Cause

Cause. The occurrence of any of the following events: (i) gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with his duties or in the course of his employment with the Company; (ii) an act of fraud, embezzlement or theft in connection with his duties or in the course of his employment with the Company; (iii) intentional wrongful damage to property of the Company; (iv) intentional wrongful disclosure of secret processes or confidential information of the Company; (v) an act leading to a conviction... of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or (vi) a material breach by Employee of any agreement with the Company. For purposes of this definition, no act, or failure to act, on the part of the Employee shall be deemed "intentional" if it was due primarily to an error in judgment or negligence, but shall be deemed "intentional" only if done, or omitted to be done, by the Employee not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interest of the Company. View More

Cause. Any conduct or activity, whether or not related to the business of the Company, that is determined in individual cases by the Committee to be detrimental to the interests of the Company, including without limitation (a) the rendering of services to an organization, or engaging in a business, that is, in the judgment of the Committee, in competition with the Company; (b) the disclosure to anyone outside of the Company, or the use for any purpose other than the Company's business, of confidential... information or material related to the Company, whether acquired by the Participant during or after employment with the Company; (c) fraud, embezzlement, theft-in-office or other illegal activity; or (d) a violation of the Company's Code of Conduct or other policies View More

Cause. Meaning given to it under the Participant's employment agreement with the Company or Affiliate, or a policy of the Company or an Affiliate.

Cause. Shall mean (i) an act or acts of personal dishonesty taken by the Participant and intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of the Participant at the expense of the Company, (ii) the Participant's willful, deliberate and continued failure to substantially perform for the Company the normal material duties related to Participant's job position which are not remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice from the Company, (iii) violation by the Participant of... any of the Company's policies, including, but not limited to, policies regarding sexual harassment, insider trading, confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-competition, non-disparagement, substance abuse and conflicts of interest and any other written policy of the Company, which violation could result in the termination of the Participant's employment; or (iv) the conviction of the Participant of a felony View More

Cause. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee upon the grant of an Award, (i) conviction of a felony or a plea of no contest to a felony, (ii) willful misconduct that is materially and demonstrably detrimental to the Company or an Affiliate, (iii) willful refusal to perform requested duties consistent with a Participant's office, position or status with the Company or an Affiliate (other than as a result of physical or mental disability) or (iv) other conduct or inaction that the Committee... determines in its discretion constitutes Cause, except that, with respect to clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), Cause shall be determined by a majority of the Committee at a meeting held after reasonable notice to the Participant and including an opportunity for the Participant and his or her counsel to be heard, and the Committee shall not have the right to determine that Cause exists pursuant to clause (iv) following the occurrence of a Change in Control. All determinations of the Committee as to Cause shall be final View More

Cause. Cause

Cause. As defined in Grantee's Executive Advance Severance Agreement or in the absence of such an agreement or such a definition, "Cause" will mean a determination by the Committee that Grantee (i) has engaged in personal dishonesty, willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses), or breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, (ii) is unable to satisfactorily perform or has failed to satisfactorily perform Grantee's duties and... responsibilities for the Company or any Affiliate, (iii) has been convicted of, or plead nolo contendere to, any felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, (iv) has engaged in negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties, including, but not limited to, willfully refusing without proper legal reason to perform Grantee's duties and responsibilities, (v) has materially breached any corporate policy or code of conduct established by the Company or any Affiliate as such policies or codes may be adopted from time to time, (vi) has violated the terms of any confidentiality, nondisclosure, intellectual property, nonsolicitation, noncompetition, proprietary information and inventions, or any other agreement between Grantee and the Company related to Grantee's Service, or (vii) has engaged in conduct that is likely to have a deleterious effect on the Company or any Affiliate or their legitimate business interests, including, but not limited to, their goodwill and public image View More

Cause. Any of the following: (i) the Executive's (A) conviction of a felony; (B) commission of any other material act or omission involving dishonesty or fraud with respect to the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies or any of the customers, vendors or suppliers of the Company or its subsidiaries; (C) misappropriation of material funds or assets of the Company for personal use; or (D) engagement in unlawful harassment or other discrimination with respect to the employees of the Company or its... subsidiaries; (ii) the Executive's continued substantial and repeated neglect of his duties, after written notice thereof from the Board, and such neglect has not been cured within 30 days after the Executive receives notice thereof from the Board; (iii) the Executive's gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties hereunder that is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company; or (iv) the Executive's engaging in conduct constituting a breach of his written obligations to the Company in respect of confidentiality and/or the use or ownership of proprietary information. View More

Cause. The willful and continued failure of the Executive to substantially perform his or her duties (other than by reason of Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness or injury); the willful engaging by the Executive in gross misconduct significantly and demonstrably financially injurious to Olin; or willful misconduct by the Executive in the course of his or her employment which is a felony or fraud. No act or failure to act on the part of the Executive will be considered "willful"... unless done or omitted not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the action or omission was in the interests of Olin or not opposed to the interests of Olin and unless the act or failure to act has not been cured by the Executive within a reasonable time after written notice to the Executive specifying the nature of such violations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause without (i) reasonable notice to the Executive setting forth the reasons for Olin's intention to terminate for Cause, (ii) an opportunity for the Executive, together with his or her counsel, to be heard before the Board of Directors of Olin (the "Board") and (iii) delivery to the Executive of a notice of Termination from the Board finding that, in the good faith opinion of 75% of the entire membership of the Board, the Executive was guilty of conduct described above and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. View More

Cause. A determination made in good faith by two-thirds (2/3) of the Board that an Eligible Individual (i) has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony, (ii) has engaged in grossly negligent or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties for the Company (other than due to the Eligible Individual's incapacity due to physical or mental illness), which actions have had a material detrimental effect on the Company and which actions continued for a period of thirty (30)... days after a written notice of demand for performance has been delivered to the Eligible Individual specifying the manner in which the Eligible Individual has failed to perform, (iii) has breached the provisions of Section 7 of this Plan, (iv) has engaged in conduct which is materially injurious to the Company (including, without limitation, misuse or misappropriation of the Company's funds or other property), or (v) has committed an act of fraud. No termination of the Eligible Individual's employment shall be for Cause as set forth in clauses (iii), (iv) or (v) above until (A) there shall have been delivered to the Eligible Individual a copy of a written notice setting forth that the Eligible Individual was guilty of the conduct set forth in clauses (iii), (iv) or (v), as applicable, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail, and (B) the Eligible Individual shall have been provided an opportunity to be heard by the Board (with the assistance of the Eligible Individual's counsel if the Eligible Individual so desires). No act, nor failure to act, on the Eligible Individual's part shall be considered "willful" unless he has acted, or failed to act, with an absence of good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or failure to act was in the best interest of the Company and its affiliates. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, no failure to perform by the Eligible Individual after Notice of Termination is given by the Eligible Individual shall constitute Cause. View More