ASHLAND INC. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Ashish K. Kulkarni

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ashish K. Kulkarni”): 40,264,862 for, 270,654 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 99.3% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 101 asset managers below reported 24,122,874 for, 1,837 against, 9,128 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Guillermo Novo

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Guillermo Novo”): 39,860,784 for, 675,518 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 101 asset managers below reported 24,095,785 for, 28,926 against, 9,128 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Jerome A. Peribere

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jerome A. Peribere”): 34,392,323 for, 6,143,492 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 85% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 101 asset managers below reported 20,594,473 for, 3,530,238 against, 9,128 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Sanat Chattopadhyay

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Sanat Chattopadhyay”): 39,929,691 for, 594,923 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 101 asset managers below reported 24,078,763 for, 44,302 against, 10,774 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Scott A. Tozier

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Scott A. Tozier”): 40,337,749 for, 198,863 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 99.5% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 101 asset managers below reported 24,124,711 for, 9,128 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Sergio Pedreiro

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Sergio Pedreiro”): 40,199,627 for, 336,845 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 101 asset managers below reported 24,122,874 for, 1,837 against, 9,128 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Steven D. Bishop

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Steven D. Bishop”): 40,191,939 for, 344,620 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 101 asset managers below reported 24,122,874 for, 1,837 against, 9,128 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Susan L. Main

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Susan L. Main”): 40,045,888 for, 491,319 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 101 asset managers below reported 24,081,538 for, 43,173 against, 9,128 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Suzan F. Harrison

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Suzan F. Harrison”): 39,944,317 for, 595,052 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 101 asset managers below reported 24,079,701 for, 45,010 against, 9,128 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval of the non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to Ashland's named executive officers.

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to Ashland's named executive officers”): 39,525,692 for, 968,838 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 100 managers: 24,079,022 for, 50,254 against, 9,128 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 349 managers: 24,859,331 for, 402,145 against, 1,331 abstained, 127 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS ASHLAND'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.

ASHLAND INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Ashland's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025”): 42,982,868 for, 157,253 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed January 22, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 2: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Ashland's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025 was ratified by the stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below:”
Support: 99.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 102 asset managers below reported 24,130,520 for, 191 against, 9,128 abstained.

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