NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Feb. 20, 2014--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today it assigned its 'BBB' senior unsecured debt rating to Whirlpool Corp.'s proposed $800 million senior unsecured notes offering, consisting of three-year, five-year, and 10-year notes (amounts to be finalized at the close of the transaction). The company will issue the notes off of its Rule 415 universal shelf registration for debt securities filed in 2012. Whirlpool intends to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of its $500 million 8.6% notes that mature on May 1, 2014, and its $100 million 6.45% notes that mature on Aug. 15, 2014. As of Dec. 31, 2013, the Benton Harbor, Mich.-based company
