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Ashland Performance Materials Gross Profit
3 Month Rolling Average (%)*
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Jan
22.3
21.0
17.3
21.3
20.5
17.3
Feb
21.8
21.6
18.6
22.2
19.7
17.1
Mar
20.9
21.8
20.7
22.9
20.5
18.1
Apr
21.2
22.0
21.5
23.4
21.0
 
May
20.8
20.8
21.6
24.2
21.4
 
Jun
22.0
20.2
22.6
25.0
21.9
 
Jul
22.2
20.0
22.7
24.6
21.2
 
Aug
23.1
19.6
22.9
22.8
20.1
 
Sep
21.6
17.7
21.2
20.3
18.1
 
Oct
22.2
16.9
21.6
20.4
18.4
 
Nov
21.7
16.8
20.9
20.8
18.7
 
Dec
22.6
16.6
21.6
21.1
18.2
 
  12 Month Rolling Average (%)*
 
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Jan
25.4
21.7
18.9
21.8
22.2
19.4
Feb
25.0
21.8
18.9
21.9
21.9
19.4
Mar
24.4
22.0
18.8
22.1
21.7
19.1
Apr
23.8
21.9
19.0
22.3
21.6
 
May
23.1
21.8
19.3
22.5
21.2
 
Jun
22.8
21.5
19.7
22.8
21.0
 
Jul
22.6
21.3
19.9
22.8
20.8
 
Aug
22.5
20.9
20.2
22.5
20.5
 
Sep
22.1
20.4
20.4
22.5
20.3
 
Oct
22.0
19.8
20.9
22.4
20.2
 
Nov
21.9
19.5
21.1
22.5
20.0
 
Dec
21.8
18.9
21.6
22.3
19.6
 

*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.