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) June 20, 2006

 

 

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

1-3932

 

38-1490038

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

2000 M63 North, 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:

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

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



Item 5.02 — Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

On June 20, 2006 the Registrant’s board of directors appointed William T. Kerr as a director of the Corporation and member of the Audit and Human Resources Committees.

Item 9.01 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

99.1                           Press Release dated June 20, 2006

 

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: June 21, 2006

By:

/s/Robert T. Kenagy

 

Name:

Robert T. Kenagy

 

Title:

Corporate Secretary

 

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated June 20, 2006

 

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