Execution of Release of Claims. Company shall not be obligated to pay Executive any of the severance payments or benefits described in this Section 4 unless and until Executive has executed (without revocation) a timely release of claims in a form acceptable to Company, which shall include a general release of claims against Company and Parent Company (including its and their affiliated entities, and its and their officers, directors, employees and others associated with such entities), a reaffirmation of Executive’s covenants under the terms of the Agreement to Protect Confidential Information, Inventions and Business (as referenced in Section 5 below), as well as standard and reasonable terms regarding items such as mutual non-disparagement, confidentiality, cooperation and the like (the “Release Agreement”). The Release Agreement must be provided to Executive within fifteen (15) days following Executive’s separation from service, and signed by Executive and returned to Company no later than sixty (60) days following Executive’s separation from service (the “Review Period”). If Executive fails or refuses to return the Release Agreement within the Review Period, Executive’s severance payments and benefits hereunder shall be forfeited.

Claims Release. The Borrower hereby fully, finally and forever release, waive, and discharge the Lender and its successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives from any and all actions, causes of action, claims, debts, demands, liabilities, obligations and suits of whatever kind or nature, in law or in equity, that the Borrower, or any of them, have or in the future may have, whether known or unknown, arising from events prior to the date hereof in respect to the Loan and the Loan Documents.

Release of Claims. Executive agrees that, other than with respect to the Retained Claims, the foregoing consideration represents settlement in full of all outstanding obligations owed to Executive by the Company, Parent, any of their direct or indirect subsidiaries and affiliates, and any of their current and former officers, directors, equity holders, managers, employees, agents, investors, attorneys, shareholders, administrators, affiliates, benefit plans, plan administrators, insurers, trustees, divisions, and subsidiaries and predecessor and successor corporations and assigns (collectively, the “Releasees”). Executive, on Executive’s own behalf and on behalf of any of Executive’s affiliated companies or entities and any of their respective

Release of Claims. I voluntarily release and forever discharge the Company, its parents, subsidiaries, and affiliated entities, and each of those entities’ respective current and former shareholders, investors, directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, insurers, legal successors and assigns (collectively referred to as the “Releasees”) generally from all claims, demands, debts, damages and liabilities of every name and nature, known or unknown (“Claims”) that, as of the date when I sign this Release, I have, ever had, now claim to have or ever claimed to have had against any or all of the Releasees. This includes, without limitation, the release of all Claims: relating to my employment by the Company and my separation from employment; of wrong discharge; of breach of contract; of retaliation or discrimination under federal, state or local law (including, without limitation, Claims of age discrimination or retaliation in Employment Act, Claims of disability or retaliation under the American with Disabilities Act, Claims of discrimination or retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Claims of any form of discrimination or retaliation that is prohibited by the Tennessee Civil Rights Act or law of any other state); under any other federal or state statute; of defamation or other torts; of violation of public policy; for wages, bonuses, incentive compensation, vacation pay or any other compensation, vacation pay or any other compensation or benefits; and for damages or remedies of any sort, including, without limitation, compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief and attorney’s fees; provided, however, that this release shall not affect my rights under the Company’s [Section 401(k)] plan, my rights to the Separation Benefits under the Employment Agreement, my rights to indemnification under the Indemnification Agreement between the Company and me (the “Indemnification Agreement”), my rights to Directors’ and Officers’ insurance, my rights to any vested equity awards, my rights to file an administrative charge or complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or other administrative agency, and any rights and claims that cannot be waived by law.

Release of Claims. To be eligible to receive benefits under the Plan, an Executive must execute a general waiver and release in substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, EXHIBIT B, or EXHIBIT C, as appropriate, within the time provided by the Company, and such release must become effective in accordance with its terms. The Company, in its sole discretion, may modify the form of the required release to comply with applicable law and shall determine the form of the required release, which may be incorporated into a termination agreement or other agreement with the Executive. The Executive will not receive any of the severance benefits provided for under this Plan unless and until the release is timely executed and becomes effective in accordance with its terms (the date on which the release becomes effective, the “Release Date”, which date may in no event be later than sixty (60) days following the Executive’s termination). Any severance benefits owed to the Executive through the Release Date will be paid in a lump sum on the Release Date, with the balance of the severance payments and benefits commencing thereafter in accordance with the original payment schedules set forth in this Plan.

