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 ​.

General Release. From and after Closing Date, # the Seller, on behalf of itself and the Seller Affiliates (each a “Seller Releasing Person”), hereby forever releases and discharges the Purchaser, its Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives, predecessors, successors, related entities, assigns or the like or any persons acting by, through, under or in concert with, any of them (collectively, the “Released Purchaser Persons”) from all debts, demands, causes of action, suits, covenants, torts, damages and any and all claims, defenses, offsets, judgments, demands and liabilities whatsoever, of every name and nature, both at law and in equity, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued, that have been or could have been asserted against any Released Purchaser Person, that any Seller Releasing Person has or ever

General Release. In exchange for the consideration under this Agreement to which you would not otherwise be entitled, you hereby generally and completely release the Company and its directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors, parent or subsidiary entities, insurers, affiliates and assigns 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 prior to or on the date you sign this Agreement.

General Release. For and in consideration of your undertakings in this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which you hereby acknowledge, you, on behalf of yourself and your heirs, legatees and personal representatives, release and waive all claims, suits or actions of any kind against LSI, its parents, predecessors, successors, assigns, subsidiaries and affiliates, any of each of their employee benefit plans, and any of each of their current and former directors, officers, employees, and agents in their individual and official capacities ("Released Parties"), which you have, had or may have through the date you execute this Agreement, whether known or unknown, including but not limited to all claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Older Workers' Benefit Protection Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Ohio Fair Employment Practices Law and under any other federal, state and local statute, ordinance, regulation, and order, under the common law and under any Released Party policy, practice or procedure; provided, however, that you do not waive # rights under this Agreement; # vested benefits under any retirement plan in which you are a participant in accordance with the terms of the plan; and # claims that cannot be released as a matter of law.

General Release. You, and for your heirs, assigns, executors and administrators, release the Releasees from all claims, causes of action, covenants, contracts, agreements, promises, damages, disputes, demands, and all other manner of actions whatsoever, in law or in equity, that you ever had, may have had, now have, or that your heirs, assigns, executors or administrators hereinafter can, shall or may have, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, suspected or unsuspected, as a result of or related to your employment with the Company Group, the termination of that employment, or any act or omission which has occurred at any time up to and including the date of the execution of this Agreement (“Released Claims”), and expressly agree not to file a lawsuit to assert any such Released Claims. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent you from filing a charge (including a challenge to the validity of this Agreement) with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”), the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”), the DC Office of Human Rights (the “DCOHR”), or other similar federal, state or local agency, or from participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC, the NLRB, the DCOHR or similar federal, state or local agencies. However, by entering into this Agreement, you understand and agree that you are waiving any and all rights to recover any monetary relief or other personal relief as a result of any such EEOC, NLRB, DCOHR or similar federal, state or local agency proceeding, including any subsequent legal action. The foregoing agencies are meant to be illustrative rather than all-inclusive. The Released Claims released include, but are not limited to, any claim(s) arising under the:

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. 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. Employee acknowledges that Employee would not be entitled to receive the Separation Pay provided for herein absent Employee’s execution of and compliance with this Agreement. In consideration of the Separation Pay and other benefits, Employee, individually and on behalf of Employee’s spouse, domestic partner, heirs and assigns (as applicable), to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, unconditionally releases and discharges ESI, its subsidiaries, any related corporations and/or entities and each entity’s respective directors, officers, shareholders, employees, agents, successors and assigns, in their individual and representative capacities (collectively “Releasees”), from any and all known or unknown liability, damages claims, causes of action or suits of any type related directly or indirectly to Employee's employment with ESI, and the termination of Employee's employment with ESI, including claims under any common law theories, including but not limited to, breach of contract or tort or tort-like theories and under any local, state or federal, constitutional, civil rights, labor, and employment laws, including but not limited to, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Post Civil War Civil Rights Acts (42 USC §§ 1981‑1988), the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Equal Pay Act, Older Workers’ Benefit Protection Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Executive Order 11246, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act, all as amended, including any regulations or guidelines thereunder.