Performance Criteria

Performance Criteria. The criteria selected by the Committee to measure performance for a Plan Year from among one or more of the following: (i) Pre tax earnings, as shown in the Company's annual report to shareholders, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied by the Company; and (ii) Earnings per share, as shown in the Company's annual report to shareholders, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied by the Company

Performance Criteria. The criteria selected by the Committee to measure performance of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries for a Plan Year from among one or more of the following: pre-tax income; net income; basic or diluted earnings per share; net revenues; comparable store unit sales (new and/or used); total vehicle unit sales (new and/or used); market share; gross profit; profit margin; cash flow; expense ratios; return on assets; return on invested capital; return on equity; stock price; market capitalization;... and total shareholder return; each as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, where applicable, as consistently applied by the Company and, if set forth in an Award Schedule, adjusted to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, to omit the effects of extraordinary items, the gain or loss on the disposal of a business segment, unusual or infrequently occurring events and transactions, accruals for awards under the Plan and cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles. The foregoing criteria may relate to the Company, one or more of its Subsidiaries or one or more of its or their divisions or units, or any combination of the foregoing, and may be applied on an absolute basis and/or be relative to one or more peer group companies or indices, or any combination thereof, all as the Committee shall determine View More

Performance Criteria. Means the one or more criteria that the Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goals for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria that shall be used to establish such Performance Goals may be based on any one of, or combination of, the following: (i) cash flow; (ii) earnings (including gross margin, earnings before interest and taxes ("EBIT"), earnings before taxes ("EBT"), and net earnings); (iii) earnings per share; (iv) growth in earnings or earnings per... share; (v) stock price; (vi) return on equity or average stockholders' equity; (vii) total stockholder return; (viii) return on capital; (ix) return on assets or net assets; (x) return on investment; (xi) sales, growth in sales or return on sales; (xii) income or net income; (xiii) operating income or net operating income; (xiv) operating profit or net operating profit; (xv) operating margin; (xvi) return on operating revenue; (xvii) economic profit, (xviii) market share; (xix) overhead or other expense reduction; (xx) growth in stockholder value relative to various indices, and (xxi) strategic plan development and implementation. View More

Performance Criteria. The objectives established by the Committee for a Performance Period pursuant to Section 4A.3 of the Plan for the purpose of determining the extent to which an Award of Performance Awards has been earned.

Performance Criteria. Has the meaning specified in the Incentive Plan.

Performance Criteria. A goal or goals established by the Committee and measured over a Performance Period. To the extent that an Award is intended to constitute qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m), the Performance Criteria with respect to such Award shall be related to measures of one or more of the criteria listed below. Such criteria may be determined by reference to the performance of the Company, Altice N.V., an Affiliate or a business unit, product or service thereof or any combination... of the foregoing. Such criteria may also be measured on a per customer, subscriber, homes passed, basic or diluted share basis or any combination of the foregoing and may reflect absolute performance, incremental performance or comparative performance to other companies (or their products or services) determined on a gross, net, GAAP or non-GAAP basis, with respect to one or more of the following: net or operating income or other measures of profit; measures of revenue; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA); cash flow, free cash flow, adjusted operating cash flow and similar measures; return on equity, investment, assets or capital; gross or operating margins or savings; performance relative to budget, forecast or market expectations; market share or penetration, subscriber or customer acquisition or retention, ratings or viewership; operating metrics relating to sales, installations or customer service or satisfaction; capital spending management, network upgrades or product or service deployments; a specified increase in the fair market value of the Company's common stock or that of Altice N.V.; a specified increase in the private market value of the Company; the price of the Company's common stock or that of Altice N.V.; earnings per share; and/or total shareholder return. The Performance Criteria shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee to remove the effect of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations and all items of gain, loss or expense determined to be unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, related to the disposal of a segment or a business, or related to a change in accounting principle or otherwise. With respect to Awards that are not intended to constitute qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m), the Committee may establish Performance Targets based on any Performance Criteria or no Performance Criteria as it deems appropriate View More

