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| 15-Apr-13 | Reiterated |
Deutsche Bank |
Buy |
$90 → $105 |
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| 27-Mar-13 | Reiterated |
Deutsche Bank |
Buy |
$92 → $90 |
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| 26-Mar-13 | Reiterated |
Deutsche Bank |
Buy |
$92 → $90 |
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| 05-Dec-12 | Reiterated |
Deutsche Bank |
Buy |
$85 → $90 |
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| 25-Jan-12 | Reiterated |
Longbow |
Buy |
$70 → $85 |
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| 07-Oct-11 | Reiterated |
Longbow |
Buy |
$85 → $70 |
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| 20-Jun-11 | Upgrade |
Deutsche Bank |
Hold → Buy |
$75 → $75 |
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| 01-Jun-11 | Upgrade |
Longbow |
Neutral → Buy |
$85 |
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| 01-Jun-11 | Reiterated |
Deutsche Bank |
Hold |
$75 → $68 |
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| 28-Apr-11 | Reiterated |
Hilliard Lyons |
Long-term Buy |
$70 → $75 |
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| 23-Dec-10 | Downgrade |
Longbow |
Buy → Neutral |
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| 28-Apr-10 | Upgrade |
Longbow |
Neutral → Buy |
$75 |
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| 12-Apr-10 | Reiterated |
Argus |
Buy |
$49 → $68 |
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| 06-Apr-10 | Reiterated |
Hilliard Lyons |
Long-term Buy |
$60 → $70 |
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| 01-Apr-10 | Reiterated |
Credit Suisse |
Outperform |
$60 → $63 |
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| 09-Mar-10 | Reiterated |
Credit Suisse |
Outperform |
$56 → $60 |
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| 05-Mar-10 | Downgrade |
Susquehanna Financial |
Positive → Neutral |
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| 01-Feb-10 | Upgrade |
Stifel Nicolaus |
Hold → Buy |
$49 |
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| 29-Oct-09 | Downgrade |
Longbow |
Buy → Neutral |
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| 21-Sep-09 | Reiterated |
Credit Suisse |
Outperform |
$46 → $50 |
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| 23-May-13 12:30PM | Ashland in Buyback Deal with Citi Zacks |
| 22-May-13 03:46PM | Senate Rivals Unite to Overhaul Chemical Safety Laws at Bloomberg |
| 12:05PM | Barry Rosenstein's JANA Partners' Top Picks at Seeking Alpha |
| 11:10AM | Ashland Launches NextGen Stunt Amplifier Zacks |
| 08:03AM | Economist William Ford to Address INVESTKentucky Equity Conference GlobeNewswire |
| 01:00AM | ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online |
| 21-May-13 10:13AM | ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online |
| 09:00AM | Valvoline teams up with Travis Pastrana and Roush Fenway Racing to launch the NextGen Stunt Amplifier PR Newswire |
| 20-May-13 05:46PM | InPlay: Ashland enters into $150 mln accelerated share repurchase agreement Briefing.com |
| 05:44PM | Ashland Inc. enters into $150 million accelerated share repurchase agreement Thomson Reuters ONE |
| 16-May-13 10:30AM | Ashland Beefs Up Dividend Zacks |
| 08:31AM | Dividend Changes To Know Now: Macys, Northrop Grumman, Ashland, United Fire & Casualty at Wall St. Cheat Sheet |
| 15-May-13 04:50PM | Ashland Raises Dividend by More Than 50%, Launches New Buyback Program at Motley Fool |
