Rogers Corporation Severance Plan

I am pleased to advise that you have been designated as an “Eligible Employee” for the purposes of the Rogers Corporation Severance Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”). A copy of the current plan document is enclosed).

This means that, upon your execution of this agreement, you will be eligible to receive the severance benefits described in the Plan in the event you experience a “Qualifying Termination” as defined under the Plan; provided, however, that your “Severance Coverage Period” for purposes of the Plan shall be [•] months, except that, if you incur a Qualifying Termination during the [•]-year period after a “Change in Control” as defined under the Plan, your Severance Coverage Period shall be [•] months. If you have any questions please contact me or [name], [title].

By signing the attached signature page and in consideration of the opportunity to participate in the Plan, you agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan, including the covenants set forth in Section 5 of the Plan. Your participation in the Plan does not confer any rights to continue in the employ of Rogers Corporation or any of the affiliates. You are hereby notified that you may be entitled to immunity from liability for certain disclosures of trade secrets under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b).

Please sign the attached signature page and return the original to me as soon as possible.

Best regards,

I, [name], have read the Rogers Corporation Severance Plan and agree to its terms, and I agree to be bound by the terms of the covenants in Section 5 of the Plan. This agreement supersedes any and all prior agreements and communications, whether written or oral, between the Company and me regarding the subject matter of the Plan.

This General Release and Separation Agreement (hereinafter “Agreement”) is made as of the Effective Date (as defined in Section 2 below) by and between [XXXX] (hereinafter “Employee”) and Rogers Corporation (hereinafter “Rogers”). The purpose of this Agreement is to fully and finally dispose of all issues regarding Employee’s employment and separation from employment with Rogers as described below.

1.Severance Benefits. In consideration for entering into this Agreement, Rogers will provide the following benefits (“Severance Benefits”) in return for the release and waiver set forth herein and the satisfactory fulfillment by Employee of all Employee’s agreements hereunder: [Insert description of severance benefits].

2.    General Release. Employee, on behalf of Employee and Employee's descendants, ancestors, dependents, heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, and successors, and each of them, hereby covenants not to sue and fully releases, acquits, and discharges Rogers and its parent(s), subsidiaries, affiliates, related LLCs, owners, trustees, directors, officers, agents, servants, employees, stockholders, representatives, assigns, and successors (collectively referred to as “Released Parties”) with respect to and from any and all claims, wages, agreements, contracts, covenants, actions, suits, causes of action, expenses, attorney's fees, damages, and liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, and whether or not concealed or hidden, which Employee has at any time heretofore owned or held against said Released Parties, including, without limitation, those arising out of or in any way connected with Employee's employment relationship with Rogers or Employee’s separation from employment at Rogers. This general release includes claims discrimination or retaliation under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (the “ADEA”), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000 et seq., the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46 (a) - 51 et seq.

    Employee recognizes that, in signing this Agreement, Employee is waiving Employee’s right to pursue any and all claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 626 et seq. (“ADEA”) arising prior to the date that Employee executes this Agreement. Employee understands that Employee may take twenty-one (21) days from the date this Agreement

is presented to Employee to consider whether to execute this Agreement. Employee is advised that Employee may wish to consult with an attorney prior to execution of this Agreement. Once Employee has executed this Agreement, Employee may revoke the Agreement at any time during the seven (7) day period following Employee’s execution of the Agreement by so notifying the Corporate Director of Human Resources in writing at the following address of Employee’s intent to do so: Rogers Corporation, Attn: Corporate Director of Human Resources, P.O. Box 188, Rogers, CT 06263.

After seven (7) days have passed following Employee’s execution of this Agreement, Employee’s execution of this Agreement shall be final and irrevocable. The date on which the revocation period expires, if Employee does not first revoke it, is the Effective Date of this Agreement. Employee understands that nothing in this Agreement restricts Employee’s right to challenge the validity of the General Release of ADEA claims, to file a charge with the EEOC or to participate or cooperate in EEOC investigations or proceedings.

Employee agrees that by this Agreement, Employee is expressly waiving Employee’s right to bring or pursue any judicial action, any contractual action, any statutory action or procedure or any action which Employee could have brought with respect to any matter arising from Employee’s employment with Rogers and separation therefrom with Rogers, provided, however, that this Agreement shall not preclude Employee from seeking unemployment compensation or workers’ compensation benefits, nor shall it constitute a waiver with respect to any claims Employee may have for retirement benefits (e.g., 401(k) and pension benefits). Employee also agrees that by entering into this Agreement, Employee is waiving any right Employee may have to seek or accept damages or relief of any kind with respect to the claims released by this Agreement or by reason of termination of Employee’s employment.

