Exhibit 99.5
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Hercules Water Technologies sales)
| Monthly Sales ($ in millions)* | |||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| January | 66.8 | 73.7 | 147.3 | 146.4 | 151.9 |
| February | 61.3 | 71.5 | 144.1 | 142.1 | 148.1 |
| March | 61.5 | 72.3 | 141.3 | 160.2 | 170.8 |
| April | 66.0 | 82.9 | 145.8 | 128.5 | 157.0 |
| May | 67.7 | 76.9 | 141.5 | 142.9 | 163.0 |
| June | 67.1 | 84.5 | 148.8 | 159.6 | |
| July | 68.0 | 81.8 | 159.7 | 152.6 | |
| August | 96.8 | 68.3 | 151.3 | 149.5 | |
| September | 84.0 | 75.6 | 153.6 | 160.2 | |
| October | 70.8 | 71.1 | 148.2 | 143.7 | |
| November | 69.3 | 107.9 | 150.3 | 152.7 | |
| December | 65.4 | 139.4 | 144.8 | 154.3 |
| 12 Month Rolling Average ($ in millions)* | |||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| January | 51.4 | 71.0 | 89.9 | 148.1 | 149.9 |
| February | 53.8 | 71.8 | 96.0 | 147.9 | 150.4 |
| March | 56.1 | 72.7 | 101.8 | 149.4 | 151.2 |
| April | 58.5 | 74.1 | 107.0 | 148.0 | 153.6 |
| May | 61.3 | 74.9 | 112.4 | 148.1 | 155.3 |
| June | 63.4 | 76.3 | 117.7 | 149.0 | |
| July | 64.0 | 77.5 | 124.2 | 148.4 | |
| August | 66.7 | 75.1 | 131.1 | 148.2 | |
| September | 68.2 | 74.4 | 137.7 | 148.8 | |
| October | 69.1 | 74.4 | 144.2 | 148.4 | |
| November | 70.2 | 77.7 | 147.6 | 148.6 | |
| December | 70.4 | 83.8 | 148.1 | 149.4 |
*NOTE: Information from October 2008 and prior does not include the Paper Technologies and Ventures operations of Hercules acquired on November 13, 2008. 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.