Performance Criteria. Any of the following: total shareholder or unitholder return; book value; return on total or invested capital, equity, revenue or assets; earnings (before or after interest, taxes, deductions, depreciation and/or amortization, and including consolidated operating earnings); revenues; income (before or after taxes); profitability; cash flow, including free and distributed cash flow; cost savings under the Six Sigma discipline, or other cost savings or process improvement goals; capital... expenditures; combined net worth; debt to equity ratio; stock or unit price or price appreciation; employee turnover or retention; environmental considerations; safety; reliability; training; compliance; workforce or customer diversity; employee and/or customer satisfaction or engagement; corporate social responsibility; receipt of regulatory or regulatory body approval; and supplier diversity. The financial metrics identified above can be measured on an as reported (GAAP), gross, net, operating, or pension-adjusted basis, on a total or continuing basis, on an annual or cumulatively over a defined period of time basis, and can be measured on an absolute, relative, growth, per-share or per-unit basis. The metrics may be set on a consolidated basis or with respect to any segment, sector, subsidiary or affiliate (including any subsidiary or affiliate which is a publicly traded partnership), division, business unit or individual. The metrics may be measured including or excluding extraordinary items such as restructuring charges, casualty losses, insurance recoveries, and other one-time, non-recurring items. Any of these metrics also may be based on peer group or index comparisons View More

Performance Criteria. Shall mean a goal or goals established by the Committee and measured over a period or periods selected by the Committee, such goal(s) to constitute a requirement that must be met in connection with the vesting and/or settlement of an Award under the Plan as specified by the Committee. To the extent that an Award is intended to satisfy the requirements for deductibility under Code Section 162(m), the Performance Criteria with respect to such Award shall be related to measures of one or more of... the following criteria: (i) earnings (either in the aggregate or on a per-share basis, reflecting dilution of shares as the Committee deems appropriate and specifies in the Award and, if the Committee so determines, net of or including dividends, interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization); (ii) gross or net sales revenues; (iii) cash flow(s) (including either operating or net cash flows); (iv) financial return and capital ratios; (v) total stockholder return, stockholder return based on growth measures or the attainment by the shares of a specified value for a specified period of time, share price or share price appreciation; (vi) value of assets, level of capital, return or net return on assets, net assets, capital (including invested capital and economic capital), equity or tangible equity; (vii) adjusted pre-tax margin; (viii) margins, profits and expense levels; (ix) dividends; (x) market share, market penetration or other performance measures with respect to specific designated products or product groups and/or specific geographic areas; (xi) reduction of losses, loss ratios or expense ratios; (xii) reduction in fixed costs; (xiv) operating cost management; (xv) cost of capital; (xvi) debt reduction; (xvii) productivity improvements; (xviii) risk adjusted metrics, including return on risk-adjusted assets; or (xix) customer satisfaction based on specified objective goals or a Company-sponsored customer survey. Each of such performance criteria may (1) be expressed with respect to the Company as a whole or with respect to one or more divisions or business units, (2) be expressed on a pre-tax or after-tax basis, (3) be expressed on an absolute, relative and/or incremental basis, (4) be expressed as a percentage of gross or net revenue, pre-tax or post-tax earnings (in each case as adjusted in a manner the Committee deems appropriate), (5) employ comparisons with past performance of the Company (including one or more divisions or business units), (6) employ comparisons with current budget, forecasts or market expectations, and/or (7) employ comparisons with the current or past performance of other companies, and in the case of earnings-based measures, may employ comparisons to capital, stockholders' equity or shares outstanding. To the extent applicable, the measures used in performance goals set under the Plan shall be determined in accordance with GAAP and in a manner consistent with the methods used in the Company's regular reports on 2 Forms 10-K and 10-Q, without regard to any of the following, unless otherwise determined by the Committee consistent with the requirements of Section 162(m)(4)(C) and the regulations thereunder: (A) all items of gain, loss or expense for a fiscal year that are related to special, unusual or non-recurring items, events or circumstances affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company; (B) all items of gain, loss or expense for a fiscal year that are related to (i) the disposal of a business or discontinued operations or (ii) the operations of any business acquired by Company during the fiscal year; and (C) all items of gain, loss or expense for a fiscal year that are related to changes in accounting principles or to changes in applicable law or regulations. To the extent any objective performance criteria are expressed using any earnings or revenue-based measures that require deviations from GAAP, such deviations shall be at the sole discretion of the Committee and established at the time the applicable performance criteria are established. View More

Performance Criteria. The business criteria listed on Exhibit A hereto on which Performance Targets shall be established.

Performance Criteria. The measurable performance objective or objectives established pursuant to the Plan in relation to grants of Awards pursuant to the Plan. Performance Criteria may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives or objectives that are related to the performance of the individual Participant or of one or more of the Company's Subsidiaries, divisions, segments, departments, regions, functions or other organizational units within the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Performance Criteria may be... made relative to the performance of other companies or subsidiaries, divisions, departments, regions, functions or other organizational units within such other companies, and may be made relative to an index or one or more of the performance objectives themselves. The Compensation Committee may grant Awards subject to Performance Criteria that are either Qualified Performance-Based Awards or are not Qualified Performance-Based Awards. View More