Election Period

Election Period. Means the period established by the Committee with respect to each Plan Year during which Deferral Elections for such Plan Year must be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, as follows: (a) General Rule. Except as provided in (b) and (c) below, the Election Period shall end no later than the last day of the Plan Year immediately preceding the Plan Year to which the Deferral Election relates. (b) Performance-Based Compensation. If any Bonus Compensation... constitutes "performance-based compensation" within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(e), then the Election Period for such amounts shall end no later than six months before the end of the Plan Year during which the Bonus Compensation is earned (and in no event later than the date on which the amount of the Bonus Compensation becomes readily ascertainable). (c) Newly Eligible Individuals. The Election Period for newly Eligible Individuals shall end no later than thirty (30) days after the Employee or Director first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan and shall apply only with respect to compensation earned after the date of the Deferral Election. View More

Election Period. Means November/December of each Plan Year.

Election Period. Is defined in paragraph 18(a) of this Agreement.

Election Period. Means the period designated by the Committee each year during which Non-Employee Directors may elect to receive Options or Deferred Share Rights as payment of some or all of their Annual Retainer. The Election Period shall end on or before April 30 of each year for the following Plan Year.

Election Period. Has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Election Period. Unless an earlier date is established by the Administrator, a period (as determined by the Administrator) ending before January 1 of the year in which the compensation is earned or credited to the Non-employee Director's Compensation Account, whichever occurs first, or, in the case of an individual who becomes a Non-employee Director during a calendar year, a period ending prior to the date of his or her election as a Director.

Election Period. The period of December 1 to December 15 inclusive for each year. On or before December 15 of each calendar year, each Participant may elect to defer up to 50% of their incentive bonus for that year, which deferred amount shall be applied to the acquisition of Phantom Shares. FFE shall acquire and hold, for the benefit of each Participant, the Phantom Shares acquired for the benefit of that... Participant with the deferred amount. The number Phantom Shares to be acquired for any Participant shall be equal to the amount of the Participant's deferral amount divided by the applicable Phantom Share Value. View More

Election Period. Has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3(a).

Election Period. The period established by the Committee during which elections to participate in the Plan or to change or revoke an existing election in effect under the Plan are permitted to be made. Except as provided in Section 3(a) below with respect to an Employee who first becomes an Eligible Employee during a Supplemental Plan Year, the Election Period during which elections may be made for a Supplemental Plan Year shall end no later than the December 31st of the immediately preceding Supplemental Plan... Year. Elections that are not made within the Election Period shall not be given any force or effect under the Plan. View More

Election Period. The period designated by Executive Compensation each year during which Non-Employee Directors may elect to receive Deferred Share Rights as payment of some or all of their Annual Retainer and/or Fees. The Election Period shall end on or before December 31 of each year prior to the year in which a new Plan Year begins (or, if hereafter permitted by Code Section 409A and by the Plan administrator, before April 30 of each year for the following Plan Year) ; provided, however, that the initial... Election Period with respect to a person who first becomes a Non-Employee Director shall be the 30-day period immediately following his or her eligibility to participate in the Plan and any deferral election made during that initial Election Period shall be effective only with respect to that portion of the Annual Retainer and/or Fees earned by such Participant for services rendered after the date of his or her election to defer. For example, if a newly eligible Non-Employee Director is entitled to a 11/12 pro rata Annual Retainer under Section 5(a) or 5(b), but does not make the deferral election until the end of the 30-day Election Period, he or she would be able to defer only the 10/12 prorata Annual Retainer that was earned after the election was made View More