<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950157-17-000874.txt : 20170608
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170608185524
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950157-17-000874
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170606
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170608
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170608

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VALVOLINE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001674910
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM &  COAL [2990]
		IRS NUMBER:				300939371
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 VALVOLINE WAY
		CITY:			LEXINGTON
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40509
		BUSINESS PHONE:		859-357-2591

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 VALVOLINE WAY
		CITY:			LEXINGTON
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40509

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Meixelsperger Mary E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001606006

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37884
		FILM NUMBER:		17901217

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		810 DSW DRIVE
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43219
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (&quot;Ashland&quot;) distributed to its stockholders on May 12, 2017 (the &quot;Distribution Date&quot;) 170,000,000 shares of Valvoline Inc. (&quot;Valvoline&quot;) common stock as a pro rata dividend (the &quot;Distribution&quot;).  Pursuant to the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement entered into between Ashland and Valvoline dated September 22, 2016 (the &quot;Employee Matters Agreement&quot;), the Reporting Person was entitled to receive the number of shares of restricted stock of Valvoline obtained by dividing (x) the closing price of Ashland common stock on the Distribution Date by (y) the simple arithmetic average of the volume-weighted average price of Valvoline common stock for each of the ten consecutive trading days immediately following the Distribution Date (such quotient, the &quot;Equity Award Exchange Ratio&quot;) for each such share of restricted stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 24,443 shares of unvested restricted stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one (1) share of Valvoline common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Pursuant to the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement, the Reporting Person was entitled to receive the number of restricted stock units of Valvoline equal to the Equity Award Exchange Ratio for each such restricted stock unit.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The restricted stock units vest upon the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the Reporting Person's awards of restricted stock units of Ashland immediately prior to the Distribution.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Pursuant to the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement, the Reporting Person was entitled to receive the number of stock appreciation rights of Valvoline equal to the Equity Award Exchange Ratio for each such stock appreciation right, and the original strike price of $109.15 was converted to $20.29.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Fifty percent (50%) of the stock appreciation rights vest on November 16, 2017, twenty-five percent (25%) of the stock appreciation rights vest on November 16, 2018 and twenty-five percent (25%) of the stock appreciation rights vest on November 16, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Issa O. Yesufu, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-06-08</signatureDate>
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