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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                               MAYTAG CORPORATION

                                       TO

                         BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                Trustee Under Indenture Dated as of June 15, 1987

                          Ninth Supplemental Indenture

                          Dated as of October 30, 2001

             Providing for issuance of Medium-Term Notes, Series E,

               Due from Nine Months to 30 Years from Date of Issue

                  THIS NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the "Supplemental
Indenture") dated as of the 30th day of October, 2001 between Maytag
Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Company"), having its principal office at Newton, Iowa,
and Bank One, National Association, a national banking association duly
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (the
"Trustee"), Trustee under the Indenture dated as of June 15, 1987 between the
Company and the Trustee (the "Original Indenture").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

                  WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides for the issuance from
time to time thereunder, in series, of debt securities of the Company to provide
funds for its corporate purposes; and

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                  WHEREAS, the Company desires, by this Supplemental Indenture,
to create a series of Securities to be issuable under the Original Indenture and
to be known as the Company's Medium-Term Notes, Series E, Due from Nine months
to 30 Years from Date of Issue (the "Medium Term Notes"), the Medium Term Notes
to be limited in aggregate initial offering price as set forth herein and the
terms and provisions thereof to be as hereinafter set forth; and

                  WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Medium Term Notes,
when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make
this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with
their and its terms, have been done.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, THIS NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

                  For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Medium Term Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of such Holders, as follows:

                  Section 1. Defined Terms. All terms used in this Supplemental
Indenture which are defined in the Original Indenture have the meanings assigned
to them in the Original Indenture, except that, for purposes of the Supplemental
Indenture and the Medium Term Notes, the term "Business Day" shall mean, unless
otherwise indicated in the terms of the particular Medium Term Note, any Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (a "Weekday") that in The City of New
York is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by
law, regulation or executive order to close; provided, however, that with
respect to Medium Term Notes that are denominated or payable in a currency other
than U.S. dollars, such Weekday

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is also not a day on which commercial banks are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center (as
defined in Exhibit A) of the country issuing the Specified Currency (as defined
in Exhibit A) (or, if the Specified Currency is euro, such Weekday is also a day
on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer (TARGET) System is open); provided, further, that with respect to
Medium Term Notes as to which LIBOR (as defined in Exhibit B) is the applicable
Interest Rate Basis (as defined in Exhibit B), such Weekday is also a London
Business Day (as defined in Exhibit B).

                  Section 2. Designation and Terms of the Medium Term Notes.
There is hereby created by this Supplemental Indenture a series of Securities to
be known and designated as the "Medium-Term Notes, Series E, Due from Nine
Months to 30 Years from Date of Issue" of the Company. The Medium Term Notes
shall be limited to $500,000,000 in aggregate initial offering price.

                  Each Medium Term Note shall have the particular terms (which
need not be substantially identical to the terms of any other Medium Term Notes)
established in accordance with or as contemplated by this Section 2. Each fixed
rate Medium Term Note ("Fixed Rate Note") shall be in substantially the form
attached as Exhibit A hereto, and each floating rate Medium Term Note ("Floating
Rate Note") shall be in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by the Original Indenture and this
Supplemental Indenture.

                  Each of the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer and the Treasurer of the Company, or any of them individually
(each an "Authorized Officer"), may,

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at any time and from time to time, on behalf of the Company, authorize the
issuance of Medium Term Notes and in connection therewith establish, or, if all
of the Medium Term Notes of such series are not originally issued at one time,
to the extent deemed appropriate, prescribe the manner of determining within any
limitations established by such Authorized Officer (subject in either case to
the limitations set forth in this Supplemental Indenture and the Original
Indenture), the following:

     (1) the currency in which the Medium Term Notes will be denominated;

     (2) the date or dates on which the principal of the Medium Term Notes is
payable;

     (3) the rate or rates (or method by which determined) at which the Medium
Term Notes shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall
be payable and the Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date;

     (4) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on Medium Term Notes shall be payable;

     (5) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which Medium Term Notes may be redeemed, in whole
or in part, at the option of the Company, pursuant to any sinking fund or
otherwise;

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     (6) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Medium
Term Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option
of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices
at which and the terms and conditions upon which Medium Term Notes shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

     (7) if other than denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000
in excess thereof the denominations in which Medium Term Notes shall be
issuable;

     (8) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Medium Term Notes which shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 of the Original
Indenture;

     (9) additional Events of Default with respect to the Medium Term Notes, if
any, other than those set forth in the Original Indenture;

     (10) whether the Medium Term Notes shall be issued in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Notes (as defined in Section 4 hereof) and, in
such case, the Depositary for such Global Note or Notes, which Depositary must
be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"); and

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     (11) any other terms of the Medium Term Notes (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or the Original
Indenture).

