Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons: (i) upon Executive’s death; (ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period; (iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (A) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him hereunder; (B) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities required of him hereunder; (C) willfully engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (D) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate) or (E) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any felony; or (iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the Board.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (American Midstream Partners, LP), Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP), Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP)
Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons:
(i) upon Executive’s death;
(ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him or her mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him or her hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period;
(iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (A) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him or her hereunder; (B) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities required of him or her hereunder; (C) willfully engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (D) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate) or (E) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any felony; or
(iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the Board.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (American Midstream Partners, LP), Employment Agreement (American Midstream Partners, LP), Employment Agreement (American Midstream Partners, LP)
Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons:
(i) upon Executive’s death;
(ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period;
(iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (Aa) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him hereunder; (Bb) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities required of him hereunder; (Cc) willfully engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (Dd) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate) ); or (Ee) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any felony; or
(iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the Board.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP), Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP), Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP)
Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons:
(i) upon Executive’s death;
(ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period;
(iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (A) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him hereunder; (B) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities required of him hereunder; (C) willfully engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (D) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the unauthorized disclosure of information that is, and is known or reasonably should have been known to the Executive to be, confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate) or (E) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any felony; or
(iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the Board.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP), Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP), Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP)
Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons:
(i) upon Executive’s death;
(ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period;
(iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (Aa) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him hereunder; (Bb) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities required of him hereunder; (Cc) willfully engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (Dd) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the unauthorized disclosure of information that is, and is known or reasonably should have been known to the Executive to be, confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate) ); or (Ee) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any felony; or
(iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the Board.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP), Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP)
Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons:
(i) upon Executive’s death;
(ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period;
(iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (A) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him hereunder; (B) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities required of him hereunder; (C) willfully engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (D) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the willful unauthorized disclosure of confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate) or (E) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any felony; or
(iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the Board.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP), Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP)
Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons:
(i) upon Executive’s death;
(ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period;
(iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (Aa) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him hereunder; (Bb) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities required of him hereunder; (Cc) willfully engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (Dd) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the willful unauthorized disclosure of confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate) ); or (Ee) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any felony; or
(iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the Reporting Officer with the concurrence of the Board of Directors of Company (the “Board”).
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP), Employment Agreement (Oxford Resource Partners LP)
Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons:
(i) upon Executive’s death;
(ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period;
(iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (Aa) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him hereunder; (Bb) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities required of him hereunder; (Cc) willfully engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (Dd) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the unauthorized disclosure of information that is, and is known or reasonably should have been known to the Executive to be, confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate) ); or (Ee) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any felony; or
(iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the Board.
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Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons:
(i) upon Executive’s death;
(ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period;
(iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (A) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him hereunder; (B) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities reasonably required of him hereunder; (C) willfully intentionally engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (D) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate); provided that the foregoing events or conditions will not constitute Cause unless Company provides Executive with written notice of the event or condition and fifteen (15) days to cure such event or condition (if curable) and the event or condition is not cured within such 15-day period or (E) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any felony; or
(iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the CEO or the Board.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Empire Petroleum Partners, LP)
Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons:
(i) upon Executive’s death;
(ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period;
(iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (A) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him hereunder; (B) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities required of him hereunder; (C) willfully engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (D) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate); provided that the foregoing events or conditions will not constitute Cause unless Company provides Executive with written notice of the event or condition and fifteen (15) days to cure such event or condition (if curable) and the event or condition is not cured within such 15-day period or (E) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any felony; or
(iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the Board.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Empire Petroleum Partners, LP)
Company’s Right to Terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2.1, Company shall have the right to terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for any of the following reasons:
(i) upon Executive’s death;
(ii) upon Executive’s disability, which shall mean Executive’s becoming incapacitated by accident, sickness, or other circumstances which renders him mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties and services required of him hereunder for 90 or more days (whether or not consecutive) out of any consecutive 180-day period;
(iii) for “Cause,” which shall mean Executive has (A) engaged in gross negligence, gross incompetence or willful misconduct in the performance of the duties required of him hereunder; (B) refused without proper reason to perform the duties and responsibilities required of him hereunder; (C) willfully engaged in conduct that is materially injurious to Company or its affiliates (monetarily or otherwise); (D) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement or willful breach of fiduciary duty to Company or an affiliate (including the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or proprietary material information of Company or an affiliate); provided that the foregoing events or conditions will not constitute Cause unless Company provides Executive with written notice of the event or condition and fifteen (15) days to cure such event or condition (if curable) and the event or condition is not cured within such 15-day period or (E) been convicted of (or pleaded no contest to) a crime involving fraud, dishonesty dishonesty, or moral turpitude or any felony; or
(iv) at any time for any other reason, or for no reason whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the Board.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Empire Petroleum Partners, LP)