Exhibit 99.9
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Performance Materials gross profit)
3 Month Rolling Average (%)* | |||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
January | 17.3 | 21.3 | 20.5 | 17.3 | 17.1 |
February | 18.6 | 22.2 | 19.7 | 17.1 | 17.9 |
March | 20.7 | 22.9 | 20.5 | 18.1 | 19.5 |
April | 21.5 | 23.4 | 21.0 | 18.5 | |
May | 21.6 | 24.2 | 21.4 | 18.1 | |
June | 22.6 | 25.0 | 21.9 | 17.5 | |
July | 22.7 | 24.6 | 21.2 | 16.1 | |
August | 22.9 | 22.8 | 20.1 | 14.6 | |
September | 21.2 | 20.3 | 18.1 | 14.6 | |
October | 21.6 | 20.4 | 18.4 | 14.8 | |
November | 20.9 | 20.8 | 18.7 | 16.1 | |
December | 21.6 | 21.1 | 18.2 | 15.9 |
12 Month Rolling Average (%)* | |||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
January | 18.9 | 21.8 | 22.2 | 19.4 | 16.6 |
February | 18.9 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 19.4 | 16.5 |
March | 18.8 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 19.1 | 16.6 |
April | 19.0 | 22.3 | 21.6 | 18.9 | |
May | 19.3 | 22.5 | 21.2 | 18.5 | |
June | 19.7 | 22.8 | 21.0 | 18.0 | |
July | 19.9 | 22.8 | 20.8 | 17.6 | |
August | 20.2 | 22.5 | 20.5 | 17.1 | |
September | 20.4 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 17.0 | |
October | 20.9 | 22.4 | 20.2 | 16.7 | |
November | 21.1 | 22.5 | 20.0 | 16.5 | |
December | 21.6 | 22.3 | 19.6 | 16.6 |
*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.