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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.6

                               FOURTH AMENDMENT
                                      TO
                               TRUST AGREEMENT
                                     FOR
                      THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
                               COMMINGLED TRUST

       THIS AMENDMENT, made and entered into this 1st day of November, 1995,
by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the "Company") and The
Northern Trust Company (the "Trustee"),

                                   W I T N E S E T H:
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       WHEREAS, the Trust Agreement for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Commingled Trust (the "Trust Agreement") was entered into as of July 1, 1984,
between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee; and

       WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 12.4 of that certain Commingled Trust
Agreement dated July 1, 1984, and confirmed by letter dated October 30, 1995,
Company has removed Bankers Trust Company as Trustee under the Commingled
Trust; and

       WHEREAS, by letter dated October 30, 1995, Company has appointed The
Northern Trust Company as successor Trustee and The Northern Trust Company by
same letter has accepted such appointment; and

       WHEREAS, the Trust Agreement has been amended on three prior occasions;
and

       WHEREAS, it is desired hereby to further amend the Trust Agreement;

       NOW, THEREFORE, the Trust Agreement is hereby amended, effective as of
November 1, 1995, to provide the following:

       Wherever in the Trust Agreement the words "Trustee", "Bankers Trust
Company," or "Bankers" appears, such word shall be deemed to mean "The Northern
Trust Company".

       Immediately upon receipt of the Fund, Trustee shall directly, or through
its affiliate

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 Hazlehurst & Associates ("Recordkeeper"), perform recordkeeping services to be
 described in a separate written agreement to be entered into between the
 Trustee and the Company.  The Company hereby approves Trustee's engagement of
 Recordkeeper.  Any change of Recordkeeper is subject to Company's prior
 written approval in its sole discretion.  As described in the separate written
 agreement, Trustee shall remain responsible for the performance of the
 functions described therein, whether performed directly by it or through
 Recordkeeper.
        Trustee or Recordkeeper will be providing Company with various
 communications materials from time to time including, but not limited to,
 printed publications, participant correspondence, videotape and audiotape
 presentations, telephonic messages and so forth.  In doing so, Trustee or
 Recordkeeper will be utilizing certain of Company's and its subsidiary's
 names, trademarks, tradenames, service marks, logos and other proprietary
 designations.  Trustee acknowledges that neither it nor Recordkeeper shall
 acquire any right, title or interest in such designations by virtue of their
 use hereunder.
        The Trust Agreement is hereby further amended effective November 1,
 1995 in the following particulars:
        I.     Section 2.3 shall be amended by adding the following provisions
 immediately after the end of the first paragraph of that section:
               "The Trustee shall use its best efforts in all cases to move
 funds expeditiously, but shall in no event be required to advance its own
 funds for such purpose.  Pending directions from the Recordkeeper to allocate
 contributions among the Discretionary or Directed Funds, the Trustee shall
 invest the contributions in short term investments in accordance with Section
 4.2 hereof."

               To the extent that any portion of the Fund is invested in mutual
fund shares, the

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 Company shall initially select such mutual funds and shall be responsible for
 retaining the availability of or terminating the availability of such funds
 and such portions shall be considered Directed Funds for purposes of this
 Agreement.  Trustee shall be responsible for entering into appropriate custody
 agreements with the sponsor of a bank commingled fund or such other type of
 fund as required.
                The Company may authorize an Investment Manager to take such
 action with respect to assets of a Directed Fund subject to such Investment
 Manager's responsibility as are necessary to transfer assets between
 collective, commingled or group trust funds maintained by such Investment
 Manager or its bank affiliate.  In such event, (i) it shall be the
 responsibility of the Company to monitor the actions of such Investment
 Manager and to determine whether or not such actions comply with the
 authorities delegated to such Investment Manager; and, (ii) the Trustee shall
 include the total market value of such Directed Fund as reported to it by such
 Investment Manager into the reports required of the Trustee under this
 Agreement, as well as reporting the activity between the Fund and the Directed
 Fund; however, the Trustee shall have no responsibility to incorporate the
 daily Directed Fund transactional activity on the individual assets of such
 Directed Fund into such reports.  Trustee shall have no responsibility to
 report the individual assets held in such Directed Fund.  Trustee shall
 calculate and report the daily unit values on both the Discretionary and
 Directed Funds using valuation methods as described in this Agreement to the
 extent applicable."
        Further, the next following paragraph in Section 2.3 shall be amended
 by adding the following phrase "the Company, with respect to assets for which
 it has, or has retained investment responsibility" between "shall mean" and
 "an investment adviser".
        Section 2.4 shall be amended by deleting from the fourth line of the
 first paragraph the

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  words "calendar quarter" and substituting therefor the word "month".  In
  addition, the fourth sentence of Section 2.4 shall be deleted entirely and
  the following substituting therefor:
         "Assets shall be valued at their fair market values as the Trustee
  shall determine in accordance with methods consistently followed and
  uniformly applied at the close of business on the day of valuation;
  provided, however, the Trustee shall in good faith rely upon the
  determination of the issuing insurance company or other financial institution
  with respect to the fair market value of each insurance, investment or
  other such type of contract and upon the determination of the Investment
  Manager with respect to the fair market value of those assets for which it is
  responsible for which the Trustee does not have a readily ascertainable
  value."
         2.     2.7 Loans to participants as provided in the Plans and
  described in the guidelines to be approved by the Company will be
  administered by the Recordkeeper pursuant to the recordkeeping agreement.  As
  directed by the Recordkeeper, the Trustee shall distribute cash to such
  participants who are granted loans.  Loan payments collected by the Company
  shall be forwarded to the Trustee.  The amount of such loans shall be carried
  by the Trustee as an asset of the Trust equal to the combined unpaid
  principal balance of all participants.  The Trustee shall have no
  responsibility for final approval of the guidelines set forth by the
  Company as to granting or administering participant loans, or for the
  collection and repayment of a loan.
                Section 4.2 of the Trust Agreement as previously amended, is
  hereby deleted entirely and the following substituted therefor:
                "Section 4.2 Subject to contrary instruction from the
  Investment Manager, with respect to cash balances of a Directed Fund and in
  its discretion with respect to assets of a Discretionary Fund, the Trustee
  may from time to time transfer cash to the Trustee or its affiliate as
  Trustee of any collective trust fund which is now or hereafter maintained as a

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  medium for the collective investment of funds of pension, profit sharing or
  other employee benefit plans and which is qualified under Section 401(a) and
  exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
  amended, and may withdraw any part or all of the assets so transferred; any
  assets deposited with the trustees of a collective trust fund shall be held
  and invested by the trustee thereunder pursuant to all the terms and
  conditions of the Trust Agreement or Declaration of Trust establishing the
  fund which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and shall prevail over
  any contrary provision of this Trust Agreement."
         3.      Section 5.2 shall be amended by adding the following to the
  end of that section, that is to the end of the parenthetical material: ",
  except in a collective short-term investment fund in which the Trustee shall
  invest cash, subject to contrary instructions from the Investment Manager, as
  provided under Section 4.2."
                 Section 5.3 is amended by deleting the word "written" from the
  thirteenth and eighteenth lines of that section.
                 Section 5.4 is amended by inserting the word "bank" on the
  eighth line between the words "two" and "business".
        4.       Section 6.1(c) is amended by inserting "except as provided in
  Article XVI," at the beginning thereof.  The following provisions shall be
  added to Section 6.1:
                 "(d)  To transfer assets of a Directed Fund to a common,
  collective or commingled trust fund exempt from tax under the Internal
  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, maintained by an Investment Manager or its
  affiliate or by another Trustee who is designated by the Company, to be held
  and invested subject to all the terms and conditions thereof;
                 (e)   To invest and reinvest assets in units or participation
  in regulated investment companies (including those for which the Trustee or
  its affiliate is adviser);
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                (f)    To enter into insurance, investment or such other types
 of contracts issued by an insurance company or other type of financial
 institution and the Trustee shall act with respect to any such contract only
 as directed by the Investment Manager."
                Further, Section 6.2 shall be added to the Trust Agreement, as
 follows:
                "(a)   The Company has established the Goodyear Stock Fund
 which is to be composed of investments in common stock of the Company
 ("Company Stock").  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
 amount of such fund to be maintained in the collective short term investment
 fund.  Any cash held by the Trustee from time to time in the Goodyear Stock
 Fund may be invested in collective short term investment funds of the Trustee.
                       The Company may authorize and direct the, Trustee in
 writing to seek to obtain settlement for sales of Company Stock on an
 expedited basis under certain circumstances in which case the Trustee shall
 carry out its responsibilities for execution of Company Stock sale
 transactions in accordance with such direction and subject to any limitations
 expressed therein.
                       Except for the short term investment of cash, the
 Company has limited the investment power of the Trustee in the Goodyear Stock
 Fund to the purchase of Company Stock.
                (b)    A participant shall be a "named fiduciary" under ERISA
 to the extent of the parlicipant's authority to direct the investment in,
 voting, tender, exchange or sale of Company Stock allocated to the
 participant's account and their proportionate share of unallocated Company
 Stock."
                6.3 An Investment Manager may direct in writing that the custody
 of assets of a Directed Fund (other than those invested in a collective or
 group trust fund) be maintained with one or more persons or entities
 designated by the Investment Manager to maintain custody of assets of a
 Directed Fund ("Custodial Agent").  In such event, the Investment Manager
 shall

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  approve, and direct the Trustee to enter into a custody agreement with the
  Custodial Agent, which custody agreement may authorize the Custodial Agent to
  maintain custody of such assets with one or more subagents, (including a
  broker or dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or a
  nominee of such broker or dealer).  The Custodial Agent shall have custodial
  responsibility for any assets maintained with the Custodial Agent or its
  subagents pursuant to the custody agreement.  Not withstanding any other
  provision of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, Section 15.1, the
  Company agrees to indemnify The Northern Trust Company from any liability,
  loss and expense, including legal fees and expenses, which The Northern Trust
  Company may sustain by reason of acting in good faith, in accordance with any
  directions of the Investment Manager pursuant to this Section 6.3.
         5.      The second paragraph of Section 8.1 is hereby amended by
  deleting the last sentence from  that paragraph. Further, the third paragraph
  of Section 8.1 is deleted and the following substituted therefor:
                 "To the extent, if any, that the Trustee shall be required to
  value the assets of any Directed Fund for any purpose, including any
  accounting as hereinabove provided, the Trustee may carry out such valuation
  in accordance with the procedures for assessing fair market value as provided
  in Section 2.4."
         6.      Section 10.3 is hereby amended by adding the following to the
  end of the third line:  "or in such other form, including transmission by
  electronic means, as agreed upon by such person or committee and the
  Trustee,"
         7.     Section 12.4 is hereby amended by deleting the parenthetical
  information on the third from the last and next to the last lines at the end
  of the first paragraph and substituting therefor the following:

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                 "(including a collective short term investment fund maintained
 by the Trustee)"
        8.      Section 13.1 shall be amended by deleting the words
 "New York" at the end thereof and substituting therefor the word "Ohio".
        Section 15.1 is hereby amended by inserting "or upon the direction of
 the Company," in (i) of the second paragraph thereof, between "or to appoint
 such Investment Manager under such Plans," and "or anything omitted to be done
 in good faith,".  Section 15.1 is further amended by adding the following to
 the end of the second paragraph:
        ", or (iii) as a direct or indirect result of any act or failure to
 act in good faith of the Trustee in connection with the purchase, retention,
 voting, tender, exchange or sale of Company Stock, except to the extent such
 amounts arise from the Trustee's negligent performance of processing functions
 in connection with Company Stock that are expressly allocated to the Trustee
 under the terms of this Agreement, or from the Trustee's negligent performance
 of trade execution responsibilities with respect to Company Stock
 transactions, or from intentional wrongdoing of Trustee."
        Article XVI is hereby amended by adding the following Section 16.2
 immediately following Section 16. 1:
        16.2    At least  thirty (30) days prior to each annual or special
 meeting of its shareholders, the Company shall cause to be sent to each
 participant, and to each former participant and beneficiary, a copy of the
 proxy solicitation material therefor together with a form requesting that each
 such participant, former participant or beneficiary give to the Trustee (or to
 a tabulating agent appointed by the Company, provided, however, the Trustee
 reserves the right to appoint the tabulating agent if the Trustee, in the
 reasonable exercise of its discretion, determines that such appointment by the
 Trustee is necessary for it to fulfill its

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 fiduciary responsibilities) his confidential instructions with respect to the
 manner in which his proportionate interest in the Company Stock held in the
 Goodyear Stock Fund shall be voted by the Trustee.  If the participant, former
 participant or beneficiary furnishes such instructions to the Trustee or to the
 tabulating agent within the time specified in the notification, the Trustee
 shall vote such Company Stock in accordance with such instructions.
 Furthermore, the Trustee shall vote the Company Stock with respect to which
 it or the tabulating agent does not receive instructions as specified above,
 and all unallocated Company Stock held in the Goodyear Stock Fund in the same
 proportion as it votes the Company Stock for which it received instructions
 as specified above.  Instructions received from individual participants,
 former participants and beneficiaries by the Trustee or the tabulating agent
 shall be held in the strictest confidence and shall not be divulged or
 released to the Company, its officers, directors or employees."

