FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Puente Juan Carlos

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

04/01/2023

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/ [WHR]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)


WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, 2000 N. M-63

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP & PRES. WHIRLPOOL LAR

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

BENTON HARBOR, MI 49022
(City)
(State)
(Zip)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing

(Check applicable line)

__X__ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
_____ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person


Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)

2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)

3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Common Stock

18,118.762 (1)
D
 


Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)

  (2) 02/18/2029

Common Stock

815 $139.36D 

Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)

  (3) 02/17/2030

Common Stock

1,846 $152.16D 

Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)

  (4) 02/15/2031

Common Stock

1,674 $199.93D 

Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)

  (5) 02/14/2032

Common Stock

1,855 $196.62D 

Employee Stock Options (Right to Buy)

  (6) 02/20/2033

Common Stock

5,392 $145D 

Restricted Stock Units

  (7)   (7)

Common Stock

3,000 (7) D 

Restricted Stock Units

  (8)   (8)

Common Stock

3,000 (8) D 

Restricted Stock Units

  (9)   (9)

Common Stock

3,500 (9) D 

Restricted Stock Units

  (10)   (10)

Common Stock

10,000 (10) D 



Explanation of Responses:

Aggregate beneficial holdings include shares acquired through dividend reinvestment plan.

The reporting person was granted 2,446 options, which became exercisable in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on February 18, 2020 and 1,631 of which have been exercised.

The reporting person was granted 2,771 options, which became exercisable in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on February 17, 2021 and 925 of which have been exercised.

The options became exercisable in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2022 and the one remaining installment will become exercisable on March 1, 2024.

The options became exercisable in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2023 and the two remaining installments will become exercisable on March 1, 2024 and March 1, 2025.

The options become exercisable in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2024 and the two remaining installments will become exercisable on March 1, 2025 and March 1, 2026.

The 3,000 restricted stock units granted on February 17, 2020 have one remaining vest date, August 1, 2024, for an amount of 1,500 restricted stock units, which will vest and convert one-for-one to shares on that date.

The 3,000 restricted stock units granted on August 1, 2020 have one remaining vest date, August 1, 2024, for an amount of 1,500 restricted stock units, which will vest and convert one-for-one to shares on that date.

The 3,500 restricted stock units granted on February 14, 2022 will vest equally and convert one-for-one to shares on August 1, 2025 and August 1, 2026.

The 10,000 restricted stock units granted on December 15, 2022 will vest equally and convert one-for-one to shares on December 15, 2024 and December 15, 2026.



Signatures

/s/ Bridget K. Quinn, Attorney-in-Fact

04/07/2023
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Ava A Harter, Bridget K. Quinn and Scott J. Dorfman, or any of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact (each of such persons and their substitutes being referred to herein as the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power to act for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities.to:

1. Prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered by the Attorney-in-Fact to be advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934(the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

2. Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, Whirlpool Corporation (the "Company"), and/or any national securities exchange on which the Company's securities are listed any and all reports (including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is required to file with the SEC, or which the Attorney- in-Fact considers it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144"), with respect to any security of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144; and

3. Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's equity securities from any third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

a) This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the Attorney-in-Fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;

b) Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

c) Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

d) This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of March 27, 2023.

/s/Juan Carlos Puente