secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ASHLAND INC. (ASH)
CIK:        0001674862
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-021485
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ashland raises quarterly dividend 15% to $0.385, announces $100M share repurchase plan
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- Quarterly dividend increased 15% to $0.385 per share, payable June 15, 2023 to holders of record June 1, 2023.
- New dividend policy targets annual payout ratio of approximately 30% of adjusted income from continuing operations.
- Company intends to commence a 10b5-1 plan to repurchase up to $100 million of shares during the June 2023 quarter.
- Inclusive of this new repurchase, Ashland will have returned ~$950 million to shareholders over the past three years.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017023021485/0000950170-23-021485-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017023021485/ash-20230511.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-021485

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