8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 22, 2023

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	1-3932	38-1490038
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2000 North M-63, Benton Harbor, Michigan	49022-2692
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(269) 923-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share	WHR	Chicago Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 8.01. Other Events

On February 22, 2023, Whirlpool Corporation (the “Company”), closed its offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”), in a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-255372), and a preliminary prospectus supplement and prospectus supplement related to the offering of the Notes, each as previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). On February 14, 2023, the Company filed a pricing term sheet with the Commission relating to the Notes.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to repay, at maturity, all $250 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.700% Notes due March 1, 2023, and for general corporate purposes.

The Notes were issued under an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated March 20, 2000, between the Company, as issuer, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to U.S. Bank, National Association and Citibank, N.A.), as trustee, as supplemented by a Certificate of Designated Officers establishing the terms and providing for the issuance of the Notes, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, U.S. counsel to the Company, has issued an opinion addressed to the Company, dated February 22, 2023, regarding certain legal matters with respect to the Notes. A copy of this opinion is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

The foregoing description of the Certificate of Designated Officers does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text thereof, which is filed with this report as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Exhibit
4.1	Certificate of Designated Officers of Whirlpool Corporation, dated February 22, 2023.
5.1	Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
23.1	Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
104	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
February 22, 2023	By:	/s/ James W. Peters
	Name:	James W. Peters
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATED OFFICERS

February 22, 2023

Pursuant to Sections 2.1, 2.3 and 11.5 of the Indenture, dated as of March 20, 2000 (the “Indenture”), between Whirlpool Corporation (the “Company”) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to Citibank, N.A.), as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on April 21, 2015, April 16, 2018, April 19, 2021 and August 15, 2022 (the “Company Resolutions”), the undersigned officers of the Company do hereby certify that there is hereby approved and established pursuant to the Indenture, $300,000,000 aggregate amount of the Company’s 5.500% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Securities”) and under the Indenture whose terms shall be as set forth in Annex A, attached hereto.

The undersigned officers (i) have read the applicable provisions of the Indenture, (ii) have reviewed the form and terms of the Securities, (iii) in the opinion of the undersigned, have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the applicable conditions precedent under the Indenture have been complied with, (iv) hereby certify that the applicable conditions precedent under the Indenture have been complied with and (v) hereby certify that the form and terms of the Securities comply with the Indenture.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

[Signature Page Follows]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has signed this certificate.

Dated: February 22, 2023

By:	/s/ Christopher S. Conley
Name:	Christopher S. Conley
Title:	Vice President and Corporate Controller
By:	/s/ Jennifer L. Powers
Name:	Jennifer L. Powers
Title:	Vice President and Treasurer

ANNEX A

5.500% Senior Notes due 2033

1. The title of the Securities shall be the “5.500% Senior Notes due 2033” (the “Notes”).

2. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is initially limited to $300,000,000 (except for such Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.8, 2.9, 2.11 or 12.3 of the Indenture). Additional Notes ranking equally with the Notes in all respects (or in all respects other than the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further Notes or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such further Notes) may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the registered Holders of the Notes, provided that if such further Notes are not fully fungible with the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Company will cause such further Notes to be issued under a CUSIP number that is different from the CUSIP number printed on the Notes. Such further Notes may be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes.

3. The Notes shall be offered at an offering price equal to 99.914% of their principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from February 22, 2023 to the date of delivery, and in payment for which the Company shall receive 99.464% of their principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from February 22, 2023 to the date of delivery, after a discount to the underwriters of the Notes of 0.450% of their principal amount.

4. The stated maturity of the principal of the Notes shall be March 1, 2033.

5. The Notes will bear interest at a fixed rate of 5.500% per annum.

Interest on the Notes will accrue from February 22, 2023, or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or provided for, but excluding the relevant interest payment date. The Company will make interest payments on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2023, to the person in whose name such Notes are registered at the close of business on the immediately preceding February 15 and August 15, respectively. Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

If an interest payment date for the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the interest payment shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after such interest payment date.

