How big is Ashland Inc.'s plan?

Ashland Inc.'s plan covered 270 participants for 2024.

Original filing (PDF)20251008135803NAL0013929330001

Ashland Inc.

Name: Ashland Inc. — Ashland Union Employee Savings Plan, Form 5500 (2024)
Creator: Ashland Inc.
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Form 5500

FILING_RECEIVED

Ashland Union Employee Savings Plan

401(k) retirement plan · Ashland Inc.'s Ashland Union Employee Savings Plan covered 270 participants in 2024.

Signals · 2

No auditor on fileNo recordkeeper disclosed

Active participants

270

Accounts w/ balance

Plan assets (EOY)

—

Net assets (EOY)

—

People on this filing

Denise Brady signed Ashland Inc.'s 2024 Form 5500 as plan administrator.

Denise Brady — Plan Administrator — Form 5500 signer

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Plan identifiers

Ashland Inc.'s EIN is 81-2587835.

EIN 81-2587835

Plan number 020

Plan year 2024

ACK ID 20251008135803NAL0013929330001

Official Form 5500 document

Download the official 2024 Form 5500 (PDF) for Ashland Inc. from the U.S. Department of Labor's EFAST2 system.

Download the official 2024 Form 5500 (PDF)

Plan features

Ashland Inc.'s plan includes ERISA 404(c) participant direction, a 401(k) feature, profit-sharing, automatic enrollment, a default investment (QDIA), a self-directed brokerage window.

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How this plan invests

This plan

1 collective trust

Schedule D

Individual securities

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Plan health score

Average plan with room to improve

Directional indicator from public Form 5500 data — compliance & integrity, total plan cost, participant health and vendor stack, benchmarked against same-size peers. Not a fiduciary tool. Based on 70% of scoring inputs for this filing.

Compliance & integrity

Total plan cost

n/a

Plan health

Vendor & structure

100

Knocking points off

No independent qualified public accountant (IQPA) named.
Low account-holder ratio — balance-holders per active participant in the bottom quartile of peers (15th percentile).

Helping the score

Cost not scored — no comparable Schedule H expense data for this cohort.

Plan sponsor

Name

ASHLAND INC.

EIN

all filings

Address

500 HERCULES ROAD · BUILDING 8145 · WILMINGTON, DE · 19808

Phone

(844) 592-5322

Industry

Wholesale Trade

Plan administrator

Same as plan sponsor.

Plan characteristics

Plan number

020

Plan year

2024

Plan year begin

2024-01-01

Tax period

2024-12-31

Filed

2025-10-08

Pension benefit codes

2F · ERISA section 404(c)

2J · 401(k) feature

2K · 401(m) arrangement

2E · Profit-sharing

2S · Automatic enrollment

2T · Default investment account (QDIA)

2G · Total participant-directed accounts

2R · Participant-directed brokerage (SDBA)

Service providers (Schedule C)

No Schedule C providers reported

Investments

1 pooled fund· $22.2M

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