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0001305014-08-000049.txt : 20080221 0001305014-08-000049.hdr.sgml : 20080221 20080221082823 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001305014-08-000049 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 15 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080221 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080221 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ASHLAND INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001305014 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [5160] IRS NUMBER: 200865835 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KY FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32532 FILM NUMBER: 08631560 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 EAST RIVERCENTER BLVD., 16TH FLOOR CITY: COVINGTON STATE: KY ZIP: 41012 BUSINESS PHONE: 859-815-3483 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 EAST RIVERCENTER BLVD., 16TH FLOOR CITY: COVINGTON STATE: KY ZIP: 41012 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: New EXM Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20041004 8-K 1 form8k.htm FORM 8-K WEBSITE DATA form8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

______________

FORM 8-K

______________

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 21, 2008

ASHLAND INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Kentucky

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

1-32532		20-0865835
(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

50 E. RiverCenter Boulevard, Covington, Kentucky 41011

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

P.O. Box 391, Covington, Kentucky 41012-0391

(Mailing Address) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (859) 815-3333

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[ ]	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ]	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ]	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ]	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On February 21, 2008, Ashland Inc. will include the information contained in exhibits 99.1-99.14, and graphic images thereof, on the “Investor Center” section of its website located at www.ashland.com, or in employee communications.

Ashland is furnishing the information pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Regulation FD. The information contained in exhibits 99.1-99.14 is summary information concerning key metrics for Ashland’s operating segments and is intended to be considered in the context of Ashland’s SEC filings and other public announcements that Ashland may make from time to time. Included in the financial information are the effects of changes in Ashland’s accounting methodology as a result of the implementation of Ashland’s enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system. The new ERP system allows Ashland to report business results from certain foreign jurisdictions (which were previously on different computer systems) at the same time as North American operations. Previously this information was available only on a one-month lag. As a result of this change, operations in these non-North American jurisdictions generated thirteen months of business results in fiscal 2007. The change had an effect on business results reported in August and September 2007 and will continue to have an effect on any 3 month or 12 month rolling average business results that contain August and September 2007 information. A summary of the effect on the rolling averages for January 2008 results is as follows:

Exhibit		January 2008
99.1	Ashland Distribution Sales / Shipping Day	No Change
99.2	Ashland Distribution Revenue	No Change
	Ashland Distribution Revenue - 12 Month Rolling Average	4
99.3	Ashland Distribution Gross Profit - 3 Month Rolling Average	No Change
	Ashland Distribution Gross Profit - 12 Month Rolling Average	No Change
99.4	Ashland Performance Materials Sales / Shipping Day	No Change
99.5	Ashland Performance Materials Revenue	No Change
	Ashland Performance Materials Revenue - 12 Month Rolling Average	4.6
99.6	Ashland Performance Materials Gross Profit - 3 Month Rolling Average	No Change
	Ashland Performance Materials Gross Profit - 12 Month Rolling Average	-0.1%
99.7	Ashland Water Technologies Sales / Shipping Day	No Change
99.8	Ashland Water Technologies Revenue	No Change
	Ashland Water Technologies Revenue - 12 Month Rolling Average	3.5
99.9	Ashland Water Technologies Gross Profit - 3 Month Rolling Average	No Change
	Ashland Water Technologies Gross Profit - 12 Month Rolling Average	No Change
99.10	Valvoline Premium Oil Sales	No Change
99.11	Valvoline Revenue	No Change
	Valvoline Revenue - 12 Month Rolling Average	0.1
99.12	Valvoline Gross Profit	No Change
	Valvoline Gross Profit - 12 Month Rolling Average	No Change
99.13	Valvoline Lubricant Gallons	No Change
99.14	VIOC 12 Month Rolling Average Sales	No Change