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first
entered above.

                                      THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

                                      By:  /s/ James Boyazis
                                         --------------------------------------
                                         Title:  Vice President
                                               --------------------------------

                                      Attest:  /s/ Patricia A. Kemph
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Title:   Assistant Secretary
                                                   ----------------------------

                                      THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY

                                      By:  /s/ Peter R. Sparrow
                                         --------------------------------------
                                         Title:  Vice President
                                               --------------------------------
                                      Attest:  /s/ John H. Torn
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Title:   Assistant Secretary
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                                                         EXHIBIT 4.6 (Continued)

                               THIRD AMENDMENT
                                      TO
                               TRUST AGREEMENT
                                     FOR
                      THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
                               COMMINGLED TRUST

                  THIS AMENDMENT, made and entered into this  13TH
   day of January, 1994, by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
   (the "Company") and Bankers Trust Company (the "Trustee"),

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
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                  WHEREAS, the Trust Agreement for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
   Company Commingled Trust (the "Trust Agreement") was entered into as of
   July 1, 1984, between the Company and the Trustee;

                  WHEREAS, the Trust Agreement has been amended on two prior
   occasions; and

                  WHEREAS, it is desired hereby further to amend the Trust
   Agreement to provide for an updated list of the eligible Plans of the
   Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, Schedule A of the Trust Agreement is hereby
   amended, effective as of January 1, 1994, to provide as follows:

                                   SCHEDULE A
                                       TO
                                TRUST AGREEMENT
                                      FOR
                       THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
                                COMMINGLED TRUST

                 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee
                     Savings Plan for Salaried Employees

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                 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee
                  Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees

                 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee
                 Savings Plan Without Matching Contributions
                        for Bargaining Unit Employees

                 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee
                      Savings Plan for Hourly Employees

                 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee
                     Savings Plan for Salaried Expatriate
                                  Employees

                  Celeron Corporation Employee Savings Plan

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                                     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
    caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers as
    of the day and year first entered above.

                                     THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
                                     RUBBER COMPANY

                                     By         /s/ Samil F. Gibara
                                        -------------------------------------
                                        Title:    Vice President
                                               ------------------------------

    Attest

     /s/ Patricia A. Kemph
    ------------------------------
    Title:
             Assistant Secretary

                                     BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

                                     By
                                       --------------------------------------
                                       Title: Vice President
    Attest:

    ------------------------------
    Title:
             Vice President

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                                                         EXHIBIT 4.6 (Continued)

                                SECOND AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                                TRUST AGREEMENT
                                      FOR
                       THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
                                COMMINGLED TRUST

          THIS AMENDMENT, made and entered into this     day
     of December, 1987, by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
     Company (the "Company") and Bankers Trust Company (the
     "Trustee"),

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
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          WHEREAS, the Trust Agreement for The Goodyear
     Tire & Rubber Company Commingled Trust (the "Trust Agreement")
     was entered into as of July 1, 1984, between the Company and
     the Trustee; and

          WHEREAS, it is desired hereby to amend the Trust
     Agreement to provide for investment of trust assets in an
     equity fund maintained by the Trustee;

          NOW THEREFORE, Section 4.2 of the Trust Agreement
     is hereby amended, effective as of January 1, 1987, to provide
     as follows:

                4.2 Any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary
         notwithstanding, the Trustee may in its discretion transfer from time
         to time, (a) any part or all of the assets of Part C of the Fund, and
         (b) cash balances of Parts A and B of the Fund to the trustee of the
         General Employee Benefit Trust (hereinafter referred to as the
         "General Trust") created by Bankers Trust Company under Declaration of
         Trust  dated May 28, 1956, as the same may have heretofore been or may
         hereafter be amended, to be held subject to all of the provisions
         thereof and to be commingled with the assets of other trusts
         participating therein;  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any assets of the Fund
         allocated to a Directed  Fund shall be transferred to the General
         Trust only upon the direction  of the Investment Manager and with the
         approval of the Trustee of the General

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         Trust, and provided, further, that any assets of a Directed Fund or of
         Parts A and B of the Fund transferred to the General Trust shall be
         invested only in one or more special purpose investment funds
         established from time to time for the purpose of providing a vehicle
         for short term investment of participating trusts.  Upon the direction
         of the Investment Manager, the Trustee shall cause the withdrawal of
         all or part of the equitable share of the Commingled Trust in the
         General Trust, subject to the provisions thereof to the extent that
         such equitable share is attributable to assets of a Directed Fund.  To
         the extent of the equitable share of the Commingled Trust in the
         General Trust, the General Trust shall be part of each Plan pursuant
         to which the Commingled Trust has been adopted.  In the event of
         conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the General
         Trust, the provisions of the General Trust shall control.

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              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
    caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized
    officers as of the day and year first entered above.

                                       THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

                                       By      /s/ G. R. Heigieries
                                         --------------------------------
                                         Title:  Vice President

    Attest:

    P. A. Kemph
    ------------------------------
    Title: Assistant Secretary

                                       BANKERS  TRUST COMPANY

                                       By     /s/ Robert M. Bynke
                                         --------------------------------
                                       Title:    Vice President

    Attest:

     Ronni E. Weiss
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    Title: Assistant Vice President

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                                                         EXHIBIT 4.6 (Continued)

                               FIRST AMENDMENT
                                      TO
                               TRUST AGREEMENT
                                     FOR
                      THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
                               COMMINGLED TRUST

                  WHEREAS, the Trust Agreement for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
   Company Commingled Trust (the "Trust Agreement"), was entered into as of
   July 1, 1984, between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the "Company")
   and Bankers Trust Company; and

                  WHEREAS, it is desired hereby to amend the Trust Agreement
   to provide a procedure for the disposition of the stock of the Company
   during a tender offer;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, the Trust Agreement is hereby amended in
   the respects hereinafter set forth:

                  1. The Trust Agreement is amended by the addition of new
   Article XVI at the end thereof to provide as follows:

                                  ARTICLE XVI
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                  SECTION 16.1. In the event that any
       person (other than the Company or any affiliate
       thereof) shall make a tender offer for any Company
       Stock, the Company undertakes to promptly provide
       a copy of the offer, and any other material infor-
       mation concerning such offer, to each Plan par-
       ticipant who has an account invested in Company
       Stock together with a form for furnishing to the
       Trustee instructions as to whether Company Stock
       credited to such accounts should be tendered.
       Each participant may elect that all, but not less
       than all, of the Company Stock credited to his
       account be tendered by the Trustee on his behalf.
       Upon receipt of instructions from a participant
       to so tender, the Trustee shall tender all such

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        Company Stock credited to such participant's
        account.  Any Company Stock held by the Trustee
        as to which it receives no instruction from the
        participant to whose account such stock is cred-
        ited shall not be tendered. In the event that
        the participants' instructions cannot otherwise
        be returned to the Trustee in a timely fashion,
        the Company agrees to collect and tabulate such
        instructions in a manner that will assure a con-
        fidential and accurate tabulation and timely
        tender by the Trustee.  Any securities received
        by the Trustee as a result of having tendered
        Company Stock, as hereinabove provided, shall be
        held, and any cash so received shall be invested
        in short term investments, pending any further
        action which the Trustee may be required to take
        pursuant to the Plan.  Notwithstanding anything
        in this Agreement to the contrary, during the
        period of any tender offer for Company Stock, the
        Trustee shall refrain from making purchases of
        Company Stock under this Agreement.

                  The Trustee shall be entitled to
        reasonable compensation and reimbursement for
        its out-of-pocket expenses for any services
        attributable to the duties and responsibilities
        described in this Section 16.1.

                  The Company hereby agrees to hold the
        Trustee harmless and to indemnify the Trustee
        from and against any and all losses, claims, dam-
        ages, liabilities or expenses whatsoever (includ-
        ing, but not limited to, any and all expenses
        reasonably incurred in investigation, preparing
        or defending against any litigation or proceed-
        ing, commenced or threatened, or any claim what-
        soever), (a) arising out of, relating to or in
        connection with any tender offer of the kind
        referred to above, whether in respect of the
        solicitation of directions from Plan partici-
        pants, or tabulating, reporting or acting upon
        such directions or otherwise, or (b) arising
        out of or based upon any untrue statement or
        alleged untrue statement contained in any in-
        strument, document or other material furnished
        by or through the Company to Plan participants,
        or otherwise used by the Company or authorized by
        it for use in respect of, any such tender offer
        or arising out of or based upon an omission or
        alleged omission to state a material fact re-
        quired to be stated or necessary to make other

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         statements made in any such material not mislead-
         ing, except, solely in the case of indemnifica-
         tion pursuant to clause (a), for a loss, claim,
         damage, liability or expense primarily attrib-
         utable to the bad faith or negligence of the Trus-
         tee.  If a claim is made against the Trustee, the
         Trustee shall notify the Company of any action
         commenced against the Trustee within a reasonable
         time after the Trustee shall have been served
         with the summons or other first legal process
         giving information as to the nature and basis of
         the claim.  However, failure to so notify the
         Company shall not relieve the Company from any
         liability which it may have on account of this
         indemnity or otherwise of the Trustee shall sus-
         tain the burden of proving that the Company has
         not been prejudiced in any material respect by
         such failure.  The Company shall not be liable
         for any settlement of any proceeding effected
         without its written consent, but if settled with
         such consent or if there be a final judgment for
         the plaintiff after the Trustee has given the
         Company reasonable notice of the proceeding, the
         Company agrees to indemnify the Trustee from and
         against any loss or liability by reason of such
         settlement or judgment.  The indemnity agreement
         set forth above shall remain operative and in
         full force and effect whether or not the Trustee
         shall have resigned or been replaced and regard-
         less or any termination of the Plan or the Trust
         or any investigation made by or on behalf of the
         Trustee.

                   EXECUTED at Akron, Ohio, this  20TH   day of
   November, 1986.

                                  THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER
                                    COMPANY

                                  By     /s/ James R. Glass
                                     ----------------------------------
   Attest:                           Title: Executive Vice President

   /s/ John M. Russ
   --------------------------
   Title: Assistant Secretary

                                  BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

                                  By        /s/ Robert M. Bynke
                                     ----------------------------------
                                  Title:   Vice President
   Attest:

    /s/ Ronnie E. Weiss
   --------------------------
   Title: Assistant Vice President

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                                                         EXHIBIT 4.6 (Continued)

                           COMMINGLED TRUST AGREEMENT
                           --------------------------

           Agreement and Declaration of Trust made as of
July 1, 1984, by and between THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER
COMPANY, an Ohio corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
"Company") and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, a New York Corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Trustee").

                     W I T N E S S E T H
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          WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish a commingled
trust known as the The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Commingled
Trust (the "Commingled Trust") which will serve as a medium for
commingling the assets of the trusts (the "Trusts") established
under the eligible employee benefit plans of the Company, its
subsidiaries and affiliates (the "Plans");

          WHEREAS, the Plans listed on Schedule A, annexed
hereto, are eligible Plans of the Company, its subsidiaries
and affiliates; and

          WHEREAS, the trust agreements pursuant to which
Trusts have been established provide that the assets thereof
may be transferred to and held by the Trustee in common with
the assets of trusts established under the Plans.

          NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree as
follows:
                        ARTICLE I
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         1.1 The Company hereby establishes with the Trustee
a Commingling Trust consisting of such sums of money and
such property acceptable to the Trustee as shall from time to

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time be paid or delivered to the Trustee from the Trusts and the
earnings and profits thereon.  All such money and property, all
investments made therewith and proceeds thereof and all earnings
and profits thereon, less the payments or other distributions
which, at the time of reference, shall have been made by the
Trustee, as authorized herein, are referred to herein as the "Fund"
and shall be held by the Trustee, IN TRUST, and dealt with in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

                        ARTICLE II
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          2.1 The assets of a Trust may be transferred to the
the Commingled Trust and such Trust may become a Participating
Trust thereby only if all of the following conditions have
been met:
          (a) The Company, or a subsidiary, or an affiliate
has established the Trust;
          (b) It is maintained in connection with a Plan
which is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended;
          (c) Such Trust is qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended and exempt
from taxation under Section 501(a) such Code, as amended;
          (d) The Trust is authorized by the terms of the trust
agreement (the "Trust Agreement") pursuant to which it has
been established to commingle its assets with assets of other
trusts established under the Plans;
          (e) The Commingled Trust is maintained at all times as a
domestic trust in the United States;

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          (f) Bankers Trust Company is trustee of such Trust; and
          (g) Such Trust is permitted in its governing trust instrument to
commingle its assets with assets of other trusts through the medium of a common,
collective or commingled trust.
          The Trusts established under the Plans listed on Schedule
A annexed hereto shall be deemed Participating Trusts as of the
date first written above without any further action on the part of
any one.
          2.2 When the assets of a Participating Trust under
the Plan of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company are
transferred to the Commingled Trust, such subsidiary or affiliate
shall be bound by the decisions, instructions, actions and
directions of the Company under this Agreement and the Trustee
shall be fully protected by the Company and such subsidiary or
affiliate in relying upon such decisions, instructions, actions
and directions of the Company.  The Trustee shall not be
required to give notice to or obtain the consent of any such
subsidiary or affiliate with respect to any action which is
taken by the Trustee pursuant to this agreement, and the
Company shall have the sole authority to enforce this Agreement
on behalf of any such subsidiary or affiliate.
          2.3 Responsibility for the management and control of the
assets of Plans utilizing the Commingled Trust (including the power
to acquire or dispose of such assets) may be vested in the discretion
of the Company, in the Trustee and/or in such one or more Investment
Managers appointed by the Company pursuant to the provisions of
such Plans.  That portion of the Fund for which the Trustee shall

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have such responsibility is hereinafter referred to as the "Discretion-
ary Fund".  Any portion of the Fund over which an Investment Manager
shall have such responsibility is hereinafter referred to as a
"Directed Fund".  Allocation of assets of the Fund between or
among any Discretionary or Directed Funds shall be determined by
the Company.  For efficiency or convenience of investment or
administration, the Fund or any such Discretionary or Directed Fund
may be divided into such one or more sub-funds as the Company or
the Trustee may deem advisable.
          For the purposes of this Agreement, "Investment Manager"
shall mean an investment adviser registered under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, a bank (other than the Trustee) as defined
in that Act, or an insurance company qualified to perform invest-
ment management services under the laws of more than one State,
which shall have acknowledged in writing that it is a fiduciary
with respect to all Participating Plans, and which shall have the
power to manage, acquire and dispose of Plan assets.
         2.4 The Trustee shall maintain a separate account
reflecting the equitable share in the Fund of each Participating
Trust.  For this purpose, the Trustee shall determine the value of
the assets of the Fund as of the last day of each calendar quarter
and as of such other dates as the Trustee may deem appropriate or
the Company may direct.  In addition, for the convenience of the
Company, the Company may request the Trustee to include in such
account assets which do not constitute part of the Fund, for the
purposes of determining the value of all of the assets of such
Participating Trusts.  Assets shall be valued at their market

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values at the close of business on the date of valuation, or, in
the absence of readily ascertainable market values, at such values
as the Trustee shall determine in accordance with methods consistently
followed and uniformly applied.  Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, with respect to assets constituting part of a
Directed Fund hereunder or in the event that assets which do not
constitute part of the Fund are included in such valuation or
account at the request of the Company, the Trustee may rely for all
purposes of this Agreement, including for the purpose of determining
the value of such assets as of any quarterly or other valuation
date, on any certified appraisal or other form of valuation submitted
to it by the Investment Manager or by the person or persons controlling
such assets.
          2.5 By entering into this Agreement the Trustee does not
assume any responsibility or undertake any duty to enforce payment
of any contribution to any Plan, any responsibility for the adequacy
of the Fund or the funding standards adopted by the sponsor of any
Plan to meet or discharge any pension or other liabilities under
such plan, or any responsibility under the terms of this Agreement
for the management or control of any Directed Funds.  No duties or
obligations shall be imposed upon the Trustee unless they have been
specifically undertaken by the express terms of this Agreement.
          2.6 Except as may otherwise be permitted by law, at
no time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect
to participants and their beneficiaries under any Plan shall any
part of the equitable share of such Plan in the Fund be used for,

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or diverted to, any purposes other than for the exclusive benefit
of such employees and their beneficiaries, and for defraying
reasonable expenses of administering such Plans.

                        ARTICLE III
                        -----------

          3.1 The Trustee shall:
          (a) hold the assets from time to time constituting the
Fund in its own name or in the name of a nominee under such
conditions of custody and safekeeping as it shall deem appropriate
for the particular type of trust asset, and collect all interest,
dividend and other income thereon;
          (b) invest and reinvest the Discretionary Fund as pro-
vided in Article IV;
          (c) settle purchases and sales for any Directed Fund
upon the instructions of the Investment Manager as provided in
Article V;
          (d) pay monies to or on the order of the
Company in accordance with the provisions of each Participating
Trust including, when the Company shall so order, payments
directly to or for the benefit of the members and their benefici-
aries, or to an insurance company to provide, by the purchase of
an annuity contract, or otherwise, for the payment of benefits;
         (e) transfer any portion of the Fund on the order of
the Company to any insurance company, bank, or other financial
institution or other trustee to provide an alternative or additional
funding medium or investment vehicle for the management and/or
control of plan assets; and

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          3.2 Any orders pursuant to subparagraphs (d) and (e) of
Article 3.1 may, but need not specify the application to be made
of monies so ordered, and the Trustee may charge such distribution
against any portion of the Fund, as the Company may direct.  The
Trustee may assume that any such orders are not contrary to any
applicable law.  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any way
respecting the determination, computation, payment or application
of any benefit, for the form, terms or issuer of any contract
issued by an insurance company, bank or other financial institution
which it is directed to purchase with assets of the Fund (whether
or not such contract is purchased to provide primarily for the
payment of benefits under any Plan or primarily as an investment
vehicle or funding medium), for performing any functions under any
insurance or other contract which it may be directed to purchase
and hold as contract holder thereunder (other than the execution of
any documents incidental thereto on the instructions of the Company)
or for the terms of any trust agreement under which any trustee to
which it shall deliver any assets of the Fund on the order of the
Company is acting, or for any other matter affecting the admin-
istration of a Plan by the Company or any other person or persons
to whom responsibility for Plan administration is allocated or
delegated pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

                         ARTICLE IV
                         ----------

           4.1 The Trustee shall invest and reinvest the Discre-
tionary Fund in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement as
a single fund without distinction between principal and income in

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investments authorized in such Parts as may be established hereunder
pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement (and as may from time
to time constitute part of the Discretionary Fund pursuant to the
terms of the Plan) in such shares and proportions in accordance
with the terms of the Plan (as certified to the Trustee by the
Company); except that, to the extent permitted in the Trust Agreement,
the Trustee is authorized to hold in the Discretionary Fund uninvested
cash awaiting investment and such additional cash balances as it
shall deem reasonable or necessary to meet anticipated distributions
from or administrative costs of any Plan or the Fund, without
incurring any liability for the payment of interest on such cash.

          The Trustee shall discharge the foregoing powers and
discretions in accordance with the funding policy and, to the
extent the Plans provide, guidelines established by the Company
from time to time and communicated in writing to the Trustee.  The
Trustee shall have no responsibility with respect to the formulation
of any funding, investment or diversification policy embodied in
any such direction.

                 In addition, if the Company has exercised its
discretion to vest responsibility for the management and
control of any portion of the Fund in one or more Investment
Managers or, if the Commingled Trust is not the only funding
medium under a Plan, then the Company shall be responsible
under such Plan and this Agreement for determining the diver-
sification policy with respect to the investment of such Plan
assets (including the Fund) for monitoring adherence to such
policy and for advising the Trustee with respect to its
compliance with any investment limitations on Employer or

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other securities or property contained in such Plan or imposed
on such Plan by applicable statute.
          4.2   The Trustee may in its discretion transfer from
time to time cash balances accumulated pursuant to this Agreement
to the trustee of the General Employee Benefit Trust (hereinafter
referred to as the "General Trust") created by Bankers Trust
Company under Declaration of Trust dated May 28, 1956, as the
same may have heretofore been or may hereafter be amended, to
be held subject to all of the provisions thereof and to be
commingled with the assets of other trusts participating
therein; provided, however, that any assets of the Fund allocated
to a Directed Fund shall be transferred to the General Trust
only upon the direction of the Investment Manager and with the
approval of the Trustee of the General Trust, and provided,
further, that any assets transferred to the General Trust shall
be invested only in one or more special purpose investment
funds established from time to time for the purpose of providing
a vehicle for short term investment of participating trusts.
Upon the direction of the Investment Manager, the Trustee shall
cause the withdrawal of all or part of the equitable share of
the Commingled Trust in the General Trust, subject to the
provisions thereof to the extent that such equitable share is
attributable to assets of a Directed Fund.  To the extent
of the equitable share of the Commingled Trust in the General
Trust, the General Trust shall be part of each Plan pursuant to
which the Commingled Trust has been adopted.  In the event of
conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the
General Trust, the provisions of the General Trust, shall control.

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                          ARTICLE V
                          ---------

           5.1 The investment and reinvestment of any Directed Fund
 established under this Agreement shall be under the exclusive management
 and control of the Investment Manager appointed by the Company.  The Trustee
 shall not be a party to any agreement with the Investment Manager, and the
 terms and conditions of appointment, authority and retention of the
 Investment Manager shall be the sole responsibility of the Company.
           The Company shall certify in writing to the Trustee:
           (a) that it has appointed an Investment Manager in accordance
 with procedures provided in each Plan;
           (b) that the Investment Manager is an "Investment Manager"
 as such term is defined in Article 2.3 of this Agreement; and
           (c) the assets of the Fund to be allocated to the Directed Fund
 over which such Investment Manager shall have responsibility.
          The Investment Manager shall furnish the Trustee from
 time to time with the names and signatures of those persons
 authorized to direct the Trustee on its behalf hereunder.  The
 Trustee shall have the right to request that all directions by
 an Investment Manager pursuant to this Agreement be in writing and
 shall assume no liability hereunder for failure to act pursuant to
 such directions unless and until it shall receive directions in
 form satisfactory to it.
          5.2 All transactions in or from a Directed Fund related
 to the acquisition or disposal of assets, as well as all purchases and
 sales of assets, shall be made upon such terms and conditions and from or
 through such principals and agents,

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 as the Investment Manager shall direct.  No directed transactions
 shall be executed through the facilities of the Trustee except in
 those instances where the Trustee shall make available its facilities
 solely for the purposes of temporary investment of cash reserves of a
 Directed Fund. (However, nothing herein shall confer any authority or
 obligation upon the Trustee to invest or reinvest the cash balances of
 any Directed Fund unless and until it receives directions from the
 Investment Manager.)
           5.3 Supervision of the Investment Manager shall be the
 exclusive responsibility of the Company.  Therefore, the Trustee
 shall be under no duty or obligation to review or to question any
 direction of the Investment Manager, or to review the securities or
 other property held in any Directed Fund with respect to prudence,
 proper diversification of Fund or Plan assets or compliance with any
 limitation on the Investment Manager's authority under the terms of
 the Plan, any agreement entered into between the Company and the
 Investment Manager or imposed by applicable law, or to make any
 suggestions to the Company or the Investment Manager with respect to
 the investment and reinvestment of any Directed Fund.  The Trustee shall
 be fully protected in acting or omitting to act in accordance with or in
 the absence of the written directions of the Investment Manager and shall
 be under no liability for any loss of any kind which may result by reason
 of any action taken or omitted by it in good faith in accordance with any
 direction of the Investment Manager or by reason of inaction in the
 absence of written directions from the Investment Manager.

