Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer · ASHLAND INC. (ASH)

Guillermo Novo

A named executive officer of ASHLAND in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$7,907,423

FY2024: $8,981,991

1st of 7 named executive officers at Ashland by FY2025 total.

7 named officers on file for ASHLAND, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 9, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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Guillermo Novo compensation by year

ASHLAND Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ASHLAND reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$813,242$1,059,854$1,088,525$1,114,805$1,128,500$1,152,332
Bonus$1,000,000$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$7,605,078$5,070,529$5,813,052$5,454,895$6,242,771$5,233,863
Option awards$1,111,646$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,103,508$1,293,939$2,202,217$101,565$1,477,772$1,313,830
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$36,881$100,100$213,408$286,649$132,948$207,398
Total$11,670,355$2,770,444$9,317,202$6,957,914$8,981,991$7,907,423

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ASHLAND INC. DEF 14A filed December 9, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-312753, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the ASHLAND INC. filed document, accession 0001193125-25-312753. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed December 9, 2025.

$11.7M
$2.8M
$9.3M
$7.0M
$9.0M
$7.9M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU113,912$5,457,525—
RSU56,917$2,726,898—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in ASHLAND INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments ASHLAND discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control, no termination—$7,527,192—$8,980,142
Involuntary for cause—$7,527,192—$8,980,142
Death—$7,527,192—$8,980,142
Involuntary termination without cause$2,324,720$7,527,192$31,163$11,367,225
Disability—$7,527,192—$8,980,142
Change in control and resignation for good reason$7,845,930$8,712,182$31,163$18,073,424
Change in control and involuntary termination$7,845,930$8,712,182$31,163$18,073,424
Retirement—$7,527,192—$8,980,142

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in ASHLAND INC.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

ASHLAND’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Guillermo Novo · this pageChair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$7,907,423
J. Kevin WillisFormer Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,407,328
William WhitakerSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,350,368
Alessandra Faccin AssisSenior Vice President and General Manager, Life Sciences and Intermediates$2,086,178
Osama MusaSenior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer$1,743,822
Karl BostaphFormer Senior Vice President Operations$1,536,524
James MinicucciSenior Vice President and General Manager, Personal Care$1,421,501

Board service

ASHLAND board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: ASHLAND pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $150,000 in equity. As stated in ASHLAND's FY2025 proxy.

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