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Whirlpool revises offer for Maytag shares

11 Aug '05

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Michigan based home appliances maker Whirlpool Corporation announced it has submitted a revised binding offer to acquire Maytag Corporation for $21 per Maytag share. The revised Whirlpool offer will continue to consist of 50 percent cash and 50 percent Whirlpool stock and all other material terms of the Whirlpool offer, including the $120,000,000 “reverse breakup” fee, remain unchanged.

The total value of the transaction, including assumed Maytag debt of approximately $977 million, would be approximately $2.7 billion.

Text of the letter containing Whirlpool's revised offer, which was delivered to the CEO and Chairman of the Special Committee of Maytag, and the revised Merger Agreement, will be filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

World's leading home appliances manufacturer and marketer Whirlpool Corporation with annual sales of over $13 billion, 68,000 employees. The Company has nearly 50 manufacturing and technology research centers around the globe. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Brastemp, Bauknecht, Consul and other major brand names to consumers in more than 170 countries.

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