Cause

Example Definitions of "Cause"
Cause. Means (i) theft or dishonesty, (ii) more than one instance of neglect or failure to perform employment duties, (iii) inability or unwillingness to perform employment duties for an Employer, (iv) insubordination, (v) abuse of alcohol or other drugs or substances affecting Participant's performance of his or her employment duties, (vi) the breach of an employment agreement, including covenants not to compete, or any other agreement between Participant and an Employer, (vii) the breach of... fiduciary duties to an Employer or any securities laws applicable to the Company, (viii) other misconduct, unethical or unlawful activity, (ix) being charged with a crime involving a fraud, embezzlement or theft in connection with Participant's duties or in the course of Participant's employment with an Employer, (x) a conviction of or plea of "guilty" or "no contest" to a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, or (xi) a conviction of or plea of "guilty" or "no contest" to a misdemeanor involving a crime of moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any state thereof View More
Cause. Means (i) serious misconduct, dishonesty, disloyalty or insubordination; (ii) the Participant's conviction (or entry of a plea bargain admitting criminal guilt) of any felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (iii) drug or alcohol abuse that has a material or potentially material effect on the Company's reputation and/or the performance of the Participant's duties and responsibilities under the Participant's employment agreement; (iv) failure to substantially perform the Participant's... duties or responsibilities under the Participant's employment agreement for reasons other than death or disability; (v) repeated inattention to duty for reasons other than death or disability; or (vi) any other material breach of the Participant's employment agreement by the Participant View More
Cause. The meaning ascribed to it in the Amended and Restated AAR CORP. Stock Benefit Plan or successor plan thereto
Cause. Means (i) for any Holder party to an effective employment, consulting or similar agreement that contains a definition of 'cause' or similar term, such definition, and (ii) for any other Holder, (1) a failure of the Holder to perform his or her duties (other than as a result of physical or mental illness or injury); (2) the Holder's willful misconduct or gross negligence which is injurious to the Company or any of its Affiliates (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise); (3) the... Holder's breach of his or her fiduciary duty, including duty of loyalty, to the Company and its Affiliates; (4) the Holder's unauthorized removal from the premises of the Company or any of its Affiliates of any document (in any medium or form) relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates or the customers of the Company or any of their Affiliates (but only if such removal is reasonably expected to be materially injurious to the Company); (5) the commission by the Holder of any felony or the commission by the Holder of other serious crime involving moral turpitude or (6) the Holder's commission of a breach of any of the restrictive covenants contained herein or in any other employment-related agreement between the Company and the Holder (a 'Breach'). If, within the three (3) month period immediately following a Holder's Termination Date, it is discovered that such Holder's Services could have been terminated for Cause, as such term is defined above, or if the Holder commits a Breach, the Holder's Services shall, at the election of the Board, be deemed to have been terminated for Cause retroactively to the date of the events giving rise to Cause occurred. View More
Cause. Means (i) the conviction of a felony or the commission of fraud with respect to Varietal Management Services or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of their customers or suppliers, (ii) substantial and repeated failure to perform duties as reasonably directed by the Board or a supervisor or report, after providing you with seven days' prior written notice and a reasonable opportunity to remedy such failure, or (iii) gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to Varietal... Management Services or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Cause shall be deemed not to include any act or failure to act, on your part, unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by you in bad faith or without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interests of Varietal Management Services or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a direction from the Board or based upon the advice of counsel for Varietal Management Services or any of its Affiliates shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by you in good faith and in the best interests of Varietal Management Services and its Affiliates. View More