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          5.4 The Trustee shall not be deemed to have any responsibility
to manage and control any asset held in a Directed Fund upon the resignation
or removal of an Investment Manager unless and until it has been notified in
writing by the Company that the Investment Manager's authority has terminated
and that such Directed Fund assets are to be integrated with the Discretionary
Fund.  Such notice shall not be deemed effective until two business days after
it has been received by the Trustee.  In the event that the assets of a
Directed Fund shall become integrated at any time with the Discretionary
Fund, the Trustee shall not be liable for any losses to the Fund resulting
from the disposition of any investment made by an Investment Manager or
for the holding of any illiquid or unmarketable securities or the holding
of any other asset acquired by the Investment Manager if the Trustee is
unable to dispose of such investment because of any Securities Laws
restrictions or if an orderly liquidation of such investment is impractical
under prevailing conditions, or for failure to comply with any investment or
diversification limitations imposed by the Company pursuant to the power
reserved to it under Article 4.1 or for any other violation of the terms
of the Agreement, the Plans or applicable law or laws as a result of the
addition of Directed Fund assets to the Discretionary Fund.
         5.5 The Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any
Investment Manager unless the Trustee knowingly participates in, or knowingly
undertakes to conceal, an act or

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 omission of such Investment Manager knowing such act or omission
 constitutes a breach of fiduciary responsibility by the Investment
 Manager.  If the Trustee has knowledge of a breach committed by
 the Investment Manager, it shall notify the Company in writing
 thereof, and the Company shall thereafter assume full responsi-
 bility to all persons interested in the Plans to remedy such
 breach.
          5.6 It is understood by the parties hereto that while
 the Trustee will perform certain ministerial duties (such as
 custodial, reporting, recording, and bookkeeping functions) with
 respect to Directed Funds, such duties do not involve the exer-
 cise of any discretionary authority or other authority to manage
 and control assets of the Directed Funds and will be performed
 in the normal course by officers and other employees of the
 Trustee who are unfamiliar with investment management.  It is
 agreed between the parties to this Agreement that the Trustee is
 not undertaking any duty or obligation expressed or implied to
 review and will not be deemed to have any knowledge of or
 responsibility with respect to or to have participated in any
 transaction involving the investment of the Directed Funds as a
 result of the performance of or information received in the course
 of performing such ministerial duties.  Therefore, in the event
 that "knowledge" of the Trustee shall be a prerequisite to im-
 posing a duty upon or determining liability of the Trustee under
 any Plan or this Agreement or any statute regulating the conduct
 of such Trustee with respect to such Directed Funds as a result

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of any act or omission of the Investment Manager, or as a result
of any transaction engaged in by the Investment Manager, then the
receipt and processing of investment orders or other documents
relating to plan assets by an officer or other employee of the
Trustee engaged in the performance of purely ministerial functions
referred to in this Article 5.6 shall not constitute "knowledge" of
the Trustee.
                         ARTICLE VI
                         ----------

          6.1 Without in any way limiting the powers and discretions
conferred upon the Investment Manager by the other provisions
of this Agreement or by law, any Investment Manager appointed hereunder
shall have the following powers and discretions with respect to the
Directed Fund subject to its management and control, and, upon the
directions of such Investment Manager, the Trustee shall make, execute,
acknowledge and deliver any and all documents of transfer and conveyance
and any and all other instruments that may be necessary or appropriate to
carry out such powers and discretions:
          (a) to sell, exchange, convey,  transfer or otherwise dispose of
any property constituting the Directed Fund by private contract or at public
auction, and no person dealing with the Investment Manager or the Trustee
shall be bound to see to the application of the purchase money or to inquire
into the validity, expediency or propriety of any such sale or other
disposition;
          (b) to enter into contracts or to make commitments
either alone or in company with others to sell at any future date

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                                                                             1 5

 any property acquired for the Directed Fund or to purchase at a future date
 any property which it may be authorized to acquire under this Agreement; and
           (c) to vote upon any stocks, bonds or other securities;
 to give general or special proxies or powers of attorney with or
 without power of substitution; to exercise any conversion privileges,
 subscription rights or other options and to make any payments incidental
 thereto; to consent to or otherwise participate in corporate reorganizations
 or other changes affecting corporate securities and to delegate discretionary
 powers and to pay any assessments or charges in connection therewith; and
 generally to exercise any of the powers of an owner with respect to stocks,
 bonds, securities or other property held in the Directed Fund.
          Notwithstanding the powers hereinabove conferred on the Trustee,
 the Trustee shall purchase and retain Company Stock as provided in the Trust
 Agreement regardless of market fluctuations and, in the normal course, the
 Trustee shall sell stock only as permitted in the Trust Agreement.

                                  ARTICLE VII
                                  -----------

          7.1 The Trustee, with respect to the Discretionary Fund, shall be
 vested with all of the powers and discretions vested in the Investment
 Manager by Article 6.1.
          7.2 In addition, the Trustee is hereby authorized in
 its discretion:
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          (a) to register any securities held in the Fund in its
own name or in the name of a nominee and to hold any investment
in bearer form, and to combine certificates representing such
investments with certificates of the same issue held by the
Trustee in other fiduciary capacities or to deposit or to
arrange for the deposit of such securities in any qualified
central depository even though, when so deposited, such securities
may be merged and held in bulk in the name of the nominee of such
depository with other securities deposited therein by any other
person, or to deposit or arrange for the deposit of any securities
issued by the United States Government, or any agency or instru-
mentality thereof, with a federal reserve bank, but the books and
records of the Trustee shall at all times show that all such
investments are part of the Fund;
          (b) to employ suitable agents, depositories and coun-
sel, domestic or foreign, and to charge their reasonable expenses
and compensation against the Fund;
          (c) to borrow money, with the consent of the Company,
from any source as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the
purposes of the Trust on such terms and conditions as the Trustee,
in its absolute discretion, may deem advisable;
         (d) to deposit any funds of the Commingled Trust in
interest bearing account deposits maintained by or savings
certificates issued by the Trustee, in its separate corporate
capacity, or in any other banking institution affiliated with
the Trustee;

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            (e) to organize corporations under the laws of any
 state for the purpose of acquiring or holding title to any property for
 the Fund or to request the Company to appoint another trustee for such
 purpose; and
           (f) to make any distribution or transfer of the Discretionary
 Fund assets in cash or in kind as the Trustee in its absolute discretion
 shall determine and, in furtherance thereof, to value such assets, which
 valuation shall be conclusive and binding on all persons;

                          ARTICLE VIII
                          ------------

           8.1 The Trustee shall keep accurate and detailed accounts
 of all investments, receipts, disbursements and other transactions
 hereunder for the Fund (including any Directed Fund) and all accounts,
 books and records relating thereto shall be open to inspection and audit
 at all reasonable times by any persons designated by the Company.
           In addition, within ninety (90) days following the close of
 each fiscal year, and within ninety (90) days after the removal or
 resignation of the Trustee, the Trustee shall file with the Company a
 written account setting forth all receipts and disbursements of the Fund
 and all investments and other transactions effected by it upon its own
 authority or pursuant to the directions of any Investment Manager, or the
 Company or any Committee as herein provided during the period accounted for.
 Within sixty

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(60) days from the date of filing such annual or other account,
the Trustee, if requested by the Company, will also serve copies
of such account upon any persons designated by the Company as
having administrative responsibility with respect to any Plan.
Upon the expiration of ninety (90) days from the date of filing
such account, the Trustee shall be forever released and discharged
from all liability and accountability to the Company or any
person upon whom the Trustee has served a copy of the account
with respect to the accuracy of such accounting and the propriety
of all acts and failures to act of the Trustee reflected in such
account for which it shall be responsible hereunder, except with
respect to any such acts or transactions as to which the Company
or any person upon whom the account has been served shall within
such 90 day period file with the Trustee specific written objections.
          To the extent, if any, that the Trustee shall be required
to value the assets of any Directed Fund for any purpose, including
any accounting as hereinabove provided, the Trustee may rely for all
purposes of this Agreement on any certified appraisal or other form
of valuation submitted to it by the Investment Manager or responsible
for the management and control of such Directed Fund.
          8.2 Except to the extent that Sections 502 and 504 of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), as the same
may be amended from time to time, may provide otherwise, in order to
protect the Trust from the expenses which might

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otherwise be incurred, no one other than the Company may require the
Trustee to account or may institute an action or proceeding against the
Trustee or the Fund.  However, nothing herein shall in any way limit the
Trustee's right to bring any action or proceeding to settle its account
or for such other relief as it may deem appropriate.
          8.3 The Trustee may from time to time consult with counsel, who may
be counsel to the Company, with respect to any question arising as to the
construction of this Agreement or any action to be taken hereunder and the
Trustee shall be fully protected, to the extent permitted by law, in acting
in good faith upon the advice of counsel.

                       ARTICLE IX
                       ----------

          9.1 All taxes (excluding transfer taxes on shares of
Company stock distributed to participants or their beneficiaries
that may be levied or assessed under existing or future laws
upon the Fund or the income thereof shall be paid from the Fund.
All other expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with its
administration of the Commingled Trust, including fees for legal
services rendered to the Trustee (whether or not rendered in
connection with a judicial or administrative proceeding and whether
or not incurred while it is acting as Trustee), such compensation
to the Trustee as may be agreed upon from time to time between
the Trustee and an officer of the Company, and all other proper
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 charges and disbursements of the Trustee, shall be paid in
 accordance with the provisions of the Plans but until paid
 shall constitute a charge upon the Fund.  Any amount paid
 from the Fund which is specifically allocable to a particular
 Participating Trust or Plan shall be charged against the
 equitable share of such Participating Trust or Plan; any amount
 paid from the Fund which is allocable to all of the Participating
 Trusts shall be charged against the Fund as a whole.

                         ARTICLE X
                         ---------

          10.1 Whenever the provisions of this Agreement require
 or permit any action to be taken by the Company or any subsidiary
 or affiliate, such action may be taken by the Board of Directors of
 the corporation taking the same or by any person authorized to act
 on behalf of such corporation by such Board of Directors.  Any re-
 solution adopted by the Board of Directors of any participating
 corporation shall be certified to the Trustee by the Secretary or
 an Assistant Secretary of such corporation under its corporate
 seal, and the Trustee may rely upon any resolution so certified
 until revoked or modified by a further resolution similarly certified
 to the Trustee.
          10.2 The Company shall furnish the Trustee from time to
 time with a certificate of its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
 as to the names and signatures of all persons designated as members
 of any committee, and any other person or persons, authorized
 to issue orders, requests, instructions and objections to the

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Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement including but
not limited to the persons designated pursuant to the Plans to
direct the Trustee under Article 3.1 (d).
         10.3 All orders, requests, instructions and objections
of any of the persons or committees authorized to act in accord-
ance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing,
and the Trustee shall be fully protected in acting in accordance
therewith.
         10.4 The Trustee shall have the right to assume in the
absence of written notice to the contrary, that no event consti-
tuting a change in membership or authority of any committee or
terminating any Investment Manager's authority has occurred.

                          ARTICLE XI
                          ----------

         11.1 If Bankers Trust Company is at any time acting as a
successor Trustee or succeeds to responsibilities hereunder for
management of plan assets with respect to the Fund (or any portion
thereof), the Company hereby agrees to hold Bankers Trust Company
harmless from and against all taxes, expenses (including counsel
fees), liabilities, claims, damages, actions, suits or other
charges incurred by or assessed against it as successor Trustee,
as a direct or indirect result of any act or omission of a pre-
decessor trustee or any other person charged under any agreement
affecting Fund assets for investment responsibility with respect
to such assets.

