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| x |   | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |

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| o |   | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |

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| Delaware                                 |   | 38-1490038 |
| (State of Incorporation)                 |   | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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| 2000 North M-63, Benton Harbor, Michigan |   | 49022-2692 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) |   | (Zip Code) |

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| Title of each class                  |   | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common stock, par value $1 per share |   | Chicago Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange |

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| Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.                                                              | Yesý No¨ |
| Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.                                           | Yes¨ Noý |
| 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 report), and (2) has been subject to such                                          |
| filing requirements for the past 90 days.                                                                                                                                                 | Yesý No¨ |
| Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data                                           |
| File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files).                                                                                              | Yesý No¨ |
| Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained                                    |
| herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by                                         |
| reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.                                                                                                          | ¨ |
| Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting                                         |
| company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.    |
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|           Large accelerated filer  ý                                                                           | Accelerated filer ¨ |
|           Non-accelerated filer ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting  company) | Smaller reporting company ¨ |
| Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).                                                                | Yes¨ Noý |

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| Document                                                                                                               |    | Part of Form 10-K into which incorporated |
| The registrant’s proxy statement for the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) |    | Part III |

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| WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION(Registrant) |   |
| By:                                    |   | /S/    Larry M. Venturelli | February 21, 2013 |
|                                   |   | Larry M. VenturelliExecutive Vice Presidentand Chief Financial Officer |   |

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| Exhibit 31(a) | Certification of Chief Executive Officer, Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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| Exhibit 31(b) | Certification of Chief Financial Officer, Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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| Exhibit 32    | Certifications Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |