In connection with its ongoing “One OMNOVA” program to accelerate its specialization strategy by reducing complexity and driving consistency across its global enterprise, on January 11, 2018, OMNOVA Solutions Inc. (the “company”) informed Mr. Jay T. Austin, a named executive officer in the company's 2017 proxy statement, that the position of Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain has been eliminated. Mr. Austin’s separation constitutes an "Involuntary Separation from Service" under the terms of the company's Corporate Officers' Severance Plan (the "Plan"), in which Mr. Austin is a participant.