Company Performance Metrics

Company Performance Metrics. The target goals approved by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to be applicable to a Participant for any Performance Period with respect to Company-wide performance. Company Performance Metrics will be based upon one or more Performance Criteria, each of which may carry a different weight, and which may differ from Participant to Participant. Company Performance Metrics may include a threshold level of performance below which no Award will be paid and levels of performance at which... specified percentages of the Target Award will be paid and may also include a maximum level of performance above which no additional Award amount will be paid View More

Company Performance Metrics. Criteria established by the Committee relating to any of the following, as it may apply to one or more business units, divisions, or Affiliates, or on a Company-wide basis, and in absolute terms, relative to a base period, or relative to the performance of one or more comparable companies, peer groups, or an index covering multiple companies, which, may include, but is not limited to, any of the following: product research and development; completion of an identified special project; clinical... trials; regulatory filings or approvals; patent application or issuance; manufacturing or process development; sales or net sales; market share; market penetration; economic value added; customer service; customer satisfaction; inventory control; balance of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities; growth in assets; key hires; employee satisfaction; employee retention; business expansion; acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures; capital or fund raising to support operations; government grants; license arrangements; collaboration or customer agreements or arrangements; legal compliance or safety and risk reduction; or such other measures as determined by the Committee consistent with these performance measures View More