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): (~~January~~February 113, 2025)

Month 1, 2025

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio

1-1927

34-0253240

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

200 Innovation Way, Akron, Ohio	44316-0001
200 Innovation Way
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)
Akron, Ohio		44316-0001
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

~~Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:~~ (330) 796-2121

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class ~~TradingSymbol~~Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, Without Par Value GT The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 52.0201 ~~Departure~~Completion of ~~Directors~~Acquisition or ~~Certain~~Disposition ~~Officers; Election~~ of ~~Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Assets.

On ~~January 11~~February 3, 2025, ~~Prashanth~~The ~~Mahendra-Rajah~~Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, aan ~~Director~~Ohio corporation (the “Company”), completed the previously announced sale of ~~The~~its ~~Goodyear~~off-the-road ~~Tire~~tire &business (the “Business”) to The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited, a Japanese company (kabushiki kaisha) (the “~~Company~~Buyer”) for a gross cash consideration of approximately $905 million, ~~notified~~subject to certain customary adjustments in accordance with the ~~Company~~terms ~~that~~of hethe ~~will~~Share ~~resign~~and Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as aof ~~Director~~July 22, ~~effective~~2024, onby ~~January~~and 15between the Company and the Buyer (the “Transaction”). The Transaction includes the sale of all of the outstanding interests in the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, ~~2025~~Nippon Giant Tire Company Ltd. Mrand Goodyear Earthmover Pty. ~~Mahendra-Rajah~~Limited, ~~has~~as ~~served~~well as the transfer of certain related assets and liabilities of the Business throughout the world. In connection with the closing of the Transaction, the Company and the Buyer have entered into certain ancillary commercial agreements, including a ~~Director~~transition services agreement and a product supply agreement pursuant to which the Company will continue to provide certain support services for a period of up to eighteen months and manufacture certain off-the-road tires for the Buyer at certain of the Company’s ~~since~~manufacturing ~~June~~locations ~~2021~~for a period of up to five years, respectively.

~~Mr.~~The ~~Mahendra-Rajah’s~~foregoing ~~decision~~description isof the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not ~~due~~purport to ~~any~~be ~~disagreement~~complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2024 as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s ~~regarding~~Quarterly ~~its~~Report ~~operations~~on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, ~~policies~~2024, orand ~~practices~~is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(b) The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information of the Company giving effect to the sale of the Business will be filed within four business days by an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit		Description

99.1		News Release of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, dated February 3, 2025.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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

Date: January 15, 2025

/s/ Daniel T. Young

Date: February 3, 2025

/s/ Daniel T. Young

Daniel T. Young

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