8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    Form 8-K



                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 9, 2002



                               MAYTAG CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                             A Delaware Corporation
              (State or other jurisdiction incorporation)

                          Commission file number 1-655

                 I.R.S. Employer Identification No. 42-0401785

                403 West Fourth Street North, Newton, Iowa 50208
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                   Registrant's telephone number: 641-792-7000

                                       N/A
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On August 9, 2002, the principal executive officer and principal financial
officer of Maytag Corporation (the "Company") each sent, via overnight delivery,
a "Statement Under Oath Of Principal Executive Officer/Principal Financial
Officer Of Maytag Coporporation Regarding Facts And Circumstances Relating To
Exchange Act Filings" to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") as
required by Order 4-460 issued by the SEC on June 27, 2002. Each of the
statements was in the form prescribed by the SEC without modification or
qualification. Copies of these Statements are filed as Exhibits to this Current
Report on Form 8-K.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits.

The exhibits accompanying this report are listed in the accompanying Exhibit
Index.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                    Maytag Corporation
                                                    (Registrant)

                                                    By: /s/ Steven H. Wood
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                    Executive Vice President and
                                                    Chief Financial Officer



August 9, 2002
    (Date)



EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits are filed herewith.



Exhibit No.

99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated August 9, 2002

99.2 Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated August 9, 2002

EX-99.1

                                  EXHIBIT 99.1

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MAYTAG CORPORATION
REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Ralph F. Hake, Chief Executive Officer, state and attest that:

     (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
     of Maytag Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
     subsequent covered report:

         .    no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
              fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
              the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
              as of the date on which it was filed); and

         .    no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
              make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
              circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the
              end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
              report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
              on which it was filed).

     (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with Maytag
     Corporation's audit committee.

     (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
     before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

         .    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 of
              Maytag Corporation;

         .    all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
              definitive proxy materials of Maytag Corporation filed with the
              Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified
              above; and

         .    any amendments to any of the foregoing.



/s/ Ralph F. Hake                                Subscribed and sworn to before
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Ralph F. Hake, Chief Executive Officer                   ---



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                                                 Notary Public
August 9,2002                                    My Commission Expires:
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Date

EX-99.2

                                  EXHIBIT 99.2

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER OF MAYTAG CORPORATION
REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS



I, Steven H. Wood, Chief Financial Officer, state and attest that:


     (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
     of Maytag Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
     subsequent covered report:

         .    no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
              fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
              the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
              as of the date on which it was filed); and

         .    no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
              make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
              circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
              the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
              report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
              on which it was filed).

     (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with Maytag
     Corporation's audit committee.

     (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
     before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

         .    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
              of Maytag Corporation;

         .    all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
              definitive proxy materials of Maytag Corporation filed with the
              Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified
              above; and

         .    any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/ Steven H. Wood                          Subscribed and sworn to before
- ---------------------------                 me this 9th day of August 2002.
Steven H. Wood, Chief Financial Officer             ---



                                            ____________________________________
                                            Notary Public
August 9, 2002                              My Commission Expires:
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