WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/ — Regulatory Filings 2014

Dec 16, 2014

8-K 1 d838242d8k.htm 8-K 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 15, 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)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 15, 2014, Whirlpool Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release providing earnings guidance for 2015, revised earnings guidance for 2014 and webcast information for the Company’s December 17, 2014 Investor Day. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press Release dated December 15, 2014

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 16, 2014
By:	/s/ KIRSTEN J. HEWITT
	Name: Kirsten J. Hewitt
	Title: Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary