People: A. Schulman Inc (SHLM.O)

Mr. Eugene R. Allspach is Independent Director of A. Schulman Inc., since May 2010. Mr. Allspach currently serves as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, for TPC Group, Inc. (“TPC”), a producer of specialty chemicals, a position he has held since September 2011. Previously, Mr. Allspach served as the President of E. R. Allspach & Associates, LLC, a company providing consulting services to new business development activities in the petrochemical industry, from 2003 to 2011. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Allspach served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Equistar Chemicals, L.P., a petrochemical company, and held numerous executive level positions for its predecessor companies from 1982 to 1997. Mr. Allspach currently serves as a director of TPC and served as a director of ICO, Inc. (“ICO”) from 2008 until its acquisition by A. Schulman in May 2010.