EX-24.1 35 l14838aexv24w1.txt EXHIBIT 24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24.1 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY POWER OF ATTORNEY RELATED TO REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF 9% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2015 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints RICHARD J. KRAMER, C. THOMAS HARVIE, THOMAS A. CONNELL and DARREN R. WELLS, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign one or more Registration Statements on Form S-4 or other appropriate form and any and all amendments to any such Registration Statements (including post-effective amendments), to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the registration under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of up to $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 in exchange for any and all outstanding 9% Senior Secured Notes due 2015, with power where appropriate to affix thereto the corporate seal of the Company and to attest said seal, and to file such Registration Statements, including in each case a form of prospectus, and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her name as of the 13th day of July, 2005.
SIGNATURES TITLE ---------- ----- Chairman of the Board, Chief /s/ Robert J. Keegan Executive Officer, President and ------------------------------ Director Robert J. Keegan /s/ Richard J. Kramer Executive Vice President and Chief ----------------------------- Financial Officer Richard J. Kramer /s/ Thomas A. Connell ----------------------------- Vice President and Controller Thomas A. Connell
/s/ James C. Boland ---------------------------- Director James C. Boland /s/ John G. Breen ----------------------------- Director John G. Breen /s/ Gary D. Forsee ----------------------------- Director Gary D. Forsee /s/ William J. Hudson, Jr. ----------------------------- Director William J. Hudson, Jr. /s/ Steven A. Minter ----------------------------- Director Steven A. Minter /s/ Denise M. Morrison ----------------------------- Director Denise M. Morrison /s/ Rodney O'Neal ----------------------------- Director Rodney O'Neal /s/ Shirley D. Peterson ----------------------------- Director Shirley D. Peterson /s/ Thomas H. Weidemeyer ----------------------------- Director Thomas H. Weidemeyer