Annual Incentive Award Performance Period definition

Annual Incentive Award Performance Period means (i) each fiscal year of the Company or other twelve (12) month period identified by the Committee as being a performance measurement period with respect to one or more Annual Incentive Awards or (ii) any other period ending at such other date as may be required or permitted in the case of Annual Incentive Awards intended to be “performance-based compensation” under section 162(m) of the Code.
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  • Achievement of performance goals in respect of such Annual Incentive Awards will be measured over an Annual Incentive Award Performance Period.

  • In the case of individual Annual Incentive Awards intended to qualify under section 162(m) of the Code, the amount potentially payable will be based upon the achievement of a performance goal or goals based on one or more of the business criteria set forth in Section 5(b)(ii) of this Plan in the given Annual Incentive Award Performance Period, as specified by the Committee; in other cases, such amount will be based on such criteria as will be established by the Committee.

  • Subject to Section 5 of this Agreement, if the Company achieves the minimum Performance Target during the Annual Incentive Award Performance Period, you will be entitled to settlement of this Award pursuant to this Section 6.

  • Not later than ninety (90) days following the expiration of each Annual Incentive Award Performance Period, the Committee will calculate the amounts payable to each Participant granted an Annual Incentive Award with respect to that Annual Incentive Award Performance Period, either out of an Annual Incentive Award pool established under Section 5(d)(ii) of this Plan or out of an individual Annual Incentive Award.

  • Performance goals will be established not later than the earlier of (i) ninety (90) days after the beginning of any Annual Incentive Award Performance Period, (ii) the expiration of twenty five percent (25%) of the Annual Incentive Award Performance Period applicable to such Annual Incentive Awards, or (iii) such other date as may be required or permitted for “performance-based compensation” under section 162(m) of the Code.

  • In no event will the amount payable pursuant to this Award (including both cash and the Fair Market Value of shares of restricted Stock delivered in settlement (i.e., payment) of this Award) exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000) as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee following the Annual Incentive Award Performance Period.

  • Annual Incentive Awards will be paid to the Participant as soon as administratively feasible following the end of the Annual Incentive Award Performance Period, the satisfaction of the performance goals and calculation of the compensation payable pursuant to Annual Incentive Awards; provided that the Participant is still an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary on the last day of the Annual Incentive Award Performance Period, except as provided in this Section 5(d)(iv).

  • In addition, if following the occurrence of the Change of Control, the Company achieves the minimum Performance Target during the Annual Incentive Award Performance Period, and you are employed on the last day of the Performance Period as required under Section 5, you will be entitled to settlement of this Award in an amount calculated as set forth on the Attached Exhibit B less the portion of such Award that was paid to you immediately prior to the effective time of the Change of Control.

  • Annual Incentive Awards will be settled (i.e., paid) after the end of each Annual Incentive Award Performance Period and the calculation of the amount of such Awards pursuant to Section 5(d)(iii) (including, to the extent applicable, the certification of such awards pursuant to Section 5(e)).

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Related to Annual Incentive Award Performance Period

  • Annual Incentive Award means an Award made subject to attainment of performance goals (as described in Section 14) over a performance period of up to one year (the Company’s fiscal year, unless otherwise specified by the Committee).

  • Performance Year means the calendar year prior to the year in which an Annual Award is made by the Committee.

  • Performance Period means the one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance-Based Award.

  • Performance Bonus means the performance bonus in respect of each Class payable to the General Partner by the Partnership which will be equal to 20% of the product of: (a) the number of Units of that Class outstanding on the Performance Bonus Date; and (b) the amount by which the Net Asset Value per Unit of that Class on the Performance Bonus Date (prior to giving effect to the Performance Bonus) plus the aggregate value of all distributions per Unit of that Class during the Performance Bonus Term exceeds $25.00.

  • Performance Award Formula means, for any Performance Award, a formula or table established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.3 which provides the basis for computing the value of a Performance Award at one or more levels of attainment of the applicable Performance Goal(s) measured as of the end of the applicable Performance Period.

  • Performance Cash Award means an award of cash granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 6(c)(ii).

  • Performance Compensation Award means any Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.

