Growth Through Technology Leadership

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• Research-based, technology-focused business developing both chemical and biological solutions for agriculture and improved health
• Global leader with product lines in agricultural chemicals, urban pest management, healthy oils and plant biotechnology
• Robust pipeline of innovative new products
• Entering a period of significant technology-driven growth led by SmartStax™ traits co-developed with Monsanto, Dow AgroSciences herbicide tolerant trait technology (DHT), Omega-9 Healthy Oils and many new, novel chemistries

¹ Dots represent locations, not the number of sites in each location.

Health and Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural Sciences is a technology-driven business with a unique set of competitive biological and chemical capabilities providing innovative technologies for crop protection, pest and vegetation management, seeds, traits, and agricultural biotechnology to serve the world's growing population and demand for food and grains.

The business strategy is to achieve a balance of biological-and chemical-based solutions through innovation, organic growth, bolt-on acquisitions, strategic collaborations, and licensing of Dow AgroSciences' leading insect protection traits and other technologies.

Elements of Market Success

• Diverse agricultural chemicals portfolio with leading-edge insecticide, herbicide, fungicide and fumigant solutions for growers
• Broad geographic reach with growing positions in emerging regions
• Customer-focused product development, linking real grower problems with real solutions
• Long record of technology success through innovative crop-protection products and novel formulations to deliver customer-valued solutions
• Industry-leading HERCULEX^® Insect Protection traits, providing superior insect protection unmatched by other in-plant technologies
• Pipeline of biological solutions containing gamechanging technology

Elements of Profitability

• Growth through innovative new products
• Successful segmentation of market offerings with leading brands
• Diverse channels to market for rich technology platform
• Cost competitiveness
• Strategic bolt-on acquisitions

Active Portfolio Management

Divestitures		Permanent Plant Shutdowns
2006 Propanil herbicide	2010 Thifl uzamide fungicide Tebufenozide insecticide	2008 Lauterbourg, France
2008 Zoxamide fungicide

¹ Excludes Agrofresh.

Agricultural Chemicals

Key New Product Launches Driving Growth

Aminopyralid range and pasture herbicide

• Advancement in weed control – global product launches continue to ramp up with success

Pyroxsulam cereal herbicide

• Key extension of cereal herbicide franchise in Europe

Penoxsulam rice herbicide

• Product launches continue with expansion into new crop markets and formulations

Spinetoram insecticide

• Extends "greener" insecticides and opens new market space

Robust Pipeline of Chemical Solutions Builds for the Future

• Novel Delivery Systems (NDS) for competitive advantage through proprietary formulations and mixtures
• Sulfoxafl or sap-feeding insecticide addresses needs unmet by biotech solutions
• Promising fungicide and herbicide leads in field trials
• Next generation herbicide candidate provides excellent broadleaf weed control

Seeds, Traits and Oils

A Proven Track Record of Innovation and Technology Leadership

SmartStax™ multi-event technology developed by Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto

• Delivers multiple modes of action for the broadest spectrum of insect control ever available by combining the insect protection technologies of Dow AgroSciences' HERCULEX^® I and HERCULEX^® RW with Monsanto's YieldGard VT PRO™ and YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2^® and bringing together Monsanto's Roundup Ready 2^® technology with LibertyLink^® herbicide tolerance
• Dual-effective dose reduces the likelihood of insect resistance to give farmers the benefit of increased productivity
• Dow AgroSciences' SmartStax™ hybrids reduce the refuge¹ requirement from 20 percent to 5 percent in the Corn Belt and from 50 percent to 20 percent in cotton-growing regions to maximize yields
• Expected to boost yields from first-generation trait products. Launched in the U.S. in 2010.

Dow AgroSciences Herbicide Tolerant Trait Technology (DHT)

• Superior new weed control technology that sustains the simple glyphosate cropping system growers prefer by controlling glyphosate-resistant and other hard-to-control broadleaf weeds through additional herbicide modes of action
• Provides robust tolerance to 2,4-D in corn, cotton and soybeans and also offers tolerance to glufosinate and the "fop"² class of herbicides
• Will be available in a wide variety of elite germplasm and stacked with industry leading traits, including SmartStax™
• Anticipated launches³: corn introduction expected in 2012/2013, soybeans in 2013/2014 and cotton in 2015

¹ Refuge is a block or strip of land on insect-resistant biotech crops planted with conventional crops to prevent pests from developing resistance to the technology.
² Fop is short for a particular class of grass herbicides.
³ Estimated launch subject to timing of regulatory approvals.

