Exhibit 99.5
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning Ashland
Specialty Chemical Company's revenue)
ASCC Revenue - Net Monthly Sales ($, Millions)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
---- ---- ----- ----- ----
January 84.9 81.6 80.4 85.9 92.4
February 89.9 81.4 88.4 94.5 110.3
March 99.2 88.3 85.5 98.2 115.4
April 90.4 85.1 97.0 103.0 118.4
May 93.6 87.7 97.1 100.5 112.6
June 95.2 99.5 95.9 104.8 123.2
July 85.5 91.4 92.7 100.0 118.3
August 94.2 92.4 97.4 106.1 121.3
September 88.9 88.2 95.0 93.8
October 91.0 96.3 101.8 112.0
November 87.1 88.4 92.6 99.4
December 81.6 79.8 88.7 99.9
ASCC - 12 Month Net Sales Rolling Average ($, Millions)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
---- ---- ---- ---- -----
January 91.4 89.9 88.2 93.2 100.4
February 91.7 89.1 88.8 93.7 101.7
March 91.9 88.2 88.6 94.7 103.1
April 91.5 87.8 89.6 95.2 104.4
May 91.9 87.3 90.4 95.5 105.4
June 92.1 87.7 90.1 96.3 107.0
July 91.7 88.2 90.2 96.9 108.5
August 91.3 88.0 90.6 97.6 109.7
September 91.0 87.9 91.2 97.5
October 91.0 88.4 91.6 98.3
November 90.7 88.5 92.0 98.9
December 90.1 88.3 92.7 99.8