Cause. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent its termination by Employer at any time for "cause". For purposes of this Agreement, "cause" shall mean # the willful and material failure of Employee to perform or observe (other than by reason of disability as contemplated in paragraph 9(a)) any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, including the failure of Employee to follow the reasonable written directions of Employer's President and Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors, # dishonesty or misconduct on the part of Employee that is or is reasonably likely to be damaging or detrimental to the business of Employer, # conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, # habitual insobriety or failure to perform duties due to abuse of alcohol or drugs, or # misappropriation of funds. Prior to terminating this Agreement on account of Employee's failure to perform or observe any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement (but not for any of the other enumerated "causes" stated in [(ii) through (v) above]), Employer shall give Employee thirty (30) days written notice and an opportunity to cure such failure to the satisfaction of Employer. Upon termination for cause, Employer shall pay to Employee all sums due to Employee through the date of such termination. Following such a termination, Employer shall have no further duty or obligation to Employee; provided, however, that Employee shall continue to be bound by [Sections 10 through 16].

Cause. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent its termination by Employer at any time for “cause”. For purposes of this Agreement, “cause” shall mean # the willful and material failure of Employee to perform or observe (other than by reason of disability as contemplated in paragraph 8(a)) any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, including the failure of Employee to follow the reasonable written directions of Employer’s President and Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors, # dishonesty or misconduct on the part of Employee that is or is reasonably likely to be damaging or detrimental to the business of Employer, # conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, # habitual insobriety or failure to perform duties due to abuse of alcohol or drugs, or # misappropriation of funds. Prior to terminating this Agreement on account of Employee’s failure to perform or observe any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement (but not for any of the other enumerated “causes” stated in [(ii) through (v) above]), Employer shall give Employee thirty (30) days written notice and an opportunity to cure such failure to the satisfaction of Employer. Upon termination for cause, Employer shall pay to Employee all sums due to Employee through the date of such termination. Following such a termination, Employer shall have no further duty or obligation to Employee; provided, however, that Employee shall continue to be bound by [Sections 11 through 13].

Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, a termination for "Cause" means a termination of Employee’s employment by the Company based upon Employee's: # persistent failure to perform duties consistent with a commercially reasonable standard of care (other than due to a physical or mental impairment or due to an action or inaction directed by the Company that would otherwise constitute Good Reason); # willful neglect of duties (other than due to a physical or mental impairment or due to an action or inaction directed by the Company that would otherwise constitute Good Reason); # conviction of, or pleading nolo contendere to, criminal or other illegal activities involving dishonesty or moral turpitude; # material breach of this Agreement; # material breach of the Company's business policies, accounting practices or standards of ethics; # material breach of any applicable non-competition, non-solicitation, trade secrets, confidentiality or similar restrictive covenant, or # failure to materially cooperate with or impeding an investigation authorized by the Company Board. Employee’s termination for Cause shall not be effective unless the Company has given Employee no less than thirty days’ notice of termination and the actions underlying its Cause determination, and Employee has failed to cure the condition or event constituting Cause [[Organization A:Organization]] Board’s reasonable satisfaction within thirty days following receipt of the Notice of Termination.

1.1For Cause. Company shall have the right to terminate the employment of Employee hereunder at any time for Cause (as hereinafter defined). provided, however, that Employee shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause without # at least three days' prior written notice to Employee setting forth the reasons for the Company's intention to terminate for "Cause", # an opportunity for the Employee, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board, and # delivery to the Officer of a written notice of termination (which date of delivery of such notice shall be the Early Termination Date), as defined herein, from the Board finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board, Employee engaged in the conduct set forth therein, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. For purposes of this Agreement "Cause" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following acts or events by or relating to Employee: # any material misrepresentation by Employee in this Agreement; # any material breach of any obligations of Employee under this Agreement; # habitual insobriety or use of illegal drugs by Employee while performing his duties hereunder or which adversely affects Employee’s performance of his duties hereunder, # any gross negligence of intentional misconduct with respect to the performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement, and/or # Employee’s theft or embezzlement, from the Company, willful dishonesty towards, fraud upon, or deliberate injury or attempted injury to, the Company, Employee shall not be entitled to any other compensation hereunder for any period subsequent to the effective date of termination.

