secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/ (GT)
CIK:        0000042582
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-11-09T12:32:02+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-071879
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Goodyear names director Roger Wood interim CEO as Mark Stewart exits immediately; strategic review continues
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- Roger Wood, 64, a director since July 25, 2023 and former Tenneco co-CEO and Dana CEO, was appointed interim CEO and president effective Nov. 8, 2026; board began search for permanent successor.
- Mark Stewart stepped down as CEO, president and director effective immediately; his separation is 'other than for Cause' under Goodyear's Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan.
- Wood will receive $310,000 per month plus monthly RSUs valued at $1,000,000 for the lesser of five months or until a permanent CEO is hired.
- Board special committee, formed earlier this year, is reviewing business mix, footprint, efficiency and product investments; Goodyear will not provide further updates unless appropriate.
- Jerome Rouquet, currently Visteon CFO, joins as EVP and CFO effective Dec. 1, 2026, succeeding interim CFO Scott Deakin.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42582/000162828026071879/0001628280-26-071879-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42582/000162828026071879/gt-20261108.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-071879

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