For good and valuable consideration, including the consideration set forth in [Section 1(b)] hereof, Executive knowingly and voluntarily (for and on behalf of Executive, Executive’s family, and Executive’s heirs, executors, administrators and assigns) hereby releases and forever discharges the Company and its affiliates, predecessors, successors and subsidiaries, and the foregoing entities’ respective equity-holders, officers, directors, managers, members, partners, employees, agents, representatives, and other affiliated persons, and the Company’s and its affiliates’ benefit plans (and the fiduciaries and trustees of such plans) (collectively, the “Company Parties”), from liability for, and Executive hereby waives, any and all claims, damages, or causes of action of any kind related to Executive’s employment with any Company Party and any other acts or omissions related to any matter occurring on or prior to the date that Executive executes this Agreement, including # any alleged violation through such time of: # any federal, state or local anti-discrimination or anti-retaliation law, regulation or ordinance, including the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (including as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, [Sections 1981 through 1988] of

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.

In consideration for the Release Consideration, You fully, finally and unconditionally waive, release and forever discharge ​, and ​’s current, former, and future controlling shareholders, subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies, predecessor companies, divisions, directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, successors, and assigns (and the current, former, and future controlling shareholders, directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents, and attorneys of any such subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies, predecessor companies, and divisions) (all of the foregoing released persons or entities being referred to herein collectively as “Releasees”), from any and all claims, complaints, demands, actions, suits, causes of action, obligations, damages and liabilities of whatever kind or nature, whether known or unknown, and regardless of whether the knowledge thereof would have materially affected Your agreement to release ​ hereunder, based on any act, omission, event, occurrence, or nonoccurrence from the beginning of time to the Release Signature Date, including, but not limited to, claims that arise out of or in any way relate to Your employment or Your separation from employment with ​.

In consideration for receiving the severance payments and benefits described above, and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which Employee hereby acknowledges, Employee hereby waives and releases to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law any and all claims or causes of action, whether known or unknown, against the [[Organization A:Organization]] and/or its predecessors, successors, past or present subsidiaries, affiliated companies, investors, branches or related entities (collectively, including the [[Organization A:Organization]], the “Entities”) and/or the Entities’ respective past, present, or future insurers, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, employees, stockholders, assigns and employee benefit plans (collectively with the Entities, the “Released Parties”), with respect to any matter, including, without limitation, any matter related to Employee’s employment with the [[Organization A:Organization]] or the termination of that employment relationship, occurring as of or prior to the latest date opposite Employee’s signature(s) below. This waiver and release includes, without limitation, claims to wages, including overtime or minimum wages, bonuses, incentive compensation, equity compensation, vacation pay or any other compensation or benefits; any claims for failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements, failure to timely pay final pay or failure to provide meal or rest breaks; claims for any loss, cost, damage, or expense arising out of any dispute over the non-withholding or other tax treatment or employment classification, claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); claims for attorneys’ fees or costs; claims for penalties; any and all claims for stock, stock options or other equity securities of the [[Organization A:Organization]]; claims of wrongful discharge, constructive discharge, emotional distress, defamation, invasion of privacy, fraud, breach of contract, and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; any claims of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation based on sex, age, race, national origin, disability or on any other protected basis, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or any other federal, state, or local law prohibiting discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation; and claims under the California laws, and all other laws and regulations relating to employment. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the above stated release and waiver of claims shall not apply to any of the following: # any claims Employee may have under this Agreement, # any rights Employee may have to accrued but unpaid salary or vested benefits, # any COBRA benefits required by law; # any rights to indemnification, exculpation and/or advancement of expenses in Employee’s capacity as a director or officer of the [[Organization A:Organization]] or any of its affiliates, whether under the organizational documents of any such companies or otherwise, and any rights as an additional insured under any D&O insurance or similar policy maintained by the [[Organization A:Organization]]; and # any claim which cannot be released as a matter of law in a private agreement.

General Release. In exchange for the consideration provided to you under this Agreement to which you would not otherwise be entitled, you hereby generally and completely release the Company, and its affiliated, related, parent and subsidiary entities, and its and their current and former directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors, insurers, affiliates, and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, liabilities and obligations, both known and unknown, that arise out of or are in any way related to events, acts, conduct, or omissions occurring prior to or on the date you sign this Agreement (collectively, the “Released Claims”).

General Release. In exchange for these special severance benefits offered by Ashland, I completely release any and all claims I may have at this time, whether known or unknown, against Ashland, its parents, divisions, subsidiaries, insurers and affiliates, their predecessors, successors and assigns, and their officers, directors or employees (collectively referred to hereafter as “Releasees”). This Release is intended to be a broad release and shall apply to any relief from Releasees, no matter how denominated, including, but not limited to, claims for future employment, rights or causes of action for wages, backpay, front pay, compensatory damages, punitive damages, or attorney’s fees. I also agree that I will not file any such claim and I hereby agree to indemnify and hold Releasees harmless from any such claim.

General Release. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Partnership shall have any obligation to pay any amount or provide any benefit, as the case may be, other than the Accrued Benefits under this Agreement, unless the Employee executes, delivers to the Partnership, and does not revoke (to the extent the Employee is allowed to do so as set forth in the General Release or pursuant to law), a General Release within sixty (60) days of the Employee’s Termination Date.

General Release. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, # Executive shall not be entitled to receive any payments, Benefits or other compensation under this paragraph 4 (beyond the Accrued Obligations) unless and until Executive has executed and delivered to the Company a general release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “General Release”) (with such changes thereto as may be required due to # changes in the law or if Executive’s termination of employment is part of a reduction in force requiring a longer (45-day) opportunity to consider the Release or # to comply with Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (“OWBPA”) or state law requirements) within sixty (60) days of the Termination Date, and the time for revocation of such release has elapsed and # to the extent that the payment of any amount constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A, any such payment scheduled to occur during the first sixty (60) days following the termination of employment shall not be paid until the first regularly scheduled pay period following the sixtieth (60th) day following such termination and shall include payment of any amount that was otherwise scheduled to be paid prior thereto.

General Release. Expressly conditioned upon timely completion of the requirements set forth herein, each Party, and each of their respective members, does hereby release and forever discharge the other Party, and each of its respective members, from any and all manner of action or actions, cause or causes of action, in law or in equity, suits, debts, liens, contracts (express, implied in fact, or implied by law), agreements, promises, liabilities, claims, set offs, rights and claims for indemnity and/or contribution, refunds, overpayments, demands, commissions, damages, losses, costs, or expenses, of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, fixed or contingent, which each now has or may hereafter have by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever from the beginning of time to the date hereof, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any matters that or might have been in any way raised, by complaint, cross-complaint or otherwise and the agreements shall be null and void and of no effect. Notwithstanding the above, or any other provisions of this instrument, this Agreement shall not affect, discharge, or release any claims, known or unknown, which arise from or relate to the rights or obligations of the Parties hereto, whether presently existing or subsequently accruing, with respect to the obligations created by or arising out of the provisions of this Agreement or the Voting Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

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.