---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-039380"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHR"
cik: "0000106640"
company_name: "WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T22:39:12.799035+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Whirlpool appoints former Goodyear CEO Richard J. Kramer to board; two directors not standing for reelection

## Summary
- Richard J. Kramer appointed to board effective Feb. 19, 2024; will serve on governance and HR committees.
- Kramer was chairman, CEO, president of Goodyear until Jan. 2024; also director of CNH Industrial.
- Director Patricia K. Poppe will not stand for reelection at 2024 annual meeting; no disagreement cited.
- Director Michael D. White also not standing for reelection due to reaching retirement age.
- Kramer receives standard non-employee director compensation: $150K cash retainer + $150K equity annually.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-039380
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHR
- cik: 0000106640
- company_name: WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000119312524039380/0001193125-24-039380-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000119312524039380/d752958d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-039380
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-039380.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-039380.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard J. Kramer was appointed as Director at WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 19, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Whirlpool Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Richard J. Kramer as a director of Whirlpool Corporation and a member of the Board’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and Human Resources Committee, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000119312524039380/0001193125-24-039380-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael D. White departed as Director at WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/.
  - Action: will not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: Michael D. White will also not stand for reelection at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders having reached the director retirement age provided for by the Corporate Governance Guidelines for Operation of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000119312524039380/0001193125-24-039380-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patricia K. Poppe departed as Director at WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/.
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: Patricia K. Poppe communicated to the Board her decision not to stand for reelection at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000119312524039380/0001193125-24-039380-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.