Exhibit 99.9
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Water Technologies' average sales per shipping day)
Average Net Sales per Shipping Day ($, Millions)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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January 1.216 1.179 1.192 1.393 1.606 1.554
February 1.274 1.259 1.429 1.194 1.532 1.679
March 1.131 1.185 1.334 1.371 1.507 1.475
April 1.254 1.211 1.358 1.489 1.622 1.938
May 1.184 1.206 1.369 1.515 1.560 1.554
June 1.230 1.333 1.362 1.346 1.536 1.912
July 1.238 1.252 1.345 1.543 1.666 3.046
August 1.175 1.319 1.201 1.425 1.520 2.793
September 1.465 1.463 1.757 1.518 1.744 3.310
October 1.092 1.165 1.254 1.439 1.509
November 1.274 1.360 1.570 1.536 1.639
December 1.287 1.306 1.291 1.529 1.614
NA Industrial Production Index (%)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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January 102.4 98.6 100.6 102.7 107.0 110.4
February 101.6 98.4 100.6 103.5 107.4 110.7
March 101.3 99.3 100.4 103.2 107.3 111.2
April 101.2 99.7 99.6 104.0 107.2 112.1
May 100.4 100.1 99.5 105.0 107.4 112.2
June 99.9 101.0 99.8 104.4 108.3 113.4
July 99.6 100.7 100.3 105.0 108.3 113.8
August 99.2 100.7 100.4 105.3 108.6 113.8
September 98.8 100.7 101.0 105.1 107.2 113.1
October 98.4 100.3 101.1 105.8 108.4
November 97.9 100.5 102.0 106.0 109.4
December 98.0 100.1 102.3 106.7 110.4