Cause

Cause. Has the meaning set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, or if such agreement does not define "Cause," then "Cause" has the meaning set forth in the employment agreement or senior management agreement between the participant and the Company or its Subsidiaries and, in the absence of such an employment agreement or senior management agreement, means a determination by the Board that one or more of the following events has occurred: (i) the commission of a felony or a crime involving moral... turpitude by a participant or the commission of any other act or omission by a participant involving dishonesty or fraud with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their customers or suppliers, (ii) a participant's failure or inability (other than by reason of Disability) to carry out effectively his or her duties and obligations to the Company and its Subsidiaries or to participate effectively and actively in the management of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as determined by the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, (iii) gross negligence or willful misconduct by a participant with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) conduct by a participant tending to bring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into substantial public disgrace or disrepute, and (v) any material breach by a participant of any Award Agreement or such participant's senior management agreement or employment agreement, if any, with the Company or its Subsidiaries. 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, Employer or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their customers or suppliers, (ii) substantial and repeated failure to perform duties of the office held by Executive as reasonably directed by the Board, (iii) gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company, Employer or any of their respective... Subsidiaries, (iv) conduct tending to bring the Company, Employer or any of their respective Subsidiaries into public disgrace or disrepute, and (v) any breach by Executive of Sections 1(b)(ii), 1(h), 2 or 3 of this Agreement View More

Cause. Means (i) the Employee shall have been indicted for any felony or criminally charged with (or indicted for, if applicable) a crime, in each case, that involves dishonesty or moral turpitude, (ii) the Employee shall have breached in any material respect this Agreement and, in the case of any such breach which is capable of being cured, such breach shall not have been cured within 30 days after receipt of written notice from the Company detailing such breach or (iii) the Employee disregards or... refuses to perform his or her duties to the Company and such disregard or refusal to perform continues for a period of 30 days after receipt of written notice from the Company regarding such disregard or refusal to perform (other than due to Disability or temporary disability which, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, causes the Employee to be incapable of devoting such time and energy). View More

Cause. As a reason for a Participant's termination of employment shall have the meaning assigned such term in the employment or consulting agreement, if any, between the Participant and the Company or Subsidiary. If the Participant is not a party to an employment or consulting agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary in which such term is defined, then unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, "Cause" shall mean any of the following, as reasonably determined by the Committee: (i)... the Participant's material failure to perform his or her responsibilities to the Company, (ii) the Participant's material failure to follow directives or policies established by or at the direction of the Board, or (iii) the Participant conducting himself or herself in a manner materially detrimental to the interests of the Company View More

Cause. With respect to the Employee any of the following as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, (a) fraud or intentional misrepresentation, (b) embezzlement, misappropriation or conversion of assets or opportunities of the Company or any Company Entity, (c) acts or omissions that are in bad faith or constitute gross negligence, or willful or reckless misconduct, or (d) conviction, plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or judicial determination of civil liability, based on a federal or state... felony or serious criminal or civil offense. View More

Cause. (A) your willful and continued (for a period of not less than ten (10) business days after written notice thereof during which you may remedy such failure if capable of remedy) failure to perform substantially the duties of your employment (other than as a result of physical or mental incapacity, or while on vacation or other approved absence) which are within your control (mere in ability to achieve financial or other performance targets or objectives, alone, shall not constitute such a... willful and continued failure); or (B) your willful engaging in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to PrivateBancorp or the Bank; or (C) your conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude, but specifically excluding any conviction based entirely on vicarious liability (with "vicarious liability" meaning liability based on acts of P rivateBancorp or the Bank for which you are charged solely as a result of your offices with PrivateBancorp or the Bank and in which you were not directly involved and did not have prior knowledge of such actions or intended actions); provided, however, that no act or failure to act, on your part, shall be considered "willful" 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 PrivateBancorp or the Ban k; and provided further that no act or omission by you shall constitute Cause hereunder unless PrivateBancorp or the Bank has given detailed written notice thereof to you, and you have failed to remedy such act or omission. View More

Cause. The meaning of such term or of any similar term (such as Misconduct) set forth in the individual employment, severance, or similar agreement between the Company and the Participant (if any), and if none, Cause shall mean (i) conviction or plea of nolo contendere to any felony or to any misdemeanor that involves fraud or moral turpitude; (ii) theft or embezzlement of Company property, a material act of dishonesty or fraud involving the Company's property or business, or intentional falsification... of any employment or Company records; (iii) material violation of any Company non-competition or confidentiality agreement or of any Company employment, business, or ethics policy; (iv) willful failure to follow lawful instructions of the person or body to which Participant reports; (v) gross negligence, willful misconduct, or unsatisfactory performance of Participant's assigned duties; (vi) actions or failures to act by Participant that are materially detrimental to the Company, monetarily or otherwise; or (vii) Participant's failure of any lawfully administered Company drug test or Participant's abuse of alcohol or drugs that unreasonably interferes with the performance of Participant's customary job duties View More

Cause. Defined in the Company's 2009 Stock Incentive Plan

Cause. The meaning given to such term in that certain Change in Control and Severance Agreement dated as of January 25, 2012, among the Company, BioMed Realty, L.P. and Participant, as in effect on the Grant Date

Cause. Will have the meaning as defined in the Employment Agreement.