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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-001307"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASH"
cik: "0001674862"
company_name: "ASHLAND INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T07:15:47.292693+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ashland shareholders elect all nine director nominees at annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; Steven D. Bishop received 46,108,846 votes for.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 with 49,185,141 votes for.
- Non-binding advisory say-on-pay approved with 42,298,244 votes for (91% of votes cast).
- Shareholders recommended annual frequency for say-on-pay votes (42,384,766 votes for 1 year).
- Total shares voted: 49,396,209 (91.03% of outstanding).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-001307
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASH
- cik: 0001674862
- company_name: ASHLAND INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017023001307/0000950170-23-001307-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017023001307/ash-20230127.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ASHLAND INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-24
  source text: Proposal 1: All of the nominees for director were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Steven D. Bishop 46,108,846 141,535 61,222 3,084,606 Brendan M. Cummins 45,990,826 257,219 63,558 3,048,606 Suzan F. Harrison 46,164,658 83,563 63,381 3,048,606 Jay V. Ihlenfeld 46,091,569 178,075 41,958 3,048,606 Joseph Wetteny 46,180,303 67,434 63,866 3,084,606 Susan L. Main 43,066,920 203,762 40,920 3,084,606 Guillermo Novo 45,403,112 843,160 65,330 3,084,606 Jerome A. Peribere 45,947,823 321,493 42,287 3,084,606 Janice J. Teal 46,017,708 250,897 42,997 3,084,606
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017023001307/0000950170-23-001307-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASHLAND INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes at the 2023-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-24
  source text: Proposal 4: The shareholder recommended, on an advisory basis, that the frequency of the stockholder vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers as required by Section 14(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, occur every year by the votes set forth in the table below: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 42,384,766 36,670 3,803,370 86,795 3,084,606
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017023001307/0000950170-23-001307-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASHLAND INC. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory resolution to approve executive compensation at the 2023-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-24
  source text: Proposal 3: The non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to Ashland’s named executive officers, as disclosed in Ashland’s Proxy Statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion, was approved by the stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 42,298,244 909,742 103,616 3,084,606
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017023001307/0000950170-23-001307-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASHLAND INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accountants for Fiscal 2023 at the 2023-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-24
  source text: Proposal 2: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Ashland’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal 2023 was ratified by the stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 49,185,141 184,884 26,183 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017023001307/0000950170-23-001307-index.htm

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