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                                  ARTICLE XII
                                  -----------

         12.1 Upon receipt of notice from the Company of the
termination, the disqualification under Section 401(a), or the
withdrawal from the Commingled Trust, of any Participating
Trust or Plan or any part thereof, the Trustee shall withdraw and
segregate the share of the assets of the Fund allocable to such
Participating Trust or Plan or part thereof and shall either
dispose of such segregated share in accordance with the directions
of the Company or continue to hold such segregated share, IN
TRUST, as a separate trust governed by the same provisions as
this Agreement, except that if such segregated share is equal to
an entire Participating Trust or Plan in the Fund, the company or
successor thereto which had established such Participating Trust
or Plan shall thereafter be deemed to be "the Company" for all
purposes of the Agreement.  If such segregated share is less than
the entire equitable share of a Participating Trust or Plan in
the Fund, the Company shall certify to the Trustee, that portion
of the equitable share of such Participating Trust or Plan
attributable to the participants and their beneficiaries on whose
account such assets are to be segregated.  The Trustee's valuation
of the assets to be withdrawn for such purpose shall be conclusive
and binding on all persons, corporations or others interested in
the Commingled Trust.
       12.2 Subject only to Article 2.6, the Company reserves
the right at any time and from time to time to terminate or to
amend, in whole or in part, any or all of the provisions of this
Agreement by notice thereof in writing delivered to the Trustee;

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provided that, no such amendment which affects the rights, duties
or responsibilities of the Trustee may be made without its consent,
and provided further that, except as may be otherwise provided
under Section 403 (c) of ERISA, no instrument of termination or
amendment shall authorize or permit, at any time prior to the sat-
isfaction of all liabilities with respect to the members and their
beneficiaries under the Plans, any part of the corpus or income
of the Fund to be used for or diverted to purposes other than for
the exclusive benefit of such members and their beneficiaries.
        12.3 In the event of the termination of the Commingled
Trust as above provided (or of all the Participating Trusts or
Plans under which it was established), the Trustee shall
continue to administer the Fund as hereinabove provided until
all of the purposes for which it has been established have been
accomplished or dispose of the Fund after the payment or other
provision of all expenses incurred in the administration and
termination of the Commingled Trust (including any compensation
to which the Trustee may be entitled), all in accordance with
the written order of the Company or the Committee or any
successor thereto.  Until the final distribution of such Fund,
the Trustee shall continue to have and may exercise all of the
powers and discretions conferred upon it by this Agreement.
             12.4 The Trustee may be removed by the Company at any
time upon sixty (60) days' notice in writing to the Trustee and
the Committee.  The Trustee may resign at any time upon sixty (60)
days' notice in writing to the Company and the Committee.  Upon

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such removal or resignation of the Trustee, the Company shall
either appoint a successor trustee who shall have the same powers
and duties as those conferred upon the Trustee hereunder and, upon
acceptance of such appointment by the successor trustee, the
Trustee shall assign, transfer and pay over to such successor
trustee the funds and properties then constituting the Fund, or
the Company shall establish an alternative funding medium and the
Trustee shall assign, transfer and pay over the Fund, as then
constituted, upon the directions of the Company.  The Trustee is
authorized, however, to reserve such amount as to it may seem
advisable for payments of its fees and expenses in connection
with the settlement of its account or otherwise, and any balance
of such reserve remaining after the payment of such fees and
expenses shall be paid over to the successor trustee or alterna-
tive funding medium, as the case may be.  Notwithstanding any
provision of the Plans or this Agreement to the contrary, the
Trustee is hereby authorized to invest and reinvest such reserves
in any investment or investment vehicle (including the General
Trust) appropriate for the temporary investment of cash reserves
of trusts.
          If for any reason the Company cannot or does not act in
the event of the resignation or removal of the Trustee, as herein-
above provided, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.  Any ex-
penses incurred by the Trustee in connection therewith shall be
paid from the Fund as an expense of administration.
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                                                                              25

         12.5 Anything hereinabove to the contrary notwith-
standing, the Trustee may condition its delivery, transfer or
distribution of any asset under this Article upon the Trustee's
receiving assurances satisfactory to it that the approval of ap-
propriate governmental or other authorities has been secured and
that all notice and other procedures required by applicable law
have been complied with.

                         ARTICLE XIII
                         ------------

         13.1 To the extent that State Law shall not have been
preempted by the provisions of the ERISA of 1974 or any other
laws of the United States heretofore or hereafter enacted, as
the same may be amended from time to time, this Agreement shall
be administered, construed and enforced according to the laws of
the State of New York.
                           ARTICLE XIV
                           -----------

         14.1 The Company shall provide the Trustee with copies
of all documents constituting the Plans at the time the Agreement
is executed by the Company or adopted under any other plan, as
provided in Article II, and all other documents amending or
supplementing the Plans promptly upon their adoption.  The
Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the Company's attention to
this obligation and shall be under no duty to inquire of the
Company as to the existence of any documents not provided by the
Company hereunder.

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                            ARTICLE XV
                            ----------

          15.1 The Company recognizes that a burden of litigation
may be imposed upon the Trustee, as a result of some act or trans-
action for which it has no responsbility or over which it has no
control under this Agreement.
               Therefore, pursuant to a resolution of its Board of
Directors and in consideration of the Trustee's agreeing to enter
into this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to hold harmless
Bankers Trust Company, individually and as Trustee under said
Agreement, and Bankers Trust Company's directors, officers, and
employees from and against all amounts, including without limita-
tion taxes, expenses (including reasonable counsel fees), liabili-
ties, claims, damages, actions, suits or other charges, incurred
by or assessed against Bankers Trust Company, individually or as
Trustee, or its directors, officers or employees, (i) as a direct
or indirect result of anything done in good faith, or alleged to
have been done, by or on behalf of Bankers Trust Company in
reliance upon the directions of any Investment Manager appointed
by the Company, or any person or committee authorized to act on
behalf of the Company or to appoint such Investment Manager under
such Plans, or anything omitted to be done in good faith, or
alleged to have been omitted, in the absence of such directions,
or (ii) as a direct or indirect result of the failure of the
Company or such person or committee, as a co-fiduciary under said
Plans, directly or through its agents, to adequately, carefully
and diligently discharge its responsibilities with respect to the
selection, supervision and/or retention of any Investment Manager.

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          Anything hereinabove to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company shall have no responsibility to Bankers Trust Company
under the foregoing investment manager undertaking if Bankers
Trust Company knowingly participated in or knowingly concealed
any act or omission of any Investment Manager knowing that such
act or omission constituted a breach of such Investment Manager's
responsibilities under said Plan, or if Bankers Trust Company
fails to perform any of the duties specifically undertaken by it
under the provisions of said Agreement, or if Bankers Trust Com-
pany fails to act in conformity with the directions of an
authorized representative of the Investment Manager.  PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, Bankers Trust Company shall not be deemed to have "parti-
cipated" in a breach by an Investment Manager for the purposes of
this undertaking as a result of the performance by Bankers Trust
Company or its officers, employees or agents of any custodial,
reporting, recording, and bookkeeping functions with respect to
any assets of any Plan managed by an Investment Manager or as a
result of settling purchase and sale transactions entered into by
the Investment Manager, or to have "knowledge" of any such breach
as a result of the information received by Bankers Trust Company
or its officers, employees or agents in the normal course in per-
forming such functions or settling such transactions.
          The Company further agrees that the undertakings made
in this Article of this Agreement shall be binding on its suc-
cessors or assigned and shall survive termination, amendment or

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 restatement of this Agreement, or the resignation or removal of
 the Trustee, and that this Article shall be construed as a con-
 tract between the Company and the Trustee according to the laws
 of the State of New York in effect from time to time.
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
 this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers
 thereunto duly authorized and their corporate seals to be
 hereunto affixed and attested to as of the day and year first
 above written.

 (Corporate Seal)
                                THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

 Attest:                        By  /s/ James R. Glass
          /s/  John Davies          ----------------------------------
           Assistant Secretary      Executive Vice President (Title)

 (Corporate Seal)               BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

 Attest:                        By   /s/ Robert E. Isaacson
                                   ----------------------------------
     /s/ J. Torn                    Vice President

     Vice President

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          STATE OF  OHIO    )
                            :
          COUNTY OF  SUMMIT )

                           On this 28TH day of  December,  in the year 1984,
          before me personally came James R. Glass to me known, who, being by
          me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at Akron, Ohio
          that he is Executive Vice President of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
          Company the corporation described in and which executed the above
          instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that
          the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal;
          that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors
          of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by
          like order.

                                               /s/ Linda A. Fleming
                                    -------------------------------------------
                                                   Notary Public

                                           LINDA A. FLEMING, Notary Public
                                               Residence-Summit County
                                            State Wide Jurisdiction, Ohio
                                          My Commission Expires May 14, 1986

          STATE OF NEW YORK )
                            :
          COUNTY OF NEW YORK)

                          On this 13th day of August     , in the year 1984
          before me personally came Robert E. Isaacson to me known, who, being
          by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at Valley
          Stream, N.Y. that he is Vice President of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, the
          corporation described in and which executed the above in-
          strument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that
          the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal;
          that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors
          of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by
          like order.

                                                  /s/ Laura Breen
                                    -------------------------------------------
                                                   Notary Public

                                                    LAURA BREEN
                                        Notary Public, State of New York
                                                  No. 41-4757699
                                          Qualified in Queens County
                                        Commission Expires March 30, 1986<PAGE>

                                                                  EXHIBIT 4.1
                                 CERTIFICATE
                                      OF
                      AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                      OF
                      THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

        E.J. Thomas, President, and Arden E. Firestone, Secretary, of The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation, with its principal office
located at Akron, Ohio, do hereby certify that a meeting of the holders of the
shares of Common Stock of said corporation (being the only class of shares
outstanding) entitled to vote on the proposal to adopt the Amended Articles of
Incorporation as contained in the following resolution was duly called and held
on the 20th day of December, 1954, at which meeting a quorum of such
shareholders was present in person or by proxy, and that by the affirmative
vote of the holders of shares entitled under the Articles to exercise at least
two-thirds of the voting power of the corporation on such proposal (the
Articles not requiring a greater proportion of such voting power) the following
resolution was adopted:

        RESOLVED, That The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company hereby adopts the
following Amended Articles of Incorporation and that the President or a Vice
President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of this Corporation are
hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of this Corporation, to sign and file
in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, so as to make
such Amended Articles of Incorporation become effective, a certificate
containing a copy of the resolution adopting such Amended Articles of
Incorporation and a statement of the manner of the adoption thereof:

                      AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                      OF

                      THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

        The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, a Corporation for profit
heretofore organized under the General Incorporation Laws of the State of Ohio,
adopts these Amended Articles of Incorporation:

        FIRST: The name of said Corporation shall be The Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company.

        SECOND: Said Corporation is to be located at Akron in Summit County,
Ohio, and its principal business there transacted.

        THIRD:  Said Corporation is formed for the following purposes:

        (a) To produce, manufacture, purchase, import, or otherwise acquire, to
    own, process, operate, develop and use, to sell, lease, exchange, export or
    otherwise dispose of or turn to account, and to generally deal in, and to
    render any service in respect of: rubber, both natural and synthetic,
    compounds thereof, substitutes therefor, substances having properties or

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                                      2

uses similar thereto, and articles produced in whole or in part therefrom,
including without limitation tires and tubes of all types and kinds, belts, and
mechanical goods, cotton, rayon and other fibrous materials and articles of
which cotton, rayon or other fibrous materials are a component part, metals,
rims and automotive parts and accessories, guns, ammunition and other articles
useful in the national defense, aircraft and parts and accessories therefor,
and, in general, goods, commodities, and articles of personal property of
whatever nature, and to carry on and conduct the general business of
manufacturing and merchandising.

        (b) To establish, maintain, and operate chemical, physical, and other
laboratories and to carry on chemical, physical, and industrial research of
every kind and character as may be necessary, useful or convenient in
connection with any business of the Corporation, and to produce, manufacture,
construct, import, purchase or otherwise acquire, to own, process, develop and
use, to sell, lease, exchange, export or otherwise dispose of or turn to
account and generally to deal in and with articles of substances invented or
developed thereby.

        (c) To manufacture, construct, mine, produce, import, purchase, lease
or otherwise acquire, hold, own, use, process, maintain, operate, export,
mortgage, sell, convey, assign and otherwise dispose of, distribute, deal in
and turn to account machinery, apparatus, tools, implements, equipment,
materials, supplies, and other personal property of every kind and character
which can or may be advantageously used, consumed or dealt in by the
Corporation in connection with any business it is authorized to conduct; and,
in general, to buy, sell, produce, manufacture, process, use, export, import,
trade in, deal with and turn to account goods, wares, and merchandise of every
class and description.

        (d) To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, own, hold, use, maintain,
operate, cultivate, develop, sell, lease, convey, exchange or otherwise dispose
of real estate, leaseholds, and other interests in real estate, and to
construct, equip, occupy, improve, use, operate, sell, lease, exchange or
otherwise dispose of buildings, factories, hangars, mills, workshops,
machineshops, laboratories, storehouses, offices, residences, stores, hotels,
facilities, and structures of all kinds, necessary, useful or convenient in
connection with any of the businesses or operations of the Corporation.

        (e) To secure, register, purchase, lease, license, or otherwise to
acquire, and to hold, own, use, operate, develop, improve, introduce, grant
licenses in respect of, sell, assign, and otherwise dispose of and turn to
account, letters patent of the United States or any foreign country, patent
rights, licenses, privileges, inventions, devices, improvements, formulas,
concessions, processes, secret or otherwise, copyrights, trademarks, trade
names and rights analogous thereto granted by, recognized or otherwise existing
under the laws of the United States or any foreign country.

        (f) To borrow money or otherwise use its credit for its corporate
purposes, to issue bonds, debentures, notes and other obligations, secured or
unsecured, from time to time, for moneys borrowed or for property acquired, or
for any other of the purposes of the Corporation, and to secure the same by
mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, or other lien upon any or all of the
properties, rights, privileges or franchises of the Corporation.

