Exhibit 5.5
May 22, 2020
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
200 Innovation Way
Akron, Ohio 44316-0001
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Kentucky counsel to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and its subsidiary T&WA, Inc., a Kentucky corporation (“T&WA”), and are rendering this opinion in connection with the prospectus, dated May 13, 2020 (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated May 20, 2020 (the “Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”), relating to the registration statement on FormS-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on May 13, 2020 and the offer and sale of: (i) $200,000,000 of the Company’s 9.500% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) and (ii) guarantees of the Notes (the “Guarantees”) by certain subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”), in each case to be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of August 13, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 18, 2020 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).
In connection with this opinion, we have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. We have assumed that all signatures are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and that all copies of documents submitted to us conform to the originals.
We have relied as to certain matters on information furnished by public officials, officers of the Company and the Guarantors, and other sources believed by us to be responsible.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subject also to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that T&WA: (i) is a corporation incorporated, validly existing and in good standing (or its equivalent) under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (ii) possesses the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Guarantees and the Indenture and to perform its obligations thereunder, and (iii) has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Guarantees and the Indenture.
We are members of the bar of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. We do not express any opinion herein on any laws other than those of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form8-K to be filed on May 22, 2020. We also hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are “experts” under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
