SOCIAL / DIVERSITY & EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 1 Refer to our Sustainability Report Data Appendix for additional reporting on Diver sity & Inclusion. Our most recently filed Federal Employer Information Report EEO-1, representing employees as of December 2021, will be available for download from our corporate website beginning in Q2 2022. While we make the document publicly available, we measure our diversity progress as a global company differently from the U.S.-only view provided by the EEO-1 report. The EEO-1 is not fully representative of how we measure diversity in our company, and we believe the information we report elsewhere in this report is a more accurate reflection of our diversity progress. 2 2021 gender representation for white collar below manager adversely affected by China divestiture. Representation Metrics 1 Director & Above In 2021, we made good progress on female representation, improving the percentage of women by 2 to 3 percentage points for Manager and above positions. We exceeded our internal goal for Director and above female representation. 2019 25% 2020 26% 2021 29% GLOBAL FEMALE REPRESENTATION LEVEL 2019 31% 2020 33% 2021 33% 2019 50% 2020 50% 2021 43% 2 2019 38% 2020 38% 2021 39% 36% Diversity Inc. Benchmark 20% McKinsey’s Industrial Benchmark 41% Diversity Inc. Benchmark 21% McKinsey’s Industrial Benchmark Sr. Manager & Manager White Collar Below Manager Blue Collar We maintained or slightly improved (less than a percentage point) underrepresented minority representation in 2021. While we saw strong improvement in some functions, we lost a bit of ground in other functions. 2019 22% 2020 25% 2021 26% UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES (U.S.) 2019 20% 2020 23% 2021 24% 2019 20% 2020 21% 2021 23% 2019 24% 2020 24% 2021 25% 22% Diversity Inc. Benchmark 14% McKinsey’s Industrial Benchmark 31% Diversity Inc. Benchmark 19% McKinsey’s Industrial Benchmark Similar to underrepresented minority representation, we maintained or slightly improved Black representation in 2021. We remain focused on the actions outlined in our Racial Equality Pledge, and will strengthen our focus on retention of Black talent in 2022. 2019 5% 2020 7% 2021 7% BLACK REPRESENTATION (U.S.) 2019 2% 2020 3% 2021 3% 2019 9% 2020 10% 2021 11% 2019 11% 2020 11% 2021 11% 5% OneTen Benchmark 7% OneTen Benchmark Whirlpool Corporation / 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 59