        (g) To purchase, by subscription or otherwise, or acquire in any manner,
and to sell, negotiate, guarantee, assign, deal in, exchange, transfer, pledge
or otherwise dispose of, shares of the capital stock, scrip, bonds, coupons,
mortgages, debentures, debenture stock, acceptances, drafts, securities, and
any other evidences of indebtedness of, or interest in, other corporations,
joint stock companies or associations, whether public, private or municipal, or
of any corporate body, domestic or foreign, and while the owner thereof, to
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                                      3

    possess and exercise in respect thereof all the rights, powers, and
    privileges  of ownership, including but not limited to the right to vote
    thereon.

        (h) To aid, in any manner whatsoever, any corporation, association,
    copartnership or individual in whose business the Corporation may be in any
    way interested or any of whose properties, including shares of capital
    stock, bonds or other obligations or securities, are held by the
    Corporation or in which it  is in any way interested, and to do any acts or
    things which are or which may appear necessary, useful, convenient or
    appropriate for the preservation, protection, improvement or enhancement of
    the value of any such business or property, or for the promotion of any
    interests of the Corporation.

        (i) To lend money or credit, with or without security, and to guarantee
    and become surety for payment of money and the performance of contracts or
    obligations of any and all kinds, provided it shall not carry on the
    business of an indemnity or a surety company.

        (j) To purchase or otherwise acquire the whole or any part of the
    property, assets, business, good will, and rights, and to undertake or
    assume the whole or any part of the bonds, mortgages, franchises, leases,
    contracts, indebtedness, guarantees, liabilities, and obligations of any
    person, firm or corporation, and to pay therefor in whole or in part with
    shares of its own capital stock, cash, bonds, debentures, notes or other
    obligations, or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation or
    otherwise; and to hold in any manner dispose of any part or all of the
    property, assets, business, good will, and right so acquired, and to
    conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the business so
    acquired, and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and
    about the management and conduct of such business.

        (k) In general, to carry on any lawful business whatsoever in
    connection with or incidental to the foregoing, or which has for its object
    the promotion, directly or indirectly, of the general interests of the
    Corporation, or the protection, improvement, preservation or enhancement of
    the value of its properties and rights, and to do whatever it may deem
    necessary, convenient or proper for the accomplishment of any one or more
    of the purposes of the Corporation, and, to the same extent and as fully as
    any natural person might lawfully or could do, to do all and every lawful
    act and thing, and to enter into and perform contracts of every kind and
    description with any person, firm, association, corporation, municipality,
    county, state, body politic or government, or subdivision thereof, without
    limitation as to amount, necessary, suitable or convenient for the
    accomplishment of any of the purposes of the Corporation or incident to any
    of the powers hereinbefore enumerated, the enumeration of specific powers
    not being a limitation or restriction in any manner of the general powers
    of the Corporation.

        (l) to do all or any of such acts and things and exercise any of such
    acts in any state of the United States, in any district, territory, colony,
    protectorate or possession thereof, and in any and all foreign countries,
    and to maintain such offices, branches, plants, properties, plantations,
    mines, and establishments in any or all thereof that may be deemed
    advisable by the Corporation.

        FOURTH:  The number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to
have outstanding is 15,000,000, all of which shall be Common Stock with a par
value of $5 each (being the shares heretofore authorized as shares with a par
value of $10 each) having the terms and provisions set forth in these Amended
Articles of Incorporation. Each holder of record of Common Stock shall be
entitled to one vote for each share of said Common Stock standing in his name
on the books of the Corporation.

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        No holder of Common Stock, present, past, or future, shall be entitled
as such as a matter of right to subscribe for or purchase any part of not
exceeding 500,000 shares of such Common Stock which may, subsequent to October
31, 1954 be allotted and sold to employees of the Corporation or any of its
subsidiaries, pursuant to such plan or plans for such allotment and sale as the
Board of Directors has determined or may from time to time determine, whether
any such shares of Common Stock shall be issued for cash, property, services or
otherwise.

        FIFTH:  The total stated capital of the Corporation at the time of
adopting these Amended Articles of Incorporation is $45,532,000.00.

        SIXTH:  These Amended Articles of Incorporation supersede and take the
place of the heretofore existing Amended Articles of Incorporation, adopted
March 31, 1952, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of the State of Ohio
on April 3, 1952, including all Certificates of Amendment to Amended Articles
of Incorporation subsequently filed in the Office of the Secretary of the State
of Ohio.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said E. J. Thomas, President, and Arden E.
Firestone, Secretary, of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, acting for and on
behalf of said corporation, have hereunto subscribed their names and caused the
seal of said corporation to be hereunto affixed this 20th day of December,
1954.

                                                By E. J. THOMAS
                                                            President

(CORPORATE SEAL)                                By ARDEN E. FIRESTONE
                                                            Secretary

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA        )
STATE OF OHIO                   )
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE)

        I,                     , Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is an exemplified copy, carefully compared by
me with the original record now in my official custody as Secretary of State,
and found to be true and correct, of the

                                  CERTIFICATE
                                      OF
                      AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                      OF
                      THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

filed in this office on the 30th day of December A.D. 1954 and recorded in
Volume 696, Page 255, of the Records of Incorporations.

                                        WITNESS my hand and official seal, at
                                           Columbus, Ohio, this
                                           day of             A.D.

                                        Secretary of State

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                                                           EXHIBIT 4.1 Continued

                           CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                      TO
                      AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                      OF
                      THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

        Hoyt M. Wells, President, and James Boyazis, Secretary, of The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation, with its principal office located
at Akron, Summit County, Ohio, do hereby certify that a meeting of the holders
of the shares of Common Stock of said corporation (being the only class of
shares outstanding) entitling them to vote on the proposal to amend the Amended
Articles of Incorporation thereof, as contained in the following resolution,
was duly called and held on the 5th day of April, 1993, at which meeting a
quorum of such shareholders was present in person or by proxy, and that by the
affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitled under the Amended Articles
of Incorporation to exercise at least two-thirds of the voting power of the
corporation on such proposal (the Amended Articles of Incorporation not
requiring a greater proportion of such voting power) the following resolution
was adopted:

        RESOLVED, that The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company hereby adopts the
    following amendment to its Amended Articles of Incorporation and that the
    President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
    of  The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company are hereby authorized and directed to
    sign and file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio
    a certificate containing a copy of the resolution adopting the amendment
    and a statement of the manner of its adoption:

        The Amended Articles of Incorporation are hereby amended by striking
    out in its entirety Article FOURTH and substituting in lieu thereof the
    following:

        FOURTH:  The maximum number of shares which the Corporation is
    authorized to have outstanding is 350,000,000, consisting of 300,000,000
    shares of Common Stock without par value (hereinafter referred to as
    "Common Stock") and 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock without par value
    (hereinafter referred to as "Preferred Stock").

        The express terms of the shares of each class are as follows:

                                    PART A

                      EXPRESS TERMS OF THE COMMON STOCK

Section 1. General.

        The Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of the Preferred
Stock and any series thereof. Each share of Common Stock shall be equal to each
other share of common Stock. Each holder of record of Common Stock shall be
entitled to one vote for each share of said Common Stock standing in his or her
name on the books of the Corporation upon all matters presented to the
shareholders.

Section 2. Preemptive Rights.

        No holder of Common Stock, present, past or future, shall be entitled
to such as a matter of right to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new
or additional issue of stock or of securities of the Corporation convertible
into stock of any class whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and
whether issued for cash, property, services or otherwise.

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Section 3. Purchase of Shares by Corporation

        The Corporation is authorized to purchase shares of Common Stock at
such times, in such manner, for such reasons and on such terms and conditions
as shall be deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors.

                                    PART B

                     EXPRESS TERMS OF THE PREFERRED STOCK

Section 1. Series.

        The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more
series. All shares of Preferred Stock shall be of equal rank and the express
terms thereof shall be identical, except in respect of the terms that may be
fixed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, and each share of each
series shall be identical with all other shares of such series, except as to
the date from which dividends are cumulative. Subject to the provisions of
Sections 2 through 8, inclusive, of this Part B, which shall apply to all
Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to cause shares of
Preferred Stock to be issued in one or more series and with respect to each
such series to determine and fix:

        (a) The designation of the series, which may be by distinguishing
number, letter or title.

        (b) The authorized number of shares constituting the series, which
number the Board of Directors may, except to the extent otherwise provided in
the creation of the series, from time to time increase or decrease, but not
below the number of shares thereof then outstanding.

        (c) The rate at which dividends shall be payable on shares of such
series.

        (d) The dates on which dividends, if declared, shall be payable on
shares of such series and the dates from which dividends shall be cumulative.

        (e) The redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of
the series.

        (f) The amount, terms, conditions and manner of operation of any
retirement or sinking fund to be provided for the purchase or redemption of
shares of the series.

        (g) The amounts payable on shares of the series in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs
of the Corporation.

        (h) Whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into shares
of any other class or series, and, if so, the specification of such other class
or series, the conversion price or prices or rate or rates, any adjustments
thereof, the date or dates as of which such shares shall be convertible and all
other terms and conditions upon which such conversion may be made.

        (i) The conditions or restrictions, if any, upon the issue of any
additional shares of the same series or of any other class or series.

        The Board of Directors is authorized to adopt from time to time
amendments to the Amended Articles of Incorporation fixing, with respect to
each series, the matters described in clauses (a) to (i), inclusive, of this
Section 1.

Section 1-A. Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock, Without Par Value.

        A series of Preferred Stock is hereby created having the following
terms:

        1. Designation. The shares of such series are designated as: "Series A
$10.00 Preferred Stock, without par value."

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        2. Authorized Number of Shares - Fractional Shares. The authorized
number of shares constituting the Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock is 3,000,000.
Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a shares which
shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder's fractional shares, to
exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to
have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A $10.00 Preferred
Stock.

        3. Dividends and Distributions. (A) Subject to any prior to superior
rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and
superior to the shares of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock with respect to
dividends that may be authorized by the Amended Articles of Incorporation, the
holders of shares of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock shall be entitled prior to
the payment of any dividends on shares ranking junior to the Series A $10.00
Preferred Stock to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors
out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in
cash on the last day of January, April, July and October in each year (each
such date being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"),
commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first
issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock,
in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of
(a) $10.00 or (b) subject to the provisions for adjustment hereinafter set
forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100
times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash
dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of
Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the
immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the
first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or
fraction of a share of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock. In the event the
Corporation shall at any time after July 28, 1986 (the "Rights Declaration
Date") (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common
Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the
outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such
case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock
were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding
sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

        (B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the
Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) above immediately
after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a
dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no
dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during
the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent
Quarterly Payment Date, a dividend of $10.00 per share on the Series A $10.00
Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date.

        (C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding
shares of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A $10.00
Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record
date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on
such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or
unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date
after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A
$10.00 Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends
shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date.

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        (D) Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends
paid on the shares of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock in an amount less than
the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such
shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such
shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date
for the determination of holders of shares of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock
entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon,
which record date shall be no more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the
payment thereof.

        (E) Dividends in full shall not be declared or paid or set apart for
payment on the Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock for a dividend period termination
on a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date unless dividends in full have been
declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Preferred Stock of all series
(other than series with respect to which dividends are not cumulative from a
date prior to such dividend date) for the respective dividend periods
terminating on such dividend date. When the dividends are not paid in full on
all series of the Preferred Stock, the shares of all series shall share ratably
in the payment of dividends, including accumulations, if any, in accordance
with the sums which would be payable on said shares if all dividends were
declared and paid in full.

        4. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. (A) Upon any liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to
the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock
unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock
shall have received $10.00 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and
unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the
date of such payment (the "Series A Liquidation Preference"). Following the
payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference, no
additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series A
$10.00 Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common
Stock shall have received an amount per share (the "Common Adjustment") equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series A Liquidation Preference
by (ii) 100 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in subparagraph (C) below
to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations
with respect to the Common Stock) (such number in clause (ii) is hereinafter
referred to as the "Adjustment Number"). Following the payment of the full
amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in
respect of all outstanding shares of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock and Common
Stock, respectively, holders of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock and holders of
shares of Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of
the remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to
1 with respect to such Preferred Stock and Common Stock, on a per share basis,
respectively.

        (B) In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets
available to permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and
the liquidation preferences of all other series of Preferred Stock, if any,
which rank on a parity with the Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock, then such
remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity
shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the
event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit
payment in full of the Common Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall be
distributed ratably to the holders of Common Stock.

        (C) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights
Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the
outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case
the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event shall be
adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock there were

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outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to
such event.

