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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>under </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933 </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(a Delaware corporation) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive
Offices &#151; 2030 Dow Center </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Midland, Michigan 48674 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, state of incorporation and address of principal executive office of issuer) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>I.R.S. Employer Identification No.&nbsp;38-1285128 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Dow Chemical Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CHARLES J. KALIL </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President, General Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>and Corporate Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2030 Dow Center </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Midland,
Michigan 48674 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (989)&nbsp;636-1000 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share, of The Dow Chemical Company</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">8,000,000&nbsp;shares</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$47.60(a)</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The price per share and the aggregate offering price, calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and provided herein for the sole purpose of determining the registration fee, are based on the average of the high and low prices
of the Common Stock of The Dow Chemical Company on the New York Stock Exchange for October&nbsp;24, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents heretofore filed by The Dow Chemical Company (&#147;Dow&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;the
Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein by this reference: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Dow&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2013. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Dow&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2014,&nbsp;June&nbsp;30, 2014
and September&nbsp;30, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Dow&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;13, 2014,&nbsp;February&nbsp;18,
2014,&nbsp;May&nbsp;9, 2014,&nbsp;May&nbsp;20, 2014,&nbsp;August&nbsp;8, 2014,&nbsp;September&nbsp;8, 2014 and September&nbsp;16, 2014. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The description of Dow&#146;s Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share, contained in a registration statement filed pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act) and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by Dow pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The validity of the issuance of Dow&#146;s Common Stock offered hereby has been passed on by Duncan A. Stuart, Associate General
Counsel&#151;Corporate Transactions for Dow. As of October&nbsp;28, 2014, Mr.&nbsp;Stuart beneficially owned 6,990 deferred stock units and 2,315 shares of Dow common stock pursuant to various employee stock plans; and held options to purchase
101,690 shares of Dow common stock, of which options to purchase 74,518 shares of Dow common stock were exercisable. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Article&nbsp;VI of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, Dow may indemnify its Directors, officers, employees and agents
to such extent as is permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware and as Dow&#146;s Bylaws may from time to time provide. Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware empowers Dow to indemnify, subject to the standards
and limitations therein prescribed, any person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought or threatened by reason of the fact that such person is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of Dow or is or was serving as such with
respect to another corporation or other enterprise at the request of Dow. Under Section&nbsp;VI of the Bylaws of Dow, Dow is required to indemnify its Directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law whenever such a
person is a defendant in any legal proceeding. Section&nbsp;VI also gives the Company discretion to indemnify Directors, officers, employees and agents in other legal proceedings to which they are made a party. Any indemnification of a Director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company must be approved by the Board of Directors. Dow maintains a Directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policy that indemnifies Dow&#146;s Directors and officers against certain losses in
connection with claims made against them for certain wrongful acts. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:71.40pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Description of Exhibit</P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Dow Chemical Company, filed as Exhibit 3(i) to Dow&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, incorporated herein by this reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Designations for the Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, as originally filed with the Secretary of State, State of Delaware on March 31, 2009, and re-filed on May 17, 2010, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to The Dow Chemical Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 1, 2009.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bylaws of The Dow Chemical Company, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to a Form 8-K filed on October 13, 2011, incorporated herein by this reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Duncan A. Stuart, included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">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; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">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;
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section&nbsp;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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to Directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a Director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in </P>
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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 registrant 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 Securities Act of
1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 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 Midland, State of Michigan, on October&nbsp;29,
2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center">(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ RONALD C. EDMONDS</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Ronald C. Edmonds</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Vice President and Controller</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. A. ALLEMANG*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">A. A. Allemang</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. BANGA*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">A. Banga</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J. K. BARTON*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">J. K. Barton</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J. A. BELL*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">J. A. Bell</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J. M. FETTIG*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">J. M. Fettig</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Lead Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. N. LIVERIS*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">A. N. Liveris</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">P. POLMAN*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">P. Polman</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">D. H. REILLEY*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">D. H. Reilley</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J. M. RINGLER*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">J. M. Ringler</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">R. G. SHAW*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">R. G. Shaw</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ R. C. EDMONDS</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">R. C. Edmonds</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">H. I. UNGERLEIDER*</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">H. I. Ungerleider</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">*By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ RONALD C. EDMONDS</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Ronald C. Edmonds</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Attorney-in-Fact</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">October&nbsp;29, 2014 </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:71.40pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Description of Exhibit</P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4(a)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Dow Chemical Company, filed as Exhibit 3(i) to Dow&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, incorporated herein by this reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4(a)(i)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Designations for the Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, as originally filed with the Secretary of State, State of Delaware on March 31, 2009, and re-filed on May 17, 2010, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to The Dow Chemical Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 1, 2009.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4(b)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bylaws of The Dow Chemical Company, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to a Form 8-K filed on October 13, 2011, incorporated herein by this reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Counsel</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">ARPC&#146;s Consent.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Duncan A. Stuart, included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney.</TD></TR>
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S-8
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
(a Delaware corporation)
Executive
Offices — 2030 Dow Center
Midland, Michigan 48674
(Name, state of incorporation and address of principal executive office of issuer)
I.R.S. Employer Identification No. 38-1285128
The Dow Chemical Company
2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
CHARLES J. KALIL
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
2030 Dow Center
Midland,
Michigan 48674
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone: (989) 636-1000
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share, of The Dow Chemical Company
8,000,000 shares
$47.60(a)
$380,800,000
$44,248.96
(a)
The price per share and the aggregate offering price, calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and provided herein for the sole purpose of determining the registration fee, are based on the average of the high and low prices
of the Common Stock of The Dow Chemical Company on the New York Stock Exchange for October 24, 2014.
