GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/ (GT)

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

All per share amounts are diluted and refer to Goodyear net income.

OVERVIEW

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tires, with one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and operations in most regions of the world. We have a broad global footprint with 53 manufacturing facilities in 20 countries, including the United States. We operate our business through three operating segments representing our regional tire businesses: Americas; EMEA; and Asia Pacific.

This management's discussion and analysis provides comparisons of material changes in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. For a comparison of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, refer to Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Goodyear Forward

On November 15, 2023, we announced a transformation plan, Goodyear Forward, that is intended to optimize our portfolio of products, deliver segment operating margin expansion and reduce our leverage in order to drive sustainable, long-term shareholder value creation. Optimization of our portfolio consisted of a strategic review of three major asset groups: our chemical operations which produces synthetic rubber and other chemical products in our Americas segment, the Dunlop brand for which we own rights in certain markets throughout the world, but is primarily used in our EMEA segment, and our global OTR tire business. Our plans for margin expansion include brand optimization and tiering to capitalize on premium tire pricing and volume and a reduction of our overall exposure related to lower-tiered products either through margin expansion or product line rationalization, resulting in an expected annual run-rate benefit of approximately $200 million by the end of 2025. Our plans for margin expansion also include a reduction of our cost structure by approximately $1.3 billion by the end of 2025, including actions related to our manufacturing footprint, plant optimization, further improvement of our purchasing leverage, reduction of Selling, Administrative and General expenses (“SAG”) and improvements in our supply chain planning and logistics. We anticipate the accumulated benefit of these actions will improve our segment operating margin to approximately 10% by the end of 2025. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Goodyear Forward plan provided $480 million in benefits to segment operating income.

On January 7, 2025, we entered into the Dunlop Purchase Agreement with SRI relating to the sale of the Dunlop brand in Europe, North America and Oceania for consumer, commercial and other specialty tires, together with certain associated intellectual property and other intangible assets, for a purchase price of $526 million. SRI will also pay us an up-front transition support fee of $105 million for our support in transitioning the Dunlop brand, related intellectual property and Dunlop customers to SRI. SRI will also acquire our existing Dunlop tire inventory. The Dunlop Purchase Agreement also contemplates entering into a number of ancillary agreements, including (a) a transition license agreement, pursuant to which we will continue to manufacture, sell and distribute Dunlop-branded consumer tires in Europe for an initial period from the closing of the transaction until December 31, 2025, which may be extended to December 31, 2026, and during which we will pay SRI a royalty on such Dunlop sales but will otherwise retain all profits therefrom; (b) a transition offtake agreement, pursuant to which we will sell to SRI certain Dunlop-branded consumer tire products for a period of up to five years, commencing after termination or expiration of the transition license agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein; and (c) we will license back the Dunlop brand from SRI for commercial tires in Europe on a long-term basis, subject to a royalty on sales. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals.

On February 3, 2025, we completed the sale of our OTR tire business to Yokohama pursuant to the terms of the OTR Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the OTR Purchase Agreement, Yokohama acquired the Company’s OTR business for a purchase price of $905 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments set forth in the OTR Purchase Agreement. In conjunction with the sale of the OTR business, we entered into several ancillary agreements, including a product supply agreement, pursuant to which we will supply to Yokohama certain OTR tires for an initial period of up to 5 years, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, including an exit and asset relocation plan to be mutually agreed upon by the parties pursuant to which, beginning no earlier than the 2nd anniversary of closing of the transaction, the production of those OTR tires will transition to Yokohama’s facilities.

Results of Operations

Our results for 2024 include a 3.9% decrease in tire unit shipments compared to 2023 due to lower global replacement tire volume, partially offset by growth in OE. In 2024, we experienced approximately $220 million of inflationary cost pressures.

Net sales were $18,878 million in 2024, compared to $20,066 million in 2023. Net sales decreased in 2024 due to lower tire volume in Americas and EMEA, global declines in price and product mix and the negative impact of changes in foreign

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exchange rates globally, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar. These decreases were partially offset by the negative impact on sales in 2023 caused by a severe storm in the U.S. that significantly damaged our tire manufacturing facility and adjacent warehouse in Tupelo, Mississippi (the "Tupelo storm") and an increase in sales in other tire-related businesses, primarily due to Fleet Solutions in EMEA and higher third-party chemical sales in Americas.

Goodyear net income in 2024 was $70 million, or $0.24 per share, compared to a net loss of $689 million, or $2.42 per share, in 2023. The change in Goodyear net income (loss) was primarily due to lower rationalization charges, higher segment operating income, lower impairment charges and lower other expense. These increases were partially offset by higher U.S. and Foreign Tax Expense.

Our total segment operating income for 2024 was $1,318 million, compared to $968 million in 2023. The $350 million increase was primarily due to benefits from the Goodyear Forward plan of $480 million, lower raw material costs of $289 million, a benefit of $92 million from insurance proceeds for business interruptions and property damage resulting from storm damage events in prior years, $55 million related to the 2023 negative impact of the Tupelo storm, a benefit from insurance recoveries of $50 million related to a fire in the third quarter of 2023 that significantly damaged and caused a temporary shutdown of our tire manufacturing facility in Debica, Poland ("Debica"), partially offset by the continued impact of the fire on Debica fixed costs incurred during ramp-up of $20 million, lower transportation costs of $35 million, a favorable tax item in Brazil of $8 million and a decrease in SAG of $28 million. These decreases were partially offset by increased conversion costs of $318 million, driven by inflation, declines in price and product mix of $203 million, primarily in Americas and EMEA and lower tire volume of $185 million, primarily in Americas and EMEA. Refer to "Results of Operations — Segment Information" for additional information.

Liquidity

At December 31, 2024, we had $810 million of Cash and Cash Equivalents as well as $3,555 million of unused availability under our various credit agreements, compared to $902 million and $4,247 million, respectively, at December 31, 2023. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $92 million was primarily due to capital expenditures of $1,188 million, partially offset by cash provided by operating activities of $698 million, net borrowings of $264 million, cash proceeds from asset sales of $115 million and insurance recoveries for damaged property, plant and equipment of $62 million. Cash provided by operating activities reflects the net income for the period of $60 million, which includes non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization of $1,049 million, a non-cash impairment charge of $125 million, non-cash rationalization charges of $86 million, a non-cash gain on asset sales of $93 million, primarily related to the sale of a distribution center in Germany, and a non-cash gain on insurance recoveries of $75 million. Operating activities also include rationalization payments of $198 million, cash used for working capital of $82 million and pension contributions and direct payments of $69 million. Net cash provided by financing activities was $225 million, primarily due to net borrowings of $264 million. Refer to "Liquidity and Capital Resources" for additional information.

Outlook

In the first quarter of 2025, we expect our unit volume will decline, driven by relatively high third-party channel inventories related to pre-buy of low-end imported consumer replacement products in the U.S. and lower consumer and commercial OE production globally. We expect our global tire unit volume in the first quarter of 2025 to be lower compared to the first quarter of 2024 by approximately 2% to 3%. We also expect unabsorbed overhead to be approximately $25 million higher in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the first quarter of 2024 due to lower production in the fourth quarter of 2024.

As we continue to make progress on our Goodyear Forward transformation plan, we expect first quarter benefits from the program of approximately $200 million and full year benefits of approximately $750 million in segment operating income in 2025. The expected impact of the sale of the OTR tire business on our segment operating income, inclusive of stranded costs, is approximately $20 million and $80 million for the first quarter and full year of 2025, respectively.

We expect approximately $175 million of raw material headwinds in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the first quarter of 2024. These headwinds are expected to be partially offset by approximately $65 million of favorable price and product mix driven by previously implemented pricing actions and customer contracts indexed to changes in raw materials. Natural and synthetic rubber prices and other commodity prices historically have been volatile, and our raw material costs could change based on future cost fluctuations and changes in foreign exchange rates. We continue to focus on price and product mix, to substitute lower cost materials where possible, to work to identify additional substitution opportunities, to reduce the amount of material required in each tire, and to pursue alternative raw materials to minimize the impact of higher raw material costs.

We expect non-raw material inflation and other costs, net of other expected cost improvements, to be approximately $75 million higher in the first quarter of 2025 when compared with the first quarter of 2024. We continue to focus on actions to offset costs other than raw materials through cost savings initiatives, including initiatives related to the Goodyear Forward plan, rationalization actions and improvements in price and product mix.

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For the full year of 2025, we expect working capital to be a $100 million to $150 million source of operating cash flows. We anticipate our capital expenditures to be approximately $950 million. We anticipate our cash flows will include rationalization payments of approximately $400 million, as we continue to implement elements of our Goodyear Forward plan to improve our cost structure.

Refer to "Item 1A. Risk Factors" for a discussion of the factors that may impact our business, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity and "Forward-Looking Information — Safe Harbor Statement" for a discussion of our use of forward-looking statements.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — CONSOLIDATED

Goodyear net income in 2024 was $70 million, or $0.24 per share, compared to a net loss of $689 million, or $2.42 per share, in 2023. The change in Goodyear net income (loss) was primarily due to lower rationalization charges, higher segment operating income, lower impairment charges and lower other expense. These increases were partially offset by higher U.S. and Foreign Tax Expense.

Net Sales

Net sales in 2024 of $18,878 million decreased $1,188 million, or 5.9%, compared to $20,066 million in 2023, due to lower tire volume of $900 million, primarily in Americas and EMEA, global declines in price and product mix of $349 million and the negative impact of changes in foreign exchange rates globally of $192 million, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of the Tupelo storm on sales in 2023 of $110 million and an increase in sales in other tire-related businesses of $91 million, primarily due to Fleet Solutions in EMEA and higher third-party chemical sales in Americas. Goodyear worldwide tire unit net sales were $15,993 million and $17,288 million in 2024 and 2023, respectively. Consumer and commercial net sales were $12,303 million and $3,247 million in 2024, respectively. Consumer and commercial net sales were $12,894 million and $3,731 million in 2023, respectively.

The following table presents our tire unit sales for the periods indicated:

The decrease in worldwide tire unit sales of 6.7 million units, or 3.9%, compared to 2023, included a decrease of 9.5 million replacement tire units, or 7.3%, reflecting decreases in each region. OE tire units increased by 2.8 million units, or 6.3%, reflecting an increase in EV fitments in Asia Pacific. Consumer and commercial unit sales in 2024 were 154.0 million and 10.9 million, respectively. Consumer and commercial unit sales in 2023 were 159.4 million and 12.1 million, respectively.

Cost of Goods Sold

Cost of Goods Sold ("CGS") was $15,176 million in 2024, decreasing $1,381 million, or 8.3%, from $16,557 million in 2023. CGS was 80.4% of sales in 2024 compared to 82.5% of sales in 2023. CGS in 2024 decreased primarily due to lower tire volume of $715 million, savings related to the Goodyear Forward plan of $335 million, lower raw material costs of $289 million, foreign currency translation of $154 million, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, lower costs related to product mix of $146 million globally, a benefit of $92 million ($69 million after-tax and minority) from insurance proceeds for property damage and business interruptions resulting from storm damage events in Americas in prior years, a benefit of $26 million ($17 million after-tax and minority) from insurance recoveries related to the fire at our Debica, Poland tire manufacturing facility, net of fixed costs incurred during the ramp-up of the facility, and a favorable $8 million ($6 million after-tax and minority) tax item in Brazil. These decreases were partially offset by higher conversion costs of $318 million, driven by inflation and the effect of lower tire production on fixed cost absorption, an increase in accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $70 million, primarily related to the announced plant closures in Asia Pacific and EMEA, higher costs in other tire-related business of $64 million, driven by Fleet Solutions in EMEA and higher third-party chemical sales in Americas, and a $3 million ($3 million after-tax and minority) charge related to a flood in South Africa.

CGS in 2024 and 2023 included pension expense of $15 million. CGS in 2023 also included the favorable impact of a successful legal claim of $3 million ($3 million after-tax and minority) related to a 2005 warehouse fire in Spain.

Selling, Administrative and General Expense

SAG was $2,782 million in 2024, decreasing $32 million, or 1.1%, from $2,814 million in 2023. SAG was 14.7% of sales in 2024 compared to 14.0% of sales in 2023. SAG decreased primarily due to lower wages and benefits of $92 million driven by Goodyear Forward savings and lower incentive compensation, lower advertising costs of $26 million and lower foreign currency translation of $22 million. These decreases were partially offset by higher asset write-offs, accelerated depreciation and accelerated lease costs of $40 million. SAG in 2024 also included costs related to the Goodyear Forward plan of $105

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million ($80 million after-tax and minority) compared to $35 million ($26 million after-tax and minority) in 2023, primarily consisting of advisory, legal and consulting fees incurred to support development and execution of the plan, including costs associated with planned asset sales.

SAG in 2024 and 2023 included pension expense of $11 million. SAG in 2024 included incremental savings from rationalization plans of $46 million compared to $50 million in 2023.

CGS and SAG in 2024 included $146 million ($126 million after-tax and minority) of asset write-offs, accelerated depreciation and accelerated lease charges, primarily related to plant closures in Asia Pacific and EMEA, closure of a development center in the U.S. and the exit of our retail operations in Australia and New Zealand.

CGS and SAG in 2023 included $46 million ($42 million after-tax and minority) of accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs and $10 million ($10 million after-tax and minority) of recoveries of previously written-off accounts receivable and other assets related to our exited business in Russia, which related to rationalization activities.

Rationalizations

We recorded net rationalization charges of $86 million ($72 million after-tax and minority) in 2024. Net rationalization charges include $52 million related to the proposed plan to close our tire manufacturing facilities in Fulda and Fürstenwalde, Germany, $15 million related to the workforce reorganization plan in EMEA, $15 million related to the opening of a shared service center in Costa Rica, the exit of certain Commercial Tire and Service Center locations and global SAG, $12 million related to the closure of our tire manufacturing facility in Malaysia, $11 million related to the closure of our tire manufacturing facility in Melksham, United Kingdom, $4 million related to the closure of certain retail and warehouse locations in Americas, $3 million related to the permanent closure of our Gadsden, Alabama tire manufacturing facility, $3 million related to the global rationalization and workforce reorganization plan and $3 million related to the plan to streamline our EMEA distribution network. These charges were partially offset by reversals of $45 million, primarily related to voluntary attrition in our workforce reorganization plan in EMEA.

We recorded net rationalization charges of $502 million ($436 million after-tax and minority) in 2023. Net rationalization charges include $250 million related to the proposed plan to close Fulda and Fürstenwalde, $166 million for the proposed rationalization and workforce reorganization plan in EMEA, $21 million for the plan to improve profitability in our Australia and New Zealand operations, and $18 million related to the plan to streamline our EMEA distribution network.

Upon completion of new plans initiated in 2024, we estimate that annual segment operating income will improve by approximately $70 million (approximately $40 million SAG and approximately $30 million CGS). The savings realized in 2024 from rationalization plans totaled approximately $60 million (primarily SAG).

For further information, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 3, Costs Associated with Rationalization Programs.

Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment

During 2024, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $125 million ($94 million after-tax and minority) primarily related to our lower tier indefinite-lived intangible assets related to the acquisition of Cooper Tire as a result of increased competition from lower tier imports in the market. During 2023, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $230 million ($216 million after-tax and minority) to write off all of the goodwill of our EMEA reporting unit. For further information, refer to "Critical Accounting Policies - Goodwill and Intangible Assets" and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 11, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, in this Form 10-K.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $522 million in 2024, decreasing $10 million from $532 million in 2023. The decrease was primarily due to an increase in capitalized interest of $9 million.

Other (Income) Expense

Other (Income) Expense was $32 million and $108 million of expense in 2024 and 2023, respectively. The $76 million decrease in expense was primarily due to a $78 million net decrease in foreign currency exchange losses driven by fluctuations in the Argentine peso and the Turkish lira, a net decrease in non-service related pension and other postretirement benefits cost of $49 million primarily due to settlement credits of $3 million ($2 million after-tax and minority) in 2024 compared to pension settlement charges of $40 million ($30 million after-tax and minority) in 2023. Additionally, the change in Other (Income) Expense reflects net gains on asset and other sales of $85 million ($60 million after-tax and minority), primarily related to the sale of distribution centers in EMEA and Americas, compared to a net gain on asset and other sales of $94 million ($69 million after-tax and minority) in 2023, primarily related to a sale and leaseback transaction in Americas. Other (Income) Expense in 2024 had lower interest income of $30 million compared to 2023 and lower royalty income of $9 million compared to 2023.

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Other (Income) Expense in 2024 also includes transaction costs of $19 million ($14 million after-tax and minority) related to the anticipated sale of the OTR business and a favorable $2 million ($1 million after-tax and minority) tax item in Brazil. Other (Income) Expense in 2023 included $31 million ($24 million after-tax and minority) of expense in 2023 for non-indemnified costs for product liability claims related to products manufactured by a formerly consolidated joint venture entity, $11 million ($8 million after-tax and minority) of income related to a favorable court decision setting aside a previous unfavorable verdict on intellectual property-related legal claims and $5 million ($5 million after-tax and minority) of income for the write-off of accumulated foreign currency translation related to our exited business in Russia.

For further information, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 5, Other (Income) Expense.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense in 2024 was $95 million on income before income taxes of $155 million. In 2024, income tax expense includes a net discrete tax benefit totaling $2 million ($2 million after minority interest).

Income tax expense in 2023 was $10 million on a loss before income taxes of $677 million. In 2023, income tax expense includes net discrete tax benefits totaling $9 million ($10 million after minority interest), primarily related to additional prior year withholding tax creditable in the U.S. as a result of a tax law change.

The difference between our effective tax rate and the U.S. statutory rate of 21% for both 2024 and 2023 primarily relates to losses in certain foreign jurisdictions in which no tax benefits are recorded, income in certain foreign jurisdictions taxed at rates higher than the U.S. statutory rate, and the discrete items described above.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") have published the Pillar Two model rules which adopt a global corporate minimum tax of 15% for multinational enterprises with average revenue in excess of €750 million. Certain jurisdictions in which we operate enacted legislation consistent with one or more of the OECD Pillar Two model rules effective in 2024. The model rules include minimum domestic top-up taxes, income inclusion rules and undertaxed profit rules, all aimed to ensure that multinational corporations pay a minimum effective corporate tax rate of 15% in each jurisdiction in which they operate. The Pillar Two model rules did not materially impact our annual effective tax rate in 2024. However, we are continuing to evaluate the Pillar Two model rules and related legislation and their potential impact on future periods.

At December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we had approximately $1.3 billion and $1.2 billion of U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets, respectively, inclusive of valuation allowances totaling $26 million and $22 million, respectively, in each period, primarily for state tax loss carryforwards with limited lives. As of December 31, 2024, approximately $1.1 billion of these U.S. net deferred tax assets had unlimited lives and approximately $200 million had limited lives, including $24 million of foreign tax credits, and the majority do not start to expire until 2030. As of December 31, 2023, approximately $1.0 billion of these U.S. net deferred tax assets had unlimited lives and approximately $200 million had limited lives, including $22 million of foreign tax credits, and the majority do not start to expire until 2030. In the U.S., we have a cumulative loss for the three-year period ended December 31, 2024 primarily driven by non-recurring items such as rationalization charges, pension curtailments and settlements, one-time costs associated with the Goodyear Forward plan, and intangible asset impairments.

In assessing our ability to utilize our net deferred tax assets, we primarily considered objectively verifiable information, including the improvement of our U.S. operating results during 2024 as a result of lower raw material and transportation costs and benefits from the Goodyear Forward plan compared to 2023 as well as non-deductible interest and future royalty income from foreign subsidiaries. In addition, we considered our current forecasts of future profitability in assessing our ability to realize our deferred tax assets as well as the impact of tax planning strategies. These forecasts include the impact of recent trends and various macroeconomic factors such as the impact of raw material, transportation, labor and energy costs on our profitability. Our tax planning strategies include accelerating income on cross border transactions, including sales of inventory or raw materials to our subsidiaries, reducing U.S. interest expense by, for example, reducing intercompany loans through repatriating current year earnings of foreign subsidiaries, repatriation of certain foreign royalty income, and other financing transactions, all of which would increase our domestic profitability.

We believe our improvement in U.S. operating results for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023, as well as forecasts of future profitability, provide us sufficient positive evidence to conclude that it is more likely than not that, at December 31, 2024, our U.S. net deferred tax assets will be fully utilized. However, macroeconomic factors such as raw material, transportation, potential tariff, labor and energy costs possess a high degree of volatility and can significantly impact our profitability. In addition, certain tax provisions, such as the annual interest expense limitation under Section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if amended, could impact our analysis of the realizability of our U.S. deferred tax assets. If our U.S. operating results significantly decline in the future, we may need to record a valuation allowance which could adversely impact our operating results. As such, we will closely monitor our U.S. operations as well as any tax law changes to assess the realizability of our U.S. deferred tax assets.

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At December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we also had approximately $1.5 billion of foreign net deferred tax assets and related valuation allowances of approximately $1.2 billion. Our losses in various foreign taxing jurisdictions in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require us to maintain a full valuation allowance against certain of these net foreign deferred tax assets. Most notably, in Luxembourg, we maintain a valuation allowance of approximately $1.0 billion on all of our net deferred tax assets. Each reporting period, we assess available positive and negative evidence and estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize these existing deferred tax assets. We do not believe that sufficient positive evidence required to release valuation allowances on our foreign deferred tax assets having a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations will exist within the next twelve months.

For further information regarding income taxes and the realizability of our deferred tax assets, refer to "Critical Accounting Policies" and Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 6, Income Taxes.

Minority Shareholders’ Net Income (Loss)

Minority shareholders’ net loss was $10 million in 2024, primarily due to the closure of our Malaysia tire manufacturing facility, compared to net income of $2 million in 2023.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment information reflects our strategic business units ("SBUs"), which are organized to meet customer requirements and global competition and are segmented on a regional basis.

Results of operations are measured based on net sales to unaffiliated customers and segment operating income. Each segment exports tires to other segments. The financial results of each segment exclude sales of tires exported to other segments, but include operating income derived from such transactions. Segment operating income is computed as follows: Net Sales less CGS (excluding asset write-off and accelerated depreciation charges) and SAG (including certain allocated corporate administrative expenses). Segment operating income also includes certain royalties and equity in earnings of most affiliates. Segment operating income does not include net rationalization charges, asset sales, goodwill and other asset impairment charges and certain other items.

Total segment operating income in 2024 was $1,318 million, an increase of $350 million, or 36.2%, from $968 million in 2023. Total segment operating margin (segment operating income divided by segment sales) in 2024 was 7.0% compared to 4.8% in 2023.

Management believes that total segment operating income is useful because it represents the aggregate value of income created by our SBUs and excludes items not directly related to the SBUs for performance evaluation purposes. Total segment operating income is the sum of the individual SBUs’ segment operating income. Refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 8, Business Segments, for further information and for a reconciliation of total segment operating income to Income (Loss) before Income Taxes.

Americas

Americas unit sales in 2024 decreased 5.7 million units, or 6.6%, to 81.6 million units. Replacement tire volume decreased 6.6 million units, or 9.0%, primarily due to a decrease in our consumer business, driven by increased competitiveness in the U.S. from the lower tier market and the transitory impact from distribution changes in Latin America. OE tire volume increased 0.9 million units, or 5.9%, primarily due to our consumer business in the U.S. and Brazil.

Net sales in 2024 were $11,033 million, decreasing $960 million, or 8.0%, from $11,993 million in 2023. The decrease in net sales was primarily due to lower tire volume of $821 million and unfavorable price and product mix of $303 million. These decreases were partially offset by $110 million of sales lost during 2023 due to the Tupelo storm, increased sales in other tire-related businesses of $64 million, primarily due to retail and chemical, and a $52 million benefit related to the Goodyear Forward plan.

Operating income in 2024 was $933 million, increasing $184 million, or 24.6%, from $749 million in 2023. The increase in operating income was due to a $315 million benefit related to the Goodyear Forward plan, lower raw material costs of $174 million, a benefit of $92 million from insurance proceeds for business interruptions and property damage resulting from storm damage events in prior years, lower transportation and imported tire costs of $85 million, $55 million related to the 2023 negative impact of the Tupelo storm, lower SAG of $39 million, and increased earnings in other tire-related businesses of $38 million, primarily due to retail and chemical. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable price and product mix of $259 million, higher conversion costs of $179 million, driven by inflation and the effect of lower tire production on fixed cost absorption, and lower tire volume of $172 million. Operating income for 2024 includes incremental savings from rationalization plans of $42 million.

Operating income in 2024 excluded an intangible asset impairment of $125 million, net rationalization charges of $23 million, asset write-offs, accelerated depreciation and accelerated lease costs of $14 million, and net gains on asset sales of $13 million. Operating income in 2023 excluded net gains on asset sales of $104 million, primarily related to sale and leaseback transactions, net rationalization charges of $19 million, and accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $19 million.

Americas results are highly dependent upon the United States, which accounted for 84% of Americas net sales in 2024 and 83% in 2023. Results of operations in the United States are expected to continue to have a significant impact on Americas future performance.

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Europe, Middle East and Africa

Europe, Middle East and Africa unit sales in 2024 decreased 1.0 million units, or 2.0%, to 48.9 million units. Replacement tire volume decreased 0.8 million units, or 2.1%, primarily in our consumer business, reflecting the impacts of competitiveness from the lower tier market, and lower tire volume, particularly in Turkey. OE tire volume decreased 0.2 million units, or 1.6%, primarily in our commercial business, driven by lower vehicle production.

Net sales in 2024 were $5,425 million, decreasing $181 million, or 3.2%, from $5,606 million in 2023. The decrease in net sales was primarily driven by the negative impact of changes in foreign exchange rates of $101 million, driven by a weaker Turkish lira, partially offset by a stronger euro, Polish zloty and British pound, lower tire volume of $86 million, and unfavorable price and product mix of $19 million. These decreases were partially offset by higher sales in other tire-related businesses of $24 million, primarily due to growth in Fleet Solutions.

Operating income in 2024 was $108 million, increasing $91 million, or 535.3%, from $17 million in 2023. The increase in operating income was primarily due to lower raw material costs of $132 million and benefits related to the Goodyear Forward plan of $121 million. These improvements were partially offset by higher conversion costs of $147 million, driven by the effect of decreased tire production on fixed cost absorption and inflation, and lower tire volume of $15 million. Operating income in 2024 includes incremental SAG and CGS savings from rationalization plans of $10 million and $8 million, respectively.

Operating income in 2024 excluded a $79 million gain on asset sales, accelerated depreciation and accelerated lease charges of $68 million, and net rationalization charges of $36 million. Operating income in 2023 excluded net rationalization charges of $409 million, a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $230 million, accelerated depreciation of $27 million and recoveries of previously written-off accounts receivable and other assets of $10 million in Russia.

EMEA’s results are highly dependent upon Germany, which accounted for 17% and 15% of EMEA’s net sales in both 2024 and 2023, respectively. Results of operations in Germany are expected to continue to have a significant impact on EMEA’s future performance.

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Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific unit sales were flat in 2024. OE tire volume increased 2.1 million units, or 13.2%, primarily due to an increase in consumer EV fitments in China. Replacement tire volume decreased 2.1 million units, or 10.4%, due to the impact of the Australia transformation and softness in consumer replacement in most of our markets.

Net sales in 2024 were $2,420 million, decreasing $47 million, or 1.9%, from $2,467 million in 2023. The decrease in net sales was primarily driven by the negative impact of changes in foreign exchange rates of $30 million due to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar and unfavorable price and product mix of $27 million driven by the Australia transformation, partially offset by higher sales in other tire-related businesses of $3 million.

Operating income in 2024 was $277 million, increasing $75 million, or 37.1%, from $202 million in 2023. The increase in operating income was primarily due to favorable price and product mix of $51 million and a benefit related to the Goodyear Forward plan of $44 million. These increases were partially offset by higher raw material costs of $17 million and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $4 million.

Operating income in 2024 excluded asset write-offs, accelerated depreciation and accelerated lease charges of $44 million, net rationalization charges of $13 million, and net gains on asset sales of $1 million. Operating income in 2023 excluded net rationalization charges of $25 million.

Asia Pacific’s results are highly dependent upon China, Australia and India. China accounted for 38% and 33% of Asia Pacific’s net sales in 2024 and 2023, respectively. India accounted for 17% of Asia Pacific’s net sales for both 2024 and 2023. Australia accounted for 17% and 21% of Asia Pacific’s net sales in 2024 and 2023, respectively. Results of operations in China and India are expected to have a significant impact on Asia Pacific's future performance.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash generated from our operating and financing activities. Our cash flows from operating activities are driven primarily by our operating results and changes in our working capital requirements and our cash flows from financing activities are dependent upon our ability to access credit or other capital.

At December 31, 2024, we had $810 million of Cash and Cash Equivalents, compared to $902 million at December 31, 2023. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $92 million was primarily due to capital expenditures of $1,188 million, partially offset by cash provided by operating activities of $698 million, net borrowings of $264 million, cash proceeds from asset sales of $115 million and insurance recoveries for damaged property, plant and equipment of $62 million. Cash provided by operating activities reflects net income for the period of $60 million, which includes non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization of $1,049 million, a non-cash impairment charge of $125 million, non-cash rationalization charges of $86 million, a non-cash gain on asset sales of $93 million, primarily related to the sale of a distribution center in Germany, and a non-cash gain on insurance recoveries of $75 million. Operating activities also include rationalization payments of $198 million, cash used for working capital of $82 million and pension contributions and direct payments of $69 million.

At December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had $3,555 million and $4,247 million, respectively, of unused availability under our various credit agreements. The table below provides unused availability by our significant credit facilities as of December 31:

We expect our 2025 cash flow needs to include capital expenditures of approximately $950 million. We also expect interest expense to be $450 million to $475 million; rationalization payments to be approximately $400 million; income tax payments to be approximately $200 million, excluding one-time items; and contributions to our funded pension plans to be $25 million to $50 million. We expect working capital to be a source of cash of $100 million to $150 million as compared to 2024.

We actively monitor our liquidity and intend to operate our business in a way that allows us to address our cash flow needs with our existing cash and available credit if they cannot be funded by cash generated from operating or other financing activities. We believe that our liquidity position is adequate to fund our operating and investing needs and debt maturities for the next twelve months and to provide us with the ability to respond to further changes in the business environment.

Our ability to service debt and operational requirements is also dependent, in part, on the ability of our subsidiaries to make distributions of cash to various other entities in our consolidated group, whether in the form of dividends, loans or otherwise. In certain countries where we operate, such as China, South Africa, Serbia and Argentina, transfers of funds into or out of such countries by way of dividends, loans, advances or payments to third-party or affiliated suppliers are generally or periodically subject to certain requirements, such as obtaining approval from the foreign government and/or currency exchange board before net assets can be transferred out of the country. In addition, certain of our credit agreements and other debt instruments limit the ability of foreign subsidiaries to make distributions of cash. Thus, we would have to repay and/or amend these credit agreements and other debt instruments in order to use this cash to service our consolidated debt. Because of the inherent uncertainty of satisfactorily meeting these requirements or limitations, we do not consider the net assets of our subsidiaries, including our Chinese, South African, Serbian and Argentinian subsidiaries, which are subject to such requirements or limitations to be integral to our liquidity or our ability to service our debt and operational requirements. At December 31, 2024, approximately $790 million of net assets, including approximately $182 million of cash and cash equivalents, were subject to such requirements. The requirements we must comply with to transfer funds out of China, South Africa, Serbia and Argentina have not adversely impacted our ability to make transfers out of those countries.

Cash Position

At December 31, 2024, significant concentrations of cash and cash equivalents held by our international subsidiaries included the following amounts:

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$242 million or 30% in Asia Pacific, primarily China, Australia and India ($244 million or 27% at December 31, 2023),

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$193 million or 24% in EMEA, primarily Turkey and Ukraine ($297 million or 33% at December 31, 2023).

We have deposited our cash and cash equivalents and entered into various credit agreements and derivative contracts with financial institutions that we considered to be substantial and creditworthy at the time of such transactions. We seek to control our exposure to these financial institutions by diversifying our deposits, credit agreements and derivative contracts across multiple financial institutions, by setting deposit and counterparty credit limits based on long term credit ratings and other indicators of credit risk such as credit default swap spreads and default probabilities, and by monitoring the financial strength of these financial institutions on a regular basis. We also enter into master netting agreements with counterparties when possible. By controlling and monitoring exposure to financial institutions in this manner, we believe that we effectively manage the risk of loss due to nonperformance by a financial institution. However, we cannot provide assurance that we will not experience losses or delays in accessing our deposits or lines of credit due to the nonperformance of a financial institution. Our inability to access our cash deposits or make draws on our lines of credit, or the inability of a counterparty to fulfill its contractual obligations to us, could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations in the period in which it occurs.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $698 million in 2024, decreasing $334 million compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $1,032 million in 2023.

The decrease in cash provided by operating activities reflects a net increase in cash used for working capital of $381 million, year-over-year changes in balance sheet accounts for Other Current Liabilities and Other Assets and Liabilities totaling $171 million and an increase in rationalization payments of $99 million, partially offset by higher earnings in our SBUs of $350 million.

The net increase in cash used for working capital reflects an increase in cash used for Inventory of $1,030 million, partially offset by a decrease in cash used by Accounts Payable - Trade of $463 million and an increase in cash provided by Accounts Receivable of $186 million.

Investing Activities

Net cash used for investing activities was $1,005 million in 2024, compared to $1,035 million in 2023. The $30 million decrease in cash used for investing activities primarily relates to an increase in proceeds from asset dispositions of $99 million, insurance recoveries of $62 million for the replacement of equipment damaged in the Debica fire and building damage in Tupelo and a net decrease in loans to TireHub of $56 million, partially offset by a decrease in proceeds from sale and leaseback transactions of $83 million. In addition, capital expenditures were $1,188 million in 2024, increasing $138 million, compared to $1,050 million in 2023. Beyond expenditures required to sustain our facilities, capital expenditures in 2024 and 2023 primarily related to the modernization and expansion of tire manufacturing facilities around the world.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $225 million in 2024, compared to cash used for financing activities of $333 million in 2023. The $558 million increase in cash provided by financing activities reflects higher net borrowings due to lower cash flows from operations.

Credit Sources

In aggregate, we had total credit arrangements of $11,223 million available at December 31, 2024, of which $3,555 million were unused, compared to $11,743 million available at December 31, 2023, of which $4,247 million were unused. At December 31, 2024, we had long term credit arrangements totaling $10,352 million, of which $3,263 million were unused, compared to $10,983 million and $3,867 million, respectively, at December 31, 2023. At December 31, 2024, we had short term committed and uncommitted credit arrangements totaling $871 million, of which $292 million were unused, compared to $760 million and $380 million, respectively, at December 31, 2023. The continued availability of the short term uncommitted arrangements is at the discretion of the relevant lender and may be terminated at any time.

Outstanding Notes

At December 31, 2024, we had $5,240 million of outstanding notes, compared to $5,571 million at December 31, 2023.

$2.75 Billion Amended and Restated First Lien Revolving Credit Facility due 2026

Our first lien revolving credit facility matures on June 8, 2026 and is available in the form of loans or letters of credit. Up to $800 million in letters of credit and $50 million of swingline loans are available for issuance under the facility. Subject to the consent of the lenders whose commitments are to be increased, we may request that the facility be increased by up to $250 million. Based on our current liquidity, amounts drawn under this facility bear interest at SOFR plus 125 basis points. Undrawn amounts under the facility are subject to an annual commitment fee of 25 basis points.

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Availability under the facility is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on (i) eligible accounts receivable and inventory of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, (ii) the value of our principal trademarks in an amount not to exceed $400 million, (iii) the value of eligible machinery and equipment, and (iv) certain cash in an amount not to exceed $275 million. To the extent that our eligible accounts receivable, inventory and other components of the borrowing base decline in value, our borrowing base will decrease and the availability under the facility may decrease below $2.75 billion. As of December 31, 2024, our borrowing base was above the facility's stated amount of $2.75 billion.

At December 31, 2024, we had $700 million of borrowings and $1 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2023, we had $385 million of borrowings and $1 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility.

€800 Million Amended and Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility due 2028

The European revolving credit facility matures on January 14, 2028 and consists of (i) a €180 million German tranche that is available only to Goodyear Germany GmbH and (ii) a €620 million all-borrower tranche that is available to Goodyear Europe B.V. ("GEBV"), Goodyear Germany and Goodyear Operations S.A. Up to €175 million of swingline loans and €75 million in letters of credit are available for issuance under the all-borrower tranche. Subject to the consent of the lenders whose commitments are to be increased, we may request that the facility be increased by up to €200 million. Amounts drawn under this facility will bear interest at SOFR plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in U.S. dollars, EURIBOR plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in euros, and SONIA plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in pounds sterling. Undrawn amounts under the facility are subject to an annual commitment fee of 25 basis points.

At December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had no borrowings and no letters of credit outstanding under the European revolving credit facility.

Each of our first lien revolving credit facility and our European revolving credit facility have customary representations and warranties including, as a condition to borrowing, that all such representations and warranties are true and correct, in all material respects, on the date of the borrowing, including representations as to no material adverse change in our business or financial condition since December 31, 2020 under the first lien facility and December 31, 2021 under the European facility.

Accounts Receivable Securitization Facilities (On-Balance Sheet)

GEBV and certain other of our European subsidiaries are parties to a pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility that expires in 2027. The terms of the facility provide the flexibility to designate annually the maximum amount of funding available under the facility in an amount of not less than €30 million and not more than €450 million. For the period from October 19, 2023 through October 16, 2024, the designated maximum amount of the facility was €300 million. For the period from October 17, 2024 through October 16, 2025, the designated maximum amount of the facility will remain €300 million.

The facility involves an ongoing daily sale of substantially all of the trade accounts receivable of certain GEBV subsidiaries. These subsidiaries retain servicing responsibilities. Utilization under this facility is based on eligible receivable balances.

The funding commitments under the facility will expire upon the earliest to occur of: (a) October 19, 2027, (b) the non-renewal and expiration (without substitution) of all of the back-up liquidity commitments, (c) the early termination of the facility according to its terms (generally upon an Early Amortisation Event (as defined in the facility), which includes, among other things, events similar to the events of default under our first lien revolving credit facility; certain tax law changes; or certain changes to law, regulation or accounting standards), or (d) our request for early termination of the facility. The facility’s current back-up liquidity commitments will expire on October 16, 2025.

At December 31, 2024, the amounts available and utilized under this program totaled $227 million (€218 million). At December 31, 2023, the amounts available and utilized under this program totaled $244 million (€221 million). The program does not qualify for sale accounting, and accordingly, these amounts are included in Long Term Debt and Finance Leases.

Accounts Receivable Factoring Facilities (Off-Balance Sheet)

We have sold certain of our trade receivables under off-balance sheet programs. For these programs, we have concluded that there is generally no risk of loss to us from non-payment of the sold receivables. At December 31, 2024, the gross amount of receivables sold was $773 million, compared to $693 million at December 31, 2023.

Letters of Credit

At December 31, 2024, we had $211 million in letters of credit issued under bilateral letter of credit agreements and other foreign credit facilities.

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We have entered into payment processing agreements with several financial institutions. Under these agreements, the financial institutions act as our paying agents with respect to accounts payable due to our suppliers. These agreements also allow our suppliers to sell their receivables to the financial institutions at the sole discretion of both the supplier and the financial institution on terms that are negotiated between them. We are not always notified when our suppliers sell receivables under these programs. Our obligations to our suppliers, including the amounts due and scheduled payment dates, are not impacted by our suppliers' decisions to sell their receivables under these programs. Agreements for such supplier financing programs totaled up to $775 million and $892 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The amounts confirmed to the financial institutions were $604 million and $580 million at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and are included in Accounts Payable — Trade in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. All activity related to these obligations is presented within operating activities on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Further Information

For a further description of the terms of our outstanding notes, first lien revolving credit facility, European revolving credit facility and pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 15, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments.

Covenant Compliance

Our first lien revolving credit facility and some of the indentures governing our notes contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional debt or issue redeemable preferred stock, pay dividends, repurchase shares or make certain other restricted payments or investments, incur liens, sell assets, incur restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to us, enter into affiliate transactions, engage in sale and leaseback transactions, and consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. These covenants are subject to significant exceptions and qualifications. Our first lien revolving credit facility and the indentures governing our notes also have customary defaults, including cross-defaults to material indebtedness of Goodyear and its subsidiaries.

We have an additional financial covenant in our first lien revolving credit facility that is currently not applicable. We become subject to that financial covenant when the aggregate amount of our Parent Company (The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company) and guarantor subsidiaries cash and cash equivalents (“Available Cash”) plus our availability under our first lien revolving credit facility is less than $275 million. If this were to occur, our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense may not be less than 2.0 to 1.0 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters. As of December 31, 2024, our unused availability under this facility of $2,049 million plus our Available Cash of $168 million totaled $2,217 million, which is in excess of $275 million.

