Goodyear re-elects 12 directors to board at 2011 annual meeting

Shareholders of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have re-elected 12 members of the company’s board of directors including chairman, president and CEO Richard J Kramer (full list below). The company also officially appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2011, having had the action ratified by shareholders.

In votes on advisory resolutions, shareholders approved the compensation of the company’s named executive officers and indicated the company should seek such a vote every year, consistent with the Board’s recommendations.

Re-elected were:

• James C. Boland, former president, chief executive officer and vice chairman, Cavaliers Operating Company, LLC;
• James A. Firestone, executive vice president and president, corporate operations, Xerox Corporation;
• Werner Geissler, vice chairman, global operations, The Procter & Gamble Company;
• Peter S. Hellman, retired president and chief financial and administrative officer, Nordson Corporation;
• Richard J. Kramer, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Goodyear;
• W. Alan McCollough, retired chairman and chief executive officer, Circuit City Stores Inc.;
• Rodney O’Neal, chief executive officer and president, Delphi Automotive LLP;
• Shirley D. Peterson, retired partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP;
• Stephanie A. Streeter, former chairman, president and chief executive officer, Banta Corporation;
• G. Craig Sullivan, retired chairman and chief executive officer, The Clorox Company;
• Thomas H. Weidemeyer, retired senior vice president and chief operating officer, United Parcel Service, Inc.; and
• Michael R. Wessel, president, The Wessel Group Inc.