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Dow Inc., et al. – ‘8-K’ for 3/4/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 3/4/21, at 6:31am ET · For: 3/4/21 · Accession #: 1751788-21-62 · File #s: 1-03433, 1-38646

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 3/04/21  Dow Inc.                          8-K:5,7     3/04/21   12:656K
          Dow Chemical Co./DE

Current Report — Form 8-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report                                      HTML     50K 
 8: R1          Cover                                               HTML     79K 
10: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     12K 
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 9: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX      7K 
 3: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- dow-20210304_cal                XML      7K 
 4: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- dow-20210304_def                 XML     49K 
 5: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- dow-20210304_lab                      XML    104K 
 6: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- dow-20210304_pre               XML     70K 
 2: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- dow-20210304                          XSD     15K 
11: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks               16±    23K 
12: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001751788-21-000062-xbrl      Zip    121K

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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/23/21  Dow Inc.                          S-8         4/23/21    5:65K                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/23/21  Dow Inc.                          S-8         4/23/21    5:56K                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

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Filing Submission 0001751788-21-000062 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Dow Inc., et al. – ‘8-K’ for 3/4/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 3/4/21, at 6:31am ET · For: 3/4/21 · Accession #: 1751788-21-62 · File #s: 1-03433, 1-38646

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‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — dow-20210304_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

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