Document:

[Non-Employee Director] 

THE MARCUS
CORPORATION
2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN  
STOCK OPTION AWARD  

[Name]           
[Address]

[Telephone]: (___)___-____  

Dear ___________________: 

You have been granted an option (this
“Option”) to purchase shares of common stock of The Marcus Corporation (the
“Company”) under The Marcus Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”) with the following terms and conditions: 

	Grant Date:  	___________,
200__

	Type of Option:  	Nonqualified 

	Number of Option Shares:  	____________________ 

	Exercise Price Per Share:  	$_______________ 

	Termination Date:  	This
Option will terminate upon the close of business at the Company headquarters on the
earlier of: 

	 	                                      • 	The
tenth (10th) anniversary of the Grant Date, or 

	 	• 	One
hundred and eighty (180) days after you cease serving on the Board of Directors for any
reason.  

	Manner of Exercise:  	You
may exercise this Option in whole or part at any time until the Termination Date. During
your lifetime, only you (or your legal representative in the event of your disability)
may exercise this Option. If someone else wants to exercise this Option after your death,
that person must contact the Secretary of the Company and prove to the Company’s
satisfaction that he or she is entitled to do so. 

	 	
To
exercise this Option, you must provide notice to the Secretary of the Company on such
form as the Secretary prescribes. Your notice must be accompanied by payment of the
exercise price: (1) in cash; (2) by check of money order made payable to the
Company; (3) by delivering previously owned Shares, duly endorsed in blank or
accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed in blank (which will be valued at their Fair
Market value on the date of exercise); (4) by delivering Shares (which will be
valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise) otherwise receivable upon
exercise of this Option; or (5) any combination of the foregoing. If, and to the
extent you have not exercised this Option on its expiration date, and the Fair Market
Value of the Shares to which this Option relates exceeds the exercise price thereof, then
this Option will be automatically exercised on your behalf through the method described
in clause (4) above to the extent this Option is otherwise vested. 

	 	
Your
ability to exercise this Option may be restricted by the Company if required by
applicable law. 

	Transferability:  	You
may not transfer or assign this Option for any reason, other than under your will or as
required by interstate laws, unless otherwise permitted by the Committee. Any attempted
transfer or assignment will be null and void. 

	Restrictions on Resale:  	By
accepting this Option, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired under this Option at a
time when applicable laws, Company policies (including, without limitation, the Company’s
insider trading policy) or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters prohibit
a sale. 

	Optionee Rights:  	You
are not considered a Company shareholder until you exercise this Option, pay all
withholding taxes due, and receive a certificate for the Shares. Shares issued under this
Option will be fully paid and nonassessable by the Company. The grant of this Option does
not confer on you any right to continue in service as a director with the Company. The
Board of Directors or the Company’s shareholders may terminate your status as a
director consistent with the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. 

	Board and Committee Authority:  	By
accepting this Option, you agree (including on behalf of your legal representatives or
beneficiaries) that the Plan and this Option are subject to
discretionary interpretation by the Committee and that any such interpretation is final,
binding and conclusive on all parties. In addition, the Board of Directors may modify,
amend or extend this Option at any time and for any reason provided that no modification,
extension or renewal will alter, impair or adversely affect this Option without your
written consent and provided further that the Board of Directors may not take any action
that would reduce the Exercise Price other than pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Plan. 

This Option is granted under and
governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Additional provisions regarding this
Option and definitions of capitalized terms used and not defined in this Option can be
found in the Plan. 

BY ACCEPTING THIS
STOCK OPTION AWARD, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS 
AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN
THE PLAN.  

__________________________________
Authorized
Officer  

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Exhibit 10.1   

 [Executive] 

Hercules Incorporated 

Hercules Plaza 

1313 North Market Street 

Wilmington, Delaware 19894-0001

Confidential

Hercules Incorporated 

Hercules Plaza 

1313 North Market Street

July 10, 2008

To whom it may concern:

     Reference is made to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of July 10, 2008, among Ashland Inc., Ashland Sub One Inc. and Hercules Incorporated (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used in this letter agreement that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms in the Merger Agreement. I agree as follows:

	1.     	From the date hereof through the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of the Merger Agreement, I will not exercise any Company Stock Options[; provided, however, that during such period I may exercise Company Stock Options with respect to up to 37,000 shares of Company Common Stock].1
	 
	2.     	All of my Company Stock Options that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be treated as Cash Electing Options under the terms of the Merger Agreement and this letter agreement shall constitute my irrevocable election to that effect[; provided, however, that if and to the extent that Ashland Inc. determines in its sole discretion that the conversion of my Company Stock Options with an exercise price equal to or greater than the Cash Out Amount (“Underwater Options”) would not result in Ashland Inc. exceeding the Applicable Limitation, my Underwater Options shall constitute Stock Electing Options under the terms of the Merger Agreement (it being understood that, to the extent the number of available Stock Electing Options is limited, any such treatment shall apply on a pro rata basis taking into account the Underwater Options held by the two other executive officers of the Company who have executed an “Option Treatment Side Letter” containing this proviso regarding Underwater Options; and provided, further, however, that if the pro ration procedures set forth in Section 6.05(d) of the Merger Agreement apply, I agree that my Underwater Options shall be treated as Cash Electing Options, notwithstanding the immediately preceding proviso].2
	 
	3.     	This letter agreement shall terminate and cease to have any effect in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to the consummation of the Merger.
	 
