Cause. “Cause” means # Executive’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties and services required of Executive pursuant to this Agreement or Executive’s employment or offer letter agreement with the Company (the “Employment Agreement”); # Executive’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendre to, a felony or crime involving moral turpitude (or any similar crime in any jurisdiction outside the United States); # Executive’s willful refusal to perform the duties and responsibilities required of Executive under this Agreement or the Employment Agreement which remains uncorrected for thirty (30) days following written notice to Executive by the Company of such breach; # Executive’s material breach of any material provision of this Agreement, the Employment Agreement, the Confidential Information Agreement (as defined below) or corporate code or policy which remains uncorrected for thirty (30) days following written notice to Executive by the Company of such breach; # any act of fraud, embezzlement, material misappropriation or dishonesty committed by Executive against the Company; or # any acts, omissions or statements by Executive which the Company determines to be materially detrimental or damaging to the reputation, operations, prospects or business relations of the Company. For purposes of this [Section 9(a)], an act or failure to act shall be considered “willful” only if done or omitted to be done without a good faith reasonable belief that such act or failure to act was in the best interests of the Company.

Cause. “Cause” means # Executive’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties and services required of Executive pursuant to this Agreement or Executive’s employment or offer letter agreement with the Company (the “Employment Agreement”); # Executive’s conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude; # Executive’s willful refusal to perform the duties and responsibilities required of Executive under this Agreement or the Employment Agreement which remains uncorrected for thirty (30) days following written notice to Executive by the Company of such breach; # Executive’s material breach of any material provision of this Agreement, the Employment Agreement, the Confidential Information Agreement (as defined below) or corporate code or policy which remains uncorrected for thirty (30) days following written notice to Executive by the Company of such breach; or # Executive violates the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or other applicable United States law. For purposes of this [Section 9(a)], an act or failure to act shall be considered “willful” only if done or omitted to be done without a good faith reasonable belief that such act or failure to act was in the best interests of the Company.

Cause. “Cause” will mean # any act of dishonesty or fraud taken by Executive in connection with his responsibilities as an employee other than immaterial, inadvertent acts that, if capable of cure, are promptly remedied by Executive following notice by the Company, # Executive’s breach of the fiduciary duty or duty of loyalty owed to the Company, or material breach of the duty to protect the Company’s confidential and proprietary information, # Executive’s conviction or plea of nolo contendere to a felony or to a crime involving fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation of funds or any other act of moral turpitude, # Executive’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties, # Executive’s material breach of this Agreement or any other agreement with the Company or any material written policy of the Company; # Executive’s engagement in conduct or activities that result, or are reasonably likely to result, in negative publicity or public disrespect, contempt or ridicule of the Company that the Board reasonably believes will have a demonstrably injurious effect on the reputation or business of the Company or Executive’s ability to perform his duties (but excluding conduct and activities undertaken in good faith by Executive in the ordinary course of performing his duties or promoting the Company); # Executive’s willful failure to abide by the lawful and reasonable directives of the Company (other than any failure to achieve a lawful and reasonable directive following the expenditure by Executive of commercially reasonable best efforts); # Executive’s willful failure to materially perform the primary duties of Executive’s position.

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.

Cause. “Cause” means: # an act of dishonesty made by Executive in connection with Executive’s responsibilities as an employee; # Executive’s conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony or any crime involving fraud, embezzlement or any other act of moral turpitude, or a material violation of federal or state law by Executive that the Board reasonably believes has had or will have a detrimental effect on the Company’s reputation or business; # Executive’s gross misconduct; # Executive’s unauthorized use or disclosure of any proprietary information or trade secrets of the Company or any other party to whom Executive owes an obligation of nondisclosure as a result of Executive’s relationship with the Company; # Executive’s willful breach of any obligations under any written agreement or covenant with the Company; or # Executive’s continued failure to perform his employment duties after Executive has received a written demand of performance from the Company that specifically sets forth the factual basis for the Company’s belief that Executive has not substantially performed his duties and has failed to cure such non-performance to the Company’s satisfaction within ten (10) business days after receiving such notice.

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”.

Cause. “Cause” shall mean the following: # a willful breach in any material respect by Executive of a fiduciary duty to the Company or to an Affiliate; # a conviction of Executive (or a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere in lieu thereof) by a court of competent jurisdiction for any felony or, with respect to his employment, for a crime involving fraud, embezzlement, dishonesty or moral turpitude, from which conviction no further appeal may be taken; # the failure of the Executive to substantially follow the reasonable and lawful written instructions or policies of the Board or of the Company with respect to the services to be rendered and the manner of rendering such services by Executive; # the willful failure of Executive to render any material services to the Company or to an Affiliate in accordance with any employment or similar arrangement to which Executive is subject, which failure amounts to a material neglect of Executive’s duties to the Company or to an Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive’s employment shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless # reasonable notice

“Cause” means # Executive engages in gross negligence or intentional misconduct in the performance of Executive’s duties for the Company or any of its subsidiaries (for this purpose, “intentional misconduct” means an action which is injurious to the Company or the Company’s business and/or which may reasonably lead to injury of the Company’s business without a good faith belief that it is in the best interest of the Company), # Executive embezzles or willfully misappropriates for his personal use, assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, # Executive is convicted of, or enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere with respect to, a felony, a crime involving moral turpitude, or any other crime that materially adversely affects the Company’s business, or # Executive’s engaging in business activities in violation of Executive’s obligations in Section 4 (including but not limited to Executive’s refusal or failure to perform Executive’s duties), violation of Executive’s obligations in Section 10, and/or breach of any restrictive covenant set forth in Section 11 of this Agreement; that in the case of the actions in (a) and (d), is not cured within 30 calendar days after Executive’s receipt of written notice from the Company of the alleged Cause.

“Cause” means # a breach by the Executive of a material provision of the Agreement; or # the willful and continued failure by the Executive to substantially perform his duties hereunder; or # any intentional misconduct by the Executive (including, but not limited to, misappropriation, fraud including with respect to the Company’s accounting and financial statements, embezzlement or conversion by the Executive of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s property in connection with the Executive’s duties or in the course of the Executive’s employment with the Company) that causes (or can reasonably be expected to cause) material harm to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, financially, reputationally or otherwise; or # the Executive's conviction, guilty plea or plea of nolo contendere for any crime involving financial impropriety, moral turpitude, or in any felony criminal proceeding, in each case that was materially detrimental to the Company's reputation or business; provided that, with respect to the actions, events or conditions described in [clauses (i) through (iv) above], any termination by the Company shall be presumed to be other than for Cause unless # the Company provides written notice to Executive of the applicable action, event or condition allegedly constituting Cause (which notice shall specify in reasonable detail the particulars of such action, event or condition), and # if such condition can be cured, rescinded or remedied, the Executive fails to cure, rescind or otherwise remedy the applicable action, event or condition described in such written notice within thirty (30) days after delivery of such written notice (or such longer period as the Company may agree in writing). For purposes of this Agreement, no act or failure to act on the part of the Executive shall be deemed “intentional” or “willful” if it was due primarily to an error in judgment or negligence, and any act or failure to act on the part of the Executive shall be deemed “intentional” or “willful” only if done or omitted to be done by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the interest of the Company. Failure to meet performance expectations, unless willful, continuing, substantial, and uncured after demand for cure to the extent such failure is curable, shall not be considered “Cause.”

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.