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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:98.563%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.156%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.002%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td 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1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Emerging growth company</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric 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accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">☐</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:97.844%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.780%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.244%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:88.556%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Item 2.02.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Results of Operations and Financial Condition</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On August 3, 2022, Valvoline Inc. (“</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Valvoline</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">”) issued a press release ("</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Press Release</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">") announcing its financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended June 30, 2022. A copy of Valvoline's Press Release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K (“</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Form 8-K</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">”) as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.244%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:88.556%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Item 7.01.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Regulation FD Disclosure</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On August 3, 2022, Valvoline will make the Press Release available on its website located at </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">http://investors.valvoline.com</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">. On August 4, 2022, Valvoline will make available a webcast and slide presentation relating to the Press Release on Valvoline’s website located at </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">http://investors.valvoline.com</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.281%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.740%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.957%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.903%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Item 9.01.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Financial Statements and Exhibits</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(d)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">  </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Exhibits</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.1</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="#q3-2022earningsrelease.htm">Press Release dated August 3, 2022.</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">104</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) </span></td></tr></table></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In connection with the disclosures set forth in Items 2.02 and 7.01, the information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibits attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Exchange Act</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibits, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing. This Form 8-K will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Form 8-K that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:23pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:97.844%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.421%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.305%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.974%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">VALVOLINE INC.</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date: August 3, 2022</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By: </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Mary E. Meixelsperger</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Mary E. Meixelsperger</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Financial Officer</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>