Every material Form 8-K Whirlpool filed with the SEC in 2025, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Whirlpool announced a broad senior leadership reshuffle, including a new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Roxanne Warner, effective January 1, 2026. Chief Financial and Administrative Officer James Peters and North America President Alessandro Perucchetti will step down from their roles effective December 31, 2025. Leadership changes at this level and the filing's new pay terms for several executives are significant for shareholders to track.
Roxanne Warner, currently Executive Vice President Finance and Controller, becomes Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2026
James Peters steps down from his current role after 9 years effective December 31, 2025, and will continue as a non-executive executive vice president leading enterprise transformation
Juan Carlos Puente and Ludovic Beaufils are named Executive Presidents effective January 1, 2026, with base salaries of $780,000 each
Alessandro Perucchetti steps down as President, Whirlpool North America, effective December 31, 2025, and will remain in a full-time advisory role
Whirlpool reported third-quarter 2025 net sales of $4.03 billion, up 1.0% from a year earlier, but GAAP earnings per diluted share fell to $1.29 from $2.00 and ongoing EPS fell to $2.09 from $3.43. The company narrowed its full-year outlook to GAAP EPS of about $6.00 and ongoing EPS of about $7.00, and revised operating cash flow to about $600 million and free cash flow to about $200 million.
Q3 net sales were $4,033 million versus $3,993 million, up 1.0%; ongoing EBIT fell 22.7% to $180 million.
GAAP net earnings available to Whirlpool were $73 million versus $109 million a year earlier, down 33.3%.
A non-cash loss of $14 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, from Beko Europe B.V. equity in affiliates weighed on Q3 results.
The company declared a Q4 dividend of $0.90 per share and expects full-year free cash flow of about $200 million.
Whirlpool's board appointed Mary Ellen Adcock, executive vice president and chief merchant and marketing officer at The Kroger Co., as a director effective August 18, 2025. She will sit on the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and her non-employee director pay includes a $150,000 annual cash retainer and $160,000 in annual equity.
Appointed to the board on August 18, 2025, effective immediately, and named to the Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Annual cash retainer of $150,000, consistent with other non-employee directors
Annual equity compensation of $160,000, paid in Whirlpool common stock on the date of the annual stockholders meeting
Adcock joined Kroger in 1999 and was named executive vice president and chief merchant and marketing officer in November 2024
Whirlpool reported second-quarter 2025 net sales of $3,773 million, down 5.4% from $3,989 million a year earlier, and GAAP earnings per diluted share of $1.17, down from $3.96. The company blamed negative consumer sentiment and competitors' pre-loading of Asian imports ahead of tariffs, and updated its full-year 2025 outlook to GAAP EPS of $5.00 to $7.00 and ongoing EPS of $6.00 to $8.00. For shareholders, the sharp profit decline and weaker demand in North America are the key concerns.
Q2 net sales were $3,773 million, down 5.4% from $3,989 million; excluding currency, down 3.2%
Q2 GAAP EPS was $1.17 versus $3.96; ongoing EPS was $1.34 versus $2.39
A non-cash loss of $19 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, from Beko Europe equity in affiliates weighed on Q2 results
Full-year 2025 guidance: GAAP EPS of $5.00 to $7.00, ongoing EPS of $6.00 to $8.00, free cash flow of approximately $400 million
Whirlpool's board appointed Judith K. Buckner, president of Reynolds Cooking & Baking, as a director on June 16, 2025, effective immediately. She also joins the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Human Resources Committee, and the filing says she will receive the same non-employee director pay as other board members.
Appointed by the board on June 16, 2025, effective immediately
Annual cash retainer of $150,000 and annual equity compensation of $160,000 in Whirlpool common stock, paid on the date of the annual stockholders meeting
Joins the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Human Resources Committee
Chairman and CEO Marc Bitzer said her experience in the kitchen category will be an asset
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