EX-99 5 ex99-4.txt EXHIBIT 99.4 Exhibit 99.4 (Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning Ashland Performance Materials' average sales per shipping day) Average Net Sales per Shipping Day ($, Millions) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ January 2.619 2.611 2.856 3.159 5.176 5.258 February 2.932 3.295 3.457 3.562 5.593 5.816 March 3.017 3.226 3.512 3.812 5.570 5.200 April 3.145 3.346 3.716 4.341 5.989 6.156 May 2.937 3.360 3.597 4.287 6.183 5.641 June 3.667 3.613 3.808 4.454 5.812 5.845 July 3.260 3.097 3.385 4.274 5.425 5.886 August 2.977 3.269 3.210 4.286 5.293 5.501 September 3.335 3.425 3.903 4.260 5.264 5.663 October 3.231 3.430 3.786 4.933 5.955 6.083 November 3.296 3.696 4.144 5.262 6.030 6.149 December 3.051 3.275 3.649 4.652 5.305 Durable Goods 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 95.5 104.0 111.1 120.0 April 98.6 95.3 94.5 104.8 110.8 121.4 May 97.6 95.8 95.0 105.6 111.6 121.1 June 96.6 96.8 96.2 105.5 112.5 122.6 July 96.4 96.6 97.2 106.9 112.7 122.9 August 95.2 97.3 97.1 107.6 114.2 124.0 September 94.2 97.2 99.2 107.2 114.3 123.5 October 92.9 96.7 99.6 108.9 117.5 122.7 November 92.9 97.3 101.3 109.1 118.0 123.5 December 93.2 96.3 101.6 110.0 118.2