6. The Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company on the terms described in the body of the Note. Other than with respect to a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the body of the Note), the Notes will not be repayable at the option of the Holders prior to its stated maturity date. The Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund.

7. The Notes will be issued in registered, book-entry form only without interest coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

8. The Notes shall be in such form or forms as may be approved by the authorized officers of the Company as provided in the Company Resolutions, such approval to be evidenced by the authorized officers’ manual or facsimile signature on the Notes, provided that such form or forms of the Notes are not inconsistent with the requirements of the Indenture or the Company Resolutions and are substantially in the form or forms attached hereto as Exhibit A-1.

9. The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, to be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.

10. Payments of principal of, interest on, and any other amounts payable with respect to the Notes are to be denominated in Dollars.

11. The Notes are not issuable in Tranches.

12. The Notes are not convertible into Securities of any other Series.

13. Both Section 10.1(B)(ii) and Section 10.1(B)(iii) of the Indenture apply to the Notes.

14. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this certificate or any document to be signed in connection with this certificate, including by the Trustee, shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paperbased recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means. For the avoidance of doubt, this certificate shall be deemed to amend the (1) first paragraph of Section 2.5 of the Indenture (i) to permit electronic signatures of the Securities by the officers specified therein and (ii) to remove the requirement that the corporate seal be affixed to the signature page of the Securities, and (2) to amend the first paragraph of Section 2.6 of the Indenture to permit a certificate of authentication by the Trustee to be executed by manual, electronic or facsimile signature and that any Note executed, authenticated and delivered in such manner shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes under the Indenture and entitled to the benefits thereunder.

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

Whirlpool Corporation

5.500% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”)

No. 1
CUSIP NO. 963320 BA3	$300,000,000

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to on the reverse hereof, for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($300,000,000) or such other amount as indicated on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note attached hereto, on March 1, 2033.

Interest Rate: 5.500% per annum

Interest Payment Dates: March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing September 1, 2023

Record Dates: February 15 and August 15, as applicable, of each year

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
By:
	Name:	Christopher S. Conley
	Title:	Vice President and Corporate Controller
By:
	Name:	Jennifer L. Powers
	Title:	Vice President and Treasurer

Dated: February 22, 2023

This is one of the Securities of the Series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: February 22, 2023		U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to Citibank, N.A.), as Trustee
	By:
		Authorized Signatory
		Name: Benjamin J. Krueger
		Title: Vice President

[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

Whirlpool Corporation

5.500% Senior Notes due 2033

Interest

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum set forth above. Interest on the Notes will accrue from February 22, 2023 or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for, but excluding the relevant interest payment date. If an interest payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the interest payment date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after such interest payment date.

The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on September 1, 2023, to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the immediately preceding February 15 and August 15, respectively. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

Optional Redemption of Notes

The Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes in whole or from time to time in part prior to December 1, 2032 (the “Par Call Date”) at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

• 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed; and

• (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed discounted to the redemption date (the “Redemption Date”) (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the Redemption Date;

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes in whole, at any time, or in part, from time to time at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on interest payment dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the interest payment date to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant record date according to terms hereof and the Indenture.

The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

The Company will mail or otherwise provide notice of any redemption, in whole or in part, at least 10 days, but not more than 60 days, before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Once notice of redemption is mailed or otherwise given, the Notes called for redemption will become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the applicable redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields—one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life—and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.

If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, H.15 TCM or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.

On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion of the Notes called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent or the Trustee money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on that date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by a method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate or in accordance with applicable DTC procedures.

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No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Note will state the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Note shall be issued in the name of the Holder of the Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original note. For so long as the Notes are held by DTC (or another depositary), the redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the depositary.

Repurchase Upon Change of Control Repurchase Event

If a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined below) occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes as set forth above under “Optional Redemption of Notes,” the Company will make an offer (the “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event, or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control (as defined below), but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflicts.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(a) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s Change of Control Offer;

(b) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(c) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portion of Notes being purchased by the Company.

