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EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2

AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE 
 TO
THE 
 ASHLAND INC. EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN 

As Amended and Restated Generally Effective January 1, 2011 

WHEREAS, Ashland Inc. established the Ashland Inc. Employee Savings Plan (the “Plan”) originally effective June
1, 1964 for the benefit of employees eligible to participate therein; 
 WHEREAS, Article 20 of the Plan, reserves to
Ashland Inc. the right to further amend the Plan; and 
 WHEREAS, Ashland Inc. desires to make amendments to the Plan.

 NOW, THEREFORE, Ashland Inc. does hereby amend the Plan, effective as set forth below in accordance
with the following terms and conditions: 
 1. Effective as of July 1, 2012, Section 2.1(a) of the Plan shall be restated in its entirety as
follows: 
 (a) “Account” shall mean the Member’s Account established under the Plan reflecting
the Member’s entire interest in one or more of the following subaccounts: Before-Tax Contribution Account, Roth 401(k) Contributions Account, Matching Contribution Account, Basic Retirement Contribution Account, and Performance Retirement
Contribution Account. 
 2. Effective as of July 1, 2012, Section 2.1 of the Plan shall be amended by inserting the following
definitions alphabetically and renumbering the remainder of the Section 2.1: 

“Before-Tax Contributions” shall mean a Member’s Salary
Redirection Contribution which is not subject to income tax at the time deferred and has been irrevocably designated as Before-Tax Contributions by the Member in her his or her Salary Reduction Agreement. A Member’s Before-Tax Contributions
will be separately accounted for, as will gains and losses attributable to those Before Tax Contribution. 

“Before-Tax Contributions Account” shall
mean the portion of a Member’s Account attributable to Before-Tax Contributions allocated to the Trust on behalf of a Member. 

“Roth 401(k) Contributions” shall mean a
Member’s Salary Redirection Contributions that are includible in the Member’s gross income at the time deferred and has been irrevocably designated as Roth 401(k) Contributions by the Member in his or her Salary Reduction Agreement. A
Member’s Roth 401(k) Contributions will be separately accounted for, as will gains and losses attributable to those Roth 401(k) Contributions. However, forfeitures may not be allocated to such account. 

 “Roth 401(k) Contributions
Account” shall mean the portion of Member’s Account attributable to Roth 401(k) Contributions allocated to the Trust on behalf of a Member. 

“Salary Reduction Contribution” shall
mean Before Tax Contributions and Roth 401(k) Contributions. 
 3. Effective as of July 1, 2012, Section 4.1 of the Plan shall be amended to
add the following to the end thereof to read as follows: 
 (12)
Ordering Rules for Distributions. The Plan Administrator operationally may implement an ordering rule procedure for
withdrawals (including, but not limited to, hardship or other in-service withdrawals) from a Member’s accounts attributable to Before-Tax Contributions or Roth 401(k) Contributions. Such ordering rules may specify whether the Before-Tax
Contributions or Roth 401(k) Contributions are distributed first. Furthermore, such procedure may permit the Member to elect which type of contributions shall be distributed first. 

(13)
Corrective Distributions Attributable to Roth 401(k) 
Contributions. For any Plan Year in which a Member may make both Roth 401(k) Contributions and Before -Tax Contributions, the Plan Administrator operationally may
implement an ordering rule procedure for the distribution of excess deferrals as described in Section 5.3 of the Plan, excess contributions as described in 5.1 of the Plan, excess aggregate contributions as described in 5.2(b) of the Plan and excess
annual additions as described under Section 6.1 of the Plan. Such ordering rules may specify whether Before-Tax Contributions or Roth 401(k) Contributions are distributed first, to the extent such type of Salary Reduction Contributions was made for
the year. Furthermore, such procedure may permit the Member to elect which type of Salary Reduction Contribution shall be distributed first. 

(14) Loans. The Plan Administrator may modify the Plan loan policy to provide limitations on the ability to borrow
from, or use as security, a Member’s Roth 401(k) Contribution Account. Similarly, the loan policy may be modified to provide for an ordering rule with respect to the default of a loan that is made from the Member’s Roth 401(k) Contribution
Account and other accounts under the Plan. 
 (15) Operational Compliance. The
Plan Administrator will administer Roth 401(k) Contributions in accordance with applicable regulations or other binding authority not reflected in this Amendment. Any applicable regulations or other binding authority shall supersede any contrary
provisions of this Amendment. 
 4. Effective March 1, 2012, Section 7.7(c) of the Plan shall be amended to replace the phrase
“50%” with the phrase “95%” therein. 
 5. In all other respects, the Plan shall remain unchanged. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the sponsoring
company has caused this Amendment Number One to the Plan to be executed this 28th day of February, 2012. 
  

									
	ATTEST:	 		 	ASHLAND INC.
				
