---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-105102"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOW"
cik: "0001751788"
company_name: "DOW INC."
filed_at: "2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T00:49:07.858929+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dow declares $0.70 quarterly dividend, re-elects Richard K. Davis as lead director

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend of $0.70 per share declared, payable June 9, 2023 to shareholders of record May 31, 2023 (unchanged from prior).
- All 12 director nominees elected with 93-98% support; advisory vote on executive compensation approved at 91% of votes cast.
- Stockholder proposals for independent board chairman (74% against) and single-use plastics report (70% against) were defeated.
- Richard K. Davis re-elected as independent lead director; committee chairs named: Audit (Davis), Compensation (Fettig), Governance (Allen), EHST (Hinman).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-105102
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOW
- cik: 0001751788
- company_name: DOW INC.
- filed_at: 2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523105102/0001193125-23-105102-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523105102/d320753d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DOW INC. shareholders approved Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2023-04-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-13
  source text: Agenda Item 2: Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation. The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523105102/0001193125-23-105102-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOW INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-04-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-13
  source text: Agenda Item 3: Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523105102/0001193125-23-105102-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOW INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-13
  source text: In accordance with the Voting Standard, stockholders voted in favor of Agenda Item 1 (Election of Directors), with each of the twelve Director nominees named in the Proxy Statement receiving votes in favor of their election in the range of 93-98%.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523105102/0001193125-23-105102-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOW INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal - Single-Use Plastics Report at the 2023-04-13 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-13
  source text: Agenda Item 5: Stockholder Proposal - Single-Use Plastics Report. The Company’s stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal for a single-use plastics report.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523105102/0001193125-23-105102-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOW INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman at the 2023-04-13 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-13
  source text: Agenda Item 4: Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman. The Company’s stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal for independent board chairman.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523105102/0001193125-23-105102-index.htm

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