Definition of Cause. For purposes hereof, “Cause” means: # Executive’s failure to perform Executive’s assigned duties or responsibilities as an officer of the Company (other than a failure resulting from Executive’s Disability (as defined herein) after notice thereof from the Company describing Executive’s failure to perform such duties or responsibilities; # Executive’s engaging in any act of dishonesty, fraud or misrepresentation; # Executive’s violation of any federal or state law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company or its affiliates; # Executive’s breach of any confidentiality agreement or invention assignment agreement between Executive and the Company (or any affiliate of the Company); or # Executive’s commission of, or entering a plea of nolo contendere to, any crime or committing any act of moral turpitude.

Definition of Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean # Executive’s conviction by a court (or plea of guilty or no contest) of a felony, or any crime involving theft, dishonesty or moral turpitude; # act(s) or omission(s) by Executive which are willful and deliberate act(s) or omission(s) which harm or injure the business, operations, financial condition, properties, assets, prospects, value or reputation of the Company Group in any material respect; # Executive’s willful misconduct which results in material harm to the Company Group or which has a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, assets, prospects, value or business relationships of the Company Group; # Executive’s willful disregard of the lawful and reasonable directives of the Board or Executive’s willful failure to observe policies or standards approved by the Company, Company Group, or their Boards of Directors, including policies or standards regarding employment practices (including nondiscrimination and sexual harassment policies); # the use of illegal drugs or repetitive abuse of other drugs; # repetitive excessive consumption of alcohol, which results in material harm to the Company Group or its subsidiaries; or # Executive’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to any member of the Company Group which results in material harm to the Company Group and/or which has a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, assets, prospects, value or business relationships of any member of the Company Group; or # a material breach by Executive of any material covenant or agreement between Executive and any member of the Company Group, including paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 hereof; provided that if the breach is not a breach of paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 hereof or any other restrictive covenant and is capable of remedy, Executive shall have ten (10) days from notification of the breach by the Company in which to remedy such breach. For avoidance of doubt a breach of paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 or any other restrictive covenant shall not be subject to remedy and any such breach shall be considered “Cause” for termination.

Cause. As used in this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean any of the following: # Executive's willful failure or refusal, after notice thereof, to perform specific directives of the President when such directives are lawful and consistent with the Executives duties and responsibilities described in this Agreement; # dishonesty of the Executive affecting the Company; # habitual abuse of drugs or alcohol; # conviction of Executive of, or a plea by Executive of guilty or no contest to, any felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, fraud, gross neglect, embezzlement, or misrepresentation; # any gross or willful conduct of the Executive resulting in loss to the Company or damage to the reputation of the Company; # theft from the Company; # commission or participation by Executive in any other injurious act or omission wantonly, willfully, recklessly, or in a manner which was grossly negligent against the Company; or # violation by the Executive, after notice thereof, of the business policies and guidelines of the Company as may be in effect from time to time. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall notify the Executive of any purported grounds constituting Cause, and the Executive shall have no less than ten (10) business days within which to cure such purported grounds.

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.

DEFINITIONS: The term “Cause” shall mean the Executive’s personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of a fiduciary duty involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or final cease-and desist order, or material breach of any provision of this Agreement. No act or failure to act by the Executive shall be considered willful unless the Executive acted or failed to act with an absence of good faith and without a reasonable belief that her action or failure to act was in the best interest of the Bank or its affiliates.

“Cause” means any of the following: # Executive’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his or her duties to the Company and its Affiliates; # Executive’s willful and habitual neglect of or failure to perform Executive’s duties of consulting or employment (which neglect or failure is not caused by Executive’s illness or mental or physical disability), which neglect or failure is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is received by Executive (it being agreed that a failure of the Company and its Affiliates to meet performance objectives shall not, alone, constitute a failure by Executive to perform his duties); # Executive’s commission of any material act of fraud, dishonesty or financial or accounting