Dow Announces Results from Annual Stockholder Meeting
May 12 2011 - 11:32AM
Business Wire
Stockholders of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) today
elected Arnold A. Allemang, Jacqueline K. Barton, James A. Bell,
Jeff M. Fettig, Barbara H. Franklin, Jennifer M. Granholm, John B.
Hess, Andrew N. Liveris, Paul Polman, Dennis H. Reilley, James M.
Ringler, Ruth G. Shaw and Paul G. Stern to the Company’s Board of
Directors for one-year terms during the Company’s 114th Annual
Meeting.
Biographies for all directors may be found in the Proxy
Statement or on www.dowgovernance.com. Independent directors
comprise the substantial majority of the Board.
Stockholders also ratified the appointment of Deloitte &
Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2011.
In other business, preliminary voting results indicate that
stockholders have approved an advisory vote on executive
compensation, while a stockholder-sponsored proposal on shareholder
action by written consent failed to receive a majority of votes
cast. Preliminary voting results also indicate that on the proposal
regarding the frequency of future executive compensation advisory
votes, the highest percentage of votes were cast in favor of an
annual advisory vote.
The final voting results on all agenda items will be available
in a Form 8-K to be filed by the Company and at
www.dowgovernance.com after certification by the Company’s
inspector of elections. The meeting is available via webcast on
Dow’s website.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: Dow) combines the power of science and technology
with the “Human Element” to passionately innovate what is essential
to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation
with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the
world’s most challenging problems such as the need for clean water,
renewable energy generation and conservation, and increasing
agricultural productivity. Dow’s diversified industry leading
portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences
and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology based
products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries
and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy,
coatings and agriculture. In 2010, Dow had annual sales of $53.7
billion and employed approximately 50,000 people worldwide. The
Company’s more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 188 sites in
35 countries across the globe. References to “Dow” or the “Company”
mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be
found at www.dow.com.
Note: The forward-looking statements contained in this document
involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company’s
operations, markets, products, services, prices and other factors
as discussed in filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, economic, competitive, legal, governmental and
technological factors. Accordingly, there is no assurance that the
Company’s expectations will be realized. The Company assumes no
obligation to provide revisions to any forward-looking statements
should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by
securities and other applicable laws.
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