Cause Definition Example with 22 Variations

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Cause. With respect to any Participant have the meaning specified in the Award Agreement. In the absence of any definition in the Award Agreement, "Cause" shall have the equivalent meaning or the same meaning as "cause" or "for cause" set forth in any employment, consulting, or other agreement for the performance of services between the Participant and the Company or a Related Entity or, in the absence of any such agreement or any such definition in such agreement, such term shall mean (i) the failure... by the Participant to perform, in a reasonable manner, his or her duties as assigned by the Company or a Related Entity, (ii) any violation or breach by the Participant of his or her employment, consulting or other similar agreement with the Company or a Related Entity, if any, (iii) any violation or breach by the Participant of any non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and/or other similar agreement with the Company or a Related Entity, (iv) any act by the Participant of dishonesty or bad faith with respect to the Company or a Related Entity, (v) use of alcohol, drugs or other similar substances in a manner that adversely affects the Participant's work performance, or (vi) the commission by the Participant of any act, misdemeanor, or crime reflecting unfavorably upon the Participant or the Company or any Related Entity. The good faith determination by the Committee of whether the Participant's Continuous Service was terminated by the Company for "Cause" shall be final and binding for all purposes hereunder View More

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Cause. With shall, with respect to any Participant Participant, have the meaning specified in the Award Agreement. In the absence of any definition in the Award Agreement, "Cause" shall have the equivalent meaning or the same meaning as "cause" or "for cause" set forth in any employment, consulting, or other agreement for the performance of services between the Participant and the Company or a Related Entity or, in the absence of any such agreement or any such definition in such agreement, such term... shall mean (i) the failure an act or acts of personal dishonesty, fraud, or embezzlement by the Participant to perform, in a reasonable manner, his or her duties as assigned by the Company or a Related Entity, Participant, (ii) any violation or breach by the Participant of his or her the Participant's obligations under the Award Agreement, the Proprietary Rights and Restrictive Covenant Agreement, employment, consulting or other similar agreement with the Company or a Related Entity, if any, which are demonstrably willful and deliberate on the Participant's part and which are not remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice from the Company, (iii) any violation willful or breach by deliberate refusal to follow the requests or instructions of the Company's Chief Executive Officer or of the Board, (iv) the conviction of the Participant of for any non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and/or other similar agreement with the Company criminal act which is a felony or a Related Entity, (iv) any act by the Participant of dishonesty or bad faith with respect crime involving moral turpitude causing material harm to the Company or a Related Entity, (v) use standing and reputation of alcohol, drugs or other similar substances in a manner that adversely affects the Participant's work performance, or (vi) the commission by the Participant of any act, misdemeanor, or crime reflecting unfavorably upon the Participant or the Company or any Related Entity. Company. The good faith determination by the Committee of whether the Participant's Continuous Service was terminated by the Company for "Cause" shall be final and binding for all purposes hereunder View More
Cause. With with respect to any Participant Participant, have the meaning specified in the Award Agreement. In the absence of any definition in the Award Agreement, "Cause" Cause shall have the equivalent meaning or the same meaning as "cause" cause or "for cause" for cause set forth in any employment, consulting, or other agreement for the performance of services between the Participant and the Company or a Related Entity Subsidiary or, in the absence of any such agreement or any such definition in... such agreement, such term shall mean (i) the failure by the Participant to perform, in a reasonable manner, his or her duties as assigned by the Company or a Related Entity, Subsidiary, (ii) any violation or breach by the Participant of his or her employment, consulting or other similar agreement with the Company or a Related Entity, Subsidiary, if any, (iii) any violation or breach by the Participant of any non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and/or other similar agreement with the Company or a Related Entity, Subsidiary, (iv) any act by the Participant of dishonesty or bad faith with respect to the Company or a Related Entity, Subsidiary, (v) use of alcohol, drugs or other similar substances in a manner that adversely affects the Participant's work performance, or (vi) the commission by the Participant of any act, misdemeanor, or crime reflecting unfavorably upon the Participant or the Company or any Related Entity. Subsidiary. The good faith determination by the Committee of whether the Participant's Continuous Service was terminated by the Company for "Cause" Cause shall be final and binding for all purposes hereunder View More
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