Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., contributed $212 million to its U.S. defined benefit plan in the first six months of 2011, according to the company's second-quarter earnings report.
The plan's assets totaled $2.3 billion as of Dec. 31, according to Whirlpool's most recent 10-K filing. In that filing, Whirlpool said it expected to contribute a total of $300 million to the pension plan in 2011.
Roy W. Templin, executive vice president and CFO, did not return a call seeking more information.
