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Valvoline Gross Profit
3 Month Rolling Average (%)*
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Jan
26.6 27.5 26.7 21.4 24.5 24.2
Feb
26.8 27.4 27.4 21.6 25.1 24.0
Mar
27.2 27.7 28.3 22.0 25.6 24.4
Apr
26.8 28.3 28.8 21.4 25.1  
May
27.7 28.5 28.1 20.4 25.3  
Jun
28.5 28.7 25.9 20.2 25.1  
Jul
29.7 29.1 25.4 19.6 25.9  
Aug
29.8 29.6 25.6 19.0 25.5  
Sep
28.7 28.5 25.4 16.0 24.6  
Oct
28.1 27.7 24.5 17.9 24.3  
Nov
27.5 26.4 23.0 19.7 24.6  
Dec
28.3 26.8 22.1 23.8 24.7  
  12 Month Rolling Average (%)*
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Jan
28.8 28.1 28.0 25.1 20.7 24.9
Feb
28.7 28.1 28.0 24.7 21.0 24.9
Mar
28.3 28.3 28.1 23.9 21.4 24.7
Apr
28.0 28.4 28.1 23.2 21.7  
May
28.0 28.3 27.9 22.6 22.3  
Jun
28.1 28.3 27.4 22.4 22.6  
Jul
28.1 28.3 27.2 21.7 23.3  
Aug
28.2 28.3 26.9 20.9 23.9  
Sep
27.7 28.3 26.6 19.9 24.8  
Oct
27.8 28.2 26.4 20.0 25.0  
Nov
28.0 28.0 26.0 20.1 25.1  
Dec
28.2 27.9 25.5 20.4 25.0  


*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.