secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ASHLAND INC. (ASH)
CIK:        0001674862
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-019509
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000119312526019509/0001193125-26-019509-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000119312526019509/ash-20260120.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-019509

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