EXHIBIT 99.1 (Tables from the Ashland Inc. Fact Sheet as of June 30, 2006, posted to Ashland Inc.'s website on July 26, 2006) FINANCIAL INFORMATION 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 YTD-2006 Q3-2006 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ------- Sales & Operating Revenues ($, millions) APAC 2,624 2,652 2,400 2,525 2,539 2,053 838 Performance Materials 782 814 875 1,026 1,369 1,068 370 Distribution 2,858 2,541 2,811 3,199 3,810 3,046 1,050 Valvoline 1,064 1,152 1,235 1,297 1,326 1,030 366 Water Technologies 309 316 337 360 394 310 113 Intersegment Sales (93) (85) (92) (106) (168) (129) (46) ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ------- 7,544 7,390 7,566 8,301 9,270 7,378 2,691 Operating Income ($, millions) APAC 42 111 (57) 94 30 95 68 Performance Materials 5 34 (1) 42 88 94 41 Distribution 17 (15) 12 56 99 95 30 Valvoline 58 56 61 77 59 (6) (10) Water Technologies 7 12 3 14 11 9 9 Refining & Marketing 707 143 263 383 486 - - Unallocated & Other (5) (20) (15) (4) (27) (16) (11) ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ------- 831 321 266 662 746 271 127 OPERATING INFORMATION 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 YTD-2006 Q3-2006 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ------- APAC Construction backlog ($, millions) 1,629 1,691 1,745 1,746 2,038 1,951 Net construction job revenues ($, millions) 1,547 1,527 1,361 1,433 1,458 1,189 509 Hot-mix asphalt production (million tons) 36.7 36.7 32.5 33.4 31.3 20.7 8.7 Aggregate production (million tons) 28.7 31.0 28.7 29.6 31.4 23.7 8.7 Performance Materials Sales dollars per shipping day ($, millions) 3.1 3.2 3.5 4.0 5.4 5.7 5.9 Pounds sold per shipping day (millions) 4.4 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.4 5.0 5.1 Gross profit as a % of sales 19.5 25.8 22.1 20.4 20.4 23.2 25.0 Distribution Sales dollars per shipping day ($, millions) 11.2 10.1 11.2 12.6 15.1 16.2 16.7 Pounds sold per shipping day (millions) 19.0 17.3 18.2 19.4 19.2 19.0 19.6 Gross profit as a % of sales 8.9 9.7 9.9 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.3 Valvoline Lubricant sales (million gallons) 187.4 199.0 193.5 191.6 175.4 127.8 45.1 Premium lubricants (% of U.S. branded volumes) 11.7 16.1 18.5 21.5 23.4 23.2 22.4 Gross profit as a % of sales 26.5 27.3 27.8 28.2 26.6 21.4 20.2 Water Technologies Sales dollars per shipping day ($, millions) 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.8 Gross profit as a % of sales 55.2 51.2 50.4 49.3 47.8 47.0 45.5