COVINGTON, Ky., July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of
directors of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) today declared the regular quarterly
cash dividend of 27.5 cents per share on the company's common stock (listed
on the New York and Chicago stock exchanges), equivalent to an annual
dividend of $1.10 per share.
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This dividend will be payable on September 15, 2006, to shareholders of
record at the close of business on August 21, 2006. As of June 30, 2006,
there were 71,093,609 shares outstanding.
Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) is a FORTUNE 500 chemical and transportation
construction company providing products, services and customer solutions
throughout the world. To learn more about Ashland, visit http://www.ashland.com.
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SOURCE Ashland Inc.
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CONTACT:
Media Relations, Jim Vitak, +1-614-790-3715,
or jevitak@ashland.com, or Investor Relations, Daragh Porter,
+1-859-815-3825, or dlporter@ashland.com, both of Ashland Inc.
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