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Maytag Corporation Conference Call Announcement

   Maytag Corporation is a leading producer of home and commercial appliances. Its products are sold to customers throughout North America and in international markets. (PRNewsFoto)

NEWTON, IA USA
    NEWTON, Iowa, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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.
    (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000505/MYGLOGO )
    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 http://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 ( http://www.streetevents.com ).  The audio webcast can
also be accessed through Maytag's Web site, http://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).

    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 http://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.

    Media Contact:  John Daggett
    Maytag Corporate Communications
    (641) 787-7711
    jdagge@maytag.com


SOURCE Maytag Corporation




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    CONTACT:
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