EX-99.4 5 ex99-4.htm ASHLAND HERCULES WATER TECHNOLOGIES AVERAGE SALES PER SHIPPING DAY ex99-4.htm
 
Exhibit 99.4
(Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
 Ashland Hercules Water Technologies average sales per shipping day)
 
Average Sales per Shipping Day ($ in millions)*
        
           
 
2005
2006
2007
 2008 2009 
January
1.606
1.554
3.038
 3.351  7.014 
February
1.532
1.679
3.064
 3.403  7.206 
March
1.507
1.475
2.797
 3.613  6.422 
April
1.622
1.938
3.299
 3.767  6.945 
May
1.560
1.554
3.079
 3.662  7.075 
June
1.536
1.912
3.193
4.022 
 6.959 
July
1.666
3.046
 3.238
 3.720 
 7.260 
August
1.520
2.793
 4.209
3.251 
  7.203 
September
1.744
3.310
 4.420
3.598 
  7.314 
October
1.509
2.677
 3.077
3.090 
  6.737 
November
1.639
2.853
3.467
5.994 
 7.911 
December
1.614
3.297
 3.445
  6.640  6.895 
 
*NOTE:  Information from October 2008 and prior does not include the Paper Technologies and Ventures operations of Hercules acquired on November 13, 2008.  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.  In May 2006 Ashland acquired the water treatment business of Degussa AG.