Cause

Cause. Shall mean any of the following: (i) the Grantee's material violation of the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement; (ii) the Grantee's willful refusal to substantially perform the Grantee's duties to the Company; (iii) the Grantee's conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony; (iv) the Grantee's willful misconduct in the performance of the Grantee's duties to the Company; or (v) any other conduct or act by the Grantee that is materially and demonstrably injurious,... detrimental or prejudicial to the Company unless the Grantee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. View More

Cause. Unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, (i) failure or refusal of the Participant to perform the duties and responsibilities that the Company requires to be performed by him or her, (ii) gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Participant in the performance of his or her duties, (iii) commission by the Participant of an act of dishonesty affecting the Company, or the commission of an act constituting common law fraud or a felony, (iv) the Participant's commission of an... act (other than the good faith exercise of his or her business judgment in the exercise of his or her responsibilities) resulting in material damages to the Company or (v) the Participant's material violation of the Company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Insider Trading Policy or other similar policy governing the ethical behavior of Company employees or directors; provided, however, that if the Participant and the Company have entered into an employment agreement which defines "cause" for purposes of such agreement, "cause" shall be defined in accordance with such agreement. The Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine whether a termination of employment or service is for Cause. View More

Cause. A conviction of a felony or any fraudulent or willful misconduct by Grantee that is materially and demonstrably injurious to the business or reputation of LNC or its affiliates. Cause shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.

Cause. A determination by the Board that the Executive's employment with the Company or any Affiliate should be terminated as a result of (i) a material breach by the Executive of this Agreement, the Restrictive Covenant Agreement or any other agreement to which the Executive and the Company (or any such Affiliate) are parties, (ii) any act or omission to act by the Executive that may have a material and adverse effect on the business of the Company, such Affiliate or any other Affiliate or on the... Executive's ability to perform services for the Company or any such Affiliate, including, without limitation, the commission of any crime (other than an ordinary traffic violation), or (iii) any material misconduct or material neglect of duties by the Executive in connection with the business or affairs of the Company or any such Affiliate. If, subsequent to the Executive's termination of employment for other than Cause, it is determined in good faith by the Board that the Executive's employment could have been terminated for Cause, the Executive's employment shall be deemed to have been terminated for Cause retroactively to the date the events giving rise to such Cause occurred. View More

Cause. For termination by the Company of the Executive's employment shall mean any of the following: (i) the Executive's conviction or misappropriation of money or other property or conviction of a felony, or a guilty plea or plea of nolo contendere by Executive with respect to a felony; (ii) conduct by the Executive that is in competition with the Company, conduct by a Executive that breaches the Executive's duty of loyalty to the Company or a Executive's willful misconduct, any of which materially... injures the Company; (iii) a willful and material breach by the Executive of his or her obligations under any agreement entered into between the Executive and the Company that materially injures the Company; or (iv) the Executive's failure to substantially perform his or her duties with the Company (other than by reason of the Executive's Disability). For Executives subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the determination of whether any conduct, action or failure to act constitutes "Cause" shall be made by the Company's Compensation Committee in its sole discretion. Any purported termination of employment by the Company for Cause which does not satisfy the applicable requirements of this Section 15(E) shall be conclusively deemed to be a termination of employment by the Company without Cause for purposes of this Agreement. View More

Cause. As a reason for an Optionee's termination of employment shall have the meaning assigned such term in the employment, consulting, severance or similar agreement, if any, between such Optionee and the Company or an Affiliate; provided, however, that if there is no such employment, consulting, severance or similar agreement in which such term is defined, and unless otherwise defined in the applicable Option Agreement, "Cause" shall mean any of the following acts by the Optionee, as determined by... the Committee: (i) the commission by the Optionee of, or the Optionee's pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude (including pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or lesser charge which results from plea bargaining), whether or not such felony, crime or lesser offense is connected with the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates; (ii) the Optionee's engaging in any other act of dishonesty, fraud, intentional misrepresentation, moral turpitude, illegality or harassment, whether or not such act was committed in connection with the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates; (iii) the willful and repeated failure by the Optionee to follow the lawful directives of the Board or the Optionee's supervisor; (iv) any material violation of the Company's written policies; (v) any intentional misconduct by the Optionee in connection with the Company and any of its Affiliate's business or relating to the Optionee's duties, or any willful violation of any laws, rules or regulations; or (vi) the Optionee's material breach of any employment, severance, non-competition, non-solicitation, confidential information, or restrictive covenant agreement, or similar agreement, with the Company or an Affiliate. The determination of the Committee as to the existence of "Cause" shall be conclusive on the Optionee and the Company. View More

Cause. Executive's dishonesty, fraud, willful misconduct or refusal to follow or comply with the lawful direction of the Company (for any reason other than illness or incapacity and provided such refusal is not based on Executive's good faith compliance with applicable legal or ethical standards), as determined by the Board in its sole discretion.

