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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-387394
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141029
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141029
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141029

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000106640
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES [3630]
		IRS NUMBER:				381490038
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03932
		FILM NUMBER:		141180816

	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
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) October&nbsp;29, 2014 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>38-1490038</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October&nbsp;29, 2014, Whirlpool Italia Holdings S.r.l. (&#147;Whirlpool Italia&#148;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Whirlpool Corporation, issued a press
release in Italy regarding the approval by Consob of Whirlpool Italia&#146;s offer document for its pending mandatory tender offer for the remaining outstanding shares of Indesit Company S.p.A. A copy of the press release is attached and
incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Exhibits. </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ LARRY M. VENTURELLI</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Exhibit 99.1 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WHIRLPOOL ITALIA HOLDINGS S.R.L. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Viale Guido Borghi 27, 21025 Comerio (Varese) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Registered in the Varese Companies&#146; Registry at no. 03424700122 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PRESS RELEASE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Consob
approved the Offer Document relating to the mandatory tender offer launched by Whirlpool Italia </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Holdings S.r.l. for all ordinary
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Tender period</U>: from 8:00 a.m. (Italian time) on 3&nbsp;November 2014 until 5:30 p.m. (Italian time) on 21&nbsp;November 2014, inclusive, subject to extensions </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Consideration payment date</U>: 28&nbsp;November 2014, subject to extensions </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>Possible re-opening of the tender period</U>: from 8:00 a.m. (Italian time) on 1&nbsp;December 2014 until 5:30 p.m. (Italian time) on 5&nbsp;December 2014, with a consideration payment on 12&nbsp;December 2014
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Comerio, 29&nbsp;October 2014.</B> With reference to the all-inclusive mandatory tender offer launched by Whirlpool Italia Holdings
S.r.l. (the &#147;<B>Offeror</B>&#148;), pursuant to articles 102 and 106, paragraph 1, of Legislative Decree of 24&nbsp;February 1998, No.&nbsp;58, as amended (the &#147;<B>TUF</B>&#148;) for 34,244,635 ordinary shares, with a par value of EUR 0.90
each and regular dividend, issued by Indesit Company S.p.A. (&#147;<B>Indesit</B>&#148; or the &#147;<B>Issuer</B>&#148;), equal to 29.99% of the share capital of Indesit, announced to the market on 14&nbsp;October 2014 (the
&#147;<B>Offer</B>&#148;), the Offeror announces that on the date hereof Consob, with resolution No. 19055, approved the document relating to the Offer (the &#147;<B>Offer Document</B>&#148;), pursuant to article 102, paragraph 4, of the TUF. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Tender period.</B> Pursuant to article 40, paragraph 2, of the regulation adopted by Consob with resolution No.&nbsp;11971 of 14&nbsp;May 1999, as amended,
(the &#147;<B>Issuers&#146; Regulation</B>&#148;), the tender period of the Offer, agreed with Borsa Italiana S.p.A., will begin at 8:00 a.m. (Italian time) on 3&nbsp;November 2014 and will end at 5:30 p.m. (Italian time) on 21&nbsp;November 2014,
inclusive, subject to extensions. 21&nbsp;November 2014 will represent, therefore, the last day to tender in the Offer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Potential re-opening of the
tender period</B>. If requirements set forth by law are met, pursuant to article 40-<I>bis</I> of the Issuers&#146; Regulation, the tender period will be re-opened for five trading days starting from the day following the payment date, thus (subject
to extensions of the tender period) on 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5&nbsp;December 2014, from 8:00 a.m. (Italian time) to 5:30 p.m. (Italian time). The payment date relating to the shares tendered in the Offer during the re-opening of the tender period will be
on 12&nbsp;December 2014. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Consideration.</B> The cash consideration of EUR 11&nbsp;per share will be paid to shareholders tendering in the Offer the
fifth stock exchange opening day following the end of the tender period, <I>i.e.</I> on 28&nbsp;November 2014 (subject to extensions), against the simultaneous transfer of ownership of the shares tendered. In case of full tendering in the Offer, the
disbursement will be EUR&nbsp;376,690,985. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Publication. </B>The Offer Document containing a detailed description of the terms and conditions of the
Offer and, among others, the methods for tendering in the Offer, will be published on 30&nbsp;October 2014 on the websites of the Issuer (<U>www.indesitcompany.com</U>) and the Global Information Agent (<U>http://sodali-transactions.com</U>). Notice
to the public concerning the publication and the methods of distribution of the Offer Document will be given by means of an <I>ad hoc</I> press release. </P>

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TUF and article 39 of the Issuers&#146; Regulation, approved by the Issuer&#146;s board of directors on 29&nbsp;October 2014, is attached to the Offer Document (Section M), accompanied by the fairness opinions of the independent expert and the
advisors appointed for such purpose and the opinion of Indesit&#146;s independent directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*** </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Notice to U.S. resident shareholders of Indesit </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The Offer described in this notice is made for the shares of Indesit, an Italian company with shares listed on the Electronic Stock Market (MTA) organized
and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., and is subject to Italian disclosure and procedural requirements, which are different from those of the United States of America. This notice is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to
sell shares of Indesit. Prior to the beginning of the tender period of the Offer, the Offeror will disseminate the Offer Document as required by applicable law and shareholders of Indesit should review such document carefully. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>To the extent permissible under applicable law or regulation, in accordance with normal Italian practice and pursuant to Rule 14e-5(b)(10) of the U.S.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Offeror, the Issuer and their affiliates or brokers (acting as agents for the Offeror, the Issuer or any of their respective affiliates, as applicable) have purchased since 10 July 2014 (as detailed
below), and may from time to time after the publication of this notice, and other than pursuant to the Offer, directly or indirectly purchase, or arrange to purchase, shares of Indesit or any securities that are convertible into, exchangeable for or
exercisable for shares of Indesit. No such purchases have been made prior to the date of this notice other than (i)&nbsp;the purchase of 5,027,731 shares of Indesit, previously held by Claudia Merloni, by Whirlpool Corporation and (ii)&nbsp;the
purchase of 63,896,340 shares of Indesit, previously held by Fineldo S.p.A. and the members of the Merloni family, by the Offeror. Any such purchases will not be made at prices higher than the per share consideration (equal to EUR 11) unless such
consideration is increased accordingly. To the extent information about such purchases or arrangements to purchase is made public in Italy, such information will be disclosed as required in Italy by means of a press release, pursuant to Art. 41,
paragraph 2, letter c) of the Issuers&#146; Regulation, or other means reasonably calculated to inform U.S. shareholders of Indesit. In addition, the financial advisors to the Offeror and the Issuer may also engage in ordinary course trading
activities in securities of Indesit, which may include purchases or arrangements to purchase such securities. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*** </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Notice released by Whirlpool Italia Holdings S.r.l. and distributed by Indesit Company S.p.A. on request of </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Whirlpool Italia Holdings S.r.l. </P>
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