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accession: "0001193125-26-019509"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASH"
cik: "0001674862"
company_name: "ASHLAND INC."
filed_at: "2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T08:47:10.588122+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ashland annual meeting: directors elected with Peribere facing 3.6% opposition; auditor and say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected; Jerome Peribere received 1.35M against (3.6% of cast) and 347K abstentions.
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for fiscal 2026 with 41.5M for, 109K against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 36.6M for, 1.25M against.
- Total shares represented 45.76M (90.94% of outstanding), with 3.71M broker non-votes on non-routine proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-019509
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASH
- cik: 0001674862
- company_name: ASHLAND INC.
- filed_at: 2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1674862/000119312526019509/0001193125-26-019509-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000119312526019509/ash-20260120.htm

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