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		UNITED STATES<BR>
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	CURRENT REPORT
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	The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
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	330-796-2121
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT style="font-size: 11pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</B>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">On June&nbsp;4, 2015, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into a Framework
Agreement (the &#147;Agreement&#148;) with Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (&#147;SRI&#148;). Pursuant to the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Company and SRI have agreed to
dissolve the global alliance between the two companies.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">Under the global alliance, the Company owns 75% and SRI owns 25% of two companies, Goodyear Dunlop
Tires Europe B.V. (&#147;GDTE&#148;) and Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd. (&#147;GDTNA&#148;). GDTE owns and
operates substantially all of the Company&#146;s tire businesses in Western Europe. GDTNA has rights to
the Dunlop brand and operates certain related businesses in North America. In Japan, the Company
owns 25%, and SRI owns 75%, of two companies, one, Nippon Goodyear Ltd. (&#147;NGY&#148;), for the sale of
Goodyear-brand passenger and truck tires for replacement in Japan and the other, Dunlop Goodyear
Tires Ltd. (&#147;DGT&#148;), for the sale of Goodyear-brand and Dunlop-brand tires to vehicle manufacturers
in Japan. The Company also owns 51%, and SRI owns 49%, of a company that coordinates and
disseminates both commercialized tire technology and non-commercialized technology among the
Company and SRI, the joint ventures and their respective affiliates (the &#147;Technology JV&#148;), and the
Company owns 80%, and SRI owns 20%, of a global purchasing company (the &#147;Purchasing JV&#148;). The
global alliance also provided for the investment by the Company and SRI in the common stock of the
other.


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    <TD>the Company shall acquire from SRI the 25% interest in GDTE held by SRI;</TD>
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    <TD>the Company shall sell to SRI the 75% interest in GDTNA held by the Company; provided,
however, the Company shall acquire control of the Dunlop-related trademarks for
tire-related businesses in North America but shall grant SRI an exclusive license to
develop, manufacture and sell Dunlop tires for motorcycles and for Japanese-owned vehicle
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    <TD>SRI will obtain exclusive rights to sell Dunlop-brand tires in those countries that
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    <TD>the Company and SRI will enter into various supply agreements, licenses, transition
services agreements, releases and other ancillary agreements in connection with the
Agreement to give effect to the dissolution and/or to set forth arrangements between the
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    <TD>the Company will pay SRI the net amount of $271&nbsp;million in respect of the transactions
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    <TD>the Company shall enter into and deliver a promissory note to GDTNA: (A)&nbsp;in the initial
principal amount of approximately $55&nbsp;million, (B)&nbsp;with a maturity date three years
following the date of dissolution, and (C)&nbsp;at an interest rate of LIBOR plus 0.1%, which
initial principal amount is 25% of the outstanding amount of an intercompany loan
originally made in connection with the closure of GDTNA&#146;s manufacturing facility in
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    <TD>the Company shall liquidate and dissolve the Technology JV and the Purchasing JV and
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    <TD>the Company and SRI shall conduct an orderly sale of the common stock held by SRI in
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">The Company and SRI have each made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the
Agreement, including, among others, covenants to operate the global alliance in the ordinary course
of business, consistent with past practices, between the execution of the Agreement and the
dissolution of the global alliance.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">The Company and SRI each agreed to indemnify the other for certain losses arising out of breaches
of representations and warranties, covenants and other specified matters, including product
liability matters.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">The closing of the transaction is subject to the receipt of antitrust and other governmental and
third party approvals and other customary closing conditions, including SRI&#146;s completion of a labor
agreement with the United Steelworkers union for GDTNA&#146;s Tonawanda, New York manufacturing
facility.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">The Agreement, effective upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, would
resolve the pending arbitration proceedings that were commenced in January&nbsp;2014.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">A copy of the Company&#146;s news release announcing the foregoing transactions is attached hereto as
Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">99.1 News Release, dated June&nbsp;4, 2015



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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company  (Form: 8-K)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
June 4, 2015
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio
1-1927
34-0253240
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(State or other jurisdiction
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200 Innovation Way, Akron, Ohio
44316-0001
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330-796-2121
Not Applicable
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 4, 2015, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the "Company") entered into a Framework
Agreement (the "Agreement") with Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. ("SRI"). Pursuant to the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Company and SRI have agreed to
dissolve the global alliance between the two companies.