In addition, our European revolving credit facility contains non-financial covenants similar to the non-financial covenants in our first lien revolving credit facility that are described above, similar non-financial covenants specifically applicable to GEBV and its subsidiaries, and a financial covenant applicable only to GEBV and its subsidiaries. This financial covenant provides that we are not permitted to allow GEBV’s ratio of Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness to Consolidated GEBV EBITDA for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to be greater than 3.0 to 1.0 at the end of any fiscal quarter. Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness is determined net of the sum of cash and cash equivalents in excess of $100 million held by GEBV and its subsidiaries, cash and cash equivalents in excess of $150 million held by the Parent Company and its U.S. subsidiaries, and availability under our first lien revolving credit facility if the ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense described above is not applicable and the conditions to borrowing under the first lien revolving credit facility are met. Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness also excludes loans from other consolidated Goodyear entities. This financial covenant is also included in our pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility. At December 31, 2024, we were in compliance with this financial covenant.

Our credit facilities also state that we may only incur additional debt or make restricted payments that are not otherwise expressly permitted if, after giving effect to the debt incurrence or the restricted payment, our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense for the prior four fiscal quarters would exceed 2.0 to 1.0. Certain of our senior note indentures have substantially similar limitations on incurring debt and making restricted payments. Our credit facilities and indentures also permit the incurrence of additional debt through other provisions in those agreements without regard to our ability to satisfy the ratio-based incurrence test described above. We believe that these other provisions provide us with sufficient flexibility to incur additional debt necessary to meet our operating, investing and financing needs without regard to our ability to satisfy the ratio-based incurrence test.

Covenants could change based upon a refinancing or amendment of an existing facility, or additional covenants may be added in connection with the incurrence of new debt.

As of December 31, 2024, we were in compliance with the currently applicable material covenants imposed by our principal credit facilities and indentures.

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The terms “Available Cash,” “EBITDA,” “Consolidated Interest Expense,” “Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness” and “Consolidated GEBV EBITDA” have the meanings given them in the respective credit facilities.

Potential Future Financings

On July 22, 2024, we entered into a commitment letter (the “Commitment Letter”) to provide us a 364-day senior unsecured committed credit facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500 million (the “Committed Credit Facility”). If drawn, borrowings under the Committed Credit Facility would be required to be used solely to redeem our remaining outstanding 9.5% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “9.5% Notes”). On February 3, 2025, following the closing of the sale of our OTR tire business to Yokohama, the commitments under the Commitment Letter for the Committed Credit Facility were reduced to zero and the Commitment Letter was terminated in accordance with its terms. On February 4, 2025, we called for redemption in full of the 9.5% Notes on February 19, 2025 (the “Redemption Date”) at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date.

In addition to the financing activities described above, we may seek to undertake additional financing actions which could include restructuring bank debt or capital markets transactions, possibly including the issuance of additional debt or equity. Given the inherent uncertainty of market conditions, access to the capital markets cannot be assured.

Our future liquidity requirements may make it necessary for us to incur additional debt. However, a substantial portion of our assets are already subject to liens securing our indebtedness. As a result, we are limited in our ability to pledge our remaining assets as security for additional secured indebtedness. In addition, no assurance can be given as to our ability to raise additional unsecured debt.

Dividends and Common Stock Repurchase Program

Under our primary credit facilities and some of our note indentures, we are permitted to pay dividends on and repurchase our capital stock (which constitute restricted payments) as long as no default will have occurred and be continuing, additional indebtedness can be incurred under the credit facilities or indentures following the payment, and certain financial tests are satisfied.

No cash dividends were paid on our common stock in 2024, 2023 or 2022.

We may repurchase shares delivered to us by employees as payment for the exercise price of stock options and the withholding taxes due upon the exercise of stock options or the vesting or payment of stock awards. During 2024, 2023 and 2022, we did not repurchase any shares from our employees.

The restrictions imposed by our credit facilities and indentures are not expected to affect our ability to pay dividends or repurchase our capital stock in the future.

Asset Dispositions

Historically, the restrictions on asset sales and sale and leaseback transactions imposed by our material indebtedness have not affected our ability to divest non-core businesses or assets. Although it is not a condition to closing, the sale of the Dunlop brand will require a waiver or an amendment of our European revolving credit facility. We may undertake additional asset sales and sale and leaseback transactions in the future. The restrictions imposed by our material indebtedness may require us to seek further waivers or amendments of covenants or alternative sources of financing to proceed with future transactions. We cannot assure you that such waivers, amendments or alternative financing could be obtained, or if obtained, would be on terms acceptable to us.

Supplemental Guarantor Financial Information

Certain of our subsidiaries, which are listed on Exhibit 22.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are generally holding or operating companies, have guaranteed our obligations under the $500 million outstanding principal amount of 9.5% senior notes due 2025, the $900 million outstanding principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2026, the $700 million outstanding principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2027, the $850 million outstanding principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2029, the $550 million outstanding principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due April 2031, the $600 million outstanding principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due July 2031 and the $450 million outstanding principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2033 (collectively, the “Notes”).

The Notes have been issued by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Parent Company”) and are its senior unsecured obligations. The Notes rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future senior unsecured obligations and senior to any of our future subordinated indebtedness. The Notes are effectively subordinated to our existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the assets securing that indebtedness. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries that also guarantee our obligations under our first lien revolving credit facility (such guarantees, the “Guarantees”; and, such guaranteeing subsidiaries, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors and rank equally in right of

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payment with all existing and future senior unsecured obligations of our Subsidiary Guarantors. The Guarantees are effectively subordinated to existing and future secured indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent of the assets securing that indebtedness.

The Notes are structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future debt and other liabilities, including trade payables, of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes (the “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries”). The Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries will have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay amounts due under the Notes or to make funds available to pay those amounts. Certain Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are limited in their ability to remit funds to us by means of dividends, advances or loans due to required foreign government and/or currency exchange board approvals or limitations in credit agreements or other debt instruments of those subsidiaries.

The Subsidiary Guarantors, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee on a senior unsecured basis the performance and full and punctual payment when due of all obligations of the Parent Company under the Notes and the related indentures, whether for payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise. The Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors are subject to release in limited circumstances only upon the occurrence of certain customary conditions.

Although the Guarantees provide the holders of Notes with a direct unsecured claim against the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantors, under U.S. federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of U.S. state fraudulent transfer laws, in certain circumstances a court could cancel a Guarantee and order the return of any payments made thereunder to the Subsidiary Guarantor or to a fund for the benefit of its creditors.

A court might take these actions if it found, among other things, that when the Subsidiary Guarantors incurred the debt evidenced by their Guarantee (i) they received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the incurrence of the debt and (ii) any one of the following conditions was satisfied:

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the Subsidiary Guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of the incurrence;

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the Subsidiary Guarantor was engaged in a business or transaction for which its remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

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the Subsidiary Guarantor intended to incur, or believed (or reasonably should have believed) that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay as those debts matured.

In applying the above factors, a court would likely find that a Subsidiary Guarantor did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value for its Guarantee, except to the extent that it benefited directly or indirectly from the issuance of the Notes. The determination of whether a guarantor was or was not rendered “insolvent” when it entered into its guarantee will vary depending on the law of the jurisdiction being applied. Generally, an entity would be considered insolvent if the sum of its debts (including contingent or unliquidated debts) is greater than all of its assets at a fair valuation or if the present fair salable value of its assets is less than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent or unliquidated debts, as they mature.

Under Canadian federal bankruptcy and insolvency laws and comparable provincial laws on preferences, fraudulent conveyances or other challengeable or voidable transactions, the Guarantees could be challenged as a preference, fraudulent conveyance, transfer at undervalue or other challengeable or voidable transaction. The test to be applied varies among the different pieces of legislation, but as a general matter these types of challenges may arise in circumstances where:

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such action was intended to defeat, hinder, delay, defraud or prejudice creditors or others;

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such action was taken within a specified period of time prior to the commencement of proceedings under Canadian bankruptcy, insolvency or restructuring legislation in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantor, the consideration received by the Subsidiary Guarantor was conspicuously less than the fair market value of the consideration given, and the Subsidiary Guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by such action and (in some circumstances, or) such action was intended to defraud, defeat or delay a creditor;

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such action was taken within a specified period of time prior to the commencement of proceedings under Canadian bankruptcy, insolvency or restructuring legislation in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantor and such action was taken, or is deemed to have been taken, with a view to giving a creditor a preference over other creditors or, in some circumstances, had the effect of giving a creditor a preference over other creditors; or

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a Subsidiary Guarantor is found to have acted in a manner that was oppressive, unfairly prejudicial to or unfairly disregarded the interests of any shareholder, creditor, director, officer or other interested party.

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of Notes engaged in some type of inequitable or improper conduct, (2) the inequitable or improper conduct resulted in injury to other creditors or conferred an unfair advantage upon the holder of Notes and (3) equitable subordination is not inconsistent with the provisions of the relevant solvency statute.

If a court canceled a Guarantee, the holders of Notes would no longer have a claim against that Subsidiary Guarantor or its assets.

Each Guarantee is limited, by its terms, to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering the Guarantee, as it relates to that Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor is a consolidated subsidiary of the Parent Company at the date of the balance sheet presented. The following tables present summarized financial information for the Parent Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on a combined basis after elimination of (i) intercompany transactions and balances among the Parent Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and (ii) equity in earnings from and investments in any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary.

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Includes receivables due from Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of $1,824 million as of December 31, 2024.

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Includes income from intercompany transactions with Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of $659 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily from royalties, dividends, interest and intercompany product sales.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Contractual Obligations

The following table presents our contractual obligations and commitments to make future payments as of December 31, 2024:

(1)
Debt obligations include Notes Payable and Overdrafts, and excludes the impact of deferred financing fees, unamortized discounts, and a fair value step-up related to the Cooper Tire acquisition.

(2)
The minimum lease payments for finance lease obligations are $727 million.

(3)
These amounts represent future interest payments related to our existing debt obligations and finance leases based on fixed and variable interest rates specified in the associated debt and lease agreements. The amounts provided relate only to existing debt obligations and do not assume the refinancing or replacement of such debt or future changes in variable interest rates.

(4)
Operating lease obligations have not been reduced by minimum sublease rentals of $7 million, $4 million, $3 million, $2 million, $1 million and $1 million in each of the periods above, respectively, for a total of $18 million. Payments, net of minimum sublease rentals, total $1,279 million. The present value of the net operating lease payments, including sublease rentals, is $989 million. The operating leases relate to, among other things, real estate, vehicles, data processing equipment and miscellaneous other assets. No asset is leased from any related party.

(5)
The obligation related to pension benefits is actuarially determined and is reflective of obligations as of December 31, 2024. Although subject to change, the amounts set forth in the table represent the mid-point of the range of our expected contributions for funded U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans, plus expected cash funding of direct participant payments to our U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans.

We made significant contributions to fully fund our U.S. pension plans in 2013 and 2014. We have no minimum funding requirements for our funded U.S. pension plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") or the provisions of our USW collective bargaining agreement, including a provision which requires us to maintain an annual ERISA funded status for the Goodyear U.S. hourly pension plan of at least 97%.

Future U.S. pension contributions will be affected by our ability to offset changes in future interest rates with returns from our asset portfolios and any changes to ERISA. For further information on the U.S. pension investment strategy, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 17, Pension, Other Postretirement Benefits and Savings Plans.

Future non-U.S. contributions are affected by factors such as:

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future interest rate levels,

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the amount and timing of asset returns, and

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how contributions in excess of the minimum requirements could impact the amount and timing of future contributions.

(6)
The payments presented above are expected payments for the next 10 years. The payments for other postretirement benefits reflect the estimated benefit payments of the plans using the provisions currently in effect. Under the relevant summary plan descriptions or plan documents, we have the right to modify or terminate the plans. The obligation related to other postretirement benefits is actuarially determined on an annual basis.

(7)
The payments for workers’ compensation obligations are based upon recent historical payment patterns on claims. The present value of anticipated claims payments for workers’ compensation is $158 million.

(8)
Binding commitments are for raw materials, capital expenditures, utilities, and various other types of contracts. The obligations to purchase raw materials include supply contracts at both fixed and variable prices. Those with variable prices are based on index rates for those commodities at December 31, 2024.

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(9)
These amounts primarily represent expected payments with interest for uncertain income tax positions as of December 31, 2024. We have reflected them in the period in which we believe they will be ultimately settled based upon our experience with these matters.

Additional other long term liabilities include items such as general and product liabilities, environmental liabilities and miscellaneous other long term liabilities. These other liabilities are not contractual obligations by nature. We cannot, with any degree of reliability, determine the years in which these liabilities might ultimately be settled. Accordingly, these other long term liabilities are not included in the above table.

In addition, pursuant to certain long term agreements, we will purchase varying amounts of certain raw materials and finished goods at agreed upon base prices that may be subject to periodic adjustments for changes in raw material costs and market price adjustments, or in quantities that may be subject to periodic adjustments for changes in our or our suppliers' production levels. These contingent contractual obligations, the amounts of which cannot be estimated, are not included in the table above.

We do not engage in the trading of commodity contracts or any related derivative contracts. We generally purchase raw materials and energy through short term, intermediate and long term supply contracts at fixed prices or at formula prices related to market prices or negotiated prices. We may, however, from time to time, enter into contracts to hedge our energy costs.

We have an agreement to provide a revolving loan commitment to TireHub, LLC. During the first quarter of 2024, the revolving loan commitment increased from $100 million to $130 million. At December 31, 2024, $119 million was drawn on this commitment, which includes $2 million of interest.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

An off-balance sheet arrangement is any transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement involving an unconsolidated entity under which a company has:

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made guarantees,

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retained or held a contingent interest in transferred assets,

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undertaken an obligation under certain derivative instruments, or

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undertaken any obligation arising out of a material variable interest in an unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit risk support to the company, or that engages in leasing, hedging or research and development arrangements with the company.

We have entered into certain arrangements under which we have provided guarantees that are off-balance sheet arrangements. Those guarantees totaled $29 million at December 31, 2024. For further information about our guarantees, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 19, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and related notes to the financial statements. On an ongoing basis, management reviews its estimates based on currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances may alter such estimates and affect our results of operations and financial position in future periods. Our critical accounting policies relate to:

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goodwill and intangible assets,

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workers’ compensation,

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pensions and other postretirement benefits.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if an indicator of impairment is present. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their useful lives and are reviewed for impairment whenever events or circumstances warrant such review. Goodwill and intangible assets are written down to fair value if considered impaired. Goodwill and Intangible Assets totaled $756 million and $805 million, respectively, at December 31, 2024, compared to $781 million and $969 million, respectively, at December 31, 2023. At December 31, 2024, the goodwill associated with reporting units in our Americas and Asia Pacific segments was $715 million and $41 million.

Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortized but are assessed for impairment annually on October 31st with the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further impairment testing is necessary or to perform a quantitative assessment by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit or indefinite-lived intangible asset to its carrying value. In addition to the annual assessment, impairment evaluation is considered during interim periods when events occur or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the asset below its carrying value. During our annual impairment assessment and in subsequent interim periods, we review events that occur or circumstances that change, including the macroeconomic environment, our business performance and our market capitalization, to determine if a quantitative impairment assessment is necessary. We review our business performance and the macroeconomic environment against our recent expectations and evaluate book value compared to market capitalization, including fluctuations in our stock price, to determine if this could be an indicator of potential impairment. Consideration is given as to whether a fluctuation in our stock price is a result of current market conditions, due to a transitory event or an event that is expected to continue to affect us, or is consistent with our historical stock price volatility. We also consider these factors compared to the results of our most recent quantitative goodwill impairment assessment.

Under the qualitative assessment, we assess whether it is more likely than not (defined as a likelihood of more than 50%) that the fair value of our goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets is less than the respective carrying values. If it is more likely than not that an impairment exists, then a quantitative impairment assessment is performed. If under the quantitative assessment the fair value is less than the carrying value, an impairment loss will be recorded for the difference between the carrying value and the fair value. Under the quantitative assessment, we estimate the fair value of goodwill using the discounted cash flows of a reporting unit. For indefinite-lived intangible assets we estimate the fair value using discounted cash flows following a relief-from-royalty method utilizing a market-based royalty rate. Forecasts of future cash flows are based on our best estimate of projected revenue and projected operating margin, based primarily on sales and production volume, pricing, raw material costs, market share, industry outlook, general economic conditions, and certain strategic actions we plan to implement. Cash flows are discounted using our weighted average cost of capital.

During the third quarter of 2024, we experienced a decline in our market capitalization as a result of a decrease in our stock price. Our stock price has a history of volatility, however, given the decrease was sustained throughout the quarter, we viewed this event as a triggering event and performed a quantitative analysis of the fair value of the North America reporting unit in our Americas segment as of September 30, 2024 which resulted in an estimated fair value that exceeded its carrying value, including goodwill.

As part of our annual impairment analysis as of October 31, 2024, we completed a quantitative impairment analysis of our North America and Asia Pacific reporting units to determine if their fair values were less than their carrying amounts. Based on the quantitative test, the North America reporting unit had an estimated fair value that exceeded its carrying value, including goodwill, by approximately 11% and the Asia Pacific reporting unit substantially exceeded its carrying value.

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The following table highlights the sensitivities of the North America reporting unit's goodwill as of October 31, 2024:

We determined the estimated fair value for the reporting units based on discounted cash flow projections. The most critical assumptions used in the calculation of the fair value of each reporting unit are the projected revenue, projected operating margin and discount rate. Our forecast of future cash flows is based on our best estimate of projected revenue and projected operating margin, based primarily on pricing, raw material costs, market share, industry outlook, general economic conditions and strategic actions to improve our operating margin. The fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill is sensitive to differences between estimated and actual cash flows, including changes in the projected revenue, projected operating margin and discount rate used to evaluate the fair value of the reporting unit. Although we believe our estimate of fair value is reasonable, if a reporting unit’s future financial performance falls below our expectations, there are adverse revisions to significant assumptions, or our market capitalization declines further or does not improve from the strategic actions we are implementing, this could be indicative that the fair values of each of our reporting units has declined below their carrying values, and therefore we may need to record a material, non-cash goodwill impairment charge in a future period.

In the third quarter of 2024, we experienced a decline in volumes primarily in our lower tier indefinite-lived intangible assets related to the acquisition of Cooper Tire as a result of increased competition from lower tier imports in the market. We viewed this event as a triggering event and performed a quantitative analysis of the fair value of our indefinite-lived intangible assets related to the acquisition of Cooper Tire as of September 30, 2024. Based on the results of the quantitative impairment assessments, the fair value of the intangible assets was less than the carrying value, resulting in a non-cash impairment charge of $125 million during the third quarter of 2024.

As part of our annual impairment analysis as of October 31, 2024, we completed a quantitative impairment analysis of our indefinite-lived intangible assets to determine if their fair values were less than their carrying amounts. Based on the results of the quantitative impairment assessments, the Company determined that no impairment was required as the estimated fair values of our indefinite-lived intangible assets exceeded or approximated their respective carrying values. We identified $435 million of indefinite-lived intangible assets related to the Cooper Tire acquisition for which the estimated fair values approximated their respective carrying values. We determined the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible assets using the relief-from-royalty method, which calculates the cost savings associated with owning rather than licensing the assets. The most critical assumptions used in the calculation of the fair value are projected revenue, discount rate and royalty rate. The fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible assets is sensitive to differences between estimated and actual revenue, including changes in the discount rate and royalty rate used to evaluate the fair value of these assets. Although we believe our estimate of fair value is reasonable, the indefinite-lived intangible asset performance is dependent on our ability to execute our business plan. If our future financial performance falls below our expectations, or there are adverse revisions to significant assumptions, including projected revenues, discount rates or royalty rates, this could be indicative that the fair values of these indefinite-lived intangible assets has declined below their carrying values, and therefore we may need to record a material, non-cash impairment charge in a future period.

We assessed the period from October 31, 2024 to December 31, 2024 and determined there were no factors that caused us to change our conclusions.

For further information on goodwill and intangible assets, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 11, Goodwill and Intangible Assets.

General and Product Liability and Other Litigation. We have recorded liabilities for both asserted and unasserted claims totaling $406 million and $438 million, including related legal fees expected to be incurred, for potential product liability and other tort claims, including asbestos claims, at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. General and product liability and other litigation liabilities are recorded based on management’s assessment that a loss arising from these matters is probable. If the loss can be reasonably estimated, we record the amount of the estimated loss. If the loss is estimated within a range and no point within the range is more probable than another, we record the minimum amount in the range. As additional

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information becomes available, any potential liability related to these matters is assessed and the estimates are revised, if necessary. Loss ranges are based upon the specific facts of each claim or class of claims and are determined after review by counsel. Court rulings on our cases or similar cases may impact our assessment of the probability and our estimate of the loss, which may have an impact on our reported results of operations, financial position and liquidity. We record receivables for insurance recoveries related to our litigation claims when it is probable that we will receive reimbursement from the insurer. Specifically, we are a defendant in numerous lawsuits alleging various asbestos-related personal injuries purported to result from alleged exposure to asbestos in certain products previously manufactured by us or present in certain of our facilities. Typically, these lawsuits have been brought against multiple defendants in federal and state courts.

We periodically, and at least annually, update, using actuarial analyses, our existing reserves for pending claims, including a reasonable estimate of the liability associated with unasserted asbestos claims, and estimate our receivables from probable insurance recoveries. In determining the estimate of our asbestos liability, we evaluated claims over the next ten-year period. Due to the difficulties in making these estimates, analysis based on new data and/or changed circumstances arising in the future may result in an increase in the recorded obligation, and that increase may be significant. We had recorded gross liabilities for both asserted and unasserted asbestos claims, inclusive of defense costs, totaling $115 million and $120 million, respectively, at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

We maintain certain primary and excess insurance coverage under coverage-in-place agreements, and also have additional excess liability insurance with respect to asbestos liabilities. We record a receivable with respect to such policies when we determine that recovery is probable and we can reasonably estimate the amount of a particular recovery. This determination is based on consultation with our outside legal counsel and takes into consideration agreements with certain of our insurance carriers, the financial viability and legal obligations of our insurance carriers, and other relevant factors.

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we recorded a receivable related to asbestos claims of $63 million and $66 million, respectively, and we expect that approximately 55% of asbestos claim related losses would be recoverable through insurance through the period covered by the estimated liability. Of this amount, $11 million and $10 million was included in Current Assets as part of Accounts Receivable at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The recorded receivable consists of an amount we expect to collect under coverage-in-place agreements with certain primary and excess insurance carriers as well as an amount we believe is probable of recovery from certain of our other excess insurance carriers. Although we believe these amounts are collectible under primary and certain excess policies today, future disputes with insurers could result in significant charges to operations.

Workers’ Compensation. We have recorded liabilities, on a discounted basis, of $158 million and $167 million for anticipated costs related to U.S. workers’ compensation claims at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The costs include an estimate of expected settlements on pending claims, defense costs and a provision for claims incurred but not reported. These estimates are based on our assessment of potential liability using an analysis of available information with respect to pending claims, historical experience and current cost trends. The amount of our ultimate liability in respect of these matters may differ from these estimates. We periodically, and at least annually, update our loss development factors based on actuarial analyses. The liability is discounted using the risk-free rate of return.

For further information on general and product liability and other litigation and workers’ compensation, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 19, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.

Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowances and Uncertain Income Tax Positions. At December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, our valuation allowances on certain of our U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets totaled $26 million and $22 million, respectively, and our valuation allowances on our foreign net deferred tax assets totaled approximately $1.2 billion.

We record a reduction to the carrying amounts of deferred tax assets by recording a valuation allowance if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not such assets will not be realized. The valuation of deferred tax assets requires judgment in assessing future profitability by year, including the impact of tax planning strategies, relative to the expiration dates, if any, of the assets.

We consider both positive and negative evidence when measuring the need for a valuation allowance. The weight given to the evidence is commensurate with the extent to which it may be objectively verified. Current and cumulative financial reporting results are a source of objectively verifiable information. We give operating results during the most recent three-year period a significant weight in our analysis. We perform scheduling exercises to determine if sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character exists in the periods required in order to realize our deferred tax assets with limited lives (such as tax loss carryforwards and tax credits) prior to their expiration. We also consider prudent tax planning strategies (including an assessment of their feasibility) to accelerate taxable income if required to utilize expiring deferred tax assets. A valuation allowance is not required to the extent that, in our judgment, positive evidence exists with a magnitude and duration sufficient to result in a conclusion that it is more likely than not that our deferred tax assets will be realized.

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At December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we had approximately $1.3 billion and $1.2 billion of U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets, respectively, inclusive of valuation allowances totaling $26 million and $22 million, respectively, in each period, primarily for state tax loss carryforwards with limited lives. As of December 31, 2024, approximately $1.1 billion of these U.S. net deferred tax assets had unlimited lives and approximately $200 million had limited lives, including $24 million of foreign tax credits, and the majority do not start to expire until 2030. As of December 31, 2023, approximately $1.0 billion of these U.S. net deferred tax assets had unlimited lives and approximately $200 million had limited lives, including $22 million of foreign tax credits, and the majority do not start to expire until 2030. In the U.S., we have a cumulative loss for the three-year period ended December 31, 2024 primarily driven by non-recurring items such as rationalization charges, pension curtailments and settlements, one-time costs associated with the Goodyear Forward plan, and intangible asset impairments.

In assessing our ability to utilize our net deferred tax assets, we primarily considered objectively verifiable information, including the improvement of our U.S. operating results during 2024 as a result of lower raw material and transportation costs and benefits from the Goodyear Forward plan compared to 2023 as well as non-deductible interest and future royalty income from foreign subsidiaries. In addition, we considered our current forecasts of future profitability in assessing our ability to realize our deferred tax assets as well as the impact of tax planning strategies. These forecasts include the impact of recent trends and various macroeconomic factors such as the impact of raw material, transportation, labor and energy costs on our profitability. Our tax planning strategies include accelerating income on cross border transactions, including sales of inventory or raw materials to our subsidiaries, reducing U.S. interest expense by, for example, reducing intercompany loans through repatriating current year earnings of foreign subsidiaries, repatriation of certain foreign royalty income, and other financing transactions, all of which would increase our domestic profitability.

We believe our improvement in U.S. operating results for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023, as well as forecasts of future profitability, provide us sufficient positive evidence to conclude that it is more likely than not that, at December 31, 2024, our U.S. net deferred tax assets will be fully utilized. However, macroeconomic factors such as raw material, transportation, potential tariff, labor and energy costs possess a high degree of volatility and can significantly impact our profitability. In addition, certain tax provisions, such as the annual interest expense limitation under Section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if amended, could impact our analysis of the realizability of our U.S. deferred tax assets. If our U.S. operating results significantly decline in the future, we may need to record a valuation allowance which could adversely impact our operating results. As such, we will closely monitor our U.S. operations as well as any tax law changes to assess the realizability of our U.S. deferred tax assets.

At December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we also had approximately $1.5 billion of foreign net deferred tax assets and related valuation allowances of approximately $1.2 billion. Our losses in various foreign taxing jurisdictions in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require us to maintain a full valuation allowance against certain of these net foreign deferred tax assets. Most notably, in Luxembourg, we maintain a valuation allowance of approximately $1.0 billion on all of our net deferred tax assets. Each reporting period, we assess available positive and negative evidence and estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize these existing deferred tax assets. We do not believe that sufficient positive evidence required to release valuation allowances on our foreign deferred tax assets having a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations will exist within the next twelve months.

We recognize the effects of changes in tax rates and laws on deferred tax balances in the period in which legislation is enacted. We remeasure existing deferred tax assets and liabilities considering the tax rates at which they will be realized. We also consider the effects of enacted tax laws in our analysis of the need for valuation allowances.

The calculation of our tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations, including those for transfer pricing. We recognize liabilities for anticipated tax audit issues based on our estimate of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes will be due. If we ultimately determine that payment of these amounts is unnecessary, we reverse the liability and recognize a tax benefit during the period in which we determine that the liability is no longer necessary. We also recognize income tax benefits to the extent that it is more likely than not that our positions will be sustained when challenged by the taxing authorities. We derecognize income tax benefits when, based on new information, we determine that it is no longer more likely than not that our position will be sustained. To the extent we prevail in matters for which liabilities have been established, or determine we need to derecognize tax benefits recorded in prior periods, our results of operations and effective tax rate in a given period could be materially affected. An unfavorable tax settlement would require use of our cash, and lead to recognition of expense to the extent the settlement amount exceeds recorded liabilities, resulting in an increase in our effective tax rate in the period of resolution. To reduce our risk of an unfavorable transfer price settlement, we apply consistent transfer pricing policies and practices globally, support pricing with economic studies and seek advance pricing agreements and joint audits to the extent possible. A favorable tax settlement would be recognized as a reduction of expense to the extent the settlement amount is lower than recorded liabilities and, in the case of an income tax settlement, would result in a reduction in our effective tax rate in the period of resolution. We report interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions as income tax expense.

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For additional information regarding uncertain income tax positions and tax valuation allowances, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 6, Income Taxes.

Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits. We have recorded liabilities for pensions of $138 million and $181 million and other postretirement benefits of $232 million and $287 million, respectively, at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Our recorded liabilities and net periodic costs for pensions and other postretirement benefits are based on a number of assumptions, including:

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retirement rates,

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discount rates,

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long term rates of return on plan assets,

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inflation rates,

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future health care costs, and

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maximum company-covered benefit costs.

Certain of these assumptions are determined with the assistance of independent actuaries. Assumptions about life expectancies, retirement rates, future compensation levels and future health care costs are based on past experience and anticipated future trends. The discount rate for our U.S. plans is based on a yield curve derived from a portfolio of corporate bonds from issuers rated AA or higher by established rating agencies as of December 31 and is reviewed annually. Our expected benefit payment cash flows are discounted based on spot rates developed from the yield curve. The mortality assumption for our U.S. plans is based on actual historical experience or published actuarial tables, an assumed long term rate of future improvement based on published actuarial tables, and current government regulations related to lump sum payment factors. The long term rate of return on U.S. plan assets is based on estimates of future long term rates of return similar to the target allocation of substantially all fixed income securities. Actual U.S. pension fund asset allocations are reviewed on a monthly basis and the pension fund is rebalanced to target ranges on an as-needed basis. These assumptions are reviewed regularly and revised when appropriate. Changes in one or more of them may affect the amount of our recorded liabilities and net periodic costs for these benefits. Other assumptions involving demographic factors such as retirement age and turnover are evaluated periodically and are updated to reflect our experience and expectations for the future. If actual experience differs from expectations, our financial position, results of operations and liquidity in future periods may be affected.

The weighted average discount rate used in estimating the total liability for our U.S. pension and other postretirement benefit plans was 5.55% and 5.62%, respectively, at December 31, 2024, compared to 5.12% and 5.16%, respectively, at December 31, 2023. The increase in the discount rate at December 31, 2024 was due primarily to higher yields on highly rated corporate bonds. Interest cost included in our U.S. net periodic pension cost was $174 million in 2024, compared to $195 million in 2023. Interest cost included in our global net periodic other postretirement benefits cost was $15 million in 2024, compared to $16 million in 2023.

The following table presents the sensitivity of our U.S. projected pension benefit obligation and accumulated other postretirement benefits obligation to the indicated increase/decrease in the discount rate:

Changes in general interest rates and corporate (AA or better) credit spreads impact our discount rate and thereby our U.S. pension benefit obligation. Our U.S. pension plans are invested in a portfolio of substantially all fixed income securities designed to offset the impact of future discount rate movements on liabilities for these plans. If corporate (AA or better) interest rates increase or decrease in parallel (i.e., across all maturities), the investment portfolio described above is designed to mitigate a substantial portion of the expected change in our U.S. pension benefit obligation. For example, if corporate (AA or better) interest rates increased or decreased by 0.5%, the investment portfolio described above would be expected to mitigate approximately 95% of the expected change in our U.S. pension benefit obligation.

At December 31, 2024, our net actuarial loss included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ("AOCL") related to global pension plans was $2,182 million, $1,690 million of which related to our U.S. pension plans. The net actuarial loss included in AOCL related to our U.S. pension plans continues to decrease and is primarily due to declines in U.S. discount rates and plan asset losses that occurred prior to the funding and investment de-risking actions we undertook in 2013 and 2014, which were

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designed to mitigate further actuarial losses of a similar nature. For purposes of determining our 2024 U.S. pension total benefits cost, we recognized $94 million of the net actuarial losses in 2024. We will recognize approximately $100 million of net actuarial losses in 2025 U.S. net periodic pension cost. If our future experience is consistent with our assumptions as of December 31, 2024, actuarial loss recognition over the next few years will remain at an amount near that to be recognized in 2025 before it begins to gradually decline. In addition, if annual lump sum payments from a pension plan exceed annual service and interest cost for that plan, accelerated recognition of net actuarial losses will be required through a settlement in total benefits cost.

The actual rate of return on our U.S. pension fund was 1.70%, 7.90% and (17.00)% in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, as compared to the expected rate of 5.95%, 6.27% and 4.23% in 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We use the fair value of our pension assets in the calculation of pension expense for all of our U.S. pension plans.

The weighted average amortization period for our U.S. pension plans is approximately 14 years.

Service cost of pension plans was recorded in CGS, as part of the cost of inventory sold during the period, or SAG in our Consolidated Statements of Operations, based on the specific roles (i.e., manufacturing vs. non-manufacturing) of employee groups covered by each of our pension plans. In 2024, 2023 and 2022, the amount of service cost included in CGS and SAG is approximately equal. Non-service related net periodic pension costs were recorded in Other (Income) Expense.

Globally, we expect our 2025 net periodic pension cost to be $100 million to $120 million, including approximately $20 million of service cost, compared to $125 million in 2024, which included $26 million of service cost.

The net actuarial gain of $86 million included in AOCL for our global other postretirement benefit plans as of December 31, 2024 is a result of past increases in discount rates. For purposes of determining 2024 global net periodic other postretirement benefits cost, we recognized $9 million of net actuarial gains in 2024. We will recognize approximately $8 million of net actuarial gains in 2025. If our future experience is consistent with our assumptions as of December 31, 2024, actuarial gain recognition over the next few years will remain at an amount near that to be recognized in 2025.

For further information on pensions and other postretirement benefits, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 17, Pension, Other Postretirement Benefits and Savings Plans.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION — SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

Certain information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (other than historical data and information) may constitute forward-looking statements regarding events and trends that may affect our future operating results and financial position. The words “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and “project,” as well as other words or expressions of similar meaning, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, are inherently uncertain, are subject to risks and should be viewed with caution. Actual results and experience may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including:

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if we do not successfully implement the Goodyear Forward plan and our other strategic initiatives, including the sales of our OTR tire business, the Dunlop brand and our chemical businesses, our operating results, financial condition and liquidity may be materially adversely affected;

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we may not be able to consummate the sale of the Dunlop brand on a timely basis or at all, including failure to obtain the required regulatory approvals or to satisfy other conditions to closing;

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we face significant global competition and our market share could decline;

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raw material cost increases may materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition;

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we have experienced inflationary cost pressures, including with respect to wages, benefits and energy costs, that may materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition;

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delays or disruptions in our supply chain or in the provision of services, including utilities, to us could result in increased costs or disruptions in our operations;

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a prolonged economic downturn or economic uncertainty could adversely affect our business and results of operations;

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deteriorating economic conditions in any of our major markets, or an inability to access capital markets or third-party financing when necessary, may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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if we experience a labor strike, work stoppage, labor shortage or other similar event at the Company or its joint ventures, our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity could be materially adversely affected;

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financial difficulties, work stoppages, labor shortages, supply disruptions or economic conditions affecting our major OE customers, dealers or suppliers could harm our business;

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our capital expenditures may not be adequate to maintain our competitive position and may not be implemented in a timely or cost-effective manner;

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changes to tariffs, trade agreements or trade restrictions may materially adversely affect our operating results;

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our international operations have certain risks that may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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we have foreign currency translation and transaction risks that may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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our long-term ability to meet our obligations, to repay maturing indebtedness or to implement strategic initiatives may be dependent on our ability to access capital markets in the future and to improve our operating results;

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we have a substantial amount of debt, which could restrict our growth, place us at a competitive disadvantage or otherwise materially adversely affect our financial health;

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any failure to be in compliance with any material provision or covenant of our debt instruments, or a material reduction in the borrowing base under our first lien revolving credit facility, could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and operations;

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our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly;

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we have substantial fixed costs and, as a result, our operating income fluctuates disproportionately with changes in our net sales;

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we may incur significant costs in connection with our contingent liabilities and tax matters;

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our reserves for contingent liabilities and our recorded insurance assets are subject to various uncertainties, the outcome of which may result in our actual costs being significantly higher than the amounts recorded;

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environmental issues, including climate change, or legal, regulatory or market measures to address environmental issues, may negatively affect our business and operations and cause us to incur significant costs;

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we are subject to extensive government regulations that may materially adversely affect our operating results;

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we may be adversely affected by any disruption in, or failure of, our information technology systems due to computer viruses, unauthorized access, cyber-attack, natural disasters or other similar disruptions;

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we may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights adequately;

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if we are unable to attract and retain key personnel, our business could be materially adversely affected; and

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we may be impacted by economic and supply disruptions associated with events beyond our control, such as war, including the current conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East, acts of terror, political unrest, public health concerns, labor disputes or natural disasters.

It is not possible to foresee or identify all such factors. We will not revise or update any forward-looking statement or disclose any facts, events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof that may affect the accuracy of any forward-looking statement.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

All per share amounts are diluted and refer to Goodyear net income.

OVERVIEW

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tires, with one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and operations in most regions of the world. We have a broad global footprint with 55 manufacturing facilities in 22 countries, including the United States. We operate our business through three operating segments representing our regional tire businesses: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA"); and Asia Pacific.

This management's discussion and analysis provides comparisons of material changes in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. For a comparison of the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, refer to Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

On November 15, 2023, we announced a transformation plan, Goodyear Forward, that is intended to optimize our portfolio of products, deliver segment margin expansion and reduce our leverage in order to drive sustainable, long-term shareholder value creation. Optimization of our portfolio consists of a strategic review of three major asset groups: our chemical operations which produces synthetic rubber and other chemical products from four plants in our Americas segment, the Dunlop brand for which we own rights in certain markets throughout the world, but is primarily used in our EMEA segment, and our off-the-road tire product operations. Our plans for margin expansion include brand optimization and tiering to capitalize on premium tire pricing and volume and a reduction of our overall exposure related to lower-tiered products either through margin expansion or product line rationalization. Our plans for margin expansion also include a reduction of our cost structure by $1 billion, including actions related to our manufacturing footprint, plant optimization, further improvement of our purchasing leverage, reduction of Selling Administrative and General expenses (“SAG”) and improvements in our supply chain planning and logistics. We anticipate the accumulated benefit of these actions will improve our segment operating margin to 10% by the end of 2025.

As part of the Goodyear Forward transformation plan, on November 15, 2023, we approved a rationalization plan in EMEA to permanently close our Fulda, Germany tire manufacturing facility (“Fulda”) and our Fürstenwalde, Germany tire manufacturing facility (“Fürstenwalde”). This plan amends and replaces the plan that was previously approved on May 31, 2023 to permanently reduce production at Fulda by approximately 50%. The proposed actions would lead to a reduction of approximately 1,750 positions at Fulda and Fürstenwalde. We expect the closure of Fulda will be substantially complete in 2025 and the closure of Fürstenwalde will be substantially complete by the end of 2027. Relevant portions of the plan remain subject to consultation with employee representative bodies.

Additionally, as part of our transformation efforts, on September 5, 2023, we approved a rationalization and workforce reorganization plan in EMEA to improve our cost structure. The proposed actions would lead to a reduction of approximately 1,200 positions across multiple countries within EMEA while also creating approximately 500 new roles principally in our existing shared services organization in Romania, resulting in an overall net reduction of approximately 700 positions. In certain countries, relevant portions of the plan remain subject to consultation with employee representative bodies. We expect these actions will be substantially complete in 2025.

We anticipate the closure of Fulda and Fürstenwalde and the rationalization and workforce reorganization plan will improve EMEA’s segment operating income by achieving annual run rate savings of approximately $160 million by the end of 2025 and a full run rate savings of approximately $220 million by the end of 2027.

Results of Operations

During 2023, our operating results reflected the impact of the ongoing effects of inflation and increases in interest rates on the global economy. While global tire industry demand remains below 2019, the weakness in the replacement market we experienced during the first half of 2023 improved during the second half of the year. Industry volumes grew in several of our markets, including the U.S., where industry volume increased during the second half of the year. We saw continued improvement in demand from our OE customers throughout 2023, including growth in China. These trends can be seen in our operating results as operating margins improved for each of our segments during the second half of 2023, exceeding the margins achieved during the second half of 2022.

