Union Carbide Corporation Definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus on the Proposed Merger with The Dow Chemical Company (1999)

Disclosure-printed copy (printed 08/29/2000) of Union Carbide's definitive proxy statement/prospectus, filed 10/06/99 with the SEC, soliciting stockholder votes on a merger with The Dow Chemical Company at a December 1, 1999 special meeting. It sets out the exchange ratio of 0.537 Dow share per Union Carbide share, the background of the merger, the board's reasons, selected financial information, risk factors, the termination fee and stock option terms, and, in Annex B, the Credit Suisse First Boston fairness opinion. The 164-page exhibit includes the proxy cards. Only pages 1-40 and 160-164 were provided for this record.

People and organizations

From Union Carbide Corporation (Registrant filing Schedule 14A proxy statement); Dr. William H. Joyce (Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer); Bruce D. Fitzgerald (Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary) to Stockholders of Union Carbide Corporation.

• Bruce D. Fitzgerald (author)
• William H. Joyce (author)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation (named)
• Dow Chemical (named)
• New York Stock Exchange (named)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (named)

About this copy

This is document UC-1975 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 164 pages.