| 02:21PM | Whale Watch: Hedge Funds Slash Apple Stakes in Q1 at CNBC |
| 02:11PM | Groupon and Zynga shares up on Jana's investment AP |
| 11:55AM | Tepper's Appaloosa Slashes Apple, AIG Stakes in Q1 at CNBC |
| 11:41AM | Zynga Jumps After Jana Partners Reveals Position at CNBC |
| 11:22AM | David Tepper's Appaloosa reports new stake in Ashland theflyonthewall.com |
| 10:15AM | Jana Took Stakes in Zynga, Groupon During First Quarter at Bloomberg |
| 08:15AM | INVESTKentucky Equity Conference Announces Presentation Lineup and Schedule GlobeNewswire |
| 07:17AM | Ashland raises dividend, buybacks after Jana picks up stake at Reuters |
| 06:18AM | InPlay: Ashland increases quarterly dividend by 51.1% to $0.34 per share; authorizes a new $600 mln common stock repurchase program Briefing.com |
| 06:18AM | Ashland Inc. board raises annual dividend by more than 50 percent and announces new $600 million common share repurchase program Thomson Reuters ONE |
| 14-May-13 11:27PM | ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online |
| 13-May-13 01:02AM | Don't Get Too Worked Up Over Ashland's Earnings at Motley Fool |
| 08-May-13 01:04PM | ASHLAND INC. Financials EDGAR Online Financials |
| 12:34PM | Recent Noteworthy Institutional 5% Ownership Filings In The Basic Materials Sector at Seeking Alpha |
| 01:10AM | This Metric Says You're Smart to Own Ashland at Motley Fool |
| 07-May-13 03:29PM | Year-to-Date Top U.S. Corporate Bond Offerings in 2013 at Bloomberg |
| 07:41AM | [$$] Beating the Market with Dividends at Barrons.com |
| 02-May-13 05:41PM | Ashland Says Joint Venture Sold Products to Iran at Bloomberg |
| 09:18AM | Should We Follow JANA Partners Into This Stock? at Motley Fool |
| 09:11AM | ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online |
| 01-May-13 12:01PM | Activist Could Make This Stock Rocket Upward at Motley Fool |
| 30-Apr-13 07:16AM | [video] Hey Wall Street.. Why So Positive? at CNBC |
| 29-Apr-13 08:07AM | Billion-Dollar Hedge Fund Goes Hunting at Motley Fool |
| 25-Apr-13 06:40AM | JANA Partners Strikes Again at Motley Fool |
| 24-Apr-13 01:10PM | Ashland Management Discusses Q2 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript at Seeking Alpha |
| 09:25AM | Ashland Earnings: Everything You Must Know Now at Wall St. Cheat Sheet |
| 08:40AM | InPlay: Ashland beats by $0.23, reports revs in-line; says it is now unlikely that they will be able to achieve 2011 guidance range Briefing.com |
| 07:07AM | Q2 2013 Ashland Earnings Release - Before Market Open CCBN |
| 06:02AM | Ashland Inc. reports preliminary financial results for second quarter of 2013 Thomson Reuters ONE |
| 01:02AM | ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online |
| 12:29AM | ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online |
| 23-Apr-13 08:46AM | Kellogg Part-Owner Sells More Than 197K Shares and 4 Insider Sales to Note at Wall St. Cheat Sheet |
| 06:04AM | Trading Ashland Before And After Earnings at Seeking Alpha |
| 22-Apr-13 05:15PM | [video] Buy Apple Ahead of Earnings? at CNBC |
| 02:49PM | Ashland Reaches New 52-Week High (ASH) at TheStreet |
| 10:45AM | [video] Shareholder Activists Swap Ideas in New York City at CNBC |
| 20-Apr-13 04:51AM | [$$] 13D Filings at Barrons.com |
| 18-Apr-13 01:32PM | Jana's Rosenstein: Speedier disclosure of block investments would hurt investors at MarketWatch |
| 16-Apr-13 02:09PM | JANA Partners moves on from Agrium to Ashland at MarketWatch |
| 15-Apr-13 06:17PM | NYSE stocks posting largest volume increases AP |
| 01:18PM | NYSE stocks posting largest percentage increases AP |
