WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/ — Director's Dealing 2006

Aug 17, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/ (WHR)
CIK: 0000106640
Period of Report: 2006-08-17

Reporting Person: WHITE MICHAEL D (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-08-17	Common Stock	P	1200	$78.10	Acquired	2600	Direct
2006-08-17	Common Stock	P	100	$78.85	Acquired	2700	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Deferred Phantom Stock under the Nonemployee Dir Equity Plan	$		Common ()	1443.713	Direct
Stock Options	$		Common (1589)	1589	Direct
Stock Options	$		Common (1131)	1131	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Open market purchase of stock.

F2: All shares are held in the name of the undersigned's broker.

F3: 1,245 phantom shares deferred under the Nonemployee Director Equity Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(d). Shares of stock are payable in common stock of the company in a one-for-one basis following the reporting person's departure from the board. As of 06/15/06, the latest date for which information is reasonably available, 1,443.713 total phantom shares deferred, which includes dividend equivalents earned in phantom restricted stock.

F4: Stock option awarded on 04/19/05 at the option price of $64.73 per share under the Nonemployee Director Equity Plan. All shares are currently exercisable and will expire either 20 years from the award date or the second anniversary of the date the Director ceases being a Director.

F5: Stock option awarded on 04/18/06 at the option price of $90.90 per share under the Nonemployee Director Equity Plan. All shares will become exercisable six months after the award date. The expiration date is either 20 years from the award date or the second anniversary of the date the Director ceases being a Director.