Whirlpool Corporation will be participating Tuesday, March 7, in an investor conference in Orlando, Florida, sponsored by Raymond James & Associates, and on March 8 in an investor conference in New York, sponsored by Citigroup Investment Research.

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The conferences will include presentations by Jeff Fettig, Whirlpool's chairman and chief executive officer, who will discuss the company's outlook and strategy. Whirlpool's Orlando presentation will begin at 11:00 a.m. EST and its New York presentation at 11:15 a.m. During the presentation, Whirlpool also will be reaffirming its full-year 2006 outlook.

The Raymond James conference is the 27th Annual Institutional Investors Conference, while the Citigroup conference is the 19th Annual Global Industrial Manufacturing Conference.

Whirlpool's presentations will be broadcast live over the Internet and interested parties may listen to it by accessing the link listed below:

  Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference:
  http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rj19/whr/
  Citigroup Investment Research Conference:
  http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/citigroup/im2006/19205129.cfm

Listeners are encouraged to log on to the Web sites approximately five minutes prior to the conferences' start time to register and download any software.

Interested parties may also listen to the Whirlpool presentations through Whirlpool's Web site at http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/ by clicking on the investors tab. The presentation will be archived through the end of March.

Whirlpool's slide presentation will be available for viewing through the aforementioned links for both conferences. They may also be accessed through the Whirlpool Web site, http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/ , by clicking on investors tab and then clicking "Presentations."

Whirlpool Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of more than $14 billion, 68,000 employees, and nearly 50 manufacturing and technology research centers around the globe. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Brastemp, Bauknecht, Consul and other major brand names to consumers in more than 170 countries. Additional information about the company can be found on the Internet at http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/ .

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SOURCE: Whirlpool Corporation