Whirlpool Corporation announced today that it will participate in the J.P. Morgan Homebuilding and Building Products Conference on Tuesday, May 11 at 9:20 a.m. CDT at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Presenting for Whirlpool Corporation will be Marc Bitzer, president of Whirlpool North America.

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Whirlpool Corporation's presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and may be accessed at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=97140&eventID= 3075806 . Listeners are encouraged to log on to the Web site to register and download any required software prior to the start of the presentation.

Interested parties also may listen to the Whirlpool Corporation presentation through the company's Web site at http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/ by clicking on the "Investors" tab and then clicking "Presentations." The presentation will be archived for seven days.

About Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of approximately $17 billion in 2009, 67,000 employees, and 67 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. Additional information about the company can be found at http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/.

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