BENTON HARBOR, Mich.,
April 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) announced today the results of
its annual stockholders' meeting, including the election of
directors for the next year.
Whirlpool stockholders elected 12 individuals to the board of
directors. Samuel R. Allen,
Gary T. DiCamillo, Diane M. Dietz, Geraldine T. Elliott, Jeff M. Fettig, Michael
F. Johnston, William T. Kerr,
John D. Liu, Harish Manwani,
William D. Perez, Michael A. Todman and Michael D. White were elected to the board for
one-year terms, expiring in 2015.
Allen, chairman and chief executive officer of Deere &
Company, has served as a director since 2010; DiCamillo, partner at
Eaglepoint Advisors, LLC, has served as a director since 1997;
Dietz, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at
Safeway, Inc., has served as a director since 2013; Elliott,
executive vice president and chief customer officer of Juniper
Networks, Inc., joined as a director in February 2014; Fettig, chairman and chief
executive officer of Whirlpool Corporation, has served as a
director since 1999; Johnston, former chairman of the board and
chief executive officer of Visteon Corporation, has served as a
director since 2003; Kerr, former president and chief executive
officer of Arbitron, Inc., has served as a director since 2006;
Liu, chief executive officer of Essex Equity Management and
managing partner at Richmond Hill Investments, has served as a
director since 2010; Manwani, chief operating officer of Unilever,
has served as a director since 2011; Perez, senior advisor to
Greenhill & Co., Inc., has served as a director since 2009;
Todman, president of Whirlpool International at Whirlpool
Corporation, has served as a director since 2006; and, White,
president and chief executive officer of DIRECTV, has served as a
director since 2004.
Stockholders also voted to approve, on an advisory basis,
Whirlpool Corporation's 2013 executive compensation; to ratify the
appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Whirlpool Corporation's
independent registered public accounting firm for 2014; and, to
approve the Whirlpool Corporation 2014 executive performance annual
bonus plan, the Executive Performance Excellence Plan. These vote
results are preliminary; final results will be reported on a
current report on Form 8-K, which will be filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days.
About Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation is
the world's leading global manufacturer and marketer of major home
appliances, with annual sales of approximately $19 billion in 2013, 69,000 employees and 59
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. Additional information about the company can be found
at http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com.
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