---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-138732"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOW"
cik: "0001751788"
company_name: "DOW INC."
filed_at: "2025-06-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T13:33:24.548954+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Canadian court orders NOVA to pay Dow CAD $1.62B (~$1.2B USD) in ethylene asset damages

## Summary
- Judgment signed June 10, 2025 by Court of King's Bench of Alberta, Alberta, Canada.
- NOVA Chemicals ordered to pay CAD $1.620 billion (~USD $1.2B) for breaching joint ethylene asset contract.
- Award excludes interest after April 7, 2025 and legal costs; payment expected Q4 2025.
- This adds to a prior CAD $1.43B (~$1.08B) award paid by NOVA to Dow in 2019 from earlier ruling.
- Judgment is subject to appeal; Dow anticipates recovery in the fourth quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-138732
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOW
- cik: 0001751788
- company_name: DOW INC.
- filed_at: 2025-06-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751788/000119312525138732/0001193125-25-138732-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29915/000119312525138732/d928314d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-138732
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-138732.txt

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