| 10:50AM | Why one trader is buying puts in Ashland optionMONSTER |
| 12-Apr-13 06:03PM | NYSE stocks posting largest volume increases AP +9.93% |
| 06:03PM | NYSE stocks posting largest percentage increases AP |
| 04:57PM | Rite Aid, Infosys, Ashland are big movers AP |
| 04:32PM | On The Fly: Closing Wrap at theflyonthewall.com |
| 01:20PM | NYSE stocks posting largest percentage increases AP |
| 11:24AM | Ashland Climbs as Jana Stake Seen Hastening Breakup at Bloomberg |
| 10:44AM | Ashland Rises On Unusually High Volume (ASH) at TheStreet |
| 08:32AM | Met coal rebound lifts Walter Energy optionMONSTER |
| 08:28AM | Early Movers: JPM, GPS, HD & More at CNBC |
| 07:36AM | MARKET PULSE-Infosys, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Ashland, Netflix at Reuters |
| 11-Apr-13 07:07PM | On The Fly: After Hours Movers at theflyonthewall.com |
| 06:04PM | Jana takes 7.4-pct stake in Ashland AP |
| 05:36PM | [$$] Jana Takes 7.4% Stake in Ashland at The Wall Street Journal |
| 05:24PM | Jana Partners picks up stake in Ashland, shares rise at Reuters |
| 05:05PM | Ashland Rises After Jana Reveals 7.4% Stake and Talks at Bloomberg |
| 04:47PM | After-Hours Buzz: JBHT, GPS, LNKD & More at CNBC |
| 04:32PM | JANA Partners reports 7.4% stake in Ashland, will continue talks theflyonthewall.com |
| 04:31PM | InPlay: Ashland: JANA Partners discloses 7.4% active stake in 13D filing; firm has had discussions with ASH management Briefing.com |
| 10-Apr-13 12:14PM | Ashland Inc. second-quarter earnings webcast set for 9 a.m. EDT, April 24 Thomson Reuters ONE |
| 02-Apr-13 12:40PM | Ashland Rises On Unusually High Volume (ASH) at TheStreet |
| 10:47AM | Ashland demand trends strong in March and April, says SunTrust at theflyonthewall.com |
| 01-Apr-13 11:50AM | Strong Share And Management Discipline Bode Well For Koppers at Seeking Alpha |
| 11:30AM | Vantiv stock jumps one year after IPO at bizjournals.com |
| 27-Mar-13 03:38PM | Stocks Turn Mixed In Late Trading Despite Euro Fears at Investor's Business Daily |
| 26-Mar-13 01:10PM | Analyst Moves: ASH, AAPL at Forbes |
| 10:04AM | On The Fly: Analyst Downgrade Summary at theflyonthewall.com |
| 10:03AM | ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online |
| 25-Mar-13 02:46PM | CFO Moves: Glowpoint, Ashland, Mines Management at The Wall Street Journal |
| 02:17PM | Ashland Inc. announces plan to replace retiring CFO at bizjournals.com |
| 12:50PM | Ashland stock tumbles as earnings estimates dip at bizjournals.com |
| 12:50PM | Ashland CFO Chambers to retire in July AP |
| 12:14PM | Ashland Inc. announces CFO succession plan Thomson Reuters ONE |
| 12:13PM | InPlay: Ashland announces CFO succession plan: Lamar Chambers to retire in July Briefing.com |
| 12:05PM | Notable Two Hundred Day Moving Average Cross - ASH at Forbes |
| 01:05AM | Is Ashland Making You Any Cash? at Motley Fool |
| 12:59AM | ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online |
| 18-Mar-13 01:31AM | ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligatio EDGAR Online |
| 15-Mar-13 12:23PM | Ally Financial Obtains $11 Billion Credit Line for Auto Assets at Bloomberg |
| 08:33AM | ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a Material Definitive Agr EDGAR Online |
| 13-Mar-13 03:15PM | Exxon, Chevron, Deutsche Bank See Strong Oil Pipeline at Investor's Business Daily |
| 10:57AM | The 2013 INVESTKentucky Equity Conference to Showcase Kentucky's Leading Public Companies GlobeNewswire |
| 08-Mar-13 03:05PM | Countdown: Dublins Top 10 employers at bizjournals.com |