Under the global alliance, the Company owns 75% and SRI owns 25% of two companies, Goodyear Dunlop
Tires Europe B.V. ("GDTE") and Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd. ("GDTNA"). GDTE owns and
operates substantially all of the Company's tire businesses in Western Europe. GDTNA has rights to
the Dunlop brand and operates certain related businesses in North America. In Japan, the Company
owns 25%, and SRI owns 75%, of two companies, one, Nippon Goodyear Ltd. ("NGY"), for the sale of
Goodyear-brand passenger and truck tires for replacement in Japan and the other, Dunlop Goodyear
Tires Ltd. ("DGT"), for the sale of Goodyear-brand and Dunlop-brand tires to vehicle manufacturers
in Japan. The Company also owns 51%, and SRI owns 49%, of a company that coordinates and
disseminates both commercialized tire technology and non-commercialized technology among the
Company and SRI, the joint ventures and their respective affiliates (the "Technology JV"), and the
Company owns 80%, and SRI owns 20%, of a global purchasing company (the "Purchasing JV"). The
global alliance also provided for the investment by the Company and SRI in the common stock of the
other.
The Agreement provides that:
1.
the Company shall acquire from SRI the 25% interest in GDTE held by SRI;
2.
the Company shall sell to SRI the 75% interest in GDTNA held by the Company; provided,
however, the Company shall acquire control of the Dunlop-related trademarks for
tire-related businesses in North America but shall grant SRI an exclusive license to
develop, manufacture and sell Dunlop tires for motorcycles and for Japanese-owned vehicle
manufacturers in North America;
3.
the Company shall sell to SRI the 25% interest in DGT held by the Company;
4.
the Company shall acquire from SRI the 75% interest in NGY held by SRI;
5.
the Company shall sell to SRI the Huntsville test track used by GDTNA;
6.
SRI will obtain exclusive rights to sell Dunlop-brand tires in those countries that
were previously non-exclusive under the global alliance, including Russia, Turkey and
certain countries in Africa;
7.
the Company and SRI will enter into various supply agreements, licenses, transition
services agreements, releases and other ancillary agreements in connection with the
Agreement to give effect to the dissolution and/or to set forth arrangements between the
Company and SRI following the dissolution;
8.
the Company will pay SRI the net amount of $271 million in respect of the transactions
set forth in (1) through (7) above;
9.
the Company shall enter into and deliver a promissory note to GDTNA: (A) in the initial
principal amount of approximately $55 million, (B) with a maturity date three years
following the date of dissolution, and (C) at an interest rate of LIBOR plus 0.1%, which
initial principal amount is 25% of the outstanding amount of an intercompany loan
originally made in connection with the closure of GDTNA's manufacturing facility in
Huntsville, Alabama in 2003;
10.
the Company shall liquidate and dissolve the Technology JV and the Purchasing JV and
distribute the remaining assets and liabilities of the Technology JV and the Purchasing JV
to the Company and SRI in accordance with their ownership interests in the Technology JV
and the Purchasing JV, respectively; and
11.
the Company and SRI shall conduct an orderly sale of the common stock held by SRI in
the Company and by the Company in SRI.
The Company and SRI have each made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the
Agreement, including, among others, covenants to operate the global alliance in the ordinary course
of business, consistent with past practices, between the execution of the Agreement and the
dissolution of the global alliance.
The Company and SRI each agreed to indemnify the other for certain losses arising out of breaches
of representations and warranties, covenants and other specified matters, including product
liability matters.
The closing of the transaction is subject to the receipt of antitrust and other governmental and
third party approvals and other customary closing conditions, including SRI's completion of a labor
agreement with the United Steelworkers union for GDTNA's Tonawanda, New York manufacturing
facility.
The Agreement, effective upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, would
resolve the pending arbitration proceedings that were commenced in January 2014.
A copy of the Company's news release announcing the foregoing transactions is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1 News Release, dated June 4, 2015
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
	registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
	undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
June 4, 2015
By:
David L. Bialosky
Name: David L. Bialosky
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
News Release, dated June 4, 2015