Business Criteria means any one or any combination of Income before Taxes, Net Income, Return on Equity, Return on Assets, Pre-tax Margin, Free Cash Flow, Valuation or EPS.
Business Criteria means (1) return on total stockholder equity; (2) earnings or book value per share of Company Stock; (3) net income (before or after taxes); (4) earnings before all or any interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization ("EBIT", "EBITA" or "EBITDA"); (5) inventory goals; (6) return on assets, capital or investment; (7) market share; (8) cost reduction goals; (9) earnings from continuing operations; (10) levels of expense, costs or liabilities; (11) unit level performance; (12) operating profit; (13) sales or revenues; (14) stock price appreciation; (15) total stockholder return; (16) implementation or completion of critical projects or processes; or (17) any combination of the foregoing. Where applicable, Business Criteria may be expressed in terms of attaining a specified level of the particular criteria or the attainment of a percentage increase or decrease in the particular criteria, and may be applied to one or more of the Company, an Affiliate, or a division or strategic business unit of the Company, or may be applied to the performance of the Company relative to a market index, a group of other companies or a combination thereof, all as determined by the Committee. The Business Criteria may be subject to a threshold level of performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be made (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at which full vesting will occur). Each of the Business Criteria shall be determined, where applicable and except as otherwise provided by the Committee, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall be subject to certification by the Committee; provided that the Committee shall have the authority to make equitable adjustments to the Business Criteria in recognition of unusual or non-recurring events affecting the Company or any Affiliate or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, in response to changes in applicable laws or regulations, or to account for items of gain, loss or expense determined to be extraordinary or unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence or related to the disposal of a segment of a business or related to a change in accounting principles.
Examples of Business Criteria in a sentence
This 2024 STIP sets forth the names of the individuals selected to be Participants who are eligible to earn Objective Bonuses under the 2024 STIP and the applicable Business Criteria, Performance Targets and Payout Percentages for the 2024 calendar year.
The Aggregate Bonus payable to each Participant shall be determined on the basis of the extent to which the Performance Targets for the Business Criteria and that Participant’s Individual Performance Measures are achieved.
As soon as practicable following December 31, 2024 and the completion of the independent auditor’s report for 2024, the Committee shall determine the extent to which the Performance Targets for the Business Criteria are achieved and the extent to which the Individual Performance Measures are achieved, and determine the Payout Percentage for each of the Performance Measures.
More Definitions of Business Criteria
Business Criteria means any one or any combination of Net Income, Adjusted Net Income, Return on Equity, Adjusted Return on Equity, Return on Assets, Adjusted Return on Assets, Total Shareholder Return, Stock Fair Market Value, EBIT, Adjusted EBIT, EPS or Adjusted EPS.
Business Criteria means any one or any combination of Annual Return to Shareholders, Total Net Sales, Net Earnings, Net Earnings before Nonrecurring Items, Return on Equity, Return on Assets, EPS, EBITDA or EBITDA before Nonrecurring Items, in each case during any Year during a Restricted Period.
Business Criteria means Adjusted EPS-AWR Consolidated, Adjusted EPS- Regulated Utilities, Adjusted EPS-ASUS, Customer Complaints-RU, Customer Complaint Standards-RU, Capital Expenditures-RU, Construction Revenues-ASUS, Expense Optimization-ASUS, SOX Deficiencies-RU, SOX Deficiencies-ASUS, Economic Value-ASUS, Field Office Overhead Rate-ASUS, Safety-Recordable Work Incidents-RU, Satisfaction of Customers-Small Business Utilization (SBU)-ASUS and Supplier Diversity-RU.
Business Criteria means the business criteria applicable to an Award as selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion. Business Criteria may include, the following: earnings per share, cash flow (which means cash and cash equivalents derived from either net cash flow from operations or net cash flow from operations, financing and investing activities), total shareholder return, gross revenue, revenue growth, operating income (before or after taxes), net earnings (before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization), return on equity, on assets or on net investment, cost containment or reduction, or any combination thereof. These terms are used as applied under generally accepted accounting principles or in the Company’s financial reporting.
Business Criteria means the following: sales or licensing volume, revenues, customer satisfaction, expenses, organizational health/productivity, earnings (which includes similar measurements such as net profits, operating income and net income, and which may be calculated before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, amortization or taxes), margins, cash flow, shareholder return, return on equity, return on assets or return on investments, working capital, product shipments or releases, technology advances and innovations, brand or product recognition or acceptance (including market share) and/or stock price.
Business Criteria means any one, or a combination, of the following: (i) revenues of the Company; (ii) operating income of the Company; (iii) net income of the Company; (iv) earnings per share of the Company's Common Stock; (v) earnings before taxes of the Company; (vi) the Company's return on equity; (vii) cash flow of the Company; or (viii) Company stockholder total return.
Business Criteria means any one or any combination of Net Income, Adjusted Net Income, Return on Equity, Adjusted Return on Equity, Return on Assets, Adjusted Return on Assets, Total Shareholder Return, Common Stock Fair Market Value, EBIT, Adjusted EBIT, EPS, Adjusted EPS, Operating Revenue, