Richard K. Davis elected independent lead director
Dow Inc. (NYSE:DOW) is pleased to report the preliminary results of its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Today stockholders elected Samuel R. Allen, Gaurdie Banister Jr., Wesley G. Bush, Richard K. Davis, Debra L. Dial, Jeff M. Fettig, Jim Fitterling, Jacqueline C. Hinman, Luis Alberto Moreno, Jill S. Wyant, and Daniel W. Yohannes to the Company's Board of Directors for one-year terms.
Stockholders approved an advisory resolution on executive compensation, voted to approve the First Amendment to the Dow Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, approved the 2021 Employee Stock Repurchase Plan, and ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Dow's independent auditor for 2021. A majority of stockholders voted against the Stockholder Proposal on Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
The final voting results on all agenda items will be available in a Form 8-K to be filed by the Company and can be found at investors.dow.com after certification by the Company's inspector of elections. The meeting will be available via webcast replay on Dow's website.
Following the Company's 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Board of Directors elected Richard K. Davis to serve as independent lead director for a one-year term. Richard joined Dow's board in May 2015, actively serving on the Company's audit and corporate governance committees.
Dow's Board of Directors are all highly accomplished leaders and together bring a variety of relevant skills and diverse experiences, including senior leadership, global business, capital allocation, financial acumen, technology expertise, operational experience, as well as ESG experience. The Dow Board is comprised of a strong balance of new and experienced directors, with half of the independent directors having joined within the past two years. Additionally, the board possesses gender and ethnic diversity – more than half of the independent directors are female or members of an ethnic minority group.
Biographies for all directors, committee assignments and other corporate governance information will be available on our Corporate Governance website.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE:DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company, with a purpose to deliver a sustainable future for the world through our materials science expertise and collaboration with our partners. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer care. Dow operates 106 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $39 billion in 2020. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.
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Risks related to Dow's separation from DowDuPont Inc. include, but are not limited to: (i) Dow's inability to achieve some or all of the benefits that it expects to receive from the separation from DowDuPont Inc.; (ii) certain tax risks associated with the separation; (iii) the failure of Dow's pro forma financial information to be a reliable indicator of Dow's future results; (iv) non-compete restrictions under the separation agreement; (v) receipt of less favorable terms in the commercial agreements Dow entered into with DuPont and Corteva, Inc. ("Corteva"), including restrictions under intellectual property cross-license agreements, than Dow would have received from an unaffiliated third party; and (vi) Dow's obligation to indemnify DuPont and/or Corteva for certain liabilities.
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