Exhibit 99.1
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Specialty Ingredients sales)
Monthly Sales ($ in millions)* | |||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
January | 60.1 | 74.9 | 76.3 | 215.8 | 243.2 |
February | 72.3 | 67.7 | 81.4 | 236.3 | 203.2 |
March | 90.5 | 97.5 | 112.2 | 270.9 | 235.5 |
April | 65.6 | 56.1 | 86.8 | 252.9 | 224.3 |
May | 74.8 | 78.9 | 100.8 | 280.3 | 240.8 |
June | 92.3 | 91.9 | 115.8 | 259.9 | 251.4 |
July | 67.2 | 68.6 | 94.0 | 251.3 | 174.7 |
August | 79.1 | 77.7 | 106.6 | 226.8 | |
September | 90.3 | 92.7 | 109.4 | 255.7 | |
October | 67.2 | 68.2 | 206.0 | 202.4 | |
November | 73.2 | 68.4 | 215.0 | 228.7 | |
December | 69.1 | 79.2 | 206.9 | 190.6 |
12 Month Rolling Average ($ in millions)* | |||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
January | 89.0 | 76.4 | 76.9 | 137.5 | 241.6 |
February | 87.8 | 76.0 | 78.1 | 150.5 | 238.8 |
March | 87.1 | 76.6 | 79.3 | 163.7 | 235.9 |
April | 85.2 | 75.8 | 81.9 | 177.5 | 233.5 |
May | 83.4 | 76.1 | 83.7 | 192.5 | 230.2 |
June | 81.3 | 76.1 | 85.7 | 204.5 | 229.5 |
July | 80.5 | 76.2 | 87.8 | 217.6 | 223.1 |
August | 78.8 | 76.1 | 90.2 | 227.6 | |
September | 77.0 | 76.3 | 91.6 | 239.8 | |
October | 76.6 | 76.4 | 103.1 | 239.5 | |
November | 76.0 | 76.0 | 115.3 | 240.7 | |
December | 75.1 | 76.8 | 125.9 | 239.3 |
*NOTE: All information presented subsequent to September 2011 includes activity related to ISP, which was acquired on August 23, 2011.