Exhibit 99.5
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Performance Materials' revenue)
Monthly Sales ($, millions) | ||||||
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
January | 57.4 | 62.8 | 66.3 | 103.5 | 110.4 | 133.3 |
February | 65.9 | 69.1 | 85.5 | 111.9 | 116.3 | 111.6 |
March | 64.5 | 73.8 | 87.7 | 122.5 | 119.6 | 131.2 |
April | 73.6 | 78.0 | 91.2 | 125.8 | 117.0 | 132.7 |
May | 73.9 | 75.5 | 85.7 | 129.9 | 124.1 | 134.5 |
June | 72.3 | 80.0 | 98.0 | 127.9 | 128.6 | 132.6 |
July | 68.1 | 74.5 | 89.8 | 108.5 | 117.7 | |
August | 71.9 | 80.2 | 94.3 | 121.7 | 126.5 | |
September | 68.5 | 66.4 | 89.5 | 110.5 | 113.3 | |
October | 78.9 | 87.1 | 103.6 | 125.1 | 132.8 | |
November | 70.2 | 74.6 | 105.2 | 120.6 | 123.0 | |
December | 65.5 | 76.6 | 97.7 | 106.1 | 110.2 |
12 Month Sales Rolling Average ($, millions) | ||||||
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
January | 65.5 | 69.7 | 75.2 | 94.3 | 118.4 | 121.9 |
February | 66.1 | 70.0 | 76.5 | 96.5 | 118.8 | 121.5 |
March | 65.9 | 70.7 | 77.7 | 99.4 | 118.5 | 122.4 |
April | 66.8 | 71.1 | 78.8 | 102.3 | 117.8 | 123.8 |
May | 67.6 | 71.2 | 79.6 | 106.0 | 117.3 | 124.6 |
June | 67.2 | 71.9 | 81.1 | 108.4 | 117.4 | 125.0 |
July | 67.2 | 72.4 | 82.4 | 110.0 | 118.1 | |
August | 67.4 | 73.1 | 83.6 | 112.3 | 118.5 | |
September | 67.9 | 72.9 | 85.5 | 114.1 | 118.8 | |
October | 68.2 | 73.6 | 86.9 | 115.8 | 119.4 | |
November | 68.6 | 74.0 | 89.4 | 117.1 | 119.6 | |
December | 69.2 | 74.9 | 91.2 | 117.8 | 120.0 |