Material Agreement

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): June 9, 2025     WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as Specified in Charter)       Delaware   1-3932   38-1490038 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)   2000 North M-63 , 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)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   Title of each class   Trading symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered Common stock, par value $1.00 per share   WHR   New York Stock Exchange and NYSE Texas Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐       Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Contract On June 9, 2025, Whirlpool Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Mizuho Securities USA LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, relating to the offering by the Company of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2030 and $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2033 (collectively, the “Notes”), in a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-276169), 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 June 9, 2025, the Company filed a pricing term sheet with the Commission relating to the Notes. On June 11, 2025, the Company closed its offering of the Notes. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to repay a portion of the amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement by and among the Company, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Administrative Agent and Syndication Agent and as lender, and certain other financial institutions as lenders. 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 in interest 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 and providing for the issuance of the Notes, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto. Kirkland & Ellis LLP, U.S. counsel to the Company, has issued an opinion to the Company, dated June 11, 2025, 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.    Exhibit 1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated June 9, 2025, among Whirlpool Corporation, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. 4.1    Certificate of Designated Officers of Whirlpool Corporation, dated June 11, 2025. 5.1    Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. 23.1    Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1). 104    The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).   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 June 11, 2025     By:   /s/ James W. Peters     Name:   James W. Peters     Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer