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Dow Honored to Contribute to President Clinton’s Humanitarian Mission

Midland, MI - August 05, 2009

Statement from Dow Chairman and CEO, Andrew N. Liveris:

"Dow is appreciative of the opportunity to provide assistance in support of the release of
Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee, by providing aircraft support. The Dow plane was used in different parts of the mission in recent days.

Dow is grateful that Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee are back home safely and we were honored to contribute to President Clinton's humanitarian mission to obtain their release."

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