Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
Registration No. 002-95022
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
the Securities Act of 1933
ASHLAND INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Kentucky 61-0122250
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
50 E. RiverCenter Boulevard
P.O. Box 391
Covington, KY 41012-0391
(859) 815-3333
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Amended Stock Incentive Plan For Key Employees Of
Ashland Oil, Inc. And Its Subsidiaries
(Full title of the Plan)
David L. Hausrath, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
50 E. RiverCenter Boulevard
P.O. Box 391
Covington, KY 41012-0391
(859) 815-3333
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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The securities offering issued pursuant to this Registration Statement
by Ashland Inc., formerly known as Ashland Oil, Inc. ("Ashland"), has
terminated. 51,013 shares of Ashland Common Stock issued pursuant to this
Registration Statement remain unsold. Ashland hereby deregisters all
remaining 51,013 shares registered pursuant to the Amended Stock Incentive
Plan for Key Employees Of Ashland Oil, Inc. And its Subsidiaries.
PART II
EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
25 Power of Attorney
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Ashland
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Covington,
Commonwealth of Kentucky, on January 28, 2005.
ASHLAND INC.
By: /s/ David L. Hausrath
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
January 28, 2005.
Signature Title
* Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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James J. O'Brien (Principal Executive Officer)
* Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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J. Marvin Quin (Principal Financial Officer
* Vice President and Controller
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Lamar M. Chambers (Principal Accounting Officer)
* Director
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Ernest H. Drew
* Director
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Roger W. Hale
* Director
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Bernadine P. Healy
* Director
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Mannie L. Jackson
* Director
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Kathleen Ligocki
* Director
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Patrick F. Noonan
* Director
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George A. Schaefer, Jr.
* Director
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Theodore L. Solso
* Director
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Michael J. Ward
*By: /s/ David L. Hausrath
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David L. Hausrath
Attorney-in-fact
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
25 Power of Attorney
EXHIBIT 25
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned Directors and
Officers of ASHLAND INC., a Kentucky corporation, which is about to file a
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement to the
Amended Stock incentive Plan for Key Employees Of Ashland Oil, Inc. And its
Subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, hereby
constitutes and appoints JAMES J. O'BRIEN, DAVID L. HAUSRATH and LINDA L.
FOSS, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power to act without the others to sign and file such
Amendment, and the exhibits thereto and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, and any such amendments thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing as
fully as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: January 28, 2005
/s/ James J. O'Brien /s/ Mannie L. Jackson
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James J. O'Brien, Chairman of the Board Mannie L. Jackson, Director
and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ J. Marvin Quin /s/ Kathleen Ligocki
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J. Marvin Quin, Senior Vice President Kathleen Ligocki, Director
and Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Lamar M. Chambers /s/ Patrick F. Noonan
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Lamar M. Chambers, Vice President, Patrick F. Noonan, Director
Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
/s/ Ernest H. Drew /s/ George A. Schaefer
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Ernest H. Drew, Director George A. Schaefer, Jr., Director
/s/ Roger W. Hale /s/ Theodore M. Solso
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Roger W. Hale, Director Theodore M. Solso, Director
/s/ Bernadine P. Healy /s/ Michael J. Ward
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Bernadine P. Healy, Director Michael J. Ward, Director