8-K 1 d838500d8k.htm 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): December 17, 2014

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as Specified in Charter)

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

2000 M-63 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:

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

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

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

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

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of material which will be used in investor presentations delivered by Whirlpool Corporation representatives from time to time beginning on December 17, 2014 is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 |  | Investor Presentation Material

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.

Date: December 17, 2014 |  |  |  | WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
|  |  |  | By: |  | /s/ KIRSTEN J. HEWITT
|  |  |  |  |  | Name: Kirsten J. Hewitt
|  |  |  |  |  | Title: Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary