<PAGE>

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2002
                                            Registration Number 333-____________
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                       -----------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       -----------------------------------

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

            Delaware                                   42-0401785
    (State of incorporation)             (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

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

                     MAYTAG CORPORATION SALARY SAVINGS PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                Roger K. Scholten
                    Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                               Maytag Corporation
                          403 West Fourth Street North
                               Newton, Iowa 50208
                                 (641) 787-7040
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

            --------------------------------------------------------

                         Calculation of Registration Fee

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Title of                                     Proposed        Proposed
Securities                   Amount          maximum         maximum
to be                        to be           offering price  aggregate            Amount of
registered                   registered      per share (1)   offering price (1)   Registration fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                          <C>             <C>             <C>                  <C>
Common Stock, par value      250,000 shares  $27.57          $6,892,500           $634.11
$1.25, including Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights (2)

Interests in the Plan (3)         N/A          N/A              N/A                 N/A
</TABLE>

(1)   Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely
      for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the
      average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as
      reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 13, 2002.
(2)   Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Preferred Stock Purchase
      Rights will not be evidenced separately from the Common Stock.

<PAGE>

(3)   Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
      Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
      be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan described herein. In accordance
      with Rule 457(h)(2), no separate fee is required with respect to plan
      interests.

<PAGE>

          Part II - Information Required in the Registration Statement

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by Maytag Corporation (the "Company") are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

(1)      The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
         December 31, 2001;

(2)      All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") since
         December 31, 2001;

(3)      The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
         Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A; and

(4)      The description of the Company's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
         contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A.

         All reports and other documents filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in and to be a part of this Registration
Statement from the date of filing of such documents.

         Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein
shall be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement if
and to the extent it is modified or superseded by a statement in this
Registration Statement or in a document which is also incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the By-laws of
the Company provide for indemnification of directors and officers for expenses
(including reasonable amounts paid in settlement) incurred in defending actions
brought against them.

         The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a
provision that eliminates, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, the
personal liability of each director of the Company to the Company and its
shareholders for monetary damages for certain breaches of fiduciary duty. This
provision does not affect the director's liability for monetary damages for
breaches of the duty of loyalty, actions or omissions not in good faith, knowing
violation of law or intentional misconduct, willful or

<PAGE>

negligent conduct in approving an unlawful dividend, stock repurchase or
redemption or obtaining improper personal benefits, nor does this provision
eliminate the ability to bring suit to rescind a transaction or to enjoin a
proposed transaction from occurring. In addition, this provision applies only to
claims against a director arising out of his role as a director and not, if he
is also an officer, his role as an officer or in any other capacity, nor to his
responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws.

         The By-laws of the Company provide that directors and officers shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by
the laws of Delaware as the same now or hereafter exist.

         The Company maintains directors and officers liability insurance
covering all directors and officers of the Company against claims arising out of
the performance of their duties.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

         Reference is made to the Exhibit Index.

Item 9.  Undertakings

(a) The Company hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

             (i)   To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;

             (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement;

             (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

<PAGE>

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's annual
report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Newton, State of Iowa, on December 19, 2002.

                                 MAYTAG CORPORATION


                                 By: /s/ Ralph F. Hake
                                     ---------------------
                                     Ralph F. Hake
                                     Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on December 19, 2002.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Name and Signature                               Title
<S>                                           <C>

/s/ Ralph F. Hake                                Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
---------------------------------------
Ralph F. Hake                                    (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Steven H. Wood                               Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
---------------------------------------
Steven H. Wood                                   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


               *                                 Director
---------------------------------------
Barbara R. Allen


               *                                 Director
---------------------------------------
Howard L. Clark, Jr.


               *                                 Director
---------------------------------------
Lester Crown


               *                                 Director
---------------------------------------
Wayland R. Hicks


               *                                 Director
---------------------------------------
William T. Kerr

</TABLE>

<PAGE>

Name and Signature                               Title
------------------                               -----

              *                                  Director
---------------------------------------
Bernard G. Rethore


             *                                   Director
---------------------------------------
W. Ann Reynolds


             *                                   Director
---------------------------------------
Neele E. Stearns, Jr.


             *                                   Director
---------------------------------------
Fred G. Steingraber



*Patricia J. Martin, by signing her name hereto, does hereby sign this document
on behalf of each of the above-named directors of the Registrant pursuant to
power of attorney duly executed by such persons.

                        By: /s/ Patricia J. Martin
                            ----------------------------------------------------
                            Patricia J. Martin
                            Attorney-in-Fact

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Administrator has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newton, State of
Iowa, on this 19/th/ day of December, 2002.

                        MAYTAG CORPORATION SALARY SAVINGS PLAN

                        By: Maytag Corporation

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

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Exhibit     Description
<S>       <C>

4.1         Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to
            Exhibit 3(a) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
            December 31, 1993 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.2         Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the
            Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1988 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.3         Certificate of Increase of Authorized Number of Shares of Series A Junior Participating
            Preferred Stock of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(c) to the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1988 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.4         Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating
            Preferred Stock of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to the
            Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.5         By-Laws of the Company, as amended through February 10, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the
            Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2000 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.6         Rights Agreement dated as of February 12, 1998 between the Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Rights
            Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated February 13,
            1998 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.7         Letter to Shareholders dated February 12, 1998 relating to the adoption of a shareholders rights plan with
            attachments (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 12,
            1998 (File No. 001-00655)).

*4.8        Maytag Corporation Salary Savings Plan.

*5.1        Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP.

5.2         The Company has submitted the Maytag Corporation Salary Savings Plan, as amended, to the Internal Revenue Service
            ("IRS") as to the qualified status of such amended plan, and the Company will make all changes required by the IRS
            in order to qualify such amended plan.

*23         Consent of Independent Auditors.

*24         Powers of Attorney.
</TABLE>

----------------------
* Filed herewith
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2002
                                            Registration Number 333-____________
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                       -----------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       -----------------------------------

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

            Delaware                                   42-0401785
    (State of incorporation)             (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

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

                     MAYTAG CORPORATION SALARY SAVINGS PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                Roger K. Scholten
                    Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                               Maytag Corporation
                          403 West Fourth Street North
                               Newton, Iowa 50208
                                 (641) 787-7040
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

            --------------------------------------------------------

                         Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of                                     Proposed        Proposed
Securities                   Amount          maximum         maximum
to be                        to be           offering price  aggregate            Amount of
registered                   registered      per share (1)   offering price (1)   Registration fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par value      250,000 shares  $27.57          $6,892,500           $634.11
$1.25, including Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights (2)

Interests in the Plan (3)         N/A          N/A              N/A                 N/A
(1)   Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely
      for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the
      average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as
      reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 13, 2002.
(2)   Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Preferred Stock Purchase
      Rights will not be evidenced separately from the Common Stock.
(3)   Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
      Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
      be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan described herein. In accordance
      with Rule 457(h)(2), no separate fee is required with respect to plan
      interests.
Part II - Information Required in the Registration Statement

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by Maytag Corporation (the "Company") are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

(1)      The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
         December 31, 2001;

(2)      All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") since
         December 31, 2001;

(3)      The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
         Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A; and

(4)      The description of the Company's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
         contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A.

         All reports and other documents filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in and to be a part of this Registration
Statement from the date of filing of such documents.

         Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein
shall be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement if
and to the extent it is modified or superseded by a statement in this
Registration Statement or in a document which is also incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the By-laws of
the Company provide for indemnification of directors and officers for expenses
(including reasonable amounts paid in settlement) incurred in defending actions
brought against them.

         The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a
provision that eliminates, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, the
personal liability of each director of the Company to the Company and its
shareholders for monetary damages for certain breaches of fiduciary duty. This
provision does not affect the director's liability for monetary damages for
breaches of the duty of loyalty, actions or omissions not in good faith, knowing
violation of law or intentional misconduct, willful or
negligent conduct in approving an unlawful dividend, stock repurchase or
redemption or obtaining improper personal benefits, nor does this provision
eliminate the ability to bring suit to rescind a transaction or to enjoin a
proposed transaction from occurring. In addition, this provision applies only to
claims against a director arising out of his role as a director and not, if he
is also an officer, his role as an officer or in any other capacity, nor to his
responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws.

         The By-laws of the Company provide that directors and officers shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by
the laws of Delaware as the same now or hereafter exist.

         The Company maintains directors and officers liability insurance
covering all directors and officers of the Company against claims arising out of
the performance of their duties.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

         Reference is made to the Exhibit Index.

Item 9.  Undertakings

(a) The Company hereby undertakes:

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

             (i)   To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;

             (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement;

             (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.

         (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's annual
report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Newton, State of Iowa, on December 19, 2002.

                                 MAYTAG CORPORATION

                                 By: /s/ Ralph F. Hake
                                     ---------------------
                                     Ralph F. Hake
                                     Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on December 19, 2002.
Name and Signature                               Title
/s/ Ralph F. Hake                                Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
---------------------------------------
Ralph F. Hake                                    (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Steven H. Wood                               Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
---------------------------------------
Steven H. Wood                                   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

               *                                 Director
---------------------------------------
Barbara R. Allen

               *                                 Director
---------------------------------------
Howard L. Clark, Jr.

               *                                 Director
---------------------------------------
Lester Crown

               *                                 Director
---------------------------------------
Wayland R. Hicks

               *                                 Director
---------------------------------------
William T. Kerr
Name and Signature                               Title
------------------                               -----

              *                                  Director
---------------------------------------
Bernard G. Rethore

             *                                   Director
---------------------------------------
W. Ann Reynolds

             *                                   Director
---------------------------------------
Neele E. Stearns, Jr.

             *                                   Director
---------------------------------------
Fred G. Steingraber

*Patricia J. Martin, by signing her name hereto, does hereby sign this document
on behalf of each of the above-named directors of the Registrant pursuant to
power of attorney duly executed by such persons.

                        By: /s/ Patricia J. Martin
                            ----------------------------------------------------
                            Patricia J. Martin
                            Attorney-in-Fact

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Administrator has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newton, State of
Iowa, on this 19/th/ day of December, 2002.

                        MAYTAG CORPORATION SALARY SAVINGS PLAN

                        By: Maytag Corporation

                        By: /s/ Steven H. Wood
                            ----------------------------------------------------
                            Steven H. Wood
                            Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit     Description
4.1         Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to
            Exhibit 3(a) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
            December 31, 1993 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.2         Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the
            Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1988 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.3         Certificate of Increase of Authorized Number of Shares of Series A Junior Participating
            Preferred Stock of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(c) to the Company's Annual Report on
            Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1988 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.4         Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating
            Preferred Stock of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to the
            Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.5         By-Laws of the Company, as amended through February 10, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the
            Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2000 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.6         Rights Agreement dated as of February 12, 1998 between the Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Rights
            Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated February 13,
            1998 (File No. 001-00655)).

4.7         Letter to Shareholders dated February 12, 1998 relating to the adoption of a shareholders rights plan with
            attachments (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 12,
            1998 (File No. 001-00655)).

*4.8        Maytag Corporation Salary Savings Plan.

*5.1        Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP.

5.2         The Company has submitted the Maytag Corporation Salary Savings Plan, as amended, to the Internal Revenue Service
            ("IRS") as to the qualified status of such amended plan, and the Company will make all changes required by the IRS
            in order to qualify such amended plan.

*23         Consent of Independent Auditors.

*24         Powers of Attorney.
----------------------
* Filed herewith