  • Long-Term Performance Award means an award under Section 10 below. A Long-Term Performance Award shall permit the recipient to receive a cash or stock bonus (as determined by the Committee) upon satisfaction of such performance factors as are set out in the recipient's individual grant. Long-Term Performance Awards will be based upon the achievement of Company, Subsidiary and/or individual performance factors or upon such other criteria as the Committee may deem appropriate.

  • Incentive Award means the right to receive a cash payment to the extent Performance Goals are achieved, and shall include “Annual Incentive Awards” as described in Section 10 and “Long-Term Incentive Awards” as described in Section 11.

  • Incentive Bonus means a bonus opportunity awarded under Section 9 pursuant to which a Participant may become entitled to receive an amount based on satisfaction of such performance criteria as are specified in the Award Agreement.

  • Award Cycle means a period of consecutive fiscal years or portions thereof designated by the Committee over which Performance Units are to be earned.

  • Cash Incentive Award means a cash award granted pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan.

  • Award Period means the period beginning on an Award Date and ending on the expiration date of such Award.

  • Performance Cycle means one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Administrator may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Criteria will be measured for the purpose of determining a grantee’s right to and the payment of a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Share Award or Cash-Based Award, the vesting and/or payment of which is subject to the attainment of one or more Performance Goals. Each such period shall not be less than 12 months.

  • Target Award means the target award, at 100% of target level performance achievement, payable under the Plan to a Participant for the Performance Period, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 3(b).

  • Cash Performance Award means an Award that is denominated by a cash amount to an Eligible Person under Section 10 hereof and payable based on or conditioned upon the attainment of pre-established business and/or individual Performance Goals over a specified performance period.

  • Annual Bonus shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b) below.

  • Average Incentive Compensation means the average of the annual incentive compensation under Subparagraph 3(a) received by Executive for the three (3) immediately preceding fiscal years or such fewer number of complete fiscal years as Executive may have been employed by the Company. In no event shall “Average Incentive Compensation” include any sign-on bonus, retention bonus or any other special bonus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive breaches any of the provisions contained in Paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Agreement, all payments of the Severance Amount shall immediately cease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason as provided in Subparagraph 6(e), he shall be entitled to the Severance Amount only if he provides the Notice of Termination provided for in Subparagraph 6(f) within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of the event or events which constitute such Good Reason as specified in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of Subparagraph 6(e);

  • Qualifying Performance Criteria means 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: (i) cash flow (including operating cash flow or free 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; (xxiv) expenses; (xxv) economic value added; (xxvi) product quality; (xxvii) number of customers; (xxviii) objective customer indicators; (xxix) customer satisfaction; (xxx) new product invention or innovation; (xxxi) profit after taxes; (xxxii) pre-tax profit; (xxxiii) working capital; (xxxiv) sales; (xxxv) advancement of the Company’s product pipeline; (xxxvi) consummation of strategic transactions; (xxxvii) reduction in cash utilization; and (xxxviii) addition of technologies and products. 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.

  • Performance Unit Award means an award of Performance Units under this Plan.

  • Annual Award means the cash payment paid or payable to the Executive with respect to a fiscal year under the Corporation's Incentive Compensation Performance Plan.

  • Payout means that time at which cash distributions have been made by the Limited Partnership to the Unit Holders (together with their predecessors in interest) pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Limited Partnership Agreement (together with any distributions to such Unit Holders pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Limited Partnership Agreement), in an aggregate amount equal to the Unit Holders' Subscriptions to the Limited Partnership.

  • Performance Award means any right granted under Section 6(d) of the Plan.

  • Performance Share Award means an Award entitling the recipient to acquire shares of Stock upon the attainment of specified Performance Goals.

  • Payout Period means the time frame during which certain benefits payable hereunder shall be distributed. Payments shall be made in monthly installments commencing on the first day of the month following the occurrence of the event which triggers distribution and continuing for a period of one hundred eighty (180) months. Should the Executive make a Timely Election to receive a lump sum benefit payment, the Executive's Payout Period shall be deemed to be one (1) month.

  • Performance Share Unit or “PSU” means a unit equivalent in value to a Share, credited by means of a bookkeeping entry in the books of the Corporation in accordance with Article 6;