EX-99 2 ex99-1.txt EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit 99.1 (Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning Ashland Distribution's sales per shipping day) Average Sales $ per Shipping Day ($, Millions) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ January 10.993 9.567 10.842 11.777 15.187 15.959 February 11.712 10.109 11.555 12.575 15.530 16.412 March 11.378 10.503 11.607 12.549 15.524 15.910 April 11.713 10.330 11.806 13.302 15.631 17.034 May 10.756 10.506 11.469 13.442 15.664 16.459 June 10.630 10.668 11.710 13.282 14.971 16.552 July 10.330 9.966 11.042 13.166 14.774 16.194 August 10.230 10.281 11.379 13.707 14.535 September 10.636 10.749 11.540 14.062 16.319 October 9.877 10.415 11.453 14.340 15.870 November 9.806 11.054 12.262 15.234 16.688 December 8.565 9.420 10.174 13.772 14.991 Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing Index (%) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ January 98.9 97.6 96.0 95.9 99.4 101.0 February 98.5 96.9 96.5 96.7 99.4 100.4 March 97.4 97.4 96.7 96.9 99.5 101.1 April 97.5 97.3 95.8 97.6 99.1 101.2 May 97.4 97.6 95.4 98.1 99.3 101.0 June 96.8 98.4 95.3 98.0 99.5 101.5 July 96.3 98.3 95.4 98.5 99.4 101.8 August 96.7 97.9 95.2 98.5 98.8 September 96.6 97.9 95.5 98.0 97.4 October 97.0 96.8 95.5 99.0 98.0 November 96.6 96.3 96.3 99.0 99.3 December 96.6 96.1 96.1 99.2 100.1