Common use of By the Company for Just Cause Clause in Contracts

By the Company for Just Cause. This Agreement and Employee’s employment with the Company may be terminated for Just Cause at any time in accordance with Section 13. For purposes of this Agreement, “Just Cause” shall mean only the following: (i) Employee’s continued and material failure to perform the duties of his employment consistent with Employee’s position, except as a result of being Partially Disabled (during any period of Partial Disability) or Totally Disabled, (ii) Employee’s failure to perform his material obligations under this Agreement, except as a result of being Partially Disabled (during any period of Partial Disability) or Totally Disabled, or a material breach by the Employee of the Company’s written policies concerning discrimination, harassment, conflicts of interest or securities trading, (iii) Employee’s insubordination, lack of cooperation, conduct detrimental to the Company or refusal or failure to follow lawful directives of the Board, the Chairman of the Board and/or Chief Executive Officer, except as a result of being Partially Disabled (during any period of Partial Disability) or Totally Disabled, (iv) Employee’s commission of an act of fraud, theft, embezzlement or violation of an applicable regulation or law involving financial impropriety, (v) Employee’s indictment for or conviction of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude, or (vi) Employee’s intentional breach of fiduciary duty; provided, however, that Employee shall have thirty (30) days after written notice from the Board (or Compensation Committee or Executive Committee of the Board (the “Executive Committee”)) to remedy any actions alleged under subsections (i) or (ii) in the manner reasonably specified by the Board (or Compensation Committee or Executive Committee), unless the Board (or Compensation Committee or Executive Committee), in its sole and reasonable discretion, determines that such alleged actions cannot be remedied within such thirty (30) day period. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that a termination by the Company for Just Cause shall have priority over the other provisions of this Section 12, and the Company shall have the right, to the extent raised by the Company within twelve (12) months following Employee’s termination, to “claw back” any benefits paid to Employee based on a termination pursuant to any other provision of this Section 12, in the event that the Company subsequently discovers the existence of facts or circumstances that would have been grounds for Employee’s termination for Just Cause; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not modify in any way Employee’s rights to dispute any termination for Just Cause, or to have any such dispute resolved by mediation or arbitration, as provided herein.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Employment Agreement (Matador Resources Co), Employment Agreement (Matador Resources Co)

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By the Company for Just Cause. This Agreement and Employee’s employment with the Company may be terminated for Just Cause at any time in accordance with Section 13. For purposes of this Agreement, “Just Cause” shall mean only the following: (i) Employee’s continued and material failure to perform the duties of his employment consistent with Employee’s position, except as a result of being Partially Disabled (during any period of Partial Disability) or Totally Disabled, (ii) Employee’s failure to perform his material obligations under this Agreement, except as a result of being Partially Disabled (during any period of Partial Disability) or Totally Disabled, or a material breach by the Employee of the Company’s written policies concerning discrimination, harassment, conflicts of interest harassment or securities trading, (iii) Employee’s insubordination, lack of cooperation, conduct detrimental to the Company or refusal or failure to follow lawful directives of the Board, the Chairman of the Board and/or Chief Executive Officer, except as a result of being Partially Disabled (during any period of Partial Disability) or Totally Disabled, (iv) Employee’s commission of an act of fraud, theft, embezzlement or violation of an applicable regulation or law involving financial improprietyembezzlement, (v) Employee’s indictment for or conviction of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude, or (vi) Employee’s intentional breach of fiduciary duty; provided, however, that Employee shall have thirty (30) days after written notice from the Board (or Compensation Committee or Executive Committee of the Board (the “Executive NCP Committee”)) to remedy any actions alleged under subsections (i), (ii) or (iiiii) in the manner reasonably specified by the Board (or Compensation Committee or Executive NCP Committee), unless the Board (or Compensation Committee or Executive Committee), in its sole and reasonable discretion, determines that such alleged actions cannot be remedied within such thirty (30) day period. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that a termination by the Company for Just Cause shall have priority over the other provisions of this Section 12, and the Company shall have the right, to the extent raised by the Company within twelve (12) months following Employee’s termination, to “claw back” any benefits paid to Employee based on a termination pursuant to any other provision of this Section 12, in the event that the Company subsequently discovers the existence of facts or circumstances that would have been grounds for Employee’s termination for Just Cause; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not modify in any way Employee’s rights to dispute any termination for Just Cause, or to have any such dispute resolved by mediation or arbitration, as provided herein.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Employment Agreement (Matador Resources Co), Employment Agreement (Matador Resources Co)

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