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Exhibit 4.1

 

Exhibit 4.1

	 	 	 
	

	 	          THIRD
AMENDMENT dated as of May 27, 2004 (this
”Amendment“), to the $750,000,000 Amended and
Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 31,
2003, as amended as of February 19, 2004 and as of April
16, 2004 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Credit Agreement“), among
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (the “Borrower“),
the lenders from time to time party thereto (the
”Lenders“) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the
”Administrative Agent“).

          WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the
Lenders have extended and agreed to extend credit to the Borrower; and

          WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, and the Majority Lenders are willing
to agree, that the Credit Agreement be amended on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used and not defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 2. Amendment to Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 5.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting after
the phrase “within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower” the following: “(or, in the case
of the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2004, before July 1, 2004)”.

          SECTION 3. Amendment to Article VII of the Credit Agreement.
Paragraph (d) of Article VII of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting after the phrase “Section 5.01(a) (solely with respect to the
Borrower’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2003),” the following: “5.01(b)
(solely with respect to the Borrower’s fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2004),”.

          SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

          (a) No Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof or will
have occurred and be continuing at the time the amendments provided for herein
become effective under Section 5.

          (b) All representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the
Credit Agreement are true and correct in all respects material to the rights
or interests of the Lenders on and as of the date hereof, and will be true and
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amendments provided for herein become effective under
Section 5, except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to
an earlier date.

          SECTION 5. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. This Amendment
shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof duly executed and delivered by Lenders representing the
Majority Lenders (the date on which this Amendment becomes effective being
called the “Effective Date“).

          SECTION 6. No Other Amendments or Waivers; Confirmation. Except
as expressly amended hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement are and
shall remain in full force and effect as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrower to a consent to, or a
waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms,
conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit
Agreement in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment shall be a
Credit Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 7. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection
with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements
of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent.

          SECTION 8. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and
interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

          SECTION 9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or
more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of
said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument. This Amendment may be delivered by facsimile transmission of the
signature pages hereof.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ R W Tieken
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: R W Tieken
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually
	 	 	and as Administrative Agent and Collateral
	 	 	Agent,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Robert P. Kellas
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Robert P. Kellas
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Vice President

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Exhibit 4.2

	 	 	 
	

	 	          THIRD AMENDMENT dated as of May 18, 2004 (this
”Amendment“), to the Term Loan and Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of March 31, 2003, as amended as of
February 19, 2004 and as of April 16, 2004 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
”Credit Agreement“), among THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, an Ohio corporation (“Goodyear“),
GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE B.V., a corporation organized
under the laws of the Netherlands (the “European
J.V.“), GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GMBH, a
corporation organized under the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany (“GDTG“), GOODYEAR GMBH & CO KG,
a partnership organized under the laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany (“Goodyear KG“), DUNLOP GMBH &
CO KG, a partnership organized under the laws of the
Federal Republic of Germany (“Dunlop KG“), GOODYEAR
LUXEMBOURG TIRES SA, a société anonyme organized under the
laws of Luxembourg (“Lux Tires“ and, together with
the European J.V., GDTG, Goodyear KG and Dunlop KG, the
”Borrowers“), the lenders party thereto (the
”Lenders“), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a New York
banking corporation, as administrative agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent“).

          WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the
Lenders have extended and agreed to extend credit to the Borrowers; and

          WHEREAS, Goodyear and the Borrowers have requested, and the Majority
Lenders are willing to agree, that the Credit Agreement be amended on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used and not defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 2. Amendment to Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 5.01(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the
parenthetical phrase “(or, in the case of the fiscal year ended December 31,
2003, within 140 days after the end of such fiscal year)” with the
parenthetical phrase “(or, in the case of the fiscal year ended December 31,
2003, within 140 days after the end of such fiscal year, in the case of
Goodyear, and not later than June 4, 2004, in the case of the European J.V.)”.

          SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. Goodyear and Borrowers
hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

 

 

          (a) No Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof or will
have occurred and be continuing at the time the amendments provided for herein
become effective under Section 5.

          (b) All representations and warranties of Goodyear, the European J.V.,
and each other Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement are true and correct
in all respects material to the rights or interests of the Lenders on and as
of the date hereof, and will be true and correct at the time the amendments
provided for herein become effective under Section 5, except to the extent
such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date.

          SECTION 4. Amendment Fee. In consideration of the agreements
contained in this Amendment, Goodyear agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
on the Effective Date (as defined below), for the account of each Lender that
delivers an executed counterpart of this Amendment prior to noon, New York City
time, on May 18, 2004, an amendment fee equal to 0.03% of the sum of such
Lender’s outstanding Term Loans, Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Revolving
Commitment on the Effective Date.

          SECTION 5. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. This Amendment
shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof duly executed and delivered by Lenders representing the
Majority Lenders (the date on which this Amendment becomes effective being
called the “Effective Date“).

          SECTION 6. No Other Amendments or Waivers; Confirmation. Except
as expressly amended hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement are and
shall remain in full force and effect as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle Goodyear or any Borrower to a consent
to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms,
conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit
Agreement in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment shall be a
Credit Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.

          SECTION 7. Expenses. Goodyear agrees to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection
with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements
of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent.

          SECTION 8. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and
interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

          SECTION 9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or
more of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of
said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument. This Amendment may be delivered by facsimile transmission of the
signature pages hereof.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER
	 	 	COMPANY,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ R W Tieken
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: R W Tieken
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES EUROPE B.V.,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Michael J Roney
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Michael J Roney
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: President and Director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Phillips Regnault
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Phillips Regnault
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Director/Secretary
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GMBH,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Gerhard Gruenenwald
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Gerhard Gruenenwald
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Gottfried Hess
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Gottfried Hess
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GOODYEAR GMBH & CO. KG,
	 	 	REPRESENTED BY RVM REIFEN
	 	 	VERTRIEBSMANAGEMENT GMBH
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Gerhard Gruenenwald
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Gerhard Gruenenwald
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Gottfried Hess
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Gottfried Hess
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	DUNLOP GMBH & CO. KG,
	 	 	REPRESENTED BY RVM REIFEN
	 	 	VERTRIEBSMANAGEMENT GMBH
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Gerhard Gruenenwald
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Gerhard Gruenenwald
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Gottfried Hess
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Gottfried Hess
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GOODYEAR LUXEMBOURG TIRES SA,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Hermann Lange
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Hermann Lange
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Finance Director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Loul Reiles
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Loul Reiles
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Authorized Signer

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually
	

	 	and as Administrative Agent and Collateral
	

	 	Agent,	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Robert P. Kellas
	

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Robert P. Kellas
	

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Vice President

 

 

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