DOW CHEMICAL CO /DE/
For the period ended Sep 30, 2026. Filed Oct 23, 2026.
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Sep 30, 2026 · Filed Oct 23, 2026
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Financial Instruments
NOTE 18 –FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
A summary of the Company's financial instruments, risk management policies, derivative instruments and hedging activities can be found in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2025 10-K.
Refer to Note 19 for a summary of the fair value of financial instruments at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
Debt Securities
The Company's investments in debt securities are primarily classified as available-for-sale. The following table provides investing results from available-for-sale securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
| Investing Results | Nine Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
| In millions | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities | $402 | $320 |
| Gross realized gains | $11 | $6 |
| Gross realized losses | $(10) | $(9) |
The following table summarizes contractual maturities of the Company's investments in debt securities:
| Contractual Maturities of Debt Securities at Sep 30, 2026 | Cost | Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| In millions | ||
| Within one year | $54 | $53 |
| One to five years | 1,149 | 1,087 |
| Six to ten years | 539 | 509 |
| After ten years | 739 | 600 |
| Total | $2,481 | $2,249 |
Equity Securities
There was a $10 million reduction to the carrying value of not readily determinable investments resulting from observable price changes and related impairment during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026. There was $15 million of net unrealized losses recognized in earnings on equity securities for the three months ended September 30, 2026 ($2 million of net unrealized losses for the three months ended September 30, 2025). There were no net unrealized losses recognized in earnings on equity securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 ($4 million of net unrealized losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025).
| Investments in Equity Securities 1 | Sep 30, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| In millions | ||
| Readily determinable fair value | $71 | $9 |
| Not readily determinable fair value | $144 | $225 |
- In 2026, one of the Company’s equity investments that had previously been accounted for as an equity security without a readily determinable fair value completed an initial public offering ("IPO"). Upon consummation of the IPO, the investment obtained a readily determinable fair value based on quoted market prices for the security in an active market.
Derivative Instruments
The notional amounts of the Company's derivative instruments at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 were as follows:
| Notional Amounts 1 | Sep 30, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| In millions | ||
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | ||
| Interest rate contracts | $950 | $600 |
| Foreign currency contracts | $4,825 | $5,114 |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | ||
| Interest rate contracts | $98 | $97 |
| Foreign currency contracts | $16,950 | $10,560 |
- Notional amounts represent the absolute value of open derivative positions at the end of the period. Multi-leg option positions are reflected at the maximum notional position at expiration.
The notional amounts of the Company's commodity derivatives at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 were as follows:
| Commodity Notionals 1 | Sep 30, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | Notional Volume Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | |||
| Hydrocarbon derivatives | 2.2 | 9.5 | million barrels of oil equivalent |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | |||
| Hydrocarbon derivatives | 0.1 | 1.4 | million barrels of oil equivalent |
- Notional amounts represent the net volume of open derivative positions outstanding at the end of the period.
| Maximum Maturity Dates of Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments | Year |
|---|---|
| Interest rate contracts | 2027 |
| Foreign currency contracts | 2027 |
| Commodity contracts | 2028 |
The following table provides the fair value and balance sheet classification of derivative instruments at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
| Fair Value of Derivative Instruments | Sep 30, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In millions | Gross | Counterparty and Cash Collateral Netting 1 | Net 2 | Gross | Counterparty and Cash Collateral Netting 1 | Net 2 |
| Asset derivatives | ||||||
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||
| Interest rate contracts 3 | $4 | $(4) | $— | $9 | $(9) | $— |
| Interest rate contracts 4 | — | — | — | 9 | (8) | 1 |
| Foreign currency contracts 3 | 105 | (52) | 53 | 54 | (32) | 22 |
| Commodity contracts 3 | 474 | (414) | 60 | 171 | (147) | 24 |
| Commodity contracts 4 | 38 | (33) | 5 | 54 | (48) | 6 |
| Total | $621 | $(503) | $118 | $297 | $(244) | $53 |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||
| Foreign currency contracts 3 | $91 | $(26) | $65 | $44 | $(36) | $8 |
| Commodity contracts 3 | 16 | (11) | 5 | 21 | (17) | 4 |
| Commodity contracts 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Total | $107 | $(37) | $70 | $67 | $(53) | $14 |
| Total asset derivatives | $728 | $(540) | $188 | $364 | $(297) | $67 |
| Liability derivatives | ||||||
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||
| Interest rate contracts 5 | $61 | $(4) | $57 | $12 | $(9) | $3 |
| Interest rate contracts 6 | — | — | — | 8 | (8) | — |
| Foreign currency contracts 5 | 74 | (52) | 22 | 71 | (32) | 39 |
| Commodity contracts 5 | 457 | (416) | 41 | 182 | (162) | 20 |
| Commodity contracts 6 | 37 | (33) | 4 | 54 | (48) | 6 |
| Total | $629 | $(505) | $124 | $327 | $(259) | $68 |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||
| Interest rate contracts 5 | $1 | $— | $1 | $1 | $— | $1 |
| Foreign currency contracts 5 | 50 | (26) | 24 | 84 | (36) | 48 |
| Commodity contracts 5 | 20 | (11) | 9 | 21 | (17) | 4 |
| Commodity contracts 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | $72 | $(37) | $35 | $107 | $(53) | $54 |
| Total liability derivatives | $701 | $(542) | $159 | $434 | $(312) | $122 |
Counterparty and cash collateral amounts represent the estimated net settlement amount when applying netting and set-off rights included in master netting arrangements between the Company and its counterparties and the payable or receivable for cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparty.
