---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-007993"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASH"
cik: "0001674862"
company_name: "ASHLAND INC."
filed_at: "2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T16:36:19.771543+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ashland shareholders elect all nine director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with strong support; highest against vote was Jerome Peribere at ~1.34M against out of ~44M votes cast.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for fiscal 2024 passed with ~46.8M for, ~194K against.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved with ~43.7M for, ~94.6K abstain, ~2.74M broker non-votes.
- Total shares represented ~47M, representing 92.57% of outstanding eligible shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-007993
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASH
- cik: 0001674862
- company_name: ASHLAND INC.
- filed_at: 2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017024007993/0000950170-24-007993-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017024007993/ash-20240123.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ASHLAND INC. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to Ashland’s named executive officers at the 2024-01-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-23
  source text: Proposal 3: The non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to Ashland’s named executive officers, was approved by the stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 43,704,391 482,010 94,626 2,737,891
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017024007993/0000950170-24-007993-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASHLAND INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-01-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-23
  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 44,036,400 202,932 41,696 2,737,891 Sanat Chattopadhyay 44,055,810 181,806 43,411 2,737,891 Suzan F. Harrison 43,855,868 384,204 40,955 2,737,891 Wetteny Joseph 44,073,076 163,579 44,373 2,737,891 Susan L. Main 43,831,106 408,376 41,546 2,737,891 Guillermo Novo 43,791,092 445,759 44,177 2,737,891 Sergio Pedreiro 44,010,777 227,236 43,015 2,737,891 Jerome A. Peribere 42,900,912 1,337,510 42,606 2,737,891 Janice J. Teal 43,682,939 557,277 40,813 2,737,891
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017024007993/0000950170-24-007993-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASHLAND INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Ashland’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal 2024 at the 2024-01-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-23
  source text: Proposal 2: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Ashland’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal 2024 was ratified by the stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 46,787,022 193,919 37,977 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017024007993/0000950170-24-007993-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.