Exhibit 99.2
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Specialty Ingredients gross profit)
3 Month Rolling Average (%)* | |||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
January | 29.7 | 29.4 | 34.9 | 32.0 | 32.0 |
February | 30.2 | 29.5 | 34.6 | 32.9 | |
March | 31.1 | 34.0 | 35.4 | 33.5 | |
April | 31.9 | 34.6 | 34.0 | 34.1 | |
May | 32.1 | 34.4 | 34.1 | 35.0 | |
June | 28.9 | 34.3 | 33.9 | 34.7 | |
July | 29.5 | 33.8 | 33.9 | 35.8 | |
August | 29.5 | 34.2 | 32.8 | 34.3 | |
September | 34.7 | 33.3 | 32.5 | 34.0 | |
October | 34.8 | 32.5 | 35.0 | 31.8 | |
November | 34.7 | 32.5 | 33.4 | 32.4 | |
December | 29.5 | 32.8 | 33.4 | 32.5 |
12 Month Rolling Average (%)* | |||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
January | 30.9 | 31.4 | 33.9 | 33.2 | 33.5 |
February | 31.0 | 31.5 | 33.9 | 33.2 | |
March | 30.8 | 31.9 | 34.0 | 33.3 | |
April | 30.9 | 32.1 | 33.8 | 33.6 | |
May | 31.2 | 32.1 | 33.9 | 33.8 | |
June | 30.3 | 33.2 | 33.9 | 33.7 | |
July | 30.7 | 33.2 | 33.9 | 34.2 | |
August | 31.0 | 33.2 | 33.5 | 34.0 | |
September | 31.2 | 32.9 | 33.7 | 33.9 | |
October | 31.5 | 32.6 | 34.4 | 33.6 | |
November | 31.6 | 32.7 | 33.7 | 33.7 | |
December | 31.1 | 33.6 | 33.8 | 33.7 |
*NOTE: Information from December 2012 has been adjusted to exclude a loss of $31 million related to certain commoditized guar inventories, as well as income of $22 million related to the settlement of a business interruption insurance claim. Information from September 2011 and prior includes the pre-acquisition operations of ISP, which was acquired on August 23, 2011.