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Stock Incentive Plans
 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]  
Stock Incentive Plans

NOTE O – STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS

 

The components of Ashland’s pre-tax stock-based compensation expense included in continuing operations are as follows:

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

Six months ended

 

 

March 31

 

 

March 31

 

(In millions)

2020 (a)

 

 

2019 (b)

 

 

2020 (a)

 

 

2019 (b)

 

SARs

$

1

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

4

 

Nonvested stock awards

 

3

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

10

 

Performance share awards

 

—

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

10

 

 

$

9

 

 

$

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

Included zero million and $1 million of expense related to cash-settled nonvested restricted stock awards during the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and zero million related to cash-settled performance units during the three and six months ended March 31, 2020.

 

 

(b)

Included $2 million and $3 million of expense related to cash-settled nonvested restricted stock awards during the three and six months ended March 31, 2019 and $2 million of expense related to cash-settled performance units during the three months ended March 31, 2019.