---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-263025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOW"
cik: "0001751788"
company_name: "DOW INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T11:12:20.802212+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jeffrey L. Tate named Dow CFO; Howard Ungerleider to retire in Jan 2024

## Summary
- Jeffrey L. Tate named Dow CFO, effective Nov 1, 2023; Ungerleider retires in Jan 2024.
- Tate rejoins Dow from Leggett & Platt (CFO 2019-2023); previously held senior finance roles at Dow.
- Compensation: $895k base salary, 110% target bonus, $3.7M LTIP target, $250k sign-on cash, $3.5M RSU.
- Ungerleider leaves after 33 years; had been CFO since 2014 and president since 2018.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-263025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOW
- cik: 0001751788
- company_name: DOW INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523263025/0001193125-23-263025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523263025/d468887d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-263025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-263025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-263025.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Howard Ungerleider departed as President and Chief Financial Officer at DOW INC..
  - Action: elected to retire
  - Role: President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: President and Chief Financial Officer Howard Ungerleider, who has elected to retire from the Company and provided notice of his retirement to the Company on October 20, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523263025/0001193125-23-263025-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey L. Tate was elected as Chief Financial Officer at DOW INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors has elected Jeffrey L. Tate to the role of Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312523263025/0001193125-23-263025-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.