MAYTAG CORPORATION



Exhibit 12



Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Amounts in thousands of dollars except ratios)



|                                                                                                                                               |  | Year Ended December 31
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|                                                                                                                                               |  | 2002                  
|Consolidated pretax income from continuing operations before minority interests,
extraordinary item and cumulative effect of accounting change |  | $                     
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|Interest expense                                                                                                                               |  |                       
|                                                                                                                                              
|Mark to market adjustment on interest rate swap included in interest
expense                                                                   |  |                       
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|Depreciation of capitalized interest                                                                                                           |  |                       
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|Interest portion of rental expense                                                                                                             |  |                       
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|Earnings                                                                                                                                       |  | $                     
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|Interest expense (excluding swap mark to market)                                                                                               |  | $                     
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|Interest capitalized                                                                                                                           |  |                       
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|Interest portion of rental expense                                                                                                             |  |                       
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|Fixed charges                                                                                                                                  |  | $                     
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                             |  |