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DOW INC

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Jan 31, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Jan 31, 2024

DOW$30.96-1.4%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I
Item 1.Business.5
Item 1A.Risk Factors.20
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments.25
Item 1C.Cybersecurity.25
Item 2.Properties.27
Item 3.Legal Proceedings.28
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.28
PART II
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.29
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.30
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.57
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.58
Dow Inc. and Subsidiaries:
Consolidated Statements of Income.62
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.63
Consolidated Balance Sheets.64
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.65
Consolidated Statements of Equity.66
The Dow Chemical Company and Subsidiaries:
Consolidated Statements of Income.67
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.68
Consolidated Balance Sheets.69
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.70
Consolidated Statements of Equity.71
Dow Inc. and Subsidiaries and The Dow Chemical Company and Subsidiaries:
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.72
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.135
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures.135
Item 9B.Other Information.138
PART III
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.139
Item 11.Executive Compensation.139
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.139
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.139
Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services.139
PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.140
SIGNATURES145

Dow Inc. and SubsidiariesThe Dow Chemical Company and Subsidiaries

This Annual Report on Form 10-K is a combined report being filed by Dow Inc. and The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (“TDCC” and together with Dow Inc., “Dow” or the "Company"). This Annual Report on Form 10-K reflects the results of Dow and its consolidated subsidiaries. As a result of the parent/subsidiary relationship between Dow Inc. and TDCC, and considering that the financial statements and disclosures of each company are substantially similar, the companies are filing a combined report for this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The information reflected in this report is equally applicable to both Dow Inc. and TDCC, except where otherwise noted. Each of Dow Inc. and TDCC is filing information in this report on its own behalf and neither company makes any representation to the information relating to the other company.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in this report are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements often address expected future business and financial performance, financial condition, and other matters, and often contain words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “opportunity,” “outlook,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strategy,” "target," “will,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” “would” and similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words or phrases.

Forward-looking statements are based on current assumptions and expectations of future events that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that are beyond Dow’s control, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements and speak only as of the date the statements were made. These factors include, but are not limited to: sales of Dow’s products; Dow’s expenses, future revenues and profitability; any global and regional economic impacts of a pandemic or other public health-related risks and events on Dow’s business; any sanctions, export restrictions, supply chain disruptions or increased economic uncertainty related to the ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East; capital requirements and need for and availability of financing; unexpected barriers in the development of technology, including with respect to Dow's contemplated capital and operating projects; Dow's ability to realize its commitment to carbon neutrality on the contemplated timeframe, including the completion and success of its integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives facility in Alberta, Canada; size of the markets for Dow’s products and services and ability to compete in such markets; failure to develop and market new products and optimally manage product life cycles; the rate and degree of market acceptance of Dow’s products; significant litigation and environmental matters and related contingencies and unexpected expenses; the success of competing technologies that are or may become available; the ability to protect Dow’s intellectual property in the United States and abroad; developments related to contemplated restructuring activities and proposed divestitures or acquisitions such as workforce reduction, manufacturing facility and/or asset closure and related exit and disposal activities, and the benefits and costs associated with each of the foregoing; fluctuations in energy and raw material prices; management of process safety and product stewardship; changes in relationships with Dow’s significant customers and suppliers; changes in public sentiment and political leadership; increased concerns about plastics in the environment and lack of a circular economy for plastics at scale; changes in consumer preferences and demand; changes in laws and regulations, political conditions or industry development; global economic and capital markets conditions, such as inflation, market uncertainty, interest and currency exchange rates, and equity and commodity prices; business or supply disruptions; security threats, such as acts of sabotage, terrorism or war, including the ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East; weather events and natural disasters; disruptions in Dow’s information technology networks and systems, including the impact of cyberattacks; and risks related to Dow’s separation from DowDuPont Inc. such as Dow’s obligation to indemnify DuPont de Nemours, Inc. and/or Corteva, Inc. for certain liabilities.

Where, in any forward-looking statement, an expectation or belief as to future results or events is expressed, such expectation or belief is based on the current plans and expectations of management and expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the expectation or belief will result or be achieved or accomplished. A detailed discussion of principal risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results and events to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is included in the section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K titled “Risk Factors.” These are not the only risks and uncertainties that Dow faces. There may be other risks and uncertainties that Dow is unable to identify at this time or that Dow does not currently expect to have a material impact on its business. If any of those risks or uncertainties develops into an actual event, it could have a material adverse effect on Dow’s business. Dow Inc. and TDCC assume no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements whether because of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by securities and other applicable laws.

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