Exhibit 99.1
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Specialty Ingredients sales)
| Monthly Sales ($ in millions)* | |||||
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| January | 70.6 | 60.1 | 74.9 | 76.3 | 215.8 |
| February | 86.0 | 72.3 | 67.7 | 81.4 | 236.3 |
| March | 98.9 | 90.5 | 97.5 | 112.2 | 270.9 |
| April | 89.1 | 65.6 | 56.1 | 86.8 | 252.9 |
| May | 96.8 | 74.8 | 78.9 | 100.8 | 280.3 |
| June | 116.7 | 92.3 | 91.9 | 115.8 | 259.9 |
| July | 77.7 | 67.2 | 68.6 | 94.0 | 251.3 |
| August | 99.0 | 79.1 | 77.7 | 106.6 | 226.8 |
| September | 112.2 | 90.3 | 92.7 | 109.4 | 255.7 |
| October | 71.9 | 67.2 | 68.2 | 206.0 | |
| November | 79.3 | 73.2 | 68.4 | 215.0 | |
| December | 80.1 | 69.1 | 79.2 | 206.9 |
| 12 Month Rolling Average ($ in millions)* | |||||
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| January | 82.8 | 89.0 | 76.4 | 76.9 | 137.5 |
| February | 83.3 | 87.8 | 76.0 | 78.1 | 150.5 |
| March | 85.2 | 87.1 | 76.6 | 79.3 | 163.7 |
| April | 87.1 | 85.2 | 75.8 | 81.9 | 177.5 |
| May | 87.1 | 83.4 | 76.1 | 83.7 | 192.5 |
| June | 88.7 | 81.3 | 76.1 | 85.7 | 204.5 |
| July | 88.6 | 80.5 | 76.2 | 87.8 | 217.6 |
| August | 89.7 | 78.8 | 76.1 | 90.2 | 227.6 |
| September | 91.3 | 77.0 | 76.3 | 91.6 | 239.8 |
| October | 91.2 | 76.6 | 76.4 | 103.1 | |
| November | 90.4 | 76.0 | 76.0 | 115.3 | |
| December | 89.9 | 75.1 | 76.8 | 125.9 |
*NOTE: All information presented subsequent to September 2011 includes activity related to ISP, which was acquired on August 23, 2011. Information from October 2008 and prior represent the pre-acquisition operations of Hercules' Aqualon Group acquired on November 13, 2008. The 12 month rolling sales average will continue to include pre-acquisition results through November 2009.