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2013 Annual Report 7
Corporate Governance
AtDow,webelieveoursuccessdependsonmaintainingthehighestethical
andmoralstandardseverywhereweoperate.Thatfocusonintegritystartsat
thetop.Eectivecorporategovernancebeginswiththeperformanceofthe
BoardofDirectors.DowexempliesgoodgovernancewithanIndependent
LeadDirector;directorswithsolidcredentialsanddiverseexperience;corporate
governanceguidelines;andcodesofbusinessconductandnancialethics.
IndependentdirectorscompriseasubstantialmajorityofDow’sBoard.
Dow’scorporategovernanceguidelinesaddressimportantaspectsofDow’s
corporategovernancestructure,suchascriteriafordirectorqualications,
election,continuingeducationandtenure;ongoingimprovementofBoard
eectiveness;andaframeworkfortheevaluationofmanagementand
successionplanning.
MoreinformationonDow’scorporategovernance,includingDow’scorporate
governanceguidelines,BoardCommitteechartersandCodeofBusiness
Conduct,isavailableonlineatwww.dow.com.
AndrewN.Liveris,president,chiefexecutiveocerandchairman,and
WilliamH.Weideman,chiefnancialocerandexecutivevicepresident,
executedthecerticationsrequiredbySections302and906oftheSarbanes-
OxleyActof2002onFebruary14,2014,andledManagement’sReporton
InternalControlOverFinancialReporting,asrequiredbySection404.The
certicationswereledasexhibitstotheCompany’sAnnualReportonForm
10-KfortheyearendedDecember31,2013,andcopiesareincludedherein.
Inaddition,Mr.LiveriscertiedtotheNewYorkStockExchange(NYSE)on
May15,2013,thathewasunawareofanyviolationsbytheCompanyofthe
NYSEcorporategovernancelistingstandardsineectasofthatdate.The
certicationwasmadeinaccordancewiththerulesoftheNYSE.
Audit Committee
J.A. Bell, Chair
J.M. Ringler
R.G. Shaw
Compensation and
Leadership Development
Committee
D.H. Reilley, Chair
A. Banga
J.M. Fettig
Environment, Health, Safety
and Technology Committee
J.K. Barton, Chair
A.A. Allemang
P. Polman
Governance Committee
J.M. Fettig, Chair
J.A. Bell
D.H. Reilley
Andrew N. Liveris
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board
Director since 2004
Arnold A. Allemang
Director since 1996
Ajay Banga
President and Chief Executive
Officer, MasterCard
Director since 2013
Jacqueline K. Barton
Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial
Professor of Chemistry, California
Institute of Technology
Director since 1993
James A. Bell
Former Executive Vice President,
Corporate President and Chief
Financial Officer, The Boeing Company
Director since 2005
Jeff M. Fettig
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Whirlpool Corporation
Dow Lead Director
Director since 2003
Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer, Unilever
PLC and Unilever N.V.
Director since 2010
Dennis H. Reilley
Non-Executive Chairman,
Marathon Oil Corporation
Director since 2007
James M. Ringler
Chairman, Teradata Corporation
Director since 2001
Ruth G. Shaw
Former Group Executive, Duke
Energy and President and CEO,
Duke Power Company
Director since 2005
Board of Directors
(at February 14, 2014)
Committees of the Board
of Directors
(at February 14, 2014)
Board of Directors, left to right:
Jeff M. Fettig, Dennis H. Reilley, Andrew N. Liveris,
Arnold A. Allemang, Ajay Banga, Jacqueline K. Barton,
James A. Bell, Ruth G. Shaw, James M. Ringler, Paul Polman