Ashland 401(k) and pension plans

Ashland Inc., Wilmington, DE. EIN 81-2587835. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Hercules Incorporated Attn. Pension Trust Department; Ashland Inc; Ashland LLC; Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

Ashland Inc. has 3 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Ashland Employee Savings Plan, with 4,322 participants and $1.3 billion in assets in 2025. Fidelity has been its recordkeeper since 2010.

Active plans: 3
Participants: 5,046
Plan assets: $1.4 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Fidelity
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Holding companies

All 3 plans

Active plans first

Ashland Employee Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 010Employer EIN 81-2587835
Participants (2025): 4,322
Net assets (2025): $1.3 billion
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2010–2025
Plan administrator: Ashland Inc.
500 Hercules Drive, Building 8145
Wilmington, DE 19808
(844) 592-5322As filed for 2025
In effect since: June 1, 1964

Earlier plan names: Ashland Inc Employee Savings Plan; Ashland LLC Employee Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	4,322	$1.3 billion	Fidelity
2024	5,158	$1.3 billion	Fidelity
2023	5,261	$1.3 billion	Fidelity
2022	5,618	$1.2 billion	Fidelity
2021	6,007	$1.5 billion	Fidelity
2020	6,382	$1.4 billion	Fidelity
2019	7,478	$1.4 billion	Fidelity
2018	8,002	$1.3 billion	Fidelity
2017	8,270	$1.4 billion	Fidelity
2016	12,271	$1.2 billion	Fidelity
2015	19,088	$1.4 billion	Fidelity
2014	11,855	$1.5 billion	Fidelity
2013	13,320	$1.6 billion	Fidelity
2012	14,873	$1.5 billion	Fidelity
2011	14,138	$1.1 billion	Fidelity
2010	16,099	$1.3 billion	Fidelity
2009	13,118	$909 million	not listed

Ashland Union Employee Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 020Employer EIN 81-2587835
Participants (2025): 274
Net assets (2025): $24.8 million
Last listed recordkeeper: FidelityEarlier: Vanguard (2009–2010)
Plan administrator: Ashland Inc.
500 Hercules Road, Building 8145
Wilmington, DE 19808
(844) 592-5322As filed for 2025
In effect since: July 1, 1963

Earlier sponsor: Hercules Incorporated Attn. Pension Trust Department (2009).

Earlier plan names: Hercules Incorporated Savings and Investment Plan; Ashland Inc. Union Employee Savings Plan; Ashland Inc Union Employee Savings Plan; Ashland Inc Union Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	274	$24.8 million	not listed
2024	283	$23.0 million	not listed
2023	93	$22.6 million	not listed
2022	86	$20.1 million	Fidelity
2021	104	$23.3 million	Fidelity
2020	109	$19.5 million	not listed
2019	317	$19.3 million	not listed
2018	322	$17.0 million	Fidelity
2017	330	$18.7 million	Fidelity
2016	323	$33.2 million	Fidelity
2015	252	$30.8 million	Fidelity
2014	267	$30.2 million	Fidelity
2013	345	$28.4 million	Fidelity
2012	347	$30.7 million	Fidelity
2011	341	$28.4 million	Fidelity
2010	1,697	$27.1 million	Vanguard
2009	3,481	$386 million	Vanguard

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 007Employer EIN 81-2587835
Participants (2024): 450
Net assets (2024): $59.5 million
Last listed administrator: WTW2015
Plan administrator: Ashland Inc.
500 Hercules Road BLDG 8145
Wilmington, DE 19808
(844) 592-5322As filed for 2024
In effect since: October 1, 1955

Earlier sponsor: Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (2015–2020).

Earlier plan names: Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	450	$59.5 million	not listed
2023	458	$56.3 million	not listed
2022	466	$45.6 million	not listed
2021	472	$42.7 million	not listed
2020	481	$63.5 million	not listed
2019	480	$59.5 million	not listed
2018	496	$56.3 million	not listed
2017	505	$52.7 million	not listed
2016	510	$53.9 million	not listed
2015	507	$50.1 million	WTW
2014	405	$21.4 million	not listed
2013	465	$23.9 million	not listed
2012	474	$22.2 million	not listed
2011	477	$22.0 million	not listed
2010	476	$18.8 million	not listed
2009	487	$15.0 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Fidelity (fidelity.com), which runs the Ashland Employee Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((844) 592-5322). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.