The Company may terminate the Employee's employment under this agreement for "Cause," effective immediately upon delivery of written notice to the Employee. Cause shall be deemed to exist if the Employee shall have # materially breached the terms of this Agreement; # willfully failed to substantially perform his duties, other than a failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness; or # engaged in serious misconduct which is demonstrably and substantially injurious to the Company. No act or failure to act will be considered "Cause" if such act or failure is done in good faith and with a reasonable belief that it is in the best interests of the Company.

Cause. The Company may terminate Employee’s employment at any time, without notice and with immediate effect, for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean # the willful and repeated failure of Employee to perform substantially the Employee’s duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness) after having received written notice from the Company and an opportunity to correct; # Employee’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company; or # Employee’s willful engagement in material and gross misconduct in violation of Company policy.

The Company may terminate Employee’s services hereunder "for cause" by delivering to Employee not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the termination is to be effective, a written notice of termination for cause specifying the act, acts or failure to act that constitute the cause. For the purposes of this Agreement, “for cause” shall mean: # any act of material fraud or embezzlement, # commission by Employee of any felony or entry of a plea of nolo contendere to a felony charge; # commission by Employee of a crime involving moral turpitude or any knowing violation of any federal or state banking or securities law, # any repeated refusal by Employee to perform Employee’s duties consistent with the terms of this Agreement after reasonable notice and opportunity to cure, # any material breach by Employee of this Agreement, if such material breach, if capable of cure, is not cured within twenty (20) days after written notice thereof, # the gross negligence or gross misconduct (including conflict of interest in carrying out Employee's duties under this Agreement), or # the death of Employee.

At any time during the Employment Period, the Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: # the willful and continued failure of the Executive to perform substantially his duties and responsibilities for the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s death or Disability) after a written demand by the Board for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Company, which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Executive has not substantially performed his duties and responsibilities, which willful and continued failure is not cured by the Executive within thirty (30) days following his receipt of such written demand; # the conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony, or # fraud, dishonesty or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstratively injurious to the Company. Termination under [clauses (b) or (c) of this Section 11(c)(1)] shall not be subject to cure.

At any time during the Employment Period, the Company may terminate this Agreement and the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: # the willful and continued failure of the Executive to perform substantially his duties and responsibilities to the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s death or Disability) after a written demand by the Board for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Company, which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Executive has not substantially performed his duties and responsibilities, which willful and continued failure is not cured by the Executive within thirty (30) days following his receipt of such written demand; # the conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony, or # fraud, dishonesty or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstratively injurious to the Company. Termination under [clauses (b) or (c) of this Section 11(c)(1)] shall not be subject to cure.

For Cause. The Company may terminate the employment of the Employee prior to the end of the Term of this Agreement “for cause.” Termination “for cause” shall be defined as a termination by the Company of the employment of the Employee occasioned by # the failure by the Employee to cure a willful breach of a material duty imposed on the Employee under this Agreement within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof by the Company or the continuation by the Employee after written notice by the Company of a willful neglect of a duty imposed on the Employee under this Agreement, # the Employee’s conviction of (or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to) a misdemeanor which constitutes a crime of moral turpitude and, in the good faith opinion of the Committee, materially damages the Company or to any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, # the Employee’s conviction of (or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to) a felony (including, without limitation, any felony constituting a crime of moral turpitude), # any act of gross negligence or corporate waste by the Employee that adversely affects the Company, # the commission of any intentional tort by the Employee against the Company causing loss, damages or harm to the Company, # the misappropriation of proprietary information or confidential information, or # any breach of the Invention Assignment Agreement. In the event of termination by the Company “for cause,” all salary, benefits and other payments shall cease at the time of termination, and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Employee.