Exhibit 99.8
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Water Technologies Revenue)
Monthly Sales ($, millions) | ||||||
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
January | 25.9 | 26.2 | 29.2 | 32.1 | 32.6 | 66.8 |
February | 25.2 | 28.6 | 28.7 | 30.6 | 33.6 | 61.3 |
March | 23.7 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 33.2 | 33.9 | 61.5 |
April | 26.6 | 28.5 | 31.3 | 34.1 | 36.8 | 66.0 |
May | 26.5 | 28.8 | 30.3 | 32.8 | 34.2 | 67.7 |
June | 26.7 | 28.6 | 29.6 | 33.8 | 42.1 | 67.1 |
July | 27.5 | 29.6 | 32.4 | 33.3 | 60.9 | |
August | 29.0 | 30.0 | 31.4 | 35.0 | 64.2 | |
September | 29.3 | 29.9 | 31.9 | 36.6 | 66.2 | |
October | 26.8 | 28.8 | 30.2 | 31.7 | 58.9 | |
November | 25.8 | 28.3 | 30.7 | 32.8 | 57.1 | |
December | 26.1 | 27.1 | 32.1 | 32.3 | 62.6 |
12 Month Sales Rolling Average ($, millions) | ||||||
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
January | 25.8 | 26.6 | 28.8 | 31.0 | 33.2 | 51.4 |
February | 25.7 | 26.9 | 28.8 | 31.2 | 33.5 | 53.8 |
March | 25.6 | 27.3 | 29.1 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 56.1 |
April | 25.8 | 27.4 | 29.3 | 31.5 | 33.8 | 58.5 |
May | 25.8 | 27.6 | 29.4 | 31.8 | 33.9 | 61.3 |
June | 25.9 | 27.8 | 29.5 | 32.1 | 34.6 | 63.4 |
July | 26.0 | 27.9 | 29.8 | 32.2 | 36.9 | |
August | 26.2 | 28.0 | 29.9 | 32.5 | 39.3 | |
September | 26.3 | 28.1 | 30.0 | 32.9 | 41.8 | |
October | 26.4 | 28.2 | 30.2 | 33.0 | 44.0 | |
November | 26.5 | 28.4 | 30.4 | 33.2 | 46.1 | |
December | 26.6 | 28.5 | 30.8 | 33.2 | 48.6 |