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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000106640-26-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHR"
cik: "0000106640"
company_name: "WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T11:22:16.091101+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# James Peters, EVP, resigns from Whirlpool effective March 30, 2026

## Summary
- James Peters, Executive Vice President, resigns from Whirlpool Corporation effective March 30, 2026.
- He had previously stepped down as CFO and President, Whirlpool Asia on December 31, 2025 as part of talent planning.
- No successor for the EVP role has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000106640-26-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHR
- cik: 0000106640
- company_name: WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000010664026000012/0000106640-26-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000010664026000012/whr-20260313.htm

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