The inflationary cost pressures we experienced in the first half of 2023 eased in the second half as decreases in raw material and transportation costs offset inflation. However, cost pressures remain on wages and benefits as we continue to experience increased labor-related costs and manufacturing inefficiencies associated with the ongoing tight labor supply, particularly in the U.S. Additionally, energy costs remain elevated in EMEA, driven by the indirect impacts of the war in Ukraine.

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During the second quarter of 2023, a severe storm in the U.S. significantly damaged and caused the temporary shut-down of our tire manufacturing facility and adjacent warehouse in Tupelo, Mississippi. The damage to Tupelo was significant; however, we were able to restart production earlier than expected and returned to full production in the beginning of the third quarter. We estimate the negative impact of the Tupelo storm on sales in Americas for 2023 was $110 million. We estimate that the negative impact on our earnings for 2023 was $69 million ($56 million after-tax and minority). The negative impact on our earnings for 2023 included $55 million in Americas segment operating income and $14 million of corporate expense for an insurance deductible.

During the third quarter of 2023, a fire significantly damaged a portion of the tire curing area and caused the temporary shutdown of our tire manufacturing facility in Debica, Poland (“Debica”). Tire production at Debica resumed in August at approximately 55% of capacity and is currently at approximately 70% of capacity. We estimate the negative impact on our earnings during 2023 was approximately $28 million ($24 million after-tax and minority), including $10 million of corporate expense for an insurance deductible and an $18 million impact on EMEA’s segment operating income, primarily comprised of fixed costs incurred during the plant shutdown and subsequent ramp-up. There was no significant impact from lost sales during 2023 as a result of leveraging existing inventory and increasing production at other facilities.

We maintain third-party insurance coverage for property damage, repair expenses and business interruption, subject to a $15 million deductible for each of the events at Tupelo and Debica. While we expect to be reimbursed for a significant portion of our business interruption impacts for Tupelo and Debica by our third-party insurance coverage, consistent with past practice, we will record a receivable related to the business interruption once the claim is substantially complete.

During 2023, in order to address softening industry demand and prevent the buildup of excess inventory, we reduced production at many of our tire manufacturing facilities, resulting in a reduction of 14.2 million units compared to production in 2022, primarily in Americas and EMEA. Decisions to change production levels in the future will be based on an evaluation of market demand signals and inventory and supply levels, as well as the availability of sufficient qualified labor.

Our results for 2023 include a 6.1% decrease in tire unit shipments compared to 2022, primarily due to lower global replacement tire volume, partially offset by growth in OE, primarily in Asia Pacific and EMEA. In 2023, we realized approximately $394 million of additional costs related to inflation and other cost pressures.

Net sales were $20,066 million in 2023, compared to $20,805 million in 2022. Net sales decreased in 2023 due to lower tire volume, primarily in Americas and EMEA, partially offset by higher tire volume in Asia Pacific, unfavorable foreign currency translation, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, a decrease in sales in other tire-related businesses, primarily related to a decrease in third-party chemical sales in Americas and retread sales in EMEA, partially offset by higher global aviation sales and growth in EMEA's Fleet Solutions, and the negative impact of the Tupelo storm on sales. These decreases were partially offset by global improvements in price and product mix.

Goodyear net loss in 2023 was $689 million, or $2.42 per share, compared to net income of $202 million, or $0.71 per share, in 2022. The change in Goodyear net income (loss) was primarily due to higher rationalization charges, lower segment operating income, a non-cash goodwill impairment charge, higher interest expense and higher other expense. These decreases were partially offset by lower U.S. and Foreign Tax Expense driven by the pre-tax loss.

Our total segment operating income for 2023 was $968 million, compared to $1,276 million in 2022. The $308 million decrease was primarily due to increased conversion costs of $599 million driven by the effect of decreased tire production on fixed cost absorption, inflation and higher energy costs, lower tire volume of $250 million, primarily in Americas and EMEA, a $55 million negative impact due to the Tupelo storm, an increase in SAG of $30 million, unfavorable foreign currency translation of $23 million driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, and an $18 million negative impact due to the Debica fire. These decreases were partially offset by global improvements in price and product mix of $579 million, lower raw material costs of $67 million, and lower research and development costs of $25 million. Refer to "Results of Operations — Segment Information" for additional information.

Liquidity

At December 31, 2023, we had $902 million of Cash and Cash Equivalents as well as $4,247 million of unused availability under our various credit agreements, compared to $1,227 million and $4,035 million, respectively, at December 31, 2022. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $325 million was primarily due to capital expenditures of $1,050 million, net debt repayment of $343 million and loans to TireHub, LLC of $79 million, partially offset by cash provided by operating activities of $1,032 million and cash proceeds from asset sales of $115 million, primarily related to sale and leaseback transactions in Americas. Cash provided by operating activities reflects the net loss for the period of $687 million, which includes non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization of $1,001 million, non-cash rationalization charges of $502 million and a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $230 million, partially offset by a non-cash gain on asset sales of $104 million, primarily related to the Americas sale and leaseback transactions. Operating activities also includes cash provided by working capital of $299

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million, partially offset by rationalization payments of $99 million and pension contributions of $54 million. Refer to "Liquidity and Capital Resources" for additional information.

Outlook

In November 2023, we announced a transformation plan, Goodyear Forward, to optimize our portfolio, deliver significant margin expansion and reduce leverage to drive substantial shareholder value creation. During 2023, we began laying the foundation to drive the execution of that plan. We expect this plan to benefit segment operating income by approximately $350 million in 2024.

In the first quarter of 2024, we expect our tire volume will be down slightly, driven by consumer and commercial replacement in Americas and EMEA. This volume decrease will be partially offset by growth in Asia Pacific replacement and OE volume, driven by the continued benefits of new OE fitment wins.

We expect our raw material costs to be lower by approximately $245 million in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the first quarter of 2023. We anticipate price and product mix, when netted with the lower raw material costs, will be a benefit of approximately $115 million in the first quarter of 2024. Price and product mix are expected to reflect lower selling prices to customers with contractual raw material index adjustments and the continuing negative impact of lower commercial tire volume. Natural and synthetic rubber prices and other commodity prices historically have been volatile, and our raw material costs could change based on future cost fluctuations and changes in foreign exchange rates. We continue to focus on price and product mix, to substitute lower cost materials where possible, to work to identify additional substitution opportunities, to reduce the amount of material required in each tire, and to pursue alternative raw materials to minimize the impact of higher raw material costs.

Additionally, we expect cost pressures to persist in the first quarter of 2024. We expect the negative impact on segment operating income from non-raw material inflation and other costs will be approximately $25 million compared with the first quarter of 2023. Separate from the impact of inflation on our first quarter 2024 results, we expect savings of approximately $50 million from initiatives underway as part of our Goodyear Forward plan. We also expect the lower production levels in the fourth quarter of 2023 as a result of the fire in Debica will negatively impact our EMEA segment operating results by approximately $15 million in the first quarter of 2024.

We continue to focus on actions to offset costs other than raw materials through cost savings initiatives, including initiatives related to the Goodyear Forward plan, rationalization actions, and improvements in price and product mix. For the full year of 2024, we anticipate incurring approximately $100 million of advisory, legal and consulting fees and other costs associated with asset sales in connection with our Goodyear Forward plan.

For the full year of 2024, we expect working capital to be flat as compared to 2023. We anticipate our capital expenditures will be $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion, excluding repairs related to the Tupelo tornado and the Debica fire, which we expect to be funded by insurance claim recoveries. We anticipate our cash flows will include rationalization payments of approximately $300 million, as we continue to implement elements of our Goodyear Forward plan and improve our cost structure.

Refer to "Item 1A. Risk Factors" for a discussion of the factors that may impact our business, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity and "Forward-Looking Information — Safe Harbor Statement" for a discussion of our use of forward-looking statements.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — CONSOLIDATED

Goodyear net loss in 2023 was $689 million, or $2.42 per share, compared to net income of $202 million, or $0.71 per share, in 2022. The change in Goodyear net income (loss) was primarily due to higher rationalization charges, lower segment operating income, a non-cash goodwill impairment charge, higher interest expense and higher other expense. These decreases were partially offset by lower U.S. and Foreign Tax Expense driven by the pre-tax loss.

Net Sales

Net sales in 2023 of $20,066 million decreased $739 million, or 3.6%, compared to $20,805 million in 2022, primarily due to lower tire volume of $1,053 million, representing lower tire volume in Americas and EMEA, partially offset by higher tire volume in Asia Pacific, unfavorable foreign currency translation of $169 million, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, a decrease in sales in other tire-related businesses of $110 million, primarily due to a decrease in third-party chemical sales in Americas and lower retread sales in EMEA, partially offset by higher global aviation sales and growth in EMEA's Fleet Solutions, and the unfavorable impact of the Tupelo storm of $110 million. These decreases were partially offset by global improvements in price and product mix of $696 million. Goodyear worldwide tire unit net sales were $17,288 million and $17,886 million in 2023 and 2022, respectively. Consumer and commercial net sales were $12,894 million and $3,731 million in 2023, respectively. Consumer and commercial net sales were $13,163 million and $4,205 million in 2022, respectively.

The following table presents our tire unit sales for the periods indicated:

The decrease in worldwide tire unit sales of 11.2 million units, or 6.1%, compared to 2022, included a decrease of 13.7 million replacement tire units, or 9.5%, reflecting decreases in each region. OE tire units increased by 2.5 million units, or 6.3%, reflecting share gains from new OE fitments in Asia Pacific and EMEA and continued recovery of OE vehicle production in 2023. Consumer and commercial unit sales in 2023 were 159.4 million and 12.1 million, respectively. Consumer and commercial unit sales in 2022 were 169.0 million and 13.6 million, respectively.

Cost of Goods Sold

Cost of Goods Sold ("CGS") was $16,557 million in 2023, decreasing $396 million, or 2.3%, from $16,953 million in 2022. CGS was 82.5% of sales in 2023 compared to 81.5% of sales in 2022. CGS in 2023 decreased primarily due to lower tire volume of $803 million, lower costs in other tire-related businesses of $136 million, driven by a decrease in third-party chemical sales in Americas, foreign currency translation of $129 million, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, lower raw material costs of $67 million, primarily in Americas, a $55 million net reduction as a result of the Tupelo storm, and a $5 million ($4 million after-tax and minority) reversal of a portion of the estimated cleanup costs associated with the permanent closure of Gadsden. These decreases were partially offset by higher conversion costs of $599 million driven by the effect of decreased tire production on fixed cost absorption, inflation and higher energy costs, higher costs related to product mix of $117 million, primarily in Americas, an increase in accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $37 million primarily for rationalization activities, and a $7 million ($5 million after-tax and minority) estimated cleanup charge associated with a previously closed Goodyear location.

CGS in 2023 included pension expense of $15 million compared to $22 million in 2022. CGS in 2023 also included the favorable impact of a successful legal claim of $3 million ($3 million after-tax and minority) related to a 2005 warehouse fire in Spain. CGS in 2022 also included a gain of $7 million ($6 million after-tax and minority) in Americas related to insurance recoveries.

Selling, Administrative and General Expense

SAG was $2,814 million in 2023, increasing $16 million, or 0.6%, from $2,798 million in 2022. SAG was 14.0% of sales in 2023 compared to 13.4% of sales in 2022. SAG increased primarily due to the impact of inflation on costs and $35 million ($26 million after-tax and minority) of costs related to the Goodyear Forward plan, primarily consisting of advisory, legal and

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consulting fees incurred to support development and execution of the plan, including costs associated with planned asset sales. These increases were partially offset by lower advertising costs of $28 million, lower accelerated depreciation and asset write-off charges of $28 million, foreign currency translation of $17 million, primarily in EMEA and Asia Pacific, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, and recoveries of previously written-off accounts receivable and other assets related to our exited business in Russia of $10 million. SAG in 2023 included pension expense of $11 million compared to $15 million in 2022. SAG in 2023 included incremental savings from rationalization plans of $50 million compared to $12 million in 2022.

CGS and SAG in 2023 included $46 million ($42 million after-tax and minority) of accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs and $10 million ($10 million after-tax and minority) of recoveries of previously written-off accounts receivable and other assets related to our exited business in Russia, respectively, which related to rationalization activities.

CGS and SAG in 2022 included $9 million and $28 million, respectively, of accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs, of which $30 million ($27 million after-tax and minority) related to rationalization activities.

Rationalizations

We recorded net rationalization charges of $502 million ($436 million after-tax and minority) in 2023. Net rationalization charges include $250 million related to the proposed plan to close Fulda and Fürstenwalde, $166 million for the proposed rationalization and workforce reorganization plan in EMEA, $21 million for the plan to improve profitability in our Australia and New Zealand operations, and $18 million related to the plan to streamline our EMEA distribution network.

We recorded net rationalization charges of $129 million ($120 million after-tax and minority) in 2022. Net rationalization charges include $37 million for the plan primarily to reduce salaried staff globally, $34 million for the plan to close Cooper Tire's Melksham, United Kingdom facility, $24 million for a plan to reduce duplicative global SAG headcount and close redundant warehouse locations in Americas as part of the integration of Cooper Tire, $16 million related to the permanent closure of our tire manufacturing facility in Gadsden, Alabama, and $14 million related to the exit of our retail operations in South Africa.

Upon completion of new plans initiated in 2023, we estimate that annual segment operating income will improve by approximately $320 million (approximately $200 million SAG and approximately $120 million CGS). The savings realized in 2023 from rationalization plans totaled approximately $50 million (primarily SAG).

For further information, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 4, Costs Associated with Rationalization Programs.

Goodwill Impairment

During 2023, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $230 million ($216 million after-tax and minority) to write off all of the goodwill of our EMEA reporting unit. For further information, refer to "Critical Accounting Policies - Goodwill and Intangible Assets" and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 12, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, in this Form 10-K.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $532 million in 2023, increasing $81 million from $451 million in 2022. The increase was primarily due to a higher average debt balance of $8,561 million in 2023 compared to $8,266 million in 2022 and a higher average interest rate of 6.21% in 2023 compared to 5.46% in 2022.

Other (Income) Expense

Other (Income) Expense was $108 million and $75 million of expense in 2023 and 2022, respectively. The $33 million increase in expense was primarily due to a $75 million net increase in foreign currency exchange losses, primarily due to the weakening of the Argentine peso, partially offset by an increase in interest income of $50 million, primarily in Argentina, and a $19 million increase in fees related to accounts receivable factoring programs driven by higher interest rates. Additionally, the change in Other (Income) Expense reflects $31 million ($24 million after-tax and minority) of expense in 2023 for non-indemnified costs for product liability claims related to products manufactured by a formerly consolidated joint venture entity and net gains on asset and other sales in 2023 of $94 million ($69 million after-tax and minority), primarily related to sale and leaseback transactions in Americas, compared to a gain of $115 million ($87 million after-tax and minority) in 2022, primarily related to a sale and leaseback transaction in Americas. These increases were partially offset by a net decrease in non-service related pension and other postretirement benefits cost of $30 million primarily due to lower pension settlement charges of $40 million ($30 million after-tax and minority) in 2023 compared to pension settlement charges of $124 million ($93 million after-tax and minority) in 2022, partially offset by an increase in net periodic cost due to higher interest rates, and $5 million ($5 million after-tax and minority) of income for the write-off of accumulated foreign currency translation related to our exited business in Russia. Other (Income) Expense in 2023 includes $11 million ($8 million after-tax and minority) of income related to a

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favorable court decision setting aside a previous unfavorable verdict on intellectual property-related legal claims. The impact of that verdict and other fees in 2022 related to these claims was $15 million of expense ($11 after-tax and minority).

For further information, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 6, Other (Income) Expense.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense in 2023 was $10 million on a loss before income taxes of $677 million. In 2023, income tax expense includes net discrete tax benefits totaling $9 million ($10 million after minority interest), primarily related to additional prior year withholding tax creditable in the U.S. as a result of a tax law change.

Income tax expense in 2022 was $190 million on income before income taxes of $399 million. In 2022, income tax expense includes net discrete tax expense totaling $23 million ($23 million after minority interest), including a charge of $14 million to write off deferred tax assets related to tax loss carryforwards in the U.K. and a charge of $11 million to establish a full valuation allowance on our net deferred tax assets in Russia, partially offset by a net benefit of $2 million for various other items.

The difference between our effective tax rate and the U.S. statutory rate of 21% for both 2023 and 2022 primarily relates to losses in certain foreign jurisdictions in which no tax benefits are recorded, income in certain foreign jurisdictions taxed at rates higher than the U.S. statutory rate, and the discrete items described above.

At December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had approximately $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion of U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets, respectively, inclusive of valuation allowances totaling $22 million and $26 million in each period, respectively, primarily for state tax loss carryforwards with limited lives. As of December 31, 2023, approximately $1.0 billion of these U.S. net deferred tax assets have unlimited lives and approximately $200 million have limited lives, including $22 million of foreign tax credits, and the majority do not start to expire until 2031. As of December 31, 2022, approximately $700 million of these U.S. net deferred tax assets had unlimited lives and approximately $400 million had limited lives, including $230 million of foreign tax credits, and had expiration dates between 2023 and 2042. In the U.S., as of December 31, 2023, we emerged from a three-year cumulative loss which was driven by business disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our U.S. cumulative income for the three-years ended December 31, 2023 is primarily a result of gains from other comprehensive income rather than consistently profitable U.S. operating results. Our 2023 U.S. operating results in the first six months of the year were negatively impacted by lower sales volumes due to commercial replacement tire channel destocking, reduced consumer industry demand and the Tupelo storm. However, our second half of 2023 showed improvement and profitability in our U.S. operating results.

In assessing our ability to utilize our net deferred tax assets, we primarily considered objectively verifiable information, including the improvement in our U.S. operating results during the second half of 2023 as a result of improved tire volume and lower raw material and transportation costs compared to the first half of 2023. In addition, we consider our current forecasts of future profitability in assessing our ability to realize our deferred tax assets as well as the impact of tax planning strategies. These forecasts include the impact of recent trends and various macroeconomic factors such as the impact of raw material, transportation, labor and energy costs on our profitability. Our tax planning strategies include accelerating income on cross border transactions, including sales of inventory or raw materials to our subsidiaries, reducing U.S. interest expense by, for example, reducing intercompany loans through repatriating current year earnings of foreign subsidiaries, repatriation of certain foreign royalty income, and other financing transactions, all of which would increase our domestic profitability.

We believe our improvement in U.S. operating results during the second half of 2023 and forecasts of future profitability provide us sufficient positive evidence to conclude that it is more likely than not that, at December 31, 2023, our U.S. net deferred tax assets will be fully utilized. However, macroeconomic factors such as raw material, transportation, labor and energy costs possess a high degree of volatility and can significantly impact our profitability. In addition, certain tax provisions, such as the annual interest expense limitation under Section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if amended, could impact our analysis of the realizability of our U.S. deferred tax assets. If our U.S. operating results significantly decline in the future, we may need to record a valuation allowance which could adversely impact our operating results. As such, we will closely monitor our U.S. operations as well as any tax law changes to assess the realizability of our U.S. deferred tax assets.

At December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we also had approximately $1.5 billion and $1.2 billion of foreign net deferred tax assets, respectively, and related valuation allowances of approximately $1.2 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively. Our losses in various foreign taxing jurisdictions in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require us to maintain a full valuation allowance against certain of these net foreign deferred tax assets. Most notably, in Luxembourg, we maintain a valuation allowance of approximately $1.0 billion on all of our net deferred tax assets. Each reporting period, we assess available positive and negative evidence and estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize these existing deferred tax assets. We do not believe that sufficient positive evidence required to release valuation allowances on our foreign deferred tax assets having a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations will exist within the next twelve months.

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For further information regarding income taxes and the realizability of our deferred tax assets, refer to "Critical Accounting Policies" and Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 7, Income Taxes.

Minority Shareholders’ Net Income

Minority shareholders’ net income was $2 million in 2023, compared to $7 million in 2022.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment information reflects our strategic business units ("SBUs"), which are organized to meet customer requirements and global competition and are segmented on a regional basis.

Results of operations are measured based on net sales to unaffiliated customers and segment operating income. Each segment exports tires to other segments. The financial results of each segment exclude sales of tires exported to other segments, but include operating income derived from such transactions. Segment operating income is computed as follows: Net Sales less CGS (excluding asset write-off and accelerated depreciation charges) and SAG (including certain allocated corporate administrative expenses). Segment operating income also includes certain royalties and equity in earnings of most affiliates. Segment operating income does not include net rationalization charges, asset sales, goodwill and other asset impairment charges and certain other items.

Total segment operating income in 2023 was $968 million, a decrease of $308 million, or 24.1%, from $1,276 million in 2022. Total segment operating margin (segment operating income divided by segment sales) in 2023 was 4.8% compared to 6.1% in 2022.

Management believes that total segment operating income is useful because it represents the aggregate value of income created by our SBUs and excludes items not directly related to the SBUs for performance evaluation purposes. Total segment operating income is the sum of the individual SBUs’ segment operating income. Refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 9, Business Segments, for further information and for a reconciliation of total segment operating income to Income (Loss) before Income Taxes.

Americas

Americas unit sales in 2023 decreased 7.7 million units, or 8.0%, to 87.3 million units. Replacement tire volume decreased 7.3 million units, or 9.1%, primarily due to a decrease in our consumer business, driven by increased competitiveness in the U.S. market, the impact of the Tupelo storm, and lower share in Mexico and Brazil as a result of increased imports. OE tire volume decreased 0.4 million units, or 2.3%, primarily due to our commercial business, driven by reduced industry demand in the U.S.

Net sales in 2023 were $11,993 million, decreasing $773 million, or 6.1%, from $12,766 million in 2022. The decrease in net sales was primarily due to lower tire volume of $705 million, decreased sales in other tire-related businesses of $114 million, primarily due to lower third-party chemical sales, partially offset by higher aviation and retail sales, and the unfavorable impact of the Tupelo storm of $110 million. These decreases were partially offset by improvements in price and product mix of $121 million, driven by price increases, and favorable foreign currency translation of $32 million, primarily related to strengthening of the Mexican peso and the Brazilian real, partially offset by weakening in the Canadian dollar.

Operating income in 2023 was $749 million, decreasing $345 million, or 31.5%, from $1,094 million in 2022. The decrease in operating income was due to higher conversion costs of $327 million, driven by the effect of decreased tire production on fixed cost absorption and inflation, lower tire volume of $171 million, and a $55 million negative impact as a result of the Tupelo storm. These decreases were partially offset by lower raw material costs of $154 million, higher earnings in other tire-related businesses of $28 million, primarily due to higher aviation sales, partially offset by lower third-party chemical sales, lower SAG of $11 million, and improvements in price and product mix of $6 million. SAG includes incremental savings from rationalization plans of $36 million. Operating income in 2022 includes a gain of $7 million related to insurance recoveries from a plant fire.

Operating income in 2023 excluded net gains on asset sales of $104 million, primarily related to sale and leaseback transactions, net rationalization charges of $19 million, and accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $19 million. Operating income in 2022 excluded net gains on asset sales of $122 million, primarily related to a sale and leaseback transaction and a sale and exit of certain retail locations, and net rationalization charges of $32 million.

Americas' results are highly dependent upon the United States, which accounted for 83% of Americas' net sales in 2023 and 84% in 2022. Results of operations in the United States are expected to continue to have a significant impact on Americas' future performance.

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Europe, Middle East and Africa

Europe, Middle East and Africa unit sales in 2023 decreased 5.2 million units, or 9.5%, to 49.9 million units. Replacement tire volume decreased 6.2 million units, or 14.4%, primarily in our consumer business, reflecting the impacts of continued industry declines. OE tire volume increased 1.0 million units, or 7.9%, reflecting stabilization of OE production.

Net sales in 2023 were $5,606 million, decreasing $39 million, or 0.7%, from $5,645 million in 2022. The decrease in net sales was driven by lower tire volume of $458 million and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $97 million, driven by a weaker Turkish lira and South African rand, partially offset by a stronger euro and Polish zloty. These decreases were partially offset by improvements in price and product mix of $501 million, driven by price increases, and higher sales in other tire-related businesses of $14 million, primarily due to growth in Fleet Solutions, partially offset by lower retread and retail sales.

Operating income in 2023 was $17 million, decreasing $44 million, or 72.1%, from $61 million in 2022. The decrease in operating income was primarily due to higher conversion costs of $261 million, driven by inflation, the effect of decreased tire production on fixed cost absorption and higher energy costs, lower tire volume of $100 million, higher SAG of $42 million, primarily due to inflation and higher consulting costs, higher transportation costs of $29 million, unfavorable foreign currency translation of $18 million, $18 million as a result of the Debica fire, and lower earnings in other tire-related businesses of $6 million, primarily due to lower Fleet Solutions earnings. These decreases were partially offset by improvements in price and product mix of $496 million, which more than offset higher raw material costs of $78 million, and lower research and development costs of $12 million. SAG for 2023 includes incremental savings from rationalization plans of $15 million.

Operating income in 2023 excluded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $230 million, net rationalization charges of $409 million, accelerated depreciation of $27 million and recoveries of previously written-off accounts receivable and other assets of $10 million in Russia. Operating income in 2022 excluded net rationalization charges of $92 million and accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $20 million.

EMEA’s results are highly dependent upon Germany, which accounted for 15% of EMEA’s net sales in both 2023 and 2022. Results of operations in Germany are expected to continue to have a significant impact on EMEA’s future performance.

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Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific unit sales in 2023 increased 1.7 million units, or 4.9%, to 36.1 million units. OE tire volume increased 1.9 million units, or 13.8%, primarily driven by new consumer fitments in China and India. Replacement tire volume decreased 0.2 million units, or 1.2%, primarily in our consumer business, driven by decreased demand in most of our markets, partially offset by recovery in China.

Net sales in 2023 were $2,467 million, increasing $73 million, or 3.0%, from $2,394 million in 2022. Net sales increased due to higher tire volume of $110 million and improvements in price and product mix of $74 million, driven by price increases. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency translation of $104 million, primarily related to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar.

Operating income in 2023 was $202 million, increasing $81 million, or 66.9%, from $121 million in 2022. The increase in operating income was primarily due to improvements in price and product mix of $77 million and higher tire volume of $21 million, partially offset by higher raw material costs of $9 million and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $9 million related to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar.

Operating income in 2023 excluded net rationalization charges of $25 million.

Asia Pacific’s results are highly dependent upon China and Australia. China accounted for 33% and 29% of Asia Pacific’s net sales in 2023 and 2022, respectively. Australia accounted for 21% and 24% of Asia Pacific’s net sales in 2023 and 2022, respectively. Results of operations in China and Australia are expected to continue to have a significant impact on Asia Pacific's future performance.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash generated from our operating and financing activities. Our cash flows from operating activities are driven primarily by our operating results and changes in our working capital requirements and our cash flows from financing activities are dependent upon our ability to access credit or other capital.

At December 31, 2023, we had $902 million of Cash and Cash Equivalents, compared to $1,227 million at December 31, 2022. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $325 million was primarily due to capital expenditures of $1,050 million, net debt repayment of $343 million and loans to TireHub, LLC of $79 million, partially offset by cash provided by operating activities of $1,032 million and cash proceeds from asset sales of $115 million, primarily related to the sale and leaseback transactions in Americas. Cash provided by operating activities reflects the net loss for the period of $687 million, which includes non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization of $1,001 million, non-cash rationalization charges of $502 million, a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $230 million and a non-cash gain on asset sales of $104 million, primarily related to the Americas sale and leaseback transactions. Operating activities also include cash provided by working capital of $299 million, partially offset by rationalization payments of $99 million and pension contributions of $54 million.

At December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had $4,247 million and $4,035 million, respectively, of unused availability under our various credit agreements. The table below provides unused availability by our significant credit facilities as of December 31:

We expect our 2024 cash flow needs to include capital expenditures of $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion. We also expect interest expense to be $520 million to $540 million; rationalization payments to be approximately $300 million; income tax payments to be approximately $200 million, excluding one-time items; and contributions to our funded pension plans to be $25 million to $50 million. We expect working capital to be flat as compared to 2023.

We actively monitor our liquidity and intend to operate our business in a way that allows us to address our cash flow needs with our existing cash and available credit if they cannot be funded by cash generated from operating or other financing activities. We believe that our liquidity position is adequate to fund our operating and investing needs and debt maturities for the next twelve months and to provide us with the ability to respond to further changes in the business environment.

Our ability to service debt and operational requirements is also dependent, in part, on the ability of our subsidiaries to make distributions of cash to various other entities in our consolidated group, whether in the form of dividends, loans or otherwise. In certain countries where we operate, such as China, South Africa, Serbia and Argentina, transfers of funds into or out of such countries by way of dividends, loans, advances or payments to third-party or affiliated suppliers are generally or periodically subject to certain requirements, such as obtaining approval from the foreign government and/or currency exchange board before net assets can be transferred out of the country. In addition, certain of our credit agreements and other debt instruments limit the ability of foreign subsidiaries to make distributions of cash. Thus, we would have to repay and/or amend these credit agreements and other debt instruments in order to use this cash to service our consolidated debt. Because of the inherent uncertainty of satisfactorily meeting these requirements or limitations, we do not consider the net assets of our subsidiaries, including our Chinese, South African, Serbian and Argentinian subsidiaries, which are subject to such requirements or limitations to be integral to our liquidity or our ability to service our debt and operational requirements. At December 31, 2023, approximately $875 million of net assets, including approximately $194 million of cash and cash equivalents, were subject to such requirements. The requirements we must comply with to transfer funds out of China, South Africa, Serbia and Argentina have not adversely impacted our ability to make transfers out of those countries.

Cash Position

At December 31, 2023, significant concentrations of cash and cash equivalents held by our international subsidiaries included the following amounts:

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$297 million or 33% in EMEA, primarily France, England and Poland ($361 million or 29% at December 31, 2022),

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$237 million or 26% in Americas, primarily Brazil, Mexico and Argentina ($316 million or 26% at December 31, 2022).

We have deposited our cash and cash equivalents and entered into various credit agreements and derivative contracts with financial institutions that we considered to be substantial and creditworthy at the time of such transactions. We seek to control our exposure to these financial institutions by diversifying our deposits, credit agreements and derivative contracts across multiple financial institutions, by setting deposit and counterparty credit limits based on long term credit ratings and other indicators of credit risk such as credit default swap spreads and default probabilities, and by monitoring the financial strength of these financial institutions on a regular basis. We also enter into master netting agreements with counterparties when possible. By controlling and monitoring exposure to financial institutions in this manner, we believe that we effectively manage the risk of loss due to nonperformance by a financial institution. However, we cannot provide assurance that we will not experience losses or delays in accessing our deposits or lines of credit due to the nonperformance of a financial institution. Our inability to access our cash deposits or make draws on our lines of credit, or the inability of a counterparty to fulfill its contractual obligations to us, could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations in the period in which it occurs.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $1,032 million in 2023, increasing $511 million compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $521 million in 2022.

The increase in net cash provided by operating activities reflects a net increase in cash provided by working capital of $988 million, partially offset by lower earnings in our SBUs of $308 million and higher cash taxes of $26 million.

The net increase in cash provided by working capital reflects an increase in cash provided by Inventory of $1,950 million and Accounts Receivable of $274 million and cash used for Accounts Payable - Trade of $1,236 million. These changes were driven by the decision to reduce inventory during 2023 to address industry demand trends.

Investing Activities

Net cash used for investing activities was $1,035 million in 2023, compared to $914 million in 2022. The $121 million increase in cash used for investing activities primarily relates to a net increase in loans to TireHub of $63 million and a net decrease in cash received from asset sale transactions of $45 million. Capital expenditures were $1,050 million in 2023, decreasing $11 million, compared to $1,061 million in 2022. Beyond expenditures required to sustain our facilities, capital expenditures in 2023 and 2022 primarily related to the modernization and expansion of tire manufacturing facilities around the world.

Financing Activities

Net cash used for financing activities was $333 million in 2023, compared to cash provided by financing activities of $575 million in 2022. The $908 million increase in cash used by financing activities reflects lower net borrowings due to utilization of cash flows from operations and cash on hand at the beginning of 2023 to fund increased cash for investing activities and to reduce our overall debt balance.

Credit Sources

In aggregate, we had total credit arrangements of $11,743 million available at December 31, 2023, of which $4,247 million were unused, compared to $11,806 million available at December 31, 2022, of which $4,035 million were unused. At December 31, 2023, we had long term credit arrangements totaling $10,983 million, of which $3,867 million were unused, compared to $10,925 million and $3,566 million, respectively, at December 31, 2022. At December 31, 2023, we had short term committed and uncommitted credit arrangements totaling $760 million, of which $380 million were unused, compared to $881 million and $469 million, respectively, at December 31, 2022. The continued availability of the short term uncommitted arrangements is at the discretion of the relevant lender and may be terminated at any time.

Outstanding Notes

At December 31, 2023, we had $5,571 million of outstanding notes, compared to $5,560 million at December 31, 2022.

$2.75 Billion Amended and Restated First Lien Revolving Credit Facility due 2026

Our first lien revolving credit facility matures on June 8, 2026 and is available in the form of loans or letters of credit. Up to $800 million in letters of credit and $50 million of swingline loans are available for issuance under the facility. Subject to the consent of the lenders whose commitments are to be increased, we may request that the facility be increased by up to $250 million. Based on our current liquidity, amounts drawn under this facility bear interest at SOFR plus 125 basis points. Undrawn amounts under the facility are subject to an annual commitment fee of 25 basis points.

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Availability under the facility is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on (i) eligible accounts receivable and inventory of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, (ii) the value of our principal trademarks in an amount not to exceed $400 million, (iii) the value of eligible machinery and equipment, and (iv) certain cash in an amount not to exceed $275 million. To the extent that our eligible accounts receivable, inventory and other components of the borrowing base decline in value, our borrowing base will decrease and the availability under the facility may decrease below $2.75 billion. As of December 31, 2023, our borrowing base, and therefore our availability, under this facility was $123 million below the facility's stated amount of $2.75 billion.

At December 31, 2023, we had $385 million of borrowings and $1 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2022, we had no borrowings and $3 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility.

€800 Million Amended and Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility due 2028

The European revolving credit facility matures on January 14, 2028 and consists of (i) a €180 million German tranche that is available only to Goodyear Germany GmbH and (ii) a €620 million all-borrower tranche that is available to Goodyear Europe B.V. ("GEBV"), Goodyear Germany and Goodyear Operations S.A. Up to €175 million of swingline loans and €75 million in letters of credit are available for issuance under the all-borrower tranche. Subject to the consent of the lenders whose commitments are to be increased, we may request that the facility be increased by up to €200 million. Amounts drawn under this facility will bear interest at SOFR plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in U.S. dollars, EURIBOR plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in euros, and SONIA plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in pounds sterling. Undrawn amounts under the facility are subject to an annual commitment fee of 25 basis points.

At December 31, 2023, we had no borrowings and no letters of credit outstanding under the European revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2022, there were no borrowings outstanding under the German tranche, $374 million (€350 million) of borrowings outstanding under the all-borrower tranche and no letters of credit outstanding under the European revolving credit facility.

Each of our first lien revolving credit facility and our European revolving credit facility have customary representations and warranties including, as a condition to borrowing, that all such representations and warranties are true and correct, in all material respects, on the date of the borrowing, including representations as to no material adverse change in our business or financial condition since December 31, 2020 under the first lien facility and December 31, 2021 under the European facility.

Accounts Receivable Securitization Facilities (On-Balance Sheet)

GEBV and certain other of our European subsidiaries are parties to a pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility that expires in 2027. The terms of the facility provide the flexibility to designate annually the maximum amount of funding available under the facility in an amount of not less than €30 million and not more than €450 million. For the period from October 20, 2022 through October 18, 2023, the designated maximum amount of the facility was €300 million. For the period from October 19, 2023 through October 16, 2024, the designated maximum amount of the facility will remain €300 million.

The facility involves an ongoing daily sale of substantially all of the trade accounts receivable of certain GEBV subsidiaries. These subsidiaries retain servicing responsibilities. Utilization under this facility is based on eligible receivable balances.

The funding commitments under the facility will expire upon the earliest to occur of: (a) October 19, 2027, (b) the non-renewal and expiration (without substitution) of all of the back-up liquidity commitments, (c) the early termination of the facility according to its terms (generally upon an Early Amortisation Event (as defined in the facility), which includes, among other things, events similar to the events of default under our first lien revolving credit facility; certain tax law changes; or certain changes to law, regulation or accounting standards), or (d) our request for early termination of the facility. The facility’s current back-up liquidity commitments will expire on October 16, 2024.

At December 31, 2023, the amounts available and utilized under this program totaled $244 million (€221 million). At December 31, 2022, the amounts available and utilized under this program totaled $267 million (€250 million). The program does not qualify for sale accounting, and accordingly, these amounts are included in Long Term Debt and Finance Leases.

Accounts Receivable Factoring Facilities (Off-Balance Sheet)

We have sold certain of our trade receivables under off-balance sheet programs. For these programs, we have concluded that there is generally no risk of loss to us from non-payment of the sold receivables. At December 31, 2023, the gross amount of receivables sold was $693 million, compared to $744 million at December 31, 2022.

Letters of Credit

At December 31, 2023, we had $223 million in letters of credit issued under bilateral letter of credit agreements and other foreign credit facilities.

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Supplier Financing

We have entered into payment processing agreements with several financial institutions. Under these agreements, the financial institutions act as our paying agents with respect to accounts payable due to our suppliers. These agreements also allow our suppliers to sell their receivables to the financial institutions at the sole discretion of both the supplier and the financial institution on terms that are negotiated between them. We are not always notified when our suppliers sell receivables under these programs. Our obligations to our suppliers, including the amounts due and scheduled payment dates, are not impacted by our suppliers' decisions to sell their receivables under these programs. Agreements for such supplier financing programs totaled up to $892 million and $920 million at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The amounts confirmed to the financial institutions were $580 million and $710 million at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, and are included in Accounts Payable — Trade in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. All activity related to these obligations is presented within operating activities on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Further Information

For a further description of the terms of our outstanding notes, first lien revolving credit facility, European revolving credit facility and pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 16, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments.

Covenant Compliance

Our first lien revolving credit facility and some of the indentures governing our notes contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional debt or issue redeemable preferred stock, pay dividends, repurchase shares or make certain other restricted payments or investments, incur liens, sell assets, incur restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to us, enter into affiliate transactions, engage in sale and leaseback transactions, and consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. These covenants are subject to significant exceptions and qualifications. Our first lien revolving credit facility and the indentures governing our notes also have customary defaults, including cross-defaults to material indebtedness of Goodyear and its subsidiaries.

We have an additional financial covenant in our first lien revolving credit facility that is currently not applicable. We become subject to that financial covenant when the aggregate amount of our Parent Company (The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company) and guarantor subsidiaries cash and cash equivalents (“Available Cash”) plus our availability under our first lien revolving credit facility is less than $275 million. If this were to occur, our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense may not be less than 2.0 to 1.0 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters. As of December 31, 2023, our unused availability under this facility of $2,241 million plus our Available Cash of $121 million totaled $2,362 million, which is in excess of $275 million.

In addition, our European revolving credit facility contains non-financial covenants similar to the non-financial covenants in our first lien revolving credit facility that are described above, similar non-financial covenants specifically applicable to GEBV and its subsidiaries, and a financial covenant applicable only to GEBV and its subsidiaries. This financial covenant provides that we are not permitted to allow GEBV’s ratio of Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness to Consolidated GEBV EBITDA for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to be greater than 3.0 to 1.0 at the end of any fiscal quarter. Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness is determined net of the sum of cash and cash equivalents in excess of $100 million held by GEBV and its subsidiaries, cash and cash equivalents in excess of $150 million held by the Parent Company and its U.S. subsidiaries, and availability under our first lien revolving credit facility if the ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense described above is not applicable and the conditions to borrowing under the first lien revolving credit facility are met. Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness also excludes loans from other consolidated Goodyear entities. This financial covenant is also included in our pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility. At December 31, 2023, we were in compliance with this financial covenant.

Our credit facilities also state that we may only incur additional debt or make restricted payments that are not otherwise expressly permitted if, after giving effect to the debt incurrence or the restricted payment, our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense for the prior four fiscal quarters would exceed 2.0 to 1.0. Certain of our senior note indentures have substantially similar limitations on incurring debt and making restricted payments. Our credit facilities and indentures also permit the incurrence of additional debt through other provisions in those agreements without regard to our ability to satisfy the ratio-based incurrence test described above. We believe that these other provisions provide us with sufficient flexibility to incur additional debt necessary to meet our operating, investing and financing needs without regard to our ability to satisfy the ratio-based incurrence test.

Covenants could change based upon a refinancing or amendment of an existing facility, or additional covenants may be added in connection with the incurrence of new debt.

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As of December 31, 2023, we were in compliance with the currently applicable material covenants imposed by our principal credit facilities and indentures.

The terms “Available Cash,” “EBITDA,” “Consolidated Interest Expense,” “Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness” and “Consolidated GEBV EBITDA” have the meanings given them in the respective credit facilities.

Potential Future Financings

In addition to the financing activities described above, we may seek to undertake additional financing actions which could include restructuring bank debt or capital markets transactions, possibly including the issuance of additional debt or equity. Given the inherent uncertainty of market conditions, access to the capital markets cannot be assured.

Our future liquidity requirements may make it necessary for us to incur additional debt. However, a substantial portion of our assets are already subject to liens securing our indebtedness. As a result, we are limited in our ability to pledge our remaining assets as security for additional secured indebtedness. In addition, no assurance can be given as to our ability to raise additional unsecured debt.

Dividends and Common Stock Repurchase Program

Under our primary credit facilities and some of our note indentures, we are permitted to pay dividends on and repurchase our capital stock (which constitute restricted payments) as long as no default will have occurred and be continuing, additional indebtedness can be incurred under the credit facilities or indentures following the payment, and certain financial tests are satisfied.

No cash dividends were paid on our common stock in 2023, 2022 or 2021.

We may repurchase shares delivered to us by employees as payment for the exercise price of stock options and the withholding taxes due upon the exercise of stock options or the vesting or payment of stock awards. During 2023, 2022 and 2021, we did not repurchase any shares from our employees.

The restrictions imposed by our credit facilities and indentures are not expected to affect our ability to pay dividends or repurchase our capital stock in the future.

Asset Dispositions

The restrictions on asset sales imposed by our material indebtedness have not affected our ability to divest non-core businesses. We may undertake additional asset sales and sale and leaseback transactions in the future. The restrictions imposed by our material indebtedness may require us to seek waivers or amendments of covenants or alternative sources of financing to proceed with future transactions. We cannot assure you that such waivers, amendments or alternative financing could be obtained, or if obtained, would be on terms acceptable to us.

Supplemental Guarantor Financial Information

Certain of our subsidiaries, which are listed on Exhibit 22.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are generally holding or operating companies, have guaranteed our obligations under the $800 million outstanding principal amount of 9.5% senior notes due 2025, the $900 million outstanding principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2026, the $700 million outstanding principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2027, the $850 million outstanding principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2029, the $550 million outstanding principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due April 2031, the $600 million outstanding principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due July 2031 and the $450 million outstanding principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2033 (collectively, the “Notes”).

The Notes have been issued by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Parent Company”) and are its senior unsecured obligations. The Notes rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future senior unsecured obligations and senior to any of our future subordinated indebtedness. The Notes are effectively subordinated to our existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the assets securing that indebtedness. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries that also guarantee our obligations under our first lien revolving credit facility (such guarantees, the “Guarantees”; and, such guaranteeing subsidiaries, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors and rank equally in right of payment with all existing and future senior unsecured obligations of our Subsidiary Guarantors. The Guarantees are effectively subordinated to existing and future secured indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent of the assets securing that indebtedness.

The Notes are structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future debt and other liabilities, including trade payables, of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes (the “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries”). The Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries will have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay amounts due under the Notes or to make funds available to pay those amounts. Certain Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are limited in their ability to remit funds to us by means of dividends, advances or loans

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due to required foreign government and/or currency exchange board approvals or limitations in credit agreements or other debt instruments of those subsidiaries.

The Subsidiary Guarantors, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee on a senior unsecured basis the performance and full and punctual payment when due of all obligations of the Parent Company under the Notes and the related indentures, whether for payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise. The Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors are subject to release in limited circumstances only upon the occurrence of certain customary conditions.

Although the Guarantees provide the holders of Notes with a direct unsecured claim against the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantors, under U.S. federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of U.S. state fraudulent transfer laws, in certain circumstances a court could cancel a Guarantee and order the return of any payments made thereunder to the Subsidiary Guarantor or to a fund for the benefit of its creditors.

A court might take these actions if it found, among other things, that when the Subsidiary Guarantors incurred the debt evidenced by their Guarantee (i) they received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the incurrence of the debt and (ii) any one of the following conditions was satisfied:

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the Subsidiary Guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of the incurrence;

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the Subsidiary Guarantor was engaged in a business or transaction for which its remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

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the Subsidiary Guarantor intended to incur, or believed (or reasonably should have believed) that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay as those debts matured.

In applying the above factors, a court would likely find that a Subsidiary Guarantor did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value for its Guarantee, except to the extent that it benefited directly or indirectly from the issuance of the Notes. The determination of whether a guarantor was or was not rendered “insolvent” when it entered into its guarantee will vary depending on the law of the jurisdiction being applied. Generally, an entity would be considered insolvent if the sum of its debts (including contingent or unliquidated debts) is greater than all of its assets at a fair valuation or if the present fair salable value of its assets is less than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent or unliquidated debts, as they mature.

Under Canadian federal bankruptcy and insolvency laws and comparable provincial laws on preferences, fraudulent conveyances or other challengeable or voidable transactions, the Guarantees could be challenged as a preference, fraudulent conveyance, transfer at undervalue or other challengeable or voidable transaction. The test to be applied varies among the different pieces of legislation, but as a general matter these types of challenges may arise in circumstances where:

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such action was intended to defeat, hinder, delay, defraud or prejudice creditors or others;

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such action was taken within a specified period of time prior to the commencement of proceedings under Canadian bankruptcy, insolvency or restructuring legislation in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantor, the consideration received by the Subsidiary Guarantor was conspicuously less than the fair market value of the consideration given, and the Subsidiary Guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by such action and (in some circumstances, or) such action was intended to defraud, defeat or delay a creditor;

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such action was taken within a specified period of time prior to the commencement of proceedings under Canadian bankruptcy, insolvency or restructuring legislation in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantor and such action was taken, or is deemed to have been taken, with a view to giving a creditor a preference over other creditors or, in some circumstances, had the effect of giving a creditor a preference over other creditors; or

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a Subsidiary Guarantor is found to have acted in a manner that was oppressive, unfairly prejudicial to or unfairly disregarded the interests of any shareholder, creditor, director, officer or other interested party.

In addition, in certain insolvency proceedings a Canadian court may subordinate claims in respect of the Guarantees to other claims against a Subsidiary Guarantor under the principle of equitable subordination if the court determines that (1) the holder of Notes engaged in some type of inequitable or improper conduct, (2) the inequitable or improper conduct resulted in injury to other creditors or conferred an unfair advantage upon the holder of Notes and (3) equitable subordination is not inconsistent with the provisions of the relevant solvency statute.

If a court canceled a Guarantee, the holders of Notes would no longer have a claim against that Subsidiary Guarantor or its assets.

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Each Guarantee is limited, by its terms, to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering the Guarantee, as it relates to that Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor is a consolidated subsidiary of the Parent Company at the date of the balance sheet presented. The following tables present summarized financial information for the Parent Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on a combined basis after elimination of (i) intercompany transactions and balances among the Parent Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and (ii) equity in earnings from and investments in any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary.

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Includes receivables due from Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of $2,214 million as of December 31, 2023.

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Includes income from intercompany transactions with Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of $711 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, primarily from royalties, dividends, interest and intercompany product sales.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Contractual Obligations

The following table presents our contractual obligations and commitments to make future payments as of December 31, 2023:

(1)
Debt obligations include Notes Payable and Overdrafts, and excludes the impact of deferred financing fees, unamortized discounts, and a fair value step-up related to the Cooper Tire acquisition.

(2)
The minimum lease payments for finance lease obligations are $755 million.

(3)
These amounts represent future interest payments related to our existing debt obligations and finance leases based on fixed and variable interest rates specified in the associated debt and lease agreements. The amounts provided relate only to existing debt obligations and do not assume the refinancing or replacement of such debt or future changes in variable interest rates.

(4)
Operating lease obligations have not been reduced by minimum sublease rentals of $8 million, $8 million, $5 million, $3 million, $2 million and $3 million in each of the periods above, respectively, for a total of $29 million. Payments, net of minimum sublease rentals, total $1,305 million. The present value of the net operating lease payments, including sublease rentals, is $1,001 million. The operating leases relate to, among other things, real estate, vehicles, data processing equipment and miscellaneous other assets. No asset is leased from any related party.

(5)
The obligation related to pension benefits is actuarially determined and is reflective of obligations as of December 31, 2023. Although subject to change, the amounts set forth in the table represent the mid-point of the range of our expected contributions for funded U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans, plus expected cash funding of direct participant payments to our U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans.

We made significant contributions to fully fund our U.S. pension plans in 2013 and 2014. We have no minimum funding requirements for our funded U.S. pension plans under current ERISA law or the provisions of our USW collective bargaining agreement, including a provision which requires us to maintain an annual ERISA funded status for the Goodyear hourly U.S. pension plan of at least 97%.

Future U.S. pension contributions will be affected by our ability to offset changes in future interest rates with returns from our asset portfolios and any changes to ERISA law. For further information on the U.S. pension investment strategy, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 18, Pension, Other Postretirement Benefits and Savings Plans.

Future non-U.S. contributions are affected by factors such as:

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future interest rate levels,

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the amount and timing of asset returns, and

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how contributions in excess of the minimum requirements could impact the amount and timing of future contributions.

(6)
The payments presented above are expected payments for the next 10 years. The payments for other postretirement benefits reflect the estimated benefit payments of the plans using the provisions currently in effect. Under the relevant summary plan descriptions or plan documents, we have the right to modify or terminate the plans. The obligation related to other postretirement benefits is actuarially determined on an annual basis.

(7)
The payments for workers’ compensation obligations are based upon recent historical payment patterns on claims. The present value of anticipated claims payments for workers’ compensation is $167 million.

(8)
Binding commitments are for raw materials, capital expenditures, utilities, and various other types of contracts. The obligations to purchase raw materials include supply contracts at both fixed and variable prices. Those with variable prices are based on index rates for those commodities at December 31, 2023.

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(9)
These amounts primarily represent expected payments with interest for uncertain income tax positions as of December 31, 2023. We have reflected them in the period in which we believe they will be ultimately settled based upon our experience with these matters.

Additional other long term liabilities include items such as general and product liabilities, environmental liabilities and miscellaneous other long term liabilities. These other liabilities are not contractual obligations by nature. We cannot, with any degree of reliability, determine the years in which these liabilities might ultimately be settled. Accordingly, these other long term liabilities are not included in the above table.

In addition, pursuant to certain long term agreements, we will purchase varying amounts of certain raw materials and finished goods at agreed upon base prices that may be subject to periodic adjustments for changes in raw material costs and market price adjustments, or in quantities that may be subject to periodic adjustments for changes in our or our suppliers' production levels. These contingent contractual obligations, the amounts of which cannot be estimated, are not included in the table above.

We do not engage in the trading of commodity contracts or any related derivative contracts. We generally purchase raw materials and energy through short term, intermediate and long term supply contracts at fixed prices or at formula prices related to market prices or negotiated prices. We may, however, from time to time, enter into contracts to hedge our energy costs.

We have an agreement to provide a revolving loan commitment to TireHub, LLC of up to $100 million. At December 31, 2023, $96 million was drawn on this commitment, which includes $2 million of interest.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

An off-balance sheet arrangement is any transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement involving an unconsolidated entity under which a company has:

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undertaken any obligation arising out of a material variable interest in an unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit risk support to the company, or that engages in leasing, hedging or research and development arrangements with the company.

We have entered into certain arrangements under which we have provided guarantees that are off-balance sheet arrangements. Those guarantees totaled $31 million at December 31, 2023. For further information about our guarantees, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 20, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and related notes to the financial statements. On an ongoing basis, management reviews its estimates based on currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances may alter such estimates and affect our results of operations and financial position in future periods. Our critical accounting policies relate to:

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pensions and other postretirement benefits.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if an indicator of impairment is present. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their useful lives and are reviewed for impairment whenever events or circumstances warrant such review. Goodwill and intangible assets are written down to fair value if considered impaired. Goodwill and Intangible Assets totaled $781 million and $969 million, respectively, at December 31, 2023, compared to $1,014 million and $1,004 million, respectively, at December 31, 2022. At December 31, 2023, the goodwill associated with reporting units in our Americas and Asia Pacific segments was $724 million and $57 million, respectively. Goodwill totaling $230 million previously associated with our EMEA reporting unit was fully impaired during the fourth quarter of 2023.

Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortized but are assessed for impairment annually on October 31st with the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further impairment testing is necessary or to perform a quantitative assessment by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit or indefinite-lived intangible asset to its carrying value. In addition to the annual assessment, impairment evaluation is considered during interim periods when events occur or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the asset below its carrying value. During our annual impairment assessment and in subsequent interim periods, we review events that occur or circumstances that change, including the macroeconomic environment, our business performance and our market capitalization, to determine if a quantitative impairment assessment is necessary. We review our business performance and the macroeconomic environment against our recent expectations and evaluate book value compared to market capitalization, including fluctuations in our stock price, to determine if this could be an indicator of potential impairment. Consideration is given as to whether a fluctuation in our stock price is a result of current market conditions, due to a transitory event or an event that is expected to continue to affect us, or is consistent with our historical stock price volatility. We also consider these factors compared to the results of our most recent quantitative goodwill impairment assessment.

Under the qualitative assessment, we assess whether it is more likely than not (defined as a likelihood of more than 50%) that the fair value of our goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets is less than the respective carrying values. If it is more likely than not that an impairment exists, then a quantitative impairment assessment is performed. If under the quantitative assessment the fair value is less than the carrying value, an impairment loss will be recorded for the difference between the carrying value and the fair value. Under the quantitative assessment, we estimate the fair value of goodwill of a reporting unit using a combined discounted cash flows and market approach. For indefinite-lived intangible assets we estimate the fair value using discounted cash flows following a relief-from-royalty method utilizing a market-based royalty rate. Forecasts of future cash flows are based on our best estimate of projected revenue and projected operating margin, based primarily on sales and production volume, pricing, raw material costs, market share, industry outlook, general economic conditions, and certain strategic actions we plan to implement. Cash flows are discounted using our weighted average cost of capital. Under the market approach, market multiples are derived from market prices of stocks of companies that are in the tire or similar manufacturing industry. The appropriate multiple is applied to the forecasted revenues and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of the reporting unit to obtain an estimated fair value.

As part of our annual impairment analysis as of October 31, 2023, we completed a quantitative impairment analysis at our North America, Asia Pacific and EMEA reporting units to determine if their fair values were less than their carrying amounts. Based on the quantitative test, the fair values of the North America and Asia Pacific reporting units substantially exceeded their carrying values.

As previously disclosed, during the third quarter of 2023, we reduced the near-term and long-term outlook of our EMEA segment based on recent business performance and the industry outlook. As a result, we performed a quantitative analysis as of September 30, 2023 of the fair value of the EMEA reporting unit which resulted in an estimated fair value that exceeded its carrying value, including goodwill. During the fourth quarter of 2023, the industry continued to decline, which resulted in a further reduction in our near-term and long-term outlook to include the updated industry outlook and additional strategic actions

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and rationalizations. The forecast resulted in lower than previously projected cash flows for the EMEA reporting unit, which negatively affected the valuation compared to the previous valuation. As a result, the fair value of the EMEA reporting unit as of October 31, 2023 was less than its carrying value resulting in a non-cash impairment charge of $230 million during the fourth quarter of 2023.

We determined the estimated fair value for the reporting units based on discounted cash flow projections and market values for comparable businesses. The most critical assumptions used in the calculation of the fair value of each reporting unit are the projected revenue, projected operating margin, discount rate and the selection of market multiples. Our forecast of future cash flows is based on our best estimate of projected revenue and projected operating margin, based primarily on pricing, raw material costs, market share, industry outlook, general economic conditions and strategic actions to improve our operating margin. The fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill is sensitive to differences between estimated and actual cash flows, including changes in the projected revenue, projected operating margin, discount rate and the selection of market multiples used to evaluate the fair value of the reporting unit. Although we believe our estimate of fair value is reasonable, the reporting unit’s future financial performance is dependent on our ability to execute our business plan and to successfully implement certain strategic actions which we expect will improve our long-term operating margin. Future changes in the judgments, assumptions and estimates that are used in our impairment testing for goodwill, including discount rates and cash flow projections, could result in significantly different estimates of the fair values. A significant reduction in the estimated fair values could result in impairment charges that could adversely affect our results of operations.

As part of our annual impairment analysis as of October 31, 2023, we completed a quantitative impairment analysis of our indefinite-lived intangible assets to determine if their fair values were less than their carrying amounts. Based on the results of the quantitative impairment assessments, the Company determined that no impairment was required as the estimated fair values of our indefinite-lived intangible assets exceeded or approximated their respective carrying values. We determined the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible assets using the relief from royalty method, which calculates the cost savings associated with owning rather than licensing the assets. The most critical assumptions used in the calculation of the fair value are projected revenue, discount rate and royalty rate. The fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible assets is sensitive to differences between estimated and actual revenue, including changes in the discount rate and royalty rate used to evaluate the fair value of these assets. We identified $530 million of indefinite-lived intangibles assets related to the recent Cooper Tire acquisition, for which the fair value exceeds the carrying value by approximately 5% and therefore, no impairment was required. For these indefinite-lived intangible assets a 50 basis point increase in our discount rate assumptions or 50 basis point decrease in projected revenue would not have resulted in an impairment and a 25 basis point decrease in our royalty rate assumptions would result in a carrying value which exceeds fair value by approximately 5%. Although we believe our estimate of fair value is reasonable, the indefinite-lived intangible asset performance is dependent on our ability to execute our business plan. If our future financial performance falls below our expectations, there are adverse revisions to significant assumptions, including projected revenues, discount rates or royalty rates, this could be indicative that the fair values of these indefinite-lived intangible assets has declined below their carrying values, and therefore we may need to record a material, non-cash impairment charge in a future period.

We assessed the period from October 31, 2023 to December 31, 2023 and determined there were no factors that caused us to change our conclusions as of October 31, 2023.

General and Product Liability and Other Litigation. We have recorded liabilities for both asserted and unasserted claims totaling $438 million, including related legal fees expected to be incurred, for potential product liability and other tort claims, including asbestos claims, at December 31, 2023. General and product liability and other litigation liabilities are recorded based on management’s assessment that a loss arising from these matters is probable. If the loss can be reasonably estimated, we record the amount of the estimated loss. If the loss is estimated within a range and no point within the range is more probable than another, we record the minimum amount in the range. As additional information becomes available, any potential liability related to these matters is assessed and the estimates are revised, if necessary. Loss ranges are based upon the specific facts of each claim or class of claims and are determined after review by counsel. Court rulings on our cases or similar cases may impact our assessment of the probability and our estimate of the loss, which may have an impact on our reported results of operations, financial position and liquidity. We record receivables for insurance recoveries related to our litigation claims when it is probable that we will receive reimbursement from the insurer. Specifically, we are a defendant in numerous lawsuits alleging various asbestos-related personal injuries purported to result from alleged exposure to asbestos in certain products previously manufactured by us or present in certain of our facilities. Typically, these lawsuits have been brought against multiple defendants in federal and state courts.

We periodically, and at least annually, update, using actuarial analyses, our existing reserves for pending claims, including a reasonable estimate of the liability associated with unasserted asbestos claims, and estimate our receivables from probable insurance recoveries. In determining the estimate of our asbestos liability, we evaluated claims over the next ten-year period. Due to the difficulties in making these estimates, analysis based on new data and/or changed circumstances arising in the future may result in an increase in the recorded obligation, and that increase may be significant. We had recorded gross liabilities for

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both asserted and unasserted asbestos claims, inclusive of defense costs, totaling $120 million and $125 million, respectively, at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

We maintain certain primary and excess insurance coverage under coverage-in-place agreements, and also have additional excess liability insurance with respect to asbestos liabilities. We record a receivable with respect to such policies when we determine that recovery is probable and we can reasonably estimate the amount of a particular recovery. This determination is based on consultation with our outside legal counsel and takes into consideration agreements with certain of our insurance carriers, the financial viability and legal obligations of our insurance carriers, and other relevant factors.

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we recorded a receivable related to asbestos claims of $66 million and $70 million, respectively, and we expect that approximately 55% of asbestos claim related losses would be recoverable through insurance through the period covered by the estimated liability. Of this amount, $10 million was included in Current Assets as part of Accounts Receivable at December 31, 2023. The recorded receivable consists of an amount we expect to collect under coverage-in-place agreements with certain primary and excess insurance carriers as well as an amount we believe is probable of recovery from certain of our other excess insurance carriers. Although we believe these amounts are collectible under primary and certain excess policies today, future disputes with insurers could result in significant charges to operations.

Workers’ Compensation. We have recorded liabilities, on a discounted basis, of $167 million and $187 million for anticipated costs related to U.S. workers’ compensation claims at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The costs include an estimate of expected settlements on pending claims, defense costs and a provision for claims incurred but not reported. These estimates are based on our assessment of potential liability using an analysis of available information with respect to pending claims, historical experience and current cost trends. The amount of our ultimate liability in respect of these matters may differ from these estimates. We periodically, and at least annually, update our loss development factors based on actuarial analyses. The liability is discounted using the risk-free rate of return.

For further information on general and product liability and other litigation and workers’ compensation, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 20, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.

Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowances and Uncertain Income Tax Positions. At December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, our valuation allowances on certain of our U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets totaled $22 million and $26 million, respectively, and our valuation allowances on our foreign net deferred tax assets totaled approximately $1.2 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively.

We record a reduction to the carrying amounts of deferred tax assets by recording a valuation allowance if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not such assets will not be realized. The valuation of deferred tax assets requires judgment in assessing future profitability by year, including the impact of tax planning strategies, relative to the expiration dates, if any, of the assets.

We consider both positive and negative evidence when measuring the need for a valuation allowance. The weight given to the evidence is commensurate with the extent to which it may be objectively verified. Current and cumulative financial reporting results are a source of objectively verifiable evidence. We give operating results during the most recent three-year period a significant weight in our analysis. We typically only consider forecasts of future profitability when positive cumulative operating results exist in the most recent three-year period. We perform scheduling exercises to determine if sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character exists in the periods required in order to realize our deferred tax assets with limited lives (such as tax loss carryforwards and tax credits) prior to their expiration. We also consider prudent tax planning strategies (including an assessment of their feasibility) to accelerate taxable income if required to utilize expiring deferred tax assets. A valuation allowance is not required to the extent that, in our judgment, positive evidence exists with a magnitude and duration sufficient to result in a conclusion that it is more likely than not that our deferred tax assets will be realized.

At December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had approximately $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion of U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets, respectively, inclusive of valuation allowances totaling $22 million and $26 million in each period, respectively, primarily for state tax loss carryforwards with limited lives. As of December 31, 2023, approximately $1.0 billion of these U.S. net deferred tax assets have unlimited lives and approximately $200 million have limited lives, including $22 million of foreign tax credits, and the majority do not start to expire until 2031. As of December 31, 2022, approximately $700 million of these U.S. net deferred tax assets had unlimited lives and approximately $400 million had limited lives, including $230 million of foreign tax credits, and had expiration dates between 2023 and 2042. In the U.S., as of December 31, 2023, we emerged from a three-year cumulative loss which was driven by business disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our U.S. cumulative income for the three-years ended December 31, 2023 is primarily a result of gains from other comprehensive income rather than consistently profitable U.S. operating results. Our 2023 U.S. operating results in the first six months of the year were negatively impacted by lower sales volumes due to commercial replacement tire channel destocking, reduced consumer industry demand and the Tupelo storm. However, our second half of 2023 showed improvement and profitability in our U.S. operating results.

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In assessing our ability to utilize our net deferred tax assets, we primarily considered objectively verifiable information, including the improvement in our U.S. operating results during the second half of 2023 as a result of improved tire volume and lower raw material and transportation costs compared to the first half of 2023. In addition, we consider our current forecasts of future profitability in assessing our ability to realize our deferred tax assets as well as the impact of tax planning strategies. These forecasts include the impact of recent trends and various macroeconomic factors such as the impact of raw material, transportation, labor and energy costs on our profitability. Our tax planning strategies include accelerating income on cross border transactions, including sales of inventory or raw materials to our subsidiaries, reducing U.S. interest expense by, for example, reducing intercompany loans through repatriating current year earnings of foreign subsidiaries, repatriation of certain foreign royalty income, and other financing transactions, all of which would increase our domestic profitability.

We believe our improvement in U.S. operating results during the second half of 2023 and forecasts of future profitability provide us sufficient positive evidence to conclude that it is more likely than not that, at December 31, 2023, our U.S. net deferred tax assets will be fully utilized. However, macroeconomic factors such as raw material, transportation, labor and energy costs possess a high degree of volatility and can significantly impact our profitability. In addition, certain tax provisions, such as the annual interest expense limitation under Section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if amended, could impact our analysis of the realizability of our U.S. deferred tax assets. If our U.S. operating results significantly decline in the future, we may need to record a valuation allowance which could adversely impact our operating results. As such, we will closely monitor our U.S. operations as well as any tax law changes to assess the realizability of our U.S. deferred tax assets.

At December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we also had approximately $1.5 billion and $1.2 billion of foreign net deferred tax assets, respectively, and related valuation allowances of approximately $1.2 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively. Our losses in various foreign taxing jurisdictions in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require us to maintain a full valuation allowance against certain of these net foreign deferred tax assets. Most notably, in Luxembourg, we maintain a valuation allowance of approximately $1.0 billion on all of our net deferred tax assets. Each reporting period, we assess available positive and negative evidence and estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize these existing deferred tax assets. We do not believe that sufficient positive evidence required to release valuation allowances on our foreign deferred tax assets having a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations will exist within the next twelve months.

We recognize the effects of changes in tax rates and laws on deferred tax balances in the period in which legislation is enacted. We remeasure existing deferred tax assets and liabilities considering the tax rates at which they will be realized. We also consider the effects of enacted tax laws in our analysis of the need for valuation allowances.

The calculation of our tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations, including those for transfer pricing. We recognize liabilities for anticipated tax audit issues based on our estimate of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes will be due. If we ultimately determine that payment of these amounts is unnecessary, we reverse the liability and recognize a tax benefit during the period in which we determine that the liability is no longer necessary. We also recognize income tax benefits to the extent that it is more likely than not that our positions will be sustained when challenged by the taxing authorities. We derecognize income tax benefits when, based on new information, we determine that it is no longer more likely than not that our position will be sustained. To the extent we prevail in matters for which liabilities have been established, or determine we need to derecognize tax benefits recorded in prior periods, our results of operations and effective tax rate in a given period could be materially affected. An unfavorable tax settlement would require use of our cash, and lead to recognition of expense to the extent the settlement amount exceeds recorded liabilities, resulting in an increase in our effective tax rate in the period of resolution. To reduce our risk of an unfavorable transfer price settlement, we apply consistent transfer pricing policies and practices globally, support pricing with economic studies and seek advance pricing agreements and joint audits to the extent possible. A favorable tax settlement would be recognized as a reduction of expense to the extent the settlement amount is lower than recorded liabilities and, in the case of an income tax settlement, would result in a reduction in our effective tax rate in the period of resolution. We report interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions as income tax expense.

For additional information regarding uncertain income tax positions and tax valuation allowances, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 7, Income Taxes.

Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits. We have recorded liabilities for pensions of $181 million and $94 million and other postretirement benefits of $287 million and $292 million, respectively, at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Our recorded liabilities and net periodic costs for pensions and other postretirement benefits are based on a number of assumptions, including:

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Certain of these assumptions are determined with the assistance of independent actuaries. Assumptions about life expectancies, retirement rates, future compensation levels and future health care costs are based on past experience and anticipated future trends. The discount rate for our U.S. plans is based on a yield curve derived from a portfolio of corporate bonds from issuers rated AA or higher by established rating agencies as of December 31 and is reviewed annually. Our expected benefit payment cash flows are discounted based on spot rates developed from the yield curve. The mortality assumption for our U.S. plans is based on actual historical experience or published actuarial tables, an assumed long term rate of future improvement based on published actuarial tables, and current government regulations related to lump sum payment factors. The long term rate of return on U.S. plan assets is based on estimates of future long term rates of return similar to the target allocation of substantially all fixed income securities. Actual U.S. pension fund asset allocations are reviewed on a monthly basis and the pension fund is rebalanced to target ranges on an as-needed basis. These assumptions are reviewed regularly and revised when appropriate. Changes in one or more of them may affect the amount of our recorded liabilities and net periodic costs for these benefits. Other assumptions involving demographic factors such as retirement age and turnover are evaluated periodically and are updated to reflect our experience and expectations for the future. If actual experience differs from expectations, our financial position, results of operations and liquidity in future periods may be affected.

The weighted average discount rate used in estimating the total liability for our U.S. pension and other postretirement benefit plans was 5.12% and 5.16%, respectively, at December 31, 2023, compared to 5.45% and 5.51%, respectively, at December 31, 2022. The decrease in the discount rate at December 31, 2023 was due primarily to lower yields on highly rated corporate bonds. Interest cost included in our U.S. net periodic pension cost was $195 million in 2023, compared to $133 million in 2022 and $94 million in 2021. Interest cost included in our worldwide net periodic other postretirement benefits cost was $16 million in 2023, compared to $12 million in 2022 and $9 million in 2021.

The following table presents the sensitivity of our U.S. projected pension benefit obligation and accumulated other postretirement benefits obligation to the indicated increase/decrease in the discount rate:

Changes in general interest rates and corporate (AA or better) credit spreads impact our discount rate and thereby our U.S. pension benefit obligation. Our U.S. pension plans are invested in a portfolio of substantially all fixed income securities designed to offset the impact of future discount rate movements on liabilities for these plans. If corporate (AA or better) interest rates increase or decrease in parallel (i.e., across all maturities), the investment portfolio described above is designed to mitigate a substantial portion of the expected change in our U.S. pension benefit obligation. For example, if corporate (AA or better) interest rates increased or decreased by 0.5%, the investment portfolio described above would be expected to mitigate approximately 95% of the expected change in our U.S. pension benefit obligation.

At December 31, 2023, our net actuarial loss included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ("AOCL") related to global pension plans was $2,268 million, $1,744 million of which related to our U.S. pension plans. The net actuarial loss included in AOCL related to our U.S. pension plans continues to decrease and is primarily due to declines in U.S. discount rates and plan asset losses that occurred prior to the funding and investment de-risking actions we undertook in 2013 and 2014, which were designed to mitigate further actuarial losses of a similar nature. For purposes of determining our 2023 U.S. pension total benefits cost, we recognized $132 million of the net actuarial losses in 2023. We will recognize approximately $100 million of net actuarial losses in 2024 U.S. net periodic pension cost. If our future experience is consistent with our assumptions as of December 31, 2023, actuarial loss recognition over the next few years will remain at an amount near that to be recognized in 2024 before it begins to gradually decline. In addition, if annual lump sum payments from a pension plan exceed annual service and interest cost for that plan, accelerated recognition of net actuarial losses will be required through a settlement in total benefits cost.

The actual rate of return on our U.S. pension fund was 7.90%, (17.00%) and 1.80% in 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, as compared to the expected rate of 6.27%, 4.23% and 3.74% in 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. We use the fair value of our pension assets in the calculation of pension expense for all of our U.S. pension plans.

The weighted average amortization period for our U.S. pension plans is approximately 15 years.

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Service cost of pension plans was recorded in CGS, as part of the cost of inventory sold during the period, or SAG in our Consolidated Statements of Operations, based on the specific roles (i.e., manufacturing vs. non-manufacturing) of employee groups covered by each of our pension plans. In 2023, 2022 and 2021, the amount of service cost included in CGS and SAG is approximately equal. Non-service related net periodic pension costs were recorded in Other (Income) Expense.

Globally, we expect our 2024 net periodic pension cost to be $120 million to $140 million, including approximately $30 million of service cost, compared to $122 million in 2023, which included $26 million of service cost.

The net actuarial gain of $85 million included in AOCL for our worldwide other postretirement benefit plans as of December 31, 2023 is a result of past increases in discount rates. For purposes of determining 2023 worldwide net periodic other postretirement benefits cost, we recognized $9 million of net actuarial gains in 2023. We will recognize approximately $9 million of net actuarial gains in 2024. If our future experience is consistent with our assumptions as of December 31, 2023, actuarial gain recognition over the next few years will remain at an amount near that to be recognized in 2024.

For further information on pensions and other postretirement benefits, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 18, Pension, Other Postretirement Benefits and Savings Plans.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION — SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

Certain information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (other than historical data and information) may constitute forward-looking statements regarding events and trends that may affect our future operating results and financial position. The words “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and “project,” as well as other words or expressions of similar meaning, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, are inherently uncertain, are subject to risks and should be viewed with caution. Actual results and experience may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including:

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if we do not successfully implement the Goodyear Forward plan and our other strategic initiatives, our operating results, financial condition and liquidity may be materially adversely affected;

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we face significant global competition and our market share could decline;

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raw material cost increases may materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition;

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we are experiencing inflationary cost pressures, including with respect to wages, benefits, transportation and energy costs, that may materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition;

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delays or disruptions in our supply chain or in the provision of services, including utilities, to us could result in increased costs or disruptions in our operations;

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a prolonged economic downturn or economic uncertainty could adversely affect our business and results of operations;

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deteriorating economic conditions in any of our major markets, or an inability to access capital markets or third-party financing when necessary, may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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if we experience a labor strike, work stoppage, labor shortage or other similar event at the Company or its joint ventures, our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity could be materially adversely affected;

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financial difficulties, work stoppages, labor shortages, supply disruptions or economic conditions affecting our major OE customers, dealers or suppliers could harm our business;

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our capital expenditures may not be adequate to maintain our competitive position and may not be implemented in a timely or cost-effective manner;

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changes to tariffs, trade agreements or trade restrictions may materially adversely affect our operating results;

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our international operations have certain risks that may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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we have foreign currency translation and transaction risks that may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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our long-term ability to meet our obligations, to repay maturing indebtedness or to implement strategic initiatives may be dependent on our ability to access capital markets in the future and to improve our operating results;

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we have a substantial amount of debt, which could restrict our growth, place us at a competitive disadvantage or otherwise materially adversely affect our financial health;

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any failure to be in compliance with any material provision or covenant of our debt instruments, or a material reduction in the borrowing base under our first lien revolving credit facility, could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and operations;

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our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly;

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we have substantial fixed costs and, as a result, our operating income fluctuates disproportionately with changes in our net sales;

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we may incur significant costs in connection with our contingent liabilities and tax matters;

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our reserves for contingent liabilities and our recorded insurance assets are subject to various uncertainties, the outcome of which may result in our actual costs being significantly higher than the amounts recorded;

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environmental issues, including climate change, or legal, regulatory or market measures to address environmental issues, may negatively affect our business and operations and cause us to incur significant costs;

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we are subject to extensive government regulations that may materially adversely affect our operating results;

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we may be adversely affected by any disruption in, or failure of, our information technology systems due to computer viruses, unauthorized access, cyber-attack, natural disasters or other similar disruptions;

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we may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights adequately;

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if we are unable to attract and retain key personnel, our business could be materially adversely affected; and

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we may be impacted by economic and supply disruptions associated with events beyond our control, such as war, including the current conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and between Israel and Hamas, acts of terror, political unrest, public health concerns, labor disputes or natural disasters.

It is not possible to foresee or identify all such factors. We will not revise or update any forward-looking statement or disclose any facts, events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof that may affect the accuracy of any forward-looking statement.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

All per share amounts are diluted and refer to Goodyear net income.

OVERVIEW

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tires, with one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and operations in most regions of the world. We have a broad global footprint with 57 manufacturing facilities in 23 countries, including the United States. We operate our business through three operating segments representing our regional tire businesses: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Asia Pacific.

This management's discussion and analysis provides comparisons of material changes in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. For a comparison of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, refer to Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

In January 2023, we approved a rationalization plan and workforce reorganization that will result in an approximately 5% reduction in salaried staff globally, or about 500 positions, in response to a challenging industry environment and cost pressure driven by inflation. In certain foreign countries, relevant portions of the rationalization plan remain subject to consultation with employee representative bodies. We expect to substantially complete the rationalization plan during the first and second quarters of 2023 and estimate total pre-tax charges associated with this action to be approximately $55 million, of which approximately $39 million are expected to be cash charges primarily for associate-related and other exit costs, with the remainder representing non-cash charges primarily for accelerated depreciation and other asset-related charges. We recorded $37 million of pre-tax charges in the fourth quarter of 2022 and expect to record a majority of the remaining charges in the first quarter of 2023. A majority of the cash outflows associated with this plan relate to cash severance payments that are expected to be paid during the first half of 2023. The rationalization and reorganization will result in quarterly run-rate savings of approximately $15 million, beginning in the second quarter of 2023. Savings in the first quarter of 2023 are expected to be $5 million.

In October 2022, we approved a plan to close the Melksham, United Kingdom tire manufacturing facility ("Melksham"), which was acquired in conjunction with the merger between the Company and Cooper Tire. The plan is intended to address long-standing competitiveness issues at Melksham. The plan also (i) consolidates our premium motorcycle tire production in Europe into a single center of excellence based in our Montlucon, France tire manufacturing facility, (ii) discontinues Cooper Tire’s European motorsport program and (iii) transfers light truck tire production from the Montlucon facility to other tire manufacturing facilities in Europe. The plan includes approximately 320 job reductions at Melksham. The plan remains subject to consultation with relevant employee representative bodies. We expect to substantially complete this rationalization plan by the end of 2023 and estimate total pre-tax charges associated with this plan to be between $80 million and $90 million, of which $60 million to $70 million are expected to be cash charges primarily for associate-related and other exit costs, with the remainder representing non-cash charges primarily for accelerated depreciation and other asset-related charges. We recorded $34 million of pre-tax charges in 2022 related to this plan. The majority of the remaining charges and cash outflows associated with this plan are expected to occur in 2023.

During the third quarter of 2022, members of the United Steelworkers ratified a new four-year master collective bargaining agreement with us. The new contract, which expires in July 2026, addresses compensation costs while providing operational improvements that increase manufacturing flexibility and productivity for our U.S. plants covered by the agreement.

Results of Operations

On June 7, 2021, we completed the acquisition of Cooper Tire. Since the Closing Date, Cooper Tire's operating results have been incorporated into our consolidated results of operations. For periods that are not fully comparable, we discuss the impact of Cooper Tire's operating results separately up to the point within those periods when consolidated results became comparable.

During 2022, our operating results reflected a difficult macroeconomic environment, including the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against most foreign currencies. Our results also reflect higher input costs mostly offset by price and product mix and the benefits of our acquisition of Cooper Tire. Challenging market conditions persist, driven by the direct and indirect macroeconomic effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine and other global events, that continue to negatively influence our results.

Our global businesses are experiencing varying stages of recovery from the pandemic. National and local efforts during the year in certain countries, such as China, to contain the spread of COVID-19 and its related variants, such as renewed stay-at-home orders and other restrictions on mobility, continued to negatively impact economic conditions and our operations. For instance, some of our facilities, including our facilities in Pulandian and Kunshan, China, had to temporarily shut down or limit production at various times throughout the year because of these restrictions.

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Increased demand for consumer products, supply chain disruptions and other factors have led to continuing inflationary cost pressures on our results, including higher costs for certain raw materials, higher transportation costs and higher energy costs. Energy cost increases have been more pronounced in Europe driven by the indirect impacts of the conflict in Ukraine. Furthermore, shortages of certain automobile parts, such as semiconductors, continue to affect OE manufacturers’ ability to produce consumer and commercial vehicles consistently, although the industry, and our volume, experienced some recovery during the second half of 2022.

We also continue to experience increased labor-related costs and manufacturing inefficiencies associated with the ongoing tight labor supply, particularly in the U.S. To address this issue, we have accelerated hiring as necessary, increased training capacity and started to adjust future investment plans to consider not just the cost, but also the availability of qualified workers.

While most of our global tire manufacturing facilities operated at or near full capacity during 2022, in order to address softening industry demand and prevent the buildup of excess inventory, we reduced production in the fourth quarter of 2022 at most of our tire manufacturing facilities, resulting in a reduction of approximately 3.5 million units compared to production in the fourth quarter of 2021, primarily in Americas and EMEA. Decisions to change production levels in the future will be based on an evaluation of market demand signals and inventory and supply levels, as well as the availability of sufficient qualified labor and our ability to continue to safeguard the health of our associates.

