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Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” is defined as # the willful failure, disregard, or refusal by Executive to perform the services hereunder or follow the reasonable instructions of the Board; provided, however, that any willful failure, disregard, or refusal by Executive to perform the services hereunder shall not constitute Cause unless cure is not effected within thirty (30) days after notice thereof is received by the Executive from the Company; # any willful or grossly negligent act by the Executive having the effect of injuring, in a material way (whether financial or otherwise), the business or reputation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; # Executive’s conviction of, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere to any felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; # engagement by Executive in some form of harassment prohibited by law (including, without limitation, age, sex, disability, or race discrimination) unless Executive’s actions were specifically directed by the Board; or # material breach by the Executive of any material provision of this Agreement or any Confidential Information Agreement; provided, however, that any such breach by Executive to perform the services hereunder shall not constitute Cause unless cure is not effected within thirty (30) days after notice thereof is received by the Executive from the Company.

Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” is defined as # the willful failure, disregard, or refusal by Executive to perform the services hereunder or follow the reasonable instructions of the Board; provided, however, that any willful failure, disregard, or refusal by Executive to perform the services hereunder shall not constitute Cause unless cure is not effected, as determined in good faith by the Board, within thirty (30) days after notice thereof is received by the Executive from the Company; # any willful or grossly negligent act by the Executive having the effect of injuring, in a material way (whether financial or otherwise) as determined in good faith by the Board, the business or reputation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; # Executive’s conviction of, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere to any felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; # the determination by the Company, after a reasonable and good faith investigation by the Company following a written allegation by an employee of the Company, that the Executive engaged in some form of harassment prohibited by law (including, without limitation, age, sex, disability, or race discrimination) unless Executive’s actions were specifically directed by the Board; or # material breach by the Executive of any material provision of this Agreement or any Confidential Information Agreement.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means # Executive’s material failure to perform Executive’s duties or to carry out the reasonable and lawful instructions of the Board (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness); # Executive’s engagement in dishonesty, illegal conduct, or gross misconduct, which is, in each case, materially injurious to the Company or its affiliates; # Executive’s embezzlement, misappropriation, or fraud, whether or not related to the Executive’s employment with the Company; # Executive’s conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a crime that constitutes a felony (or state law equivalent) or a crime that constitutes a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; # Executive’s failure to cooperate with the Company in any investigation or formal proceeding; # Executive’s material breach of any material obligation under this Agreement, the Employment Agreement (but only to the extent incorporated herein), the Restrictive Covenant Agreement, or any other written agreement between the Executive and the Company; or # any material failure by Executive to comply with the Company’s written policies or rules, as they may be in effect from time to time; provided, however, that prior to termination based on clauses (i) or (vii), Executive shall be given written notice of the facts allegedly constituting Cause and a ten (10) day opportunity to cure.

Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means # Executive’s failure to satisfactorily perform Executive’s duties after there has been delivered to Executive a written demand for performance which describes the specific deficiencies in Executive’s performance and the specific manner in which Executive’s performance must be improved, and which provides thirty (30) business days from the date of notice to remedy such performance deficiencies; # Executive’s conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude which the Board believes has had or will have a detrimental effect on the Company’s reputation or business, # Executive engaging in an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his or her employment obligations and duties, # Executive’s committing an act of fraud against, material misconduct or willful misappropriation of property belonging to the Company; # Executive engaging in any other misconduct that has had or will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s reputation or business; or # Executive’s breach of any material written Company policy that has been communicated to Executive in advance of Executive’s breach, the Executive Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement or other unauthorized misuse of the Company’s trade secrets or proprietary information.

Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” is defined, as determined by the Company in its reasonable judgment, as # breach of this Agreement or the Confidential Information Agreement by Executive; # intentional and continued nonperformance or misperformance of Executive’s duties or refusal to abide by or comply with the reasonable directives of the CEO or the Board, or the Company’s policies and procedures, which, if reasonably susceptible to cure (as determined by the Company), is not cured within fifteen (15) days following Executive’s receipt of written notice from the Company describing in reasonable detail the nature of the nonperformance, misperformance or refusal, as applicable; # Executive’s gross negligence in the performance of his material duties under this Agreement; # Executive’s fraud or willful misconduct with respect to the business or affairs of the Company; # Executive’s conviction of, or a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude; or # the commission of any act in direct or indirect competition with or materially detrimental to the best interests of Company.

Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” is defined, as determined by the Company in its reasonable judgment, as # breach of this Agreement or the Confidential Information Agreement by Executive; # intentional and continued nonperformance or misperformance of Executive’s duties or refusal to abide by or comply with the reasonable directives of the CEO or the Board, or the Company’s policies and procedures, which, if reasonably susceptible to cure (as determined by the Company), is not cured within fifteen (15) days following Executive’s receipt of written notice from the Company describing in reasonable detail the nature of the nonperformance, midperformance or refusal, as applicable; # Executive’s gross negligence in the performance of her material duties under this Agreement; # Executive’s fraud or willful misconduct with respect to the business or affairs of the Company; or # Executive’s conviction of, or a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude. For purposes of this Agreement, any act, or failure to act, shall not be deemed willful or intentional unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in bad faith or without a reasonable good faith belief that Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in order for an event to qualify as “Cause”, the Company must not terminate Executive’s employment with the Company without first providing Executive with written notice of the acts or omissions constituting the grounds for “Cause”.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean # Executive’s willful and continued failure to substantially perform Executive’s duties (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s Disability or any such failure subsequent to the Executive being delivered notice of the Company’s intent to terminate the Executive’s employment without Cause), # Executive’s admission or conviction of, or a plea of nolo contendere to, # a felony (other than traffic-related) under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or any similar criminal act in a jurisdiction outside the United States or # a crime involving moral turpitude that, could be injurious to the Company or its reputation, # the Executive’s willful malfeasance or willful misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company, # any act of fraud by the Executive in the performance of the Executive’s duties, or # a material breach by the Executive of this Agreement or the Confidentiality and IP Agreement; provided that events identified in this [Section 6(a)(ii)(A) or (E)])] and which are susceptible to cure shall not constitute Cause unless Executive fails to cure such event within 30 days after Notice of Termination is given by the Company (specifying in reasonable detail the event which caused the Cause). The determination of Cause shall be made by the Company.

Cause” means: # Executive’s failure to substantially perform his duties for any reason; # Executive’s gross misconduct or gross negligence which causes substantial harm to the Company; # Executive’s conviction, plea of guilty or nolo contendere of a felony or an act of moral turpitude; or # Executive’s breach of any material term of this Agreement. No act or omission under clauses (i), (ii) or (iv) shall constitute Cause unless the Boards provide to Executive # a written notice that clearly and fully describes the particular acts or omissions which the Boards reasonably believe in good faith constitute Cause, and # an opportunity, within fifteen (15) days following his receipt of such notice, to meet in person with the Boards to explain or defend the alleged acts or omissions relied upon by the Boards and, to the extent practicable, to cure such acts or omissions.

Cause. As used in this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean # a good faith finding by a majority of our Board (excluding the vote of the Executive, if then a director) that # the Executive has failed to perform his reasonably assigned material duties for the Company and, if amenable to cure, has not cured such failure within thirty (30) days following notice from the Company; # the Executive has engaged in gross negligence or willful misconduct, which has or is expected to have a material detrimental effect on the Company; # the Executive has engaged in fraud, embezzlement or other material dishonesty; # the Executive has engaged in any conduct which would constitute grounds for termination for material violation of the Company’s policies in effect at that time and, if amenable to cure, has not cured such violation within thirty (30) days following notice from the Company; or # the Executive has breached any material provision of any nondisclosure, invention assignment, non-competition or other similar agreement between the Executive and the Company or Parent, including without limitation the Restrictive Covenant Agreement, and, if amenable to cure, has not cured such breach within thirty (30) days following notice from the Company; or # the conviction by the Executive of, or the entry of a pleading of guilty or nolo contendere by the Executive to, any crime involving moral turpitude or any felony.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean # any act of fraud or willful malfeasance committed by Executive; # Executive’s engagement in conduct which, is injurious to the Company or any of its affiliates, monetarily or otherwise if (provided, that, such conduct is capable of being cured), after written notice by the Board or the Compensation Committee to Executive stating, with specificity, the alleged conduct and providing direction and a reasonable opportunity for Executive to cure any such alleged conduct, Executive then fails to cure such alleged conduct within thirty (30) days following Executive’s receipt of such written notice to the reasonable satisfaction of the Board or the Compensation Committee; # Executive’s failure to perform Executive’s material duties under this Agreement, or Executive’s material breach of this Agreement, if (provided, that, such failure to perform or material breach is capable of being cured), after written notice by the Board or the Compensation Committee to Executive stating, with specificity, the duties Executive has failed to perform and providing direction and a reasonable opportunity for Executive to cure any such alleged failures, Executive then fails to cure alleged failures within thirty (30) days following Executive’s receipt of such written notice to the reasonable satisfaction of the Board or the Compensation Committee; # Executive’s conviction of, or pleading guilty or no contest to, a felony, or a conviction of, or a plea of guilty or no contest to, any criminal offence involving fraud, willful malfeasance, embezzlement, extortion, bribery, misappropriation or moral turpitude; # Executive’s # material violation of the Company’s policies and procedures including, but not limited to, # the Company’s policies prohibiting conduct that constitutes sexual misconduct, harassment (including sexual harassment), discrimination or retaliation and # the Fourth Amended and Restated Code of Business Conduct and Ethics dated February 16, 2022, as may be further amended; and # engagement in any conduct or cover-up of such conduct that is in violation of any of the Company’s policies and procedures (including but not limited to policies listed in (I) and (II) of this [Subsection 8(c)(v)]) that could cause or has caused damage to the reputation or business of the Company or any of its affiliates or their respective employees; provided, however, that, except for violations that would constitute “Cause” under subsection # directly above, after written notice by the Board or the Compensation Committee to Executive stating, with specificity, the material violations alleged to have been committed by Executive and providing direction and a reasonable opportunity for Executive to cure any such alleged violations (if curable, as determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee), Executive then fails to cure alleged violations within thirty (30) days following Executive’s receipt of such written notice to the reasonable satisfaction of the Board or the Compensation Committee.

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