Performance Goal

Performance Goal. One or more of the following performance goals, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied on a corporate, subsidiary or business unit basis: revenue, cash flow, gross profit, earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and net earnings, earnings per share, margins (including one or more of gross, operating and net income margins), returns (including one or more of return on assets, equity, investment, capital and... revenue and total stockholder return), stock price, economic value added, working capital, market share, cost reductions, workforce satisfaction and diversity goals, employee retention, customer satisfaction, completion of key projects and strategic plan development and implementation. Such goals may reflect absolute entity or business unit performance or a relative comparison to the performance of a peer group of entities or other external measure of the selected performance criteria. View More

Performance Goal. One or more objective standards established by the Committee from the metrics identified in Section 7(a)(v)(B) of the Omnibus Plan in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof. The Performance Goals applicable to the 2011 Plan Year are attached hereto as Exhibit A. For Plan Years after 2011, the Committee shall establish the Performance Goal(s) in such form as it deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, by amendment of Exhibit A.

Performance Goal. Means a financial target on which the distribution with respect to a Performance Share is based, as set out in Appendix A.

Performance Goal. Shall mean any one or more of the following performance criteria: (a) Income (loss) per common share from continuing operations as disclosed in the Company's annual report to stockholders for a particular Fiscal Year; (b) Income (loss) per common share disclosed in the Company's annual report to stockholders for a particular Fiscal Year; (c) Income (loss) per common share or income (loss) per common share from continuing operations, excluding (i) extraordinary charge(s);... (ii) any accruals for restructuring programs, merger integration costs, or merger transaction costs; and/or (iii) other unusual or infrequent items (whether gains or losses) as defined by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) which are disclosed as a separate component of income or loss on the face of the income statement or as may be disclosed in the notes to the financial statements (hereinafter "EPS"); (d) Ratio of (i) operating profit, or other objective and specific income (loss) category results to (ii) average common shares outstanding (adjustments to (i) in this paragraph may be made at the time of the goal/target establishment by the Committee in its discretion); (e) Any of items (a), (b), (c) or (d) on a diluted basis as described in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128 including official interpretations or amendments thereof which may be issued from time to time as long as such interpretations or amendments are utilized on the face of the income statement or in the notes to the financial statements disclosed in the Company's annual report to stockholders; (f) Share price; (g) Total stockholder return expressed on a dollar or percentage basis as is customarily disclosed in the proxy statement accompanying the notice of annual meetings of stockholders; (h) Income (loss) (i) from continuing operations before extraordinary charge(s), (ii) before extraordinary charge(s), or (iii) net, as the case may be, adjusted to remove the effect of any accruals for restructuring programs or other unusual or infrequent items as defined by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) disclosed as a separate component of income on the face of the income statement or in the notes to the financial statements; (i) Net income; (j) Income (loss) before income taxes; (k) Percentage increase in the (i) number of consumers using the Company's billing and payment services, (ii) the number of transactions processed by the Company, or (iii) the percentage of transactions processed electronically by the Company, each as disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K; (1) Any of items (a) through (k) above with respect to any Parent, Subsidiary, Affiliate, division, business unit or business group of the Company whether or not such information is included in the Company's annual report to stockholders, proxy statement or notice of annual meeting of stockholders; (m) Any of items (a) though (k) above with respect to a Performance Period whether or not such information is included in the Company's annual report to stockholders, proxy statement or notice of annual meetings of stockholders; (n) Total Stockholder Return Ranking Position — meaning the relative placement of the Company's Total Stockholder Return compared to those publicly held companies in the Company's peer group as established by the Committee prior to the beginning of a vesting period or such later date as permitted under the Code. The peer group shall be comprised of not less than six (6) companies, including the Company; or (o) Any other objective criteria established by the Committee and approved by the stockholders of the Company prior to payment of any Award based on the criteria. With respect to items (a), (b), (c) and (d) above, other terminology may be used for "income (loss) per common share" (such as "Basic EPS", "earnings per common share", "diluted EPS", or "earnings per common share-assuming dilution") as contemplated by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128. View More

Performance Goal. An objectively determinable goal established by the Committee with respect to one or more Performance Criteria for a given Incentive Award

Performance Goal. The term "Performance Goal" shall mean a performance goal specified by the Committee in connection with the potential grant of Performance Shares and may include, without limitation, goals based upon cumulative earnings per Common Share, return on investment, return on shareholders' equity, or achievement of any other goals, whether or not readily expressed in financial terms, that are related to the performance by the Corporation, by any Subsidiary, or by any Employee or group of Employees in... connection with services performed by that Employee or those Employees for the Corporation, a Subsidiary, or any one or more subunits of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary. View More

Performance Goal. Means a Performance Goal established by the Committee under the 2015 Plan that is based on one or more of the expressly specified Performance Criteria set forth in Section 13 (oo) of the 2015 Plan and that is calculated in a manner that would allow for deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code.

Performance Goal. The attainment of specified levels of one or any combination of the following: revenue growth, revenue, subscription revenue, subscription revenue growth, gross margins, net margins, operating income, operating income growth, pre-tax income, after-tax income, net income, net earnings, EPS (basic and diluted), earnings before taxes, earnings before interest and taxes, EBITDA, return on invested capital, return on equity, return on assets, economic value added (or an equivalent metric), cash flow... from operations, cash flow per share, changes in deferred revenues, share price performance, total stockholder return, billings, bookings, improvement in or attainment of expense levels, improvement in or attainment of working capital levels, attainment of strategic or operational initiatives, market share, gross profits, comparisons with various stock market indices, and/or implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to research, development, products or projects, net promoter scores and customer engagement. Financial performance goals may be determined on either a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ('GAAP') or non-GAAP basis. Performance Goals also may be based solely by reference to the Company's performance or the performance of an Affiliate, division, business unit or department, or product line or grouping of the Company for or within which the Participant is primarily employed, or based upon the relative performance of other companies, or upon comparisons of any of the indicators of performance relative to other companies. View More

Performance Goal. The stock price goals set forth in Exhibit A

Performance Goal. Each of the following Tiered Performance Goals: (1) The Tier One Performance Goal is achieved if Adjusted EBITDA for a calendar year is at least ___ percent of Adjusted EBITDA for the immediately preceding calendar year; (2) The Tier Two Performance Goal is achieved if Adjusted EBITDA for a calendar year is at least ___ percent of Adjusted EBITDA for the immediately preceding calendar year; (3) The Tier Three Performance Goal is achieved if Adjusted EBITDA for a calendar year is at least ___... percent of Adjusted EBITDA for the immediately preceding calendar year; (4) The Tier Four Performance Goal or Target Performance Goal is achieved if Adjusted EBITDA for a calendar year is at least ___ percent but not more than ___ percent of Adjusted EBITDA for the immediately preceding calendar year (5) The Tier Five Performance Goal is achieved if Adjusted EBITDA for a calendar year is ___ percent or more of Adjusted EBITDA for the immediately preceding calendar year. View More