Cause. Has the meaning set forth in a Participant's Employment Agreement or, if such Participant is not party to an Employment Agreement, means (i) the Participant has failed to perform his or her duties as an employee or to observe and abide by any member of the Inergy Group's policies and decisions, provided that the applicable member of the Inergy Group has given the Participant reasonable notice of such failure and the Participant is unsuccessful in correcting such failure or in preventing its... reoccurrence; (ii) the Participant has refused to comply with specific directions of his or her supervisor or other superior, provided that such directions are consistent with the Participant's position of employment; (iii) the Participant has engaged in negligence (through act or omission) or misconduct that is injurious to any member of the Inergy Group; (iv) the Participant has been convicted of, or has entered a plea of nolo contendere to, any crime involving the theft or willful destruction of money or other property, any crime involving moral turpitude or fraud, or any crime constituting a felony; (v) the Participant has engaged in acts or omissions against any member of the Inergy Group constituting dishonesty, breach of fiduciary obligation, intentional wrongdoing or misfeasance; or (vi) the Participant has engaged in the use of alcohol or drugs on the job, or has engaged in excessive, unexcused absenteeism from the performance of his or her duties as an employee of any member of the Inergy Group. View More
Cause. The good faith determination by the Company that: i. Executive has neglected, failed or refused to perform Executive's duties (other than as a result of physical or mental illness); ii. Executive has failed to timely attain the goals assigned to Executive by the Company, in its good faith judgment, from time to time; iii. Executive has committed an act of personal dishonesty including, without limitation, an act or omission intended to result in personal enrichment of Executive at the expense... of the Company; iv. Executive has committed a willful or intentional act that could reasonably be expected to injure the reputation, business, or business relationships of the Company or Executive's reputation or business relationships; v. Executive has perpetrated an intentional fraud against or affecting the Company or any customer, supplier, client, agent, or Executive thereof; vi. Executive has been convicted (including conviction on a nolo contendere, no contest, or similar plea) of a felony or any crime involving fraud, dishonesty, or moral turpitude. With respect to any of the matters set forth in (i) or (ii) above, the Company shall give Executive notice of the deficiency and a reasonable opportunity to correct the deficiency (not to exceed thirty (30) days) prior to termination. In the event that the Company has given notice of a deficiency and makes a determination that the deficiency has not been cured within a reasonable period of time, Executive's employment may be terminated for Cause. View More
Cause. (a) a good faith finding by the Board (i) of repeated and willful failure of the Employee after written notice to perform his reasonably assigned duties for the Company where such duties are commensurate with the Employee's position, or (ii) that the Employee has engaged in dishonesty, gross negligence or misconduct, which dishonesty, gross negligence or misconduct has had a substantial adverse effect on the Company; (b) the conviction of the Employee of, or the entry of a pleading of guilty by... the Employee to, any a felony; or (c) a breach by the Employee of any material provision of his Invention, Non-Disclosure, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement (the "Obligations Agreement"), which failure, act of dishonesty, gross negligence, misconduct or breach, in the case of clauses (a) and (c), is not cured within ten (10) days after written notice thereof or which failure, act of dishonesty, gross negligence, misconduct or breach, in the case of clauses (a) and (c), the Board determines in good faith is not curable. View More
Cause. Termination of the Employee's employment with the Company because of, but not to be limited to, Employee's (1) gross misconduct; (2) material nonperformance; (3) material breach of this Agreement; (4) conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony or misdemeanor or the entry of any final civil judgment in connection with any allegation of fraud, misrepresentation, misappropriation or any other intentional tort or statute violation; (5) insubordination; (6) violation of... the Company's sexual harassment/anti-discrimination policies; or (7) a court order prohibiting Employee from working for the Company for a period that extends beyond six months. Material nonperformance shall be deemed to occur only if such material nonperformance has not been corrected by the Employee within two weeks of written notice from the Company of the occurrence of such material nonperformance, which notice shall specifically set forth the nature of the material nonperformance and be delivered no more than thirty (30) days following the event giving rise to the material nonperformance notice View More
Cause. (i) the commission of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude or the commission of any other act or omission involving dishonesty or fraud with respect to the Company, VWR or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their customers or suppliers, (ii) substantial and repeated failure to perform duties as reasonably directed by the Board or a supervisor or report, after providing Executive with 15 days written notice and a reasonable opportunity to remedy such failure, (iii) gross... negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company, VWR or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (iv) conduct tending to bring the Company, VWR or any of their respective Subsidiaries into substantial public disgrace or disrepute, and (v) any breach by Executive of any non-competition, non-solicitation or confidentiality covenants to which Executive is subject. View More
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