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 # 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” 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” means # a determination by the Board that Employee’s performance is unsatisfactory after there has been delivered to Employee a written demand for performance which describes the specific deficiencies in Employee’s performance and the specific manner in which Employee’s performance must be improved, and which provides thirty (30) business days from the date of notice to remedy such performance deficiencies; # Employee’s conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude which the Board reasonably finds has had or will have a detrimental effect on the Company’s reputation or business, # Employee engaging in an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his employment obligations and duties that materially harms the Company, # Employee’s committing an act of fraud against, material misconduct or willful misappropriation of property belonging to the Company; # Employee’s material breach of the Company Confidential Information, Assignment of Inventions, and Noncompetition Agreement or other unauthorized misuse of the Company’s trade secrets or proprietary information.

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.

Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: # the Executive’s commission of any felony or commission of any crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude; # the Executive’s commission or attempted commission of or participation in a fraud or act of dishonesty against the Company; # the Executive’s material breach of any contract or agreement between the Executive and the Company or the Executive’s material breach of any legal duty he owes to the Company; # conduct by the Executive that constitutes insubordination, incompetence or neglect of duties; # the Executive’s failure to perform the duties, functions and responsibilities of the Executive’s position; or # the Executive’s failure to cooperate with a bona fide internal investigation or an investigation by regulatory or law enforcement authorities, after being instructed by the Company to cooperate, or the willful destruction or failure to preserve documents or other materials known to be relevant to such investigation or the inducement of others to fail to cooperate or to produce documents or other materials in connection with such investigation; provided, however, the actions or conduct described in [clauses (iv) and (v) above] shall only constitute Cause if the Company provides the Executive with written notice thereof and the Executive has not, within 30 days of receipt such written notice, discontinued the cited conduct or remedied the failure to perform and further provided that lawful actions taken by the Executive in the exercise of his rights under the United States Constitution shall not constitute a breach of subsection # above.

Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause”, as determined by the Board acting in good faith and based on information then known to it, means: # Executive’s conviction (including a guilty plea or plea of nolo contendere) of any felony, or of any other crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude; # Executive’s commission or attempted commission of or participation in a fraud or act of dishonesty against the Company; # Executive’s material violation of any written and fully executed contract or agreement between Executive and the Company, including without limitation, material breach of this Agreement or Executive’s Proprietary Agreement, or of any Company policy, or of any statutory duty Executive owes to the Company; or # Executive’s conduct that constitutes gross insubordination or habitual neglect of duties, provided, however, that the action or conduct described in [clause (iii) above] and this clause (iv) will constitute “Cause” only if such action or conduct causes (or is reasonably expected to cause) harm to the Company and continues after the Board has provided Executive with written notice thereof and thirty (30) days opportunity to cure the same (provided that the Board is not obligated to provide such written notice and opportunity to cure if the action or conduct is not reasonably susceptible to cure). The determination that a termination is for Cause shall be made by the Board in good faith.

“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.