Performance Goals

Performance Goals. Means the performance objectives with respect to one Performance Criterion or two or more Performance Criteria established by the Committee for the Company, 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. 11. TAX WITHHOLDING

Performance Goals. Means 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 shall be based upon the Performance Measurements and may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives or objectives that are related to the performance of the individual Participant or of a Subsidiary, division, department or function within the Company or Subsidiary in... which the Participant is employed. Performance Goals may be stated as a combination of Performance Measurements and may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award. The outcome of any Performance Goal must be substantially uncertain at the time such Performance Goal is established by the Committee. The Committee shall appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Performance Goal to exclude: (i) any extraordinary non-recurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management's discussion and analysis of financial conditions and results of operations appearing in the Company's annual report to shareholders for the applicable Plan Year in order to comply with Opinion No. 30; (ii) the effect of any changes in accounting standards and principles pursuant to GAAP; or (iii) the effect of any statements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or its constituent committees. View More

Performance Goals. Means the performance goals established by the Committee in connection with the grant of an Award. In the case of such grants to covered employees under Code Section 162(m), the Performance Goals shall be based on specified levels of one or more of the following measures with respect to the performance of the Company or a group, unit, Affiliate or an individual: specified levels of the Company's stock price, market share, sales, revenue, premiums, underwriting profit, market value potential,... earnings per share, return on equity, costs, cash flow, dividends paid, operating income, return on assets, expense ratios, loss ratios or combined ratios. Such performance goals shall be set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by Code Section 162(m) and related regulations. View More

Performance Goals. Means (i) the annual performance objectives of the Partnership, an Affiliate or one or more business units of the Partnership or any Affiliate and (ii) any individual performance objectives, in either or both cases, established for the purpose of determining the level of Awards, if any, earned during a Plan Year.

Performance Goals. Performance goals based on one or more of the following criteria, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, where applicable

Performance Goals. Any goals the Administrator establishes that relate to one or more of the following with respect to the Company or any one or more of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates or other business units: net income; income from continuing operations; stockholder return; stock price appreciation; earnings per share (including diluted earnings per share); net operating profit (including after tax); revenue growth; organic sales growth; return on equity; return on investment; return on invested capital (including... after-tax); earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; operating income; operating margin; market share; return on sales; asset reduction; cost reduction; return on equity; cash flow (including free cash flow); and new product releases View More

Performance Goals. The goal(s) (or combined goal(s)) determined by the Committee (in its discretion) to be applicable to a Participant for a Target Award for a Performance Period. As determined by the Committee, the Performance Goals for any Target Award applicable to a Participant may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement using one or more of the following measures: (a) bookings, (b) cash flow, operating cash flow, or cash flow or operating cash flow per share (before or after dividends), (c)... customer growth, (d) earnings per share, (e) EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), (f) net income, (g) net or gross sales, (h) operating expenses, (i) operating income, (j) operating or gross margin, (k) profit margins, (l) profits, (m) reduction in costs/budget attainment, (n) return on assets, (o) return on equity, (p) return on sales, (q) revenue, (r) total return to stockholders, (s) stock price, and (t) working capital. Any criteria used may be measured, as applicable, (i) in absolute terms, (ii) in relative terms, including, but not limited, passage of time (such as year over year growth) and/or against another company or a comparison group of companies designated by the Committee, (iii) on a per-share basis, (iv) against the performance of the Company as a whole or one or more identifiable business units, products, lines of business or segments of the Company, (v) on a pre-tax or after-tax basis, and/or (vi) on a GAAP or non-GAAP basis. Prior to the Determination Date, the Committee shall determine whether any element(s) (for example, but not by way of limitation, the effect of acquisitions) shall be included in or excluded from the calculation of any Performance Goal with respect to any Participants, regardless of whether such determinations result in any Performance Goal being measured on a basis other than GAAP View More

Performance Goals. Any one or more of the following measures, each of which may be based on absolute standards or peer industry group comparatives and may be applied at various organizational levels (e.g., corporate, business unit, division): the attainment by a Share of a specified value within or for a specified period of time, earnings per share, earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization, return to stockholders (including dividends), return on equity, earnings, revenues (including... but not limited to product revenues and ETF revenues), debt levels, leverage ratios, coverage ratios, return on sales, return on revenues, cash flow or cost reduction goals, operating profit, pretax return on total capital, economic value added, profit margins, sales growth, net income or any combination of the foregoing. The measures may pertain to performance periods of any duration, and may be weighted differently for Participants based on their management level and the extent to which their responsibilities are primarily corporate or business unit-related, and may be based in whole or in part on the performance of the Company, a Subsidiary, division and/or other operational unit under one or more of such measures. In the sole discretion of the Committee, the Committee may amend or adjust the Performance Goals or other terms and conditions of an outstanding Award in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or its financial statements or changes in law or accounting principles View More

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