Exhibit 99.7
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Performance Materials average sales per shipping day)
Average Sales per Shipping Day ($ in millions)*# | |||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| January | 6.061 | 6.040 | 4.403 | 4.901 | 5.212 |
| February | 5.593 | 6.446 | 4.042 | 4.856 | 5.113 |
| March | 5.965 | 6.494 | 3.896 | 4.746 | 5.142 |
| April | 6.637 | 6.552 | 3.966 | 5.659 | 5.449 |
| May | 6.112 | 6.741 | 4.024 | 5.718 | 5.731 |
| June | 6.313 | 6.612 | 4.176 | 5.604 | |
| July | 6.073 | 6.889 | 4.058 | 5.388 | |
| August | 6.642 | 6.254 | 3.822 | 5.078 | |
| September | 8.307 | 6.867 | 4.673 | 6.119 | |
| October | 5.968 | 6.074 | 4.505 | 5.585 | |
| November | 6.642 | 5.872 | 4.902 | 6.075 | |
| December | 5.318 | 3.738 | 3.764 | 4.129 | |
*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.