Exhibit 99.1

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

Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients average sales per shipping day)

Average Sales per Shipping Day ($ in millions)*

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
January	2.951	2.851	3.208	2.864	3.743
February	3.445	4.005	4.093	3.616	3.387
March	3.172	3.465	4.945	4.112	4.240
April	4.025	4.050	4.048	3.125	2.673
May	3.222	3.690	4.610	3.740	3.945
June	3.967	4.686	5.558	4.197	4.176
July	4.042	3.739	3.531	3.056	3.269
August	3.129	3.748	4.715	3.768	3.533
September	4.286	4.868	5.343	4.299	4.412
October	3.101	3.164	3.125	3.055	3.249
November	3.510	4.466	4.404	3.850	3.419
December	3.966	4.560	3.817	3.289	3.771

*NOTE:  Information from October 2008 and prior represent the pre-acquisition operations of Hercules' Aqualon Group acquired on November 13, 2008.