Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the annual meeting ("Annual Meeting") of stockholders of Ashland Inc. ("Ashland") held on January 24, 2023, a total of 49,396,209 shares of Common Stock, representing 91.03% of the shares outstanding and eligible to vote and constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are described below.

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 46,108,846 141,535 61,222 3,084,606 Brendan M. Cummins 45,990,826 257,219 63,558 3,048,606 Suzan F. Harrison 46,164,658 83,563 63,381 3,048,606 Jay V. Ihlenfeld 46,091,569 178,075 41,958 3,048,606 Joseph Wetteny 46,180,303 67,434 63,866 3,084,606 Susan L. Main 43,066,920 203,762 40,920 3,084,606 Guillermo Novo 45,403,112 843,160 65,330 3,084,606 Jerome A. Peribere 45,947,823 321,493 42,287 3,084,606 Janice J. Teal 46,017,708 250,897 42,997 3,084,606

Proposal 2: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Ashland's independent registered public accountants for fiscal 2023 was ratified by the stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below:



   For     Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
49,185,141 184,884 26,183          0

Proposal 3: The non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to Ashland's named executive officers, as disclosed in Ashland's Proxy Statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion, was approved by the stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below:



   For     Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
42,298,244 909,742 103,616    3,084,606

Proposal 4: The shareholder recommended, on an advisory basis, that the frequency of the stockholder vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers as required by Section 14(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, occur every year by the votes set forth in the table below:

1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 42,384,766 36,670 3,803,370 86,795 3,084,606

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



   (d) Exhibits

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