Exhibit 99.4
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Hercules Water Technologies average sales per shipping day)
| Average Sales per Shipping Day ($ in millions)* | |||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| January | 3.038 | 3.351 | 7.014 | 7.320 | 7.599 |
| February | 3.064 | 3.403 | 7.206 | 7.106 | 7.403 |
| March | 2.797 | 3.613 | 6.422 | 6.967 | 7.425 |
| April | 3.299 | 3.767 | 6.945 | 6.121 | 7.476 |
| May | 3.079 | 3.662 | 7.075 | 7.146 | 7.763 |
| June | 3.193 | 4.022 | 6.959 | 7.255 | 7.710 |
| July | 3.238 | 3.720 | 7.260 | 7.266 | 7.983 |
| August | 4.209 | 3.251 | 7.203 | 6.794 | |
| September | 4.420 | 3.598 | 7.314 | 7.630 | |
| October | 3.077 | 3.090 | 6.737 | 6.843 | |
| November | 3.467 | 5.994 | 7.911 | 7.633 | |
| December | 3.445 | 6.640 | 6.895 | 7.347 | |
*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.