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)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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January 3.835 3.790 4.094 4.551 6.781 6.812
February 4.206 4.554 4.885 4.757 7.125 7.495
March 4.148 4.411 4.846 5.182 7.077 6.675
April 4.399 4.557 5.073 5.830 7.611 8.094
May 4.121 4.566 4.967 5.801 7.743 7.195
June 4.898 4.945 5.170 5.800 7.349 7.758
July 4.498 4.349 4.729 5.816 7.091
August 4.152 4.588 4.411 5.711 6.812
September 4.800 4.888 5.660 5.778 7.008
October 4.323 4.595 5.040 6.371 7.464
November 4.570 5.056 5.714 6.798 7.669
December 4.339 4.531 4.940 6.181 6.920
Durable Manufacturing Index (%)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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January 99.7 93.8 97.1 102.2 110.5 119.1
February 99.0 94.2 96.3 103.9 111.6 119.3
March 99.4 94.6 95.5 104.0 111.1 120.0
April 98.6 95.3 94.5 104.8 110.8 121.3
May 97.6 95.8 95.0 105.6 111.6 121.4
June 96.6 96.8 96.2 105.5 112.5 122.7
July 96.4 96.6 97.2 106.9 112.7
August 95.2 97.3 97.1 107.6 114.2
September 94.2 97.2 99.2 107.2 114.3
October 92.9 96.7 99.6 108.9 117.5
November 92.9 97.3 101.3 109.1 118.0
December 93.2 96.3 101.6 110.0 118.2
NOTE: Data will be separated between Ashland Performance Materials and
Ashland Water Technologies as soon as it becomes available.