Performance Goal

Performance Goal. One or more standards established by the Committee in connection with any qualified performance-based compensation, as described in Section 7 hereof. A Performance Goal shall be based upon one or more of the following criteria: (i) consolidated income before or after taxes (including income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); (ii) EBITDA; (iii) adjusted EBITDA; (iv) operating income; (v) net income; (vi) net income and/or earnings per Share; (vii) book value per Share;... (viii) return on capital and/or equity; (ix) expense management; (x) return on investment; (xi) improvements in capital structure; (xii) profitability of an identifiable business unit or product; (xiii) maintenance or improvement of profit margins; (xiv) stock price; (xv) market share; (xvi) revenue or sales; (xvii) costs; (xviii) cash flow; (xix) working capital; (xx) multiple of invested capital; (xxi) total return; (xxii) environmental, health and safety; (xxiii) operating performance; (xxiv) commercial optimization or (xxv) except for Awards granted to any "covered employee" that are intended by the Company to be deductible by the Company under Section 162(m) of the Code and for which the provision of one or more of the aforementioned Performance Goals would be required to preserve deductibility of compensation in respect of such Award under Section 162(m), such other objective performance criteria as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The foregoing criteria may relate to the Company, one or more of its Affiliates 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. In addition, consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code (or any successor section thereto), the Performance Goals may be calculated without regard to extraordinary items or accounting treatment that does not reflect performance criteria. To the extent intended to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, a Performance Goal shall be established by the Committee within the first 90 days after the commencement of the period of service to which the Performance Goal relates or prior to the expiration of 25% of the performance period as described in Section 7 (if earlier), and the attainment of the goal must be substantially uncertain at the time the Committee establishes the goal. View More

Performance Goal. One or more criteria or standards established by the Committee to determine, in whole or in part, whether a Performance Stock Incentive shall be awarded or earned, which may include the criteria and standards established pursuant to Section 13.9.

Performance Goal. A preestablished targeted level or levels of any one or more Performance Objectives

Performance Goal. The OPMP targets for the Performance Period as set by the Administrator

Performance Goal. A goal that has been established by the Committee and that must be met by the end of a Performance Period. The Committee shall have sole discretion to determine the specific targets within each category of Performance Goals, and whether such Performance Goals have been achieved

Performance Goal. One or more standards established by the Committee, to determine in whole or in part whether a Performance Award shall be earned. A Performance Goal may include, but not be limited to, one or more of the following: cash flow; ratio of debt to debt plus equity; earnings before taxes; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; earnings per share; operating earnings; economic value added; ratio of operating earnings to capital spending; free... cash flow; net profit; net sales; sales growth; working capital ratio; stock price; return on net assets, equity or stockholders' equity; or total return to stockholders View More

Performance Goal. Means a performance goal based on business criteria established by the Committee in accordance with paragraph 3.

Performance Goal. Means a performance goal established by the Committee pursuant to Section 8(b) of the 2009 Plan and that is calculated in a manner that would allow for deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code.

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. The meaning given to such term in the Master Plan