3.    Non-disparagement. Employee covenants and agrees that Employee will not at any time, directly, indirectly or through any entity in which Employee is an officer, director, employee, consultant, or shareholder, either orally, in writing, or through any medium (including, but not limited to, television or radio, newspapers, magazines, computer networks, social media, or bulletin boards, or any other form of communication), disparage, defame, impugn, or otherwise damage or assail the reputation, integrity or professionalism of Rogers, or any officer, director, employee, agent or representative of Rogers. Nothing in this Section 4 is intended to impose restrictions on either party beyond those that are permitted by law.

4.    Cooperation. Employee agrees to cooperate with Rogers in the truthful and honest prosecution and/or defense of any claim in which the Released Parties may have an interest (subject to reasonable limitations concerning time and place), which may include without limitation: making Employee available on a timely basis, on reasonable notice by Rogers, for interviews, meetings and other communications with auditors and outside counsel acting on behalf of Rogers in connection with any such matter; providing documents to Rogers related to any such matter; and voluntarily appearing, without a subpoena and at Rogers’s request, for a deposition or to give testimony in any hearing, trial, investigation or arbitration at the request of Rogers for any such matter. If Employee becomes legally compelled to testify or provide an interview on any matter related to Rogers, whether by subpoena or otherwise, Employee agrees to provide Rogers with prompt, written notice of such legal requirement so that Rogers may, if it so wishes, seek a protective order or other remedy. To the extent that Rogers requests Employee’s cooperation, Rogers shall reimburse Employee for reasonable expenses consistent with Rogers’s expense reimbursement policy there in effect.

5.    Return of Property. Employee agrees to return all Rogers’s property in Employee’s possession including, but not limited to, credit cards, keys, company files and internal documents (including books and manuals), and any electronic equipment (even if such electronic equipment has been available for Employee’s personal use).

6.    Confidentiality. Employee agrees not to disclose the contents of the provisions of this Agreement, its terms or conditions or the circumstances that resulted in or followed Employee’s separation from employment, to any party, excluding immediate family, except as required by law or as is reasonably necessary for purposes of securing counsel from Employee’s attorney, accountant or financial adviser. In the event of any violation of this provision or Section 3, either party may seek all appropriate legal and equitable relief. Nothing in this Section 6 is intended to impose restrictions on either party beyond those that are permitted by law.

7.    Consideration. The parties agree and acknowledge that there is good and sufficient consideration for the settlement of any and all issues and disputes between Employee and Rogers and for the mutual promises contained herein. Also, the parties agree and acknowledge that the terms of this Agreement are fair and equitable, reflecting both the corporate interests of Rogers and its recognition of Employee’s years of valuable service.

8.    Resignation. Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee will, if requested by Rogers, execute documents to evidence Employee’s resignation from any positions Employee may hold as an officer or director of any Rogers-affiliated entity.

9.    Entire Agreement; Continuing Obligations. Employee is voluntarily entering into this Agreement of Employee’s own free will and without influence by Rogers or any of its present or former officers, representatives, agents or employees. This Agreement constitutes the complete understanding between the parties, except that Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Employment, Invention, Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreement with Rogers (the “Non-Compete Agreement”), which is specifically incorporated herein as terms of this Agreement, is a valid agreement supported by adequate consideration, and Employee agrees to abide in full with the terms and conditions of such agreement except as otherwise provided herein.

10.    Non-solicitation:

(a)Employees. The Employee understands and acknowledges that Rogers has expended and continues to expend significant time and expense in recruiting and training its employees and that the loss of employees would cause significant and irreparable harm to Rogers. Employee agrees and covenants not to directly or indirectly solicit, hire, recruit, attempt to hire or recruit, or induce the termination of employment of any employee of Rogers for two (2) years, to run consecutively, beginning on the Employee’s date of termination.

