Performance Measures

Performance Measures. For a fiscal year any one or combination of the following: "Cash Flow," "Cumulative Earnings Per Share Growth," "Customer Service Levels," "Debt (Net Debt) to Capital," Development of Human Resources," "EBIT," "EBIT Margins," "EBITDA," "EBITDA Margins," "Earnings Per Employee," "Earnings Per Share," "Free or Excess Cash Flow," "Free or Excess Cash Flow Per Share," "Interest Coverage Ratio," "Leverage Ratio," "Net Income," "Net Profit Margin," "Operating Cash Flow," "Operating Income,"... "Operating Margins," "Pre-Tax Profit," "Pre-Tax Profit Margin," "Profit Margin," "Return on Capital," "Return on Invested Capital, "Return on Net Assets," "Return on Total Assets," "Return on Equity," "Sales," "Sales Growth," "Sales Per Employee," "Total Return to Stockholders," "U.S. Gross Domestic Product," "Working Capital," and "Working Capital as a Percent of Net Sales" as the Committee defines them and determines from time to time with respect to such fiscal year; provided such determination would not subject any Incentive Award to Section 162(m). Performance Measures can also be used on a continuing operations basis instead of a total Company basis as determined by the Committee View More

Performance Measures. Shall mean for a calendar year, or other such period as may be defined, one or more of the business criteria set forth in Section 7 herein.

Performance Measures. One or more of the following criteria, on which Performance Goals may be based

Performance Measures. Means the Company's average annual Organic Revenue and average annual Operating Margin, as adjusted, in each case during the Performance Period.

Performance Measures. With respect to any Performance Period, one or more of the following, which may be expressed with respect to the Company or one or more operating units or groups, as the Committee may determine: cash flow; cash flow from operations; total earnings; earnings per share, diluted or basic; earnings per share from continuing operations, diluted or basic; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization; earnings from operations; net asset turnover;... inventory turnover; capital expenditures; net earnings; operating earnings; gross or operating margin; debt; working capital; return on equity; return on net assets; return on total assets; return on capital; return on investment; return on sales; net or gross sales; market share; economic value added; cost of capital; change in assets; expense reduction levels; debt reduction; productivity; delivery performance; safety record; stock price; and total stockholder return. Performance goals may be determined on an absolute basis or relative to internal goals or relative to levels attained in prior years or related to other companies or indices or as ratios expressing relationships between two or more performance goals. The Committee shall provide how any Performance Measure shall be adjusted to the extent necessary to prevent dilution or enlargement of any award as a result of extraordinary events or circumstances, as determined by the Committee, or to exclude the effects of extraordinary, unusual, or non-recurring items; changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles; currency fluctuations; discontinued operations; non-cash items, such as amortization, depreciation, or reserves; asset impairment; or any recapitalization, restructuring, reorganization, merger, acquisition, divestiture, consolidation, spin-off, split-up, combination, liquidation, dissolution, sale of assets, or other similar corporation transaction; provided, however, that no such adjustment will be made if the effect of such adjustment would cause an award to fail to qualify as performance-based compensation within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) View More

Performance Measures. The measures of performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries as defined in Section 14 of the Plan

