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Dow Declares Quarterly Dividend

MIDLAND -- The Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) Thursday declared a cash dividend of 25 cents per share of common stock.

The dividend is payable April 30 to shareholders of record on March 30.

This marks the 402nd consecutive cash dividend issued by the company. Dow has paid its shareholders cash dividends every quarter since 1912.

Dow's 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 2011, Dow had annual sales of $60 billion and employed approximately 52,000 people worldwide.

The company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 197 sites in 36 countries across the globe.

More at www.dow.com.

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