Chase Corporation announced in connection with the Merger, effective as of the Effective Time, Thomas D. Debyle, John H. Derby, Chad A. McDaniel, Ellen Rubin, Dana Mohler-Faria, Mary Claire Chase, Thomas Wroe Jr. and Joan Wallace-Benjamin ceased to be directors on the company?s board of directors or any committee thereof, and Peter R. Chase resigned from the officer position of the Company. Immediately after the Effective Time, Adam P. Chase and Michael J. Bourque were appointed as directors of the Surviving Corporation.