EXZACT™ Precision Technology

• An innovative breakthrough that will shape the future of agriculture
• EXZACT™ Precision Technology provides multiple methods to improve crops through precise genome modification, including add, delete and edit functions
• The EXZACT toolkit will establish a new industry standard for developing improved plants

Omega 9 Oils: Healthier Oils-Improving Diets Around the World

• Numerous restaurants and companies in the food service and food manufacturing industries are switching to next generation Omega-9 Canola and Sunflower Oils made from Dow AgroSciences NEXERA™ Canola and Sunflower seeds. These oils are zero trans fat, low in saturated fat, and uniquely high in monounsaturated (heart-healthy) fat.

™® HERCULEX and the HERCULEX Shield Logo, ExZact and the ExZact Logo, the Omega-9 Oils Logo, Nexera, WideStrike and the WideStrike Logo, the Agromen Logo, the Duo Maize Logo, MTI, Triumph, Dairyland Seed and the Dairyland Seed Logo, Renze and the Renze Logo, the Brodbeck Seeds Logo, the Südwestsaat Logo, the Pfister Seeds Logo, Hyland Seeds and the Hyland Seeds Logo are trademarks of Dow AgroSciences, LLC, and certain affiliated companies of Dow AgroSciences, LLC.

WideStrike® Insect Protection

• A cotton-protection innovation from Dow AgroSciences using inplant technology to give season-long protection against a broad spectrum of yield-robbing pests. This two-gene insect protection trait is a powerful, multiple-gene combination and is sold in PhytoGen^® brand cotton seed varieties.

Recent Key Regulatory Approvals

• Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Mexico import approvals for SmartStax™
• U.S. and Canadian registration for SmartStax™
• Approval for cultivation of HERCULEX^® I corn in Brazil
• Approval for WideStrike^® Insect Protection technology in cotton in Brazil

Recent Key Regulatory Submissions

• SmartStax™ Refuge in a Bag (RIB) in the U.S. and Canada
• DHT corn in the U.S.
• DHT soybeans in the U.S.

Key Licensing Agreements and Collaborations

• Soybean commercial cross-licensing agreement with DuPont to deliver expanded herbicide-tolerant soybeans
• Corn traits agreement with Syngenta to cross license respective corn traits for commercialization within branded seed businesses, bringing greater choice and fl exibility to growers
• Soybean collaboration with Mertec LLC, M.S. Technologies LLC combines Dow AgroSciences' proprietary technologies with Mertec's soybean germplasm. These will be available first to U.S. soybean growers with an option to expand globally
• Cotton license agreement with Syngenta to allow Dow AgroSciences licenses to a number of VipCOT™ cotton varieties and access to COT102 cotton transgenic event
• Collaboration with World Wide Wheat to develop and commercialize advanced germplasm and traits in wheat to bring the next generation of wheat to market
• Global research alliance with Australia's Victoria Province will improve crop yields to meet growing global demands for food, feed and energy
• Commercial license to Sangamo BioSciences' zinc finger technology in order to commercialize products incorporating or developed from plant cells using Sangamo's zinc finger DNA-binding protein (ZFP™) technology, in agricultural crops, industrial products and plant-derived biopharmaceuticals
• Trait development agreement with Keygene N.V. to combine experience and technologies to develop traits for improved yield in tomatoes
• Research and commercial license option with Agrisoma Biosciences to expand use of Engineered Tract Loci (ETL) technology into field crops
• Research and license agreement with Chromatin Inc. to create novel technology platform for development of next generation traits in corn, soybeans and canola
• Research collaboration with Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to study how EXZACT™ Precision Technology can help improve root crop cassava

Pipeline of Biological Solutions Containing Game-Changing Technology

• Value-added traits and biological solutions to shape the future
• SmartStax™ and Dow AgroSciences herbicide tolerant trait technology (DHT) launches to fuel growth in corn business
• Agronomic traits focused on yield enhancement from stress
• Meeting demands for next generation of healthier oils with high-performance varieties

™® SmartStax, the SmartStax logo, YieldGard VT Pro, YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2, Roundup Ready 2, Genuity and VT Triple Pro are trademarks of Monsanto Technology, LLC. HERCULEX insect protection technology developed by Dow AgroSciences and Pioneer Hi-Bred International. VipCOT is a trademark of Syngenta. LibertyLink is a registered trademark of Bayer CropScience AG. ZFP is a trademark of Sangamo Biosciences, Inc.