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Dow AgroSciences Omega-9 Oils Dave Booher – Omega-9 Oils Group Leader

Healthy Oils Program • The global leader in canola and sunflower plant breeding; creating high-yielding, widely adapted “healthy oil” varieties • Leads a proven field production program with more than 10 years experience in supplying healthy oils in South and North American food industry • Leading solution in helping food companies remove trans fats and developing healthier foods • New canola and sunflower oils very high in heart healthy monounsaturated (omega-9) fat and very low in saturated fat • Widely adopted across the North American food service industry 2

Omega-9 Oils Omega-9 Oils Value Proposition • Synonym for high oleic, mono-unsaturate • >70% oleic + <3% linolenic, unique • Lowest level of saturates and trans free • Preferred clean, light taste profile • Up to 50% greater oxidative stability • Healthful, functional and cost effective • In 2012 DAS will produce +1.2B lbs of Omega-9 oils 3

Innovation has driven fatty acid profile changes An oil’s fatty acid composition dictates its nutrition, stability, and flavor profile Omega-9 Sun 3 93 4 8 Omega-9 Canola 7 74 17 2 Canola 7 62 21 10 Soybean 15 23 54 8 PH Soy 15 41 23 1 20 Corn 13 25 61 1 0 20 40 60 80 100 Sats Oleic 18:1 Linoleic 18:2 Linolenic 18:3 Trans

Value Chain Strategy Bridging the gap between Seed Companies and Food Producers Food Retailer Contracting Oilseed Food DAS Seed Farmers & Elevation Processor & Oil Manufacturer Seller DAS works the entire supply chain Food Service

Bye Bye Billion Pounds In May 2011, the use of Omega-9 Oils by the food industry removed over 1 billion pounds of saturated and trans fats from the North American diet. • Nutritional Impact – Removal of bad fats from diet reduces risk of cardiovascular disease – One billion pounds of “bad fats” = over 700 million pounds of trans fats and nearly 300 million pounds of saturates – Circulating plasma levels of trans-fat in Americans has dropped by 60%* since 2004 * Centers For Disease Control JAMA-AMA Feb 2012 We will hit 1.5Blbs removed in 2012 6

Thank you Global Omega-9 Oils Team 7