By filing this report on Form 8-K, Ashland makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in this report. Ashland reserves the right to discontinue the availability of the data in the attached exhibits.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)	Exhibits
99.1	Website data concerning Ashland Distribution’s sales per shipping day
99.2	Website data concerning Ashland Distribution’s revenue
99.3	Website data concerning Ashland Distribution’s gross profit
99.4	Website data concerning Ashland Performance Materials’ average sales per shipping day
99.5	Website data concerning Ashland Performance Materials’ revenue
99.6	Website data concerning Ashland Performance Materials’ gross profit
99.7	Website data concerning Ashland Water Technologies’ average sales per shipping day
99.8	Website data concerning Ashland Water Technologies’ revenue
99.9	Website data concerning Ashland Water Technologies’ gross profit
99.10	Website data concerning Valvoline’s premium oil sales
99.11	Website data concerning Valvoline’s revenue
99.12	Website data concerning Valvoline’s gross profit
99.13	Website data concerning Valvoline’s lubricant gallons
99.14	Website data concerning Valvoline Instant Oil Change’s twelve month rolling average sales

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	ASHLAND INC.
	(Registrant)

February 21, 2008	/s/ David L. Hausrath
	David L. Hausrath
	Senior Vice President
	and General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1		Website data concerning Ashland Distribution’s sales per shipping day
99.2		Website data concerning Ashland Distribution’s revenue
99.3		Website data concerning Ashland Distribution’s gross profit
99.4		Website data concerning Ashland Performance Materials’ average sales per shipping day
99.5		Website data concerning Ashland Performance Materials’ revenue
99.6		Website data concerning Ashland Performance Materials’ gross profit
99.7		Website data concerning Ashland Water Technologies’ average sales per shipping day
99.8		Website data concerning Ashland Water Technologies’ revenue
99.9		Website data concerning Ashland Water Technologies’ gross profit
99.10		Website data concerning Valvoline’s premium oil sales
99.11		Website data concerning Valvoline’s revenue
99.12		Website data concerning Valvoline’s gross profit
99.13		Website data concerning Valvoline’s lubricant gallons
99.14		Website data concerning Valvoline Instant Oil Change’s twelve month rolling average sales

EX-99.1 2 ex991.htm ASHLAND DISTRIBUTION SALES - SHIPPING DAY ex991.htm

Exhibit 99.1

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Ashland Distribution sales per shipping day)

Average Sales per Shipping Day ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	10.842	11.777	15.187	15.959	15.445	17.177
February	11.555	12.575	15.530	16.412	16.333
March	11.607	12.549	15.524	15.910	15.520
April	11.806	13.302	15.631	17.034	16.592
May	11.469	13.442	15.664	16.459	15.905
June	11.710	13.282	14.971	16.552	16.377
July	11.042	13.166	14.774	16.194	15.948
August	11.379	13.707	14.535	15.925	16.762
September	11.540	14.062	16.319	16.695	17.328
October	11.453	14.340	15.870	16.000	16.109
November	12.262	15.234	16.688	16.537	17.169
December	10.174	13.772	14.991	13.963	14.506

EX-99.2 3 ex992.htm ASHLAND DISTRIBUTION REVENUE ex992.htm

Exhibit 99.2

(Text of Graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Ashland Distribution revenue)

Monthly Sales ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	239	247	304	335	340	378
February	231	252	311	328	327
March	244	289	342	366	341
April	248	279	328	324	332
May	241	269	329	362	350
June	246	292	329	364	344
July	243	276	295	324	335
August	239	302	334	366	386
September	242	295	343	334	329
October	263	301	333	352	371
November	221	305	334	331	343
December	214	289	300	265	276

12 Month Sales Rolling Average ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	218	240	288	326	338	343
February	221	242	293	328	338
March	224	245	297	330	336
April	225	248	301	329	337
May	226	250	306	332	336
June	229	254	309	335	334
July	231	257	311	337	335
August	232	262	314	340	336
September	234	267	318	339	336
October	236	270	320	341	338
November	237	277	323	341	339
December	239	283	324	338	340

EX-99.3 4 ex993.htm ASHLAND DISTRIBUTION GROSS PROFIT ex993.htm

Exhibit 99.3
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland Distribution gross profit)

 
3 Month Rolling Average (%)
          
      
              
