Exhibit 99.8
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Performance Materials sales)
| Monthly Sales ($ in millions)* | |||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| January | 110.4 | 133.3 | 132.9 | 92.5 | 98.0 |
| February | 116.3 | 111.6 | 135.4 | 80.8 | 97.1 |
| March | 119.6 | 131.2 | 129.9 | 85.7 | 109.1 |
| April | 117.0 | 132.7 | 144.2 | 83.3 | 118.8 |
| May | 124.1 | 134.5 | 141.6 | 80.5 | |
| June | 128.6 | 132.6 | 138.9 | 91.8 | |
| July | 117.7 | 127.5 | 151.6 | 89.3 | |
| August | 126.5 | 152.8 | 131.3 | 80.3 | |
| September | 113.3 | 157.8 | 144.2 | 98.1 | |
| October | 132.8 | 137.3 | 139.7 | 99.1 | |
| November | 123.0 | 132.8 | 105.7 | 93.2 | |
| December | 110.2 | 101.0 | 78.5 | 79.0 |
| 12 Month Rolling Average ($ in millions)* | |||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| January | 118.4 | 121.9 | 132.1 | 127.8 | 88.3 |
| February | 118.8 | 121.5 | 134.0 | 123.2 | 89.6 |
| March | 118.5 | 122.4 | 133.9 | 119.6 | 91.6 |
| April | 117.8 | 123.8 | 134.9 | 114.5 | 94.5 |
| May | 117.3 | 124.6 | 135.5 | 109.4 | |
| June | 117.4 | 125.0 | 136.0 | 105.5 | |
| July | 118.1 | 125.8 | 138.0 | 100.3 | |
| August | 118.5 | 128.0 | 136.2 | 96.0 | |
| September | 118.8 | 131.7 | 135.1 | 92.2 | |
| October | 119.4 | 132.1 | 135.3 | 88.8 | |
| November | 119.6 | 132.9 | 133.0 | 87.8 | |
| December | 120.0 | 132.1 | 131.1 | 87.8 |
*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.