Performance Goals

Performance Goals. The LTIP Award is subject to the Performance Goals set forth on Schedule 1.

Performance Goals. Means, with respect to each Performance Period, one or more targeted levels of performance based on one or more of the following objective business criteria: revenues, sales, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), earnings per share, earnings, price/earnings ratio, debt or debt-to-equity, expenses, cost of goods sold, cost reductions and savings, assets, operating income, operating margins, stock price, working capital and components thereof, return on... revenues or productivity, return on capital, equity or assets, cash flow, market share, total shareholder return (stock price increase plus dividends), accounts receivable, manufacturing, production or inventory, customer satisfaction, economic value added or any increase or decrease of one or more of the foregoing over a specified period. The Committee may, after taking into account whether such action would result in the loss of an otherwise available exemption for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m), appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance in respect of a Performance Goal to eliminate or offset the effect of unusual, unplanned, non-recurring or extraordinary items or occurrences affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company, including, without limitation, the effect of mergers, acquisition, divestitures, changes in laws, regulations or accounting principles or such other objective adjustments as may be consistent with the purposes of the Performance Goals set for the given Performance Period and specified by the Committee within the Performance Period. The Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of any business unit, division, subsidiary, acquired business, partnership or joint venture of the Company. The portion of any Award paid under the Plan based on the 2 achievement of the Performance Goals is intended to constitute "performance-based compensation" within the meaning of Section 162(m). View More

Performance Goals. Means 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: (a) Cash Position, (b) Expenses, (c) Gross Margin, (d) Net Income, (e) Operating Cash Flow, (f) Operating Income, (g) Operating Margin, (h) Return on... Assets, (i) Return on Equity, (j) Return on Sales, (k) Revenue, (l) Total Stockholder Return, and/or (m) Unit Sales. The Performance Goals may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award. Any criteria used may be measured, as applicable, (i) in absolute terms, (ii) in relative terms (including, but not limited to, passage of time and/or against another company or companies), (iii) on a per-share basis, (iv) against the performance of the Company as a whole or of a business unit of the Company or by product or product line, (v) on a pre-tax or after-tax basis, and/or (vi) on a GAAP or non-GAAP basis. Prior to the beginning of the applicable Performance Period, the Administrator shall determine whether any significant element(s) shall be included in or excluded from the calculation of any Performance Goal with respect to any Participants. View More

Performance Goals. Means any one or more of the following financial criteria which may be determined on a Company-wide, departmental, divisional or regional basis and which may be measured by using average amounts for the criteria, in absolute terms, by reference to internal targets or by comparison to a group of other companies designated by the Committee: • Return on assets • Return on equity • Return on capital ... • Return on revenues • Cash return on tangible equity • Net income • Operating income • Efficiency ratio • Loan portfolio growth • Core deposit growth • Cash flow • Book value • Stock price performance • Earnings per share • Price earnings ratio • Credit quality • Net interest margin • Non-interest income • Core earnings • Total shareholder return View More

Performance Goals. Means any goals the Committee 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 or divisions or departments thereof: (i) earnings per share, (ii) return on average equity or average assets, (iii) earnings, (iv) earnings growth, (v) revenues, (vi) expenses, (vii) stock price, (viii) market share, ... (ix) return on sales, assets, equity or investment, (x) regulatory compliance, (xi) improvement of financial ratings, (xii) achievement of balance sheet or income statement objectives, 4 (xiii) total shareholder return, (xiv) net operating profit after tax, (xv) pre-tax or after-tax income, (xvi) EBITDA or EBIT, (xvii) cash flow, (xviii) achievement of development, clinical or regulatory milestones, (xix) product sales, and (xx) business development activities. Performance Goals may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in relationship to other companies comparably, similarly or otherwise situated. Such performance goals may be adjusted to exclude any one or more of (1) extraordinary items, (2) gains or losses on the dispositions of discontinued operations, (3) the cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles, (4) the writedown of any asset, and (5) charges for restructuring and rationalization programs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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. View More

Performance Goals. Shall mean the annual goals described in the attached Addendum A, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

Performance Goals. Means the performance goals set forth on Exhibit A to this Award Agreement.

Performance Goals. Means the performance goals established by the Committee in connection with the grant of Restricted Stock or Performance Units. In the case of Qualified Performance-Based Awards, (x) such goals shall be based on the attainment of specified levels of one or more or a combination of any of the following measures: (1) revenue, (2) gross margin, (3) operating expense excluding depreciation and amortization and equity expense as a percentage of revenue, (4) earnings before interest and taxes, (5)... earnings before interest, taxes depreciation and amortization, (6) pre-tax income, (7) net income from continuing operations, (8) earnings per share from continuing operations, (9) cash earnings per share from continuing operations, (10) return on assets, (11) return on equity, (12) return on invested capital, (12) leverage ratio, (14) fixed charge ratio, (15) new product introduction milestones, (16) trading price per share, (17) operating margin, (18) gross margin, (19) cash flow, (20) operating expense, excluding depreciation and amortization and equity expense, and (21) market share. 3 View More

Performance Goals. The attainment of performance goals related to the Company as a whole or a business unit of the Company, which may be measured relative to a peer group or index, may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement, and may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award.

Performance Goals. Are the metrics attributable to each Performance Measure.