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
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Sales & Operating Revenues ($, millions)
APAC 2,624 2,652 2,400 2,525 2,539 2,053 838
Performance Materials 782 814 875 1,026 1,369 1,068 370
Distribution 2,858 2,541 2,811 3,199 3,810 3,046 1,050
Valvoline 1,064 1,152 1,235 1,297 1,326 1,030 366
Water Technologies 309 316 337 360 394 310 113
Intersegment Sales (93) (85) (92) (106) (168) (129) (46)
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7,544 7,390 7,566 8,301 9,270 7,378 2,691
Operating Income ($, 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)
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831 321 266 662 746 271 127
OPERATING INFORMATION
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 YTD-2006 Q3-2006
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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