	 /s/ Linda L. Foss
	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Susan B. Esler
	Secretary	 		 		 	

  
 3EX-4.3

 Exhibit 4.3

AMENDMENT TO THE 

ASHLAND INC. EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN 

WHEREAS, Ashland Inc. (the “Corporation”) established the Ashland Inc. Employee Savings Plan (the “Plan”) originally effective as
of June 1, 1964 for the benefit of employees eligible to participate therein; and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 20 of the Plan, the Corporation, as
sponsor of the Plan, has retained the authority to amend the Plan at any time in whole or in part; and 
 WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to further
modify the Plan; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of January 1, 2013: 

I. The Plan shall be amended by restating Section 20.4 to read as follows: 

20.4 Military Leave. 
 (a) Notwithstanding any provisions
of the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Code section 414(u) and all other applicable law. A Member who returns to work from qualified
military service may make up contributions missed while on military leave. These contributions are in addition to other allowable contributions under the Plan. The Member has until the earlier of (1) the period equal to three times the period
of qualified military service or (2) five years. The Participating Company contributions that would have been paid with respect to such Member contributions under the provisions of Article 7 of the Plan at the particular time applicable will also be
contributed with respect to a Member’s make-up contributions. These Participating Company contributions are in addition to any other such contributions made with respect to the Member’s contributions for the present Plan Year. While on a
qualified military leave a Member is considered to earn the rate of Compensation he or she would have received if he or she had not been engaged in qualified military service. If this cannot be determined with reasonable certainty, then the
Member’s deemed Compensation would be the average of the Member’s Compensation for the 12 months preceding the qualified military service (or period of employment if shorter than 12 months). 

(b) A Member who is on active military duty for more than 30 days as defined in the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Act of 2008 may elect to receive a
distribution from his or her Salary Reduction Contribution Account; provided, however that such Members may not make any Salary Reduction Contribution or other employee contributions for 6 months following such a withdrawal. 

(c) A Member who is, by reason of being a member of a reserve component (as defined in section 101 of title 37 of the United States Code), ordered or called
to active duty for a period in excess of 179 days or for an indefinite period after September 11, 200 I may request a withdrawal of all or any part of his or her Salary Reduction Contributions, but not the earnings

 
attributable to such amounts. Such withdrawal may be made no earlier than the date of such order or call and no later than the close of the active duty period. In the event that a Member makes a
Qualified Reservist Withdrawal, he or she shall not be permitted to elect to have Salary Reduction Contributions contributed to the Plan or any other plan maintained by a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company for a period of 6 months
following the receipt of the Qualified Reservist Withdrawal. For purposes of the preceding sentence, other plans shall include all qualified and non-qualified plans of deferred compensation maintained by a Participating Company or an Affiliated
Company, other than the mandatory employee contribution portion of a defined benefit plan or a health or welfare plan, including a plan covered by Code Section 125. 
  

	II.	In all other respect, the Plan shall remain unchanged. 

 IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this amendment to the Plan to be executed this     day of             , 2012. 

 

									
	ATTEST:	 		 	ASHLAND INC.
				
	 	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Susan B. Esler
	Secretary	 		 	Title:	 	Chief HR & Communication Oficer

  
 -2-EX-4.4

 Exhibit 4.4

AMENDMENT TO THE 

ASHLAND INC. EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN 

WHEREAS, Ashland Inc. (the “Corporation”) established the Ashland Inc. Employee Savings Plan (the “Plan”)
originally effective as of June 1, 1964 for the benefit of employees eligible to participate therein; and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to
Article 20 of the Plan, the Corporation, as sponsor of the Plan, has retained the authority to amend the Plan at any time in whole or in part; and 

WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act for federal tax law purposes;
consequently, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Ruling 2013-17 and Notice 2014-19 detailing the rules for identifying same-sex spouses in a qualified retirement plan (collectively, the “Guidance”); and 

WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to amend the Plan to conform to the Guidance; and 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Plan is amended
retroactively to be effective as of June 26, 2013 as follows: 
 I. The following definition of Spouse shall be added to Section 2.1 of the Plan: 

“Spouse” shall mean the spouse of a Member determined by Federal law applicable to Code §401(a) as announced in
Revenue Ruling 2013-17 and Notice 2014-19; provided that to the extent required by a qualified domestic relations order pursuant to the terms of this Plan, a former Spouse of the Member shall be treated as the Spouse of the Member. 

 

	II.	The term “spouse” wherever found in the Plan shall be amended to be a capitalized word and carry with it the definition of Spouse as provided herein. 

 

	III.	In all other respects, the Plan shall remain unchanged. 

 [signature page immediately follows] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this amendment to the Plan to be executed
this 26 day of Sept., 2014. 
  

									
	ATTEST:	 		 	ASHLAND INC.
				
	/s/ Peter J. Ganz	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Robin Swanson
	Secretary	 		 		 	Director, Global HR Opns. & Benefits

  
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