Qualifying Performance Criteria

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Qualifying Performance Criteria. Any one or more of the following performance criteria as determined pursuant to an objective formula, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit, segment or Affiliate, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured over a performance period determined by the Board, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, or compared to previous results or to a designated comparison group,... in each case as specified by the Board in a Stock Award: (a) cash flow (including measures of operating or free cash flow), (b) earnings per share (including measures of GAAP earnings per share or non-GAAP measures such as non-GAAP earnings per-share or per-share earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), (c) return on equity, (d) total stockholder return, (e) return on capital, (f) return on assets or net assets, (g) revenue, (h) income or net income (on a GAAP basis or a non-GAAP basis), (i) operating income or net operating income (on a GAAP basis or a non-GAAP basis), (j) operating profit or net operating profit (on a GAAP basis or a non-GAAP basis), (k) operating margin (on a GAAP basis or a non-GAAP basis), (l) return on operating revenue (on a GAAP basis or a non-GAAP basis), (m) market share, (n) bookings and segments of bookings such as net product bookings, (o) market penetration, (p) technology development or proliferation, or (q) customer loyalty or satisfaction as measured by a customer loyalty or satisfaction index determined by an independent consultant expert in measuring such matters View More
Qualifying Performance Criteria. Any one or more of the following performance criteria as determined pursuant to an objective formula, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit, segment or Affiliate, Subsidiary, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured over a performance period determined by the Board, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, or compared to previous results or to a designated... comparison group, in each case as specified by the Board in a the Stock Award: (a) cash flow (including measures of operating or free cash flow), (b) earnings per share (including measures of GAAP earnings per share or non-GAAP measures such as non-GAAP earnings per-share or per-share earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), (c) return on equity, (d) total stockholder return, (e) return on capital, (f) return on assets or net assets, (g) revenue, (h) income or net income (on a GAAP basis or a non-GAAP basis), (i) operating income or net operating income (on a GAAP basis or a non-GAAP basis), income, (j) operating profit or net operating profit (on a GAAP basis or a non-GAAP basis), profit, (k) operating margin (on a GAAP basis or a non-GAAP basis), margin, (l) return on operating revenue (on a GAAP basis or a non-GAAP basis), revenue, (m) market share, (n) bookings and segments of bookings such as net product bookings, (o) market penetration, (p) technology development or proliferation, or (q) customer loyalty or satisfaction as measured by a customer loyalty or satisfaction index determined by an independent consultant expert in measuring such matters View More
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Qualifying Performance Criteria. Any one or more of the following performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit, Parent, Subsidiary or business segment, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years' results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by... the Committee in the Award: (i) cash flow; (ii) earnings (including gross margin, earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, and net earnings); (iii) earnings per share; (iv) growth in earnings or earnings per share; (v) stock price; (vi) return on equity or average stockholders' equity; (vii) total stockholder return; (viii) return on capital; (ix) return on assets or net assets; (x) return on investment; (xi) revenue; (xii) income or net income; (xiii) operating income or net operating income; (xiv) operating profit or net operating profit; (xv) operating margin; (xvi) return on operating revenue; (xvii) market share; (xviii) contract awards or backlog; (xix) overhead or other expense reduction; (xx) growth in stockholder value relative to the moving average of the S&P 500 Index or a peer group index; (xxi) credit rating; (xxii) strategic plan development and implementation (including individual performance objectives that relate to achievement of the Company's or any business unit's strategic plan); (xxiii) improvement in workforce diversity, and (xxiv) any other similar criteria as may be determined by the Administrator. The Committee may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (A) asset write-downs; (B) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (C) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results; (D) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs; and (E) any gains or losses classified as extraordinary or as discontinued operations in the Company's financial statements View More
Qualifying Performance Criteria. Means any one or more of the performance criteria determined pursuant to the Incentive Compensation Plan or the Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, as applicable.
Qualifying Performance Criteria. Any one or more of the following performance criteria as determined pursuant to an objective formula, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit, segment or Affiliate, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured over a performance period determined by the Board, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, or compared to previous results or to a designated comparison group,... in each case as specified by the Board in a Stock Award View More
Qualifying Performance Criteria. Any one or more of the following performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit, Parent, Subsidiary or business segment, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years' results or to a designated comparison group, and on a pre-tax or after-tax... basis, in each case as specified by the Committee in the Award View More
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