Performance Goals

Performance Goals. The goal(s) (or combined goal(s)) determined by the Committee (in its discretion) to be applicable to a Participant with respect to an Award. As determined by the Committee, the Performance Goals applicable to an Award may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement using one or more of the following measures: (a) Annual Revenue, (b) Cash Position, (c) Controllable Profits, (d) Customer Satisfaction MBOs, (e) Earnings Per Share, (f) Individual Objectives, (g) Net Income, (h) New ... class="diff-color-red">Orders Orders, (i) Operating Cash Flow, (j) Operating Income, (k) Return on Assets, (l) Return on Equity, (m) Return on Sales, and (n) Total Shareholder Return. The Performance Goals may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award. Any criteria used may be measured, as applicable, in absolute or relative terms (including passage of time and/or against another company or companies), on a per share basis, against the performance of the Company as a whole or any segment of the Company, and on a pre-tax or after-tax basis Award View More

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Performance Goals. Mean, with With respect to any applicable grant made Award granted pursuant to the Plan, the one or more targets, goals or levels of attainment required to be achieved in terms of the specified Performance Measure during the specified Performance Period, all as set forth in the related grant agreement. agreement

Performance Goals. Mean, with With respect to any applicable grant made Award granted pursuant to the Plan, the one or more targets, goals or levels of attainment required to be achieved in terms of the specified Performance Measure during the specified Performance Period, all as set forth in the related grant agreement. agreement

Performance Goals. Any Means any goals the Committee establishes that may relate to one or more of the following for such period as the Committee specifies: (i) Revenue; (i)Revenue; (ii) Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, as adjusted (EBITDA as adjusted); (iii) Income (iii)Income before income taxes and minority interests; (iv) Operating (iv)Operating income; (v) Pre- (v)Pre- or after-tax income; (vi) Average (vi)Average accounts receivable; (vii) Cash (vii)Cash flow; (viii) Cash (viii)Cash flow per share; (ix) Net (ix)Net earnings; (x) Basic (x)Basic or diluted earnings per share; (xi) Return (xi)Return on equity; (xii) Return (xii)Return on assets; (xiii) Return (xiii)Return on capital; (xiv) Growth (xiv)Growth in assets; (xv) Economic (xv)Economic value added; (xvi) Share (xvi)Share price performance; (xvii) Total (xvii)Total stockholder return; (xviii) Improvement (xviii)Improvement or attainment of expense levels; (xix) Market (xix)Market share or market penetration; (xx) Business (xx)Business expansion, and/or acquisitions or divestitures; (xxi)Any other subjective or (xxi) With respect to Awards that the Committee determines will not be considered "performance-based compensation" under Code Section 162(m), any other performance goals as determined objective goal selected by the Committee, provided that any such goal(s) are established in writing by the Committee no later than 90 days after the commencement of the period of service to which the goal relates and while the achievement of such goal(s) is substantially uncertain. Committee. 3 The Committee may specify at the time an Award is made that the Performance Goals are to be measured for an individual, the Company, for the Company on a consolidated basis, for any one or more Affiliates or divisions of the Company and/or for any other business unit or units of the Company, and/or that the Performance Goals are to be measured either in absolute terms or relative to the performance of one or more comparable companies or an index covering multiple companies companies. View More

Performance Goals. Means Are the performance objectives with respect to one Performance Criterion or two or more Performance Criteria established by the Committee for the Company, Company or a Business Unit or an individual for the purpose of determining whether, and the extent to which, a Section 162(m) Award will be awarded or paid.

