Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · ASHLAND INC. (ASH)

J. Kevin Willis

A named executive officer of ASHLAND in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,407,328

FY2022: $2,770,444

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

J. Kevin Willis compensation by year

ASHLAND Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ASHLAND reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2025
Salary$609,653$607,941$496,943
Bonus——$0
Stock awards$1,627,913$1,826,148$1,455,194
Option awards——$0
Non-equity incentive$541,996$922,455$354,333
Pension and deferred compensation—$-686,200$0
All other$103,394$100,100$100,859
Total$2,834,614$2,770,444$2,407,328

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. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$2.8M
$2.8M
$2.4M
FY21
FY22
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments ASHLAND discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$961,656—$961,656
Retirement—$961,656—$961,656
Change in control and involuntary termination—$961,656—$961,656
Involuntary termination without cause—$961,656—$961,656
Disability—$961,656—$961,656
Change in control, no termination———$0
Change in control and resignation for good reason—$961,656—$961,656

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 NovoChair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$7,907,423
J. Kevin Willis · this pageFormer 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

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