Release of Claims. As a condition to the receipt of the payments and benefits described in this Section 6, the Executive shall be required to execute a release of all claims arising out of the Executive’s employment or the termination thereof including, but not limited to, any claim of discrimination under state or federal law.

Each Loan Party hereby absolutely and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the Administrative Agent, each Lender, and any and all participants, parent corporations, subsidiary corporations, affiliated corporations, insurers, indemnitors, successors and assigns thereof, together with all of the present and former directors, officers, agents, attorneys and employees of any of the foregoing (each, a “Releasee” and collectively, the “Releasees”), from any and all claims, demands or causes of action of any kind, nature or description, whether arising in law or equity or upon contract or tort or under any state or federal law or otherwise (each, a “Claim” and collectively, the “Claims”), which such Loan Party has had, now has or has made claim to have against any such person for or by reason of any act, omission, matter, cause or thing whatsoever arising from the beginning of time to and including the date of this Agreement which relates directly or indirectly, to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether such claims, demands and causes of action are matured or unmatured or known or unknown, except for the duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement. Each Loan Party understands, acknowledges and agrees that the release set forth above may be pleaded as a full and complete defense to any Claim and may be used as a basis for an injunction against any action, suit or other proceeding which may be instituted, prosecuted or attempted in breach of the provisions of such release. Each Loan Party agrees that no fact, event, circumstance, evidence or transaction which could now be asserted or which may hereafter be discovered will affect in any manner the final, absolute and unconditional nature of the release set forth above.

Release of Claims. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, payment of any benefits under the Plan is expressly contingent upon the Participant’s execution and delivery to the Company, within 30 days after the Participant’s Date of Termination, of a written agreement provided by the Company, wherein the Participant releases and discharges the Company and each of its Affiliates of any and all claims against the Company and its Affiliates related in any way to the Participant’s employment with an Employer and the termination of such employment.

Release of Claims. As of the Effective Date, each party to this Agreement releases and discharges the other as well as any of its officers, directors, shareholders, agents, employees, attorneys, successors, heirs, devisees, assigns, affiliates, related organizations, if any, and any other persons, firms or corporations in interest with them, or any of them, of and from all contracts, agreements, understandings, claims, liabilities, demands, liens, debts, loans, obligations, accounts, causes of action and/or suit of any and every nature, known or unknown, for damages or otherwise, at law or in equity (“Claims”), which each party may have or claim to have had against the other including without limitation: Claims related to ownership of the Lease Applications; Claims related to any previous agreements or alleged agreements between or among any of the Parties hereto; Claims of breach of any understanding or agreement related to the Lease Applications and the proposed mining of Mineral(s) by predecessors in interest of the Parties, and Claims of compensation owing or due in the form of fees, wages, royalties or and any other obligation for sums due and owing from any of the Parties that arose from or may arise from actions or omissions of the Parties or their predecessors in interest prior to the Effective Date.

Release of Claims. Smathers hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges ​, its officers, directors, agents, servants, employees, shareholders, successors, assigns and affiliates, of and from any and all claims, or potential claims, liabilities, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees, damages, indemnities and obligations of every kind and nature, in law, equity, or otherwise, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to agreements, events, acts or conduct at any time prior to and including the Termination Date, including but not limited to: any and all such claims and demands directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way connected with Smathers’ employment with ​ or the termination of that employment; claims or demands related to salary, bonuses, commissions, stock, stock options, or any other ownership interests in ​, vacation pay, fringe benefits, expense reimbursements, severance benefits, or any other form of compensation; claims pursuant to any federal, state, or local law or cause of action including, but not limited to, the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“ADEA”); the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the California Fair Employment & Housing Act, as amended; tort law; contract law; wrongful discharge; discrimination; fraud; defamation; emotional distress; and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Effective January 1, 2015, the Company will release, acquit and forever discharge Smathers of and from any and all claims, or potential claims, liabilities, demands, causes of action costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees, damages, indemnities and obligations of every kind and nature, in law, equity, or otherwise, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to Smathers’ Employment with ​ except claims or potential claims, liabilities, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees, damages, indemnities and obligations of every kind and nature, in law , equity, or otherwise, in any way related to acts of fraud, willful misconduct and gross negligence.