Form 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) January 16, 2012

 

 

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:

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Whirlpool Corporation previously announced that Larry M. Venturelli, its current Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, would succeed Roy W. Templin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, upon his retirement in 2012. On January 16, 2012, the Board of Directors of Whirlpool elected Mr. Venturelli to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Templin will serve as Executive Vice President until April 2012 in order to continue to assist Whirlpool in its year-end reporting and with other transitional items. No decisions have been made at this time with respect to compensation arrangements as a result of this transition, but any required compensation information will be disclosed by Whirlpool once determined.


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.

 

    WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Date: January 17, 2012     By:   /s/ KIRSTEN J. HEWITT        
    Name:   Kirsten J. Hewitt
    Title:  

Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary