>Ashland Inc. is a diversified, global chemical company,provides quality products, services and solutions to customers in more than 100 countries.(http://www.ashland.com/)

 

>Hercules manufactures and markets chemical specialties globally for making a variety of products for home, office and industrial markets. (http://www.herc.com/)

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>AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGE 

 http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305014/000119312508150274/dex21.htm

 

>Press Release:

 http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-11-2008/0004847309&EDATE=#

 

>Conference Call:

 http://www.earnings.com/conferencecallhost.asp?event=1898207&client=cb

 

>Presentation:

http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/72/725/72503/items/300062/AshlandHercules71108330amFINAL.pdf 

 

>Consideration:

 $18.60 per share in cash and 0.093 of a share of Ashland common stock for each share of Hercules common stock

 

>Expected Closed:

Expected to close by end of calendar 2008 

 

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