Peribere Jerome A 4

What Happened

Jerome A. Peribere, a director of Ashland Inc., was granted 2,449 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) on 2026-01-20 at a grant value of $61.23 per RSU, totaling $149,952. This transaction is an award/derivative grant (reported as type "A") rather than an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-01-20; Filing date: 2026-01-21 (timely).
• Award: 2,449 RSUs at $61.23 per RSU; total grant value $149,952.
• Transaction type: Stock-settled Restricted Stock Units (derivative award).
• Vesting and deferral: RSUs will vest one year after the grant date and are deferred at the reporting person's election under Ashland’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors until retirement (per filing footnotes).
• RSU mechanics: Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of Ashland common stock (footnote).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the Form 4 filing.
• Additional note: Balance referenced in filing includes RSUs acquired in lieu of cash dividends.

Context

RSU awards to non-employee directors are a common form of compensation and represent a future right to shares once vested/settled; they are not immediate open-market purchases and do not by themselves indicate the insider’s market sentiment. These RSUs are stock-settled and deferred until retirement unless otherwise settled per plan terms.