Exhibit 99.6
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning Ashland
Specialty Chemical Company's gross profit)
ASCC Gross Profit (%) - 3 Month Rolling Average
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
January 30.7 29.5 31.6 30.5 29.3
February 30.0 29.1 32.3 30.3 29.3
March 29.4 28.9 33.3 29.5 29.5
April 29.4 29.4 34.3 29.4 29.1
May 29.4 29.8 34.4 28.8 28.2
June 29.1 29.9 34.1 29.4 27.3
July 28.4 29.7 33.2 29.7 27.3
August 28.4 29.9 32.4 30.4 26.7
September 29.1 30.3 32.3 29.7 25.5
October 29.5 31.2 32.0 29.7 24.5
November 29.8 31.5 31.7 29.6 24.1
December 29.4 31.8 31.2 29.8
ASCC Gross Profit (%) - 12 Month Rolling Average
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
January 31.1 29.2 30.4 32.5 29.5
February 31.0 29.2 30.9 32.2 29.5
March 30.9 29.1 31.3 31.8 29.6
April 30.6 29.2 31.7 31.3 29.5
May 30.3 29.3 32.0 30.8 29.4
June 29.8 29.3 32.4 30.6 29.0
July 29.6 29.5 32.6 30.4 28.8
August 29.6 29.7 32.7 30.3 28.4
September 29.7 29.7 32.9 29.9 27.9
October 29.5 29.9 32.8 29.8 27.4
November 29.4 30.1 32.7 29.8 27.0
December 29.2 30.3 32.7 29.6