurred by him in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding (whether brought by or in the right of the Company or such other corporation or otherwise), civil or criminal, or in connection with an appeal relating thereto, in which he may become involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of his being or having been a director, officer, or employee of the Company or of such other corporation, or by reason of any past or future action taken or not taken in his capacity as such director, officer, or employee, whether or not he continues to be such at the time such liability or expense is incurred, provided such person acted, in good faith, in what he reasonably believed to be the best interests of the Company or such other corporation, as the case may be, and, in addition, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. As used in this Article, the terms “liability” and “expense” shall include, but shall not be limited to, counsel fees and disbursements and amounts of judgments, fines, or penalties against, and amounts paid in settlement by, a director, officer, or employee, other than amounts paid to the Company itself or to such other corporation served at the Company’s request. The termination of any claim, action, suit, or proceeding, civil or criminal, by judgment, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction or upon a plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a

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presumption that a director, officer, or employee did not meet the standards of conduct set forth in the first sentence of this Article. Any such director, officer, or employee referred to in this Article who has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, with respect to any claim, action, suit or proceeding of the character described herein shall be entitled to indemnification as of right. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, any indemnification hereunder shall be made at the discretion of the Company, but only if (1) the Board, acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to (or who have been wholly successful with respect to) such claim, action, suit, or proceeding, shall find that the director, officer, or employee has met the standards of conduct set forth in the first sentence of this Article, or (2) independent legal counsel (who may be the regular counsel of the Company) shall deliver to it their written advice that, in their opinion, such director, officer, or employee has met such standards. Expense incurred with respect to any such claim action, suit, or proceeding may be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the recipient to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to indemnification under this Article. The rights of indemnification provided in this Article shall be in addition to any rights to which any person concerned may otherwise be entitled by contract or as a matter of law, and shall inure to the benefit of their heirs, executors, and administrators of any such person.”

     Indemnification also may be made available by Registrant to its directors, officers, employees and agents, and may be available as a matter of right, under Section 1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code. Section 1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code provides as follows:

     “(E)(1) A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

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or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any of the following:

     (a) Any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought determines, upon application, that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court shall deem proper;

     (b) Any action or suit in which the only liability asserted against a director is pursuant to Section 1701.95 of the Revised Code.

     (3) To the extent that a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding.

     (4) Any indemnification under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case, upon a determination that indemnification of the director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section. Such determination shall be made as follows:

     (a) By a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors of the indemnifying corporation who were not and are not parties to or threatened with the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section;

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written opinion by independent legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm having associated with it an attorney, who has been retained by or who has performed services for the corporation or any person to be indemnified within the past five years;

     (c) By the shareholders;

     (d) By the court of common pleas or the court in which the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section was brought.

     Any determination made by the disinterested directors under division (E)(4)(a) or by independent legal counsel under division (E)(4)(b) of this section shall be promptly communicated to the person who threatened or brought the action or suit by or in the right of the corporation under division (E)(2) of this section, and, within ten days after receipt of such notification, such person shall have the right to petition the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought to review the reasonableness of such determination.

     (5)(a) Unless at the time of a director’s act or omission that is the subject of an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, the articles or the regulations of a corporation state, by specific reference to this division, that the provisions of this division do not apply to the corporation and unless the only liability asserted against a director in an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code, expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by a director in defending this action, suit, or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director in which he agrees to do both of the following:

     (i) Repay such amount if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that his action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation;

     (ii) Reasonably cooperate with the corporation concerning the action, suit, or proceeding.

     (b) Expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent in defending any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, may be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, as authorized by the directors in the specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, trustee, officer, employee,

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member, manager, or agent to repay such amount, if it ultimately is determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.

     (6) The indemnification authorized by this section shall not be exclusive of, and shall be in addition to, any other rights granted to those seeking indemnification under the articles, the regulations, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacities and as to action in another capacity while holding their offices or positions, and shall continue as to a person who ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.

     (7) A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection, including, but not limited to, trust funds, letters of credit, or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under this section. Insurance may be purchased from or maintained with a person in which the corporation has a financial interest.

     (8) The authority of a corporation to indemnify persons pursuant to division (E)(1) or (2) of this section does not limit the payment of expenses as they are incurred, indemnification, insurance, or other protection that may be provided pursuant to divisions (E)(5), (6), and (7) of this section. Divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section do not create any obligation to repay or return payments made by the corporation pursuant to division (E)(5), (6), or (7).

     (9) As used in division (E) of this section, “corporation” includes all constituent entities in a consolidation or merger and the new or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, trustee, member, manager, or agent of such a constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the new or surviving corporation as he would if he had served the new or surviving corporation in the same capacity.”

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     Registrant maintains and pays the premiums on contracts insuring Registrant (with certain exclusions) against any liability to directors and officers it may incur under the above provisions for indemnification and insuring each director and officer of Registrant (with certain exclusions) against liability and expense, including legal fees, which he or she may incur by reason of his or her relationship to Registrant, even if Registrant does not have the obligation or right to indemnify such director or officer against such liability or expense.

