Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company is the world’s #3 tire maker,
with 85 plants worldwide, rubber plantations in Indonesia
and 940 retail stores in North America and Europe, is
looking for secured financing in late March or early April,
2003. The new, secured facilities would effectively rank
senior to the unsecured notes dating from 2002.
Pointers
to Credit Agreements
THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED 364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 13, 2002, among THE GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK as
Agent, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. acted as Advisor, Lead
Arranger and Bookrunner” can be accessed at: Amendment
SECOND
AMENDMENT dated as of August 13, 2002, to the Term Loan
Agreement dated as of March 30, 2001, among THE GOODYEAR
TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, the Borrower, the Lenders,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK et al” is found at: Second
Amendment
AMENDED
AND RESTATED FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated
as of August 13, 2002, among THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER
COMPANY, THE LENDERS, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK as Agent,
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC” can be found at : Amended
Agreement
TERM
LOAN AGREEMENT Dated as of March 30, 2001, among THE GOODYEAR
TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, THE LENDERS, and THE CHASE
MANHATTAN BANK as Administrative Agent, CHASE MANHATTAN
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED as London Agent, JPMORGAN acted
as Advisor, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner,
BNP PARIBAS acted as Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner
and Syndication Agent, COMMERZBANK AG, THE INDUSTRIAL
BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED and THE SUMITOMO BANK LTD. acted
as Co-Documentation Agents is found at: Term
Agreement
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