        5. Conversion on Merger, Consolidation, etc. In case the Corporation
shall enter into any merger, consolidation, combination or other transaction in
which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged or changed into other stock or
securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case each share of
Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or
changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment
hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock,
securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may
be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.
In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date
(i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock,
(ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount
set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of
shares of Series A $10.00 Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such
amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is
the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to
such event.

        6. Redemption. The outstanding shares of Series A $10.0 Referred Stock
shall not be redeemable.

        7. Condition to Issuance of any other Series. The Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation shall not be further amended to provide for
the issuance of any other series of Preferred Stock without the affirmative vote
of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series A
$10.00 Preferred Stock, voting separately as one voting group.

Section 2. Dividends.

        (a) The holders of Preferred Stock of each series, in preference of the
holders of shares of Common Stock and of any other class of shares ranking
junior to the Preferred Stock, shall be entitled to receive out of any funds
legally available and when and as declared by the Board of Directors dividends
in cash at the rate for such series fixed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 1 of this Part B and no more, payable on the dividend payment
dates fixed for such series. Such dividends shall be cumulative, in the case of
shares of each particular series, from and after the date or dates fixed with
respect to such series. No dividend may be paid upon or declared or set apart
for any series of the Preferred Stock at any time unless at the same time a
like proportionate dividend for the dividend periods terminating on the same
date or any earlier date, ratably in proportion to the respective annual
dividend rates, shall have been paid upon or declared or funds therefor set
apart for all shares of Preferred Stock of all series then issued and
outstanding and entitled to receive such dividend.

        (b) So long as any Preferred Stock shall be outstanding, no dividend,
except a dividend payable in Common Stock or other shares ranking junior to the
Preferred Stock, shall be paid or declared or any distribution be made except
as aforesaid on the Common Stock or any other shares ranking junior to the
Preferred Stock, nor shall any shares of Common Stock or any other shares
ranking junior to the Preferred Stock be purchased, retired or otherwise
acquired by the Corporation (except out of the proceeds of the sale of Common
Stock or other shares ranking junior to the Preferred Stock received by the
Corporation on or subsequent to the date on which shares of Preferred Stock are
first issued), unless (i) all accrued and unpaid dividends upon all Preferred
Stock then outstanding payable on all dividend payment dates occurring on or
prior to the date of such

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action shall have been declared and paid or funds sufficient therefor, set
apart, and (ii) at the date of such action there shall be no arrearages with
respect to the redemption of Preferred Stock of any series from any sinking
fund provided for shares of such series in accordance with the provisions of
Section 1 of this Part B.

Section 3. Redemption

        (a) Subject to the express terms of each series, the Corporation may
from time to time redeem all or any part of the Preferred Stock of any series
at the time outstanding (i) at the option of the Board of Directors at the
applicable redemption price for such series fixed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1 of this Part B or (ii) in fulfillment of the
requirements of any sinking fund provided for shares of such series at the
applicable sinking fund redemption price fixed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1 of this Part B, together in each case with (1) all then
unpaid dividends upon such shares payable on all dividend payment dates for
such series occurring on or prior to the redemption date, plus (2) if the
redemption date is not a dividend payment date for such series, a
proportionate dividend, based on the number of elapsed days, for such series,
for the period from the day following the most recent such dividend payment
date through the redemption date.

        (b) Notice of every such redemption shall be mailed, postage prepaid,
to the holders of record of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their
respective addresses then appearing on the books of the Corporation, not less
than 30 days  nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such
redemption. At any time after notice has been given as above provided and
before the date of redemption specified in such notice the Corporation may
deposit the aggregate redemption price of the shares of Preferred Stock to be
redeemed, together with an amount equal to the aggregate amount of dividends
payable upon such redemption, with any bank or trust company in New York, New
York, having capital and surplus of more than $100,000,000, named in such
notice, and direct that such deposited amount be paid to the respective holders
of the shares of Preferred Stock so to be redeemed upon surrender of the stock
certificate or certificates held by such holders. After the mailing of such
notice and the making of such deposit of money, such holders shall cease to be
shareholders with respect to such shares and shall have no interest in or claim
against the Corporation with respect to such shares, except only the right to
receive such money from such bank or trust company without interest or to
exercise, before the redemption date, any unexpired privileges of conversion.

        (c) In the event less than all of the outstanding shares of any series
of Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the Corporation shall select pro rata or
by lot the shares so to be redeemed in such manner as shall be prescribed by
the Board of Directors.

        (d) If the holders of shares of Preferred Stock which shall have been
called for redemption shall not, without six years after such deposit, claim
the amount deposited for the redemption thereof, any such bank or trust company
shall, upon demand, pay over to the Corporation such unclaimed amounts and
thereupon such bank or trust company and the Corporation shall be relieved of
all responsibility in respect thereof and to such holders.

        (e) Any shares of Preferred Stock (i) redeemed by the Corporation
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3, (ii) purchased and delivered in
satisfaction of any sinking fund requirements provided for shares of any
series of Preferred Stock, (iii) converted in accordance with the express terms
of any such series, or (iv) otherwise acquired by the Corporation, shall resume
the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock without serial
designation.

Section 4. Liquidation.

        (a) The holders of Preferred Stock of any series shall,in cash of
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs
of the Corporation, be

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entitled to receive in full out of the assets of the Corporation, including its
capital, before any amount shall be paid or distributed among the holders of
shares of Common Stock or any other shares ranking junior to the Preferred
Stock, the amounts fixed with respect to shares of such series in accordance
with Section 1 of this Part B, plus an amount equal to (i) all then unpaid
dividends upon such shares payable on all dividend payment dates for such series
occurring on or prior to the date of payment of the amount due pursuant to such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, plus (ii) if such date is not a dividend
payment date for such series, a proportionate dividend, based on the number of
elapsed days, for the period from the day following the most recent such
dividend payment date through such date of payment of the amount due pursuant to
such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In case the net assets of the
Corporation legally available therefor are insufficient to permit the payment
upon all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of the full preferential amount
to which they are respectively entitled, then such net assets shall be
distributed ratably upon outstanding shares of Preferred Stock in proportion to
the full preferential amount to which each such share is entitled.

          After payment to holders of Preferred Stock of the full preferential
amounts as aforesaid, holders of Preferred Stock as such shall have no right or
claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

          (b) The merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any
other corporation, or the merger of any other corporation into it, or the sale,
lease or conveyance of all or substantially all the property or business of the
Corporation shall not be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up
for the purposes of this Section 4.

Section 5. Voting.

          (a) The holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote upon
matters presented to the shareholders, except as provided in this Section 5 or
as required by law.

          (b) Whenever, and so long as, the Corporation shall be in default of
the payment of the equivalent of six full quarterly dividends (whether or not
consecutive) on any series of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, whether
or not earned or declared, the holders of Preferred Stock of all series, voting
separately as a class without regard to series, shall be entitled to elect, as
herein provided, two members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation;
provided, however, that the holders of shares of Preferred Stock shall not have
or exercise such special class voting rights except at meetings of such
shareholders for the election of directors at which the holders of not less than
a majority of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of all series then
outstanding are present in person or by proxy; and provided further that  the
special class voting rights provided for in this paragraph, when the same shall
have become vested, shall remain so vested until all accrued and unpaid
dividends on the Preferred Stock of all series then outstanding shall have been
paid, whereupon the holders of Preferred Stock shall be divested of this
special class voting rights in respect of subsequent elections of directors,
subject to the revesting of such special class voting rights in the event of
the occurrence of the default hereinabove specified in this Subsection (b). In
the event of a default entitling the holders of Preferred Stock to elect two
Directors as specified in this Subsection (b), a special meeting of such
holders for the purpose of electing such directors shall be called by the
Secretary of the Corporation upon written request of, or may be called by, the
holders of record of at least 10% of the shares of Preferred Stock of all
series at the time outstanding, and notice thereof shall be given in the same
manner as that required for the annual meeting of shareholders; provided,
however, that the Corporation shall not be required to call such special
meeting if the annual meeting of shareholders shall be held within 120 days
after the date of receipt of the foregoing written request from the holders of
Preferred Stock. At any meeting at which the holders of Preferred Stock shall
be entitled to elect Directors, the holders of a majority of the then
outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of all series, present

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in person or by proxy, shall be sufficient to constitute a quorum, and the vote
of the holders of a majority of such shares so present at any such meeting at
which there shall be such a quorum shall be sufficient to elect the members of
the Board of Directors which the holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to
elect as hereinabove provided. Notwithstanding any provision of these Amended
Articles of Incorporation or the Code of Regulations of the Corporation or any
action taken by the holders of any class of shares fixing the number of
Directors of the Corporation, the two Directors who may be elected by the
holders of Preferred Stock pursuant to this Subsection (b) shall serve in
addition to any other Directors then in office or proposed to be elected
otherwise than pursuant to this Subsection (b). Nothing in this Subsection (b)
shall present any change otherwise permitted in the total number of Directors
of the Corporation or require the resignation of any Director elected otherwise
than pursuant to this Subsection (b). Notwithstanding any classification of the
other Directors of the Corporation, the two Directors elected by the holders of
Preferred Stock shall be elected annually for terms expiring at the next
succeeding annual meeting of shareholders.

          (c) The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least
two-thirds of the shares of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting or
consenting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy either in writing
or at a meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary to effect any one or
more of the following (but so far as the holders of Preferred Stock are
concerned, such action may be effected with such vote or consent):

          (1) Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any of the provisions of
              the Amended Articles of Incorporation or of the Code of
              Regulations of the Corporation which adversely affects the
              preferences or voting or other rights of the holders of Preferred
              Stock; provided, however, that for the purpose of this Subsection
              (c) only, neither the Amendment of the Amended Articles of
              Incorporation so as to authorize, create or change the authorized
              or outstanding amount of Preferred Stock or of any shares of any
              class ranking on a parity with or junior to the Preferred Stock
              nor the amendment of the provisions of the Code of Regulations so
              as to change the number of directors of the Corporation shall be
              deemed to affect adversely the preferences or voting or other
              rights of the holders of Preferred Stock; and provided further,
              that if such amendment, alteration or repeal affects adversely
              the preferences or voting or other rights of one or more but not
              all series of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, only the
              affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds
              of the number of the shares at the time outstanding of the series
              so affected shall be required;

          (2) The purchase or redemption (for sinking fund purposes or
              otherwise) of less than all of the Preferred Stock then
              outstanding expect in accordance with a stock purchase offer made
              to all holders of record of Preferred Stock, unless all dividends
              on all Preferred Stock then outstanding for all previous dividend
              periods shall have been declared and paid for funds therefor set
              apart and all accrued sinking fund obligations applicable thereto
              shall have been complied with; or

          (3) The authorization, creation or the increase in the authorized
              amount of any shares of any class or any security convertible into
              shares of any class, in either case ranking prior to the Preferred
              Stock.

          (d) The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a
majority of the shares of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting or
consenting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy either in writing
or at a meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary to effect any one or
more of the following (but so far as the holders of Preferred Stock are
concerned, such action may be effected with such vote or consent):

          (1) The sale, lease or conveyance by the Corporation of all or
              substantially all of its property or business;

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          (2) The consolidation of the Corporation with or its merger into any
              other corporation, unless the corporation resulting from such
              consolidation or surviving such merger will not have after such
              consolidation or merger any class of shares either authorized or
              outstanding ranking prior to or on a parity with the Preferred
              Stock except the same number of shares ranking prior to or on a
              parity with the Preferred Stock and having the same rights and
              preferences as the shares of the Corporation authorized and
              outstanding immediately preceding such consolidation or merger
              (and each holder of Preferred Stock immediately preceding such
              consolidation or merger shall receive the same number of shares
              with the same rights and preferences of the resulting or surviving
              corporation); or

          (3) The authorization of any shares ranking on a parity with the
              Preferred Stock or an increase in the authorized number of shares
              of Preferred Stock.

          (e) Neither the vote, consent nor any adjustment of the voting rights
of holders of shares of Preferred Stock shall be required for an increase in the
number of shares of Common Stock authorized or issued or for stock splits of the
Common Stock or for stock dividends on any class of stock payable solely in
Common Stock; and none of the foregoing action shall be deemed to affect
adversely the preferences or voting or other rights of Preferred stock within
the meaning and for the purpose of this Part B.

Section 6. Convertible Series.

          If and to the extent that there are created series of Preferred Stock
which are convertible (hereinafter referred to as "convertible series") into
shares of Common Stock or into shares of any other class or series of the
Corporation (hereinafter collectively called "conversion shares"), the following
terms and provisions shall be applicable to all convertible series, except as
may be otherwise expressly provided in the terms of any such series.

