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Cause. “Cause” means only the following: # your indictment or conviction of, or a plea of nolo contendere to, # any felony (other than any felony arising out of negligence), or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude with respect to the Company, or # your commission any crime or offense involving dishonesty with respect to the Company; # theft or embezzlement by you of Company property or commission of similar acts involving dishonesty or moral turpitude; # repeated material negligence in the performance of your duties after you have received written notice of the same; # your failure to devote substantially all of your working time and efforts during normal business hours to the Company’s business; # your knowing engagement in conduct that is materially injurious to the Company; or # your knowingly providing materially misleading information concerning the Company to the Company’s Board of Directors, any governmental body or regulatory agency or to any lender or other financing source or proposed financing source of the Company.

For purposes of this agreement, "Cause" shall mean only the following: (i) indictment or conviction of, or a plea of nolo contendere to, (A) any felony (other than any felony arising out of negligence), or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude with respect to the Company, or (B) any crime or offense involving dishonesty with respect to the Company; (ii) theft or embezzlement of Company property or commission of similar acts involving dishonesty or moral turpitude: (iii) material negligence in the performance of your job duties after notice; (iv) failure to devote substantially all of his working time and efforts during normal business hours to the Company's business; of (v) knowing engagement in conduct which is materially injurious to the Company.

For purposes of this agreement, “Cause” shall mean only the following: (i) indictment or conviction of, or a plea of nolo contendere to, (A) any felony (other than any felony arising out of negligence), or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude with respect to the Company, or (B) any crime or offense involving dishonesty with respect to the Company; (ii) theft or embezzlement of Company property or commission of similar acts involving dishonesty or moral turpitude; (iii) material negligence in the performance of your job duties after notice; (iv) failure to devote substantially all of his working time and efforts during normal business hours to the Company’s business; or (v) knowing engagement in conduct which is materially injurious to the Company.

Cause” means # your conviction for or a plea of nolo contendere to the commission of a felony under federal or state law, or # any act by you that, in the Corporation’s opinion, constitutes fraud, embezzlement, dishonesty, disclosure of confidential information, the willful and deliberate failure to perform your employment duties in any material respect, a conflict of interest, a violation of the non-competition obligations set forth in Section 2(d)(i) of this Agreement or any other applicable non-competition, non-solicitation, or confidentiality agreement or obligation that you have with any member of the Corporation Group, a violation of any standards of conduct policies or other policies of the Corporation Group to which you are subject, or any other event that is inimical or contrary to the best interests of the Corporation Group. Any determination of “Cause” shall be made by the Corporation in its sole discretion, and its determination shall be final and binding.

Cause Definition. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean any of the following: # conviction, including a plea of guilty or no contest, of any felony or any crime involving moral turpitude or dishonesty; # fraud upon the Company (or an affiliate), embezzlement or misappropriation of corporate funds; # willful acts of dishonesty materially harmful to the Company; # activities materially harmful to the Company’s reputation; # Employee’s willful misconduct, willful refusal to perform his duties, or substantial willful disregard of his duties, provided that the Company first provides Employee with written notice of such conduct and thirty (30) days to cure such conduct, if such conduct is reasonably susceptible to cure; or # material breach of this Agreement, any other agreement with the Company, any policy of the Company, or any statutory duty or common law duty of loyalty owed to the Company that causes material harm to the Company; provided, no act or omission on Employee’s part shall be considered “willful” unless it is done by Employee without reasonable belief that the Employee’s action was in the best interests of the Company.

Cause” means termination in whole or substantial part, for gross negligence or willful misconduct in the execution of your duties, for conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any felony or any act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, or a crime involving moral turpitude, or for commission of any act which causes or may reasonably be expected to cause substantial damage to the Company

Cause” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following: (i) your commission of any crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude; (ii) your attempted commission of or participation in a fraud or act of dishonesty against the Company that results in (or might have reasonably resulted in) material harm to the business of the Company; (iii) your intentional, material violation of any contract or agreement between you and the Company or any statutory duty you owe to the Company; or (iv) your conduct that constitutes gross insubordination, incompetence or habitual neglect of duties and that results in (or might have reasonably resulted in) material harm to the business of the Company (except that in no event shall this provision be invoked where such alleged conduct relates to or arises from any physical impairment or disability); provided, however, that the action or conduct described in [clauses (iii) and (iv) above]e] will constitute “Cause” only if such action or conduct continues after the Company has provided you with written notice thereof and thirty (30) days to cure, or otherwise remedy to the extent possible under direct control of you, the same. An occurrence of “Cause” as set forth in the preceding sentence shall be based upon a good faith determination by the Company Board.

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