Severability; Provisions Subject to Applicable Law. All provisions of this Agreement shall be applicable only to the extent that they do not violate any applicable law, and are intended to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Agreement invalid, illegal or unenforceable under any applicable law. If any provision of this Agreement or any application thereof shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of other provisions of this Agreement or of any other application of such provision shall in no way be affected thereby.

Applicable Law; Severability. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York, exclusive of the body of law known as conflicts of law. Should a court or other body of competent jurisdiction determine that any term or provision of this Agreement is excessive in scope or duration or is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, then the parties agree that such term or provision shall not be voided or made unenforceable , but rather shall be modified so as to be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent possible, under the purposes stated in the preceding sentence and with applicable law, and all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall remain valid and fully enforceable.

Applicable Law and General Provisions. This Release shall be interpreted under the law of the state in which Employee last worked. This Release sets forth the entire agreement between the parties. Employee is not relying on any other agreements or oral representations not fully addressed in this Release. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any part of this Release is found by a court of law to be unenforceable, the remainder of this Release will continue to be valid and effective. The headings in this Release are provided for reference only and shall not affect the substance of this Release.

Applicable Law. This Agreement will be enforced, interpreted, and construed under the laws of the State of Illinois, without reference to its conflict-of-laws provisions.

Applicable Law. Except as expressly provided in [Exhibit B], the validity, construction, interpretation and effect of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.

Applicable Law. As it relates solely to AST, this Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State of New York, without regard to choice of laws principles.

Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Ohio and applicable federal law.

Applicable Law. Following Executive’s promotion to Executive Vice President of ​, Executive’s primary place of employment will be ​’s corporate headquarters located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Accordingly, this Agreement is made in, and shall be interpreted, construed and governed according to the laws of, the State of North Carolina, regardless of choice of law principles of any jurisdiction to the contrary. Each party, for themselves and their successors and assigns, hereby irrevocably # consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the North Carolina state and federal courts located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and # waives any objection to any such action based on venue or forum non conveniens. Further, Executive hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any court or similar body within the Restricted Territory for enforcement of any judgment entered in a court or similar body pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement is intended, among other things, to supplement the provisions of the North Carolina Trade Secrets Protection Act and the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, each as amended from time to time, and the duties Executive owes to ​ under North Carolina common law, including, but not limited to, fiduciary duties owed by Executive to ​.

Applicable Law. This Plan is construed under, to the extent not preempted by federal law, enforced in accordance with and governed by, the laws of the State of Wisconsin. If any provision of this Plan is found to be invalid, such provision shall be deemed modified to comply with applicable law and the remaining terms and provisions of this Plan will remain in full force and effect.