	4.     	The Company shall have the right to enforce the terms of this letter agreement.
	 

[Signature Page to Follow]

1 Include for Mr. Dahlen only.

2 Include for Messrs. Floyd, Shears and Spizzo.

Very truly yours,

 

___________________________________________

      

Agreed and Acknowledged:

HERCULES INCORPORATED

___________________________________________

Name: 

Title:

ASHLAND INC.

___________________________________________

Name: 

Title:

 

 

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Exhibit 4.2

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     This Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated as of July 9, 2008 by and between Rohm and Haas Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”), amends the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2000 (the “Rights Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Rights Agreement.

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent have executed and entered into the Rights Agreement; 

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, the Company and the Rights Agent may from time to time supplement or amend the Rights Agreement in accordance with the provisions thereof at the direction of the Company, provided, among other things, that the interests of the holders of Rights Certificates are not adversely affected; 

     WHEREAS, the Company proposes to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 2008, by and among the Company, The Dow Chemical Company (“Buyer”) and Ramses Acquisition Corp (the “Merger Agreement”);

     WHEREAS, as an inducement to Buyer’s willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement and incur the obligations set forth herein, certain stockholders of the Company have entered into a stockholder support agreement (the “Stockholder Support Agreement”) relating to certain transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined and resolved that it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders to amend the Rights Agreement as set forth below to provide that the execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Agreement and the Stockholder Support Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby will not result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person or have any triggering effect on the Rights;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Rights Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

	1.  	  	The definition of Acquiring Person in Section 1(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby  
	  	  	amended and supplemented by adding the following sentence at the end of the last sentence  
	  	  	thereof:  
			
			                             Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Person shall be 
	  	  	                             deemed to be an Acquiring Person solely by virtue of (1) the  
	  	  	                             execution, delivery or performance of Merger Agreement or the  
			                             transactions contemplated thereby, (2) the execution, delivery or 
			                             performance of the Support Agreement or the transactions  
	  	  	                             contemplated thereby, (iii) the consummation of the Merger or any               

	  	  	                             other transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the  
			                             Support Agreements or (iv) the public announcement of any of the 
	  	  	                             foregoing.  
	   
	2.  	  	The definition of Stock Acquisition Date 1(q) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended  
	  	  	and supplemented by adding the following sentence at the end of the last sentence thereof:  
	   
	  	  	                             Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a “Stock Acquisition  
	  	  	                             Date” shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as the result,  
	  	  	                             directly or indirectly, of (i) the approval, execution, delivery or  
			                             performance of the Merger Agreement, (ii) the approval, execution, 
	  	  	                             delivery or performance of the Support Agreement, (iii) the  
	  	  	                             consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by  
			                             the Merger Agreement or the Support Agreement or (iv) the public 
	  	  	                             announcement of any of the foregoing.  
	   
	3.  	  	Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby further amended and supplemented to add the  
	  	  	following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical locations:  
	   
	  	  	                             “Effective Time” shall have the meaning assigned in the Merger  
	  	  	                             Agreement.  
			       
			                             “Merger” shall have the meaning assigned in the Merger Agreement. 
			           
			                             “Merger Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger, 
			                             dated as of July 2008, by and among the Company, The Dow  
	  	  	                             Chemical Company (“Buyer”) and Ramses Acquisition Corp (the 
	  	  	                             “Merger Agreement”)  
			 
	  	  	                             “Support Agreement” shall meant the Stockholder Support  
	  	  	                             Agreement, dated as of July 2008, by and among the Company, Buyer  
	  	  	                             and certain other parties thereto,  
	  
	4.  	  	Section 3(a) is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following sentence at the end of  
	  	  	the first paragraph:  
			
	  	  	                             Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a  
			                             Distribution Date shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as the 
	  	  	                             result, directly or indirectly, of (i) the approval, execution, delivery or  
			                             performance of the Merger Agreement, (ii) the approval, execution, 
	  	  	                             delivery or performance of the Support Agreement, (iii) the  
	  	  	                             consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by  
			                             the Merger Agreement or the Support Agreement or (iv) the public 
	   	  	                             announcement of any of the foregoing.  
	  
	5.  	  	Section 3 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following  
	  	  	sentence at the end thereof as a new Section 3(c):  

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	  	  	                             Nothing herein shall be construed to give any holder of Rights or any  
	  	  	                             other Person any legal or equitable rights, remedies or claims under  
			                             this Rights Agreement by virtue of (i) the approval, execution,
	  	  	                             delivery or performance of the Merger Agreement, (ii) the approval,  
	  	  	                             execution, delivery or performance of Support Agreement, (iii) the  
	  	  	                             consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by  
	  	  	                             the Merger Agreement or the Support Agreement or (iv) the public  
	  	  	                             announcement of any of the foregoing.  
	   
