secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ASHLAND INC. (ASH)
CIK:        0001674862
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-097302
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ashland permanently appoints William Whitaker as CFO; base salary $414,600
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- William Whitaker permanently appointed SVP, CFO effective July 18, 2025; previously interim CFO since May 6.
- Annual base salary of $414,600; target annual incentive award of 65% of base salary.
- Eligible for long-term incentive up to 265% of annual base salary.
- Initial equity grant of $1,100,000 (40% RSUs vesting equally over 3 years, 60% PSUs vesting Nov 20, 2029).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017025097302/0000950170-25-097302-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017025097302/ash-20250718.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-097302

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