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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09/30/2012
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
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Ronald C. Edmonds Midland, MI November 8, 2012
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).)
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
REPORT SUMMARY:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 69
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,070,919
(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.
No. Form 13F File Number Name
Page 1 of 1 FORM 13F
For Period Ending: 9/30/2012 Name of Reporting Manager: The Dow Chemical Company
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ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5:
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FAIR MARKET VALUE IN
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP NUMBER (000'S) SHARES SH/PRN CALL/PUT (A) SOLE
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ABBOTT LABS COM 002824 10 0 4,216 61,500 SH Sole
ABERCROMBIE &
FITCH CO CL A 002896 20 7 4,588 135,266 SH Sole
AETNA INC NEW COM 00817Y 10 8 1,584 40,000 SH Sole
ALLEGHENY
TECHNOLOGIES
INC CALL 01741R 90 2 24 10,000 SH CALL Sole
ALLEGHENY
TECHNOLOGIES
INC PUT 01741R 95 2 15 10,000 SH PUT Sole
AMAZON COM INC COM 023135 10 6 381 1,500 SH Sole
AMGEN INC COM 031162 10 0 1,796 21,300 SH Sole
AMICUS
THERAPEUTICS
INC COM 03152W 10 9 115 22,162 SH Sole
APPLE INC COM 037833 10 0 2,869 4,300 SH Sole
ARCHER DANIELS
MIDLAND CO COM 039483 10 2 1,576 58,000 SH Sole
AT&T INC COM 00206R 10 2 6,409 170,000 SH Sole
BAKER HUGHES
INC COM 057224 10 7 4,297 95,000 SH Sole
BANK OF AMERICA
CORPORATION COM 060505 10 4 1,943 220,000 SH Sole
BAXTER INTL INC COM 071813 10 9 3,013 50,000 SH Sole
BOSTON
SCIENTIFIC CORP COM 101137 10 7 2,095 365,000 SH Sole
BROADCOM CORP CL A 111320 10 7 3,247 93,900 SH Sole
CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R 10 2 9,186 481,200 SH Sole
CITIGROUP INC COM NEW 172967 42 4 2,258 69,000 SH Sole
CORNING INC COM 219350 10 5 5,911 449,480 SH Sole
ENTROPIC
COMMUNICATIONS
INC COM 29384R 10 5 1,784 306,444 SH Sole
FACEBOOK INC CL A 30303M 10 2 3,504 161,846 SH Sole
FACEBOOK INC CALL 30303M 90 2 19 20,000 SH CALL Sole
GENERAL MTRS CO COM 37045V 10 0 6,188 272,000 SH Sole
GILEAD SCIENCES
INC COM 375558 10 3 2,229 33,600 SH Sole
GOLDMAN SACHS
GROUP INC COM 38141G 10 4 2,160 19,000 SH Sole
GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBR CO COM 382550 10 1 1,219 100,000 SH Sole
GREEN MTN
COFFEE
ROASTERS IN COM 393122 10 6 1,249 52,600 SH Sole
HALLIBURTON CO COM 406216 10 1 3,133 93,000 SH Sole
HARTFORD FINL
SVCS GROUP INC COM 416515 10 4 4,374 225,000 SH Sole
HOME INNS &
HOTELS MGMT
INC SPON ADR 43713W 10 7 427 17,200 SH Sole
INSULET CORP COM 45784P 10 1 440 20,375 SH Sole
ISHARES S&P GSCI
COMMODITY I UNIT BEN INT 46428R 10 7 2,841 84,040 SH Sole
ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT 464287 23 4 290,509 7,030,718 SH Sole
ISHARES TR S&P 500 INDEX 464287 20 0 57,675 399,412 SH Sole
ISHARES TR S&P 100 IDX FD 464287 10 1 29,528 444,300 SH Sole
JOHNSON CTLS INC COM 478366 10 7 2,672 97,500 SH Sole
JOY GLOBAL INC COM 481165 10 8 1,200 21,400 SH Sole
JOY GLOBAL INC CALL 481165 90 8 18 20,000 SH CALL Sole
JUNIPER
NETWORKS INC COM 48203R 10 4 5,920 346,000 SH Sole
KRAFT FOODS INC CL A 50075N 10 4 4,218 102,000 SH Sole
MCDONALDS CORP COM 580135 10 1 918 10,000 SH Sole
MERCK & CO INC
NEW COM 58933Y 10 5 4,758 105,500 SH Sole
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918 10 4 4,836 162,400 SH Sole
MOLSON COORS
BREWING CO CL B 60871R 20 9 2,388 53,000 SH Sole
MOSAIC CO NEW COM 61945C 10 3 2,506 43,500 SH Sole
NABORS
INDUSTRIES LTD SHS G6359F 10 3 2,834 202,000 SH Sole
NETAPP INC COM 64110D 10 4 3,827 116,400 SH Sole
NEUROGESX INC COM 641252 10 1 96 459,032 SH Sole
NVIDIA CORP COM 67066G 10 4 320 24,000 SH Sole
