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( Mark One ) 0 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number 1-3932 Whirlpool WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Delaware ( State of Incorporation ) 2000 North M - 63 Benton Harbor , Michigan ( Address of principal executive offices ) CORPORATION Title of each class Common stock , par value $ 1 per share Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading symbol ( s ) . WHR Registrant's telephone number , including area code ( 269 ) 923-5000 38-1490038 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 49022-2692 ( Zip Code ) Name of each exchange on which registered Chicago Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : NONE Large accelerated filer > Non - accelerated filer ( Do not check if a smaller reporting company ) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Indicate by check mark if the registrant not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( § 232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . ( Check one ) On February 5 , 2021 , the registrant had 62,979,525 shares of common stock outstanding . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Document The registrant's proxy statement for the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders ( the " Proxy Statement " ) Yes > DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the following documents are incorporated herein by reference into the Part of the Form 10 - K indicated : Yes Yes > Yes > 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 . No Yes No ® No Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company Yes No No > Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . The aggregate market value of voting common stock of the registrant held by stockholders not including voting stock held by directors and executive officers of the registrant and certain employee plans of the registrant ( the exclusion of such shares shall not be deemed an admission by the registrant that any such person is an affiliate of the registrant ) at the close of business on June 30 , 2020 ( the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter ) was $ 7,850,245,364 . No Part of Form 10 - K into which incorporated Part III