      
  2003
      2004
      2005
      2006
      2007
      2008
      
      
January
      10.1
      9.6
      9.9
      10.1
      8.8
       7.6
      
      
February
      9.8
      9.7
      9.7
      9.4
      8.7
        
      
      
March
      9.6
      9.7
      9.8
      9.6
      9.0
        
      
April
      9.6
      9.7
      9.8
      9.7
      8.1
        
      
May
      9.9
      9.8
      10.0
      9.8
      7.3
        
      
June
      10.0
      9.8
      10.0
      9.3
      7.1
        
      
July
      10.3
      9.7
      10.1
      9.1
      7.3
        
      
August
      10.2
      9.4
      9.7
      8.8
      7.8
        
      
September
      10.1
      9.5
      9.3
      8.8
      6.9
        
      
October
      9.8
      9.3
      9.1
      8.9
      6.9
        
      
November
      9.5
      9.6
      9.9
      9.0
      7.2
        
      
December
      9.6
      9.6
      10.2
      8.6
      7.5
        
      
      
      
12 Month Rolling Average (%)
          
      
              
      
  2003
      2004
      2005
      2006
      2007
      2008
      
      
January
      9.8
      9.8
      9.6
      9.8
      9.1
      7.5
      
      
February
      9.8
      9.8
      9.6
      9.8
      9.1
        
      
March
      9.7
      9.9
      9.7
      9.8
      8.9
        
      
April
      9.7
      9.8
      9.7
      9.7
      8.7
        
      
May
      9.8
      9.8
      9.7
      9.7
      8.4
        
      
June
      9.7
      9.8
      9.7
      9.6
      8.4
        
      
July
      9.7
      9.7
      9.8
      9.5
      8.3
        
      
August
      9.8
      9.6
      9.8
      9.5
      8.2
        
      
September
      9.9
      9.6
      9.7
      9.5
      7.9
        
      
October
      9.9
      9.6
      9.7
      9.4
      7.7
        
      
November
      9.9
      9.6
      9.8
      9.2
      7.7
        
      
December
      9.8
      9.6
      9.8
      9.1
      7.6

EX-99.4 5 ex994.htm ASHLAND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS AVERAGE SALES ex994.htm

Exhibit 99.4

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Ashland Performance Materials sales per shipping day)

Average Sales per Shipping Day ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	2.856	3.159	5.176	5.258	6.061	6.040
February	3.457	3.562	5.593	5.816	5.593
March	3.512	3.812	5.570	5.200	5.965
April	3.716	4.341	5.989	6.156	6.637
May	3.597	4.287	6.183	5.641	6.112
June	3.808	4.454	5.812	5.845	6.313
July	3.385	4.274	5.425	5.886	6.073
August	3.210	4.286	5.293	5.501	6.642
September	3.903	4.260	5.264	5.663	8.307
October	3.786	4.933	5.955	6.083	5.968
November	4.144	5.262	6.030	6.149	6.642
December	3.649	4.652	5.305	5.800	5.318

EX-99.5 6 ex995.htm ASHLAND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS REVENUE ex995.htm

Exhibit 99.5

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Ashland Performance Materials revenue)

Monthly Sales ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	62.8	66.3	103.5	110.4	133.3	132.9
February	69.1	85.5	111.9	116.3	111.6
March	73.8	87.7	122.5	119.6	131.2
April	78.0	91.2	125.8	117.0	132.7
May	75.5	85.7	129.9	124.1	134.5
June	80.0	98.0	127.9	128.6	132.6
July	74.5	89.8	108.5	117.7	127.5
August	80.2	94.3	121.7	126.5	152.8
September	66.4	89.5	110.5	113.3	157.8
October	87.1	103.6	125.1	132.8	137.3
November	74.6	105.2	120.6	123.0	132.8
December	76.6	97.7	106.1	110.2	101.0