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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not Applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

             
Exhibit   Exhibit    
Item   Number   Description
4
    4.1     Certificate of Amended Articles of Incorporation of Registrant, dated December 20, 1954, and Certificate of Amendment to Amended Articles of Incorporation of Registrant, dated April 6, 1993, and Certificate of Amendment to Amended Articles of Incorporation of Registrant, dated June 4, 1996.
 
           
 
    4.2     Code of Regulations, adopted November 22, 1955, and amended April 5, 1965, April 7, 1980, April 6, 1981, April 13, 1987, May 7, 2003 and April 26, 2005 (incorporated by reference, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2005).
 
           
 
    4.3     Specimen nondenominational Certificate for shares of Common Stock, without par value, of Registrant, EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., Transfer Agent and Registrar.
 
           
5
    5.1     Determination letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) dated July 24, 2003 regarding the Plan.
        Undertaking
        The Registrant will submit any amendment to the Plan to the IRS in a timely manner and will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.
 
           
23
    23.1     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
 
           
 
    23.2     Consent of KPMG.
 
           
 
    23.3     Consent of Bober, Markey, Fedorovich & Company.
 
           
24
    24.1     Power of Attorney, dated June 7, 2005, authorizing Richard J. Kramer, C. Thomas Harvie, Darren R. Wells and Thomas A. Connell to sign this Registration Statement on behalf of the Registrant and certain of the directors and officers of Registrant.

     All shares of the Common Stock of Registrant held in the Plan Trust at the date of this registration statement were acquired by the Plan trustee in open market transactions. No original issuance or treasury shares of the Common Stock of Registrant have been, or are presently intended to be, issued by Registrant under the Plan. Registrant will file a post-effective amendment with an opinion of counsel regarding the legality of the shares of Common Stock that may be issued to the Plan by Registrant in the event Registrant elects to issue shares of its Common Stock to the Plan in the future.

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Item 9. Undertakings.

     A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

               (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

               (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

               (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

     Provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

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Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Akron, State of Ohio, on the 13th day of July, 2005.

         
  THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
 
 
  By:  
/s/ Darren R. Wells
 
   
Darren R. Wells, 
 
   
Senior Vice President Business Development and Treasurer 
 
 

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

                     
Signature   Title               Date
Robert J. Keegan
  Chairman of the Board, President     )          
 
  Chief Executive Officer     )          
 
  and Director (Principal     )          
 
  Executive Officer)     )          
 
        )          
Richard J. Kramer
 
Executive Vice President
    )          
 
 
(Principal Financial
    )          
 
 
Officer)
    )          
 
        )          
Thomas A. Connell
 
Vice President — Controller
    )     By:   /s/Darren R. Wells
 
                   
 
 
(Principal Accounting Officer
    )         Darren R. Wells
 
        )          
James C. Boland
 
Director
    )         Signing as Attorney-in-Fact
John G. Breen
 
Director
    )         for the directors and officers
Gary D. Forsee
 
Director
    )         whose names appear opposite
William J. Hudson, Jr.
 
Director
    )          
Steven A. Minter
 
Director
    )         July 13, 2005
Denise M. Morrison
 
Director
    )          
Rodney O’Neal
 
Director
    )          
Shirley D. Peterson
 
Director
    )          
Thomas H. Weidemeyer
 
Director
    )          

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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, in its capacity as Plan Administrator of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee Savings Plan for Salaried Employees, has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on behalf of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee Savings Plan for Salaried Employees by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Akron, State of Ohio, on the 13th day of July, 2005.

     
 
  THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
 
  EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED
 
  EMPLOYEES
         
 
  By:   THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
 
           The Plan Administrator
         
     
  By:  
/s/ Darren R. Wells  
 
   
Darren R. Wells,
 
   
Senior Vice President Business Development and Treasurer of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 
 

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS

             
Exhibit   Exhibit    
Item   Number   Description
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    4.1     Certificate of Amended Articles of Incorporation of Registrant, dated December 20, 1954, Certificate of Amendment to Amended Articles of Incorporation of Registrant, dated April 6, 1993, and Certificate of Amendment to Amended Articles of Incorporation of Registrant, dated June 4, 1996.
 
           
 
    4.2     Code of Regulations, adopted November 22, 1955, amended April 5, 1965, April 7, 1980, April 6, 1981, April 13, 1987, May 7, 2003 and April 26, 2005 (incorporated by reference, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2005).
 
           
 
    4.3     Specimen nondenominational Certificate for shares of Common Stock, without par value, of Registrant, EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., Transfer Agent and Registrar.
 
           
5
    5.1     Determination letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service dated July 24, 2003 regarding the Plan.
 
           
23
    23.1     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
 
           
 
    23.2     Consent of KPMG.
 
           
 
    23.3     Consent of Bober, Markey, Fedorovich & Company
 
           
24
    24.1     Power of Attorney, dated June 7, 2005, authorizing Richard J. Kramer, C. Thomas Harvie, Darren R. Wells and Thomas A. Connell to sign this Registration Statement on behalf of the Registrant and certain of the directors and officers of Registrant.