Jeff Fettig Quotations

We appreciate the work of the Department of Justice staff to date and will continue to work with them cooperatively as they complete their review.

Sears owns the Kenmore brand. We're one of at least five different manufacturers in a process that they manage. What we manufacture for them today we may not manufacture tomorrow.

have always been generous in reaching out to help others during times of need.

Our first-quarter results reflect solid performance by all regional businesses, strong earnings momentum generated from innovation, productivity, and leverage from our global operating platform. These results reflect the 19th consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales improvement and each of our four regional businesses delivered higher operating income during the quarter.

We welcome the determination by the Maytag board of directors that ours is a superior proposal and look forward to the signing of a definitive agreement with Maytag,

A tragedy of this magnitude calls for the assistance of able individuals and organizations, ... As a company, we are grateful to help relief efforts in the most fitting way possible.

This is a complex and rapidly changing industry, and it is not surprising that some additional time is required to fully understand and fairly evaluate it.

The combined companies will create substantial benefits for consumers, trade customers and shareholders through continued development of innovative products, improved quality and service, and cost efficiencies.