Cause Definition. “Cause” shall mean: # conduct constituting embezzlement, material misappropriation or fraud, whether or not related to your employment with the Company; # conduct constituting a felony, whether or not related to your employment with the Company; # conduct constituting a financial crime, material act of dishonesty or material unethical business conduct, involving the Company; # willful unauthorized disclosure or use of Confidential Information; # the failure to substantially obey a material lawful directive that is appropriate to your position from a superior in your reporting line or the Board; # your material breach of any material obligation under this Agreement; # the failure or refusal to substantially perform your material obligations under this Agreement (other than any such failure or refusal resulting from your STD or LTD); # the willful failure to cooperate with a bona fide internal investigation or an investigation by regulatory or law enforcement authorities, whether or not related to employment with the Company, after being instructed by the Company to cooperate; # the willful destruction of or willful failure to preserve documents or other material known to be relevant to any investigation referred to in subparagraph # above; or # the willful inducement of others to engage in the conduct described in subparagraphs # – (ix), including, without limitation, with regard to [subparagraph (vi)], obligations of others to the Company.

Cause Definition. “Cause” shall mean: # conduct constituting embezzlement, material misappropriation or fraud, whether or not related to your employment with the Company; # conduct constituting a felony, whether or not related to your employment with the Company; # conduct constituting a financial crime, material act of dishonesty or material unethical business conduct, involving the Company; # willful unauthorized disclosure or use of Confidential Information; # the failure to substantially obey a material lawful directive that is appropriate to your position from a superior in your reporting line or the Board; # your material breach of any material obligation under this Agreement; # the failure or refusal to substantially perform your material obligations under this Agreement (other than any such failure or refusal resulting from your STD or LTD); # the willful failure to cooperate with a bona fide internal investigation or an investigation by regulatory or law enforcement authorities, whether or not related to employment with the Company, after being instructed by the Company to cooperate; # the willful destruction of or willful failure to preserve documents or other material known to be relevant to any investigation referred to in subparagraph # above; or # the willful inducement of others to engage in the conduct described in subparagraphs # - (ix), including, without limitation, with regard to [subparagraph (vi)], obligations of others to the Company.

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.