0000106640-24-000003.txt : 20240108 0000106640-24-000003.hdr.sgml : 20240108 20240108172951 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000106640-24-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240101 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240108 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240108 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Beaufils Ludovic CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0002006684 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03932 FILM NUMBER: 24521158 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2000 N-M63 CITY: BENTON HARBOR STATE: MI ZIP: 49022 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000106640 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES [3630] ORGANIZATION NAME: 04 Manufacturing IRS NUMBER: 381490038 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: WHIRLPOOL CNTR 2000 M 63 STREET 2: C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY CITY: BENTON HARBOR STATE: MI ZIP: 49022-2692 BUSINESS PHONE: 2699235000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WHIRLPOOL CTR 2000 M 63 STREET 2: C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY CITY: BENTON HARBOR STATE: MI ZIP: 49022-2692 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WHIRLPOOL SEEGER CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710824 3 1 wk-form3_1704752981.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2024-01-01 0 0000106640 WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/ WHR 0002006684 Beaufils Ludovic 2000 N. M-63 BENTON HARBOR MI 49022 0 1 0 0 EVP, KASA Common Stock 9978 D Common Stock 1534.148 I 401(k) Stock Fund Common Stock 1124.298 I Executive Deferred Savings Plan II Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) 139.36 2029-02-18 Common Stock 948 D Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) 152.16 2030-02-17 Common Stock 1796 D Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) 199.93 2031-02-15 Common Stock 1645 D Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) 196.62 2032-02-14 Common Stock 2031 D Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy) 145 2033-02-20 Common Stock 3054 D Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 2500 D Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 1500 D Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 4000 D Aggregate beneficial holdings include shares acquired through dividend reinvestment plan. The stock options became exercisable in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2020. Of the 2,847 options that were granted, 1,899 were exercised prior to the reporting person becoming a Section 16 executive officer. The stock options became exercisable in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2021. Of the 2,696 options that were granted, 900 were exercised prior to the reporting person becoming a Section 16 executive officer. The options became exercisable in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2022. The options became exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2023. The options become exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2024. The 5,000 restricted stock units granted on February 17, 2020 have one remaining vest date, August 1, 2024, for an amount of 2,500 restricted stock units, which will vest and convert one-for-one to shares on that date. The 3,000 restricted stock units granted on August 1, 2020 have one remaining vest date, August 1, 2024, for an amount of 1,500 restricted stock units, which will vest and convert one-for-one to shares on that date. The 4,000 restricted stock units granted on December 15, 2022 will vest equally and convert one-for-one to shares on December 15, 2024 and December 15, 2026. /s/ Bridget K. Quinn, Attorney-In-Fact 2024-01-08 EX-24 2 ludovicbeaufils.htm EX-24 Document

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Ava A. Harter, Bridget K. Quinn and Scott J. Dorfman, or any of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact (each of such persons and their substitutes being referred to herein as the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power to act for the
undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:

1. Prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered by the Attorney-in-Fact to be advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

2. Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, Whirlpool Corporation (the “Company”), and/or any national securities exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed any and all reports (including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is required to file with the SEC, or which the Attorney-in-Fact considers it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Rule 144”), with respect to any security of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144; and 3. Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's equity securities from any third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby
authorizes any such third party to release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact.
The undersigned acknowledges that:

a) This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the Attorney-in-Fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;

b) Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

c) Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and



d) This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact.

This Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of December 19, 2023.

/s/ Ludo Beaufils
Signature

Ludovic Beaufils