Represents the net amounts included in the consolidated balance sheets.
Included in "Other current assets" in the consolidated balance sheets.
Included in "Deferred charges and other assets" in the consolidated balance sheets.
Included in "Accrued and other current liabilities" in the consolidated balance sheets.
Included in "Other noncurrent obligations" in the consolidated balance sheets.
Assets and liabilities related to forward contracts, interest rate swaps, currency swaps, options and other conditional or exchange contracts executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement are netted. Collateral accounts are netted with corresponding assets or liabilities, when applicable. The Company posted cash collateral of $10 million at September 30, 2026 ($20 million at December 31, 2025). No cash collateral was posted by counterparties with the Company at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
The following table summarizes the gain (loss) of derivative instruments in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
| Effect of Derivative Instruments · Gain (loss) recognized in OCI 1 · Gain (loss) recognized in income 2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Months Ended · Nine Months Ended · Three Months Ended · Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
| In millions | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||||
| Fair value hedges: | ||||||||
| Interest rate contracts 3, 4 | $— | $— | $— | $— | $(49) | $(7) | $(49) | $26 |
| Excluded components 3, 5 | (3) | 7 | (3) | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Cash flow hedges: | ||||||||
| Interest rate contracts 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | (1) | (1) | (3) | (2) |
| Foreign currency contracts 6 | 7 | (22) | (16) | 8 | 3 | (5) | 2 | — |
| Foreign currency contracts 7 | — | 17 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Commodity contracts 6 | 24 | (4) | 8 | (15) | (27) | (12) | (44) | (13) |
| Excluded components 5, 6 | (1) | — | (4) | — | (3) | (2) | (7) | (5) |
| Excluded components 5, 7 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Net foreign investment hedges: | ||||||||
| Foreign currency contracts | (11) | — | (7) | (82) | — | — | — | — |
| Excluded components 5, 7 | 16 | 10 | 49 | 41 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 30 |
| Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments | $32 | $10 | $28 | $(31) | $(63) | $(13) | $(64) | $42 |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||||
| Interest rate contracts 3 | $— | $— | $— | $— | $(3) | $2 | $(4) | $4 |
| Foreign currency contracts 7 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 4 | 142 | (208) |
| Commodity contracts 6 | — | — | — | — | (8) | (1) | (16) | (18) |
| Commodity contracts 7 | — | — | — | — | (2) | (1) | (1) | (1) |
| Total return swap 6 | — | — | — | — | (10) | 26 | 19 | 50 |
| Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | $— | $— | $— | $— | $(13) | $30 | $140 | $(173) |
| Total derivatives | $32 | $10 | $28 | $(31) | $(76) | $17 | $76 | $(131) |
OCI is defined as other comprehensive income (loss).
Pretax amounts.
Included in "Interest expense and amortization of debt discount" in the consolidated statements of income.
Gain (loss) recognized in income of derivatives is offset by gain (loss) recognized in income of the hedged item.
The excluded components are related to the time value of the derivatives designated as hedges.
Included in "Cost of sales" in the consolidated statements of income.
Included in "Sundry income (expense) - net" in the consolidated statements of income.
The following table provides the net after-tax gain (loss) expected to be reclassified from AOCL to income within the next 12 months:
| Expected Reclassifications from AOCL within the next 12 months | Sep 30, 2026 |
|---|---|
| In millions | |
| Cash flow hedges: | |
| Interest rate contracts | $(3) |
| Commodity contracts | $29 |
| Foreign currency contracts | $6 |
| Excluded components | $(1) |
| Net foreign investment hedges: | |
| Excluded components | $23 |
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