Exhibit 99.1
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Distribution's sales per shipping day)
Average Sales $ per Shipping Day ($, Millions)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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January 10.993 9.567 10.842 11.777 15.187 15.959
February 11.712 10.109 11.555 12.575 15.530
March 11.378 10.503 11.607 12.549 15.524
April 11.713 10.330 11.806 13.302 15.631
May 10.756 10.506 11.469 13.442 15.664
June 10.630 10.668 11.710 13.282 14.971
July 10.330 9.966 11.042 13.166 14.774
August 10.230 10.281 11.379 13.707 14.535
September 10.636 10.749 11.540 14.062 16.319
October 9.877 10.415 11.453 14.340 15.870
November 9.806 11.054 12.262 15.234 16.688
December 8.565 9.420 10.174 13.772 14.991
Non-Durable Manufacturing Index (%)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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January 98.9 97.6 96.0 95.9 99.4 100.5
February 98.5 96.9 96.5 96.7 99.4
March 97.4 97.4 96.7 96.9 99.5
April 97.5 97.3 95.8 97.6 99.1
May 97.4 97.6 95.4 98.1 99.3
June 96.8 98.4 95.3 98.0 99.5
July 96.3 98.3 95.4 98.5 99.4
August 96.7 97.9 95.2 98.5 98.8
September 96.6 97.9 95.5 98.0 97.4
October 97.0 96.8 95.5 99.0 98.0
November 96.6 96.3 96.3 99.0 99.3
December 96.6 96.1 96.1 99.2 99.8