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EXHIBIT 10.4.4
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>EXHIBIT 10.4.4    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Amendment to 1983 Cash Bonus Deferral Program and<BR>
1984 Cash Bonus Deferral Program  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By authority of the resolution adopted by unanimous consent of the Board of Directors of Union Carbide Corporation as of August&nbsp;30, 2004, the following
amendment to the 1983 Cash Bonus Deferral Program and 1984 Cash Bonus Deferral Program is made. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Effective
August&nbsp;30, 2004 Section 7 Beneficiaries is amended and restated in its entirety as follows: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><I> Section 7: Beneficiaries  </I></FONT></P>

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Participant may at any time and from time to time prior to death designate one or more Beneficiaries to receive payments to be made following the Participant's death. If no such designation is on
file with the Corporation at the time of the Participant's death, the Participant's Beneficiary shall be the beneficiary or beneficiaries named in the beneficiary designation most recently filed by
the Participant with the Corporation under "The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan" ("Dow Savings Plan"). If no designation from that plan has been made, then the Program will use the
beneficiary designation from the "Savings Plan for Employees of Union Carbide Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies" (which plan was merged into the Dow Savings Plan on
February&nbsp;27, 2001). If no designation from that plan has been made, then the beneficiary shall be the estate of the deceased. </FONT></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>EDWARD W. RICH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Edward W. Rich<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KATHY RASSETTE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Kathy Rassette</FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KAREN BECKWITH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> K. L. Beckwith</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dated: September&nbsp;10, 2004 </FONT></P>

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