UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12/31/2012
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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
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Ronald C. Edmonds Midland, MI February 8, 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: 71
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,164,654
(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
FORM 13F
Name of Reporting Manager: The Dow Chemical Company
ITEM 6: ITEM 8:
INVESTMENT VOTING
ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5: DISCRETION ITEM 7: AUTHORITY
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FAIR
TITLE MARKET (B) (C)
OF CUSIP VALUE IN SH/ CALL/ (A) SHARED AS SHARED (A) (B) (C)
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS NUMBER (000'S) SHARES PRN PUT SOLE DEFINED -OTHER MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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ABBOTT LABS COM 002824 10 0 4,028 61,500 SH Sole 61,500
ABERCROMBIE &
FITCH CO CL A 002896 20 7 6,057 126,266 SH Sole 126,266
ACME PACKET INC COM 004764 10 6 885 40,000 SH Sole 40,000
AETNA INC NEW COM 00817Y 10 8 3,005 64,900 SH Sole 64,900
ALLEGHENY
TECHNOLOGIES
INC COM 01741R 10 2 1,518 50,000 SH Sole 50,000
ALLEGHENY
TECHNOLOGIES
INC CALL 017175 90 0 13 10,000 SH Call Sole 10,000
AMAZON COM INC COM 023135 10 6 377 1,500 SH Sole 1,500
AMGEN INC COM 031162 10 0 1,839 21,300 SH Sole 21,300
AMICUS
THERAPEUTICS
INC COM 03152W 10 9 59 22,162 SH Sole 22,162
APPLE INC COM 037833 10 0 3,358 6,300 SH Sole 6,300
ARCHER DANIELS
MIDLAND CO COM 039483 10 2 2,684 98,000 SH Sole 98,000
AT&T INC COM 00206R 10 2 3,540 105,000 SH Sole 105,000
BAKER HUGHES
INC COM 057224 10 7 3,880 95,000 SH Sole 95,000
BANK OF AMERICA
CORPORATION COM 060505 10 4 1,044 90,000 SH Sole 90,000
BAXTER INTL INC COM 071813 10 9 3,333 50,000 SH Sole 50,000
BOSTON
SCIENTIFIC CORP COM 101137 10 7 2,091 365,000 SH Sole 365,000
BOSTON
SCIENTIFIC CORP CALL 101137 90 7 36 50,000 SH Call Sole 50,000
BROADCOM CORP CL A 111320 10 7 711 21,400 SH Sole 21,400
CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R 10 2 7,842 399,100 SH Sole 399,100
CISCO SYS INC CALL 17275R 90 2 5 20,000 SH Call Sole 20,000
CITIGROUP INC COM NEW 172967 42 4 2,730 69,000 SH Sole 69,000
CORNING INC COM 219350 10 5 5,672 449,480 SH Sole 449,480
ENTROPIC
COMMUNICATIONS
INC COM 29384R 10 5 1,621 306,444 SH Sole 306,444
FACEBOOK INC CL A 30303M 10 2 5,215 195,846 SH Sole 195,846
GENERAL MTRS CO COM 37045V 10 0 7,842 272,000 SH Sole 272,000
GILEAD SCIENCES
INC COM 375558 10 3 1,219 16,600 SH Sole 16,600
GOLDMAN SACHS
GROUP INC COM 38141G 10 4 1,148 9,000 SH Sole 9,000
GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBR CO COM 382550 10 1 1,381 100,000 SH Sole 100,000
GREEN MTN
COFFEE
ROASTERS IN COM 393122 10 6 4,657 112,600 SH Sole 112,600
HALLIBURTON CO COM 406216 10 1 3,226 93,000 SH Sole 93,000
HARTFORD FINL
SVCS GROUP INC CALL 416515 90 4 49 30,000 SH Call Sole 30,000