Performance Goals. One With respect to any Performance-Based Award, one or more targets, goals or levels of attainment required to be achieved in terms of the specified Performance Measure during a fiscal year or specified Performance Cycle, as applicable

Performance Goals. Any goals the Committee establishes that relate to one or more of the following with respect to the Company or any one or more Subsidiaries, Affiliates or other business units: sales or other revenues; cost of sales; gross margin; expenses; cost reductions; income or earnings, income, including net income, operating income, income from continuing operations or margins; earnings or earnings per share or margins; share, including before taxes, income taxes, interest, other non-operating expense,... special charges, and/or depreciation and amortization; cash flow; debt; ratio of debt to equity or other financial measure that appears on the Company's financial statements or is derived from one or more amounts that appear on the Company's financial statements; return on shareholders stockholders equity, capital, assets or other financial measure that appears on the Company's financial statements or is derived from one or more amounts that appear on the Company's financial statements; working capital or any of its components, including accounts receivable, inventories receivable or accounts payable; assets; stock price; dividend payments; economic value added; market share; new product releases; and product quality. employee engagement; or a combination of any of the foregoing. As to each Performance Goal, the relevant measurement of performance shall be computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, principles to the extent applicable, but, unless otherwise determined by the Committee and to the extent consistent with Code Section 162(m), Committee, will exclude the effects of (i) charges for reorganizing and restructuring, (ii) discontinued operations, (iii) asset write-downs, (iv) gains or losses on the disposition of a business or business segment, (v) business, (ii) changes in tax or accounting principles, regulations or laws, (vi) extraordinary, unusual and/or non-recurring (iii) changes in the value of individual balance sheet items in excess of gain $1,000,000 that impact the income statement, and (iv) mergers or loss, and (vii) mergers, acquisitions or dispositions, acquisitions, that in each case all of the foregoing the Company identifies in its audited financial statements, including footnotes, or the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the Company's annual report. Also, Where applicable, the Committee may, Performance Goals may be expressed, without limitation, in terms of attaining a specified level of the particular criterion or the attainment of an increase or decrease (expressed as absolute numbers or a percentage) in the particular criterion or achievement in relation to the extent consistent with Code Section 162(m), appropriately adjust any evaluation a peer group or other index. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance under below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be paid (or specified vesting will occur), and a Performance Goal to exclude any maximum level of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) litigation, claims, judgments or settlements; (ii) the effects of changes in other laws or regulations affecting reported results; and (iii) accruals of any amounts for above which no additional payment under this Plan or any other compensation arrangements maintained by the Company. In addition, in the case of Awards that the Committee determines will not be considered "performance-based compensation" under Code Section 162(m), the Committee may establish other Performance Goals not listed in this Plan. made (or at which full vesting will occur) View More

Performance Goals. The goal(s) (or combined goal(s)) determined by the Committee Administrator (in its discretion) to be applicable to a Participant with respect to an Award

Performance Goals. Means the written objective performance goals and criteria determined as applicable either pursuant to the Variable Compensation Management Incentive Plan or the Long-Term Awards.

