Exhibit 99.8
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Water Technologies revenue)
Monthly Sales ($ in millions) | ||||||
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
January | 26.2 | 29.2 | 32.1 | 32.6 | 66.8 | 73.7 |
February | 28.6 | 28.7 | 30.6 | 33.6 | 61.3 | 71.5 |
March | 28.0 | 31.5 | 33.2 | 33.9 | 61.5 | 72.3 |
April | 28.5 | 31.3 | 34.1 | 36.8 | 66.0 | 82.9 |
May | 28.8 | 30.3 | 32.8 | 34.2 | 67.7 | 76.9 |
June | 28.6 | 29.6 | 33.8 | 42.1 | 67.1 | 84.5 |
July | 29.6 | 32.4 | 33.3 | 60.9 | 68.0 | 81.8 |
August | 30.0 | 31.4 | 35.0 | 64.2 | 96.8 | 68.3 |
September | 29.9 | 31.9 | 36.6 | 66.2 | 84.0 | 75.6 |
October | 28.8 | 30.2 | 31.7 | 58.9 | 70.8 | 71.1 |
November | 28.3 | 30.7 | 32.8 | 57.1 | 69.3 | 63.4 |
December | 27.1 | 32.1 | 32.3 | 62.6 | 65.4 |
12 Month Rolling Average ($ in millions) | ||||||
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
January | 26.6 | 28.8 | 31.0 | 33.2 | 51.4 | 71.0 |
February | 26.9 | 28.8 | 31.2 | 33.5 | 53.8 | 71.8 |
March | 27.3 | 29.1 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 56.1 | 72.7 |
April | 27.4 | 29.3 | 31.5 | 33.8 | 58.5 | 74.1 |
May | 27.6 | 29.4 | 31.8 | 33.9 | 61.3 | 74.9 |
June | 27.8 | 29.5 | 32.1 | 34.6 | 63.4 | 76.3 |
July | 27.9 | 29.8 | 32.2 | 36.9 | 64.0 | 77.5 |
August | 28.0 | 29.9 | 32.5 | 39.3 | 66.7 | 75.1 |
September | 28.1 | 30.0 | 32.9 | 41.8 | 68.2 | 74.4 |
October | 28.2 | 30.2 | 33.0 | 44.0 | 69.1 | 74.4 |
November | 28.4 | 30.4 | 33.2 | 46.1 | 70.2 | 73.9 |
December | 28.5 | 30.8 | 33.2 | 48.6 | 70.4 |