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Edward C. Greer The Dow Chemical Company

Presented to NCET2 G1000 Corporate Reverse Showcase March 19, 2014

ELECTRONIC & FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS COATINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES PERFORMANCE MATERIALS PERFORMANCE PLASTICS FEEDSTOCKS AND ENERGY

• Dow Electronic Materials
• Semiconductor Tech
• Interconnect Tech
• Display Technologies
• Growth Technologies
• Functional Materials
• Dow Wolff Cellulosics
• Dow Consumer &

Industrial Solutions

• Dow Microbial

Control

• JV: Dow Corning

Corporation

• Dow Building &

Construction

• Dow Coating Materials
• Dow Water &

Process Solutions

• Performance

Monomers

• JV: Dow Corning

Corporation

• Dow AgroSciences
• Agricultural

Chemicals

• Seeds, Traits & Oils
• Crop Protection
• Amines
• Chlorinated Organics
• Dow Automotive

Systems

• Dow Formulated

Systems

• Dow Oil & Gas
• Dow Plastics Additives
• Epoxy
• Oxygenated Solvents
• Polyglycols,

Surfactants & Fluids

• Polyurethanes
• Propylene

Oxide/Propylene Glycol

• JV: Map Ta Phut
• JV: MEGLOBAL
• JV: Sadara Chemical

Company

• Dow Elastomers
• Dow Electrical &

Telecommunications

• Dow Hygiene &

Medical

• Dow Performance

Packaging

• JV: EQUATE

Petrochemical Company K.S.C

• JV: The Kuwait Olefins

Company K.S.C.

• JV: The SCG-Dow

Group

• JV: Sadara Chemical

Company

• Chlor-Alkali/Chlor-Vinyl
• Energy
• Ethylene

Oxide/Ethylene Glycol

• Hydrocarbons
• JV: EQUATE

Petrochemical Company K.S.C

• JV: The SCG-Dow

Group

• JV: The Kuwait Olefins

Company K.S.C

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DOW CORPORATE VENTURING DOW VENTURE CAPITAL DOW EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY DOW TECHNOLOGY LICENSING Responsibility: Create and manage a portfolio of technology

• ptions that position

Dow to incubate new businesses, explore growth opportunities and enhance entrepreneurial innovation Screening Criterion: Technical strategic fit with Dow Responsibility: Provide private seed capital to fast growing start-up companies that match Dow’s growth objectives and to bring added value to our equity partners by connecting them with Dow businesses, resources and expertise Screening Criterion: Financial parameters Responsibility: Identify and leverage external science and technology resources to achieve Dow’s business and corporate objectives Screening Criterion: Strategic fit with Dow’s business and technology needs Responsibility: Manage the transfer of intellectual property or technology at Dow, including licensing-in and out, divestitures, acquisitions, mergers, alliances, and donations. Screening Criterion: Financial parameters

• Identifies / analyzes new technologies and quantifies new market
• pportunities for Dow
• Serves as an innovation pipeline to supply Dow with a flow of new

concepts for evaluation

• Seeks interaction with emerging technology

sources, focusing on developing strategic relationships

• Staff includes technical, commercial,

and financial analysts

• Uses Technology Scouting group to identify, interact with emerging

technology-based opportunities

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Opportunities to which Dow brings differentiating competitive advantage through partnering/investing:

• R&D: access to raw materials, testing, technical assistance, modeling, high

throughput research, product development, intellectual property

• Marketing: access to global market channels, customers and their

needs, business intelligence, Dow brand equity

• Manufacturing: access to global manufacturing resources, scale-up,

supply chain

Generally, these opportunities are based

• n innovations in materials or chemistry

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• Dow Corporate Venturing employs research and commercial

capabilities to support a comprehensive approach to opportunity identification, business modeling and build-out.

• We are looking for opportunities, trends and strategic connections

with emerging technology organizations.

• We continuously evaluate emerging opportunities in a cross-

business setting on a global basis.

• Connecting with Dow presents opportunity –

with resources like global reach, channel access, and proven scale-up, technology, science, marketing, and commercialization expertise – for accelerated exploration.

Disclaimer

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THIS PRESENTATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR AN OFFER TO BUY AN INTEREST IN A FUND OR COMPANY AS TO ANY PERSON IN ANY JURISDICTION. THE INFORMATION SET FORTH IN THE PRESENTATION IS CONFIDENTIAL. RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRESENTATION SHALL CONSTITUE AN AGREEMENT BY THE RECEPIENT THAT THE PRESENTATION SHALL NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, OR USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE RECIPIENT’S INTRODUCTION TO THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY AND ITS VENTURE CAPITAL EFFORTS. THESE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY AND NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN IS, OR SHOULD BE RELIED UPON AS, A PROMISE OR REPRESENTATION AS TO THE FUTURE ACTIONS OR PERFORMANCE OF THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY. STATEMENTS, ESTIMATES, AND PROJECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH FUTURE PERFORMANCE SET FORTH IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE BASED UPON ASSUMPTIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT PROVE TO BE CORRECT. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE ACCURACY OF SUCH STATEMENTS, ESTIMATES, AND PROJECTIONS.

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Edward C. Greer Manager, Corporate Venturing egreer@dow.com