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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

NOTE T – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On October 8, 2019, Ashland announced that the Board of Directors elected Guillermo Novo as chairman and CEO of Ashland, effective December 31, 2019. William A. Wulfsohn will continue to serve as chairman and CEO through the end of this calendar year. Costs associated with this transition will be incurred in the first quarter of fiscal 2020.

On November 19, 2019, Ashland received notice that it was named as one of seventeen defendants in a lawsuit seeking roughly $100 million in monetary damages related to a plant fire at an Israeli facility. This claim allegedly relates to a product of Ashland’s now divested Composites business. Ashland is currently in the process of retaining outside counsel, reviewing the merits of the claim, and reviewing its contractual rights and obligations under the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement with respect to this matter. No reserves have been established for this lawsuit at this time.