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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Set forth below is information related to the Company’s executive officers as of February 11, 2012.
WILLIAM F. BANHOLZER, 55. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, VENTURES, NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT &
LICENSING AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. Employee of Dow since 2005. General Electric Company, Chemical
Engineer 1983-1989. Laboratory Manager and Leader R&D Center 1989-1992. Engineering Manager of Superabrasives
Business 1992-1997. Vice President of Global Engineering, GE Lighting 1997-1999. Vice President of Global Technology, GE
Advanced Materials 1999-2005. Dow Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer 2005-2009. Executive Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer 2009 to date. Ventures, New Business Development & Licensing May 2009 to date.
Director of Dow Corning Corporation,* Dow Kokam LLC* and Mycogen Corporation.* Member of the Dow AgroSciences
LLC* Members Committee and the Dow Corning Corporation Corporate Responsibility Committee. Elected to the U.S.
National Academy of Engineering (“NAE”) 2002. Elected NAE Councilor 2005. Member of American Chemical Society and
American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Advisory Board member for chemistry and chemical engineering at the University
of California, Berkeley, and chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin.
RONALD C. EDMONDS, 54. VICE PRESIDENT AND CONTROLLER. Employee of Dow since 1992. Arthur Andersen &
Co. 1979-1982. The Upjohn Company 1982-1991. Chiquita Brands International 1991-1992. Dow Latin America Audit
Manager 1992-1994. Latin America Payables Controller 1994-1997. Global Payables Controller 1997-1998. Global
Procurement Service Center Leader 1998-2001. Global Accounting Director 2001-2007. Business Finance Vice President for
Performance Plastics and Chemicals and Market Facing Businesses 2007 to June 2009. Vice President and Assistant Controller
July 2009 to November 2009. Vice President and Controller November 2009 to date. Director of Dorinco Reinsurance
Company,* DSL Holdings Inc.* and Liana Limited.* Director of the Midland Center for the Arts. Member of Financial
Executives International Committee on Corporate Reporting, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the
Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants.
JAMES R. FITTERLING, 50. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT, FEEDSTOCKS & ENERGY AND
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT. Employee of Dow since 1984. Commercial Director Liquid Separation Dow Pacific
1994-1998. Global Business Director Liquid Separations and President and Chief Executive Officer of FilmTec Corporation*
1998-2000. Chief Executive Officer of The OPTIMAL Group (a former group of joint ventures of the Company) 2002-2005
with added responsibility for the Southeast Asia and Australia region in 2004. Business Vice President Polyethylene 2005-2007.
President Basic Plastics 2007-2009. Vice President Corporate Development 2009 to August 2010. Dow Executive Vice
President and President, Plastics and Hydrocarbons August 2010 to September 2011. Dow Executive Vice President and
President, Feedstocks & Energy and Corporate Development September 2011 to date. Chairman and Director of Univation
Technologies, LLC.* Board member of Chemical Financial Corporation and the Midland Country Club.
GREGORY M. FREIWALD, 58. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS,
AND AVIATION. Employee of Dow since 1979. Human Resources Manager, Chemical & Performance Business-U.S. Region
1992-1993. Human Resources Director for Executive, Finance, Law and Corporate 1993-1994. Latin America Human
Resources and Quality Performance Director 1994-1996. Latin America Human Resources Leader and PBBPolisur S.A.*
Human Resources Integration Leader 1996-1997. Global Human Resources, Resources Center Director 1997-2001. Senior
Human Resources Director for Global Human Resources, Resource Center and Human Resources Director for Geographic
Council 2001-2004. Human Resources Vice President, Operations 2004-2005. Human Resources Vice President 2005-2006.
Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Executive Compensation 2006-2007. Senior Vice President, Human Resources and
Corporate Affairs 2008-2009. Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Corporate Affairs and Aviation 2009 to date.
HEINZ HALLER, 56. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER. Employee of Dow
1980-1994 and since 2006. Marketing manager, Chlorinated Solvents 1984-1985. Frankfurt Sales office manager and Regional
manager, Emulsion Polymers and Specialty Chemicals 1986-1989. Dow business operations manager, Emulsion Polymers,
New Ventures and Plastic Lined Pipe 1989-1992. Global business director, Emulsion Polymers 1993-1994. Managing Director
and member of the board, OMYA-Plüss-Staufer AG 1994-1999. Chief Executive Officer, Red Bull Sauber AG and Sauber
Petronas Engineering AG 2000-2002. Managing Director, Allianz Capital Partners GmbH 2002-2006. Dow Corporate Vice
President, Strategic Development and New Ventures 2006-2007. Executive Vice President, Performance Plastics and Chemicals
2007-2009. Executive Vice President, Health, Agriculture and Infrastructure Group February 2009 to May 2009. Executive
Vice President, Performance Systems May 2009 to August 2010. Chief Commercial Officer August 2010 to date. Director of
Mycogen Corporation,* Dow Kokam LLC* and Dow Corning Corporation.* Chairman of the Dow AgroSciences LLC*
Members Committee. Director of the Michigan Molecular Institute. Board member of BioAmber, Inc.