Exhibit 99.12
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Consumer Markets (Valvoline) gross profit)
| 3 Month Rolling Average (%)* | |||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| January | 21.4 | 24.5 | 24.2 | 23.6 | 33.1 |
| February | 21.6 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 29.1 | 32.4 |
| March | 22.0 | 25.6 | 24.4 | 32.2 | 33.0 |
| April | 21.4 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 36.5 | 32.8 |
| May | 20.4 | 25.3 | 24.6 | 36.2 | 33.8 |
| June | 20.2 | 25.1 | 23.9 | 37.5 | 32.4 |
| July | 19.6 | 25.9 | 21.8 | 37.2 | 31.3 |
| August | 19.0 | 25.5 | 19.5 | 36.8 | 29.9 |
| September | 16.0 | 24.6 | 19.2 | 35.5 | |
| October | 17.9 | 24.3 | 20.1 | 34.4 | |
| November | 19.7 | 24.6 | 21.1 | 33.6 | |
| December | 23.8 | 24.7 | 21.8 | 33.9 |
| 12 Month Rolling Average (%)* | |||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| January | 25.1 | 20.7 | 24.9 | 22.4 | 35.4 |
| February | 24.7 | 21.0 | 24.9 | 23.4 | 34.9 |
| March | 23.9 | 21.4 | 24.7 | 24.2 | 35.0 |
| April | 23.2 | 21.7 | 24.8 | 25.5 | 34.4 |
| May | 22.6 | 22.3 | 24.7 | 26.4 | 34.2 |
| June | 22.4 | 22.6 | 24.4 | 27.7 | 33.7 |
| July | 21.7 | 23.3 | 23.7 | 29.5 | 32.9 |
| August | 20.9 | 23.9 | 23.1 | 31.0 | 32.4 |
| September | 19.9 | 24.8 | 23.0 | 32.0 | |
| October | 20.0 | 25.0 | 22.6 | 33.3 | |
| November | 20.1 | 25.1 | 22.2 | 34.1 | |
| December | 20.4 | 25.0 | 22.3 | 34.8 |
*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.