Goodyear will release first-quarter 2002 results on April 24

April 5, 2002

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will announce its first-quarter financial results on Wednesday, Apr. 24. An investor conference call at 10:30 a.m. EST will follow.

Participating in the conference call will be the following Goodyear executives:

* Sam Gibara, chairman and CEO.

* Robert Keegan, president and COO.

* Robert Tieken, executive vice president and CFO.

* Stephanie Bergeron, senior vice president of corporate financial operations and treasurer.

Shareholders and other interested parties may access the conference call on the Internet at www.goodyear.com/investor/events.html, or by telephone by calling (706) 634-5954 before 10:25 a.m.

A taped replay of the conference call will be available at 2 p.m. EST that day by calling (706) 645-9291 and entering access code 3523114.