While it remains challenging to operate our business in Ukraine, we were able to resume shipments of tires into the country on a limited basis during the second quarter of 2022 and to expand our shipments during the second half of the year. In addition, we previously suspended all shipments of tires to Russia during the first quarter of 2022 and approved the discontinuation of our Russian operations in January 2023. Goodyear’s sales in Ukraine and Russia represented 0.3% and 1.2%, respectively, of our total 2021 net sales of $17.5 billion. We do not have manufacturing operations in either Ukraine or Russia, and we continue to take numerous actions to ensure continuity of supply for raw materials used in manufacturing, some of which are sourced from the impacted area. These actions include increasing our safety stocks when possible, identifying substitutes where appropriate and building alternate supplier relationships where necessary. Nonetheless, the ongoing conflict continues to aggravate the already challenging macroeconomic trends described above, including global supply chain disruptions, higher costs for certain raw materials and higher transportation and energy costs. The situation continues to be very dynamic and we are continually assessing all potential impacts on our associates and business.

Our results for 2022 include a 9.0% increase in tire unit shipments compared to 2021, reflecting the addition of Cooper Tire's operations for the full year, as well as some recovery in OE, including share gains from new OE fitments, despite ongoing supply chain disruptions and shortages. In addition to higher raw material costs, we incurred approximately $890 million of year-over-year incremental costs during 2022 related to inflation and other cost pressures, primarily higher transportation and energy costs, compared to $209 million in 2021.

Net sales were $20,805 million in 2022, compared to $17,478 million in 2021. Net sales increased in 2022 primarily due to global improvements in price and product mix, the addition of incremental net sales from Cooper Tire during the first six months of 2022, higher sales in other tire related businesses, driven by increased third-party chemical sales in Americas, growth in EMEA's Fleet Solutions, higher aviation sales in Americas and EMEA, and increased retail sales in Americas, and higher tire volume in Asia Pacific and EMEA, partially offset by lower tire volume in Americas. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency translation, primarily in EMEA and Asia Pacific, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar.

Goodyear net income in 2022 was $202 million, or $0.71 per share, compared to net income of $764 million, or $2.89 per share, in 2021. The decrease in Goodyear net income was primarily due to higher U.S. and Foreign Tax Expense, higher interest expense and higher rationalization charges. Income taxes in 2021 included discrete tax benefits of $340 million related to a reduction in valuation allowances on certain U.S. deferred tax assets primarily for foreign tax credits and $39 million to adjust our deferred tax assets in England for an enacted change in tax rate.

Our total segment operating income for 2022 was $1,276 million, compared to $1,288 million in 2021. The $12 million decrease was primarily due to increased conversion costs of $462 million, higher transportation and import duty costs of $292 million, primarily in Americas and EMEA, and higher Selling, Administrative and General Expense ("SAG") of $96 million, all driven by the inflationary cost trends described above, as well as a favorable indirect tax ruling in Brazil of $69 million in 2021, a favorable settlement of $20 million in 2021 due to a reduction in certain U.S. duty rates on various Cooper Tire commercial tires from China imported into the U.S. during 2019, and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $16 million, primarily in Asia Pacific, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar. These decreases were mostly offset by global improvements in price and product mix of $2,532 million, which more than offset higher raw material costs of $1,885 million, $72 million of amortization expense during the second half of 2021 related to a Cooper Tire fair value step-up in inventory acquired by Goodyear, and higher earnings in other tire-related businesses of $21 million, primarily due to higher aviation sales and retread sales in Americas and EMEA. The remainder of the change was driven by the addition of incremental Cooper Tire operating results during the first six months of 2022. Refer to "Results of Operations — Segment Information" for additional information.

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Liquidity

At December 31, 2022, we had $1,227 million of Cash and Cash Equivalents as well as $4,035 million of unused availability under our various credit agreements, compared to $1,088 million and $4,345 million, respectively, at December 31, 2021. The increase in cash and cash equivalents of $139 million was primarily due to net borrowings of $582 million, cash provided by operating activities of $521 million and cash proceeds of $108 million received from a sale and leaseback transaction in Americas in the second quarter of 2022, partially offset by capital expenditures of $1,061 million. Cash provided by operating activities reflects net income for the period of $209 million, which includes non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization of $964 million, non-cash rationalization charges of $129 million, non-cash net pension curtailment and settlement charges of $124 million, and a non-cash gain of $95 million related to the sale and leaseback transaction in Americas, partially offset by cash used for working capital of $689 million, rationalization payments of $95 million and pension contributions and direct payments of $60 million, as well as the impact of other changes to various assets and liabilities on the Balance Sheet. Refer to "Liquidity and Capital Resources" for additional information.

Outlook

The global economy continues to face uncertain macroeconomic conditions, including the ongoing effects of inflation, which have led to higher interest rates and lower consumer confidence. Uncertainties around the availability of energy in Europe have more profoundly affected consumer spending in that region. COVID-19 infections in China are expected to continue to negatively impact consumer spending in that country through the early part of 2023. Although the situation continues to improve, OE manufacturers continue to be affected by shortages of materials and components, limiting vehicle production. The combination of these and other factors have lowered tire industry volumes globally in the fourth quarter of 2022. We expect these soft industry conditions to persist in the first quarter of 2023, especially in Europe, which are expected to reduce our total volume by approximately 5% compared to the first quarter of 2022. Because of this industry softness in Europe, we anticipate segment operating income in EMEA will approach breakeven in the first quarter of 2023 but will return to levels of recent historical performance by the middle of the year.

We expect our raw material costs to increase approximately $200 million in 2023 compared to 2022, including the impact of the stronger U.S. dollar and higher transportation and supplier costs. This net increase includes higher raw material costs of approximately $300 million and $100 million in the first and second quarters of 2023, respectively, and lower raw material costs of approximately $200 million in the second half of the year. We anticipate price and product mix improvements to more than offset raw material cost increases in the first quarter of 2023 by approximately $100 million. Natural and synthetic rubber prices and other commodity prices historically have been volatile, and our raw material costs could change based on future cost fluctuations and changes in foreign exchange rates. We continue to focus on price and product mix, to substitute lower cost materials where possible, to work to identify additional substitution opportunities, to reduce the amount of material required in each tire, and to pursue alternative raw materials to minimize the impact of higher raw material costs.

In addition to higher raw material costs, we expect the impact of other inflationary cost pressures to persist, particularly with respect to transportation, labor and energy costs. We expect the negative impact from non-raw material inflation in the first quarter of 2023 will be approximately $175 million compared with the first quarter of 2022. We continue to focus on actions to offset costs other than raw materials through cost savings initiatives, including rationalization actions, further price actions and improvements in product mix. We also anticipate our first quarter 2023 results will be negatively impacted by our reduced production levels in the fourth quarter of 2022 of approximately 3.5 million tire units. We also plan to reduce our production levels in the first quarter of 2023 by the same number of units as the fourth quarter of 2022, which will impact our second quarter of 2023 results.

For the full year of 2023, we expect working capital to be a source of operating cash flows of approximately $100 million. We anticipate our capital expenditures will be approximately $1.0 billion. Our capital expenditures in 2023 will be focused on projects to modernize certain of our manufacturing facilities and expand others to address anticipated future demand, in addition to capital expenditures to sustain our facilities. We anticipate our cash flows will include rationalization payments of approximately $100 million, as we continue to address our cost structure.

Refer to “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for a discussion of the factors that may impact our business, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity and “Forward-Looking Information — Safe Harbor Statement” for a discussion of our use of forward-looking statements.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — CONSOLIDATED

Goodyear net income in 2022 was $202 million, or $0.71 per share, compared to net income of $764 million, or $2.89 per share, in 2021. The decrease in Goodyear net income was primarily due to higher U.S. and Foreign Tax Expense, higher interest expense and higher rationalization charges. Income taxes in 2021 included discrete tax benefits of $340 million related to the reduction in valuation allowances on certain U.S. deferred tax assets primarily for foreign tax credits and $39 million to adjust our deferred tax assets in England for an enacted change in the tax rate. Additionally, our 2021 earnings included the impact of a severe winter storm in the U.S., which was estimated to negatively impact earnings by $54 million ($44 million after-tax and minority).

Net Sales

Net sales in 2022 of $20,805 million increased $3,327 million, or 19.0%, compared to $17,478 million in 2021, primarily due to global improvements in price and product mix of $2,556 million, the addition of an incremental $1,532 million of net sales from Cooper Tire during the first six months of 2022, higher sales in other tire related businesses of $316 million, driven by increased third-party chemical sales in Americas, growth in EMEA's Fleet Solutions, higher aviation sales in Americas and EMEA, and increased retail sales in Americas, and higher tire volume of $41 million in Asia Pacific and EMEA, partially offset by lower tire volume in Americas. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency translation of $1,114 million, primarily in EMEA and Asia Pacific, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar. Goodyear worldwide tire unit net sales were $17,886 million and $14,917 million in 2022 and 2021, respectively. Consumer and commercial net sales were $13,163 million and $4,205 million in 2022, respectively. Consumer and commercial net sales were $11,118 million and $3,702 million in 2021, respectively.

The following table presents our tire unit sales for the periods indicated:

The increase in worldwide tire unit sales of 15.2 million units, or 9.0%, compared to 2021, included an increase of 9.8 million replacement tire units, or 7.3%, primarily due to the addition of Cooper Tire's units. OE tire units increased by 5.4 million units, or 15.4%, primarily due to higher vehicle production globally compared to 2021, despite ongoing supply chain disruptions and shortages, and share gains from new OE fitments. Consumer and commercial unit sales in 2022 were 169.0 million and 13.6 million, respectively. Consumer and commercial unit sales in 2021 were 154.2 million and 13.1 million, respectively.

Cost of Goods Sold

Cost of Goods Sold ("CGS") was $16,953 million in 2022, increasing $3,261 million, or 23.8%, from $13,692 million in 2021. CGS was 81.5% of sales in 2022 compared to 78.3% of sales in 2021. CGS in 2022 increased primarily due to higher raw material costs of $1,885 million, the addition of an incremental $1,194 million of CGS from Cooper Tire during the first six months of 2022, which includes a favorable year-over-year impact of $38 million ($29 million after-tax and minority) of amortization expense in 2021 related to the fair value adjustment to the Closing Date inventory of Cooper Tire that was acquired by Goodyear, higher conversion costs of $462 million driven by inflation and higher energy costs, higher costs in other tire-related businesses of $295 million driven by increased third-party chemical and retail sales in Americas and growth in EMEA's Fleet Solutions, higher transportation and import duty costs of $292 million primarily in Americas and EMEA, a favorable indirect tax ruling in Brazil of $69 million in 2021, of which $66 million ($43 million after-tax and minority) related to prior years, higher tire volume of $47 million, and a favorable adjustment of $20 million ($15 million after-tax and minority) in the second half of 2021 due to a reduction in certain U.S. duty rates on various Cooper Tire commercial tires from China imported into the U.S. during 2019. These increases were partially offset by foreign currency translation of $942 million, primarily in EMEA and Asia Pacific, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, and $72 million ($53 million after-tax and minority) of amortization expense during the second half of 2021 related to the fair value adjustment to the Closing Date inventory of Cooper Tire that was acquired by Goodyear.

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CGS in 2022 included pension expense of $22 million compared to $21 million in 2021. CGS in 2022 also included a gain of $14 million ($11 million after-tax and minority) in the first half of 2022 due to a reduction in certain U.S. duty rates on various Cooper Tire commercial tires from China imported into the U.S. during 2020 and a gain of $7 million ($6 million after-tax and minority) in Americas related to insurance recoveries. CGS in 2022 included incremental savings from rationalization plans of $2 million compared to $63 million in 2021.

Selling, Administrative and General Expense

SAG was $2,798 million in 2022, increasing $99 million, or 3.7%, from $2,699 million in 2021. SAG was 13.4% of sales in 2022 compared to 15.4% of sales in 2021. SAG increased primarily due to the addition of incremental SAG from Cooper Tire during the first six months of 2022 and $130 million of cost increases reflecting the inflationary cost trends described above. These increases were partially offset by foreign currency translation of $156 million, primarily in EMEA and Asia Pacific, driven by the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, and lower wages and benefits of $36 million, driven by reduced incentive compensation. SAG in 2022 included pension expense of $15 million compared to $18 million in 2021. SAG in 2022 included incremental savings from rationalization plans of $12 million compared to $9 million in 2021.

SAG and CGS in 2022 included $28 million and $9 million, respectively, of accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs, of which $30 million ($27 million after-tax and minority) in total related to rationalization activities. SAG and CGS in 2021 included a total of $6 million ($4 million after-tax and minority) of transaction costs related to the Cooper Tire acquisition.

Rationalizations

We recorded net rationalization charges of $129 million ($120 million after-tax and minority) in 2022. Net rationalization charges include $37 million for the plan primarily to reduce salaried staff globally, $34 million for the plan to close Melksham, $24 million for a plan to reduce duplicative global SAG headcount and close redundant warehouse locations in Americas as part of our ongoing Cooper Tire integration efforts, $16 million related to the permanent closure of our tire manufacturing facility in Gadsden, Alabama, and $14 million related to the exit of our retail operations in South Africa.

We recorded net rationalization charges of $93 million ($82 million after-tax and minority) in 2021. Net rationalization charges include $38 million in Americas, primarily related to the permanent closure of our tire manufacturing facility in Gadsden, Alabama, $29 million related to a plan to reduce SAG headcount in EMEA, and $26 million related to a plan to modernize two of our manufacturing facilities in Germany.

Upon completion of new plans initiated in 2022, we estimate that annual segment operating income (primarily SAG) will improve by approximately $150 million. The savings realized in 2022 from rationalization plans totaled $14 million ($12 million SAG and $2 million CGS).

For further information, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 4, Costs Associated with Rationalization Programs.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $451 million in 2022, increasing $64 million from $387 million in 2021. The increase was primarily due to a higher average debt balance of $8,266 million in 2022 compared to $7,267 million in 2021 and a higher average interest rate of 5.46% in 2022 compared to 5.33% in 2021. Interest expense in 2021 included a $6 million ($5 million after-tax and minority) charge related to the redemption of our former $1.0 billion 5.125% senior notes due 2023.

Other (Income) Expense

Other (Income) Expense was $75 million and $94 million of expense in 2022 and 2021, respectively. The $19 million decrease in expense was primarily due to net gains on asset and other sales of $115 million ($87 million after-tax and minority) in 2022 primarily related to the sale and leaseback transaction in Americas, $50 million ($42 million after-tax and minority) of transaction and other costs related to the Cooper Tire acquisition in 2021, net pension curtailment and settlement charges of $43 million ($32 million after-tax and minority) in 2021, and an out of period adjustment of $7 million ($7 million after-tax and minority) of expense related to foreign currency exchange in Americas in 2021. These decreases were partially offset by net pension curtailment and settlement charges of $124 million ($93 million after-tax and minority) in 2022, $48 million ($44 million after-tax and minority) of interest income related to the favorable indirect tax ruling in Brazil in 2021, $15 million of expense ($11 million after-tax and minority) for intellectual property-related legal claims in 2022, net gains on asset and other sales in 2021 of $12 million ($8 million after-tax and minority) primarily related to the sale of land in Hanau, Germany, and a favorable insurance settlement of $10 million ($8 million after-tax and minority) in 2021. The remainder of the difference is mostly attributable to higher interest income in 2022 compared to 2021, driven by higher interest rates.

For further information, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 6, Other (Income) Expense.

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Income Taxes

Income tax expense in 2022 was $190 million on income before income taxes of $399 million. In 2022, income tax expense includes net discrete tax expense totaling $23 million ($23 million after minority interest), including a charge of $14 million to write off deferred tax assets related to tax loss carryforwards in the UK and a charge of $11 million to establish a full valuation allowance on our net deferred tax assets in Russia, partially offset by a net benefit of $2 million for various other items.

Income tax benefit in 2021 was $267 million on income before income taxes of $513 million. In 2021, income tax benefit includes net discrete tax benefits totaling $409 million ($409 million after minority interest), including a reduction in our valuation allowances of $340 million for certain U.S. deferred tax assets for foreign tax credits and state tax loss carryforwards, a $39 million benefit to adjust our deferred tax assets in England for a second quarter enacted change in the tax rate, a $21 million benefit to reflect an increase in our estimated state tax rate used in calculating our U.S. net deferred tax assets as a result of a change in the overall mix of our earnings by state after including the impact of the acquisition of Cooper Tire, an $8 million benefit related to a favorable court ruling in Brazil, and a net benefit of $1 million for various other items.

The difference between our effective tax rate and the U.S. statutory rate of 21% for both 2022 and 2021 primarily relates to losses in certain foreign jurisdictions in which no tax benefits are recorded, income in certain foreign jurisdictions taxed at rates higher than the U.S. statutory rate, and the discrete items described above.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (the "Act") was signed into law in the U.S. The Act includes a new 15% corporate alternative minimum tax ("CAMT"). This CAMT applies to tax years beginning after December 31, 2022 for companies with average annual adjusted financial statement income over the previous three years in excess of $1 billion. For 2023, we do not anticipate this CAMT will apply to us due to the significant pandemic-driven losses we incurred in 2020. As allowed, we elected to not consider the estimated impact of potential future CAMT obligations for purposes of assessing valuation allowances on our deferred tax assets.

At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had approximately $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion of U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets, respectively, inclusive of valuation allowances totaling $26 million in each year primarily for state tax loss carryforwards with limited lives. Approximately $700 million of these U.S. net deferred tax assets have unlimited lives and approximately $400 million have limited lives and expire between 2023 and 2042. In the U.S., we have a cumulative loss for the three-year period ended December 31, 2022. However, as the three-year cumulative loss in the U.S. is driven by business disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily in 2020, and only includes the favorable impact of the Cooper Tire acquisition since the Closing Date, we also considered other objectively verifiable information in assessing our ability to utilize our net deferred tax assets, including continued favorable overall volume trends in the tire industry and our tire volume compared to 2020 levels. In addition, the Cooper Tire acquisition has generated significant incremental domestic earnings since the Closing Date and provides opportunities for cost and other operating synergies to further improve our U.S. profitability.

At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, our U.S. net deferred tax assets described above include approximately $230 million and $340 million, respectively, of foreign tax credits with limited lives. Our earnings and forecasts of future profitability, taking into consideration recent trends, along with three significant sources of foreign income, provide us sufficient positive evidence that we will be able to utilize these net foreign tax credits which expire through 2032. Our sources of foreign income are (1) 100% of our domestic profitability can be re-characterized as foreign source income under current U.S. tax law to the extent domestic losses have offset foreign source income in prior years, (2) annual net foreign source income, exclusive of dividends, primarily from royalties, and (3) tax planning strategies, including accelerating income on cross border transactions, including sales of inventory or raw materials to our subsidiaries, reducing U.S. interest expense by, for example, reducing intercompany loans through repatriating current year earnings of foreign subsidiaries, and other financing transactions, all of which would increase our domestic profitability.

We consider our current forecasts of future profitability in assessing our ability to realize our deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits. These forecasts include the impact of recent trends, including various macroeconomic factors such as the impact of higher raw material, transportation, labor and energy costs, on our profitability, as well as the impact of tax planning strategies. These macroeconomic factors possess a high degree of volatility and can significantly impact our profitability. As such, there is a risk that future earnings will not be sufficient to fully utilize our U.S. net deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits. However, we believe our forecasts of future profitability along with the three significant sources of foreign income described above provide us sufficient positive, objectively verifiable evidence to conclude that it is more likely than not that, at December 31, 2022, our U.S. net deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits, will be fully utilized.

At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we also had approximately $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion of foreign net deferred tax assets, respectively, and related valuation allowances of approximately $1.0 billion in each year. Our losses in various foreign taxing jurisdictions in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require us to maintain a full valuation allowance against certain of these net foreign deferred tax assets. Most notably, in Luxembourg, we maintain a valuation allowance of $873 million on all of our net deferred tax assets. Each reporting period, we assess available positive and negative

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evidence and estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize these existing deferred tax assets. We do not believe that sufficient positive evidence required to release valuation allowances having a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations will exist within the next twelve months.

For further information regarding income taxes and the realizability of our deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits, refer to "Critical Accounting Policies" and Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 7, Income Taxes.

Minority Shareholders’ Net Income

Minority shareholders’ net income was $7 million in 2022, compared to $16 million in 2021. The decrease in 2022 was primarily related to the impact of inflation on earnings of the minority interest in Turkey. Minority shareholders' net income in 2021 includes $3 million ($3 million after-tax) related to a settlement with a minority interest in Turkey.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment information reflects our strategic business units ("SBUs"), which are organized to meet customer requirements and global competition and are segmented on a regional basis. Since the Closing Date, Cooper Tire's operating results have been incorporated into each of our SBUs. For periods that are not fully comparable, we discuss the impact of Cooper Tire's operating results separately up to the point within those periods when Cooper Tire's results became comparable.

Results of operations are measured based on net sales to unaffiliated customers and segment operating income. Each segment exports tires to other segments. The financial results of each segment exclude sales of tires exported to other segments, but include operating income derived from such transactions. Segment operating income is computed as follows: Net Sales less CGS (excluding asset write-off and accelerated depreciation charges) and SAG (including certain allocated corporate administrative expenses). Segment operating income also includes certain royalties and equity in earnings of most affiliates. Segment operating income does not include net rationalization charges (credits), asset sales, goodwill and other asset impairment charges and certain other items.

Total segment operating income in 2022 was $1,276 million, a decrease of $12 million, or 0.9%, from $1,288 million in 2021. Total segment operating margin (segment operating income divided by segment sales) in 2022 was 6.1% compared to 7.4% in 2021.

Management believes that total segment operating income is useful because it represents the aggregate value of income created by our SBUs and excludes items not directly related to the SBUs for performance evaluation purposes. Total segment operating income is the sum of the individual SBUs’ segment operating income. Refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 9, Business Segments, for further information and for a reconciliation of total segment operating income to Income (Loss) before Income Taxes.

Americas

Americas unit sales in 2022 increased 9.1 million units, or 10.6%, to 95.0 million units. Replacement tire volume increased 7.9 million units, or 10.8%, primarily due to the addition of incremental Cooper Tire units during the first six months of 2022, partially offset by a decrease in our consumer business in the U.S. OE tire volume increased 1.2 million units, or 9.5%, primarily due to continued recovery from the impact on vehicle production of global supply chain disruptions, including shortages of key manufacturing components, such as semiconductors, driven by our consumer business in the U.S., Canada and Brazil.

Net sales in 2022 were $12,766 million, increasing $2,715 million, or 27.0%, from $10,051 million in 2021. The increase in net sales was primarily due to improvements in price and product mix of $1,402 million, driven by price increases, the addition of an incremental $1,355 million of net sales from Cooper Tire during the first six months of 2022, and higher sales in other tire-related businesses of $208 million, primarily due to higher third-party chemical, retail, aviation and retread sales. These increases were partially offset by lower tire volume of $258 million. We estimate that the severe winter storm in the U.S. negatively impacted Americas net sales in 2021 by approximately $35 million.

Operating income in 2022 was $1,094 million, increasing $180 million, or 19.7%, from $914 million in 2021. The increase in operating income was due to improvements in price and product mix of $1,452 million, which more than offset higher raw material costs of $881 million, $61 million of amortization expense in the second half of 2021 related to the fair value adjustment to the Closing Date inventory of Cooper Tire that was acquired by Goodyear, higher earnings in other tire-related businesses of $8 million, and the net impact of out of period adjustments in 2021 totaling $6 million ($6 million after-tax and minority) of expense primarily related to inventory and accrued freight charges. These increases were partially offset by higher conversion costs of $242 million and higher transportation and import duty costs of $229 million, both driven by the inflationary cost trends described above, lower tire volume of $81 million, the favorable indirect tax ruling in Brazil of $69 million in 2021, the favorable adjustment of $20 million in the second half of 2021 due to the reduction in certain U.S. duty rates on various Cooper Tire commercial tires from China imported into the U.S. during 2019, and higher SAG of $11 million. The remainder of the change was driven by the addition of Cooper Tire's incremental operating results during the first six months of 2022, which included a favorable year-over-year impact of $35 million for amortization expense in 2021 related to the fair value step-up of inventory acquired by Goodyear. SAG for 2022 includes incremental savings from rationalization plans of $7 million. We estimate that the severe winter storm in the U.S. as well as a national strike in Colombia negatively impacted Americas operating income in 2021 by approximately $42 million and $9 million ($9 million after-tax and minority), respectively.

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Operating income in 2022 excluded net rationalization charges of $32 million and net gains on asset sales of $122 million, primarily related to the sale and leaseback transaction in the second quarter of 2022 and the sale and exit of certain retail locations in the fourth quarter of 2022. Operating income in 2021 excluded rationalization charges of $38 million and a net gain on asset sales of $1 million.

Americas' results are highly dependent upon the United States, which accounted for 84% of Americas' net sales in both 2022 and 2021. Results of operations in the United States are expected to continue to have a significant impact on Americas' future performance.

Europe, Middle East and Africa

Europe, Middle East and Africa unit sales in 2022 increased 2.4 million units, or 4.5%, to 55.1 million units. Replacement tire volume increased 1.3 million units, or 3.1%, primarily in our consumer business, reflecting continued recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic during the first half of the year and the impacts of our ongoing initiative to align distribution in Europe, as well as the addition of incremental Cooper Tire units during the first six months of 2022. These increases were partially offset by industry declines in the second half of the year. OE tire volume increased 1.1 million units, or 10.1%, reflecting share gains driven by new consumer fitments and increased demand from improved vehicle production.

Net sales in 2022 were $5,645 million, increasing $402 million, or 7.7%, from $5,243 million in 2021. Net sales increased primarily due to improvements in price and product mix of $999 million, driven by price increases, higher tire volume of $141 million, higher sales in other tire-related businesses of $115 million, primarily due to growth in Fleet Solutions and an increase in aviation, motorcycle and retread sales, and the addition of an incremental $105 million of net sales from Cooper Tire during the first six months of 2022. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency translation of $954 million, driven by a weaker euro, Turkish lira, Polish zloty and British pound.

Operating income in 2022 was $61 million, decreasing $178 million, or 74.5%, from $239 million in 2021. The decrease in operating income was primarily due to higher conversion costs of $217 million and higher transportation and import duty costs of $61 million, both driven by the inflationary cost trends described above, and higher SAG of $85 million primarily due to inflation, higher advertising costs and higher costs for wages and benefits. These decreases were partially offset by improvements in price and product mix of $894 million, which more than offset higher raw material costs of $767 million, higher tire volume of $36 million, and higher earnings in other tire-related businesses of $13 million. The remainder of the change was driven by the addition of Cooper Tire's incremental operating results during the first six months of 2022. SAG and conversion costs for 2022 include incremental savings from rationalization plans of $5 million and $2 million, respectively.

Operating income in 2022 excluded net rationalization charges of $92 million and accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $20 million. Operating income in 2021 excluded net rationalization charges of $49 million, a net gain on asset sales of $13 million and accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $1 million.

EMEA’s results are highly dependent upon Germany, which accounted for 15% of EMEA’s net sales in both 2022 and 2021. Results of operations in Germany are expected to continue to have a significant impact on EMEA’s future performance.

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Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific unit sales in 2022 increased 3.7 million units, or 12.1%, to 34.4 million units. OE tire volume increased 3.1 million units, or 28.1%, primarily due to continued recovery from the impact on vehicle production of global supply chain disruptions, including shortages of key manufacturing components, such as semiconductors, the addition of incremental Cooper Tire units during the first six months of 2022, and share gains driven by new OE fitments. Replacement tire volume increased 0.6 million units, or 3.3%, primarily due to the addition of incremental Cooper Tire units during the first six months of 2022 and expansion of our distribution networks.

Net sales in 2022 were $2,394 million, increasing $210 million, or 9.6%, from $2,184 million in 2021. Net sales increased due to higher tire volume of $158 million, improvements in price and product mix of $155 million, driven by price increases, and the addition of an incremental $72 million of net sales from Cooper Tire during the first six months of 2022. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency translation of $168 million, primarily related to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen, Indian rupee, Chinese yuan and Australian dollar.

Operating income in 2022 was $121 million, decreasing $14 million, or 10.4%, from $135 million in 2021. The decrease in operating income was primarily due to higher raw material costs of $237 million and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $21 million, primarily related to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen and Indian rupee. These decreases were partially offset by improvements in price and product mix of $186 million and higher tire volume of $39 million. The remainder of the change was driven by the addition of Cooper Tire's incremental operating results during the first six months of 2022.

Asia Pacific’s results are highly dependent upon China and Australia. China accounted for 29% of Asia Pacific's net sales in both 2022 and 2021. Australia accounted for 24% of Asia Pacific’s net sales in both 2022 and 2021. Results of operations in China and Australia are expected to continue to have a significant impact on Asia Pacific's future performance.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash generated from our operating and financing activities. Our cash flows from operating activities are driven primarily by our operating results and changes in our working capital requirements and our cash flows from financing activities are dependent upon our ability to access credit or other capital.

On September 15, 2022, we amended our $2.75 billion first lien revolving credit facility to change the base interest rate from LIBOR to SOFR.

On October 12, 2022, we amended and restated our European revolving credit facility. Significant changes to the European revolving credit facility include extending the maturity to January 14, 2028 and changing the base interest rate for loans denominated in U.S. dollars from LIBOR to SOFR.

At December 31, 2022, we had $1,227 million of Cash and Cash Equivalents, compared to $1,088 million at December 31, 2021. The increase in cash and cash equivalents of $139 million was primarily due to net borrowings of $582 million, cash provided by operating activities of $521 million and cash proceeds of $108 million received from the sale and leaseback transaction in Americas in the second quarter of 2022, partially offset by capital expenditures of $1,061 million. Cash provided by operating activities reflects net income for the period of $209 million, which includes non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization of $964 million, non-cash rationalization charges of $129 million, non-cash net pension curtailment and settlement charges of $124 million, and a non-cash gain of $95 million related to the sale and leaseback transaction in Americas, partially offset by cash used for working capital of $689 million, rationalization payments of $95 million and pension contributions and direct payments of $60 million, as well as the impact of other changes to various assets and liabilities on the Balance Sheet.

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had $4,035 million and $4,345 million, respectively, of unused availability under our various credit agreements. The table below provides unused availability by our significant credit facilities as of December 31:

We expect our 2023 cash flow needs to include capital expenditures of approximately $1.0 billion. We also expect interest expense to be approximately $500 million; rationalization payments to be approximately $100 million; income tax payments to be approximately $200 million, excluding one-time items; and contributions to our funded pension plans to be $25 million to $50 million. We expect working capital to be a source of operating cash flows of approximately $100 million for the full year of 2023.

We actively monitor our liquidity and intend to operate our business in a way that allows us to address our cash flow needs with our existing cash and available credit if they cannot be funded by cash generated from operating or other financing activities. We believe that our liquidity position is adequate to fund our operating and investing needs and debt maturities for the next twelve months and to provide us with the ability to respond to further changes in the business environment.

Our ability to service debt and operational requirements is also dependent, in part, on the ability of our subsidiaries to make distributions of cash to various other entities in our consolidated group, whether in the form of dividends, loans or otherwise. In certain countries where we operate, such as China, South Africa, Serbia and Argentina, transfers of funds into or out of such countries by way of dividends, loans, advances or payments to third-party or affiliated suppliers are generally or periodically subject to certain requirements, such as obtaining approval from the foreign government and/or currency exchange board before net assets can be transferred out of the country. In addition, certain of our credit agreements and other debt instruments limit the ability of foreign subsidiaries to make distributions of cash. Thus, we would have to repay and/or amend these credit agreements and other debt instruments in order to use this cash to service our consolidated debt. Because of the inherent uncertainty of satisfactorily meeting these requirements or limitations, we do not consider the net assets of our subsidiaries, including our Chinese, South African, Serbian and Argentinian subsidiaries, which are subject to such requirements or limitations to be integral to our liquidity or our ability to service our debt and operational requirements. At December 31, 2022, approximately $1.0 billion of net assets, including approximately $225 million of cash and cash equivalents, were subject to such requirements. The requirements we must comply with to transfer funds out of China, South Africa, Serbia and Argentina have not adversely impacted our ability to make transfers out of those countries.

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Cash Position

At December 31, 2022, significant concentrations of cash and cash equivalents held by our international subsidiaries included the following amounts:

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$361 million or 29% in EMEA, primarily France, Belgium and England ($161 million or 15% at December 31, 2021),

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$316 million or 26% in Americas, primarily Chile, Brazil and Mexico ($320 million or 29% at December 31, 2021), and

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$301 million or 25% in Asia Pacific, primarily China, India and Australia ($317 million or 29% at December 31, 2021).

We have deposited our cash and cash equivalents and entered into various credit agreements and derivative contracts with financial institutions that we considered to be substantial and creditworthy at the time of such transactions. We seek to control our exposure to these financial institutions by diversifying our deposits, credit agreements and derivative contracts across multiple financial institutions, by setting deposit and counterparty credit limits based on long term credit ratings and other indicators of credit risk such as credit default swap spreads, and by monitoring the financial strength of these financial institutions on a regular basis. We also enter into master netting agreements with counterparties when possible. By controlling and monitoring exposure to financial institutions in this manner, we believe that we effectively manage the risk of loss due to nonperformance by a financial institution. However, we cannot provide assurance that we will not experience losses or delays in accessing our deposits or lines of credit due to the nonperformance of a financial institution. Our inability to access our cash deposits or make draws on our lines of credit, or the inability of a counterparty to fulfill its contractual obligations to us, could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations in the period in which it occurs.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $521 million in 2022, decreasing $541 million compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $1,062 million in 2021.

The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities reflects a net increase in cash used for working capital of $330 million and a $12 million decrease in operating income from our SBUs, which includes a non-cash year-over-year benefit of $110 million related to the amortization of the Cooper Tire inventory fair value step-up in 2021. These decreases were partially offset by lower rationalization payments of $102 million, lower cash payments for transaction and other costs related to the Cooper Tire acquisition of $40 million, lower pension contributions and direct payments of $31 million, and lower cash payments for income taxes of $27 million. The remainder of the decrease in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to a net unfavorable change of $250 million in Balance Sheet accounts for Compensation and Benefits, Other Assets and Liabilities and Other Current Liabilities.

The net increase in cash used for working capital reflects a decrease in cash provided by Accounts Payable - Trade of $237 million and an increase in cash used for Inventory of $60 million and Accounts Receivable of $33 million. These changes were driven by the impact of the current year inflationary cost trends described above on our manufacturing operations and pricing.

Investing Activities

Net cash used for investing activities was $914 million in 2022, compared to $2,793 million in 2021. The $1,879 million decrease in cash used for investing activities primarily relates to the $1,856 million cash component of the purchase price, net of cash and restricted cash acquired, for the acquisition of Cooper Tire in 2021 and cash proceeds of $108 million in 2022 related to the sale and leaseback transaction in Americas. Capital expenditures were $1,061 million in 2022, increasing $80 million, compared to $981 million in 2021, primarily due to the addition of Cooper Tire's capital expenditures for the full year. Beyond expenditures required to sustain our facilities, capital expenditures in 2022 and 2021 primarily related to the modernization and expansion of tire manufacturing facilities around the world.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $575 million in 2022, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $1,309 million in 2021. The $734 million decrease reflects lower net borrowings of $824 million, primarily due to borrowings in 2021 used to fund a portion of the Cooper Tire acquisition, partially offset by an increase in net cash provided by other financing transactions, primarily due to an increase in our liability to remit cash from factored account receivables to the purchaser of those receivables. No cash dividends were paid in 2022 or 2021.

Credit Sources

In aggregate, we had total credit arrangements of $11,806 million available at December 31, 2022, of which $4,035 million were unused, compared to $11,628 million available at December 31, 2021, of which $4,345 million were unused. At December

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31, 2022, we had long term credit arrangements totaling $10,925 million, of which $3,566 million were unused, compared to $10,624 million and $3,785 million, respectively, at December 31, 2021. At December 31, 2022, we had short term committed and uncommitted credit arrangements totaling $881 million, of which $469 million were unused, compared to $1,004 million and $560 million, respectively, at December 31, 2021. The continued availability of the short term uncommitted arrangements is at the discretion of the relevant lender and may be terminated at any time.

Outstanding Notes

At December 31, 2022, we had $5,560 million of outstanding notes, compared to $5,591 million at December 31, 2021.

$2.75 Billion Amended and Restated First Lien Revolving Credit Facility due 2026

On September 15, 2022, we amended our $2.75 billion first lien revolving credit facility to change the base interest rate from LIBOR to SOFR. Our first lien revolving credit facility is available in the form of loans or letters of credit. Up to $800 million in letters of credit and $50 million of swingline loans are available for issuance under the facility. Subject to the consent of the lenders whose commitments are to be increased, we may request that the facility be increased by up to $250 million. The facility matures on June 8, 2026. Based on our current liquidity, amounts drawn under this facility bear interest at SOFR plus 125 basis points.

Availability under the facility is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on (i) eligible accounts receivable and inventory of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, (ii) the value of our principal trademarks in an amount not to exceed $400 million, (iii) the value of eligible machinery and equipment, and (iv) certain cash in an amount not to exceed $275 million. To the extent that our eligible accounts receivable, inventory and other components of the borrowing base decline in value, our borrowing base will decrease and the availability under the facility may decrease below $2.75 billion. In addition, if the amount of outstanding borrowings and letters of credit under the facility exceeds the borrowing base, we would be required to prepay borrowings and/or cash collateralize letters of credit sufficient to eliminate the excess. As of December 31, 2022, our borrowing base was above the facility's stated amount of $2.75 billion.

At December 31, 2022, we had no borrowings and $3 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2021, we had no borrowings and $19 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility.

€800 Million Amended and Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility due 2028

On October 12, 2022, we amended and restated our European revolving credit facility. Significant changes to the European revolving credit facility include extending the maturity to January 14, 2028 and changing the base interest rate for loans denominated in U.S. dollars from LIBOR to SOFR.

The European revolving credit facility consists of (i) a €180 million German tranche that is available only to Goodyear Germany GmbH and (ii) a €620 million all-borrower tranche that is available to Goodyear Europe B.V. ("GEBV"), Goodyear Germany and Goodyear Operations S.A. Up to €175 million of swingline loans and €75 million in letters of credit are available for issuance under the all-borrower tranche. Subject to the consent of the lenders whose commitments are to be increased, we may request that the facility be increased by up to €200 million. Amounts drawn under this facility will bear interest at SOFR plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in U.S. dollars, EURIBOR plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in euros, and SONIA plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in pounds sterling. Undrawn amounts under the facility are subject to an annual commitment fee of 25 basis points.

At December 31, 2022, there were no borrowings outstanding under the German tranche, $374 million (€350 million) of borrowings outstanding under the all-borrower tranche and no letters of credit outstanding under the European revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2021, we had no borrowings and no letters of credit outstanding under the European revolving credit facility.

Each of our first lien revolving credit facility and our European revolving credit facility have customary representations and warranties including, as a condition to borrowing, that all such representations and warranties are true and correct, in all material respects, on the date of the borrowing, including representations as to no material adverse change in our business or financial condition since December 31, 2020 under the first lien facility and December 31, 2021 under the European facility.

Accounts Receivable Securitization Facilities (On-Balance Sheet)

GEBV and certain other of our European subsidiaries are parties to a pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility that expires in 2027. The terms of the facility provide the flexibility to designate annually the maximum amount of funding available under the facility in an amount of not less than €30 million and not more than €450 million. For the period from October 19, 2021 through October 19, 2022, the designated maximum amount of the facility was €300 million. For the period from October 20, 2022 through October 18, 2023, the designated maximum amount of the facility remains at €300 million.

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The facility involves an ongoing daily sale of substantially all of the trade accounts receivable of certain GEBV subsidiaries. These subsidiaries retain servicing responsibilities. Utilization under this facility is based on eligible receivable balances.

The funding commitments under the facility will expire upon the earliest to occur of: (a) October 19, 2027, (b) the non-renewal and expiration (without substitution) of all of the back-up liquidity commitments, (c) the early termination of the facility according to its terms (generally upon an Early Amortisation Event (as defined in the facility), which includes, among other things, events similar to the events of default under our first lien revolving credit facility; certain tax law changes; or certain changes to law, regulation or accounting standards), or (d) our request for early termination of the facility. The facility’s current back-up liquidity commitments will expire on October 18, 2023.

At December 31, 2022, the amounts available and utilized under this program totaled $267 million (€250 million). At December 31, 2021, the amounts available and utilized under this program totaled $279 million (€246 million). The program does not qualify for sale accounting, and accordingly, these amounts are included in Long Term Debt and Finance Leases.

Accounts Receivable Factoring Facilities (Off-Balance Sheet)

We have sold certain of our trade receivables under off-balance sheet programs. For these programs, we have concluded that there is generally no risk of loss to us from non-payment of the sold receivables. At December 31, 2022, the gross amount of receivables sold was $744 million, compared to $605 million at December 31, 2021. The increase from December 31, 2021 is primarily due to an increase in our accounts receivable as a result of higher sales prices.

Letters of Credit

At December 31, 2022, we had $229 million in letters of credit issued under bilateral letter of credit agreements and other foreign credit facilities.

