EXHIBIT 99.1
(Tables from the Ashland Inc. Fact Sheet as of September 30, 2006,
posted to Ashland Inc.'s website on October 30, 2006)
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Q4-2006
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Sales & Operating Revenues ($, millions)
Performance Materials 814 875 1,026 1,369 1,425 358
Distribution 2,541 2,810 3,199 3,810 4,070 1,024
Valvoline 1,152 1,235 1,297 1,326 1,409 379
Water Technologies 316 337 360 394 502 191
Intersegment Sales (85) (92) (106) (168) (173) (44)
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4,738 5,165 5,776 6,731 7,233 1,908
Operating Income ($, millions)
Performance Materials 34 (1) 42 88 112 18
Distribution (15) 12 56 99 120 26
Valvoline 56 61 77 59 (21) (15)
Water Technologies 12 3 14 11 14 5
Refining & Marketing 143 263 383 486 - -
Unallocated & Other (52) (55) (47) (72) (55) (6)
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178 283 525 671 170 28
OPERATING INFORMATION
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Q4-2006
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Performance Materials
Sales dollars per shipping day ($, millions) 3.2 3.5 4.0 5.4 5.7 5.7
Pounds sold per shipping day (millions) 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.4 4.9 4.9
Gross profit as a % of sales 25.8 22.1 20.4 20.4 22.5 20.3
Distribution
Sales dollars per shipping day ($, millions) 10.1 11.2 12.6 15.1 16.2 16.3
Pounds sold per shipping day (millions) 17.3 18.2 19.4 19.2 18.9 18.6
Gross profit as a % of sales 9.7 9.9 9.6 9.7 9.5 8.8
Valvoline
Lubricant sales (million gallons) 199.0 193.5 191.6 175.4 168.7 41.1
Premium lubricants (% of U.S. branded volumes) 16.1 18.5 21.5 23.4 23.1 22.3
Gross profit as a % of sales 27.3 27.8 28.2 26.6 19.9 16.0
Water Technologies
Sales dollars per shipping day ($, millions) 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.6 2.0 3.0
Gross profit as a % of sales 51.2 50.4 49.3 47.8 43.7 38.4
QUARTERLY FINANCIALS
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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OPERATING INCOME ($, millions)
1st Quarter December 55 26 54 167 46
2nd Quarter March 6 26 37 126 49
3rd Quarter June 85 114 242 357 47
4th Quarter September 32 117 192 21 28
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178 283 525 671 170
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS ($)
1st Quarter December 0.16 (0.08) 0.23 1.17 0.48
2nd Quarter March (0.25) (0.08) 0.07 0.79 0.68
3rd Quarter June 0.45 0.82 1.90 23.19* 0.59
4th Quarter September 0.02 0.85 2.14 1.08 0.79
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0.38 1.50 4.36 26.23 2.53
*Includes a net gain of $20.56 from the MAP Transaction and the repayment
of most of Ashland's debt.