{"url_path":"/sec/gt/8-k/2026-06-04/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-04","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42582/0001193125-26-256547-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-256547","cik":"0000042582","ticker":"GT","issuer_name":"GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42582/0001193125-26-256547-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000042582","primary_entity_name":"GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/"},"word_count":758,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 8.01. Other Events.\n\nOn June 1, 2026, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriting Agreement”), for the issuance and sale by the Company of $1,050,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 8.875% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by the Company’s wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries that also guarantee the Company’s obligations under certain of its senior secured credit facilities and senior unsecured notes (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The Company registered the offering and sale of the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-287633). A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.\n\nThe offering of the Notes is expected to close on June 4, 2026. The Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of August 13, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 4, 2026 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee (the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Indenture will provide, among other things, that the Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equally with all of the Company’s other senior unsecured and unsubordinated debt.\n\nInterest will be payable on the Notes on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2027. The Notes will mature on July 15, 2032. The Company has the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after July 15, 2029. Prior to July 15, 2029, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus a make whole premium. In addition, prior to July 15, 2029, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes from the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings. The redemption prices will be set forth in the Supplemental Indenture and the Notes.\n\nThe terms of the Indenture, among other things, will limit the ability of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries to (i) incur certain liens, (ii) enter into certain sale/leaseback transactions and (iii) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their assets. These covenants will be subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications set forth in the Supplemental Indenture. Also, if the Notes of a series are assigned an investment grade rating by at least two of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, Inc., and no default has occurred and is continuing, the Company may elect to suspend the guarantees with respect to such Notes.\n\nThe Indenture will provide for customary events of default that will include (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods), among others: nonpayment of principal or interest, breach of certain covenants or other agreements in the Indenture, defaults in or failure to pay certain other indebtedness or certain judgments and certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency. Generally, if an event of default occurs, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may declare the principal of and the accrued but unpaid interest on all of the Notes to be due and payable. In addition, if the Company experiences a change of control triggering event (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture), the Company will be required to make an offer to purchase the Notes at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.\n\nA copy of the Base Indenture was originally filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 13, 2010. A copy of the Supplemental Indenture is attached as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The descriptions of the material terms of the Indenture and the Notes are qualified in their entirety by reference to such exhibits.\n\nA press release dated June 1, 2026 announcing the pricing of the offering of the Notes is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1."}