Supplier Financing

We have entered into payment processing agreements with several financial institutions. Under these agreements, the financial institutions act as our paying agents with respect to accounts payable due to our suppliers. These agreements also allow our suppliers to sell their receivables to the financial institutions at the sole discretion of both the supplier and the financial institution on terms that are negotiated between them. We are not always notified when our suppliers sell receivables under these programs. Our obligations to our suppliers, including the amounts due and scheduled payment dates, are not impacted by our suppliers' decisions to sell their receivables under these programs. Agreements for such supplier financing programs totaled up to $920 million and $630 million at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase from December 31, 2021 is primarily due to the overall increase in our cost base as a result of the Cooper Tire acquisition.

Further Information

The ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, ceased publication of U.S. dollar LIBOR (“USD LIBOR”) for the one week and two month USD LIBOR tenors on December 31, 2021 and intends to cease publication for all other USD LIBOR tenors on June 30, 2023. We previously identified and evaluated our debt obligations and other contracts that refer to LIBOR and have amended our first lien revolving credit facility and our European revolving credit facility, which constituted the most significant of our LIBOR-based debt obligations and contracts, to replace LIBOR with SOFR. We do not believe that the discontinuation of LIBOR, or its replacement with an alternative reference rate or rates, will have a material impact on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

For a further description of the terms of our outstanding notes, first lien revolving credit facility, European revolving credit facility and pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 16, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments.

Covenant Compliance

Our first lien revolving credit facility and some of the indentures governing our notes contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional debt or issue redeemable preferred stock, pay dividends, repurchase shares or make certain other restricted payments or investments, incur liens, sell assets, incur restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to us, enter into affiliate transactions, engage in sale and leaseback transactions, and consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. These covenants are subject to significant exceptions and qualifications. Our first lien revolving credit facility and the indentures governing our notes also have customary defaults, including cross-defaults to material indebtedness of Goodyear and its subsidiaries.

We have an additional financial covenant in our first lien revolving credit facility that is currently not applicable. We become subject to that financial covenant when the aggregate amount of our Parent Company (The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company) and guarantor subsidiaries cash and cash equivalents (“Available Cash”) plus our availability under our first lien revolving credit facility is less than $275 million. If this were to occur, our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense may not

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be less than 2.0 to 1.0 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters. As of December 31, 2022, our unused availability under this facility of $2,747 million plus our Available Cash of $174 million totaled $2,921 million, which is in excess of $275 million.

In addition, our European revolving credit facility contains non-financial covenants similar to the non-financial covenants in our first lien revolving credit facility that are described above and a financial covenant applicable only to GEBV and its subsidiaries. This financial covenant provides that we are not permitted to allow GEBV’s ratio of Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness to Consolidated GEBV EBITDA for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to be greater than 3.0 to 1.0 at the end of any fiscal quarter. Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness is determined net of the sum of cash and cash equivalents in excess of $100 million held by GEBV and its subsidiaries, cash and cash equivalents in excess of $150 million held by the Parent Company and its U.S. subsidiaries, and availability under our first lien revolving credit facility if the ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense described above is not applicable and the conditions to borrowing under the first lien revolving credit facility are met. Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness also excludes loans from other consolidated Goodyear entities. This financial covenant is also included in our pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility. At December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with this financial covenant.

Our credit facilities also state that we may only incur additional debt or make restricted payments that are not otherwise expressly permitted if, after giving effect to the debt incurrence or the restricted payment, our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense for the prior four fiscal quarters would exceed 2.0 to 1.0. Certain of our senior note indentures have substantially similar limitations on incurring debt and making restricted payments. Our credit facilities and indentures also permit the incurrence of additional debt through other provisions in those agreements without regard to our ability to satisfy the ratio-based incurrence test described above. We believe that these other provisions provide us with sufficient flexibility to incur additional debt necessary to meet our operating, investing and financing needs without regard to our ability to satisfy the ratio-based incurrence test.

Covenants could change based upon a refinancing or amendment of an existing facility, or additional covenants may be added in connection with the incurrence of new debt.

As of December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with the currently applicable material covenants imposed by our principal credit facilities and indentures.

The terms “Available Cash,” “EBITDA,” “Consolidated Interest Expense,” “Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness” and “Consolidated GEBV EBITDA” have the meanings given them in the respective credit facilities.

Potential Future Financings

In addition to the financing activities described above, we may seek to undertake additional financing actions which could include restructuring bank debt or capital markets transactions, possibly including the issuance of additional debt or equity. Given the inherent uncertainty of market conditions, access to the capital markets cannot be assured.

Our future liquidity requirements may make it necessary for us to incur additional debt. However, a substantial portion of our assets are already subject to liens securing our indebtedness. As a result, we are limited in our ability to pledge our remaining assets as security for additional secured indebtedness. In addition, no assurance can be given as to our ability to raise additional unsecured debt.

Dividends and Common Stock Repurchase Program

Under our primary credit facilities and some of our note indentures, we are permitted to pay dividends on and repurchase our capital stock (which constitute restricted payments) as long as no default will have occurred and be continuing, additional indebtedness can be incurred under the credit facilities or indentures following the payment, and certain financial tests are satisfied.

During 2020, we paid cash dividends of $37 million on our common stock. This excludes dividends earned on stock based compensation plans of $1 million. On April 16, 2020, we announced that we suspended the quarterly dividend on our common stock. No cash dividends were paid in 2022 or 2021.

We may repurchase shares delivered to us by employees as payment for the exercise price of stock options and the withholding taxes due upon the exercise of stock options or the vesting or payment of stock awards. During 2022, 2021, and 2020, we did not repurchase any shares from our employees.

The restrictions imposed by our credit facilities and indentures are not expected to affect our ability to pay dividends or repurchase our capital stock in the future.

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Asset Dispositions

The restrictions on asset sales imposed by our material indebtedness have not affected our ability to divest non-core businesses, and those divestitures have not affected our ability to comply with those restrictions.

Supplemental Guarantor Financial Information

Certain of our subsidiaries, which are listed on Exhibit 22.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are generally holding or operating companies, have guaranteed our obligations under the $800 million outstanding principal amount of 9.5% senior notes due 2025, the $900 million outstanding principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2026, the $700 million outstanding principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2027, the $850 million outstanding principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2029, the $550 million outstanding principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due April 2031, the $600 million outstanding principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due July 2031 and the $450 million outstanding principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2033 (collectively, the “Notes”).

The Notes have been issued by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Parent Company”) and are its senior unsecured obligations. The Notes rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future senior unsecured obligations and senior to any of our future subordinated indebtedness. The Notes are effectively subordinated to our existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the assets securing that indebtedness. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries that also guarantee our obligations under our first lien revolving credit facility (such guarantees, the “Guarantees”; and, such guaranteeing subsidiaries, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors and rank equally in right of payment with all existing and future senior unsecured obligations of our Subsidiary Guarantors. The Guarantees are effectively subordinated to existing and future secured indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent of the assets securing that indebtedness.

The Notes are structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future debt and other liabilities, including trade payables, of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes (the “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries”). The Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries will have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay amounts due under the Notes or to make funds available to pay those amounts. Certain Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are limited in their ability to remit funds to us by means of dividends, advances or loans due to required foreign government and/or currency exchange board approvals or limitations in credit agreements or other debt instruments of those subsidiaries.

The Subsidiary Guarantors, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee on a senior unsecured basis the performance and full and punctual payment when due of all obligations of the Parent Company under the Notes and the related indentures, whether for payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise. The Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors are subject to release in limited circumstances only upon the occurrence of certain customary conditions.

Although the Guarantees provide the holders of Notes with a direct unsecured claim against the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantors, under U.S. federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of U.S. state fraudulent transfer laws, in certain circumstances a court could cancel a Guarantee and order the return of any payments made thereunder to the Subsidiary Guarantor or to a fund for the benefit of its creditors.

A court might take these actions if it found, among other things, that when the Subsidiary Guarantors incurred the debt evidenced by their Guarantee (i) they received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the incurrence of the debt and (ii) any one of the following conditions was satisfied:

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the Subsidiary Guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of the incurrence;

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the Subsidiary Guarantor was engaged in a business or transaction for which its remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

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the Subsidiary Guarantor intended to incur, or believed (or reasonably should have believed) that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay as those debts matured.

In applying the above factors, a court would likely find that a Subsidiary Guarantor did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value for its Guarantee, except to the extent that it benefited directly or indirectly from the issuance of the Notes. The determination of whether a guarantor was or was not rendered “insolvent” when it entered into its guarantee will vary depending on the law of the jurisdiction being applied. Generally, an entity would be considered insolvent if the sum of its debts (including contingent or unliquidated debts) is greater than all of its assets at a fair valuation or if the present fair salable value of its assets is less than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent or unliquidated debts, as they mature.

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Under Canadian federal bankruptcy and insolvency laws and comparable provincial laws on preferences, fraudulent conveyances or other challengeable or voidable transactions, the Guarantees could be challenged as a preference, fraudulent conveyance, transfer at undervalue or other challengeable or voidable transaction. The test to be applied varies among the different pieces of legislation, but as a general matter these types of challenges may arise in circumstances where:

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such action was intended to defeat, hinder, delay, defraud or prejudice creditors or others;

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such action was taken within a specified period of time prior to the commencement of proceedings under Canadian bankruptcy, insolvency or restructuring legislation in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantor, the consideration received by the Subsidiary Guarantor was conspicuously less than the fair market value of the consideration given, and the Subsidiary Guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by such action and (in some circumstances, or) such action was intended to defraud, defeat or delay a creditor;

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such action was taken within a specified period of time prior to the commencement of proceedings under Canadian bankruptcy, insolvency or restructuring legislation in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantor and such action was taken, or is deemed to have been taken, with a view to giving a creditor a preference over other creditors or, in some circumstances, had the effect of giving a creditor a preference over other creditors; or

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a Subsidiary Guarantor is found to have acted in a manner that was oppressive, unfairly prejudicial to or unfairly disregarded the interests of any shareholder, creditor, director, officer or other interested party.

In addition, in certain insolvency proceedings a Canadian court may subordinate claims in respect of the Guarantees to other claims against a Subsidiary Guarantor under the principle of equitable subordination if the court determines that (1) the holder of Notes engaged in some type of inequitable or improper conduct, (2) the inequitable or improper conduct resulted in injury to other creditors or conferred an unfair advantage upon the holder of Notes and (3) equitable subordination is not inconsistent with the provisions of the relevant solvency statute.

If a court canceled a Guarantee, the holders of Notes would no longer have a claim against that Subsidiary Guarantor or its assets.

Each Guarantee is limited, by its terms, to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering the Guarantee, as it relates to that Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

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Each Subsidiary Guarantor is a consolidated subsidiary of the Parent Company at the date of the balance sheet presented. The following tables present summarized financial information for the Parent Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on a combined basis after elimination of (i) intercompany transactions and balances among the Parent Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and (ii) equity in earnings from and investments in any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary.

(1)
Includes receivables due from Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of $1,499 million as of December 31, 2022.

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Includes income from intercompany transactions with Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of $577 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily from royalties, dividends, interest and intercompany product sales.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Contractual Obligations

The following table presents our contractual obligations and commitments to make future payments as of December 31, 2022:

(1)
Debt obligations include Notes Payable and Overdrafts, and excludes the impact of deferred financing fees, unamortized discounts, and a fair value step-up related to the Cooper Tire acquisition.

(2)
The minimum lease payments for finance lease obligations are $759 million.

(3)
These amounts represent future interest payments related to our existing debt obligations and finance leases based on fixed and variable interest rates specified in the associated debt and lease agreements. The amounts provided relate only to existing debt obligations and do not assume the refinancing or replacement of such debt or future changes in variable interest rates.

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Operating lease obligations have not been reduced by minimum sublease rentals of $11 million, $9 million, $7 million, $4 million, $2 million and $3 million in each of the periods above, respectively, for a total of $36 million. Payments, net of minimum sublease rentals, total $1,292 million. The present value of the net operating lease payments, including sublease rentals, is $991 million. The operating leases relate to, among other things, real estate, vehicles, data processing equipment and miscellaneous other assets. No asset is leased from any related party.

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The obligation related to pension benefits is actuarially determined and is reflective of obligations as of December 31, 2022. Although subject to change, the amounts set forth in the table represent the mid-point of the range of our expected contributions for funded U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans, plus expected cash funding of direct participant payments to our U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans.

We made significant contributions to fully fund our U.S. pension plans in 2013 and 2014. We have no minimum funding requirements for our funded U.S. pension plans under current ERISA law or the provisions of our USW collective bargaining agreement, including a provision which requires us to maintain an annual ERISA funded status for the Goodyear hourly U.S. pension plan of at least 97%.

Future U.S. pension contributions will be affected by our ability to offset changes in future interest rates with returns from our asset portfolios and any changes to ERISA law. For further information on the U.S. pension investment strategy, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 18, Pension, Other Postretirement Benefits and Savings Plans.

Future non-U.S. contributions are affected by factors such as:

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future interest rate levels,

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the amount and timing of asset returns, and

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how contributions in excess of the minimum requirements could impact the amount and timing of future contributions.

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The payments presented above are expected payments for the next 10 years. The payments for other postretirement benefits reflect the estimated benefit payments of the plans using the provisions currently in effect. Under the relevant summary plan descriptions or plan documents, we have the right to modify or terminate the plans. The obligation related to other postretirement benefits is actuarially determined on an annual basis.

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The payments for workers’ compensation obligations are based upon recent historical payment patterns on claims. The present value of anticipated claims payments for workers’ compensation is $187 million.

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Binding commitments are for raw materials, capital expenditures, utilities, and various other types of contracts. The obligations to purchase raw materials include supply contracts at both fixed and variable prices. Those with variable prices are based on index rates for those commodities at December 31, 2022.

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These amounts primarily represent expected payments with interest for uncertain income tax positions as of December 31, 2022. We have reflected them in the period in which we believe they will be ultimately settled based upon our experience with these matters.

Additional other long term liabilities include items such as general and product liabilities, environmental liabilities and miscellaneous other long term liabilities. These other liabilities are not contractual obligations by nature. We cannot, with any degree of reliability, determine the years in which these liabilities might ultimately be settled. Accordingly, these other long term liabilities are not included in the above table.

In addition, pursuant to certain long term agreements, we will purchase varying amounts of certain raw materials and finished goods at agreed upon base prices that may be subject to periodic adjustments for changes in raw material costs and market price adjustments, or in quantities that may be subject to periodic adjustments for changes in our or our suppliers' production levels. These contingent contractual obligations, the amounts of which cannot be estimated, are not included in the table above.

We do not engage in the trading of commodity contracts or any related derivative contracts. We generally purchase raw materials and energy through short term, intermediate and long term supply contracts at fixed prices or at formula prices related to market prices or negotiated prices. We may, however, from time to time, enter into contracts to hedge our energy costs.

We have an agreement to provide a revolving loan commitment to TireHub, LLC of up to $100 million. At December 31, 2022, $17 million was drawn on this commitment.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

An off-balance sheet arrangement is any transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement involving an unconsolidated entity under which a company has:

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made guarantees,

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retained or held a contingent interest in transferred assets,

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undertaken an obligation under certain derivative instruments, or

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undertaken any obligation arising out of a material variable interest in an unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit risk support to the company, or that engages in leasing, hedging or research and development arrangements with the company.

We have entered into certain arrangements under which we have provided guarantees that are off-balance sheet arrangements. Those guarantees totaled $32 million at December 31, 2022. For further information about our guarantees, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 20, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and related notes to the financial statements. On an ongoing basis, management reviews its estimates, based on currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances may alter such estimates and affect our results of operations and financial position in future periods. Our critical accounting policies relate to:

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acquisitions,

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general and product liability and other litigation,

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workers’ compensation,

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goodwill and intangible assets,

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deferred tax asset valuation allowances and uncertain income tax positions, and

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pensions and other postretirement benefits.

Acquisitions. We allocate the cost of an acquired business to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The excess value of the purchase price for an acquired business over the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recognized as goodwill. The valuation of the acquired assets and liabilities will impact the determination of future operating results. We use a variety of information sources to determine the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities including: third-party appraisers for the values and lives of property, identifiable intangibles and inventories; and actuaries and other third-party specialists for defined benefit pension plans, workers' compensation and general and product liabilities. Goodwill is assigned to reporting units as of the date of the related acquisition. If goodwill is assigned to more than one reporting unit, we utilize a method that is consistent with the manner in which the amount of goodwill in a business combination is determined. Transaction costs related to the acquisition of a business are expensed as incurred.

We estimate the fair value of acquired customer relationships using the multi-period excess earnings method. Fair value is estimated as the present value of the benefits anticipated from ownership of the asset, in excess of the returns required on the investment in contributory assets which are necessary to realize those benefits. The intangible asset’s operating margins are determined as the residual earnings after quantifying operating margins from contributory assets. Assumptions used in these calculations are considered from a market participant perspective and include revenue growth rates, operating margins, contributory asset charges, customer attrition rates and discount rates.

We estimate the fair value of trade names (definite and indefinite) using the relief from royalty method, which calculates the cost savings associated with owning rather than licensing the assets. Assumed royalty rates are applied to projected revenue for the remaining useful lives of the assets to estimate the royalty savings. Assumptions used in the determination of the fair value of a trade name include revenue growth rates, including a terminal growth rate, the royalty rate and the discount rate.

While we use our best estimates and assumptions, fair value estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Any adjustments required after the measurement period are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations.

Future changes in the judgments, assumptions and estimates that are used in our acquisition valuations and intangible asset and goodwill impairment testing, including discount rates or future operating results and related cash flow projections, could result in significantly different estimates of the fair values in the future. An increase in discount rates, a reduction in projected cash flows or a combination of the two could lead to a reduction in the estimated fair values, which may result in impairment charges that could materially affect our financial statements in any given year.

General and Product Liability and Other Litigation. We have recorded liabilities for both asserted and unasserted claims totaling $412 million, including related legal fees expected to be incurred, for potential product liability and other tort claims, including asbestos claims, at December 31, 2022. General and product liability and other litigation liabilities are recorded based on management’s assessment that a loss arising from these matters is probable. If the loss can be reasonably estimated, we record the amount of the estimated loss. If the loss is estimated within a range and no point within the range is more probable than another, we record the minimum amount in the range. As additional information becomes available, any potential liability related to these matters is assessed and the estimates are revised, if necessary. Loss ranges are based upon the specific facts of each claim or class of claims and are determined after review by counsel. Court rulings on our cases or similar cases may impact our assessment of the probability and our estimate of the loss, which may have an impact on our reported results of operations, financial position and liquidity. We record receivables for insurance recoveries related to our litigation claims when it is probable that we will receive reimbursement from the insurer. Specifically, we are a defendant in numerous lawsuits alleging various asbestos-related personal injuries purported to result from alleged exposure to asbestos in certain products previously manufactured by us or present in certain of our facilities. Typically, these lawsuits have been brought against multiple defendants in federal and state courts.

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We periodically, and at least annually, update, using actuarial analyses, our existing reserves for pending claims, including a reasonable estimate of the liability associated with unasserted asbestos claims, and estimate our receivables from probable insurance recoveries. In determining the estimate of our asbestos liability, we evaluated claims over the next ten-year period. Due to the difficulties in making these estimates, analysis based on new data and/or changed circumstances arising in the future may result in an increase in the recorded obligation, and that increase may be significant. We had recorded gross liabilities for both asserted and unasserted asbestos claims, inclusive of defense costs, totaling $125 million at December 31, 2022.

We maintain certain primary and excess insurance coverage under coverage-in-place agreements, and also have additional excess liability insurance with respect to asbestos liabilities. We record a receivable with respect to such policies when we determine that recovery is probable and we can reasonably estimate the amount of a particular recovery. This determination is based on consultation with our outside legal counsel and takes into consideration agreements with certain of our insurance carriers, the financial viability and legal obligations of our insurance carriers, and other relevant factors.

As of December 31, 2022, we recorded a receivable related to asbestos claims of $70 million, and we expect that approximately 55% of asbestos claim related losses would be recoverable through insurance through the period covered by the estimated liability. Of this amount, $11 million was included in Current Assets as part of Accounts Receivable at December 31, 2022. The recorded receivable consists of an amount we expect to collect under coverage-in-place agreements with certain primary and excess insurance carriers as well as an amount we believe is probable of recovery from certain of our other excess insurance carriers. Although we believe these amounts are collectible under primary and certain excess policies today, future disputes with insurers could result in significant charges to operations.

Workers’ Compensation. We have recorded liabilities, on a discounted basis, of $187 million for anticipated costs related to U.S. workers’ compensation claims at December 31, 2022. The costs include an estimate of expected settlements on pending claims, defense costs and a provision for claims incurred but not reported. These estimates are based on our assessment of potential liability using an analysis of available information with respect to pending claims, historical experience and current cost trends. The amount of our ultimate liability in respect of these matters may differ from these estimates. We periodically, and at least annually, update our loss development factors based on actuarial analyses. The liability is discounted using the risk-free rate of return.

For further information on general and product liability and other litigation, and workers’ compensation, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 20, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if an indicator of impairment is present. Intangible assets subject to amortization are tested only if a triggering event would require evaluation. Goodwill and Intangible Assets totaled $1,014 million and $1,004 million, respectively, at December 31, 2022.

We test goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment on at least an annual basis, with the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further impairment testing is necessary or to perform a quantitative assessment by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit or intangible asset to its carrying amount. Under the qualitative assessment, an entity is not required to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit or intangible asset unless the entity determines that it is more likely than not (defined as a likelihood of more than 50%) that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. If under the quantitative assessment the fair value of a reporting unit or intangible asset is less than its carrying amount, then an impairment loss will be recorded for the difference between the carrying value and the fair value.

At October 31, 2022, after considering the results of our most recent quantitative annual testing for each reporting unit and indefinite-lived intangible asset, results of valuations related to the acquisition of Cooper Tire, the capital markets environment, macroeconomic conditions, tire industry competition and trends, our results of operations, and other factors, we concluded that it was not more likely than not that the fair values of our reporting units or indefinite-lived intangible assets were less than their respective carrying values and, therefore, did not perform a quantitative analysis.

Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowances and Uncertain Income Tax Positions. On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (the "Act") was signed into law in the U.S. The Act includes a new 15% corporate alternative minimum tax ("CAMT"). This CAMT applies to tax years beginning after December 31, 2022 for companies with average annual adjusted financial statement income over the previous three years in excess of $1 billion. For 2023, we do not anticipate this CAMT will apply to us due to the significant pandemic-driven losses we incurred in 2020. As allowed, we elected to not consider the estimated impact of potential future CAMT obligations for purposes of assessing valuation allowances on our deferred tax assets.

At both December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, our valuation allowances on certain of our U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets totaled $26 million and our valuation allowances on our foreign net deferred tax assets totaled $1.0 billion.

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We record a reduction to the carrying amounts of deferred tax assets by recording a valuation allowance if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not such assets will not be realized. The valuation of deferred tax assets requires judgment in assessing future profitability by year, including the impact of tax planning strategies, relative to the expiration dates, if any, of the assets.

We consider both positive and negative evidence when measuring the need for a valuation allowance. The weight given to the evidence is commensurate with the extent to which it may be objectively verified. Current and cumulative financial reporting results are a source of objectively verifiable evidence. We give operating results during the most recent three-year period a significant weight in our analysis. We typically only consider forecasts of future profitability when positive cumulative operating results exist in the most recent three-year period. We perform scheduling exercises to determine if sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character exists in the periods required in order to realize our deferred tax assets with limited lives (such as tax loss carryforwards and tax credits) prior to their expiration. We also consider prudent tax planning strategies (including an assessment of their feasibility) to accelerate taxable income if required to utilize expiring deferred tax assets. A valuation allowance is not required to the extent that, in our judgment, positive evidence exists with a magnitude and duration sufficient to result in a conclusion that it is more likely than not that our deferred tax assets will be realized.

At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had approximately $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion of U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets, respectively, inclusive of valuation allowances totaling $26 million in each year primarily for state tax loss carryforwards with limited lives. Approximately $700 million of these U.S. net deferred tax assets have unlimited lives and approximately $400 million have limited lives and expire between 2023 and 2042. In the U.S., we have a cumulative loss for the three-year period ended December 31, 2022. However, as the three-year cumulative loss in the U.S. is driven by business disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily in 2020, and only includes the favorable impact of the Cooper Tire acquisition since the Closing Date, we also considered other objectively verifiable information in assessing our ability to utilize our net deferred tax assets, including continued favorable overall volume trends in the tire industry and our tire volume compared to 2020 levels. In addition, the Cooper Tire acquisition has generated significant incremental domestic earnings since the Closing Date and provides opportunities for cost and other operating synergies to further improve our U.S. profitability.

At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, our U.S. net deferred tax assets described above include approximately $230 million and $340 million, respectively, of foreign tax credits with limited lives. Our earnings and forecasts of future profitability, taking into consideration recent trends, along with three significant sources of foreign income, provide us sufficient positive evidence that we will be able to utilize these net foreign tax credits which expire through 2032. Our sources of foreign income are (1) 100% of our domestic profitability can be re-characterized as foreign source income under current U.S. tax law to the extent domestic losses have offset foreign source income in prior years, (2) annual net foreign source income, exclusive of dividends, primarily from royalties, and (3) tax planning strategies, including accelerating income on cross border transactions, including sales of inventory or raw materials to our subsidiaries, reducing U.S. interest expense by, for example, reducing intercompany loans through repatriating current year earnings of foreign subsidiaries, and other financing transactions, all of which would increase our domestic profitability.

We consider our current forecasts of future profitability in assessing our ability to realize our deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits. These forecasts include the impact of recent trends, including various macroeconomic factors such as the impact of higher raw material, transportation, labor and energy costs, on our profitability, as well as the impact of tax planning strategies. These macroeconomic factors possess a high degree of volatility and can significantly impact our profitability. As such, there is a risk that future earnings will not be sufficient to fully utilize our U.S. net deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits. However, we believe our forecasts of future profitability along with the three significant sources of foreign income described above provide us sufficient positive, objectively verifiable evidence to conclude that it is more likely than not that, at December 31, 2022, our U.S. net deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits, will be fully utilized.

At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we also had approximately $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion of foreign net deferred tax assets, respectively, and related valuation allowances of approximately $1.0 billion in each year. Our losses in various foreign taxing jurisdictions in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require us to maintain a full valuation allowance against certain of these net foreign deferred tax assets. Most notably, in Luxembourg, we maintain a valuation allowance of $873 million on all of our net deferred tax assets. Each reporting period, we assess available positive and negative evidence and estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize these existing deferred tax assets. We do not believe that sufficient positive evidence required to release valuation allowances having a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations will exist within the next twelve months.

We recognize the effects of changes in tax rates and laws on deferred tax balances in the period in which legislation is enacted. We remeasure existing deferred tax assets and liabilities considering the tax rates at which they will be realized. We also consider the effects of enacted tax laws in our analysis of the need for valuation allowances.

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extent to which, additional taxes will be due. If we ultimately determine that payment of these amounts is unnecessary, we reverse the liability and recognize a tax benefit during the period in which we determine that the liability is no longer necessary. We also recognize income tax benefits to the extent that it is more likely than not that our positions will be sustained when challenged by the taxing authorities. We derecognize income tax benefits when, based on new information, we determine that it is no longer more likely than not that our position will be sustained. To the extent we prevail in matters for which liabilities have been established, or determine we need to derecognize tax benefits recorded in prior periods, our results of operations and effective tax rate in a given period could be materially affected. An unfavorable tax settlement would require use of our cash, and lead to recognition of expense to the extent the settlement amount exceeds recorded liabilities, resulting in an increase in our effective tax rate in the period of resolution. To reduce our risk of an unfavorable transfer price settlement, the Company applies consistent transfer pricing policies and practices globally, supports pricing with economic studies and seeks advance pricing agreements and joint audits to the extent possible. A favorable tax settlement would be recognized as a reduction of expense to the extent the settlement amount is lower than recorded liabilities and, in the case of an income tax settlement, would result in a reduction in our effective tax rate in the period of resolution. We report interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions as income tax expense.

For additional information regarding uncertain income tax positions and tax valuation allowances, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 7, Income Taxes.

Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits. We have recorded liabilities for pension and other postretirement benefits of $94 million and $292 million, respectively, at December 31, 2022. Our recorded liabilities and net periodic costs for pensions and other postretirement benefits are based on a number of assumptions, including:

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life expectancies,

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retirement rates,

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discount rates,

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long term rates of return on plan assets,

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inflation rates,

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future health care costs, and

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maximum company-covered benefit costs.

Certain of these assumptions are determined with the assistance of independent actuaries. Assumptions about life expectancies, retirement rates, future compensation levels and future health care costs are based on past experience and anticipated future trends. The discount rate for our U.S. plans is based on a yield curve derived from a portfolio of corporate bonds from issuers rated AA or higher by established rating agencies as of December 31 and is reviewed annually. Our expected benefit payment cash flows are discounted based on spot rates developed from the yield curve. The mortality assumption for our U.S. plans is based on actual historical experience or published actuarial tables, an assumed long term rate of future improvement based on published actuarial tables, and current government regulations related to lump sum payment factors. The long term rate of return on U.S. plan assets is based on estimates of future long term rates of return similar to the target allocation of substantially all fixed income securities. Actual U.S. pension fund asset allocations are reviewed on a monthly basis and the pension fund is rebalanced to target ranges on an as-needed basis. These assumptions are reviewed regularly and revised when appropriate. Changes in one or more of them may affect the amount of our recorded liabilities and net periodic costs for these benefits. Other assumptions involving demographic factors such as retirement age and turnover are evaluated periodically and are updated to reflect our experience and expectations for the future. If actual experience differs from expectations, our financial position, results of operations and liquidity in future periods may be affected.

The weighted average discount rate used in estimating the total liability for our U.S. pension and other postretirement benefit plans was 5.45% and 5.51%, respectively, at December 31, 2022, compared to 2.82% and 2.87%, respectively, at December 31, 2021. The increase in the discount rate at December 31, 2022 was due primarily to higher yields on highly rated corporate bonds. Interest cost included in our U.S. net periodic pension cost was $133 million in 2022, compared to $94 million in 2021 and $126 million in 2020. Interest cost included in our worldwide net periodic other postretirement benefits cost was $12 million in 2022, compared to $9 million in 2021 and $8 million in 2020.

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The following table presents the sensitivity of our U.S. projected pension benefit obligation and accumulated other postretirement benefits obligation to the indicated increase/decrease in the discount rate:

Changes in general interest rates and corporate (AA or better) credit spreads impact our discount rate and thereby our U.S. pension benefit obligation. Our U.S. pension plans are invested in a portfolio of substantially all fixed income securities designed to offset the impact of future discount rate movements on liabilities for these plans. If corporate (AA or better) interest rates increase or decrease in parallel (i.e., across all maturities), the investment portfolio described above is designed to mitigate a substantial portion of the expected change in our U.S. pension benefit obligation. For example, if corporate (AA or better) interest rates increased or decreased by 0.5%, the investment portfolio described above would be expected to mitigate approximately 85% of the expected change in our U.S. pension benefit obligation.

At December 31, 2022, our net actuarial loss included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ("AOCL") related to global pension plans was $2,271 million, $1,836 million of which related to our U.S. pension plans. The net actuarial loss included in AOCL related to our U.S. pension plans continues to decrease and is primarily due to declines in U.S. discount rates and plan asset losses that occurred prior to the funding and investment de-risking actions we undertook in 2013 and 2014, which were designed to mitigate further actuarial losses of a similar nature. For purposes of determining our 2022 U.S. pension total benefits cost, we recognized $225 million of the net actuarial losses in 2022. We will recognize approximately $100 million of net actuarial losses in 2023 U.S. net periodic pension cost. If our future experience is consistent with our assumptions as of December 31, 2022, actuarial loss recognition over the next few years will remain at an amount near that to be recognized in 2023 before it begins to gradually decline. In addition, if annual lump sum payments from a pension plan exceed annual service and interest cost for that plan, accelerated recognition of net actuarial losses will be required through a settlement in total benefits cost.

The actual rate of return on our U.S. pension fund was (17.00%), 1.80% and 13.20% in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as compared to the expected rate of 4.23%, 3.74% and 4.22% in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively. We use the fair value of our pension assets in the calculation of pension expense for all of our U.S. pension plans.

The weighted average amortization period for our U.S. pension plans is approximately 16 years.

Service cost of pension plans was recorded in CGS, as part of the cost of inventory sold during the period, or SAG in our Consolidated Statements of Operations, based on the specific roles (i.e., manufacturing vs. non-manufacturing) of employee groups covered by each of our pension plans. In 2022, 2021 and 2020, the amount of service cost included in CGS and SAG is approximately equal. Non-service related net periodic pension costs were recorded in Other (Income) Expense.

Globally, we expect our 2023 net periodic pension cost to be $120 million to $140 million, including approximately $30 million of service cost, compared to $73 million in 2022, which included $37 million of service cost. The increase in expected net periodic pension cost is primarily due to higher interest cost from increases in interest rates.

The net actuarial gain of $96 million included in AOCL for our worldwide other postretirement benefit plans as of December 31, 2022 is a result of recent increases in discount rates. For purposes of determining 2022 worldwide net periodic other postretirement benefits cost, we recognized $2 million of net actuarial losses in 2022. We will recognize approximately $10 million of net actuarial gains in 2023. If our future experience is consistent with our assumptions as of December 31, 2022, actuarial gain recognition over the next few years will remain at an amount near that to be recognized in 2023.

For further information on pensions and other postretirement benefits, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 18, Pension, Other Postretirement Benefits and Savings Plans.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION — SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

Certain information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (other than historical data and information) may constitute forward-looking statements regarding events and trends that may affect our future operating results and financial position. The words “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and “project,” as well as other words or expressions of similar meaning, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, are inherently uncertain, are subject to risks and should be viewed with caution. Actual results and experience may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including:

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a prolonged economic downturn or economic uncertainty could adversely impact our business and results of operations;

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there are risks and uncertainties regarding our acquisition of Cooper Tire and our ability to achieve the remaining expected benefits of that acquisition;

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our future results of operations, financial condition and liquidity may continue to be adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that impact may be material;

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raw material cost increases may materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition;

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we are experiencing inflationary cost pressures, including with respect to wages, benefits, transportation and energy costs, that may materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition;

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delays or disruptions in our supply chain or in the provision of services, including utilities, to us could result in increased costs or disruptions in our operations;

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changes to tariffs, trade agreements or trade restrictions may materially adversely affect our operating results;

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if we do not successfully implement our strategic initiatives, our operating results, financial condition and liquidity may be materially adversely affected;

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we face significant global competition and our market share could decline;

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deteriorating economic conditions in any of our major markets, or an inability to access capital markets or third-party financing when necessary, may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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if we experience a labor strike, work stoppage, labor shortage or other similar event at the Company or its joint ventures, our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity could be materially adversely affected;

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financial difficulties, work stoppages, labor shortages, supply disruptions or economic conditions affecting our major OE customers, dealers or suppliers could harm our business;

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our capital expenditures may not be adequate to maintain our competitive position and may not be implemented in a timely or cost-effective manner;

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our international operations have certain risks that may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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we have foreign currency translation and transaction risks that may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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our long-term ability to meet our obligations, to repay maturing indebtedness or to implement strategic initiatives may be dependent on our ability to access capital markets in the future and to improve our operating results;

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we have a substantial amount of debt, which could restrict our growth, place us at a competitive disadvantage or otherwise materially adversely affect our financial health;

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any failure to be in compliance with any material provision or covenant of our debt instruments, or a material reduction in the borrowing base under our first lien revolving credit facility, could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and operations;

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our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly;

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we have substantial fixed costs and, as a result, our operating income fluctuates disproportionately with changes in our net sales;

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we may incur significant costs in connection with our contingent liabilities and tax matters;

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our reserves for contingent liabilities and our recorded insurance assets are subject to various uncertainties, the outcome of which may result in our actual costs being significantly higher than the amounts recorded;

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environmental issues, including climate change, or legal, regulatory or market measures to address environmental issues, may negatively affect our business and operations and cause us to incur significant costs;

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we are subject to extensive government regulations that may materially adversely affect our operating results;

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we may be adversely affected by any disruption in, or failure of, our information technology systems due to computer viruses, unauthorized access, cyber-attack, natural disasters or other similar disruptions;

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we may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights adequately;

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if we are unable to attract and retain key personnel, our business could be materially adversely affected; and

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we may be impacted by economic and supply disruptions associated with events beyond our control, such as war, including the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, acts of terror, political unrest, public health concerns, labor disputes or natural disasters.

It is not possible to foresee or identify all such factors. We will not revise or update any forward-looking statement or disclose any facts, events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof that may affect the accuracy of any forward-looking statement.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

OVERVIEW

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tires, with one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and operations in most regions of the world. We have a broad global footprint with 57 manufacturing facilities in 23 countries, including the United States. We operate our business through three operating segments representing our regional tire businesses: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Asia Pacific.

This management's discussion and analysis provides comparisons of material changes in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. For a comparison of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, refer to Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Cooper Tire Acquisition

On June 7, 2021, we completed our acquisition of Cooper Tire pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 22, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Goodyear, Vulcan Merger Sub Inc., a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Goodyear (“Merger Sub”), and Cooper Tire. Goodyear acquired Cooper Tire by way of the merger of Merger Sub with and into Cooper Tire (the “Merger”), with Cooper Tire surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Goodyear. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon closing of the transaction, Cooper Tire stockholders received $41.75 per share in cash and a fixed exchange ratio of 0.907 shares of Goodyear common stock per share of Cooper Tire common stock (the "Merger Consideration"). The cash component of the Merger Consideration totaled $2,155 million and the stockholders of Cooper Tire received 46.1 million shares of Goodyear common stock valued at $942 million, based on the closing market price of Goodyear common stock on the last trading day prior to the Closing Date. For further information, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 2, Cooper Tire Acquisition.

The descriptions of, and references to, the Merger Agreement included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 25, 2021.

On May 18, 2021, we issued $850 million in aggregate principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2029 and $600 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due July 2031. The net proceeds from these notes, together with cash and cash equivalents and borrowings under our first lien revolving credit facility, were used to fund the cash component of the Merger Consideration and related transaction costs.

On June 7, 2021, we amended and restated our $2.0 billion first lien revolving credit facility. Changes to the facility include extending the maturity to June 8, 2026 and increasing the amount of the facility to $2.75 billion. The interest rate for loans under the facility decreased by 50 basis points to LIBOR plus 125 basis points.

The results of Cooper Tire’s operations have been included in our consolidated financial statements since the Closing Date.

Transaction and other costs related to the acquisition of Cooper Tire totaled $56 million during the year ended December 31, 2021, of which $50 million ($42 million after-tax and minority) of these costs were included in Other (Income) Expense and $6 million ($4 million after-tax and minority) were included in Cost of Goods Sold ("CGS") and Selling, General and Administrative Expense ("SAG").

The Merger Consideration was allocated on a provisional basis to the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Cooper Tire as of the Closing Date. Certain of these fair value estimates, including those related to Property, Plant and Equipment, certain liabilities and Goodwill, are preliminary and subject to change as management completes further analyses and studies. For further information, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 2, Cooper Tire Acquisition, and "Critical Accounting Policies".

Results of Operations

During 2021, our operating results significantly improved compared to 2020, as the overall negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on tire industry demand, auto production, miles driven and our tire volume moderated and continued to improve, compared to the severe global economic disruption experienced throughout much of 2020, particularly in the first half of the year.

Nonetheless, our 2021 results continued to be negatively influenced by the direct and indirect macroeconomic effects of the ongoing pandemic. Our global businesses are experiencing varying stages of recovery, as national and local efforts in many countries to contain the spread of COVID-19, including renewed stay-at-home orders, continue to impact economic conditions. Increased demand for consumer products and supply chain disruptions as a result of the pandemic and other global events,

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including port congestion and container shortages, has led to inflationary cost pressures, including higher costs for certain raw materials, higher transportation costs and higher energy costs, as well as shortages of certain automobile parts, such as semiconductors, which have affected OE manufacturers’ ability to produce consumer and commercial vehicles consistently.

Most of our global tire manufacturing facilities are operating at or near full capacity to meet current demand, as well as to increase the level of our finished goods inventory as we continue to restock in order to fulfill anticipated near-term demand. However, like many companies, we are experiencing shortages of qualified and reliable workers, particularly in the U.S. Absenteeism, a tight labor supply and elevated turnover are resulting in manufacturing inefficiencies, increased training costs and higher wages. To address this issue, we have accelerated hiring, increased training capacity and started to adjust future investment plans to consider not just the cost, but also the availability of qualified workers. Our decisions to change production levels in the future will be based on an evaluation of market demand signals and inventory and supply levels, as well as the availability of sufficient qualified labor and our ability to continue to safeguard the health of our associates.

