EX-99 6 ex994.txt EX. 99.4 Exhibit 99.4 (Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning Ashland Specialty Chemical Company's average sales per ship day) ASCC Average Net Sales per Ship Day ($, Thousands) 2000 2001 2002 2003 ----- ----- ----- ----- January 4,245 3,711 3,656 3,904 February 4,282 4,070 4,421 4,724 March 4,314 4,014 4,277 4,674 April 4,760 4,257 4,409 4,906 May 4,255 3,988 4,414 4,783 June 4,328 4,739 4,794 4,992 July 4,274 4,352 4,214 4,546 August 4,095 4,018 4,429 4,244 September 4,447 4,644 4,749 5,520 October 4,134 4,187 4,425 4,869 November 4,355 4,419 4,872 5,520 December 4,292 4,200 4,433 ASCC Durable Manufacturing Index (%) 2000 2001 2002 2003 ------ ------ ----- ------ January 99.97 100.91 94.30 98.27 February 100.56 99.97 94.63 97.99 March 101.65 100.11 94.88 97.11 April 102.78 99.26 95.50 96.32 May 103.96 98.29 96.20 96.30 June 104.39 97.06 97.01 97.09 July 104.16 96.87 96.82 98.27 August 103.84 95.61 97.57 98.42 September 104.61 94.40 97.32 100.50 October 104.01 93.62 97.04 101.00 November 103.24 93.81 97.98 102.80 December 102.38 93.88 97.10