PART II
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents heretofore filed by The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("the
Commission") are incorporated herein by this reference:
(a) Dow's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2013.
(b) Dow's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014
and September 30, 2014.
(c) Dow's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2014, February 18,
2014, May 9, 2014, May 20, 2014, August 8, 2014, September 8, 2014 and September 16, 2014.
(d) The description of Dow's Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share, contained in a registration statement filed pursuant to
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act) and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.
All documents subsequently filed by Dow pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The validity of the issuance of Dow's Common Stock offered hereby has been passed on by Duncan A. Stuart, Associate General
Counsel—Corporate Transactions for Dow. As of October 28, 2014, Mr. Stuart beneficially owned 6,990 deferred stock units and 2,315 shares of Dow common stock pursuant to various employee stock plans; and held options to purchase
101,690 shares of Dow common stock, of which options to purchase 74,518 shares of Dow common stock were exercisable.
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Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Under Article VI of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, Dow may indemnify its Directors, officers, employees and agents
to such extent as is permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware and as Dow's Bylaws may from time to time provide. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware empowers Dow to indemnify, subject to the standards
and limitations therein prescribed, any person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought or threatened by reason of the fact that such person is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of Dow or is or was serving as such with
respect to another corporation or other enterprise at the request of Dow. Under Section VI of the Bylaws of Dow, Dow is required to indemnify its Directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law whenever such a
person is a defendant in any legal proceeding. Section VI also gives the Company discretion to indemnify Directors, officers, employees and agents in other legal proceedings to which they are made a party. Any indemnification of a Director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company must be approved by the Board of Directors. Dow maintains a Directors' and officers' liability insurance policy that indemnifies Dow's Directors and officers against certain losses in
connection with claims made against them for certain wrongful acts.
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Item 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4(a)
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Dow Chemical Company, filed as Exhibit 3(i) to Dow's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, incorporated herein by this reference.
4(a)(i)
Certificate of Designations for the Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, as originally filed with the Secretary of State, State of Delaware on March 31, 2009, and re-filed on May 17, 2010, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to The Dow Chemical Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 1, 2009.
4(b)
Bylaws of The Dow Chemical Company, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to a Form 8-K filed on October 13, 2011, incorporated herein by this reference.
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Opinion of Counsel
23(a)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23(b)
ARPC's Consent.
23(c)
Consent of Duncan A. Stuart, included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.
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Power of Attorney.
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Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned registrant 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; and
(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 information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant 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 undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant'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 registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a Director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in
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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 registrant 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 Securities Act of
1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 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 Midland, State of Michigan, on October 29,
2014.
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ RONALD C. EDMONDS
Ronald C. Edmonds
Vice President and Controller
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
A. A. ALLEMANG*
A. A. Allemang
Director
A. BANGA*
A. Banga
Director
J. K. BARTON*
J. K. Barton
Director
J. A. BELL*
J. A. Bell
Director
J. M. FETTIG*
J. M. Fettig
Lead Director
A. N. LIVERIS*
Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
A. N. Liveris
P. POLMAN*
P. Polman
Director
D. H. REILLEY*
D. H. Reilley
Director
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J. M. RINGLER*
J. M. Ringler
Director
R. G. SHAW*
R. G. Shaw
Director
/s/ R. C. EDMONDS
Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
R. C. Edmonds
H. I. UNGERLEIDER*
H. I. Ungerleider
Chief Financial Officer
*By:
/s/ RONALD C. EDMONDS
Ronald C. Edmonds
Attorney-in-Fact
October 29, 2014
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4(a)
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Dow Chemical Company, filed as Exhibit 3(i) to Dow's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, incorporated herein by this reference.
4(a)(i)
Certificate of Designations for the Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, as originally filed with the Secretary of State, State of Delaware on March 31, 2009, and re-filed on May 17, 2010, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to The Dow Chemical Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 1, 2009.
4(b)
Bylaws of The Dow Chemical Company, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to a Form 8-K filed on October 13, 2011, incorporated herein by this reference.
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Opinion of Counsel
23(a)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23(b)
ARPC's Consent.
23(c)
Consent of Duncan A. Stuart, included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.
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Power of Attorney.
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