12 Month Sales Rolling Average ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	69.7	75.2	94.3	118.4	121.9	132.1
February	70.0	76.5	96.5	118.8	121.5
March	70.7	77.7	99.4	118.5	122.4
April	71.1	78.8	102.3	117.8	123.8
May	71.2	79.6	106.0	117.3	124.6
June	71.9	81.1	108.4	117.4	125.0
July	72.4	82.4	110.0	118.1	125.8
August	73.1	83.6	112.3	118.5	128.0
September	72.9	85.5	114.1	118.8	131.7
October	73.6	86.9	115.8	119.4	132.1
November	74.0	89.4	117.1	119.6	132.9
December	74.9	91.2	117.8	120.0	132.1

EX-99.6 7 ex996.htm ASHLAND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GROSS PROFIT ex996.htm

Exhibit 99.6

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Ashland Performance Materials gross profit)

3 Month Rolling Average (%)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	22.3	21.0	17.3	21.3	20.5	17.3
February	21.8	21.6	18.6	22.2	19.7
March	20.9	21.8	20.7	22.9	20.5
April	21.2	22.0	21.5	23.4	21.0
May	20.8	20.8	21.6	24.2	21.4
June	22.0	20.2	22.6	25.0	21.9
July	22.2	20.0	22.7	24.6	21.2
August	23.1	19.6	22.9	22.8	20.1
September	21.6	17.7	21.2	20.3	18.1
October	22.2	16.9	21.6	20.4	18.4
November	21.7	16.8	20.9	20.8	18.7
December	22.6	16.6	21.6	21.1	18.2

12 Month Rolling Average (%)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	25.4	21.7	18.9	21.8	22.2	19.4
February	25.0	21.8	18.9	21.9	21.9
March	24.4	22.0	18.8	22.1	21.7
April	23.8	21.9	19.0	22.3	21.6
May	23.1	21.8	19.3	22.5	21.2
June	22.8	21.5	19.7	22.8	21.0
July	22.6	21.3	19.9	22.8	20.8
August	22.5	20.9	20.2	22.5	20.5
September	22.1	20.4	20.4	22.5	20.3
October	22.0	19.8	20.9	22.4	20.2
November	21.9	19.5	21.1	22.5	20.0
December	21.8	18.9	21.6	22.3	19.6

EX-99.7 8 ex997.htm ASHLAND WATER TECHNOLOGIES AVERAGE SALES PER SHIPPING DAY ex997.htm

Exhibit 99.7

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Ashland Water Technologies sales per shipping day)

Average Sales per Shipping Day ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	1.192	1.393	1.606	1.554	3.038	3.351
February	1.429	1.194	1.532	1.679	3.064
March	1.334	1.371	1.507	1.475	2.797
April	1.358	1.489	1.622	1.938	3.299
May	1.369	1.515	1.560	1.554	3.079
June	1.362	1.346	1.536	1.912	3.193
July	1.345	1.543	1.666	3.046	3.238
August	1.201	1.425	1.520	2.793	4.209
September	1.757	1.518	1.744	3.310	4.420
October	1.254	1.439	1.509	2.677	3.077
November	1.570	1.536	1.639	2.853	3.467
December	1.291	1.529	1.614	3.297	3.445

EX-99.8 9 ex998.htm ASHLAND WATER TECHNOLOGIES REVENUE ex998.htm

Exhibit 99.8

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Ashland Water Technologies revenue)

Monthly Sales ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	26.2	29.2	32.1	32.6	66.8	73.7
February	28.6	28.7	30.6	33.6	61.3
March	28.0	31.5	33.2	33.9	61.5
April	28.5	31.3	34.1	36.8	66.0
May	28.8	30.3	32.8	34.2	67.7
June	28.6	29.6	33.8	42.1	67.1
July	29.6	32.4	33.3	60.9	68.0
August	30.0	31.4	35.0	64.2	96.8
September	29.9	31.9	36.6	66.2	84.0
October	28.8	30.2	31.7	58.9	70.8
November	28.3	30.7	32.8	57.1	69.3
December	27.1	32.1	32.3	62.6	65.4

