Exhibit 99.12
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Consumer Markets gross profit)
| 3 Month Rolling Average (%)* | |||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| January | 24.5 | 24.2 | 23.6 | 33.1 | 29.6 |
| February | 25.1 | 24.0 | 29.1 | 32.4 | 29.0 |
| March | 25.6 | 24.4 | 32.2 | 33.0 | 29.3 |
| April | 25.1 | 24.6 | 36.5 | 32.8 | 29.4 |
| May | 25.3 | 24.6 | 36.2 | 33.8 | 28.1 |
| June | 25.1 | 23.9 | 37.5 | 32.4 | 26.6 |
| July | 25.9 | 21.8 | 37.2 | 31.3 | 25.2 |
| August | 25.5 | 19.5 | 36.8 | 29.9 | 25.3 |
| September | 24.6 | 19.2 | 35.5 | 28.9 | 23.0 |
| October | 24.3 | 20.1 | 34.4 | 29.8 | 23.4 |
| November | 24.6 | 21.1 | 33.6 | 30.0 | 23.7 |
| December | 24.7 | 21.8 | 33.9 | 30.9 |
| 12 Month Rolling Average (%)* | |||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| January | 20.7 | 24.9 | 22.4 | 35.4 | 30.9 |
| February | 21.0 | 24.9 | 23.4 | 34.9 | 30.7 |
| March | 21.4 | 24.7 | 24.2 | 35.0 | 30.4 |
| April | 21.7 | 24.8 | 25.5 | 34.4 | 30.0 |
| May | 22.3 | 24.7 | 26.4 | 34.2 | 29.2 |
| June | 22.6 | 24.4 | 27.7 | 33.7 | 28.8 |
| July | 23.3 | 23.7 | 29.5 | 32.9 | 28.4 |
| August | 23.9 | 23.1 | 31.0 | 32.4 | 28.0 |
| September | 24.8 | 23.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 27.3 |
| October | 25.0 | 22.6 | 33.3 | 31.7 | 26.8 |
| November | 25.1 | 22.2 | 34.1 | 31.5 | 26.5 |
| December | 25.0 | 22.3 | 34.8 | 31.3 |
*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.