THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (BMV:DOW) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item5.07
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on
May11, 2017 for the purposes of (i)electing 13 directors to hold
office until the next annual meeting of stockholders;
(ii)ratifying the appointment of Deloitte Touche LLP as the
Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the
2017 fiscal year; (iii)holding an advisory vote to approve
executive compensation; and (iv)holding an advisory vote on the
frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive
compensation.
All of managements nominees for director as named in the Companys
Proxy Statement were elected by the votes set forth in the table
below.
Election of Directors
| Votes For | VotesAgainst | Abstentions | BrokerNon- Votes | |||||||||||||
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Ajay Banga |
857,305,507 | 9,213,543 | 4,212,368 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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Jacqueline K. Barton |
832,233,138 | 32,907,832 | 5,590,448 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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James A. Bell |
844,195,411 | 22,441,454 | 4,094,553 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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Richard K. Davis |
764,660,979 | 102,023,466 | 4,046,973 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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Jeff M. Fettig |
828,884,030 | 35,886,871 | 5,960,517 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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Andrew N. Liveris |
806,730,204 | 57,195,398 | 6,805,816 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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Mark Loughridge |
856,669,761 | 9,659,017 | 4,402,640 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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Raymond J. Milchovich |
856,262,283 | 10,055,943 | 4,413,192 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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Robert S. (Steve) Miller |
843,189,535 | 23,261,140 | 4,280,743 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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Paul Polman |
843,241,767 | 23,290,627 | 4,199,024 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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Dennis H. Reilley |
849,732,865 | 16,721,728 | 4,276,825 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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James M. Ringler |
722,339,002 | 139,119,831 | 9,272,585 | 157,564,263 | ||||||||||||
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Ruth G. Shaw |
833,089,893 | 33,837,440 | 3,804,085 | 157,564,263 |
The appointment of Deloitte Touche LLP as the Companys
independent registered public accounting firm for the 2017 fiscal
year was ratified by the votes set forth in the table below.
| Votes For | VotesAgainst | Abstentions | BrokerNon- Votes | |||||||||||||
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Ratification of independent registered public |
1,002,913,775 | 21,056,136 | 4,325,770 | N/A |
The Companys executive compensation was approved, on an advisory
basis, by the votes set forth in the table below.
| Votes For | VotesAgainst | Abstentions | BrokerNon- Votes | |||||||||||||
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Advisory vote to approve executive |
757,782,491 | 104,064,876 | 8,884,051 | 157,564,263 |
Stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of
future advisory votes to approve executive compensation by the
votes set forth in the table below.
| 1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstentions | BrokerNon- Votes | ||||||||||||||||
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Frequency of future advisory votes to approve |
773,958,713 | 4,876,595 | 86,012,866 | 5,883,244 | 157,564,263 |
The Board of Directors has determined that the Company will
continue holding advisory votes to approve executive compensation
on an annual basis.
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (BMV:DOW) Recent Trading Information
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (BMV:DOW) closed its last trading session up +5.48 at 1,164.48 with 478 shares trading hands.