	6.  	  	Section 7(a) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:  
	   
			                             (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Rights shall become 
			                             exercisable on the Distribution Date, and thereafter the registered 
	  	  	                             holder of any Right Certificate may, subject to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof  
	  	  	                             and except as otherwise provided herein, exercise the Rights  
			                             evidenced thereby in whole or in part upon surrender of the Right 
	  	  	                             Certificate, with the form of election to purchase on the reverse side  
	  	  	                             thereof duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the office or agency of  
	  	  	                             the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, together with payment  
			                             of the Purchase Price for each one one-thousandth of a share of 
			                             Preferred Stock as to which the Rights are exercised, at any time 
	  	  	                             which is both after the Distribution Date and prior to the earliest of (i)  
	  	  	                             the earlier of (A) the close of business on December 1, 2010 or (B) the  
	  	  	                             time occurring immediately prior to immediately prior to the Effective  
	  	  	                             Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (such earlier time being  
			                             the “Final Expiration Date”), (ii) the time at which the Rights are 
	  	  	                             redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof (the "Redemption Date")  
	  	  	                             or (iii) the time at which such Rights are exchanged as provided in  
	  	  	                             Section 24 hereof.  
	  
	7.  	  	Section 11(a)(ii) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and supplemented to add the  
	  	  	following sentence at the end of that section:  
	   
	  	  	                             Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no event  
	  	  	                             requiring an adjustment under this Section 11(a)(ii) shall be deemed  
	  	  	                             to have occurred by reason of (i) the approval, execution, delivery or  
	  	  	                             performance of the Merger Agreement, (ii) the approval, execution,  
	  	  	                             delivery or performance of the Support Agreement, (iii) the  
	  	  	                             consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by  
	  	  	                             the Merger Agreement or the Support Agreements or (iv) the public  
	  	  	                             announcement of any of the foregoing.  
	  
	8.  	  	Section 13 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the  
	  	  	following sentence at the end thereof as a new Section 13(f):  

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	 	 	                             “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the  
	 	 	                             provisions of Section 13 of this Agreement shall be deemed not to 
	 	 	                             apply to the Merger.”  
	 	 	  
	 9.	 	Section 30 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following sentence at the end  
	 	 	thereof:  
	 	 	  
	 	 	                             Nothing herein shall be construed to give any holder of Rights  
	 	 	                             Certificates or any other Person any legal or equitable rights, remedies  
	 	 	                             or claims whatsoever hereunder as a result of or in connection with (i)  
	 	 	                             the approval, execution, delivery or performance of the Merger  
	 	 	                             Agreement, (ii) the approval, execution, delivery or performance of 
	 	 	                             the Support Agreement, (iii) the consummation of any of the  
	 	 	                             transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the Support 
	 	 	                             Agreement or (iv) the announcement of any of the foregoing.  
	 	 	  
	 10.	 	This amendment shall be effective from and after the date the Merger Agreement is entered  
	 	 	into.  
	 	 	  
	 11. 	 	This amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an  
	 	 	original, but such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.  
	 	 	  
	 12. 	 	This Amendment shall be deemed effective as of the date first written above, as if executed  
	 	 	on such date. Except as amended hereby, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force  
	 	 	and effect and shall be otherwise unaffected hereby.  
	 	 	  
	 13. 	 	If for any reason the Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.1 thereof and the  
	 	 	Merger is abandoned, then this Amendment shall be of no further force and effect and the  
	 	 	Rights Agreement shall remain the same as it existed immediately prior to execution of this  
	 	 	Amendment, and the Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent of same.  
	 	 	  
	 14. 	 	This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of  
	 	 	Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the  
	 	 	laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such  
	 	 	State. If any provision, covenant or restriction of this Amendment is held by a court of  
	 	 	competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remainder  
	 	 	of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Amendment shall remain in full  
	 	 	force and effect and shall in no way be effected, impaired or invalidated. Except as  
	 	 	otherwise expressly provided herein, or unless the context otherwise requires, all terms used  
	 	 	herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Rights Agreement. This Amendment may  
	 	 	be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original which shall  
	 	 	constitute one and the same document.  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed by the Company and the Rights Agent as of the day and year first written above.

	 	 	ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY 
	 
	 
	 
	 	 	By:  /s/ Robert A. Lonergan________
			
	 	 	Name: Robert A. Lonergan 
	 	 	Title: Executive Vice President, General 
	 	 	           Counsel and Secretary 
	 
	 
	 
	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 	 	 
	 
	 
	 
	By:  /s/ Darlene DioDato____________	 	 
			
	Name:  Darlene DioDato	 	 
	Title:     Senior Manager, Client Services	 	 

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