Performance Measures

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

Performance Measures. Any performance measures as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and set forth in the applicable Incentive Award Agreement for purposes of determining the applicable Performance Goal.

Performance Measures. Measures as described in Paragraph 16

Performance Measures. The goal(s) (or combined goal(s)), as determined by the Committee to be applicable to a Participant's Award. As determined by the Committee, the Performance Measures applicable to an Award may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives and/or objectives that are related to the performance of an individual Participant or of a Subsidiary or division in which the Participant is employed or be established relative to a comparison with other corporations or an external index or indicator, or... relative to a comparison with performance in a prior period, as the Committee deems appropriate. Performance Measures may differ among Participants and Awards and may include, without limitation, the following: earnings or profitability measures (which include net income, operating income, income (loss) per common share from continuing operations, either basic or fully diluted, net income (loss) per common share, either basic or fully diluted, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (including without limitation adjusted EBITDA), earnings before interest and taxes, any pre-established derivative of revenue (gross, operating, or net), pre-tax operating income, inventory turnover or inventory shrinkage, sales growth and volumes, percentage increase in total net revenue, and economic profit or value created); expense and efficiency measures (which include gross margins, cost of goods sold, mark-ups or mark-downs, operating margins, selling, general and administrative expense, and other pre-established operating expenses); return measures (which include total stockholder return, stock price, return on assets, return on investment, return on capital, and return on equity); cash flow measures (which include cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on investment, and net cash provided by operations); achievement of balance sheet, income statement, or cash-flow statement objectives; strategic or operational business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified market penetration, geographic expansion or new concept development goals; cost targets; customer satisfaction; employee satisfaction; human resources goals, including staffing, training and development and succession planning; supervision of litigation and information technology; environmental, social and governance ('ESG') or sustainability goals; goals relating to human capital management; and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures of subsidiaries, affiliates or joint ventures. View More

Performance Measures. The consolidated financial or operational performance metrics of the Company and the performance objectives for individual Participants set forth in Section 5 of this Plan and such other Company and individual performance measures and objectives as the Committee may designate in its sole and absolute discretion

Performance Measures. May include but are not limited to contribution targets and EBITDA

Performance Measures. One or more of the following criteria on which Performance Goals may be based: (i) Earnings (either in the aggregate or on a per-share basis); (ii) Net income (before or after taxes); (iii) Operating income; (iv) Cash flow; (v) Return measures (including return on assets, equity, or sales); (vi) Earnings before or after any, or any combination of, taxes, interest or depreciation and amortization; (vii) Gross revenues; (viii) Share price (including growth measures and stockholder return or... attainment by the Company's common stock of a specified value for a specified period of time); (ix) Reductions in expense levels in each case, where applicable, determined either on a Company-wide basis or in respect of any one or more business units; (x) Net economic value; (xi) Market share; (xii) Operating profit; (xiii) Costs; (xiv) Operating and maintenance cost management and employee productivity; (xv) Stockholder returns (including return on assets, investments, equity, or gross sales); (xvi) Economic value added; (xvii) Aggregate product unit and pricing targets; (xviii) Strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified revenue, market share, market penetration, geographic business expansion goals, objectively identified project milestones, production volume levels, cost targets, and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures; (xix) Achievement of business or operational goals such as market share and/or business development; (xx) Results of customer satisfaction surveys; (xxi) Safety record; (xxii) Network and service reliability; (xxiii) Debt ratings, debt leverage and debt service; and/or (xxiv) Operating ratio; provided, that, with respect to any Eligible Employee who is not a Covered Employee, the Committee shall have the authority to use Performance Measures other than those herein specified (including individual performance criteria) as it deems appropriate in its sole discretion View More