EX-99 8 ex99-7.txt EXHIBIT 99.7 Exhibit 99.7 (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 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 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 September 1.465 1.463 1.757 1.518 1.744 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 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 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 99.8 104.4 108.3 113.1 July 99.6 100.7 100.3 105.0 108.3 113.5 August 99.2 100.7 100.4 105.3 108.6 September 98.8 100.7 101.0 105.1 107.2 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