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.

In consideration of the benefits described herein, I unconditionally and irrevocably waive, abandon and release any and all rights or claims of any kind (including all claims that relate to my employment or termination of employment) that I may have, or my heirs, executors, agents or assigns may have, against Ford Motor Company, its affiliates or subsidiaries, respective officers, directors, board members, agents or employees, and the employee benefit plans sponsored by the Company, and their fiduciaries (the "Company"). Furthermore, I represent that # I have not sustained any injuries during the time of my employment which are compensable as part of a workers’ compensation claim and # as of the date of my termination, I am not aware of any non-compliance by Ford with, or its potential violation of, any federal or state statute, regulation, other administrative guidance, or common law doctrine. I understand that the Company has relied on this material representation in determining the amount of the benefits described herein and deciding to enter into this Agreement. Except as provided in Paragraph 4 below, I agree not to start any proceedings of any kind against the Company relating in any way to my employment or the termination of my employment and I agree to terminate any proceedings I may have begun or withdraw from any I may be participating in relating to my employment. This waiver and release includes, but is not limited to, any and all rights or claims, whether known or unknown, I may have under all laws (including statutes, regulations, other administrative guidance, and common law doctrines), such as the following:

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.

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. 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. 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.

This general release does not waive or release rights or claims arising after the Release Signature Date, including claims to enforce this Release.

General Release Requirement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, it will be a condition to Executive's right to receive the amounts provided for in Section 6.1, Section 6.2 and Section 7.1, that Executive timely execute and deliver to the Company, a general release provided by and acceptable to the Company within twenty-one (21) days of its delivery to Executive (or such longer period as may be required under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended), without subsequent revocation of the general release. Upon satisfaction of the general release condition, the payment of the severance benefits will commence as provided in Section 6.1, Section 6.2 and Section 7.1 or as applicable as provided in this Agreement.

Mutual General Release. In exchange for the mutual consideration and the Company's payments and other undertakings as described herein, the Company and the Executive, for their selves and their heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns, do hereby completely release and forever discharge each other and their heirs, the Company’s parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and their respective shareholders, officers, directors, representatives, employees, former employees, agents, attorneys, successors and assigns (herein collectively “the Releases”) from all claims, rights, demands, actions, obligations and causes of action of any and every kind, nature and character, known or unknown, that either party may now have or has ever had against them, arising from or in any way connected with the employment relationship between the parties, any actions taken by any of the Releases during the employment relationship, the termination of that relationship, and any other dealings of any kind between Executive and any of the Releases up to the effective date of the Agreement, including but not limited to # any and all claims of “wrongful discharge,” breach of express or implied contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, wrongful discharge in violation of public policy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, fraud and defamation; # any tort of any nature; # any and all claims arising under any federal, state, county or municipal statute, constitution or ordinance, including but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (excluding claims for benefits under a plan or program subject thereto), and any other laws and regulations relating to employment discrimination; and # any and all claims for compensation, bonuses, severance pay, vacation pay, expense reimbursement, attorneys' fees and costs. Nothing herein shall limit Executive’s rights to indemnification under the Company’s bylaws or other organizational documents or to post-termination coverage under and pursuant to the terms of the Company’s D&O insurance policies.

general release of any and all claims;

I further agree that I will not file (or join, or accept any relief in) a lawsuit against the Company pleading or asserting any claims released in this General Release. If I breach this promise, and the action is found to be barred in whole or in part by this General Release, I agree to pay the attorneys’ fees and costs, or the proportions thereof, incurred by the Company in defending against those claims that are found to be barred by this General Release. Nothing in this paragraph precludes me from challenging the validity of this General Release under the requirements of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and I shall not be responsible for reimbursing the attorneys’ fees and costs of the Company in connection with such a challenge to the validity of the release. However, I acknowledge that this General Release applies to all claims I have under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and that, unless this General Release is held to be invalid, all of my claims under that Act shall be extinguished. I further acknowledge and agree that nothing in this General Release precludes or prevents me from filing a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or other government agency. I agree that I will not seek or accept any relief obtained on my behalf by any government agency, private party, class, or otherwise with respect to any claims released in this General Release, provided that this General Release does not limit my right to receive an award for information provided to any government agency.