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On June 16, 2026, Whirlpool Corporation closed a comprehensive debt refinancing comprising a US$2.0 billion senior secured first-lien asset-based revolving credit facility and a Rule 144A/Regulation S private offering of US$2.0 billion of senior secured second-lien notes. The notes offering consisted of US$1.0 billion of 7.500 percent senior secured second lien notes due 2031 and US$1.0 billion of 7.875 percent senior secured second lien notes due 2034, in each case bearing interest from June 16, 2026, payable semi-annually in arrears, with maturity dates of July 1, 2031 and July 1, 2034, respectively. The offering was upsized from a previously announced size of US$750 million per tranche. These were the company's first secured credit facilities and bonds. The ABL credit facility is secured by accounts receivable, inventory, intellectual property, machinery, equipment, credit card receivables, and eligible cash of Whirlpool and certain subsidiaries, with domestic manufacturing facilities and shares of subsidiary capital stock excluded from the collateral. The notes are guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each domestic and Canadian subsidiary that is a borrower or guarantor under the ABL credit facility, and are secured on a second-priority basis by substantially the same collateral. Whirlpool used the net proceeds from the notes, together with borrowings under the new ABL facility, to fund a concurrent tender offer and consent solicitation for its existing €500 million 1.250 percent notes due 2026 and €600 million 1.100 percent notes due 2027 issued by Whirlpool Finance Luxembourg S.à r.l., to repay its existing unsecured revolving credit facility, and to pay related fees and expenses.
Parties
Company
Whirlpool Corporation
Company
Whirlpool Finance Luxembourg S.à r.l.
Deal Type
Financing/InvestmentIndustry
OtherTransaction
$ 5,673,760,000Deal Status
ClosedClosing Date
16 June 2026