---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-096233"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOW"
cik: "0001751788"
company_name: "DOW INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T22:58:30.183167+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dow declares $0.70 quarterly dividend; all board nominees elected at annual meeting

## Summary
- Director nominees all elected with 93-98% support; executive compensation approved (92%); auditor ratified (95%).
- Shareholder proposals on written consent and single-use plastics both defeated (57% and 73% against, respectively).
- Board declared quarterly dividend of $0.70 per share, payable June 14, 2024 to holders of record May 31, 2024.
- Richard K. Davis re-elected as independent lead director for a one-year term.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-096233
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOW
- cik: 0001751788
- company_name: DOW INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312524096233/0001193125-24-096233-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312524096233/d819165d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DOW INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2024 at the 2024-04-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-11
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312524096233/0001193125-24-096233-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOW INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal - Single-Use Plastics Report at the 2024-04-11 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-11
  source text: 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/1751788/000119312524096233/0001193125-24-096233-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOW INC. shareholders approved Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-11
  source text: 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/1751788/000119312524096233/0001193125-24-096233-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOW INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent at the 2024-04-11 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-11
  source text: The Company’s stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal for shareholder right to act by written consent.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312524096233/0001193125-24-096233-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOW INC. shareholders approved Election of twelve director nominees at the 2024-04-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-11
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected the following twelve nominees to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until a successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312524096233/0001193125-24-096233-index.htm

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