     In connection with the Medium Term Notes, the officers of the Company
specified in the Original Indenture may execute and deliver one or more
Officers' Certificates setting forth, or, if all of the Medium Term Notes are
not originally issued at one time, to the extent deemed appropriate describing
the manner of determining, the foregoing terms of the Medium Term Notes,
established or prescribed, as the case may be, in accordance with the foregoing.

     Each Medium Term Note will be dated and issued as of the date of its
authentication by the Trustee. Each Medium Term Note shall also bear an Original
Issue Date (as hereinafter defined) which, with respect to any Medium Term Note
(or any portion thereof), shall mean the date of its original issue, as
specified in such Medium Term Note (the "Original Issue Date"), and such
Original Issue Date shall remain the same if such Medium Term Note is
subsequently issued upon transfer, exchange, or substitution of such Medium Term
Note regardless of its date of authentication. Principal on any Medium Term Note
shall become due and payable from nine months to 30 years from the Original
Issue Date of such Medium Term Notes, as specified in such Medium Term Note.

     The Places of Payment for the principal of and premium, if any, with
respect to Medium Term Notes shall be the City of Chicago, Illinois and The City
of New York. Interest, if any, on the Medium Term Notes will be paid by check,
draft or wire, as specified in the terms thereof. The Trustee shall be the
paying agent ("Paying Agent") for the Medium Term Notes.

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     Payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on each Medium
Term Note will be made in Dollars or such other currency as shall be specified
in the particular Medium Term Note. If specified in a particular Medium Term
Note, the amount of principal payable on such Medium Term Note will be
determined by reference to an index or formula described therein.

     Unless otherwise indicated in the terms of a particular Medium Term Note,
the "Regular Record Date" with respect to any Floating Rate Note shall be the
date 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date, whether or not such
date shall be a Business Day, and the "Regular Record Date" with respect to any
Fixed Rate Note shall be the February 1 and August 1 next preceding the February
15 and August 15 Interest Payment Dates.

     Unless otherwise indicated in the terms of a particular Medium Term Note
and except as provided below, the Interest Payment Dates for Floating Rate Notes
will be, in the case of Floating Rate Notes that reset daily, weekly or monthly,
the third Wednesday of each month or the third Wednesday of March, June,
September and December of each year, as specified on the face thereof; in the
case of Floating Rate Notes that reset quarterly, the third Wednesday of March,
June, September and December of each year, as specified on the face thereof; in
the case of Floating Rate Notes that reset semi-annually, the third Wednesday of
each of two months of each year, as specified on the face thereof; and in the
case of Floating Rate Notes that reset annually, the third Wednesday of one
month of each year, as specified on the face thereof, and in each case, at
Maturity.

     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 303 of the Original Indenture, it
shall not be necessary to deliver the documents described therein at or prior to
the time of authentication of each Medium Term Note, if such documents are
delivered at or prior to the

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authentication upon original issuance of the first Medium Term Note created by
this Supplemental Indenture.

     Section 3. Redemption of Medium Term Notes. Each Medium Term Note may be
redeemed by the Company in whole or in part if so provided pursuant to the terms
of such Medium Term Note issued by the Company. Notwithstanding the provisions
of Section 1103 of the Original Indenture, the Company may redeem any Medium
Term Note which by its terms is redeemable prior to Stated Maturity without also
redeeming any other Medium Term Note which is redeemable prior to Stated
Maturity. The selection of Medium Term Notes to be redeemed prior to Stated
Maturity shall be in the sole discretion of the Company.

     Section 4. Global Notes. For the purposes of this Section 4, the term
"Agent Member" means a member of, or participant in, a Depositary; the term
"Depositary" means, with respect to Medium Term Notes issuable or issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, the Person designated
as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 2 hereof, and if at any time
there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" as used with respect to the
Medium Term Notes shall mean the respective Depositary with respect to the
particular Medium Term Notes; and the term "Global Note" means a global
certificate evidencing all or part of the Medium Term Notes issued to the
Depositary and registered in the name of such Depositary or its nominee.

