Non-Disparagement. Except as otherwise provided in [Subsection 18(a)(iii)] of this Agreement, the Executive agrees that while the Executive is employed by the Company and at all times following the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive will not take any action or make any statement which disparages the Company or its practices or which disrupts or impairs its normal operations, such that it causes a material adverse impact to the Company.

NON-DISPARAGEMENT. Executive Releasor agrees not to speak or act in a manner that would reasonably be expected to disparage or defame or damage the goodwill of Employer or its Affiliates, or the business or personal reputations of any of its officers, directors, partners, agents, employees, clients or suppliers, and further agrees not to engage in any other depreciating conduct or communications with respect to Employer or its Affiliates including, without limitation, on social media. Employer and Cronos Group Inc. agree not to, agree to cause each of its Affiliates not to and agree to direct each of their and their Affiliates’ respective Representatives (as defined in the MIPA) not to, speak or act in a manner that would reasonably be expected to disparage or defame Executive Releasor or Executive Releasor’s, heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and further agree not to, agree to cause each of its Affiliates not to and agree to direct each of their and their Affiliates’ respective Representatives not to, engage in any other depreciating conduct or communications with respect to Executive Releasor including, without limitation, on social media. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall adversely affect or impair any party’s right to enforce any of the restrictive covenants or other post-employment obligations contained in the Restrictive Covenant Agreement, or any other agreement to which such party is a party or otherwise bound.

NON-DISPARAGEMENT. Employee agrees not to make any statements, verbally or in writing, that disparage or subvert, the [[Organization A:Organization]] or any of its affiliated entities, or its or their products, services, finances, operations, or any aspect of the respective businesses, or current or former officers, executives, directors, shareholders, Executives, managers or agents. Employee further agrees not to engage in, or induce or encourage others to engage in, any conduct injurious to the reputation or interest of [[Organization A:Organization]] or its affiliated entities. Nothing herein shall prevent Employee from providing truthful testimony under oath or to a government agency or as otherwise required by law or from acting in compliance with applicable whistleblower laws. Employee’s obligations in this Section extend beyond the date of termination of employment with ​ and shall be binding upon Employee’s heirs, assigns, agents, advisors, and legal representatives.

Non-Disparagement. The Employee will not, at any time during the Restriction Period, disparage the Bank or FUSB or any of their respective current, former or future directors, officers, management personnel or representatives. The Employee and the Company hereby knowingly and expressly disclaim the applicability of the Alabama Non-Disparagement Obligations Act (Ala. Code § 8-1-220, et seq.) without conceding its applicability to this Agreement. Nothing in this Section 4(e) or otherwise in this Agreement prevents the Employee from complying with any applicable laws, providing truthful information in response to a lawful subpoena issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, or providing truthful information in cooperation with an investigation by a governmental agency.

Non-Disparagement. Except as may be compelled by law or as authorized in writing by the Company, during and at all times after Employee’s employment with the Company, Employee shall not make any oral or written defamatory or recklessly malicious statements, or take any actions, which could disparage or denigrate the Company or its current or former officers, directors, employees, products or services.

Non-Disparagement. The Executive shall not, during the Period of Employment or at any time thereafter, publish or communicate (other than statements made while employed by the Company or one of its affiliates in connection with carrying out the Executive's duties and responsibilities for the Company or any of its affiliates), in a manner intended to be public or that should reasonably be expected to become public (including, without limitation, through social media), disparaging or derogatory statements or opinions about the Company or any of its affiliates, stockholders, officers, employees, directors, or customers; provided that it shall not be a breach of this Section 4.6 for the Executive to testify truthfully in any judicial or administrative proceeding, to make statements or allegations in legal filings that are based on the Executive's reasonable belief and are not made in bad faith, or to make statements to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law.

At all times during the employment with the Company and for the Confidentiality Period under [Section 5.4] of this Agreement, neither party shall make (or cause to be made) to any Person any defamatory, disparaging or false statement about the other.

Non-Disparagement. The Parties agree not to defame, disparage or criticize each other at any time.

This letter will also serve as a reminder of your obligations under your employment agreement with respect to confidential information, noncompetition and non-disparagement, which survive termination of your employment.

Additionally, for employees who reside in the State of Colorado at the time they execute the Agreement, including [Exhibit B], the Non-Disparagement Restriction in paragraph 6 does not apply.

For purposes of this Agreement, the term “A.M. Castle’s Business” shall mean any business in which Employer or any of its subsidiaries is engaged, including, without limitation, the business of distributing specialty metals to customers within the producer durable equipment, aerospace, heavy industrial equipment, industrial goods, construction equipment, oil and gas, and retail sectors in the Restricted Area (as defined below). In this business, Employer generates a tremendous volume of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets, which it hereby agrees to share with Employee, and which Employee will have access to and knowledge of through or as a result of Employee’s employment with Employer. “Confidential Information and Trade Secrets” includes any information, data or compilation of information or data developed, acquired

SECTION # Non-Disparagement. The Parties agree that they will not make any disparaging or derogatory remarks or statements about each other. The obligations of Consultant pursuant to this Section shall survive termination of the engagement and indefinitely thereafter.

CONSIDERATION. If Employee executes this Agreement, returns it to LP within the time frame stated herein, does not revoke it, and complies with Employee’s obligations hereunder, including but not limited to the non-disparagement provision, Employee will receive the following consideration:

Employee was formerly employed by Employer and subject to that certain Amended and Restated Employment Agreement effective April 1, 2022 (“2022 Employment Agreement”) containing a: # confidential information provision in Section 11; # covenant not to compete in [Section 12(a)(i)]; # non-solicitation provisions in [Section 12(a)(ii)] – (iii); and # a non-disparagement provision in [Section 12(c)];

Confidentiality/Disparagement.

This Plan shall be administered by the Board. The Board, acting in good faith, shall exercise such powers and take such actions as may be called for under this Plan and, further, the Board shall have the power to interpret this Plan and to take such other actions in the administration and operation of this Plan as the Board deems equitable under the circumstances. Any action taken by the Board under or with respect to this Plan will be binding on the Company, on each affected Eligible Employee, Director or Consultant and on each other person directly or indirectly affected by such action. The Board, as a condition to making any grant or permitting any exercise under the Plan, has the right to require the Holder to execute an agreement that makes the Holder subject to non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, and confidentiality provisions and other restrictive covenants that run in favor of the Company (unless the Holder is already a party to an agreement with the Company that includes non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions).

Reporting. Nothing in this Agreement, including the Non-Disparagement provision in Section 10(b) above, shall be construed to prohibit Executive from reporting conduct to, providing truthful information to or participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by any federal or state government agency or self-regulatory organization.

The Participant must execute a severance agreement (the “Severance Agreement”) to the reasonable satisfaction of the Bank and the Company and such Severance Agreement must become effective and irrevocable within sixty (60) days following the Participant’s Qualifying Termination. Any such Severance Agreement will include, without limitation, # a release of claims in favor of the Company, the Bank, their affiliates and their respective officers and directors; # non-solicitation, non-disparagement, confidentiality and further cooperation provisions substantially similar to those set forth in [Appendix B] hereto; and