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        <footnote id="F1">Vesting of earned performance-based restricted stock units award for the 2019-2021 performance period granted under the Whirlpool Corporation Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Upon the vesting of performance-based restricted stock units on 03/01/2022, the reporting person deferred the receipt of 3,033 shares of common stock pursuant to Whirlpool's Executive Deferred Savings Plan II. As a result, the reporting person is reporting the disposition of 3,033 shares of common stock in exchange for an equal number of shares of deferred stock. The deferred stock is payable following the reporting person's termination of employment with Whirlpool Corporation.</footnote>
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MI
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Vesting of earned performance-based restricted stock units award for the 2019-2021 performance period granted under the Whirlpool Corporation Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan.
Upon the vesting of performance-based restricted stock units on 03/01/2022, the reporting person deferred the receipt of 3,033 shares of common stock pursuant to Whirlpool's Executive Deferred Savings Plan II. As a result, the reporting person is reporting the disposition of 3,033 shares of common stock in exchange for an equal number of shares of deferred stock. The deferred stock is payable following the reporting person's termination of employment with Whirlpool Corporation.
/s/ Bridget K. Quinn, Attorney-in-Fact
2022-03-03