Exhibit 99(b)
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
OFFERS TO EXCHANGE
$850,000,000 OUTSTANDING 5.000% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029
FOR
REGISTERED 5.000% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029
AND
$600,000,000 OUTSTANDING 5.250% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2031
FOR
REGISTERED 5.250% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2031
PURSUANT TO THE PROSPECTUS
DATED MARCH , 2022
THE EXCHANGE OFFERS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON APRIL 27, 2022 UNLESS EXTENDED (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS IN THE EXCHANGE OFFERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.
To Registered Holders and Depository Trust Company Participants:
We are enclosing herewith the material listed below relating to the offers by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), to exchange all of its issued and outstanding 5.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Restricted Notes”) for an equivalent principal amount of registered 5.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Exchange Notes”), and all of its issued and outstanding 5.250% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Restricted Notes”) for an equivalent principal amount of registered 5.250% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Exchange Notes”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus, dated March , 2022 (the “Prospectus”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “exchange offers”). The 2029 Restricted Notes and the 2031 Restricted Notes are collectively referred to as the “Restricted Notes.” The 2029 Exchange Notes and the 2031 Exchange Notes are collectively referred to as the “Exchange Notes.” All references to the Exchange Notes and Restricted Notes include references to the related guarantees, as appropriate.
Enclosed herewith are copies of the following documents:
1. Prospectus, dated March , 2022;
2. Letter of Transmittal (together with accompanying IRS Form W-9 and related Guidelines);
3. Letter that may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold Restricted Notes in your name or in the name of your nominee; and
4. Letter that may be sent from your clients to you with such clients’ instruction with regard to the exchange offers (included in item 3 above).
We urge you to contact your clients promptly. Please note that the exchange offers will expire on the Expiration Date unless extended. The exchange offers are not conditioned upon any minimum number of Restricted Notes being tendered.
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