ROIC definition

ROIC means the Company’s return on Invested Capital calculated as a percentage for the twelve month period ending on the last day of the Performance Period by dividing net operating profit after tax by Invested Capital. For the purposes of calculating ROIC under this Agreement, “net operating profit” shall be adjusted to exclude the impact of all restructuring, foreign exchange, impairments, legal settlements, employee separation costs, product liability charges, pension plan and SERP terminations and retroactive tax law changes to the extent such items were not contemplated and included in the Company’s 2013-2018 Strategic Plan, upon which the ROIC goals were based.

ROIC means Return on Invested Capital and represents a ratio of Adjusted net income to Average Invested Capital. The Company believes this is a useful profitability measure as it excludes non-cash expenses (income) from both the numerator and denominator.

ROIC is defined in Exhibit A.

Examples of ROIC in a sentence

• ROIC, as included in the 2024 Long Range Plan, and the change in ROIC for purposes of the ROIC Performance Factor, will be determined in accordance with this Section 4.1(b).

• If the Corporation’s ROIC or Free Cash Flow falls above or below Target and between the two percentages of Target listed in the applicable table in Section 4.1 or 4.2, the appropriate performance factor will be interpolated on a linear basis.

• Notwithstanding the foregoing, the ROIC Performance Factor will always be zero if the ROIC for the Performance Period is less than 90% of the ROIC Target and the Free Cash Flow Performance Factor will always be zero if the aggregate Free Cash Flow for the Performance Period is less than 85% of the Free Cash Flow Target.

• In adjusting any ROIC Target and Free Cash Flow Target to account for the impact of any transaction described above, the Committee shall also adjust the ROIC Target and Free Cash Flow Target for any related disposition(s) or divestiture(s) that may be required by any regulatory authorities in connection with or as a condition to approval or completion of such transaction (notwithstanding that any such disposition or divestiture may have a transaction value of less than $1 billion).

• The Committee acting pursuant to the Plan, as constituted from time to time, shall, except as expressly provided otherwise herein or in the Plan, have the right to determine any questions that arise and to exercise its discretionary authority under the Plan in connection with the grant of ROIC Target Performance Shares, TSR Target Performance Shares and ESG Target Performance Shares.

More Definitions of ROIC

ROIC means, for a fiscal year, the Company’s return on invested capital, as defined by the Committee during the first 90 days of such fiscal year.

ROIC has the meaning set forth in the Statement of Management Objectives.

ROIC is an internally adjusted ratio based on Net Operating Profit After Taxes (NOPAT) / (debt + equity - cash) and is averaged for each year during the Measurement Period.

ROIC means return on invested capital calculated as (A) average (i) net income plus (ii) interest expense times one minus the highest marginal federal corporate tax rate, divided by (B) (i) average debt (including current maturities of long-term debt) plus (ii) average stockholders’ equity, plus the postretirement amounts determined at year-end as included in the Corporation’s Statement of Stockholders’ Equity.

ROIC means return on invested capital, which is calculated by dividing (a) operating profit by (b) average invested capital over the applicable period. In calculating ROIC for the Company or a Peer Group company, the Committee may adjust for reported special, non-recurring or non-operating items or the effects of mergers, acquisitions or extraordinary transactions. The Committee may establish rules for calculating ROIC for purposes of ensuring consistency in calculations across the Company and the Peer Group.

ROIC means (x) GAAP net income as reported by the Company with the following adjustments: (1) after-tax interest will be added back and (2) the Committee may adjust for extraordinary, infrequent or unusual items as defined by GAAP and as agreed to by the external auditors of the Company divided by (y) the average of the beginning and ending Company debt plus shareholder equity with the average calculated using the eight (8) full calendar quarters of financial data commencing January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2015.

ROIC. - means return on invested capital;