Exhibit 99.3
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Specialty Ingredients volume in metric tons)
| Metric Tons (in thousands)* | |||||
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| January | 13.7 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 31.4 |
| February | 16.5 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 13.1 | 35.9 |
| March | 18.4 | 21.4 | 17.5 | 17.7 | 37.3 |
| April | 16.8 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 13.6 | 32.5 |
| May | 18.0 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 36.9 |
| June | 21.7 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 34.9 |
| July | 15.1 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 34.0 |
| August | 17.9 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 16.1 | 30.6 |
| September | 20.2 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 32.0 |
| October | 13.3 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 29.6 | |
| November | 15.2 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 30.8 | |
| December | 15.8 | 12.2 | 14.2 | 29.6 |
| 12 Month Rolling Average (in thousands)* | |||||
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| January | 16.5 | 16.7 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 20.5 |
| February | 16.6 | 16.4 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 22.4 |
| March | 16.9 | 16.7 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 24.0 |
| April | 17.1 | 16.3 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 25.6 |
| May | 17.1 | 15.9 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 27.4 |
| June | 17.3 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 28.8 |
| July | 17.3 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 30.5 |
| August | 17.2 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 14.6 | 31.7 |
| September | 17.4 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 14.6 | 33.0 |
| October | 17.3 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 16.0 | |
| November | 17.0 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 17.6 | |
| December | 16.9 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 18.8 | |
*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 average will continue to include pre-acquisition results through November 2009.