(b)Customers. Employee understands and acknowledges that Rogers has expended and continues to expend significant time and expense in developing customer relationships, customer information and goodwill, and that because of Employee’s experience with and relationship to Rogers, he has had access to and learned about much or all of Rogers’s customer information. Customer Information includes, but is not limited to, names, phone numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses, order history, order preferences, chain of command, pricing information and other information identifying facts and circumstances specific to the customer and relevant to sales. Employee understands and acknowledges that loss of this customer relationship

and/or goodwill will cause significant and irreparable harm to Rogers. Employee agrees and covenants for two (2) years, to run consecutively, beginning on the Employee’s date of termination, not to directly or indirectly solicit, contact (including but not limited to e-mail, regular mail, express mail, telephone, fax, and instant message), attempt to contact or meet with Rogers’s current, former or prospective customers for purposes of offering or accepting goods or services similar to or competitive with those offered by Rogers. This restriction shall only apply to each of the following:

i.customers or prospective customers the Employee contacted in any way during the twelve (12) months before the last day of Employee’s employment with Rogers;

ii.customers about whom Employee has trade secret or Confidential Information;

iii.customers who became customers during Employee’s employment with Rogers; and

iv.customers about whom the Employee has information that is not available publicly.

11.    No Admission. Neither the negotiation, undertaking or execution of this Agreement shall constitute an admission by Rogers of a violation of any federal or state constitution, statute or regulation, or common law right, whether in contract or in tort.

12.    Acknowledgement. Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee is not entitled to any payments and benefits except as set forth in this Agreement.

13.    Disclosure. In addition to the foregoing, and in further exchange for the consideration described in Section 1 of this Agreement, Employee specifically represents and warrants that as of the date that Employee executes this Agreement, either (i) Employee has disclosed to Rogers’s General Counsel or to another member of the Company’s internal Legal Department in writing any matter that Employee knows or suspects could constitute an actual or potential violation of the Rogers Code of Ethics and Business Conduct or of any internal or external legal, regulatory or compliance requirement applicable to the Company in any jurisdiction in which it does business, or (ii) Employee has no information concerning any such matter.

14.    Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Arizona, without regard to its conflicts of law rules. The parties hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the State of Arizona to resolve any disputes arising out of the interpretation or administration of this Agreement.

15.    Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement, or any application thereof to any circumstances, is declared invalid, in whole or in part, or otherwise unenforceable, such term or provision or application shall be deemed to have been modified to the minimum extent necessary for it to be enforceable, and shall not affect other terms or provisions or applications of this Agreement.

16.    Condition. The Severance Benefits in Section 1 are conditional upon strict compliance with Employee’s obligations and covenants under the Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreement and the Agreement, including but not limited to Section 4 (cooperation) and Section 5

(return of company property). Employee understands and acknowledges that a breach of any of these obligations and covenants shall result in cessation of the Severance Benefits. All compensation payments, whether or not part of the Severance Benefits, shall remain subject to the Rogers Corporation Compensation Recovery Policy, as amended from time to time.

17.    Section 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and will be interpreted in a manner intended to comply with such Section 409A and any related regulations or other pronouncements. Amounts payable under this Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “deferral of compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code to the extent proved in the exceptions set forth in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) (“short-term deferrals”) and Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) (“separation pay plans”) and other applicable provisions of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1 through A-6. References under this Agreement to a termination of Employee’s employment shall be deemed to refer to the date upon which Employee has experienced a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any payments of money or other benefits due Employee hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by Rogers, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. To the extent any reimbursements or in-kind benefits due to Employee hereunder constitute “deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, any such reimbursements or in-kind benefits shall be paid to Employee in a manner consistent with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv). Each payment made under this Agreement shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

18.    Representation. Employee represents and warrants that Employee has the authority to enter into this Agreement, and that Employee has not assigned any claims being released under this Agreement to any person or entity. Employee has carefully read this Agreement and fully understands its contents and significance, and Employee acknowledges that Employee has not relied upon any representation or statement, written or oral, not set forth in this document. Employee fully understands that this Agreement constitutes a waiver of all rights available under federal and state statutes, municipal charter and common law, with regard to any matter related to Employee’s employment with Rogers, and separation therefrom with Rogers. Nothing in this Agreement and Release prohibits Employee from reporting possible violations of law to a governmental agency or entity, or requires Employee to seek authorization from Rogers or to notify Rogers if Employee does make such reports. This Agreement may be used as evidence in a subsequent proceeding in which any of the parties allege a breach of this Agreement.

19.    Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and together, all of which shall constitute one original document. Original signatures that are transmitted by fax or electronic mail shall be considered original signatures under this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement.

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[XXXXX]      Date

ROGERS CORPORATION

By __________________________________________

NAME Date

TITLE