Ashland 401(k) and pension plans

Ashland Inc., Lexington, KY. EIN 20-0865835. Annual reports 2009–2014. Also filed as Ashland Inc.

Ashland Inc. has no active retirement plan on file. Its last annual report was for 2014. Its Ashland Inc Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan was merged into Ashland Hercules Pension Plan in 2014.

Active plans
0
Plans on file
3
Industry
Manufacturing

All 3 plans

Active plans first

Ashland Inc Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)Merged

Merged. In 2014 its assets moved to the Ashland Hercules Pension Plan, sponsored by Valvoline Inc. (EIN 20-0865835, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
101Employer EIN 20-0865835
Participants (2014)
221
Net assets (2014)
$113 million
Plan administrator
Ashland Inc.
P.O. Box 14000
Lexington, KY 40512
(859) 357-7777As filed for 2014
In effect since
October 1, 1985
Year by year, 2009 to 2014
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
2014221$113 millionnot listed
20132,320$161 millionnot listed
20122,552$168 millionnot listed
20112,948$148 millionnot listed
20103,186$100 millionnot listed
20093,483$126 millionnot listed

Ashland Inc Defined Benefit Master Trust

Pension (defined benefit)Merged

Merged. In 2014 its assets moved to the Ashland Hercules Pension Plan, sponsored by Valvoline Inc. (EIN 20-0865835, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
103Employer EIN 20-0865835
Participants (2012)
9,526
Net assets (2012)
$2.7 billion
Plan administrator
Ashland Inc.
Po Box 14000
Lexington, KY 45012
(859) 357-7777As filed for 2014
In effect since
April 1, 1976

Earlier plan names: Ashland Inc Defined Benefit Master Pension Trust.

Year by year, 2009 to 2014
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20140$2.6 billionnot listed
20130$2.8 billionnot listed
20129,526$2.7 billionnot listed
201154,596$2.6 billionnot listed
201056,089$2.4 billionnot listed
200957,363$2.5 billionnot listed

Ashland Inc Savings Plan Master Trust

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2013 its assets moved to the International Specialty Products Inc, sponsored by International Specialty Products, Inc. (EIN 51-0376469, plan 013). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
030Employer EIN 20-0865835
Participants (2013)
25,866
Net assets (2013)
$1.7 billion
Plan administrator
Ashland Inc
P O Box 14000
Lexington, KY 40512
(859) 357-7777As filed for 2013
In effect since
January 1, 2011

Earlier plan names: Ashland Inc. Savings Plan Master Trust.

Year by year, 2011 to 2013
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
201325,866$1.7 billionnot listed
201215,220$1.5 billionnot listed
201114,479$1.1 billionnot listed

Plans that moved to another employer

PlanNow sponsored bySince
Ashland Hercules Pension PlanValvoline Inc.2015
Ashland Union Employee Savings PlanAshland Inc.2022
Ashland Employee Savings PlanAshland Inc.2022
Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical CompanyAshland Inc.2015

These plans once filed under Ashland's tax ID and are now filed by another employer, usually after a sale or spin-off. Accounts moved with them.

If you had money in one of these plans

  1. If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
  2. 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

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

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