NYSE EURONEXT COM 629491 10 1 1,086 44,063 SH Sole
PETROLEO
BRASILEIRO SA
PETRO SPONSORED ADR 71654V 40 8 4,313 188,000 SH Sole
PROCTER &
GAMBLE CO COM 742718 10 9 11,270 162,490 SH Sole
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR SBI INT-FINL 81369Y 60 5 32,167 2,062,003 SH Sole
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR SBI INT-INDS 81369Y 70 4 24,413 668,107 SH Sole
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR SBI INT-UTILS 81369Y 88 6 22,907 629,303 SH Sole
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR SBI CONS STPLS 81369Y 30 8 19,215 536,294 SH Sole
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR SBI CONS DISCR 81369Y 40 7 16,024 342,613 SH Sole
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR SBI INT-ENERGY 81369Y 50 6 4,333 58,963 SH Sole
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR SBI HEALTHCARE 81369Y 20 9 1,076 26,821 SH Sole
SPDR DOW JONES
INDL AVRG ETF UT SER 1 78467X 10 9 28,291 211,050 SH Sole
SPDR GOLD TRUST GOLD SHS 78463V 10 7 3,612 21,000 SH Sole
SPDR S&P 500 ETF
TR TR UNIT 78462F 10 3 354,479 2,462,856 SH Sole
SPLUNK INC COM 848637 10 4 404 11,000 SH Sole
SYMANTEC CORP COM 871503 10 8 5,188 288,200 SH Sole
UNITED STATES
STL CORP NEW COM 912909 10 8 286 15,000 SH Sole
UNITED STATES
STL CORP NEW CALL 912909 90 8 1 20,000 SH CALL Sole
VANGUARD INDEX
FDS LARGE CAP ETF 922908 63 7 15,109 230,000 SH Sole
VANGUARD INTL MSCI EMR MKT
EQUITY INDEX F ETF 922042 85 8 27,180 651,022 SH Sole
WEATHERFORD
INTERNATIONAL
LT REG SHS H27013 10 3 254 20,000 SH Sole
GRAND TOTAL 1,070,919
ITEM 6: ITEM 8:
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ITEM 1: INVESTMENT DISCRETION ITEM 7: VOTING AUTHORITY
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NAME OF ISSUER (B) SHARED AS DEFINED (C) SHARED-OTHER MANAGERS (A) SOLE (B) SHARED (C) NONE
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ABBOTT LABS 61,500
ABERCROMBIE &
FITCH CO 135,266
AETNA INC NEW 40,000
ALLEGHENY
TECHNOLOGIES
INC 10,000
ALLEGHENY
TECHNOLOGIES
INC 10,000
AMAZON COM INC 1,500
AMGEN INC 21,300
AMICUS
THERAPEUTICS
INC 22,162
APPLE INC 4,300
ARCHER DANIELS
MIDLAND CO 58,000
AT&T INC 170,000
BAKER HUGHES
INC 95,000
BANK OF AMERICA
CORPORATION 220,000
BAXTER INTL INC 50,000
BOSTON
SCIENTIFIC CORP 365,000
BROADCOM CORP 93,900
CISCO SYS INC 481,200
CITIGROUP INC 69,000
CORNING INC 449,480
ENTROPIC
COMMUNICATIONS
INC 306,444
FACEBOOK INC 161,846
FACEBOOK INC 20,000
GENERAL MTRS CO 272,000
GILEAD SCIENCES
INC 33,600
GOLDMAN SACHS
GROUP INC 19,000
GOODYEAR TIRE &
RUBR CO 100,000
GREEN MTN
COFFEE
ROASTERS IN 52,600
HALLIBURTON CO 93,000
HARTFORD FINL
SVCS GROUP INC 225,000
HOME INNS &
HOTELS MGMT
INC 17,200
INSULET CORP 20,375
ISHARES S&P GSCI
COMMODITY I 84,040
ISHARES TR 7,030,718
ISHARES TR 399,412
ISHARES TR 444,300
JOHNSON CTLS INC 97,500
JOY GLOBAL INC 21,400
JOY GLOBAL INC 20,000
JUNIPER
NETWORKS INC 346,000
KRAFT FOODS INC 102,000
MCDONALDS CORP 10,000
MERCK & CO INC
NEW 105,500
MICROSOFT CORP 162,400
MOLSON COORS
BREWING CO 53,000
MOSAIC CO NEW 43,500
NABORS
INDUSTRIES LTD 202,000
NETAPP INC 116,400
NEUROGESX INC 459,032
NVIDIA CORP 24,000
NYSE EURONEXT 44,063
PETROLEO
BRASILEIRO SA
PETRO 188,000
PROCTER &
GAMBLE CO 162,490
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR 2,062,003
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR 668,107
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR 629,303
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR 536,294
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR 342,613
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR 58,963
SELECT SECTOR
SPDR TR 26,821
SPDR DOW JONES
INDL AVRG ETF 211,050
SPDR GOLD TRUST 21,000
SPDR S&P 500 ETF
TR 2,462,856
SPLUNK INC 11,000
SYMANTEC CORP 288,200
UNITED STATES
STL CORP NEW 15,000
UNITED STATES
STL CORP NEW 20,000
VANGUARD INDEX
FDS 230,000
VANGUARD INTL
EQUITY INDEX F 651,022
WEATHERFORD
INTERNATIONAL
LT 20,000
GRAND TOTAL