106640--3/1/2006--WHIRLPOOL_CORP

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We face intense competition in the home appliance industry and failure to successfully compete may negatively affect our business and financial performance. The loss of or decline in sales to any of our key trade customers, including Sears, Lowe's, and Best Buy, could adversely affect our financial performance. Our business could be adversely affected by changes in economic conditions. Our financial performance could be adversely affected by an inability to effectively execute and manage our business objectives. Fluctuations and volatility in the cost of raw materials and purchased components could adversely affect our profits Our global business performance could be affected by the ability of suppliers to deliver parts, components and manufacturing equipment to our manufacturing facilities. Our financial results could be adversely affected by significant differences between actual results and estimates of the amount of future funding for our pension plans and post-retirement health care benefit programs, significant changes in funding assumptions, or significant increases in funding obligations if pending U.S. pension reform legislation is adopted. We may be adversely affected by environmental, and health and safety laws and regulations. We may be adversely affected by product liability claims. Our global business could be negatively impacted by a deterioration in labor relations. Our intellectual property rights are valuable, and any inability to protect them could reduce the value of our products, services, and brands. Foreign currency fluctuations may affect our financial performance. If we cannot manage the additional challenges presented by our international operations, our financial performance may suffer. Our inability to complete the merger for regulatory or other reasons, or our inability to close the transaction in a timely manner, could adversely affect our financial performance. Maytag is subject to business uncertainties while the merger is pending which may subsequently adversely affect our business after the merger is completed. Whirlpool may be unable to successfully integrate the businesses of Maytag in a timely manner which may affect our ability to realize the full anticipated benefits of the merger.

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