AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) today said it will webcast its presentation at the J.P. Morgan 2012 Auto Conference in New York on August 13.

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Darren R. Wells, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will provide a business overview and discuss the company's strategies for approximately 35 minutes. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available at 8:55 a.m. ET on Goodyear's investor relations Web site: http://investor.goodyear.com.  A replay of the webcast will be available for 90 days.

The company will post the financial and other related information that will be presented on its investor relations Web site at 8:10 a.m. ET.

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies.  It employs approximately 72,000 people and manufactures its products in 53 facilities in 22 countries around the world.  Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry.  For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.

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