Cause. (i) the Executive is charged with or convicted of, or pleads guilty, no contest or nolo contendere to, or enters into a pre-trial diversion program in connection with, any crime or criminal offense involving dishonesty, breach of trust, money laundering, or the illegal manufacture, sale or distribution of, or trafficking in, controlled substances; (ii) the Executive's gross or willful misconduct, gross or willful negligence, or gross insubordination in connection with the performance of her... duties, functions or responsibilities for the Employer; (iii) the Executive engages in or commits an act of fraud, misappropriation, material dishonesty, theft, embezzlement, conversion, self-dealing, obtaining funds or property under false pretenses, or other material malfeasance against or in connection with the business of the Company, the Bank, or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates; (iv) the Executive breaches any fiduciary duty she owes to the Employer; (v) the Executive materially violates any federal, state or local securities or banking laws, rules or regulations, or any rules or regulations of any applicable regulatory or self-regulatory organization, and such violation, if curable under the circumstances (as determined by the Employer, in its reasonable discretion), is not cured to the Employer's reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days after the Executive's receipt of written notice of such breach (the "Cause Cure Period"); (vi) the Executive's material breach of the Company's drug and alcohol use, harassment and discrimination-free work environment, or workplace violence policies, or any other similarly material written policy or rule of the Employer, and such breach, if curable under the circumstances (as determined by the Employer, in its reasonable discretion), is not cured to the Employer's reasonable satisfaction within the Cause Cure Period; and/or (vii) the Executive's material breach of Section 10 or Section 11 of this Agreement and such breach, if curable under the circumstances (as determined by the Employer, in its reasonable discretion), is not cured to the Employer's reasonable satisfaction within the Cause Cure Period. For purposes of clauses (v), (vi) and (vii) of this paragraph, if the Executive cures the specified violation or breach during the Cause Cure Period, Cause shall be deemed not to have occurred, provided that the Executive may cure a specific violation or breach for which she is entitled to notice only one (1) time and, if the same violation breach occurs again, the violation or breach shall constitute Cause. View More

Cause. Shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following: (i) Executive's willful and continued failure to substantially perform Executive's reasonably assigned duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to disability or from the assignment to Executive of duties that would constitute Good Reason), which failure continues for a period of at least thirty (30) days after written demand for substantial performance has been delivered by the Company to the... Executive which specifically identifies the manner in which the Executive has failed to substantially perform his duties; (ii) Executive's willful conduct which constitutes misconduct and is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company, as determined in good faith by a vote of at least two-thirds of the non-employee directors of the Company at a meeting of the Board at which the Executive is provided an opportunity to be heard; or (iii) Executive's conviction of a felony which has had or will have a material adverse effect on the Company's business or reputation, as determined in good faith by a vote of at least two-thirds of the non-employee directors of the Company at a meeting of the Board at which the Executive is provided an opportunity to be heard View More

Cause. A termination of the Employee's employment which is a result of: (i) actions and/or omissions by the Employee satisfying the elements of (A) a felony or (B) a misdemeanor involving dishonesty, the taking of property or moral turpitude; or (ii) willful disclosure of material trade secrets or other material confidential information related to the business of the Bank or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (iii) willful and continued failure substantially to perform the Employee's duties... with the Bank (other than any such failure resulting from the Employee's incapacity due to physical or mental illness) after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Employee by the Board, which demand identifies the specific actions which the Board believes constitute willful and continued failure substantially to perform the Employee's duties, and which performance is not substantially corrected by the Employee within fourteen (14) days of receipt of such demand; (iv) willful and knowing participation in releasing false or materially misleading financial statements; (v) dishonesty to the Board regarding any material matter; or (vi) failure to cooperate with a bona fide internal investigation or an investigation by regulatory or law enforcement authorities, after being instructed by the Bank to cooperate, or the Employee's 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. View More