Valvoline insider purchase: CEO acquires 4,500 VVV shares

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Valvoline Inc. (VVV) reported an insider stock purchase by its President & CEO, who is also a director. On 11/24/2025, the executive bought 4,500 shares of Valvoline common stock in an open market purchase at a price of $30.82 per share, as shown on Table I of the Form 4.

Following this transaction, the reporting person beneficially owns 69,267 shares of Valvoline common stock, held directly. This filing reflects the activity of a single reporting person and does not report any derivative securities activity in Table II.

Insights

Equity Compensation and Governance Analyst

CEO and director of Valvoline Inc. increased direct common stock holdings through an open-market purchase, modestly raising economic alignment with other shareholders.

The filing reports that the **President & CEO**, who is also a **director** of **Valvoline Inc.**, bought **4,500 shares** of common stock on 11/24/2025. The transaction code is "P," which denotes a purchase, at a reported price of $30.82 per share. After this trade, the reporting person directly owns **69,267 shares**, with ownership marked as **Direct (D)**.

This change increases the executive’s direct exposure to the company’s equity, since the total number of shares personally held rose by the amount purchased. The transaction involves only non-derivative common stock; Table II shows no derivative securities acquired or disposed of in this event. The form is filed by one reporting person, indicating this is an individual, not group, transaction.

From a monitoring standpoint, this is a straightforward insider purchase rather than a sale, and it involves the top executive role. Readers may track future Form 4 filings around and after 11/24/2025 to see whether this is part of a pattern of ongoing accumulation, or remains an isolated transaction in the person’s ownership history.

Insider Trade Summary

Net Buyer: 4,500 shares ($138,690)

Net Buy 1 txn

Insider Flees Lori Ann

Role President & CEO

Bought 4,500 shs ($139K)

Type	Security	Shares	Price	Value
Purchase	Common Stock	4,500	$30.82	$139K

Holdings After Transaction: Common Stock — 69,267 shares (Direct)

Footnotes (1)

Form 4 Insider Transactions: What Each Field Means →

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Flees Lori Ann

(Last) (First) (Middle)

100 VALVOLINE WAY

SUITE 100

(Street)

LEXINGTON KY 40509

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VALVOLINE INC [ VVV ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director		10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
	President & CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/24/2025

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	11/24/2025		P		4,500	A	$30.82	69,267	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

	/s/ Ian C. Lofwall, Attorney-in-Fact	11/25/2025
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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