     Notwithstanding Section 305 of the Original Indenture, except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2 hereof, any Global Note shall be
exchangeable for Medium Term Notes in certificated form only as provided in this
paragraph. A Global Note shall be exchangeable for Medium Term Notes in
certificated form pursuant to this Section if (x) the Depositary notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for

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such Global Note and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company
within 90 days after the Company receives such notice, or if the Depositary
ceases to be a clearing agency registered pursuant to the provisions of Section
17A of the Exchange Act, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines not
to have one or more Medium Term Notes represented by one or more Global Notes or
(z) an Event of Default with respect to the Medium Term Notes represented by
such Global Note shall have occurred and be continuing. Any Global Note that is
exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Medium
Term Notes in certificated form, bearing interest (if any) at the same rate or
pursuant to the same formula, having the same date of issuance, redemption
provisions, if any, Stated Maturity and other terms and of differing
denominations aggregating a like amount. Such definitive Medium Term Notes shall
be registered in the names of the owners of the beneficial interests in such
Global Note as such names are from time to time provided by the relevant
participants in the Depositary holding such Global Note (as such participants
are identified from time to time by such Depositary).

     If at any time the Depositary for the Medium Term Notes notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Medium
Term Notes or if at any time the Depositary for the Medium Term Notes shall no
longer be eligible under this Section, the Company shall appoint a successor
Depositary with respect to the Medium Term Notes. If a successor Depositary for
the Medium Term Notes is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the
Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company
will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of Medium Term Notes in certificated form, will
authenticate and deliver Medium Term Notes in certificated form in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount

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of the Global Note or Notes representing such Medium Term Notes in exchange for
such Global Note or Notes.

     No Global Note may be transferred except as a whole by a nominee of the
Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of
such successor. Except as provided above, owners solely of beneficial interests
in a Global Note shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Medium
Term Notes in certificated form and will not be considered the Holders thereof
for any purpose under the Original Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture.

     Any Global Note that is exchangeable pursuant to this Section 4 shall be
exchangeable for Medium Term Notes issuable in denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (in the case of Dollar
denominated Medium Term Notes) or the denominations described in the Medium Term
Note (in the case of Medium Term Notes denominated in a foreign currency) and
registered in such names as the Depositary that is the Holder of such Global
Note shall direct.

     In the event that a Global Note is surrendered for redemption in part
pursuant to the Original Indenture, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such Global Note, without
service charge, a new Global Note in a denomination equal to and in exchange for
the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Note so surrendered.

     The Agent Members shall have no rights under the Original Indenture or this
Supplemental Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by a
Depositary, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Note for all
purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding

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the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any
Agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair,
as between a Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Medium Term
Note, including without limitation the granting of proxies or other
authorization of participants to give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder
is entitled to give or take under the Original Indenture.

     Section 5. Determination of Outstanding Medium Term Notes. In determining
whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Medium
Term Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver under the Original Indenture, the principal amount of a Medium
Term Note shall be the Dollar or other Specified Currency amount, determined on
the date of original issuance of such Medium Term Note, of the initial offering
price (or, in the case of a Medium Term Note which is an Original Issue Discount
Security, the Dollar or other Specified Currency equivalent on the date of the
original issuance of such Note of the amount of principal thereof that would be
due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 of the Original
Indenture) of such Medium Term Note.

                              T E S T I M O N I U M

     This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

                                       MAYTAG CORPORATION


                                       By: /s/ Steven H. Wood
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                                           Name:  Steven H. Wood
                                           Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                  Chief Financial Officer

ATTEST:

/s/ Scott R. Williams
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                                                  (CORPORATE SEAL)



                                       BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


                                       By: /s/ Mietka Collins
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                                           Name:  Mietka Collins
                                           Title: Account Representative

ATTEST:

/s/ R. Johnson
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                                                  (CORPORATE SEAL)



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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
                  ) ss:
COUNTY OF COOK    )


     On this 30th day of October, 2001, before me personally came Mietka Collins
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that such person is
Account Representative of Bank One, National Association, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that such
person knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was affixed by the authority of
the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that such person signed such
person's name thereto by like authority.

                                       /s/ Joanne J. Salerno
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                                       Notary Public

                                       My Commission expires:

                                       6/7/03
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[Notary Seal]


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STATE OF IOWA     )
                  )  ss:
COUNTY OF JASPER  )


     On this 30th day of October, 2001 before me personally came Steven H. Wood,
to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is EVP & CFO
of Maytag Corporation, one of the corporations described in and which executed
the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that
the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was affixed
by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he
signed his name thereto by like authority.

                                       /s/ Judy K. Petersen
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                                       Notary Public

                                       My Commission expires:

                                       July 24, 2004
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[Notary Seal]

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