The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of properly tendered Notes the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided, that each new Security will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 above that amount.

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The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

“Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the rating on the Notes are lowered and the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by any two of the three Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade below investment grade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

• the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries;

• the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner,” (as that term is defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s voting stock; or

• the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (i) the Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company that has agreed to be bound by the terms of the Notes and (ii) the holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s voting stock immediately prior to that transaction.

“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

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“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, members of the Board of Directors of the Company who (i) were members of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Notes; or (ii) were nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the continuing directors under clause (i) or (ii) of this definition who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc. and its successors.

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB– (or the equivalent) by S&P and Fitch and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Company.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

“Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or any of them, as the case may be.

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and its successors.

“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

Paying Agent

Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to Citibank, N.A.) (the “Trustee”) will act as paying agent. The Company may change any paying agent without notice to the Holders.

Indenture; Defined Terms

This Note is one of the 5.500% Senior Notes due 2033 issued under an Indenture, dated as of March 20, 2000, between the Company and the Trustee (as originally executed and delivered or, if amended or supplemented as therein provided, as so amended or supplemented or both, and including the forms and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated thereunder, the “Indenture”).

Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “Trust Indenture Act”), as in effect on the date of the Indenture until such time as the Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and thereafter as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.

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Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture.

Amendment; Supplement; Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions, the Notes and the provisions of the Indenture relating to the Notes may be amended or supplemented and any existing default or Event of Default or compliance with certain provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each Series (including the Notes) under the Indenture that are affected by such amendment, supplement or waiver (voting as one class). Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, or make any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note.

Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default under the Indenture occurs with respect to the Notes and shall not have been remedied or waived, unless the principal of all the Notes shall have already become due and payable, then either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Notes then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Holders), may declare the principal of all the Notes then Outstanding to be due and payable immediately, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it has received indemnity as it reasonably requires. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes by the Indenture. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of Notes notice of certain continuing defaults or Events of Default if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in their interest.

Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Note.

Abbreviations and Defined Terms

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

CUSIP Numbers

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

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Further Issuances

The Company may create and issue additional notes pursuant to the Indenture, provided that if such additional notes are not fully fungible with the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Company will cause such additional notes to be issued under a CUSIP number that is different from the CUSIP number printed on the Notes.

Governing Law

The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint _____________________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date: _____________________ Your Signature: ________________________________

Signature Guarantee:
	(Signature must be guaranteed)

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to SEC Rule 17Ad-15.

Signature

Signature Guarantee:

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to SEC Rule 17Ad-15.

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

Date Amount of
decrease in
Principal Amount
of this Global
Note Amount of
increase in
Principal Amount
of this Global
Note Principal Amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or Notes
Custodian

EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

300 North LaSalle Chicago, IL 60654 United States   +1 312 862 2000   www.kirkland.com     Facsimile: +1 312 862 2200

February 22, 2023

Whirlpool Corporation

2000 North M-63

Benton Harbor, MI 49022-2692

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are issuing this opinion letter in our capacity as legal counsel to Whirlpool Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of $300,000,000 of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

In that connection, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion, including (i) the restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, (ii) the registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-255372) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) to which this letter is an exhibit, (iii) the indenture, dated as of March 20, 2000, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to Citibank, N.A.) (the “Indenture”), and (iv) copies of the Notes.

For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto, and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company.

Our opinion expressed below is subject to the qualifications that we express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with, or effect of (i) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principals of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) public policy considerations that may limit the rights of parties to obtain certain remedies.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing qualifications, assumptions and limitations and the further limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that the Notes have been duly authorized and are binding obligations of the Company.

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Whirlpool Corporation

February 22, 2023

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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Our advice on every legal issue addressed in this letter is based exclusively on the internal law of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. This opinion speaks only as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion.

We have also assumed that the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder do not and will not violate, conflict with or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company is bound.

This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act, and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise relied upon for any other purposes.

Sincerely,

/s/ KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

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