Cause. The Company shall have “Cause” to terminate Executive’s employment hereunder upon:

Cause. If the Executive's employment hereunder is terminated by the Company for Cause, the Company shall pay to the Executive his/her full base Salary through the Date of Termination but at a rate no greater than that in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.

Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” for termination will mean: # the commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Employee that has a material adverse impact on the Company or any successor or affiliate thereof; # a conviction of, or plea of “guilty” or “no contest” to, a felony by Employee; # any unauthorized use or disclosure by Employee of confidential information or trade secrets of the Company or any successor or affiliate thereof that has a material adverse impact on any such entity; # Employee’s gross negligence, insubordination or material violation of any duty of loyalty to the Company or any other material misconduct on the part of Employee; # Employee’s ongoing and repeated failure or refusal to perform or neglect of Employee’s duties as required by this Agreement, which failure, refusal or neglect continues for fifteen (15) days following Employee’s receipt of written notice from the CEO or the Board stating with specificity the nature of such failure, refusal or neglect; or # Employee’s breach of any material provision of this Agreement, Employee Handbook, Code of Ethical Business Conduct or the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement referred to in Section 5(b); provided, however, that prior to the determination that “Cause” has occurred, if the Board determines in good faith that Employee’s action or breach is remediable, the Company shall # provide to Employee in writing, in reasonable detail, the reasons for the determination that such “Cause” exists, # other than with respect to [clause (v) above] which specifies the applicable period of time for Employee to remedy his breach, afford Employee a reasonable opportunity to remedy any such breach, and only to the extent such breach is remediable, in the good faith determination of the Board, # provide Employee an opportunity to be heard prior to the final decision to terminate Employee’s employment hereunder for such “Cause” and # make any decision that such “Cause” exists in good faith.

Cause. The Company may, at any time, at its option, exercised by notice to the Executive, terminate his employment for cause when cause exists. In the event of termination for cause, the Company, subject to the provisions of [Section 4.1], shall have no further obligations or liabilities to the Executive hereunder. For purposes of this Agreement, the term

Cause. In the event the Compensation Committee determines that a Key Executive has committed an act constituting Cause, the Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, declare that the Key Executive has forfeited the right to receive any installment of any Incentive Compensation under this Plan for the Incentive Cycle, without regard to whether or not the Key Executive's employment has been terminated. Each agreement evidencing a Stock Option shall provide that such Stock Option, whether or not then vested, shall be void and no longer exercisable upon the occurrence of a termination for Cause.

Cause. If the Employee is terminated for Cause, then Employee’s Options shall expire on such Employee’s date of termination of Service, or at such later time and on such conditions as are determined by the Committee, but in any event no later than the expiration date of the Options. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement or other agreement between the Company and Employee, Cause shall have the meaning set forth in this Plan.

Cause. With respect to any employee or Consultant # if the employee or Consultant is a party to any employment or service agreement with the Company or its Affiliates and such agreement provides for a definition of Cause, the definition contained therein; or # if no such agreement exists, or is such agreement does not define Cause then # the commission of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitudes or the commission of any other act involving willful malfeasance or material fiduciary breach with respect to the Company or an Affiliate; # conduct that results in or is reasonably likely to result in harm to the reputation or business of the company or any of its Affiliates; # gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company or an Affiliate; # materials breach of an agreement with the Company or an Affiliate (including, without limitation, any loyalty, noncompetition, nonsolicitation or confidentiality agreement); or # material violation of state or federal securities law. With respect to any Director, a determination by a majority of the disinterested Board members that the Director has engaged in any of the following: # malfeasance in office; # gross misconduct or neglect; # false or fraudulent misrepresentation inducing the director's appointment; # willful conversion of corporate funds; or # repeated failure to participate in Board meetings on a regular basis despite having received proper notice of the meetings in advance. The Committee, in its absolute discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to whether a Participant has been discharged for Cause.

Cause. “Cause” means the occurrence of any of the following actions or events: # Executive’s willful material misconduct or material breach of any written agreement between Executive and the Company (including without limitation this Agreement or the Executive’s Confidentiality Agreement), # Executive’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, any felony, or of or to a crime involving moral turpitude, # the performance of an illegal act by Executive while purporting to act on the Company's behalf, or engaging in activities directly in competition or antithetical to the best interests of the Company or any Affiliate, including but not limited to material personal dishonesty, in each case, which is materially injurious to the financial condition or business reputation of, or is otherwise materially injurious to, the Company or any Affiliate, # fraud or unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets of the Company or any Affiliate or any other party to whom Executive owes an obligation of nondisclosure as a result of Executive’s relationship with the Company, # an intentional violation of any federal, state or local law or regulation applicable to the Company or any Affiliate or their business, or # Executive’s continued failure to perform Executive’s duties or responsibilities to the Company or any Affiliate or deliberate violation of a Company policy, including but not limited to those relating to insider trading or sexual harassment in each case as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cause shall only exist after; # the Board delivers written notice to Executive of the Board’s determination that Cause exists; # such notice sets forth in reasonable detail such facts and circumstances, along with the Board’s determination, in its discretion, of whether such events are reasonably capable of being corrected; and # only if the Board has determined that such events are reasonably capable of being corrected, Executive has failed to fully correct any of the events listed above within 10 days following delivery to Executive of the Board’s written notice of its determination that Cause exists. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Board determines, in its discretion, that such events constituting Cause are not reasonably capable of being corrected, Cause shall be deemed to exist immediately upon the Board’s delivery of the written notice described in the [foregoing clauses (x) and (y)])].

Cause. A date specified by the Company by notice to the Executive for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means: # the Executive’s substantial and material non-performance of his duties, continued, willful insubordination or other willful and material failure to adhere to any policy of the Company or any of its affiliates, if the Executive has been given written notice of such non-performance, insubordination or failure and the Executive fails to cure such non-performance, insubordination or failure within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice; # the willful misappropriation (or attempted willful misappropriation) of any of the funds or property of the Company or any of its affiliates; or # the conviction of, or the entering of a guilty plea or plea of no contest with respect to, # a felony, # the equivalent thereof, # any other crime with respect to which active imprisonment is imposed, or # any other crime involving theft, willful misappropriation, embezzlement, fraud or dishonesty.

Cause. Upon Participant’s termination of Service for Cause, the SAR shall expire on Participant’s termination date. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall be defined in the Plan.