FWP

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-168704

February 20, 2013

Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer:    The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Security:    6.500% Senior Notes due 2021
Maturity:    March 1, 2021   
Face Amount:    $900,000,000   
Gross Proceeds:    $900,000,000   
Gross Spread:    1.50%   

Net Proceeds exclusive of accrued

interest (after deducting underwriting    

discounts and commissions but

before offering expenses):

   $886,500,000   
Coupon:    6.500%   
Offering Price:    100.000% plus accrued interest, if any, from February 25, 2013   
Yield:    6.500%   
Trade Date:    February 20, 2013   
Settlement Date:    February 25, 2013 (T+3)   
Interest Payment Dates:    March 1 and September 1, beginning September 1, 2013   
Record Dates:    February 15 and August 15   
Optional Redemption:   

On or after:

 

March 1, 2016

March 1, 2017

March 1, 2018

March 1, 2019 and thereafter

   Price:

 

104.875%                                         

103.250%                                         

101.625%                                         

100.000%                                         

Make Whole:    Makewhole call @ T+50bps prior to March 1, 2016   
Equity Clawback:    35% at 106.500% prior to March 1, 2016   
Spread to Treasury:    + 500bps   
Reference Treasury:    UST 7.875% due February 15, 2021   
Underwriters:   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

 

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

 

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

 

Natixis Securities Americas LLC

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

  
CUSIP/ISIN:    382550BD2 / US382550BD26   

The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Goldman, Sachs & Co. toll free at 1-866-471-2526.