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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-428257
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141126
ITEM INFORMATION:		Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141128
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141128

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:		141256139

	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="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>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 8-K
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<P STYLE="margin-top:14pt; 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): November&nbsp;26, 2014 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION </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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following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;26, 2014, Whirlpool Italia Holdings S.r.l. (&#147;Whirlpool Italia&#148;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Whirlpool Corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;), announced in Italy the final results for its mandatory tender offer for the remaining outstanding shares of Indesit Company S.p.A (&#147;Indesit&#148;). Settlement and closing of the mandatory tender offer occurred on
November&nbsp;28, 2014. Whirlpool Italia received tenders for a number of shares equal to 91.4% of the total shares available for purchase in the mandatory tender offer, increasing Whirlpool Italia&#146;s aggregate ownership interest in
Indesit&#146;s issued share capital to 97.4%. The Company expects to acquire the remaining shares of Indesit and for Indesit to delist from the Electronic Stock Market organized and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. on December&nbsp;3, 2014. As
previously disclosed, on October&nbsp;14, 2014, Whirlpool Italia completed its acquisition of a majority interest in Indesit. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The aggregate purchase
price for the shares purchased at settlement of the mandatory tender offer was &#128;344.3&nbsp;million (approximately $434.9 million based on the exchange rate as of September&nbsp;30, 2014). The Company funded the aggregate purchase price for the
shares through borrowings under the Second Amended and Restated Long-Term Credit Agreement entered into on September&nbsp;26, 2014, by and among the Company, certain other borrowers, the lenders referred to therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as
Administrative Agent and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, BNP Paribas and Citibank, N.A. as Syndication Agents, and through borrowings under the Company&#146;s French commercial paper program. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01. Other Events. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;26, 2014,
the Company issued a press release announcing the final results of the mandatory tender offer described in Item&nbsp;2.01. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report 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">(a)
Financial Statements and Business Acquired </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The financial statements required by Item&nbsp;9.01(a) of Form 8-K will be filed within 71 days after the date
upon which this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Pro Forma Financial
Information. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The unaudited pro forma combined consolidated financial information required by Item&nbsp;9.01(b) of Form 8-K will be filed within
71&nbsp;days after the date upon which this Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Press Release dated November&nbsp;26, 2014</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain statements in this Current Report relating to the Company&#146;s expectations following the acquisition of the Indesit shares constitute
&#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. These statements reflect management&#146;s current expectations regarding future events and speak only as of the date of this Current
Report.&nbsp;Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance and will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether or not, or the times at or by which, events will
occur. Actual performance may differ materially from that expressed or implied in such statements. These statements rely on assumptions which may or may not be realized. Reference should be made to the factors discussed under &#147;Risk
Factors&#148; set forth in Whirlpool&#146;s periodic reports filed with the&nbsp;U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. </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" COLSPAN="3">WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ KIRSTEN J. HEWITT</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Kirsten J. Hewitt</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Contact:</B> Whirlpool Corporation </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Media: 269/923-7405 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Media@Whirlpool.com </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Financial:
Christopher Conley, 269/923-2641 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Investor_Relations@Whirlpool.com </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WHIRLPOOL&#146;S MANDATORY TENDER OFFER FOR SHARES OF INDESIT IS SUCCESSFUL </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>BENTON HARBOR, Mich. &#151; Nov. 26, 2014 &#151;</B> Today, Whirlpool Italia Holdings S.r.l., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Whirlpool Corporation, (NYSE:
WHR) announces the final results of its mandatory tender offer for the remaining outstanding shares of Indesit Company S.p.A.&nbsp;Whirlpool Italia received tenders for 91.4 percent of the total shares available for purchase in the mandatory tender
offer, increasing Whirlpool Italia&#146;s aggregate ownership interest in Indesit&#146;s issued share capital to 97.4 percent.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The company expects
settlement and closing of the mandatory tender offer to occur on&nbsp;Nov. 28, 2014.&nbsp;The company then expects to acquire the remaining shares of Indesit and for Indesit to delist from the Italian stock exchange on Dec. 3, 2014.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As previously announced, Whirlpool Italia completed its acquisition of a majority interest in Indesit on October&nbsp;14, 2014. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ABOUT WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Whirlpool Corporation is the
world&#146;s leading global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual revenues of approximately $19 billion in 2013, 69,000 employees and 59 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company markets
<I>Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht</I> and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. Additional information about the company can be found at
http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </B></P>
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&#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. These statements reflect management&#146;s current expectations regarding future events and speak only as of the date of this Press
Release.&nbsp;Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance and will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether or not, or the times at or by which, events will
occur. Actual performance may differ materially from that expressed or implied in such statements. These statements rely on assumptions which may or may not be realized. Reference should be made to the factors discussed under &#147;Risk
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