12 Month Sales Rolling Average ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	26.6	28.8	31.0	33.2	51.4	71.0
February	26.9	28.8	31.2	33.5	53.8
March	27.3	29.1	31.3	33.5	56.1
April	27.4	29.3	31.5	33.8	58.5
May	27.6	29.4	31.8	33.9	61.3
June	27.8	29.5	32.1	34.6	63.4
July	27.9	29.8	32.2	36.9	64.0
August	28.0	29.9	32.5	39.3	66.7
September	28.1	30.0	32.9	41.8	68.2
October	28.2	30.2	33.0	44.0	69.1
November	28.4	30.4	33.2	46.1	70.2
December	28.5	30.8	33.2	48.6	70.4

EX-99.9 10 ex999.htm ASHLAND WATER TECHNOLOGIES GROSS PROFIT ex999.htm

Exhibit 99.9

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Ashland Water Technologies gross profit)

3 Month Rolling Average (%)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	51.1	50.7	49.0	48.2	39.1	38.1
February	51.2	50.1	49.4	47.5	38.4
March	51.0	50.1	48.0	47.2	38.8
April	50.7	49.7	48.2	46.8	39.6
May	49.9	49.3	47.5	46.6	39.6
June	49.5	48.9	46.9	45.5	38.2
July	49.6	48.8	46.6	42.3	39.3
August	50.1	48.4	47.2	39.6	39.0
September	49.8	47.8	47.2	38.4	39.6
October	49.6	47.9	47.4	38.7	39.0
November	50.1	47.6	47.5	39.9	39.8
December	50.4	49.4	48.5	40.3	39.3

12 Month Rolling Average (%)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	51.1	50.1	48.8	47.6	41.0	39.0
February	51.0	50.1	48.7	47.4	40.5
March	51.0	50.0	48.5	47.4	40.2
April	50.8	49.9	48.5	47.2	39.8
May	50.5	49.9	48.2	47.2	39.4
June	50.6	49.8	48.0	46.9	38.9
July	50.5	49.7	47.9	45.7	39.2
August	50.5	49.5	47.9	44.5	39.2
September	50.4	49.3	47.8	43.7	39.2
October	50.2	49.2	47.7	43.0	39.3
November	50.3	48.8	47.9	42.4	39.2
December	50.2	49.0	47.6	41.9	39.0

EX-99.10 11 ex9910.htm VALVOLINE PREMIUM OIL SALES ex9910.htm

Exhibit 99.10

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Valvoline premium oil sales)

Premium Lubricants % of Branded Volume

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	16.7	20.8	23.0	23.9	24.1	25.3
February	20.2	21.7	21.9	25.1	21.5
March	19.4	21.8	26.7	24.1	24.3
April	17.1	22.4	23.8	23.3	24.0
May	20.5	22.5	23.2	21.8	26.3
June	21.5	20.9	26.3	22.2	23.2
July	17.2	21.4	23.6	22.5	22.2
August	18.7	24.3	24.1	23.3	24.8
September	19.4	23.3	21.5	20.9	23.9
October	17.1	22.4	22.2	21.7	23.6
November	19.5	20.9	24.4	20.5	23.4
December	22.1	22.2	22.1	22.6	21.8

EX-99.11 12 ex9911.htm VALVOLINE REVENUE ex9911.htm

Exhibit 99.11

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Valvoline revenue)

Monthly Sales ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	96.5	105.5	103.0	113.1	122.8	135.7
February	93.4	100.4	105.5	109.1	122.3
March	111.0	118.0	114.9	130.6	137.3
April	101.1	115.6	118.3	116.8	135.2
May	105.7	104.6	118.3	126.8	133.2
June	99.9	109.9	117.8	122.9	139.1
July	110.4	116.3	107.0	116.3	129.1
August	105.6	108.2	116.1	128.3	131.6
September	129.8	128.0	115.7	134.6	123.5
October	110.7	104.6	105.8	130.3	141.2
November	85.2	103.3	106.0	114.6	129.6
December	94.3	101.1	98.7	106.6	109.5

