SEC FORM
3/A
SEC Form 3
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
11/13/2023
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ASHLAND INC.
[ ASH ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
11/14/2023
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
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| No securities are beneficially owned. |
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/s/ Serena S. Kenost, Attorney-in-Fact |
11/15/2023 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
5
(b)(v). |
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See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Robin E.Lampkin, and Serena S. Kenost,
each signing singly and so long as such individual remains anofficer of Ashland
Inc. (the "Company"), as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:
1)prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any otherdocuments necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to
makeelectronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
2)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or directorof the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934 and the rules
thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to
file inconnection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition
of securities of the Company;
3)do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary ordesirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file
suchform or report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and
4)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion ofsuch attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, itbeing
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersignedpursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions assuch attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact, full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall
remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 13th day of November, 2023.
/s/ Sanat
Chattopadhyay