We continue to monitor the pandemic on a local basis, taking actions to protect the health and wellbeing of our associates, customers and communities, which remain our top priority. We also continue to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which include preventative measures at our facilities as appropriate, including limiting visitor access and business travel, remote and hybrid working, masking and social distancing practices, and frequent disinfection.

In addition, during the first quarter of 2021, a severe winter storm in the U.S. caused temporary shutdowns of three of our chemical facilities, limited production at three tire manufacturing facilities, and impacted more than 170 consumer and commercial retail locations. We estimate that the negative impact on our 2021 earnings, primarily in Americas, was approximately $54 million ($44 million after-tax and minority).

Our results for 2021 include a 34.3% increase in tire unit shipments compared to 2020, reflecting the addition of Cooper Tire's operations, as well as the pandemic-related recovery noted above. Year-over-year cost savings, including the impact of temporary fixed cost reductions in 2020, were $49 million, compared to inflationary cost pressures of $209 million during 2021.

Net sales were $17,478 million in 2021, compared to $12,321 million in 2020. Net sales increased in 2021 primarily due to the addition of Cooper Tire's net sales of $2,126 million, higher global tire volume, improvements in price and product mix, higher sales in other tire-related businesses, driven by increased third-party chemical, retail and retread sales in Americas and increased Fleet Solutions sales in EMEA, and favorable foreign currency translation, primarily in EMEA and Asia Pacific.

Goodyear net income in 2021 was $764 million, or $2.89 per share, compared to a net loss of $1,254 million, or $5.35 per share, in 2020. The favorable change in Goodyear net income (loss) was primarily due to higher segment operating income, lower income tax expense, a decrease in goodwill and other asset impairment charges and lower rationalization expense, partially offset by higher interest expense. Lower income tax expense was primarily attributable to the reduction in 2021 of valuation allowances totaling $325 million on certain U.S. deferred tax assets for foreign tax credits that were established in 2020, partially offset by the impact of higher pre-tax income in 2021.

Our total segment operating income for 2021 was $1,288 million, compared to an operating loss of $14 million in 2020. The $1,302 million favorable change was primarily due to global improvements in price and product mix of $1,010 million, higher global tire volume of $367 million, lower conversion costs of $320 million, primarily due to favorable overhead absorption as a result of higher global factory utilization, and the addition of Cooper Tire's operating income of $181 million. These improvements in segment operating income were partially offset by higher raw material costs of $484 million and higher SAG of $172 million. Refer to "Results of Operations — Segment Information" for additional information.

Liquidity

At December 31, 2021, we had $1,088 million of Cash and Cash Equivalents as well as $4,345 million of unused availability under our various credit agreements, compared to $1,539 million and $3,881 million, respectively, at December 31, 2020. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $451 million was primarily due to payment of the $1,856 million cash component of the Merger Consideration, net of cash and restricted cash acquired, and capital expenditures of $981 million, partially offset by net borrowings of $1,406 million, which includes $1,450 million of new senior notes used to fund the Cooper Tire acquisition and repayment of our $400 million second lien term loan facility due 2025, and cash flows provided by operating activities of $1,062 million. Cash provided by operating activities reflects net income for the year of $780 million, which includes a non-cash tax benefit of $325 million related to the reduction of valuation allowances on certain U.S. deferred tax assets for foreign tax credits, non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization of $883 million, an inventory fair value step-up adjustment of $110 million related to the Cooper Tire acquisition and rationalization charges of $93 million, partially offset by cash used for working capital of $359 million and rationalization payments of $197 million. Refer to "Liquidity and Capital Resources" for additional information.

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Outlook

While the global economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, we face uncertainty in several countries as governmental measures to slow the pandemic have the potential to reduce economic activity and mobility. OE manufacturers also continue to be affected by shortages of components and materials, which are limiting vehicle production. Additionally, our ability to ship products, including to locations where we do not have manufacturing as well as from certain Cooper Tire consumer and commercial manufacturing locations, may continue to be impacted by ongoing disruptions in global logistics. In spite of these challenges, we expect our volume in the first quarter of 2022 to be above the prior year’s level, including the impact of Cooper Tire which sold 8.7 million units in the first quarter of 2021.

For the first half of 2022, we expect our raw material costs to increase $700 million to $800 million, including the benefit of raw material cost saving measures. This expectation excludes raw material cost increases related to Cooper Tire. Natural and synthetic rubber prices and other commodity prices historically have been volatile, and this estimate could change significantly based on future cost fluctuations and changes in foreign exchange rates. In addition, our raw material costs reflect the impacts of wage, energy and transportation inflation impacting our suppliers. We continue to focus on opportunities to further improve price and product mix, to substitute lower cost materials where possible, to work to identify additional substitution opportunities, to reduce the amount of material required in each tire, and to pursue alternative raw materials to minimize the impact of higher costs. However, we are also balancing these priorities with the goal of increasing certainty of our supply. In the first half of 2022, we expect the benefits of price and product mix will continue to exceed the impact of higher raw material costs.

In addition to the impact of higher raw material costs, we expect to experience continued inflationary pressures from incremental transportation, labor and energy costs in 2022, as well as increased manufacturing costs related to elevated associate turnover in 2021 resulting in the need to train newly hired staff. As a result, we anticipate the need to find additional opportunities to improve price and product mix to manage the impact of these additional cost pressures. The combined impact of these higher costs is expected to negatively impact our first quarter 2022 when compared to the fourth quarter 2021.

During 2022, we expect to reinvest approximately $300 million in working capital as we continue to build our inventory levels to meet customer demand and support service levels. We expect our capital expenditures to be between $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion. Beyond expenditures required to sustain our facilities, capital expenditures in 2022 will increase capacity to address supply constraints and address growing demand, including for more complex tire designs. We expect our cash flows from operating activities less capital expenditures to be breakeven in 2022.

Our results in 2022 will also be impacted by approximately $40 million of amortization of intangible assets related to the Cooper Tire acquisition.

Refer to “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for a discussion of the factors that may impact our business, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity and “Forward-Looking Information — Safe Harbor Statement” for a discussion of our use of forward-looking statements.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — CONSOLIDATED

All per share amounts are diluted and refer to Goodyear net income (loss).

Goodyear net income in 2021 was $764 million, or $2.89 per share, compared to a net loss of $1,254 million, or $5.35 per share, in 2020. The favorable change in Goodyear net income (loss) was primarily due to higher segment operating income, lower income tax expense, a decrease in goodwill and other asset impairment charges and lower rationalization expense, partially offset by higher interest expense. Lower income tax expense was primarily attributable to the reduction in 2021 of valuation allowances totaling $325 million on certain U.S. deferred tax assets for foreign tax credits that were established in 2020, partially offset by the impact of higher pre-tax income in 2021.

Net Sales

Net sales in 2021 of $17,478 million increased $5,157 million, or 41.9%, compared to $12,321 million in 2020, primarily due to the addition of Cooper Tire's net sales of $2,126 million, higher global tire volume of $1,699 million, improvements in price and product mix of $715 million, higher sales in other tire-related businesses of $486 million, driven by increased third-party chemical, retail and retread sales in Americas and increased Fleet Solutions sales in EMEA, and favorable foreign currency translation of $164 million, primarily in EMEA and Asia Pacific. Goodyear worldwide tire unit net sales were $14,917 million and $10,339 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Consumer and commercial net sales were $11,118 million and $3,702 million in 2021, respectively. Consumer and commercial net sales were $7,190 million and $2,636 million in 2020, respectively.

The following table presents our tire unit sales for the periods indicated:

The increase in worldwide tire unit sales of 43.3 million units, or 34.3%, compared to 2020, included an increase of 39.1 million replacement tire units, or 41.2%, primarily due to the addition of Cooper Tire's units and continued recovery from the macroeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. OE tire units increased by 4.2 million units, or 13.2%, primarily due to the addition of Cooper Tire's units and higher vehicle production globally compared to 2020, despite more recent supply chain disruptions and shortages that negatively impacted vehicle production in 2021. Consumer and commercial unit sales in 2021 were 154.2 million and 13.1 million, respectively. Consumer and commercial unit sales in 2020 were 113.8 million and 10.6 million, respectively.

Cost of Goods Sold

CGS was $13,692 million in 2021, increasing $3,355 million, or 32.5%, from $10,337 million in 2020. CGS was 78.3% of sales in 2021 compared to 83.9% of sales in 2020. CGS in 2021 increased primarily due to the addition of Cooper Tire's CGS of $1,732 million, which includes $110 million ($82 million after-tax and minority) of amortization related to a fair value step-up adjustment to the Closing Date inventory that was acquired by Goodyear, higher global tire volume of $1,332 million, higher raw material costs of $484 million, higher costs in other tire-related businesses of $367 million, driven by higher third-party chemical sales in Americas, foreign currency translation of $119 million, primarily in EMEA and Asia Pacific, and higher transportation costs of $62 million, primarily in Americas and EMEA. These increases were partially offset by lower conversion costs of $320 million, primarily due to favorable overhead absorption as a result of higher global factory utilization and savings from rationalization plans, lower costs related to product mix of $295 million, primarily in Americas, a favorable indirect tax ruling in Brazil of $69 million, of which $66 million ($43 million after-tax and minority) related to prior years, and $26 million of pandemic-related work in process inventory write-offs in 2020, primarily in Americas and EMEA.

CGS in 2021 included pension expense of $21 million compared to $16 million in 2020. CGS in 2021 also included a favorable adjustment of $20 million ($15 million after-tax and minority) due to a reduction in certain U.S. duty rates on various commercial tires from China imported into the U.S. during 2019. CGS in 2020 included accelerated depreciation of $105 million ($81 million after-tax and minority), primarily related to the permanent closure of our Gadsden, Alabama tire manufacturing facility ("Gadsden"). CGS in 2020 also included an unfavorable indirect tax settlement in Mexico of $6 million

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($5 million after-tax and minority). CGS in 2021 included incremental savings from rationalization plans of $63 million compared to $107 million in 2020.

Selling, Administrative and General Expense

SAG was $2,699 million in 2021, increasing $507 million, or 23.1%, from $2,192 million in 2020. SAG was 15.4% of sales in 2021 compared to 17.8% of sales in 2020. SAG increased primarily due to the addition of Cooper Tire's SAG of $239 million, higher wages and benefits of $132 million, including higher incentive compensation, and higher advertising expense of $22 million, both reflecting pandemic-related actions taken in 2020, and foreign currency translation of $43 million, primarily in EMEA and Asia Pacific. The remainder of the increase in 2021 was driven by inflationary cost pressures. SAG in 2021 and 2020 included pension expense of $18 million for each period. SAG in 2021 and 2020 also included incremental savings from rationalization plans of $9 million and $6 million, respectively.

Goodwill and Other Asset Impairments

Our annual impairment analysis for 2021, including the acquisition of Cooper Tire, indicated no impairment of goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite lives. In 2020, we recorded non-cash impairment charges of $182 million ($178 million after-tax and minority) related to goodwill of our EMEA reporting unit and $148 million ($113 million after-tax and minority) related to our investment in TireHub.

Rationalizations

We recorded net rationalization charges of $93 million ($82 million after-tax and minority) in 2021. Net rationalization charges include $38 million in Americas, primarily related to the permanent closure of Gadsden, $29 million related to a plan to reduce SAG headcount in EMEA and $26 million related to the plan to modernize two of our manufacturing facilities in Germany.

We recorded net rationalization charges of $159 million ($127 million after-tax and minority) in 2020. Net rationalization charges include $94 million in Americas, primarily related to the permanent closure of Gadsden, and $59 million in EMEA, primarily related to additional termination benefits for associates at the closed Amiens, France manufacturing facility.

Upon completion of new plans initiated in 2021, we estimate that annual segment operating income (primarily SAG) will improve by approximately $12 million. The savings realized in 2021 from rationalization plans totaled $72 million ($63 million CGS and $9 million SAG).

For further information, refer to the Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 4, Costs Associated with Rationalization Programs.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $387 million in 2021, increasing $63 million from $324 million in 2020. The increase was primarily due to a higher average interest rate of 5.33% in 2021 compared to 4.99% in 2020 and a higher average debt balance of $7,267 million in 2021 compared to $6,495 million in 2020. Interest expense in 2021 includes a $6 million ($5 million after-tax and minority) charge to write off deferred financing fees primarily related to the redemption of our $1.0 billion 5.125% senior notes due 2023.

Other (Income) Expense

Other (Income) Expense was $94 million and $119 million of expense in 2021 and 2020, respectively. The $25 million decrease was primarily due to interest income of $48 million ($44 million after-tax and minority) related to a favorable indirect tax ruling in Brazil, net gains on asset and other sales in 2021 of $12 million ($8 million after-tax and minority), primarily related to the sale of land in Hanau, Germany, compared to a $2 million ($2 million after-tax and minority) loss on asset sales in 2020, and a favorable insurance settlement of $10 million ($8 million after-tax and minority) in 2021. These decreases were partially offset by charges of $50 million for transaction and other costs related to the acquisition of Cooper Tire.

Non-service related pension and other postretirement benefits expense of $92 million in 2021 includes pension settlement charges of $43 million ($32 million after-tax and minority). Non-service related pension and other postretirement benefits expense of $110 million in 2020 includes net pension settlement and curtailment charges of $18 million ($14 million after-tax and minority).

Other (Income) Expense in 2021 also includes an out of period adjustment of $7 million ($7 million after-tax and minority) of expense related to foreign currency exchange in Americas. Other (Income) Expense in 2020 also includes a charge of $3 million ($2 million after-tax and minority) for non-asbestos legal claims related to discontinued products.

For further information, refer to the Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 6, Other (Income) Expense.

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Income Taxes

Income tax benefit in 2021 was $267 million on income before income taxes of $513 million. In 2021, income tax benefit includes net discrete benefits totaling $409 million ($409 million after minority interest), including a reduction in our valuation allowances of $340 million for certain U.S. deferred tax assets for foreign tax credits and state tax loss carryforwards, a $39 million benefit to adjust our deferred tax assets in England for a second quarter enacted change in the tax rate, a $21 million benefit to reflect an increase in our estimated state tax rate used in calculating our U.S. net deferred tax assets as a result of a change in the overall mix of our earnings by state after including the impact of the acquisition of Cooper Tire, an $8 million benefit related to a favorable court ruling in Brazil, and a net benefit of $1 million for various other items.

Income tax expense in 2020 was $110 million on a loss before income taxes of $1,140 million. In 2020, income tax expense was unfavorably impacted by net discrete tax expense totaling $305 million ($305 million after minority interest), including the establishment of a $295 million valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets for foreign tax credits during the first quarter of 2020. Discrete tax expense also includes a net charge of $10 million, including a $15 million charge related to a U.S. valuation allowance for state tax loss carryforwards, a $13 million benefit to adjust our deferred tax assets in England for a third quarter enacted change in the tax rate, and various other net charges totaling $8 million.

At both December 31, 2021 and 2020, we had approximately $1.2 billion of U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances totaling $26 million in 2021, primarily for state tax loss carryforwards with limited lives, and $368 million in 2020, primarily for foreign tax credits with limited lives. The increase in our U.S. net deferred tax assets as a result of the reduction in valuation allowances during 2021 was largely offset by the establishment of deferred tax liabilities related to the Cooper Tire acquisition. In the U.S., we have a cumulative loss for the three-year period ending December 31, 2021. However, as the three-year cumulative loss in the U.S. is driven by business disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily in 2020, and only include the favorable impact of the Cooper Tire acquisition since the Closing Date, we also considered other objectively verifiable information in assessing our ability to utilize our net deferred tax assets, including recent favorable recovery trends in the tire industry and our tire volume as well as expected continued improvement. In addition, the Cooper Tire acquisition has generated significant incremental domestic earnings since the Closing Date and provides opportunities for cost and other operating synergies to further improve our U.S. profitability.

At December 31, 2021, our U.S. net deferred tax assets include approximately $339 million of foreign tax credits with limited lives, net of valuation allowances of $3 million. At December 31, 2020, our U.S. net deferred tax assets include $133 million of foreign tax credits with limited lives, net of valuation allowances of $328 million. Our earnings and forecasts of future profitability, taking into consideration recent trends, along with three significant sources of foreign income provide us sufficient positive evidence that we will be able to utilize our foreign tax credits that expire through 2030. Our sources of foreign income are (1) 100% of our domestic profitability can be re-characterized as foreign source income under current U.S. tax law to the extent domestic losses have offset foreign source income in prior years, (2) annual net foreign source income, exclusive of dividends, primarily from royalties, and (3) tax planning strategies, including capitalizing research and development costs, accelerating income on cross border transactions, including sales of inventory or raw materials to our subsidiaries, and reducing U.S. interest expense by, for example, reducing intercompany loans through repatriating current year earnings of foreign subsidiaries, all of which would increase our domestic profitability.

During the fourth quarter of 2021, we completed an intercompany sale of certain intellectual property. As a result of this transaction, U.S. taxable income for 2021 includes approximately $1.5 billion of accelerated income. External specialists assisted management with this transaction. The federal tax charge of $315 million related to this accelerated income was fully offset by the utilization of existing deferred tax assets, including $205 million related to tax loss carryforwards, which were primarily generated in 2020 as a result of a significant tax loss in the U.S. driven by the macroeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and $110 million of foreign tax credits.

Tax loss carryforwards must be utilized prior to foreign tax credits and other tax assets for tax purposes. Considering the magnitude of tax loss carryforwards that were utilized by this transaction, together with our earnings and other sources of income described above, we concluded that it is more likely than not that we will be able to utilize, prior to their expiration, certain U.S. tax assets. Accordingly, during the fourth quarter of 2021, we reduced U.S. valuation allowances by $325 million related to foreign tax credits and $15 million related to state tax loss carryforwards.

We consider our current forecasts of future profitability in assessing our ability to realize our deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits. As noted above, these forecasts include the impact of recent trends, including various macroeconomic factors such as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on our profitability, as well as the impact of tax planning strategies. Macroeconomic factors, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, possess a high degree of volatility and can significantly impact our profitability. As such, there is a risk that future earnings will not be sufficient to fully utilize our U.S. net deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits. However, we believe our forecasts of future profitability along with the three significant sources of foreign income described above provide us sufficient positive, objectively verifiable evidence

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to conclude that it is more likely than not that, at December 31, 2021, our U.S. net deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits, net of valuation allowances, will be fully utilized.

At both December 31, 2021 and 2020, we also had approximately $1.3 billion of foreign net deferred tax assets, and valuation allowances of $1.0 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively. Our losses in various foreign taxing jurisdictions in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require us to maintain a full valuation allowance against certain of these net foreign deferred tax assets. Most notably, in Luxembourg, we maintain a valuation allowance of approximately $885 million on all of our net deferred tax assets. Each reporting period, we assess available positive and negative evidence and estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize these existing deferred tax assets. We do not believe that sufficient positive evidence required to release valuation allowances having a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations will exist within the next twelve months.

For further information regarding income taxes and the realizability of our deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits, refer to "Critical Accounting Policies" and Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 7, Income Taxes.

Minority Shareholders’ Net Income

Minority shareholders’ net income was $16 million in 2021, compared to $4 million in 2020. The increase in 2021 was primarily related to minority shareholders' interests in EMEA, driven by the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the addition of Cooper Tire's minority shareholders' interest in Asia. Minority shareholders' net income in 2021 includes $3 million ($3 million after-tax) related to a settlement with a minority interest in Turkey.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment information reflects our strategic business units ("SBUs"), which are organized to meet customer requirements and global competition and are segmented on a regional basis. Since the Closing Date, Cooper Tire's operating results have been incorporated into each of our SBUs. We expect to discuss the impact of Cooper Tire's net sales and operating income within each SBU until the periods presented are fully comparable.

Results of operations are measured based on net sales to unaffiliated customers and segment operating income. Each segment exports tires to other segments. The financial results of each segment exclude sales of tires exported to other segments, but include operating income derived from such transactions. Segment operating income is computed as follows: Net Sales less CGS (excluding asset write-off and accelerated depreciation charges) and SAG (including certain allocated corporate administrative expenses). Segment operating income also includes certain royalties and equity in earnings of most affiliates. Segment operating income does not include net rationalization charges (credits), asset sales, goodwill and other asset impairment charges and certain other items.

Total segment operating income in 2021 was $1,288 million, compared to total segment operating loss of $14 million in 2020. Total segment operating margin (segment operating income (loss) divided by segment sales) in 2021 was 7.4% compared to (0.1)% in 2020.

Management believes that total segment operating income is useful because it represents the aggregate value of income created by our SBUs and excludes items not directly related to the SBUs for performance evaluation purposes. Total segment operating income is the sum of the individual SBUs’ segment operating income. Refer to the Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 9, Business Segments, for further information and for a reconciliation of total segment operating income to Income (Loss) before Income Taxes.

Americas

Americas unit sales in 2021 increased 29.2 million units, or 51.3%, to 85.9 million units. Replacement tire volume increased 28.2 million units, or 63.4%, primarily due to the addition of Cooper Tire's units and an increase in our consumer business in the United States and Brazil, driven by continued recovery from the macroeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. OE tire volume increased 1.0 million units, or 7.7%, primarily due to an increase in our consumer business in Brazil and the addition of Cooper Tire's units. Consumer OE tire volume continued to be negatively affected by impacts to vehicle production driven by global supply chain disruptions, including shortages of key manufacturing components, such as semiconductors.

Net sales in 2021 were $10,051 million, increasing $3,495 million, or 53.3%, compared to $6,556 million in 2020. The increase in net sales was driven by the addition of Cooper Tire’s net sales of $1,862 million, higher tire volume of $918 million, higher sales in other tire-related businesses of $388 million, primarily due to an increase in third-party sales of chemical products and higher retail, retread and aviation sales, and favorable price and product mix of $356 million, driven by price increases. These increases were partially offset by $34 million ($26 million after-tax and minority) for a favorable one-time legal settlement in 2020. We estimate that the severe winter storm in the U.S. negatively impacted Americas net sales in 2021 by approximately $35 million.

Operating income in 2021 was $914 million, increasing $905 million from $9 million in 2020. The increase in operating income was due to improvements in price and product mix of $640 million, which more than offset higher raw material costs of $258 million, lower conversion costs of $171 million, primarily due to favorable overhead absorption as a result of higher factory utilization, Cooper Tire's operating income of $165 million, higher tire volume of $162 million, higher earnings in other tire-related businesses of $92 million, primarily due to an increase in third-party sales of chemical products and higher retail and aviation sales, the favorable indirect tax ruling in Brazil of $69 million, a $13 million ($10 million after-tax and minority) charge in 2020 for an environmental remediation liability at a closed facility, and $13 million of pandemic-related work in process inventory write-offs in 2020. These increases were partially offset by higher SAG of $71 million, primarily due to higher wages and benefits reflecting pandemic-related actions taken in 2020, inflation and higher warehousing costs, increased transportation costs of $39 million, a $34 million favorable one-time legal settlement in 2020 and the net impact of out of period adjustments in 2021 totaling $6 million ($6 million after-tax and minority) of expense primarily related to inventory and accrued freight charges. Conversion costs and SAG include incremental savings from rationalization plans of $57 million and $6 million, respectively, primarily related to Gadsden. Price and product mix includes TireHub equity income of $4 million in

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2021 compared to a loss of $36 million in 2020. We estimate that the severe winter storm in the U.S. and the national strike in Colombia that occurred in the first half of 2021 negatively impacted Americas operating income in 2021 by approximately $42 million and $9 million ($9 million after-tax and minority), respectively.

Operating income in 2021 excluded rationalization charges of $38 million, primarily related to the permanent closure of Gadsden, and a net gain on asset sales of $1 million. Operating income in 2020 excluded the TireHub non-cash impairment charge of $148 million, accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $103 million and rationalization charges of $94 million, primarily related to the permanent closure of Gadsden.

Americas' results are highly dependent upon the United States, which accounted for 84% and 82% of Americas' net sales in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Results of operations in the United States are expected to continue to have a significant impact on Americas' future performance.

Europe, Middle East and Africa

Europe, Middle East and Africa unit sales in 2021 increased 8.2 million units, or 18.4%, to 52.7 million units. Replacement tire volume increased 7.7 million units, or 22.8%, primarily in our consumer business, reflecting increased industry demand due to continued recovery from the macroeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the partial recovery of volume lost in 2020 as a result of our ongoing initiative to align distribution in Europe. OE tire volume increased 0.5 million units, or 4.2%, reflecting share gains driven by new consumer fitments, partially offset by the negative impact on vehicle production of global supply chain disruptions, including shortages of key manufacturing components, such as semiconductors.

Net sales in 2021 were $5,243 million, increasing $1,223 million, or 30.4%, compared to $4,020 million in 2020. Net sales increased primarily due to higher tire volume of $571 million, improvements in price and product mix of $316 million, the addition of Cooper Tire's net sales of $142 million, higher sales in other tire-related businesses of $101 million, primarily due to growth in our Fleet Solutions business and increased retread, motorcycle and racing tire sales, and favorable foreign currency translation of $93 million, driven by a stronger euro, South African rand and British pound, partially offset by a weaker Turkish lira.

Operating income in 2021 was $239 million, a change of $311 million, from an operating loss of $72 million in 2020. The increase in operating income was primarily due to improvements in price and product mix of $289 million, which more than offset higher raw material costs of $148 million, higher tire volume of $153 million, lower conversion costs of $108 million, primarily due to favorable overhead absorption as a result of higher factory utilization, higher earnings in other tire-related businesses of $16 million, primarily due to increases in aviation, racing and retread sales, and $12 million of pandemic-related work in process inventory write-offs in 2020. These increases were partially offset by higher SAG of $72 million, primarily related to higher wages and benefits and higher advertising expenses, both reflecting pandemic-related actions taken in 2020 as well as inflation, higher transportation costs of $21 million, and higher plant industrialization costs of $15 million. Conversion costs and SAG include incremental savings from rationalization plans of $6 million and $3 million, respectively.

Operating income in 2021 excluded net rationalization charges of $49 million, a net gain on asset sales of $13 million, and accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $1 million. Operating loss in 2020 excluded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $182 million, net rationalization charges of $59 million, net losses on asset sales of $2 million, and accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $2 million.

EMEA’s results are highly dependent upon Germany, which accounted for 15% and 18% of EMEA’s net sales in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Results of operations in Germany are expected to continue to have a significant impact on EMEA’s future performance.

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Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific unit sales in 2021 increased 5.9 million units, or 24.0%, to 30.7 million units. Replacement tire volume increased 3.2 million units, or 19.7%. OE tire volume increased 2.7 million units, or 32.8%. These increases were primarily due to continued recovery from the macroeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the addition of Cooper Tire’s units, partially offset by the impact on vehicle production of global supply chain disruptions, including shortages of key manufacturing components, such as semiconductors.

Net sales in 2021 were $2,184 million, increasing $439 million, or 25.2%, from $1,745 million in 2020. Net sales increased due to higher tire volume of $210 million, the addition of Cooper Tire’s net sales of $122 million, favorable foreign currency translation of $66 million, primarily related to a stronger Chinese yuan and Australian dollar, and favorable price and product mix of $43 million.

Operating income in 2021 was $135 million, increasing $86 million, or 175.5%, from $49 million in 2020. The increase in operating income was primarily due to favorable price and product mix of $81 million, which more than offset higher raw material costs of $78 million, higher tire volume of $52 million, lower conversion costs of $41 million, primarily due to favorable overhead absorption as a result of higher factory utilization, higher earnings in other tire-related businesses of $11 million, primarily due to higher aviation sales, and the addition of Cooper Tire's operating income of $11 million. These increases were partially offset by higher SAG of $29 million, primarily related to higher wages and benefits and higher advertising expenses, both reflecting pandemic-related actions taken in 2020, as well as higher warehousing costs.

Operating income in 2020 excluded net rationalization charges of $4 million.

Asia Pacific’s results are highly dependent upon China and Australia. China accounted for 29% and 25% of Asia Pacific's net sales in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Australia accounted for 24% and 27% of Asia Pacific’s net sales in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Results of operations in China and Australia are expected to continue to have a significant impact on Asia Pacific's future performance.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash generated from our operating and financing activities. Our cash flows from operating activities are driven primarily by our operating results and changes in our working capital requirements and our cash flows from financing activities are dependent upon our ability to access credit or other capital.

In 2021, we completed several financing actions to provide funding for the acquisition of Cooper Tire and to improve our debt maturity profile.

On April 6, 2021, we issued $550 million of 5.25% senior notes due April 2031 and $450 million of 5.625% senior notes due 2033. The net proceeds from these notes, together with cash and cash equivalents, were used to redeem our $1.0 billion 5.125% senior notes due 2023 on May 6, 2021 at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

On May 18, 2021, we issued $850 million of 5% senior notes due 2029 and $600 million of 5.25% senior notes due July 2031. The net proceeds from these notes, together with cash and cash equivalents and borrowings under our first lien revolving credit facility, were used to fund the cash portion of the Merger Consideration and related transaction costs.

On June 7, 2021, we amended and restated our $2.0 billion first lien revolving credit facility. Changes to the facility include extending the maturity to June 8, 2026, increasing the amount of the facility to $2.75 billion, and including Cooper Tire's accounts receivable and inventory in the borrowing base for the facility. The interest rate for loans under the facility decreased by 50 basis points to LIBOR plus 125 basis points.

Following the Cooper Tire acquisition and at December 31, 2021, $117 million aggregate principal amount of Cooper Tire's 7.625% senior notes due 2027 were outstanding. These notes also included a $19 million fair value step-up, which is being amortized against interest expense over the remaining life of the notes. Amortization since the Closing Date was approximately $1 million.

On September 28, 2021, we issued €400 million in aggregate principal amount of Goodyear Europe B.V. (“GEBV”) 2.75% senior notes due 2028. A portion of the net proceeds from these notes were used to redeem GEBV's €250 million 3.75% senior notes due 2023 on October 28, 2021.

On December 15, 2021, we repaid in full our $400 million second lien term loan facility due 2025.

At December 31, 2021, we had $1,088 million of Cash and Cash Equivalents, compared to $1,539 million at December 31, 2020. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $451 million was primarily due to payment of the $1,856 million cash component of the Merger Consideration, net of cash and restricted cash acquired, and capital expenditures of $981 million, partially offset by net borrowings of $1,406 million, which includes $1,450 million of new senior notes used to fund the Cooper Tire acquisition and repayment of our $400 million second lien term loan facility due 2025, and cash flows provided by operating activities of $1,062 million. Cash provided by operating activities reflects net income for the year of $780 million, which includes a non-cash tax benefit of $325 million related to the reduction of valuation allowances on certain U.S. deferred tax assets for foreign tax credits, non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization of $883 million, an inventory fair value step-up adjustment of $110 million related to the Cooper Tire acquisition and rationalization charges of $93 million, partially offset by cash used for working capital of $359 million and rationalization payments of $197 million.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, we had $4,345 million and $3,881 million, respectively, of unused availability under our various credit agreements. The table below provides unused availability by our significant credit facilities as of December 31:

We expect our 2022 cash flow needs to include capital expenditures of $1.3 billion to $1.4 billion. We also expect interest expense to be $450 million to $475 million; rationalization payments to be approximately $100 million; income tax payments to be $150 million to $200 million, excluding one-time items; and contributions to our funded pension plans to be $25 million to $50 million. We expect working capital to be a use of cash for the full year of 2022 of approximately $300 million. We expect our cash flows from operating activities less capital expenditures to be breakeven in 2022.

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We are continuing to actively monitor our liquidity and intend to operate our business in a way that allows us to address our cash flow needs with our existing cash and available credit if they cannot be funded by cash generated from operating or other financing activities. We believe that our liquidity position is adequate to fund our operating and investing needs and debt maturities for the next twelve months and to provide us with the ability to respond to further changes in the business environment.

Our ability to service debt and operational requirements is also dependent, in part, on the ability of our subsidiaries to make distributions of cash to various other entities in our consolidated group, whether in the form of dividends, loans or otherwise. In certain countries where we operate, such as China, South Africa, Serbia and Argentina, transfers of funds into or out of such countries by way of dividends, loans, advances or payments to third-party or affiliated suppliers are generally or periodically subject to certain requirements, such as obtaining approval from the foreign government and/or currency exchange board before net assets can be transferred out of the country. In addition, certain of our credit agreements and other debt instruments limit the ability of foreign subsidiaries to make distributions of cash. Thus, we would have to repay and/or amend these credit agreements and other debt instruments in order to use this cash to service our consolidated debt. Because of the inherent uncertainty of satisfactorily meeting these requirements or limitations, we do not consider the net assets of our subsidiaries, including our Chinese, South African, Serbian and Argentinian subsidiaries, which are subject to such requirements or limitations to be integral to our liquidity or our ability to service our debt and operational requirements. At December 31, 2021, approximately $1,006 million of net assets, including approximately $179 million of cash and cash equivalents, were subject to such requirements. The requirements we must comply with to transfer funds out of China, South Africa, Serbia and Argentina have not adversely impacted our ability to make transfers out of those countries.

Cash Position

At December 31, 2021, significant concentrations of cash and cash equivalents held by our international subsidiaries included the following amounts:

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$320 million or 29% in Americas, primarily Chile, Mexico, Brazil and Canada ($384 million or 25% at December 31, 2020),

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$317 million or 29% in Asia Pacific, primarily China, Japan and India ($387 million or 25% at December 31, 2020), and

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$161 million or 15% in EMEA, primarily England and Poland ($387 million or 25% at December 31, 2020).

We have deposited our cash and cash equivalents and entered into various credit agreements and derivative contracts with financial institutions that we considered to be substantial and creditworthy at the time of such transactions. We seek to control our exposure to these financial institutions by diversifying our deposits, credit agreements and derivative contracts across multiple financial institutions, by setting deposit and counterparty credit limits based on long term credit ratings and other indicators of credit risk such as credit default swap spreads, and by monitoring the financial strength of these financial institutions on a regular basis. We also enter into master netting agreements with counterparties when possible. By controlling and monitoring exposure to financial institutions in this manner, we believe that we effectively manage the risk of loss due to nonperformance by a financial institution. However, we cannot provide assurance that we will not experience losses or delays in accessing our deposits or lines of credit due to the nonperformance of a financial institution. Our inability to access our cash deposits or make draws on our lines of credit, or the inability of a counterparty to fulfill its contractual obligations to us, could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations in the period in which it occurs.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $1,062 million in 2021, decreasing $53 million compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $1,115 million in 2020.

The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities was driven by (i) a net increase in cash used for working capital of $1,230 million, (ii) an increase in cash income tax payments of $156 million, primarily as a result of higher earnings in 2021 and the receipt of certain tax refunds in 2020, (iii) cash paid for transaction and other costs related to the Cooper Tire acquisition of $42 million, and (iv) higher pension contributions and direct payments of $35 million. These uses of cash were partially offset by higher segment operating income of $1,302 million, which includes a non-cash charge of $110 million for an inventory fair value step-up adjustment related to the Cooper Tire acquisition.

The net increase in cash used for working capital reflects increases in cash used for Inventory of $1,695 million and Accounts Receivable of $432 million, partially offset by an increase in cash provided by Accounts Payable - Trade of $897 million. These changes were driven by our continued recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which include higher sales volume and an increase in finished goods inventory as we continue to restock in order to meet anticipated near-term demand, as well as the impact of current year inflationary cost pressures on our manufacturing operations and our pricing.

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Investing Activities

Net cash used for investing activities was $2,793 million in 2021, compared to $667 million in 2020. The increase in cash used for investing activities primarily relates to the $1,856 million cash component of the Merger Consideration, net of cash and restricted cash acquired. Capital expenditures were $981 million in 2021, increasing $334 million, compared to $647 million in 2020, primarily due to prior year actions to preserve cash in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the addition of Cooper Tire's capital expenditures. Beyond expenditures required to sustain our facilities, capital expenditures in 2021 and 2020 primarily related to investments in high value-added capacity and capability around the world.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $1,309 million in 2021, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $203 million in 2020. The $1,106 million year-over-year change reflects an increase in net borrowings of $1,156 million, primarily used to fund a portion of the Cooper Tire acquisition. Debt related costs and other transactions increased $93 million during 2021 due to the various financing actions described above. No cash dividends were paid in 2021, compared to $37 million of dividend payments in 2020, as a result of the suspension of the quarterly dividend on our common stock on April 16, 2020.

Credit Sources

In aggregate, we had total credit arrangements of $11,628 million available at December 31, 2021, of which $4,345 million were unused, compared to $9,707 million available at December 31, 2020, of which $3,881 million were unused. At December 31, 2021, we had long term credit arrangements totaling $10,624 million, of which $3,785 million were unused, compared to $8,632 million and $3,242 million, respectively, at December 31, 2020. At December 31, 2021, we had short term committed and uncommitted credit arrangements totaling $1,004 million, of which $560 million were unused, compared to $1,075 million and $639 million, respectively, at December 31, 2020. The continued availability of the short term uncommitted arrangements is at the discretion of the relevant lender and may be terminated at any time.

Outstanding Notes

At December 31, 2021, we had $5,591 million of outstanding notes, compared to $3,860 million at December 31, 2020. The increase from December 31, 2020 was primarily due to the issuance of $1.45 billion of senior notes to fund a portion of the acquisition of Cooper Tire, the issuance of €400 million of GEBV senior notes, an increase of €150 million over the prior €250 million of senior notes, and $135 million of Cooper Tire senior notes.

$2.75 Billion Amended and Restated First Lien Revolving Credit Facility due 2026

On June 7, 2021, we amended and restated our $2.0 billion first lien revolving credit facility. Changes to the facility include extending the maturity to June 8, 2026, increasing the amount of the facility to $2.75 billion, and including Cooper Tire's accounts receivable and inventory in the borrowing base of the facility. The interest rate for loans under the facility decreased by 50 basis points to LIBOR plus 125 basis points, based on our current liquidity described below.

Our amended and restated first lien revolving credit facility is available in the form of loans or letters of credit. Up to $800 million in letters of credit and $50 million of swingline loans are available for issuance under the facility. Availability under the facility is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on (i) eligible accounts receivable and inventory of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, after adjusting for customary factors that are subject to modification from time to time by the administrative agent or the majority lenders at their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably), (ii) the value of our principal trademarks in an amount not to exceed $400 million, (iii) the value of eligible machinery and equipment, and (iv) certain cash in an amount not to exceed $275 million. Modifications are based on the results of periodic collateral and borrowing base evaluations and appraisals. To the extent that our eligible accounts receivable, inventory and other components of the borrowing base decline in value, our borrowing base will decrease and the availability under the facility may decrease below $2.75 billion. In addition, if the amount of outstanding borrowings and letters of credit under the facility exceeds the borrowing base, we are required to prepay borrowings and/or cash collateralize letters of credit sufficient to eliminate the excess. As of December 31, 2021, our borrowing base, and therefore our availability, under this facility was $417 million below the facility's stated amount of $2.75 billion.

At December 31, 2021, we had no borrowings and $19 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2020, we had no borrowings and $11 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility.

At December 31, 2021, we had $257 million in letters of credit issued under bilateral credit agreements.

Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Facility due 2025

On December 15, 2021, we repaid in full our $400 million second lien term loan facility due 2025.

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€800 Million Amended and Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility due 2024

Our amended and restated European revolving credit facility consists of (i) a €180 million German tranche that is available only to Goodyear Germany GmbH and (ii) a €620 million all-borrower tranche that is available to GEBV, Goodyear Germany and Goodyear Operations S.A. Up to €175 million of swingline loans and €75 million in letters of credit are available for issuance under the all-borrower tranche. Amounts drawn under this facility will bear interest at LIBOR plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in U.S. dollars, EURIBOR plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in euros, and SONIA plus 150 basis points for loans denominated in pounds sterling. Undrawn amounts under the facility are subject to an annual commitment fee of 25 basis points. Subject to the consent of the lenders whose commitments are to be increased, we may request that the facility be increased by up to €200 million.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no borrowings and no letters of credit outstanding under the European revolving credit facility.

Each of our first lien revolving credit facility and our European revolving credit facility have customary representations and warranties including, as a condition to borrowing, that all such representations and warranties are true and correct, in all material respects, on the date of the borrowing, including representations as to no material adverse change in our business or financial condition since December 31, 2020 under the first lien facility and December 31, 2018 under the European facility.

Accounts Receivable Securitization Facilities (On-Balance Sheet)

On October 11, 2021, GEBV and certain other of our European subsidiaries amended and restated the definitive agreements for our pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility, extending the term through 2027. The terms of the facility provide the flexibility to designate annually the maximum amount of funding available under the facility in an amount of not less than €30 million and not more than €450 million. For the period from October 16, 2020 through October 18, 2021, the designated maximum amount of the facility was €280 million. For the period from October 19, 2021 through October 19, 2022, the designated maximum amount of the facility was increased to €300 million.

