Exhibit 99.4
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning Ashland
Specialty Chemical's average sales per shipping day)
Average Net Sales per Shipping Day ($, Millions)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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January 4.383 3.835 3.790 4.094 4.551 6.781
February 4.422 4.206 4.554 4.885 4.757 7.125
March 4.454 4.148 4.411 4.846 5.182 7.077
April 4.915 4.399 4.557 5.073 5.830 7.611
May 4.393 4.121 4.566 4.967 5.801 7.743
June 4.468 4.898 4.945 5.170 5.800 7.349
July 4.414 4.498 4.349 4.729 5.816 7.091
August 4.228 4.152 4.588 4.411 5.711 6.812
September 4.592 4.800 4.888 5.660 5.778 7.008
October 4.272 4.323 4.595 5.040 6.371 7.464
November 4.500 4.570 5.056 5.714 6.798
December 4.435 4.339 4.531 4.940 6.181
Durable Manufacturing Index (%)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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January 100.0 99.7 93.8 97.1 102.2 110.5
February 100.4 99.0 94.2 96.3 103.9 111.6
March 101.8 99.4 94.6 95.5 104.0 111.1
April 103.0 98.6 95.3 94.5 104.8 110.8
May 104.1 97.6 95.8 95.0 105.6 111.6
June 104.1 96.6 96.8 96.2 105.5 112.5
July 103.9 96.4 96.6 97.2 106.9 112.7
August 103.1 95.2 97.3 97.1 107.6 114.2
September 103.8 94.2 97.2 99.2 107.2 114.1
October 103.3 92.9 96.7 99.6 108.9 116.7
November 102.3 92.9 97.3 101.3 109.1
December 101.2 93.2 96.3 101.6 110.0