Performance Goals. Performance-based Performance goals that the Committee establishes, which may be based on: (a) accounts receivable targets; (b) satisfactory internal or external audits; (c) achievement of balance sheet or income statement objectives; (d) cash flow (including but not limited to operating cash flow and free cash flow); (e) customer and/or employee satisfaction metrics and achievement of customer and/or employee satisfaction goals; (f) dividend payments; (g) earnings (including before or after... taxes, interest, depreciation, and amortization); (h) earnings growth; (i) earnings per share; (j) economic value added; (k) expenses; (l) improvement of financial ratings; (m) internal rate of return; (n) market share; (o) net asset value; (p) net income; (q) margins (including but not limited to gross or net operating margins); gross margin; (r) net operating profit after taxes ("NOPAT"); (s) net sales growth; (t) NOPAT growth; (u) operating income; (v) operating efficiency; margin; (w) comparisons to the performance of other companies; (x) pro forma income; (x) (y) regulatory compliance; (y) (z) return measures (including but not limited to return on assets, designated assets, capital, committed capital, net capital employed, equity, sales, or stockholder equity, and return versus the Company's cost of capital); (z) (aa) revenues; (aa) (bb) sales; (bb) (cc) stock price (including but not limited to growth measures and total stockholder return); (cc) (dd) comparison to stock market indices; (dd) (ee) implementation or completion of one or more projects or transactions; (ee) (ff) working capital; (ff) environment, health or safety measures; (gg) operating measures (including but not limited to yield and volume); or (hh) any other objective goals that the Committee establishes. In the case of an Award that is intended to qualify as "qualified performance-based compensation" as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, the Performance Goals shall be limited to (a) through (gg) above. Performance Goals may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in relationship to other companies comparably, similarly or otherwise situated, and may be based on the attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase or decrease (as applicable). situated. Performance Goals may be particular to an Eligible Person or the department, branch, Affiliate, or division in which the Eligible Person works, or may be based on the performance of the Company, one or more Affiliates, or a department, branch or division of the Company or and one or more Affiliates, and may cover such period as the Committee may specify. With respect to Awards that are intended to qualify as "performance-based compensation" as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, to the extent permitted, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, also exclude, or adjust to reflect, the impact of an event or occurrence that the Committee determines should be appropriately excluded or adjusted, including: (a) restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items or events, and other unusual or non-recurring charges as described in Accounting Standards Codification 225-20, "Extraordinary and Unusual Items," and/or management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing or incorporated by reference in the Company's Form 10-K for the applicable year; (b) an event either not directly related to the operations of the Company or not within the reasonable control of the Company's management; or (c) a change in tax law or accounting standards required by generally accepted accounting principles specify View More

Performance Goals. The Means the following categories (in all cases after taking into account any Excluded Items, as applicable), including in each case any measure based on such category: (i) Earnings per share. (ii) Core Basic earnings per share. common share for the Company on a consolidated basis. (ii) Diluted earnings per common share for the Company on a consolidated basis. (iii) Total shareholder return. (iv) Fair Market Value of Shares. (v) Net sales. (vi) Cost of sales. (vii) Gross profit. (viii)... Selling, general and administrative expenses. 5 (ix) Operating income. (x) Earnings before interest and the provision for income taxes (EBIT). (xi) Earnings before interest, the provision for income taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). (xii) Net income. (xiii) Accounts receivable. (xiv) Inventories. (xv) Trade working capital. (xvi) Return on equity. (xvii) Return on assets. (iv) (xviii) Return on equity. (v) Price earnings ratio. (vi) Total shareholder return. (vii) Book value. (viii) Stock price performance. (ix) invested capital. (xix) Return on sales. (xx) Non-catastrophic claims incurred. (xxi) Reinsurance costs. (xxii) Gross premiums earned. (xxiii) Economic value added, or other measure of profitability that considers the cost of capital employed. (xxiv) Free cash flow. (xxv) Net income. (x) Operating income. (xi) Efficiency ratio. (xii) Loan growth. (xiii) Deposit growth. (xiv) Core deposit growth. (xv) Asset quality. (xvi) cash provided by operating activities. (xxvi) Net interest margin. (xvii) Non-interest income. (xviii) Non-interest expense. (xix) Expenses as a percentage of assets. increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents. (xxvii) Customer satisfaction. (xxviii) Market share. (xxix) Quality. The Performance Goals Measures described in items (v) through (xxix) may be measured (A) for the Company on a consolidated basis, (B) for any one or more Affiliates or divisions of the Company and/or (C) for any other business unit or units of the Company or an Affiliate as defined by the Administrator at the time of selection. 6 In addition, the Administrator may designate other categories, including categories involving individual performance and subjective targets, not listed above (A) with respect to Awards that are not intended to qualify as performance-based compensation within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) or (B) to the extent that the application of such categories results in a reduction of the maximum amount otherwise payable under the Award. Where applicable, the Performance Goals may be expressed, without limitation, in terms of attaining a specified level of the particular criterion or the attainment of an increase or decrease (expressed as absolute numbers, averages and/or percentages) in the particular criterion or achievement in relation to a peer group or other index. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be paid (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at which full vesting will occur). View More