Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

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(14)     QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

	Three months ended
Millions of dollars, except per share data	Dec. 31				Sept. 30				Jun. 30					Mar. 31
	2011		2010		2011		2010		2011			2010		2011		2010
Net sales	$	4,910	$	5,041	$	4,625	$	4,519	$	4,730		$	4,534	$	4,401	$	4,272
Cost of products sold	4,198		4,375		4,052		3,871		4,061			3,773		3,778		3,633
Net earnings (loss)	213		178		181		83		(164		)	215		178		174
Net earnings (loss) available to Whirlpool	205		171		177		79		(161		)	205		169		164
Per share of common stock: (1)
Basic net earnings (loss)	2.66		2.23		2.31		1.04		(2.10		)	2.69		2.21		2.17
Diluted net earnings (loss)	2.62		2.19		2.27		1.02		(2.10		)	2.64		2.17		2.13
Dividends	0.50		0.43		0.50		0.43		0.50			0.43		0.43		0.43
Market price range of common stock: (2)
High	$	62.00	$	91.28	$	82.99	$	96.90	$	92.00		$	118.44	$	92.28	$	91.11
Low	45.22		72.95		47.35		71.00		72.48			86.86		79.15		73.30
Close	47.45		88.83		49.91		80.96		81.32			87.82		85.36		87.25

¹  The quarterly earnings per share amounts will not necessarily add to the earnings per share computed for the year due to the method used in calculating per share data.

²  Composite price as reported by the New York Stock Exchange.