Performance Measures. Shall include but not be limited to one or more of the following performance measures, which shall be based on the relative or absolute attainment of specified levels of one or any combination of the following, which may be determined pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") or on a non-GAAP basis, as determined by the Committee: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, accretion and depletion of landfill operating lease obligations; earnings before... interest and taxes; net cash provided by operating activities, cash flow or free cash flow; total shareholder return or relative total shareholder returns; economic value added; revenue or revenue growth; achievement of cost of operations or general and administration cost reduction goals; net income, earnings per share, or earnings per share growth; gross margin, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization margin, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, accretion and depletion of landfill operating lease obligations margin; achievement of balance sheet goals, such as debt reduction or working capital improvement; consolidated leverage ratio; and return on net assets, investment or equity. 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 and may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in relationship to other companies comparably, similarly or otherwise situated. The Committee may specify that such performance measures shall be adjusted to exclude any one or more of (i) gains or losses on assets sales or divestiture transactions; (ii) development project charge write-offs; (iii) legal, contract or tax settlement costs; (iv) bargain purchase gains; (v) asset or goodwill impairment charges; (vi) environmental remediation charges; (vii) severance and reorganization costs; (viii) expenses from divestiture, acquisition and financing transactions; (ix) gains on the settlement of acquisition related contingent consideration; (x) fiscal year-end transition costs; (xi) proxy contest costs; (xii) losses on the abandonment or the closure and discontinuation of operations; (xiii) impairment of equity method investments; (xiv) gains or losses on the sale of equity method investments; (xv) gains or losses on debt extinguishment or modification; (xvi) gains or losses on derivatives deemed to be ineffective or terminated; (xvii) gains or losses on the disposition of discontinued operations; (xviii) fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; (xix) non-recurring or unusual gains or losses; (xx) the cumulative effects of changes in GAAP; and (xxi) such other factors as the Committee determines in its sole discretion. Such Performance Measures: (I) may vary by Participant and may be different for different Awards; or (II) may be particular to a Participant or the department, branch, line of business, subsidiary or other unit in which the Participant works and may cover such period as may be specified by the Committee. View More

Performance Measures. Shall include but not be limited to one or more of the following performance measures, which shall be based on the relative or absolute attainment of specified levels of one or any combination of the following, which may be determined pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") or on a non-GAAP basis, as determined by the Committee: net income, earnings before or after discontinued operations, interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization, operating profit before or after... discontinued operations and/or taxes, sales, sales growth, earnings growth, cash flow or cash position, gross margins, stock price, market share, return on sales, assets, equity or investment, improvement of financial ratings, achievement of balance sheet or income statement objectives or total stockholder return. Performance Measures 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 and may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in relationship to other companies comparably, similarly or otherwise situated. The Committee may specify that such Performance Measures shall be adjusted to exclude any one or more of (i) extraordinary items, (ii) gains or losses on the dispositions of discontinued operations, (iii) the cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles, (iv) the writedown of any asset, (vi) fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates, (vi) charges for restructuring and rationalization programs and (vii) such other events or items as the Committee determines in its sole discretion. Such Performance Measures: (I) may vary by Participant and may be different for different Awards; or (II) may be particular to a Participant or the department, branch line of business, subsidiary or other unit in which the Participant works and may cover such period as may be specified by the Committee. View More

Performance Measures. Such measures as are described in Section 9 on which performance goals are based in order to qualify certain awards granted hereunder as Performance-Based Compensation

Performance Measures. Shall mean the criteria and objectives, established by the Committee, which shall be satisfied or met during any applicable restriction period designated by the Committee or Performance Period as a condition to the vesting of the holder's interest, in the case of a Restricted Stock Award, of the shares of Common Stock subject to such award, or, in the case of a Restricted Stock Unit Award or Performance Award, to the holder's receipt of the shares of Common Stock subject to such award or of... payment with respect to such award. Such criteria and objectives may include, without limitation, one or more of the following corporate-wide or subsidiary, division, operating unit or individual measures, stated in either absolute terms or relative terms, such as rates of growth or improvement: the attainment by a share of Common Stock of a specified Fair Market Value for a specified period of time, earnings per share, return to stockholders (including dividends), return on assets, return on equity, earnings of the Company before or after taxes and/or interest, revenues, expenses, market share, cash flow or cost reduction goals, interest expense after taxes, return on investment, return on investment capital, return on operating costs, economic value created, operating margin, gross margin, the achievement of annual operating profit plans, net income before or after taxes, pretax earnings before interest, depreciation and/or amortization, pretax operating earnings after interest expense and before incentives, and/or extraordinary or special items, operating earnings, net cash provided by operations, and strategic business criteria, specified market penetration, cost targets, customer satisfaction or any combination of the foregoing. In the sole discretion of the Committee, the Committee may amend or adjust the Performance Measures 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