12 Month Sales Rolling Average ($, millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	98.4	104.4	109.4	111.4	121.6	130.6
February	99.0	105.0	109.8	111.7	122.7
March	100.6	105.6	109.6	113.0	123.3
April	100.0	106.8	109.8	112.9	124.8
May	100.2	106.7	111.0	113.6	125.4
June	100.8	107.5	111.6	114.1	126.7
July	101.0	108.0	110.8	114.8	127.8
August	100.8	108.2	111.5	115.8	128.0
September	102.9	108.1	110.5	117.4	127.1
October	103.8	107.6	110.6	119.5	128.0
November	103.5	109.1	110.8	120.2	129.3
December	103.6	109.6	110.6	120.8	129.5

EX-99.12 13 ex9912.htm VALVOLINE GROSS PROFIT ex9912.htm

Exhibit 99.12

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Valvoline gross profit)

3 Month Rolling Average (%)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	26.6	27.5	26.7	21.4	24.5	24.2
February	26.8	27.4	27.4	21.6	25.1
March	27.2	27.7	28.3	22.0	25.6
April	26.8	28.3	28.8	21.4	25.1
May	27.7	28.5	28.1	20.4	25.3
June	28.5	28.7	25.9	20.2	25.1
July	29.7	29.1	25.4	19.6	25.9
August	29.8	29.6	25.6	19.0	25.5
September	28.7	28.5	25.4	16.0	24.6
October	28.1	27.7	24.5	17.9	24.3
November	27.5	26.4	23.0	19.7	24.6
December	28.3	26.8	22.1	23.8	24.7

12 Month Rolling Average (%)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	28.8	28.1	28.0	25.1	20.7	24.9
February	28.7	28.1	28.0	24.7	21.0
March	28.3	28.3	28.1	23.9	21.4
April	28.0	28.4	28.1	23.2	21.7
May	28.0	28.3	27.9	22.6	22.3
June	28.1	28.3	27.4	22.4	22.6
July	28.1	28.3	27.2	21.7	23.3
August	28.2	28.3	26.9	20.9	23.9
September	27.7	28.3	26.6	19.9	24.8
October	27.8	28.2	26.4	20.0	25.0
November	28.0	28.0	26.0	20.1	25.1
December	28.2	27.9	25.5	20.4	25.0

EX-99.13 14 ex9913.htm VALVOLINE LUBRICANT GALLONS ex9913.htm

Exhibit 99.13

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Valvoline lubricant sales gallons)

3 Month Rolling Average (millions)

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	14.3	13.6	13.1	13.1	12.3	13.2
February	14.5	14.5	12.9	13.2	12.7
March	16.2	15.8	14.1	14.7	13.9
April	16.7	16.8	15.1	15.0	14.5
May	17.2	16.9	16.0	15.6	14.8
June	16.4	16.7	16.0	15.0	14.5
July	16.6	16.8	15.4	14.7	15.0
August	16.4	16.5	15.0	14.4	14.9
September	17.1	16.8	14.7	13.7	14.4
October	17.3	15.6	14.5	14.0	14.0
November	16.1	15.3	13.7	13.2	13.8
December	14.6	13.7	12.8	12.8	13.3

EX-99.14 15 ex9914.htm VIOC 12 MONTH ROLLING AVERAGE SALES ex9914.htm

Exhibit 99.14

(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning

Valvoline Instant Oil Change twelve month rolling average sales)

Stores 2 Years and Older ($, millions)*

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	11.5	11.9	11.7	11.4	11.5	12.4
February	11.5	12.0	11.7	11.4	11.6
March	11.6	11.9	11.7	11.4	11.7
April	11.7	11.9	11.7	11.3	11.7
May	11.7	11.8	11.7	11.3	11.8
June	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.3	11.9
July	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.3	12.0
August	11.9	11.7	11.7	11.2	12.2
September	11.9	11.7	11.6	11.3	12.2
October	11.9	11.7	11.5	11.3	12.3
November	11.9	11.7	11.5	11.3	12.4
December	11.9	11.8	11.4	11.4	12.4
*NOTE: 60 VIOC stores transferred to Marathon on June 30, 2005, have been excluded from this data.