COVINGTON, Ky., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of
directors of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) met today and approved the
appointment of Barry W. Perry as a director whose term will expire at the
annual shareholders' meeting in 2008. He will serve as a member of
Ashland's Environmental, Health & Safety and Personnel & Compensation
committees.
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Perry, 60, served as chairman and chief executive officer of Engelhard
Corp. until resigning in 2006. Prior to this position, he held various
management positions with Engelhard beginning in 1993. He was a group vice
president with Rhone-Poulenc from 1991 to 1993 and also held a number of
executive positions during his 22 years with General Electric Co.
Perry is a director of Arrow Electronics Inc., where he serves as
chairman of the Audit Committee, and a director of Cookson Group PLC,
serving on the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating committees.
Ashland Inc., a diversified, global chemical company, provides quality
products, services and solutions to customers in more than 100 countries. A
FORTUNE 500 company, it operates through four wholly owned divisions:
Ashland Performance Materials, Ashland Distribution, Valvoline and Ashland
Water Technologies. To learn more about Ashland, visit http://www.ashland.com.
FORTUNE 500 is a trademark of Time Inc.
SOURCE Ashland Inc.
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CONTACT:
Media Relations, Jim Vitak, +1-614-790-3715,
or jevitak@ashland.com, or Investor Relations, Dean Doza,
+1-859-815-4454, or lddoza@ashland.com, both of Ashland Inc.
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