EX-99.9 10 ex99-9.htm ASHLAND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GROSS PROFIT ex99-9.htm
 
Exhibit 99.9
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
 Ashland Performance Materials gross profit)
 
3 Month Rolling Average (%)*#
          
            
 
2007
 2008 2009 2010 2011 
January
20.5
 17.3  17.1 16.5 13.0 
February
19.7
 17.1  17.9 16.2 10.9 
March
20.5
 18.1  19.5 16.5 12.0 
April
21.0
 18.5  19.0 16.8  
May
21.4
 18.1  18.0 16.6  
June
21.9
  17.5  16.9 16.7  
July
 21.2
 16.1 
 17.4 16.9  
August
 20.1
14.6 
  17.0 17.9  
September
 18.1
 14.6 
  16.0  12.8  
October
 18.4
 14.8 
  16.7 12.6  
November
18.7
 16.1  17.8 11.5  
December
 18.2
 15.9  18.4 14.6  

 
12 Month Rolling Average (%)*#
          
           
 
2007
 2008 2009 2010 2011 
January
22.2
 19.4  16.6 17.4 14.8 
February
21.9
 19.4  16.5 17.2 14.3 
March
21.7
 19.1  16.6 16.9 14.1 
April
21.6
 18.9  16.5 16.9  
May
21.2
 18.5  16.3 16.9  
June
21.0
18.0 
  16.4 16.9  
July
 20.8
 17.6 
 16.8 16.8  
August
 20.5
17.1 
  17.1 17.1  
September
 20.3
17.0 
  17.0  16.0  
October
 20.2
16.7 
  17.5 15.6  
November
20.0
 16.5  17.7 15.4  
December
 19.6
 16.6  17.7 15.1  
 
 
*NOTE:  August and September 2007 information (and 3 and 12 month rolling averages that contain August and September 2007 information) is affected by the 13 month foreign reporting impact described on the Business Fundamentals page of this website. 
 
#NOTE:  On November 30, 2010, the Castings Solutions business was contributed into an expanded joint venture with Süd-Chemie and is no longer reflected in these numbers from December 2010 moving forward.