Fundamental Data for HPC

HERCULES I(NYSE:HPC)

Hercules Incorporated manufactures chemical specialties used in a varietyof home, office and industrial products. The company is focused on sustaining long-term growth in shareholder value, driven by new product development, continuous improvement in manufacturing costs and responsive customer service. Its principal products are performance and process paper chemicals, water treatment chemicals, water-soluble polymers, food ingredients, resins and polypropylene and polyethylene fibers.

# Employees: 4660

Address: 1313 North Market Street Hercules Plaza,Wilmington,DE,USA

Phone: 302-594-5000

Fax: 302-594-5400

Website: www.herc.com

Email: aspizza@herc.com

Sector: Basic Materials

Industry: CHEM-DIVERSIFD

Executive Officers

Fred G. Aanonsen (V.P.; Controller)

Edward V. Carrington (V.P.; Human Resources)

Allen A. Spizzo (V.P.; C.F.O.)

Craig A. Rogerson (Presi.; C.E.O.)

John K. Wulff (Chmn.,)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: 9/24/2008

Annual Dividend: $0.20

Current Dividend Yield: $1.04

Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.05

Indicated Dividend: $0.14

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2008

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 1/27/2009

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.34

Mean EPS (Year): $1.45

Mean Estimate(Long Term): ($0.01)

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 13.250

Number of Estimates: 2

Shares Performance

Period	HPC	Compare to S&P
YTD	-0.72 %	52.26 %
4 Weeks	15.24 %	22.75 %
12 Weeks	-10.02 %	34.55 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 3646893

Shares Outstanding: 112M

Market Cap: $2.17B

52 Week High: $21.78

52 Week Low: $13.27

P/E Ratio: 13.430

PEG Ratio: -0.010

Split: On 1/31/1995 HPC split by factor of 3.000

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: -2.56 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: -17.39 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -1.11 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 11.32 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $3.78

Cash Flow/Share: $7.94

Change in Payout Ratio: 0.110

Price/Sales: 0.930