The facility involves an ongoing daily sale of substantially all of the trade accounts receivable of certain GEBV subsidiaries. These subsidiaries retain servicing responsibilities. Utilization under this facility is based on eligible receivable balances.

The funding commitments under the facility will expire upon the earliest to occur of: (a) October 19, 2027, (b) the non-renewal and expiration (without substitution) of all of the back-up liquidity commitments, (c) the early termination of the facility according to its terms (generally upon an Early Amortisation Event (as defined in the facility), which includes, among other things, events similar to the events of default under our first lien revolving credit facility; certain tax law changes; or certain changes to law, regulation or accounting standards), or (d) our request for early termination of the facility. The facility’s current back-up liquidity commitments will expire on October 19, 2022.

At December 31, 2021, the amounts available and utilized under this program totaled $279 million (€246 million). At December 31, 2020, the amounts available and utilized under this program totaled $291 million (€237 million). The program does not qualify for sale accounting, and accordingly, these amounts are included in Long Term Debt and Finance Leases.

Accounts Receivable Factoring Facilities (Off-Balance Sheet)

We have sold certain of our trade receivables under off-balance sheet programs. For these programs, we have concluded that there is generally no risk of loss to us from non-payment of the sold receivables. At December 31, 2021, the gross amount of receivables sold was $605 million, compared to $451 million at December 31, 2020. The increase from December 31, 2020 is primarily due to the increase in our accounts receivable base as a result of the Cooper Tire acquisition and higher sales in our legacy business.

Supplier Financing

We have entered into payment processing agreements with several financial institutions. Under these agreements, the financial institutions act as our paying agents with respect to accounts payable due to our suppliers. These agreements also allow our suppliers to sell their receivables to the financial institutions at the sole discretion of both the supplier and the financial institution on terms that are negotiated between them. We are not always notified when our suppliers sell receivables under these programs. Our obligations to our suppliers, including the amounts due and scheduled payment dates, are not impacted by our suppliers' decisions to sell their receivables under the program. Agreements for such supplier financing programs totaled up to $630 million and $500 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase from December 31, 2020 is primarily due to the overall increase in our cost base as a result of the Cooper Tire acquisition.

Further Information

On March 5, 2021, the ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR (“IBA”), confirmed its previously announced plans to cease publication of USD LIBOR on December 31, 2021 for only the one week and two month USD

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LIBOR tenors, and on June 30, 2023 for all other USD LIBOR tenors. In addition, the IBA ceased publication of all tenors of euro and Swiss franc LIBOR and most tenors of Japanese yen and British pound LIBOR on December 31, 2021. In the United States, efforts to identify a set of alternative U.S. dollar reference interest rates include proposals by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee that has been convened by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to encourage market participants’ use of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, known as SOFR. Additionally, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. published amendments to its definition book to incorporate new benchmark fallbacks for derivative contracts that reference certain interbank offered rates, including LIBOR. We cannot currently predict the effect of the discontinuation of, or other changes to, LIBOR or any establishment of alternative reference rates in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union or elsewhere on the global capital markets. The uncertainty regarding the future of LIBOR, as well as the transition from LIBOR to any alternative reference rate or rates, could have adverse impacts on floating rate obligations, loans, deposits, derivatives and other financial instruments that currently use LIBOR as a benchmark rate. We have identified and evaluated our financing obligations and other contracts that refer to LIBOR and expect to be able to transition those obligations and contracts to an alternative reference rate upon the discontinuation of LIBOR. Our first lien revolving credit facility and our European revolving credit facility, which constitute the most significant of our LIBOR-based debt obligations, contain “fallback” provisions that address the discontinuation of LIBOR and facilitate the adoption of an alternate rate of interest. We have not issued any long term floating rate notes. Our first lien revolving credit facility also contains express provisions for the use, at our option, of an alternative base rate (the higher of (a) the prime rate, (b) the federal funds effective rate or the overnight bank funding rate plus 50 basis points or (c) LIBOR plus 100 basis points). We do not believe that the discontinuation of LIBOR, or its replacement with an alternative reference rate or rates, will have a material impact on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

For a further description of the terms of our outstanding notes, first lien revolving credit facility, European revolving credit facility and pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 16, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments.

Covenant Compliance

Our first lien revolving credit facility and some of the indentures governing our notes contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional debt or issue redeemable preferred stock, pay dividends, repurchase shares or make certain other restricted payments or investments, incur liens, sell assets, incur restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments to us, enter into affiliate transactions, engage in sale and leaseback transactions, and consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. These covenants are subject to significant exceptions and qualifications. Our first lien revolving credit facility and the indentures governing our notes also have customary defaults, including cross-defaults to material indebtedness of Goodyear and its subsidiaries.

We have an additional financial covenant in our first lien revolving credit facility that is currently not applicable. We only become subject to this financial covenant when certain events occur. This financial covenant and the related events are as follows:

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We become subject to the financial covenant contained in our first lien revolving credit facility when the aggregate amount of our Parent Company (The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company) and guarantor subsidiaries cash and cash equivalents (“Available Cash”) plus our availability under our first lien revolving credit facility is less than $275 million. If this were to occur, our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense may not be less than 2.0 to 1.0 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters. As of December 31, 2021, our unused availability under this facility of $2,314 million plus our Available Cash of $259 million totaled $2,573 million, which is in excess of $275 million.

In addition, our European revolving credit facility contains non-financial covenants similar to the non-financial covenants in our first lien revolving credit facility that are described above and a financial covenant applicable only to GEBV and its subsidiaries. This financial covenant provides that we are not permitted to allow GEBV’s ratio of Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness to Consolidated GEBV EBITDA for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to be greater than 3.0 to 1.0 at the end of any fiscal quarter. Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness is determined net of the sum of cash and cash equivalents in excess of $100 million held by GEBV and its subsidiaries, cash and cash equivalents in excess of $150 million held by the Parent Company and its U.S. subsidiaries, and availability under our first lien revolving credit facility if the ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense described above is not applicable and the conditions to borrowing under the first lien revolving credit facility are met. Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness also excludes loans from other consolidated Goodyear entities. This financial covenant is also included in our pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility. At December 31, 2021, we were in compliance with this financial covenant.

Our credit facilities also state that we may only incur additional debt or make restricted payments that are not otherwise expressly permitted if, after giving effect to the debt incurrence or the restricted payment, our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense for the prior four fiscal quarters would exceed 2.0 to 1.0. Certain of our senior note indentures have

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substantially similar limitations on incurring debt and making restricted payments. Our credit facilities and indentures also permit the incurrence of additional debt through other provisions in those agreements without regard to our ability to satisfy the ratio-based incurrence test described above. We believe that these other provisions provide us with sufficient flexibility to incur additional debt necessary to meet our operating, investing and financing needs without regard to our ability to satisfy the ratio-based incurrence test.

Covenants could change based upon a refinancing or amendment of an existing facility, or additional covenants may be added in connection with the incurrence of new debt.

As of December 31, 2021, we were in compliance with the currently applicable material covenants imposed by our principal credit facilities and indentures.

The terms “Available Cash,” “EBITDA,” “Consolidated Interest Expense,” “Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness” and “Consolidated GEBV EBITDA” have the meanings given them in the respective credit facilities.

Potential Future Financings

In addition to our previous financing activities, we may seek to undertake additional financing actions which could include restructuring bank debt or capital markets transactions, possibly including the issuance of additional debt or equity. Given the inherent uncertainty of market conditions, access to the capital markets cannot be assured.

Our future liquidity requirements may make it necessary for us to incur additional debt. However, a substantial portion of our assets are already subject to liens securing our indebtedness. As a result, we are limited in our ability to pledge our remaining assets as security for additional secured indebtedness. In addition, no assurance can be given as to our ability to raise additional unsecured debt.

Dividends and Common Stock Repurchase Program

Under our primary credit facilities and some of our note indentures, we are permitted to pay dividends on and repurchase our capital stock (which constitute restricted payments) as long as no default will have occurred and be continuing, additional indebtedness can be incurred under the credit facilities or indentures following the payment, and certain financial tests are satisfied.

During 2020 and 2019, we paid cash dividends of $37 million and $148 million, respectively, on our common stock. This excludes dividends earned on stock based compensation plans of $1 million and $2 million for the years 2020 and 2019, respectively. On April 16, 2020, we announced that we have suspended the quarterly dividend on our common stock.

From time to time, we repurchase shares of our common stock under programs approved by the Board of Directors. During 2021, 2020 and 2019, we did not repurchase any shares of our common stock under such programs.

The restrictions imposed by our credit facilities and indentures are not expected to affect our ability to pay dividends or repurchase our capital stock in the future.

Asset Dispositions

The restrictions on asset sales imposed by our material indebtedness have not affected our ability to divest non-core businesses, and those divestitures have not affected our ability to comply with those restrictions.

Supplemental Guarantor Financial Information

Certain of our subsidiaries, which are listed on Exhibit 22.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are generally holding or operating companies, have guaranteed our obligations under the $800 million outstanding principal amount of 9.5% senior notes due 2025, the $900 million outstanding principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2026, the $700 million outstanding principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2027, the $850 million outstanding principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2029, the $550 million outstanding principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due April 2031, the $600 million outstanding principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due July 2031 and the $450 million outstanding principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2033 (collectively, the “Notes”).

The Notes have been issued by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Parent Company”) and are its senior unsecured obligations. The Notes rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future senior unsecured obligations and senior to any of our future subordinated indebtedness. The Notes are effectively subordinated to our existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the assets securing that indebtedness. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries that also guarantee our obligations under our first lien revolving credit facility (such guarantees, the “Guarantees”; and, such guaranteeing subsidiaries, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors and rank equally in right of payment with all existing and future senior unsecured obligations of our Subsidiary Guarantors. The Guarantees are effectively

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subordinated to existing and future secured indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent of the assets securing that indebtedness.

The Notes are structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future debt and other liabilities, including trade payables, of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes (the “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries”). The Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries will have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay amounts due under the Notes or to make funds available to pay those amounts. Certain Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are limited in their ability to remit funds to us by means of dividends, advances or loans due to required foreign government and/or currency exchange board approvals or limitations in credit agreements or other debt instruments of those subsidiaries.

The Subsidiary Guarantors, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee on a senior unsecured basis the performance and full and punctual payment when due of all obligations of the Parent Company under the Notes and the related indentures, whether for payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise. The Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors are subject to release in limited circumstances only upon the occurrence of certain customary conditions.

Although the Guarantees provide the holders of Notes with a direct unsecured claim against the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantors, under U.S. federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of U.S. state fraudulent transfer laws, in certain circumstances a court could cancel a Guarantee and order the return of any payments made thereunder to the Subsidiary Guarantor or to a fund for the benefit of its creditors.

A court might take these actions if it found, among other things, that when the Subsidiary Guarantors incurred the debt evidenced by their Guarantee (i) they received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the incurrence of the debt and (ii) any one of the following conditions was satisfied:

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the Subsidiary Guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of the incurrence;

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the Subsidiary Guarantor was engaged in a business or transaction for which its remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

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the Subsidiary Guarantor intended to incur, or believed (or reasonably should have believed) that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay as those debts matured.

In applying the above factors, a court would likely find that a Subsidiary Guarantor did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value for its Guarantee, except to the extent that it benefited directly or indirectly from the issuance of the Notes. The determination of whether a guarantor was or was not rendered “insolvent” when it entered into its guarantee will vary depending on the law of the jurisdiction being applied. Generally, an entity would be considered insolvent if the sum of its debts (including contingent or unliquidated debts) is greater than all of its assets at a fair valuation or if the present fair salable value of its assets is less than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent or unliquidated debts, as they mature.

Under Canadian federal bankruptcy and insolvency laws and comparable provincial laws on preferences, fraudulent conveyances or other challengeable or voidable transactions, the Guarantees could be challenged as a preference, fraudulent conveyance, transfer at undervalue or other challengeable or voidable transaction. The test to be applied varies among the different pieces of legislation, but as a general matter these types of challenges may arise in circumstances where:

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such action was intended to defeat, hinder, delay, defraud or prejudice creditors or others;

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such action was taken within a specified period of time prior to the commencement of proceedings under Canadian bankruptcy, insolvency or restructuring legislation in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantor, the consideration received by the Subsidiary Guarantor was conspicuously less than the fair market value of the consideration given, and the Subsidiary Guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by such action and (in some circumstances, or) such action was intended to defraud, defeat or delay a creditor;

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such action was taken within a specified period of time prior to the commencement of proceedings under Canadian bankruptcy, insolvency or restructuring legislation in respect of a Subsidiary Guarantor and such action was taken, or is deemed to have been taken, with a view to giving a creditor a preference over other creditors or, in some circumstances, had the effect of giving a creditor a preference over other creditors; or

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a Subsidiary Guarantor is found to have acted in a manner that was oppressive, unfairly prejudicial to or unfairly disregarded the interests of any shareholder, creditor, director, officer or other interested party.

In addition, in certain insolvency proceedings a Canadian court may subordinate claims in respect of the Guarantees to other claims against a Subsidiary Guarantor under the principle of equitable subordination if the court determines that (1) the holder of Notes engaged in some type of inequitable or improper conduct, (2) the inequitable or improper conduct resulted in injury

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to other creditors or conferred an unfair advantage upon the holder of Notes and (3) equitable subordination is not inconsistent with the provisions of the relevant solvency statute.

If a court canceled a Guarantee, the holders of Notes would no longer have a claim against that Subsidiary Guarantor or its assets.

Each Guarantee is limited, by its terms, to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering the Guarantee, as it relates to that Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor is a consolidated subsidiary of the Parent Company at the date of the balance sheet presented. The following tables present summarized financial information for the Parent Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on a combined basis after elimination of (i) intercompany transactions and balances among the Parent Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and (ii) equity in earnings from and investments in any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary. On July 2, 2021, Cooper Tire and certain of its subsidiaries were added as Subsidiary Guarantors.

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Includes receivables due from Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of $1,618 million as of December 31, 2021.

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Includes income from intercompany transactions with Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of $588 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily from royalties, dividends, interest and intercompany product sales.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Contractual Obligations

The following table presents our contractual obligations and commitments to make future payments as of December 31, 2021:

(1)
Debt obligations include Notes Payable and Overdrafts, and excludes the impact of deferred financing fees, unamortized discounts, and a fair value step-up related to the Cooper Tire acquisition.

(2)
The minimum lease payments for finance lease obligations are $780 million.

(3)
These amounts represent future interest payments related to our existing debt obligations and finance leases based on fixed and variable interest rates specified in the associated debt and lease agreements. The amounts provided relate only to existing debt obligations and do not assume the refinancing or replacement of such debt or future changes in variable interest rates.

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Operating lease obligations have not been reduced by minimum sublease rentals of $10 million, $8 million, $6 million, $5 million, $2 million and $3 million in each of the periods above, respectively, for a total of $34 million. Payments, net of minimum sublease rentals, total $1,279 million. The present value of the net operating lease payments, including sublease rentals, is $992 million. The operating leases relate to, among other things, real estate, vehicles, data processing equipment and miscellaneous other assets. No asset is leased from any related party.

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The obligation related to pension benefits is actuarially determined and is reflective of obligations as of December 31, 2021. Although subject to change, the amounts set forth in the table represent the mid-point of the range of our expected contributions for funded U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans, plus expected cash funding of direct participant payments to our U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans.

We made significant contributions to fully fund our U.S. pension plans in 2013 and 2014. We have no minimum funding requirements for our funded U.S. pension plans under current ERISA law or the provisions of our USW collective bargaining agreement, including a provision which requires us to maintain an annual ERISA funded status for the Goodyear hourly U.S. pension plan of at least 97%.

Future U.S. pension contributions will be affected by our ability to offset changes in future interest rates with returns from our asset portfolios and any changes to ERISA law. For further information on the U.S. pension investment strategy, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 18, Pension, Other Postretirement Benefits and Savings Plans.

Future non-U.S. contributions are affected by factors such as:

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future interest rate levels,

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the amount and timing of asset returns, and

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how contributions in excess of the minimum requirements could impact the amount and timing of future contributions.

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The payments presented above are expected payments for the next 10 years. The payments for other postretirement benefits reflect the estimated benefit payments of the plans using the provisions currently in effect. Under the relevant summary plan descriptions or plan documents we have the right to modify or terminate the plans. The obligation related to other postretirement benefits is actuarially determined on an annual basis.

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The payments for workers’ compensation obligations are based upon recent historical payment patterns on claims. The present value of anticipated claims payments for workers’ compensation is $194 million.

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Binding commitments are for raw materials, capital expenditures, utilities, and various other types of contracts. The obligations to purchase raw materials include supply contracts at both fixed and variable prices. Those with variable prices are based on index rates for those commodities at December 31, 2021.

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(9)
These amounts primarily represent expected payments with interest for uncertain income tax positions as of December 31, 2021. We have reflected them in the period in which we believe they will be ultimately settled based upon our experience with these matters.

Additional other long term liabilities include items such as general and product liabilities, environmental liabilities and miscellaneous other long term liabilities. These other liabilities are not contractual obligations by nature. We cannot, with any degree of reliability, determine the years in which these liabilities might ultimately be settled. Accordingly, these other long term liabilities are not included in the above table.

In addition, pursuant to certain long term agreements, we will purchase varying amounts of certain raw materials and finished goods at agreed upon base prices that may be subject to periodic adjustments for changes in raw material costs and market price adjustments, or in quantities that may be subject to periodic adjustments for changes in our or our suppliers' production levels. These contingent contractual obligations, the amounts of which cannot be estimated, are not included in the table above.

We do not engage in the trading of commodity contracts or any related derivative contracts. We generally purchase raw materials and energy through short term, intermediate and long term supply contracts at fixed prices or at formula prices related to market prices or negotiated prices. We may, however, from time to time, enter into contracts to hedge our energy costs.

At December 31, 2021, we had an agreement to provide a revolving loan commitment to TireHub of up to $100 million. As of December 31, 2021, no funds were drawn on this commitment.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

An off-balance sheet arrangement is any transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement involving an unconsolidated entity under which a company has:

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made guarantees,

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retained or held a contingent interest in transferred assets,

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undertaken an obligation under certain derivative instruments, or

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undertaken any obligation arising out of a material variable interest in an unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit risk support to the company, or that engages in leasing, hedging or research and development arrangements with the company.

We have entered into certain arrangements under which we have provided guarantees that are off-balance sheet arrangements. Those guarantees totaled $34 million at December 31, 2021. For further information about our guarantees, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 20, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and related notes to the financial statements. On an ongoing basis, management reviews its estimates, based on currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances may alter such estimates and affect our results of operations and financial position in future periods. Our critical accounting policies relate to:

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acquisitions,

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general and product liability and other litigation,

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workers’ compensation,

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goodwill and intangible assets,

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deferred tax asset valuation allowances and uncertain income tax positions, and

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pensions and other postretirement benefits.

Acquisitions. We allocate the cost of an acquired business to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The excess value of the purchase price for an acquired business over the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recognized as goodwill. The valuation of the acquired assets and liabilities will impact the determination of future operating results. We use a variety of information sources to determine the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities including: third-party appraisers for the values and lives of property, identifiable intangibles and inventories; and actuaries and other third-party specialists for defined benefit pension plans, workers' compensation and general and product liabilities. Goodwill is assigned to reporting units as of the date of the related acquisition. If goodwill is assigned to more than one reporting unit, we utilize a method that is consistent with the manner in which the amount of goodwill in a business combination is determined. Transaction costs related to the acquisition of a business are expensed as incurred.

We estimate the fair value of acquired customer relationships using the multi-period excess earnings method. Fair value is estimated as the present value of the benefits anticipated from ownership of the asset, in excess of the returns required on the investment in contributory assets which are necessary to realize those benefits. The intangible asset’s operating margins are determined as the residual earnings after quantifying operating margins from contributory assets. Assumptions used in these calculations are considered from a market participant perspective and include revenue growth rates, operating margins, contributory asset charges, customer attrition rates and discount rates.

We estimate the fair value of trade names (definite and indefinite) using the relief from royalty method, which calculates the cost savings associated with owning rather than licensing the assets. Assumed royalty rates are applied to projected revenue for the remaining useful lives of the assets to estimate the royalty savings. Assumptions used in the determination of the fair value of a trade name include revenue growth rates, including a terminal growth rate, the royalty rate and the discount rate.

While we use our best estimates and assumptions, fair value estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Any adjustments required after the measurement period are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations.

Future changes in the judgments, assumptions and estimates that are used in our acquisition valuations and intangible asset and goodwill impairment testing, including discount rates or future operating results and related cash flow projections, could result in significantly different estimates of the fair values in the future. An increase in discount rates, a reduction in projected cash flows or a combination of the two could lead to a reduction in the estimated fair values, which may result in impairment charges that could materially affect our financial statements in any given year.

General and Product Liability and Other Litigation. We have recorded liabilities totaling $390 million, including related legal fees expected to be incurred, for potential product liability and other tort claims, including asbestos claims, at December 31, 2021. General and product liability and other litigation liabilities are recorded based on management’s assessment that a loss arising from these matters is probable. If the loss can be reasonably estimated, we record the amount of the estimated loss. If the loss is estimated within a range and no point within the range is more probable than another, we record the minimum amount in the range. As additional information becomes available, any potential liability related to these matters is assessed and the estimates are revised, if necessary. Loss ranges are based upon the specific facts of each claim or class of claims and are determined after review by counsel. Court rulings on our cases or similar cases may impact our assessment of the probability and our estimate of the loss, which may have an impact on our reported results of operations, financial position and liquidity. We record receivables for insurance recoveries related to our litigation claims when it is probable that we will receive reimbursement from the insurer. Specifically, we are a defendant in numerous lawsuits alleging various asbestos-related personal injuries purported to result from alleged exposure to asbestos in certain products previously manufactured by us or present in certain of our facilities. Typically, these lawsuits have been brought against multiple defendants in federal and state courts.

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We periodically, and at least annually, update, using actuarial analyses, our existing reserves for pending claims, including a reasonable estimate of the liability associated with unasserted asbestos claims, and estimate our receivables from probable insurance recoveries. In determining the estimate of our asbestos liability, we evaluated claims over the next ten-year period. Due to the difficulties in making these estimates, analysis based on new data and/or changed circumstances arising in the future may result in an increase in the recorded obligation, and that increase may be significant. We had recorded gross liabilities for both asserted and unasserted asbestos claims, inclusive of defense costs, totaling $131 million at December 31, 2021.

We maintain certain primary and excess insurance coverage under coverage-in-place agreements, and also have additional excess liability insurance with respect to asbestos liabilities. We record a receivable with respect to such policies when we determine that recovery is probable and we can reasonably estimate the amount of a particular recovery. This determination is based on consultation with our outside legal counsel and takes into consideration agreements with certain of our insurance carriers, the financial viability and legal obligations of our insurance carriers, and other relevant factors.

As of December 31, 2021, we recorded a receivable related to asbestos claims of $77 million, and we expect that approximately 60% of asbestos claim related losses would be recoverable through insurance through the period covered by the estimated liability. Of this amount, $12 million was included in Current Assets as part of Accounts Receivable at December 31, 2021. The recorded receivable consists of an amount we expect to collect under coverage-in-place agreements with certain primary and excess insurance carriers as well as an amount we believe is probable of recovery from certain of our other excess insurance carriers. Although we believe these amounts are collectible under primary and certain excess policies today, future disputes with insurers could result in significant charges to operations.

Workers’ Compensation. We have recorded liabilities, on a discounted basis, of $194 million for anticipated costs related to U.S. workers’ compensation claims at December 31, 2021. The costs include an estimate of expected settlements on pending claims, defense costs and a provision for claims incurred but not reported. These estimates are based on our assessment of potential liability using an analysis of available information with respect to pending claims, historical experience and current cost trends. The amount of our ultimate liability in respect of these matters may differ from these estimates. We periodically, and at least annually, update our loss development factors based on actuarial analyses. The liability is discounted using the risk-free rate of return.

For further information on general and product liability and other litigation, and workers’ compensation, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 20, Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if an indicator of impairment is present. Intangible assets subject to amortization are tested only if a triggering event would require evaluation. Goodwill and Intangible Assets totaled $1,004 million and $1,039 million, respectively, at December 31, 2021.

We test goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment on at least an annual basis, with the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further impairment testing is necessary or to perform a quantitative assessment by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit or intangible asset to its carrying amount. Under the qualitative assessment, an entity is not required to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit or intangible asset unless the entity determines that it is more likely than not (defined as a likelihood of more than 50%) that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. If under the quantitative assessment the fair value of a reporting unit or intangible asset is less than its carrying amount, then an impairment loss will be recorded for the difference between the carrying value and the fair value.

At October 31, 2021, after considering changes to assumptions used in our most recent quantitative annual testing for each reporting unit and indefinite-lived intangible asset, results of recent fair value valuations related to the acquisition of Cooper Tire, the capital markets environment, economic conditions, tire industry competition and trends, changes in our results of operations, the magnitude of the excess of fair value over the carrying amount of each reporting unit and indefinite-lived intangible asset as determined in our most recent quantitative annual testing, and other factors, we concluded that it was not more likely than not that the fair values of our reporting units or indefinite-lived intangible assets were less than their respective carrying values and, therefore, did not perform a quantitative analysis.

Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowances and Uncertain Income Tax Positions. At December 31, 2021, our valuation allowances on certain of our U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets totaled $26 million and our valuation allowances on our foreign net deferred tax assets totaled $1.0 billion. At December 31, 2020, our valuation allowances on certain of our U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets totaled $368 million and our valuation allowances on our foreign net deferred tax assets totaled $1.1 billion.

We record a reduction to the carrying amounts of deferred tax assets by recording a valuation allowance if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not such assets will not be realized. The valuation of deferred tax assets requires judgment in assessing future profitability by year, including the impact of tax planning strategies, relative to the expiration dates, if any, of the assets.

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We consider both positive and negative evidence when measuring the need for a valuation allowance. The weight given to the evidence is commensurate with the extent to which it may be objectively verified. Current and cumulative financial reporting results are a source of objectively verifiable evidence. We give operating results during the most recent three-year period a significant weight in our analysis. We typically only consider forecasts of future profitability when positive cumulative operating results exist in the most recent three-year period. We perform scheduling exercises to determine if sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character exists in the periods required in order to realize our deferred tax assets with limited lives (such as tax loss carryforwards and tax credits) prior to their expiration. We also consider prudent tax planning strategies (including an assessment of their feasibility) to accelerate taxable income if required to utilize expiring deferred tax assets. A valuation allowance is not required to the extent that, in our judgment, positive evidence exists with a magnitude and duration sufficient to result in a conclusion that it is more likely than not that our deferred tax assets will be realized.

At both December 31, 2021 and 2020, we had approximately $1.2 billion of U.S. federal, state and local net deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances totaling $26 million in 2021, primarily for state tax loss carryforwards with limited lives, and $368 million in 2020, primarily for foreign tax credits with limited lives. The increase in our U.S. net deferred tax assets as a result of the reduction in valuation allowances during 2021 was largely offset by the establishment of deferred tax liabilities related to the Cooper Tire acquisition. In the U.S., we have a cumulative loss for the three-year period ending December 31, 2021. However, as the three-year cumulative loss in the U.S. is driven by business disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily in 2020, and only include the favorable impact of the Cooper Tire acquisition since the Closing Date, we also considered other objectively verifiable information in assessing our ability to utilize our net deferred tax assets, including recent favorable recovery trends in the tire industry and our tire volume as well as expected continued improvement. In addition, the Cooper Tire acquisition has generated significant incremental domestic earnings since the Closing Date and provides opportunities for cost and other operating synergies to further improve our U.S. profitability.

At December 31, 2021, our U.S. net deferred tax assets include approximately $339 million of foreign tax credits with limited lives, net of valuation allowances of $3 million. At December 31, 2020, our U.S. net deferred tax assets include $133 million of foreign tax credits with limited lives, net of valuation allowances of $328 million. Our earnings and forecasts of future profitability, taking into consideration recent trends, along with three significant sources of foreign income provide us sufficient positive evidence that we will be able to utilize our foreign tax credits that expire through 2030. Our sources of foreign income are (1) 100% of our domestic profitability can be re-characterized as foreign source income under current U.S. tax law to the extent domestic losses have offset foreign source income in prior years, (2) annual net foreign source income, exclusive of dividends, primarily from royalties, and (3) tax planning strategies, including capitalizing research and development costs, accelerating income on cross border transactions, including sales of inventory or raw materials to our subsidiaries, and reducing U.S. interest expense by, for example, reducing intercompany loans through repatriating current year earnings of foreign subsidiaries, all of which would increase our domestic profitability.

During the fourth quarter of 2021, we completed an intercompany sale of certain intellectual property. As a result of this transaction, U.S. taxable income for 2021 includes approximately $1.5 billion of accelerated income. External specialists assisted management with this transaction. The federal tax charge of $315 million related to this accelerated income was fully offset by the utilization of existing deferred tax assets, including $205 million related to tax loss carryforwards, which were primarily generated in 2020 as a result of a significant tax loss in the U.S. driven by the macroeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and $110 million of foreign tax credits.

Tax loss carryforwards must be utilized prior to foreign tax credits and other tax assets for tax purposes. Considering the magnitude of tax loss carryforwards that were utilized by this transaction, together with our earnings and other sources of income described above, we concluded that it is more likely than not that we will be able to utilize, prior to their expiration, certain U.S. tax assets. Accordingly, during the fourth quarter of 2021, we reduced U.S. valuation allowances by $325 million related to foreign tax credits and $15 million related to state tax loss carryforwards.

We consider our current forecasts of future profitability in assessing our ability to realize our deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits. As noted above, these forecasts include the impact of recent trends, including various macroeconomic factors such as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on our profitability, as well as the impact of tax planning strategies. Macroeconomic factors, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, possess a high degree of volatility and can significantly impact our profitability. As such, there is a risk that future earnings will not be sufficient to fully utilize our U.S. net deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits. However, we believe our forecasts of future profitability along with the three significant sources of foreign income described above provide us sufficient positive, objectively verifiable evidence to conclude that it is more likely than not that, at December 31, 2021, our U.S. net deferred tax assets, including our foreign tax credits, net of valuation allowances, will be fully utilized.

At both December 31, 2021 and 2020, we also had approximately $1.3 billion of foreign net deferred tax assets, and valuation allowances of $1.0 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively. Our losses in various foreign taxing jurisdictions in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require us to maintain a full valuation allowance against certain of these net foreign

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deferred tax assets. Most notably, in Luxembourg, we maintain a valuation allowance of approximately $885 million on all of our net deferred tax assets. Each reporting period, we assess available positive and negative evidence and estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize these existing deferred tax assets. We do not believe that sufficient positive evidence required to release valuation allowances having a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations will exist within the next twelve months.

We recognize the effects of changes in tax rates and laws on deferred tax balances in the period in which legislation is enacted. We remeasure existing deferred tax assets and liabilities considering the tax rates at which they will be realized. We also consider the effects of enacted tax laws in our analysis of the need for valuation allowances.

The calculation of our tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations, including those for transfer pricing. We recognize liabilities for anticipated tax audit issues based on our estimate of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes will be due. If we ultimately determine that payment of these amounts is unnecessary, we reverse the liability and recognize a tax benefit during the period in which we determine that the liability is no longer necessary. We also recognize income tax benefits to the extent that it is more likely than not that our positions will be sustained when challenged by the taxing authorities. We derecognize income tax benefits when, based on new information, we determine that it is no longer more likely than not that our position will be sustained. To the extent we prevail in matters for which liabilities have been established, or determine we need to derecognize tax benefits recorded in prior periods, our results of operations and effective tax rate in a given period could be materially affected. An unfavorable tax settlement would require use of our cash, and lead to recognition of expense to the extent the settlement amount exceeds recorded liabilities, resulting in an increase in our effective tax rate in the period of resolution. To reduce our risk of an unfavorable transfer price settlement, the Company applies consistent transfer pricing policies and practices globally, supports pricing with economic studies and seeks advance pricing agreements and joint audits to the extent possible. A favorable tax settlement would be recognized as a reduction of expense to the extent the settlement amount is lower than recorded liabilities and, in the case of an income tax settlement, would result in a reduction in our effective tax rate in the period of resolution. We report interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions as income tax expense.

For additional information regarding uncertain income tax positions, tax planning and valuation allowances, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 7, Income Taxes.

Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits. We have recorded liabilities for pension and other postretirement benefits of $270 million and $406 million, respectively, at December 31, 2021. Our recorded liabilities and net periodic costs for pensions and other postretirement benefits are based on a number of assumptions, including:

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life expectancies,

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retirement rates,

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discount rates,

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long term rates of return on plan assets,

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inflation rates,

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future compensation levels,

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future health care costs, and

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maximum company-covered benefit costs.

Certain of these assumptions are determined with the assistance of independent actuaries. Assumptions about life expectancies, retirement rates, future compensation levels and future health care costs are based on past experience and anticipated future trends. The discount rate for our U.S. plans is based on a yield curve derived from a portfolio of corporate bonds from issuers rated AA or higher by established rating agencies as of December 31 and is reviewed annually. Our expected benefit payment cash flows are discounted based on spot rates developed from the yield curve. The mortality assumption for our U.S. plans is based on actual historical experience or published actuarial tables, an assumed long term rate of future improvement based on published actuarial tables, and current government regulations related to lump sum payment factors. The long term rate of return on U.S. plan assets is based on estimates of future long term rates of return similar to the target allocation of substantially all fixed income securities. Actual U.S. pension fund asset allocations are reviewed on a monthly basis and the pension fund is rebalanced to target ranges on an as-needed basis. These assumptions are reviewed regularly and revised when appropriate. Changes in one or more of them may affect the amount of our recorded liabilities and net periodic costs for these benefits. Other assumptions involving demographic factors such as retirement age and turnover are evaluated periodically and are updated to reflect our experience and expectations for the future. If actual experience differs from expectations, our financial position, results of operations and liquidity in future periods may be affected.

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The weighted average discount rate used in estimating the total liability for our U.S. pension and other postretirement benefit plans was 2.82% and 2.87%, respectively, at December 31, 2021, compared to 2.42% and 2.34%, respectively, at December 31, 2020. The increase in the discount rate at December 31, 2021 was due primarily to higher yields on highly rated corporate bonds. Interest cost included in our U.S. net periodic pension cost was $94 million in 2021, compared to $126 million in 2020 and $173 million in 2019. Interest cost included in our worldwide net periodic other postretirement benefits cost was $9 million in 2021, compared to $8 million in 2020 and $11 million in 2019.

The following table presents the sensitivity of our U.S. projected pension benefit obligation and accumulated other postretirement benefits obligation to the indicated increase/decrease in the discount rate:

Changes in general interest rates and corporate (AA or better) credit spreads impact our discount rate and thereby our U.S. pension benefit obligation. Our U.S. pension plans are invested in a portfolio of substantially all fixed income securities designed to offset the impact of future discount rate movements on liabilities for these plans. If corporate (AA or better) interest rates increase or decrease in parallel (i.e., across all maturities), the investment portfolio described above is designed to mitigate a substantial portion of the expected change in our U.S. pension benefit obligation. For example, if corporate (AA or better) interest rates increased or decreased by 0.5%, the investment portfolio described above would be expected to mitigate approximately 85% of the expected change in our U.S. pension benefit obligation.

At December 31, 2021, our net actuarial loss included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ("AOCL") related to global pension plans was $2,625 million, $2,160 million of which related to our U.S. pension plans. The net actuarial loss included in AOCL related to our U.S. pension plans is primarily due to declines in U.S. discount rates and plan asset losses that occurred prior to 2015, plus the impact of prior increases in estimated life expectancies. For purposes of determining our 2021 U.S. pension total benefits cost, we recognized $148 million of the net actuarial losses in 2021. We will recognize approximately $105 million of net actuarial losses in 2022 U.S. net periodic pension cost. If our future experience is consistent with our assumptions as of December 31, 2021, actuarial loss recognition over the next few years will remain at an amount near that to be recognized in 2022 before it begins to gradually decline. In addition, if annual lump sum payments from a pension plan exceed annual service and interest cost for that plan, accelerated recognition of net actuarial losses will be required through a settlement in total benefits cost.

The actual rate of return on our U.S. pension fund was 1.80%, 13.20% and 15.90% in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, as compared to the expected rate of 3.74%, 4.22% and 5.25% in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We use the fair value of our pension assets in the calculation of pension expense for all of our U.S. pension plans.

The weighted average amortization period for our U.S. pension plans is approximately 16 years.

Service cost of pension plans was recorded in CGS, as part of the cost of inventory sold during the period, or SAG in our Consolidated Statements of Operations, based on the specific roles (i.e., manufacturing vs. non-manufacturing) of employee groups covered by each of our pension plans. In 2021, 2020 and 2019, the amount of service cost included in CGS and SAG is approximately equal. Non-service related net periodic pension costs were recorded in Other (Income) Expense.

Globally, we expect our 2022 net periodic pension cost to be $70 million to $80 million, including approximately $40 million of service cost, compared to $77 million in 2021, which included $39 million of service cost.

Though we experienced an increase in our U.S. discount rate at the end of 2021, a large portion of the $7 million net actuarial loss included in AOCL for our worldwide other postretirement benefit plans as of December 31, 2021 is a result of the overall decline in U.S. discount rates over time. For purposes of determining 2021 worldwide net periodic other postretirement benefits cost, we recognized $3 million of net actuarial losses in 2021. We will recognize approximately $2 million of net actuarial losses in 2022. If our future experience is consistent with our assumptions as of December 31, 2021, actuarial loss recognition over the next few years will remain at an amount near that to be recognized in 2022.

For further information on pensions and other postretirement benefits, refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 18, Pension, Other Postretirement Benefits and Savings Plans.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION — SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

Certain information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (other than historical data and information) may constitute forward-looking statements regarding events and trends that may affect our future operating results and financial position. The words “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and “project,” as well as other words or expressions of similar meaning, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, are inherently uncertain, are subject to risks and should be viewed with caution. Actual results and experience may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including:

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there are risks and uncertainties regarding our acquisition of Cooper Tire and our ability to achieve the expected benefits of such acquisition;

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our future results of operations, financial condition and liquidity may be adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that impact may be material;

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raw material cost increases may materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition;

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we are experiencing inflationary cost pressures, including with respect to wages, benefits, transportation and energy costs, that may materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition;

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delays or disruptions in our supply chain or in the provision of services, including utilities, to us could result in increased costs or disruptions in our operations;

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changes to tariffs, trade agreements or trade restrictions may materially adversely affect our operating results;

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if we do not successfully implement our strategic initiatives, our operating results, financial condition and liquidity may be materially adversely affected;

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we face significant global competition and our market share could decline;

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deteriorating economic conditions in any of our major markets, or an inability to access capital markets or third-party financing when necessary, may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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if we experience a labor strike, work stoppage, labor shortage or other similar event at the Company or its joint ventures, our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity could be materially adversely affected;

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financial difficulties, work stoppages, labor shortages, supply disruptions or economic conditions affecting our major OE customers, dealers or suppliers could harm our business;

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our capital expenditures may not be adequate to maintain our competitive position and may not be implemented in a timely or cost-effective manner;

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our international operations have certain risks that may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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we have foreign currency translation and transaction risks that may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;

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our long term ability to meet our obligations, to repay maturing indebtedness or to implement strategic initiatives may be dependent on our ability to access capital markets in the future and to improve our operating results;

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we have a substantial amount of debt, which could restrict our growth, place us at a competitive disadvantage or otherwise materially adversely affect our financial health;

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any failure to be in compliance with any material provision or covenant of our debt instruments, or a material reduction in the borrowing base under our revolving credit facility, could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and operations;

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our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly;

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we have substantial fixed costs and, as a result, our operating income fluctuates disproportionately with changes in our net sales;

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we may incur significant costs in connection with our contingent liabilities and tax matters;

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our reserves for contingent liabilities and our recorded insurance assets are subject to various uncertainties, the outcome of which may result in our actual costs being significantly higher than the amounts recorded;

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environmental issues, including climate change, or legal, regulatory or market measures to address environmental issues, may negatively affect our business and operations and cause us to incur significant costs;

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we are subject to extensive government regulations that may materially adversely affect our operating results;

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we may be adversely affected by any disruption in, or failure of, our information technology systems due to computer viruses, unauthorized access, cyber-attack, natural disasters or other similar disruptions;

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we may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights adequately;

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if we are unable to attract and retain key personnel, our business could be materially adversely affected; and

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we may be impacted by economic and supply disruptions associated with events beyond our control, such as war, acts of terror, political unrest, public health concerns, labor disputes or natural disasters.

It is not possible to foresee or identify all such factors. We will not revise or update any forward-looking statement or disclose any facts, events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof that may affect the accuracy of any forward-looking statement.

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