EX-99 5 ex99-4.txt EXHIBIT 4 Exhibit 99.4 (Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning Ashland Specialty Chemical's average sales per shipping day) Average Net Sales per Shipping Day ($, Millions) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ January 3.835 3.790 4.094 4.551 6.781 6.812 February 4.206 4.554 4.885 4.757 7.125 7.495 March 4.148 4.411 4.846 5.182 7.077 April 4.399 4.557 5.073 5.830 7.611 May 4.121 4.566 4.967 5.801 7.743 June 4.898 4.945 5.170 5.800 7.349 July 4.498 4.349 4.729 5.816 7.091 August 4.152 4.588 4.411 5.711 6.812 September 4.800 4.888 5.660 5.778 7.008 October 4.323 4.595 5.040 6.371 7.464 November 4.570 5.056 5.714 6.798 7.669 December 4.339 4.531 4.940 6.181 6.920 Durable Manufacturing Index (%) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ January 99.7 93.8 97.1 102.2 110.5 119.1 February 99.0 94.2 96.3 103.9 111.6 119.3 March 99.4 94.6 95.5 104.0 111.1 April 98.6 95.3 94.5 104.8 110.8 May 97.6 95.8 95.0 105.6 111.6 June 96.6 96.8 96.2 105.5 112.5 July 96.4 96.6 97.2 106.9 112.7 August 95.2 97.3 97.1 107.6 114.2 September 94.2 97.2 99.2 107.2 114.3 October 92.9 96.7 99.6 108.9 117.5 November 92.9 97.3 101.3 109.1 118.0 December 93.2 96.3 101.6 110.0 118.2