| 07-Mar-13 02:43PM | Year-to-Date Top U.S. Corporate Bond Offerings in 2013 at Bloomberg |
| 27-Feb-13 11:20AM | Bond Cliff Looms With Slowest Sales Since 2008: Credit Markets at Bloomberg |
| 06:31AM | Bond Cliff Looms With Slowest Sales Since 2008: Credit Markets at Bloomberg |
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| Ashland Inc. operates as a specialty chemicals company in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Specialty Ingredients, Water Technologies, Performance Materials, and Consumer Markets. The Specialty Ingredients segment produces cellulose ethers; and functional ingredients for use in personal care, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, coatings, construction, and energy markets. This segment's solutions offer an array of properties, such as thickening and rheology control, water retention, adhesive strength, binding power, film formation, conditioning and deposition, colloid stabilization, and suspension. The Water Technologies segment provides process chemicals and specialty chemicals. This segment offers deposit and scale control agents, defoamers, biocides, retention aids, frothers and collection aids, crepe and release additives, and other process additives for the pulp and paper manufacturing, mining and extraction, food processing, power, oil refining, chemicals processing, and general manufacturing industries; specialized chemicals and consulting services for the utility water treatment market; and feed and control systems, proprietary monitoring devices, and remote system surveillance equipment. The Performance Materials segment produces polyester and epoxy vinyl ester resins, gel coats, adhesives, coatings, and elastomers for the construction, transportation, infrastructure, boatbuilding, and packaging and converting markets; and offers metal casting consumables and design services for foundry management. The Consumer Markets segment produces and distributes packaged automotive, commercial, and industrial lubricants and car-care products, as well as appearance and antifreeze products. This segment also operates and franchises approximately 860 Valvoline Instant Oil Change centers; and owns and operates 336 Valvoline Express Care stores. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Covington, Kentucky. |
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| Insider Trading |
Relationship |
Date |
Transaction |
Cost |
#Shares |
Value ($) |
#Shares Total |
SEC Form 4 |
| HEITMAN WILLIAM J | Controller | May 02 | Option Exercise | 10.72 | 1,500 | 16,080 | 5,428 | May 06 02:36 PM | | Schumann Anne T. | Vice President | Apr 24 | Sale | 90.01 | 400 | 36,004 | 8,652 | Apr 25 04:49 PM | | PANICHELLA JOHN E | Senior Vice President | Apr 19 | Sale | 85.11 | 3,124 | 265,887 | 15,538 | Apr 22 12:11 PM | | PANICHELLA JOHN E | Senior Vice President | Apr 15 | Option Exercise | 53.50 | 12,525 | 670,082 | 28,063 | Apr 16 04:52 PM | | Schumann Anne T. | Vice President | Apr 12 | Sale | 84.45 | 3,100 | 261,795 | 9,052 | Apr 15 05:29 PM | | PANICHELLA JOHN E | Senior Vice President | Mar 15 | Sale | 80.52 | 4,911 | 395,434 | 15,538 | Mar 19 02:06 PM | | PANICHELLA JOHN E | Senior Vice President | Mar 11 | Option Exercise | 37.69 | 14,200 | 535,198 | 29,738 | Mar 13 11:21 AM | | ESLER SUSAN B | Vice President | Dec 13 | Sale | 77.08 | 2,912 | 224,457 | 0 | Dec 14 03:15 PM | | CHAMBERS LAMAR M | Chief Financial Officer | Dec 11 | Sale | 76.72 | 15,585 | 1,195,681 | 23,703 | Dec 12 05:04 PM | | CHAMBERS LAMAR M | Chief