Exhibit 99.5
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Performance Materials revenue)
Monthly Sales ($ in millions) | ||||||
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
January | 62.8 | 66.3 | 103.5 | 110.4 | 133.3 | 132.9 |
February | 69.1 | 85.5 | 111.9 | 116.3 | 111.6 | 135.4 |
March | 73.8 | 87.7 | 122.5 | 119.6 | 131.2 | 129.9 |
April | 78.0 | 91.2 | 125.8 | 117.0 | 132.7 | 144.2 |
May | 75.5 | 85.7 | 129.9 | 124.1 | 134.5 | 141.6 |
June | 80.0 | 98.0 | 127.9 | 128.6 | 132.6 | 138.9 |
July | 74.5 | 89.8 | 108.5 | 117.7 | 127.5 | 151.6 |
August | 80.2 | 94.3 | 121.7 | 126.5 | 152.8 | 131.3 |
September | 66.4 | 89.5 | 110.5 | 113.3 | 157.8 | 144.2 |
October | 87.1 | 103.6 | 125.1 | 132.8 | 137.3 | 139.7 |
November | 74.6 | 105.2 | 120.6 | 123.0 | 132.8 | |
December | 76.6 | 97.7 | 106.1 | 110.2 | 101.0 |
12 Month Rolling Average ($ in millions) | ||||||
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
January | 69.7 | 75.2 | 94.3 | 118.4 | 121.9 | 132.1 |
February | 70.0 | 76.5 | 96.5 | 118.8 | 121.5 | 134.0 |
March | 70.7 | 77.7 | 99.4 | 118.5 | 122.4 | 133.9 |
April | 71.1 | 78.8 | 102.3 | 117.8 | 123.8 | 134.9 |
May | 71.2 | 79.6 | 106.0 | 117.3 | 124.6 | 135.5 |
June | 71.9 | 81.1 | 108.4 | 117.4 | 125.0 | 136.0 |
July | 72.4 | 82.4 | 110.0 | 118.1 | 125.8 | 138.0 |
August | 73.1 | 83.6 | 112.3 | 118.5 | 128.0 | 136.2 |
September | 72.9 | 85.5 | 114.1 | 118.8 | 131.7 | 135.1 |
October | 73.6 | 86.9 | 115.8 | 119.4 | 132.1 | 135.3 |
November | 74.0 | 89.4 | 117.1 | 119.6 | 132.9 | |
December | 74.9 | 91.2 | 117.8 | 120.0 | 132.1 |