HARTFORD FINL
SVCS GROUP INC COM 416515 10 4 1,346 60,000 SH Sole 60,000
HOME INNS &
HOTELS MGMT
INC SPON ADR 43713W 10 7 497 17,200 SH Sole 17,200
INSULET CORP COM 45784P 10 1 432 20,375 SH Sole 20,375
ISHARES INC MSCI JAPAN 464286 84 8 26,130 2,680,000 SH Sole 2,680,000
ISHARES TR CORE S&P500
ETF 464287 20 0 60,296 421,412 SH Sole 421,412
ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG
MKT 464287 23 4 324,177 7,309,518 SH Sole 7,309,518
ISHARES TR S&P 100 IDX
FD 464287 10 1 16,383 253,300 SH Sole 253,300
JOHNSON CTLS INC COM 478366 10 7 5,142 167,500 SH Sole 167,500
JOY GLOBAL INC COM 481165 10 8 4,363 68,400 SH Sole 68,400
JUNIPER
NETWORKS INC COM 48203R 10 4 7,986 406,000 SH Sole 406,000
KRAFT FOODS
GROUP INC COM 50076Q 10 6 1,546 34,000 SH Sole 34,000
MCDONALDS CORP COM 580135 10 1 882 10,000 SH Sole 10,000
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918 10 4 2,005 75,000 SH Sole 75,000
MICROSOFT CORP CALL 594918 90 4 20 20,000 SH Call Sole 20,000
MOLSON COORS
BREWING CO CL B 60871R 20 9 1,412 33,000 SH Sole 33,000
MONDELEZ INTL
INC CL A 609207 10 5 3,617 142,000 SH Sole 142,000
MOSAIC CO NEW COM 61945C 10 3 2,463 43,500 SH Sole 43,500
NABORS
INDUSTRIES LTD SHS G6359F 10 3 2,196 152,000 SH Sole 152,000
NETAPP INC COM 64110D 10 4 3,402 101,400 SH Sole 101,400
NVIDIA CORP COM 67066G 10 4 123 10,000 SH Sole 10,000
NYSE EURONEXT COM 629491 10 1 1,390 44,063 SH Sole 44,063
PETROLEO
BRASILEIRO SA SPONSORED
PETRO ADR 71654V 40 8 3,660 188,000 SH Sole 188,000
PROCTER &
GAMBLE CO COM 742718 10 9 7,637 112,490 SH Sole 112,490
SELECT SECTOR SBI
SPDR TR HEALTHCARE 81369Y 20 9 1,071 26,821 SH Sole 26,821
SELECT SECTOR SBI CONS
SPDR TR DISCR 81369Y 40 7 24,799 522,852 SH Sole 522,852
SELECT SECTOR SBI CONS
SPDR TR STPLS 81369Y 30 8 15,405 442,294 SH Sole 442,294
SELECT SECTOR SBI INT-
SPDR TR ENERGY 81369Y 50 6 4,212 58,963 SH Sole 58,963
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR SBI INT-FINL 81369Y 60 5 33,817 2,062,003 SH Sole 2,062,003
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR TECHNOLOGY 81369Y 80 3 5,211 180,000 SH Sole 180,000
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR SBI INT-UTILS 81369Y 88 6 16,730 478,696 SH Sole 478,696
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR SBI INT-INDS 81369Y 70 4 24,563 648,107 SH Sole 648,107
SPDR DOW JONES
INDL AVRG ETF UT SER 1 78467X 10 9 22,390 171,050 SH Sole 171,050
SPDR S&P 500 ETF
TR TR UNIT 78462F 10 3 411,769 2,889,201 SH Sole 2,889,201
SPLUNK INC COM 848637 10 4 2,264 78,000 SH Sole 78,000
SYMANTEC CORP COM 871503 10 8 530 28,200 SH Sole 28,200
UNITED STATES
STL CORP NEW COM 912909 10 8 358 15,000 SH Sole 15,000
VALERO ENERGY
CORP NEW COM 91913Y 10 0 3,071 90,000 SH Sole 90,000
VANGUARD INDEX LARGE CAP
FDS ETF 922908 63 7 11,077 170,000 SH Sole 170,000
VANGUARD INTL MSCI EMR
EQUITY INDEX F MKT ETF 922042 85 8 28,990 651,022 SH Sole 651,022
WEATHERFORD
INTERNATIONAL
LT REG SHS H27013 10 3 224 20,000 SH Sole 20,000
GRAND TOTAL 1,164,654