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MAYTAG CORPORATION
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: John Daggett
Maytag Corporate Communications
(641) 787-7711
JDAGGE@MAYTAG.COM
MAYTAG CORPORATION CONFERENCE CALL ANNOUNCEMENT
NEWTON, IOWA (July 14, 2005) - Maytag Corporation (NYSE: MYG) will announce
second quarter sales and earnings on Friday, July 22, at approximately 6:00 a.m.
CT. The corporation has also scheduled a conference call at 8:30 a.m. CT to
present second quarter results. Maytag's Chairman & CEO Ralph F. Hake and CFO
George C. Moore will participate in the call. The company will not conduct a
question-and-answer session for this conference call.
Persons wishing to listen should telephone 888-489-9488 AT 8:20 A.M. CT
(INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS SHOULD DIAL 415-537-1945). The conference call will
be recorded and available by telephone from 10:30 a.m. CT July 22 until 10:30
a.m. CT July 26. Persons interested in listening to the conference call tape
should call 800-633-8284 (or internationally 402-977-9140) and use access code
number 21251588 .
Additionally, Maytag's conference call will be distributed live over
CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual
investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual
investor center at WWW.FULLDISCLOSURE.COM or by visiting any of the investor
sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access
the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents
(WWW.STREETEVENTS.COM). The audio webcast can also be accessed through Maytag's
Web site, WWW.MAYTAGCORP.COM, by clicking on the "Corporate News Center" and
then "Conference Calls." Replays will be available on both the Maytag and CCBN
Web sites.
Maytag Corporation is a leading producer of home and commercial
appliances. Its products are sold to customers in North America and in targeted
international markets. The corporation's principal brands include Maytag(R),
Hoover(R), Jenn-Air(R), Amana(R), Dixie-Narco(R) and Jade(R).
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Certain statements in this news release, including
any discussion of management expectations for future periods, constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to
differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by those
statements. For a description of such factors, refer to "Forward-Looking
Statements" in the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of Maytag's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2005, and each
quarter's 10-Q.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT
In connection with the proposed transaction with an investor group led by
private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings LLC, Maytag has filed a preliminary
proxy statement and will file a definitive proxy statement and other relevant
documents concerning the proposed merger with SEC. WE URGE INVESTORS TO READ THE
DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND THE OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY WHEN THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT MAYTAG
AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors will be able to obtain free copies of
the definitive proxy statement (when available) as well as other filed documents
containing information about Maytag at HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV, SEC's Web site. Free
copies of Maytag's SEC filings are also available on Maytag's Web site at
www.maytagcorp.com.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION
Maytag and its executive officers and directors and Ripplewood Holdings LLC,
Triton Acquisition Holding and Triton Acquisition and their respective
affiliates, executive officers and directors may be deemed, under SEC rules, to
be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Maytag's stockholders with
respect to the proposed transaction. Information regarding the officers and
directors of Maytag is included in its definitive proxy statement for its 2005
annual meeting filed with SEC on April 4, 2005. More detailed information
regarding the identity of potential participants, and their direct or indirect
interests, by securities, holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the proxy
statement and other materials filed or to be filed with SEC in connection with
the proposed transaction.