Financial Officer | Dec 05 | Option Exercise | 17.32 | 35,500 | 614,915 | 59,203 | Dec 07 03:57 PM | | PANICHELLA JOHN E | Senior Vice President | Dec 04 | Sale | 73.05 | 15,900 | 1,161,495 | 15,538 | Dec 05 04:45 PM | | HALE ROGER W | Director | Nov 19 | Option Exercise | 45.57 | 12,912 | 588,415 | 13,912 | Nov 20 12:49 PM | | HALE ROGER W | Director | Nov 19 | Sale | 69.35 | 12,912 | 895,447 | 1,000 | Nov 20 12:49 PM | | SCHAEFER GEORGE A JR | Director | Nov 15 | Option Exercise | 19.11 | 3,562 | 68,070 | 6,298 | Nov 19 09:58 AM | | SCHAEFER GEORGE A JR | Director | Nov 15 | Sale | 68.79 | 3,562 | 245,030 | 2,736 | Nov 19 09:58 AM | | Solomon Walter H | Vice President | Nov 05 | Option Exercise | 46.64 | 11,912 | 555,588 | 29,702 | Nov 07 06:46 PM | | Solomon Walter H | Vice President | Nov 05 | Sale | 72.30 | 2,743 | 198,319 | 17,790 | Nov 07 06:46 PM | | MITCHELL SAMUEL J | Senior Vice President | Sep 21 | Sale | 75.17 | 9,446 | 710,056 | 6,422 | Sep 24 04:44 PM | | HEITMAN WILLIAM J | Controller | Sep 21 | Sale | 75.37 | 1,915 | 144,334 | 1,739 | Sep 24 04:41 PM | | HEITMAN WILLIAM J | Controller | Sep 17 | Option Exercise | 0.00 | 3,300 | 0 | 5,039 | Sep 19 04:44 PM | | MITCHELL SAMUEL J | Senior Vice President | Sep 17 | Option Exercise | 0.00 | 26,375 | 0 | 32,796 | Sep 19 04:43 PM | | Schumann Anne T. | Vice President | Sep 14 | Sale | 77.01 | 3,196 | 246,124 | 11,257 | Sep 17 04:25 PM | | ESLER SUSAN B | Vice President | Sep 13 | Sale | 75.51 | 3,245 | 245,030 | 483 | Sep 14 05:02 PM | | OBRIEN JAMES J /KY | Chief Executive Officer | Sep 13 | Sale | 76.08 | 60,072 | 4,570,278 | 96,679 | Sep 14 04:57 PM | | Harris Theodore L | Senior Vice President | Sep 12 | Sale | 75.67 | 8,429 | 637,822 | 15,649 | Sep 13 04:52 PM | | Schumann Anne T. | Vice President | Sep 10 | Option Exercise | 0.00 | 7,350 | 0 | 18,607 | Sep 12 05:58 PM | | ESLER SUSAN B | Vice President | Sep 07 | Option Exercise | 0.00 | 5,400 | 0 | 5,883 | Sep 11 08:33 AM | | OBRIEN JAMES J /KY | Chief Executive Officer | Sep 07 | Option Exercise | 0.00 | 125,000 | 0 | 221,679 | Sep 11 08:29 AM | | Harris Theodore L | Senior Vice President | Sep 06 | Option Exercise | 0.00 | 16,062 | 0 | 31,711 | Sep 10 03:07 PM | | Panichella John E | Senior Vice President | Aug 27 | Option Exercise | 10.72 | 12,500 | 134,000 | 12,505 | Aug 29 04:18 PM | | Panichella John E | Senior Vice President | Aug 27 | Sale | 72.98 | 6,454 | 471,013 | 5 | Aug 29 04:18 PM | | ESLER SUSAN B | Vice President | Aug 07 | Sale | 70.69 | 3,179 | 224,724 | 483 | Aug 08 03:34 PM | | LIGOCKI KATHLEEN | Director | Aug 03 | Sale | 70.53 | 1,000 | 70,530 | 20,540 | Aug 06 01:16 PM | | ESLER SUSAN B | Vice President | Aug 01 | Option Exercise | 10.72 | 5,400 | 57,888 | 5,883 | Aug 03 09:19 AM | | OBRIEN JAMES J /KY | Chief Executive Officer | Jul 19 | Sale | 70.02 | 12,800 | 896,256 | 96,679 | Jul 20 04:41 PM | | OBRIEN JAMES J /KY | Chief Executive Officer | Jul 18 | Sale | 70.00 | 11,400 | 798,000 | 109,479 | Jul 20 04:41 PM | | OBRIEN JAMES J /KY | Chief Executive Officer | Jul 06 | Option Exercise | 49.79 | 152,744 | 7,605,124 | 249,423 | Jul 09 04:29 PM | | OBRIEN JAMES J /KY | Chief Executive Officer | Jul 05 | Sale | 70.00 | 37,500 | 2,625,000 | 96,679 | Jul 09 04:29 PM | | CHAMBERS LAMAR M | Chief Financial Officer | Jun 27 | Sale | 68.89 | 4,777 | 329,088 | 19,008 | Jun 28 03:22 PM | | CHAMBERS LAMAR M | Chief Financial Officer | Jun 21 | Option Exercise | 43.59 | 19,499 | 849,878 | 38,507 | Jun 25 02:28 PM |
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