Exhibit 99.8
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Water Technologies' revenue)
Net Monthly Sales ($, Millions)
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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January 25.9 26.2 29.2 32.1 32.6 66.8
February 25.2 28.6 28.7 30.6 33.6
March 23.7 28.0 31.5 33.2 33.9
April 26.6 28.5 31.3 34.1 36.8
May 26.5 28.8 30.3 32.8 34.2
June 26.7 28.6 29.6 33.8 42.1
July 27.5 29.6 32.4 33.3 60.9
August 29.0 30.0 31.4 35.0 64.2
September 29.3 29.9 31.9 36.6 66.2
October 26.8 28.8 30.2 31.7 58.9
November 25.8 28.3 30.7 32.8 57.1
December 26.1 27.1 32.1 32.3 62.6
12 Month Net Sales Rolling Average ($, Millions)
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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January 25.8 26.6 28.8 31.0 33.2 51.4
February 25.7 26.9 28.8 31.2 33.5
March 25.6 27.3 29.1 31.3 33.5
April 25.8 27.4 29.3 31.5 33.8
May 25.8 27.6 29.4 31.8 33.9
June 25.9 27.8 29.5 32.1 34.6
July 26.0 27.9 29.8 32.2 36.9
August 26.2 28.0 29.9 32.5 39.3
September 26.3 28.1 30.0 32.9 41.8
October 26.4 28.2 30.2 33.0 44.0
November 26.5 28.4 30.4 33.2 46.1
December 26.6 28.5 30.8 33.2 48.6