X0303 4 2008-11-13 1 0000046989 HERCULES INC HPC 0001011201 LIPTON JEFFREY M 1313 N. MARKET STREET WILMINGTON DE 19894 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2008-11-13 4 D 0 45454 D 24056 D Common Stock (RSUs) 2008-11-13 4 D 0 24056 20.55 D 0 D Stock Options 8.52 2008-11-13 4 D 0 3000 12.03 D 2002-11-05 2011-11-05 Common Stock 3000 0 D Stock Options 9.49 2008-11-13 4 D 0 3000 11.06 D 2003-11-05 2012-11-05 Common Stock 3000 0 D Stock Options 10.09 2008-11-13 4 D 0 3000 10.46 D 2004-11-04 2013-11-04 Common Stock 3000 0 D Stock Options 14.25 2008-11-13 4 D 0 3000 6.30 D 2005-11-14 2014-11-12 Common Stock 3000 0 D Stock Options 10.82 2008-11-13 4 D 0 3000 9.73 D 2006-11-07 2015-11-07 Commonn Stock 3000 0 D Stock Options 17.81 2008-11-13 4 D 0 3000 2.74 D 2007-10-26 2016-10-26 Common Stock 3000 0 D Stock Options 19.45 2008-11-13 4 D 0 3000 1.10 D 2008-10-29 2017-10-30 Common Stock 3000 0 D Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 10, 2008, among Ashland Inc. ("Ashland"), Ashland Sub One, Inc. and Hercules Incorporated ("Hercules") in exchange for $18.60 in cash per share of Hercules common stock, 0.0930 of a share of Ashland common stock, having a market value of $1.6647 per share on the effective date of the merger, per share of Hercules common stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares of Ashland common stock. /s/ Israel J. Floyd, Acting as Attorney in Fact for Jeffrey M. Lipton 2008-11-17