“PRELIMINARY DATA”
Exhibit 99.16
(Text of Graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Distribution revenue)
Monthly Sales ($ in millions)* | |||||
# | |||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
January | 304 | 335 | 340 | 378 | 253 |
February | 311 | 328 | 327 | 353 | |
March | 342 | 366 | 341 | 351 | |
April | 328 | 324 | 332 | 381 | |
May | 329 | 362 | 350 | 374 | |
June | 329 | 364 | 344 | 396 | |
July | 295 | 324 | 335 | 396 | |
August | 334 | 366 | 386 | 378 | |
September | 343 | 334 | 329 | 377 | |
October | 333 | 352 | 371 | 372 | |
November | 334 | 331 | 343 | 266 | |
December | 300 | 265 | 276 | 215 |
12 Month Rolling Average ($ in millions)* | |||||
# | |||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
January | 288 | 326 | 338 | 343 | 343 |
February | 293 | 328 | 338 | 345 | |
March | 297 | 330 | 336 | 346 | |
April | 301 | 329 | 337 | 350 | |
May | 306 | 332 | 336 | 352 | |
June | 309 | 335 | 334 | 356 | |
July | 311 | 337 | 335 | 361 | |
August | 314 | 340 | 336 | 361 | |
September | 318 | 339 | 336 | 365 | |
October | 320 | 341 | 338 | 365 | |
November | 323 | 341 | 339 | 358 | |
December | 324 | 338 | 340 | 353 |
*NOTE: August and September 2007 information (and 3 and 12 month rolling averages that contain August and September 2007 information) is affected by the 13 month foreign reporting impact described on the Business Fundamentals page of this website.
# - January 2009 data is currently a preliminary estimate until Ashland completes its monthly close process and files an updated Form 8-K at the end of February 2009.