Exhibit 99.6
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Performance Materials' gross profit)
3 Month Rolling Average (%) | ||||||
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
January | 23.4 | 22.3 | 21.0 | 17.3 | 21.3 | 20.5 |
February | 24.2 | 21.8 | 21.6 | 18.6 | 22.2 | 19.7 |
March | 26.0 | 20.9 | 21.8 | 20.7 | 22.9 | 20.5 |
April | 27.8 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 21.5 | 23.4 | 21.0 |
May | 28.1 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 24.2 | 21.4 |
June | 27.9 | 22.0 | 20.2 | 22.6 | 25.0 | 21.9 |
July | 26.7 | 22.2 | 20.0 | 22.7 | 24.6 | 21.2 |
August | 25.4 | 23.1 | 19.6 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 20.1 |
September | 24.7 | 21.6 | 17.7 | 21.2 | 20.3 | |
October | 24.8 | 22.2 | 16.9 | 21.6 | 20.4 | |
November | 24.4 | 21.7 | 16.8 | 20.9 | 20.8 | |
December | 23.8 | 22.6 | 16.6 | 21.6 | 21.1 |
12 Month Rolling Average (%) | ||||||
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
January | 22.7 | 25.4 | 21.7 | 18.9 | 21.8 | 22.2 |
February | 23.2 | 25.0 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 21.9 | 21.9 |
March | 23.8 | 24.4 | 22.0 | 18.8 | 22.1 | 21.7 |
April | 24.3 | 23.8 | 21.9 | 19.0 | 22.3 | 21.6 |
May | 24.8 | 23.1 | 21.8 | 19.3 | 22.5 | 21.2 |
June | 25.2 | 22.8 | 21.5 | 19.7 | 22.8 | 21.0 |
July | 25.5 | 22.6 | 21.3 | 19.9 | 22.8 | 20.8 |
August | 25.5 | 22.5 | 20.9 | 20.2 | 22.5 | 20.5 |
September | 25.8 | 22.1 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 22.5 | |
October | 25.7 | 22.0 | 19.8 | 20.9 | 22.4 | |
November | 25.6 | 21.9 | 19.5 | 21.1 | 22.5 | |
December | 25.6 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 21.6 | 22.3 |