Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On May 4, 2022, Whirlpool Corporation (the "Company"), closed its offering of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.700% Senior Notes due 2032 (the "Notes"), in a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-255372), and a preliminary prospectus supplement and prospectus supplement related to the offering of the Notes, each as previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). On May 2, 2022, the Company filed a pricing supplement with the Commission relating to the Notes.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes, together with cash on hand, to repay, at maturity, all $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.700% Notes due June 1, 2022.

The Notes were issued under an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated March 20, 2000, between the Company, as issuer, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to U.S. Bank, National Association, as successor to Citibank, N.A.), as trustee, as supplemented by a Certificate of Designated Officers establishing the terms of, and providing for the issuance of, the Notes, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto. The sale of the Notes was made pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting Agreement, dated May 2, 2022 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), among the Company, as issuer, and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, U.S. counsel to the Company, has issued an opinion addressed to the Company, dated May 4, 2022, regarding certain legal matters with respect to the Notes. A copy of this opinion is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement and Certificate of Designated Officers does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each of the foregoing, which are filed with this report as Exhibits 1.1 and 4.1, respectively. Each of the foregoing documents is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
  No.                                     Document

 1.1         Underwriting Agreement, dated May 2, 2022, among Whirlpool
           Corporation, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets
           Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and Wells
           Fargo Securities, LLC.

 4.1         Certificate of Designated Officers of Whirlpool Corporation, dated
           May 4, 2022.

 5.1         Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

23.1         Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

 104       Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL).

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