Attached files
Exhibit
99.15
(Text
of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
Ashland
Distribution average sales per shipping day)
Average
Sales per Shipping Day ($ in millions)*
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008 | 2009 | |
January
|
15.187
|
15.959
|
15.445
|
17.177 | 12.065 |
February
|
15.530
|
16.412
|
16.333
|
16.794 | 10.847 |
March
|
15.524
|
15.910
|
15.520
|
17.574 | 10.339 |
April
|
15.631
|
17.034
|
16.592
|
17.319 | 10.825 |
May
|
15.664
|
16.459
|
15.905
|
17.809 | 11.268 |
June
|
14.971
|
16.552
|
16.377
|
18.863
|
11.160 |
July
|
14.774
|
16.194
|
15.948
|
18.018
|
11.506 |
August
|
14.535
|
15.925
|
16.762
|
17.994
|
11.744 |
September
|
16.319
|
16.695
|
17.328
|
17.958
|
12.938 |
October
|
15.870
|
16.000
|
16.109
|
16.188
|
12.181 |
November
|
16.688
|
16.537
|
17.169
|
14.765 | 12.588 |
December
|
14.991
|
13.963
|
14.506
|
10.232 |
*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.