VISION, STRATEGY & BUSINESS INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY, CULTURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY DOW | 2021 ESG REPORT | 10 2021 Business Highlights >$3B r eturned to stockholders through dividends and share repurchases ~35 ,700 e mployees 104 manufacturing sites in 31 countries with 12 Innovation Centers in 10 countries on 4 continents Delivered record Operating EBIT 1 of $9.5B a nd net sales of $55B 1 Excluding a $1 billion voluntary pension contribution, 2021 cash flow fr om operations would be $8,069 million and free cash flow would be $6,568 million. $7.1B o f cash flow from operations generated Decreased gross debt by $2.4B $54,968 Packaging & Specialty Plastics $28,128 Corporate $317 Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure $16,851 Performance Materials & C oatings $9,672 2021 SALES BY OPERATING SEGMENT (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)
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