          (a) The holder of each share of a convertible series may exercise the
conversion privilege in respect thereof by delivering to any transfer agent for
the respective series the certificate for the share to be converted and written
notice that the holder elects to convert such share. Conversion shall be deemed
to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the date
when such delivery is made, and such date is referred to in this Section as the
"conversion date". On the conversion date or as promptly thereafter as
practicable, the Corporation shall deliver to the holder of the stock
surrendered for conversion, or as otherwise directed by him in writing, a
certificate for the number of full conversion shares deliverable upon the
conversion of such stock and a check or cash in respect of any fraction of a
share as provided in subsection (b) of this Section 6. The person in whose name
the stock certificate is to be registered shall be deemed to have become a
holder of the conversion shares of record on the conversion date. No adjustment
shall be made for any dividends on shares of stock surrendered for conversion or
for dividends on the conversion shares delivered on conversion.

          (b) The Corporation shall not be required to deliver fractional shares
upon conversion of shares of a convertible series. If more than one share shall
be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full
conversion shares deliverable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the
basis of the aggregate number of shares so surrendered. If any fractional
interest in a conversion share would otherwise be deliverable upon the
conversion, the Corporation shall in lieu of delivering a fractional share
therefor make an adjustment therefor in cash at the current market value
thereof, computed (to the nearest cent) on the basis of the closing price of the
conversion share on the last business day before the conversion date.

          For the purpose of this Section, the "closing price of the conversion
share" on any business day shall be the last reported sales price regular way
per share on such day, or, in

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case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported
closing bid and asked prices regular way, in either case on the New York Stock
Exchange, or, if the conversion shares are not then listed or admitted to
trading on such Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which
the conversion shares are listed or admitted to trading as determined by the
Board of Directors, or if not so listed or admitted, the mean between the
average bid and asked prices per conversion shares in the over-the-counter
market as furnished by any member of the National Association of Securities
Dealers or other nationally recognized organization of securities dealers
selected from time to time by the Board of Directors for that purpose; and
"business day" shall be each day on which the New York Stock Exchange or other
national securities exchange or over-the-counter market used for the purposes of
the above calculation is open for trading.

          (c) Upon conversion of shares of any convertible series, the stated
capital of the conversion shares delivered upon such conversion shall be the
aggregate par value of the shares so delivered having par value, or, in the case
of shares without par value, shall be an amount equal to the stated capital
represented by each such share outstanding at the time of such conversion
multiplied by the number of such shares delivered upon such conversion. The
stated capital of the Corporation shall be correspondingly increased or reduced
to reflect the difference between the stated capital of the shares of the
convertible series so converted and the stated capital of the shares delivered
upon such conversion.

          (d) In the event of any reclassification or change of outstanding
conversion shares (except a split or combination, or a change in par value, or a
change from par value to no par value, or a change from no par value to par
value), provision shall be made as part of the terms of such reclassification or
change that the holder of each share of each convertible series then outstanding
shall have the right to receive upon the conversion of such share, at the
conversion rate or price which otherwise would be in effect at the time of
conversion, with substantially the same protection against dilution as is
provided in the terms of such convertible series, the same kind and amount of
stock and other securities and property as he would have owned or have been
entitled to receive upon the happening of any of the events described above had
such share been converted immediately prior to the happening of the event.

          (e) In the event the Corporation shall be consolidated with or shall
merge into any other corporation, provision shall be made as a part of the terms
of such consolidation or merger whereby the holder of each share of each
convertible series outstanding immediately prior to such event shall thereafter
be entitled to such rights with respect to securities of the Corporation
resulting from such consolidation or merger so that rights of such holders as
specified in the terms of such convertible series shall not be substantially
prejudiced; provided, however, that the provisions of this Subsection (e) shall
be inapplicable if such consolidation or merger shall be approved by the holders
of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of such convertible series of Preferred
Stock.

          (f) The Corporation hereby reserves and shall at all times reserve and
keep available free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued
shares or treasury shares, for the purpose of delivery upon conversion of shares
of each convertible series, such number of conversion shares as shall from time
to time be sufficient to permit the conversion of all outstanding shares of
all convertible series of Preferred Stock.

Section 7. Preemptive Rights - Purchase of Shares by Corporation.

          (a) No holder of Preferred stock, present, past or future, shall be
entitled as such as a matter of right to subscribe for or purchase any part of
any new or additional stock of any series or class or of securities of the
Corporation convertible into stock of any class whatsoever, whether now or
hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash, property, services or
otherwise.

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          (b) The Corporation is authorized to purchase any shares of any series
of Preferred Stock from time to time and at such times, in such manner, for such
reasons and on such terms and conditions as shall be deemed appropriate by the
Board of Directors.

Section 8. Definitions.

          For the purpose of this Part B:

          Whenever reference is made to shares "ranking prior to the Preferred
Stock," such reference shall mean and include all shares of the Corporation in
respect of which the rights of the holders thereof either as to the payment of
dividends or as to distribution in the event of a voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation are given preference
over the right of the holders of Preferred Stock; whenever reference is made to
shares "on a parity with the Preferred Stock", such reference shall mean and
include all shares of the Corporation in respect of which the right of the
holders thereof (i) are not given preference over the rights of the holders of
Preferred Stock either as to the payment of dividends or as to distributions in
the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Corporation and (ii) either as to the payment of dividends or as to
distributions in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or as to both, rank on an equality
(except as to the amounts fixed therefor) with the rights of the holders of
Preferred Stock; and whenever reference is made to shares "ranking junior to the
Preferred Stock" such reference shall mean and include all shares of the
Corporation in respect of which the rights of the holders thereof both as to the
payment of dividends and as to distributions in the event of a voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation are junior
and subordinate to the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Hoyt M. Wells, President, and James Boyazis,
Secretary, of THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, acting for and on behalf of
said corporation, have hereunto subscribed their names and caused the seal of
said corporation to be hereunto affixed this 6th day of April, 1993.

                                         By: /s/ Hoyt M. Wells
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Hoyt M. Wells, President

[SEAL]

                                         By: /s/ James Boyazis
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             James Boyazis, Secretary

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                                                           EXHIBIT 4.1 Continued

                           CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                      TO
                      AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                      OF

                      THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

     Samir F. Gibara, President, and James Boyazis, Secretary, of The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation, with its principal office located at
Akron, Summit County, Ohio, do hereby certify that, pursuant to the authority
conferred upon the Board of Directors of said corporation by Section 1 of Part B
of ARTICLE FOURTH of the Amended Articles of Incorporation of the said
corporation and by the Ohio General Corporation Law, at a meeting of the Board
of Directors of said corporation duly called and held on the 4th day of June,
1996, at which meeting a quorum of the Board of Directors was at all times
present, the Board of Directors was without shareholder action, which
shareholder action was not required, the following resolution:

          RESOLVED, that The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company hereby adopts the
     following amendment to its Amended Articles of Incorporation, as amended to
     date, and that the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President
     and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company are hereby
     authorized and directed to sign and file in the office of the Secretary of
     State of the State of Ohio a certificate containing a copy of the
     resolution adopting the amendment and a statement of the manner of its
     adoption:

          The Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Company are hereby
     amended to create a new series of Preferred Stock by adding a new Section
     1-B to PART B of ARTICLE FOURTH as follows:

          Section 1-B. Series B Preferred Stock, Without Par Value.

          A series of Preferred Stock is hereby created having the following
     terms:

          1. Designation. The shares of such series are designated as: "Series B
     Preferred Stock, without par value."

          2. Authorized Number of Shares - Fractional Shares. The authorized
     number of shares constituting the Series B Preferred Stock is 7,000,000.
     Series B Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall
     entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder's fractional shares, to
     exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and
     to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series B Preferred
     Stock.

          3. Dividends and Distributions.

          (A) Subject to any prior and superior rights of the holders of any
     series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of
     Series B Preferred Stock with

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     respect to dividends that may be authorized by the Amended Articles of
     Incorporation, the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be
     entitled prior to the payment of any dividends on shares ranking junior to
     the Series B Preferred Stock to receive, when, as and if declared by the
     Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose,
     quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last day of January, April, July
     and October in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a
     "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"), commencing on the first Quarterly
     Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a
     share of Series B Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the
     nearest cent) equal to the greater (a) $25.00 or (b) subject to the
     provisions for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate
     per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per
     share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other
     distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a
     subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification
     or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding
     Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly
     Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of
     a share of Series B Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at
     any time after July 29, 1996 (the "Rights Declaration Date") (i) declare
     any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii)
     subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding
     Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the
     amount to which holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock were entitled
     immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence
     shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of
     which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after
     such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common
     Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

          (B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the
     Series B Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) above immediately
     after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other
     than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the
     event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common
     Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the
     next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $25.00 per
     share on the Series B Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such
     subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

          (C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding
     shares of Series B Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date
     next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series B Preferred
     Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date
     for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on
     such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or
     unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date
     after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series
     B Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such
     Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends
     shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend
     Payment Date.

          (D) Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends
     paid on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock in an amount less than the
     total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such
     shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such
     shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record
     date for the determination of holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock
     entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon,

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     which record date shall be no more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
     the payment thereof.

          (E) Dividends in full shall not be declared or paid or set apart for
     payment on the Series B Preferred Stock for a dividend period terminating
     on the quarterly Dividend Payment Date unless dividends in full have been
     declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Preferred Stock of all
     series (other than series with respect to which dividends are not
     cumulative from a date prior to such dividend date) on such dividend date.
     When the dividends are not paid in full on all series of the Preferred
     Stock, the shares of all series shall share ratably in the payment of
     dividends, including accumulations, if any, in accordance with the sums
     which would be payable on such shares if all dividends were declared and
     paid in full.

          4. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up

          (A) Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
    Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of
    stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
    dissolution or winding up) to the Series B Preferred Stock unless, prior
    thereto, the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have
    received $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid
    dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date
    of such payment (the "Series B Liquidation Preference"). Following the
    payment of the full amount of the   Series B Liquidation Preference, no
    additional distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of Series B
    Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common
    Stock shall have received an amount per share (the "Common Adjustment")
    equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series B Liquidation
    Preference by (ii) 100 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in
    subparagraph (C) below to reflect such events as stock splits, stock
    dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock) (such
    number in clause (ii) is hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment
    Number"). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series B
    Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all
    outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Common Stock
    respectively, holders of Series B Preferred Stock and holders of shares of
    Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of the
    remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to
    1 with respect to such Series B Preferred Stock and Common Stock, on a per
    share basis, respectively.

          (B) In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets
     available to permit payment in full of the Series B Liquidation Preference
     and the liquidation preferences of all other series of Preferred Stock, if
     any, which rank on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock, then such
     remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity
     shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the
     event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit
     payment in full of the Common Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall
     be distributed ratably to the holders of Common Stock.

          (C) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights
     Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares
     of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii)
     combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then
     in each such case the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such
     event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction
     the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
     immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
     shares of

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     Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

          5. Conversion on Merger, Consolidation, etc. In case the Corporation
     shall enter into any merger, consolidation, combination or other
     transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged or changed
     into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any
     such case each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall at the time be
     similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the
     provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times the
     aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property
     (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share
     of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the Corporation shall
     at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on
     Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the
     outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock
     into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set
     forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of
     shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such
     amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of
     Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator
     of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding
     immediately prior to such event.

          6. Redemption. The outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock
     shall not be redeemable.

          7. Condition to Issuance of any other Series. The Articles of
     Incorporation of the Corporation shall not be further amended to provide
     for the issuance of any other series of Preferred Stock without the
     affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding
     shares of Series B Preferred Stock, voting separately as one voting group.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Samir F. Gibara, President, and James Boyazis,
Secretary, of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, acting on behalf of said
corporation, have hereunto subscribed their names and caused the seal of said
corporation to be hereunto affixed this 4th day of June, 1996.

                                        By: /s/ Samir F. Gibara
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Samir F. Gibara, President

                                        By: /s/ James Boyazis
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            James Boyazis, Secretary

[SEAL]

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                           UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                 STATE OF OHIO,
                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

          I, BOB TAFT, Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, do hereby
     certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy, consisting of 4
     pages, as taken from the original record now in my official custody as
     Secretary of State.

                                            WITNESS my hand and official seal at
                                            Columbus, Ohio, this 30th day of
                                            July, A.D., 1996.

[SEAL OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF OHIO]

                                        By: /s/ Bob Taft
                                            ------------------------------------

                                                                        BOB TAFT
                                                              Secretary of State
                                        By: A Henderson
                                            ------------------------------------

   NOTICE: THIS IS AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION ONLY WHEN REPRODUCED IN RED INK.

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