Exhibit 99.9
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Performance Materials gross profit)
| 3 Month Rolling Average (%)*# | |||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| January | 20.5 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 16.5 | 13.0 |
| February | 19.7 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 16.2 | 10.9 |
| March | 20.5 | 18.1 | 19.5 | 16.5 | 12.0 |
| April | 21.0 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 16.8 | |
| May | 21.4 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 16.6 | |
| June | 21.9 | 17.5 | 16.9 | 16.7 | |
| July | 21.2 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 16.9 | |
| August | 20.1 | 14.6 | 17.0 | 17.9 | |
| September | 18.1 | 14.6 | 16.0 | 12.8 | |
| October | 18.4 | 14.8 | 16.7 | 12.6 | |
| November | 18.7 | 16.1 | 17.8 | 11.5 | |
| December | 18.2 | 15.9 | 18.4 | 14.6 |
| 12 Month Rolling Average (%)*# | |||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| January | 22.2 | 19.4 | 16.6 | 17.4 | 14.8 |
| February | 21.9 | 19.4 | 16.5 | 17.2 | 14.3 |
| March | 21.7 | 19.1 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 14.1 |
| April | 21.6 | 18.9 | 16.5 | 16.9 | |
| May | 21.2 | 18.5 | 16.3 | 16.9 | |
| June | 21.0 | 18.0 | 16.4 | 16.9 | |
| July | 20.8 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 16.8 | |
| August | 20.5 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.1 | |
| September | 20.3 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | |
| October | 20.2 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 15.6 | |
| November | 20.0 | 16.5 | 17.7 | 15.4 | |
| December | 19.6 | 16.6 | 17.7 | 15.1 |
*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.
#NOTE: On November 30, 2010, the Castings Solutions business was contributed into an expanded joint venture with Süd-Chemie and is no longer reflected in these numbers from December 2010 moving forward.