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8-K - FORM 8-K - GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/d491998d8k.htm
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EX-4.2 - EX-4.2 - GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/d491998dex42.htm
EX-5.2 - EX-5.2 - GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/d491998dex52.htm
EX-5.3 - EX-5.3 - GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/d491998dex53.htm
EX-5.5 - EX-5.5 - GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/d491998dex55.htm
EX-1.1 - EX-1.1 - GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/d491998dex11.htm
EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/d491998dex991.htm

Exhibit 5.4

[SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP LETTERHEAD]

February 25, 2013

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

1144 East Market Street

Akron, Ohio 44316-0001

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Arizona counsel to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and its subsidiaries Divested Litchfield Park Properties, Inc., an Arizona corporation (“DLPP”), and Goodyear Farms, Inc., an Arizona corporation (“Goodyear Farms”), and are rendering this opinion in connection with the prospectus, dated August 10, 2010 (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated February 20, 2013 (the “Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”), relating to the registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on August 10, 2010 and the offer and sale of: (i) $900,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.500% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”) and (ii) guarantees of the Notes (the “Guarantees”) by certain subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”), in each case to be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of August 13, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 25, 2013 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).

We have reviewed such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. We have assumed that all signatures are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and that all copies of documents submitted to us conform to the originals.

We have relied as to certain matters on information furnished by public officials, officers of the Company and the Guarantors, and other sources believed by us to be responsible.

Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that each of DLPP and Goodyear Farms: (i) is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Arizona, (ii) possesses the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the Guarantees and the Indenture, and (iii) has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Guarantees and the Indenture.


The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

February 25, 2013

Page 2

We are members of the bar of the State of Arizona. We do not express any opinion herein on any laws other than those of the State of Arizona.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed on February 25, 2013. We also hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Squire Sanders (US) LLP

Squire Sanders (US) LLP

Attachment: Schedule A—List of Guarantors


SCHEDULE A

Guarantors

 

Guarantors

  

State of Incorporation or Formation

Celeron Corporation

   Delaware

Dapper Tire Co., Inc.

   California

Divested Companies Holding Company

   Delaware

Divested Litchfield Park Properties, Inc.

   Arizona

Goodyear Canada Inc.

   Ontario, Canada

Goodyear Export Inc.

   Delaware

Goodyear Farms, Inc.

   Arizona

Goodyear International Corporation

   Delaware

Goodyear Western Hemisphere Corporation

   Delaware

Wheel Assemblies Inc.

   Delaware

Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems, LLC

   Ohio

Wingfoot Mold Leasing Company

   Nova Scotia, Canada