UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 03/31/2013 Check here if Amendment [_]; Amendment Number: ______ This Amendment (Check only one.): [_] is a restatement. [_] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: The Dow Chemical Company Address: 2030 Dow Center Midland, MI 48764 Form 13F File Number: 28-00590 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Ronald C. Edmonds Title: Vice President & Controller Phone: 989-636-5018 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Ronald C. Edmonds -------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ Ronald C. Edmonds Midland, MI May 1, 2013 Report Type (Check one only): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) [_] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) [_] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 61 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,134,541 (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. Form 13F No. File Number Name Page 1 of 1 FORM 13F For Period Ending: 03/31/2013 Name of Reporting Manager: The Dow Chemical Company Item 6: Item 8: --------------------- --------------------- Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Investment Discretion Item 7: Voting Authority ------- -------------- ------------ --------- ------------------- --------------------- -------- --------------------- Fair (b) Market Shared (c) Value in SH/ Call/ (a) as Shared- (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Title of Class CUSIP Number (000's) Shares PRN Put Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None -------------- -------------- ------------ --------- --------- --- ----- ----- ------- ------- -------- --------- ------ ---- ABBOTT LABS COM 002824 10 0 2,172 61,500 SH Sole 61,500 ABBVIE INC COM 00287Y 10 9 2,508 61,500 SH Sole 61,500 ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO CL A 002896 20 7 2,264 49,000 SH Sole 49,000 AETNA INC NEW COM 00817Y 10 8 2,960 57,900 SH Sole 57,900 ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 01741R 10 2 2,061 65,000 SH Sole 65,000 AMAZON COM INC COM 023135 10 6 400 1,500 SH Sole 1,500 AMGEN INC COM 031162 10 0 615 6,000 SH Sole 6,000 AMICUS THERAPEUTICS INC COM 03152W 10 9 70 22,162 SH Sole 22,162 APPLE INC COM 037833 10 0 2,921 6,600 SH Sole 6,600 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO COM 039483 10 2 3,306 98,000 SH Sole 98,000 AT&T INC COM 00206R 10 2 367 10,000 SH Sole 10,000 BAKER HUGHES INC COM 057224 10 7 5,244 113,000 SH Sole 113,000 BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION COM 060505 10 4 5,846 480,000 SH Sole 480,000 BAXTER INTL INC COM 071813 10 9 4,213 58,000 SH Sole 58,000 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP COM 101137 10 7 3,319 425,000 SH Sole 425,000 CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R 10 2 5,000 239,100 SH Sole 239,100 CITIGROUP INC COM NEW 172967 42 4 3,053 69,000 SH Sole 69,000 COACH INC COM 189754 10 4 5,519 110,400 SH Sole 110,400 CORNING INC COM 219350 10 5 5,992 449,480 SH Sole 449,480 DOLLAR TREE INC COM 256746 10 8 726 15,000 SH Sole 15,000 ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS INC COM 29384R 10 5 1,247 306,444 SH Sole 306,444 FACEBOOK INC CL A 30303M 10 2 6,417 250,846 SH Sole 250,846 FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 30249U 10 1 3,236 59,500 SH Sole 59,500 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604 10 3 462 20,000 SH Sole 20,000 GENERAL MTRS CO COM 37045V 10 0 7,400 266,000 SH Sole 266,000 GILEAD SCIENCES INC COM 375558 10 3 1,306 26,700 SH Sole 26,700 GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBR CO COM 382550 10 1 1,261 100,000 SH Sole 100,000 GREEN MTN COFFEE ROASTERS IN COM 393122 10 6 4,541 80,000 SH Sole 80,000 HALLIBURTON CO COM 406216 10 1 4,162 103,000 SH Sole 103,000 HARTFORD FINL SVCS GROUP INC COM 416515 10 4 774 30,000 SH Sole 30,000 ISHARES TR CORE S&P500 ETF 464287 20 0 72,279 459,412 SH Sole 459,412 ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT 464287 23 4 312,701 7,309,518 SH Sole 7,309,518 JOHNSON CTLS INC COM 478366 10 7 5,699 162,500 SH Sole 162,500 JUNIPER NETWORKS INC COM 48203R 10 4 7,713 416,000 SH Sole 416,000 KRAFT FOODS GROUP INC COM 50076Q 10 6 1,237 24,000 SH Sole 24,000 MERCK & CO INC NEW COM 58933Y 10 5 3,118 70,500 SH Sole 70,500 MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918 10 4 5,436 190,000 SH Sole 190,000 MONDELEZ INTL INC CL A 609207 10 5 4,347 142,000 SH Sole 142,000 MURPHY OIL CORP COM 626717 10 2 765 12,000 SH Sole 12,000 NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD CALL G6359F 90 3 82 105,000 SH Call Sole 105,000 NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD SHS G6359F 10 3 5,791 357,000 SH Sole 357,000 NETAPP INC COM 64110D 10 4 3,976 116,400 SH Sole 116,400 NUVASIVE INC COM 670704 10 5 1,573 73,800 SH Sole 73,800 NVIDIA CORP COM 67066G 10 4 128 10,000 SH Sole 10,000 PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA SPONSORED PETRO ADR 71654V 40 8 3,612 218,000 SH Sole 218,000 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718 10 9 5,717 74,190 SH Sole 74,190 RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD COM 760975 10 2 145 10,000 SH Sole 10,000 SELECT SECTOR SBI SPDR TR HEALTHCARE 81369Y 20 9 7,528 163,821 SH Sole 163,821 SELECT SECTOR SBI CONS SPDR TR DISCR 81369Y 40 7 5,869 110,827 SH Sole 110,827 SELECT SECTOR SBI CONS SPDR TR STPLS 81369Y 30 8 11,207 281,876 SH Sole 281,876 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR SBI INT-FINL 81369Y 60 5 34,779 1,912,003 SH Sole 1,912,003 SELECT SECTOR SBI SPDR TR MATERIALS 81369Y 10 0 8,563 218,555 SH Sole 218,555 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR SBI INT-UTILS 81369Y 88 6 13,415 343,533 SH Sole 343,533 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR SBI INT-INDS 81369Y 70 4 36,037 863,574 SH Sole 863,574 SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVRG ETF UT SER 1 78467X 10 9 21,239 146,050 SH Sole 146,050 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR TR UNIT 78462F 10 3 434,301 2,774,201 SH Sole 2,774,201 SPLUNK INC COM 848637 10 4 3,883 97,000 SH Sole 97,000 SYMANTEC CORP COM 871503 10 8 696 28,200 SH Sole 28,200 UNITED STATES STL CORP NEW COM 912909 10 8 1,658 85,000 SH Sole 85,000 VANGUARD INTL FTSE EMR EQUITY INDEX F MKT ETF 922042 85 8 27,922 651,022 SH Sole 651,022 WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LT REG SHS H27013 10 3 3,763 310,000 SH Sole 310,000 --------- GRAND TOTAL 1,134,541 ---------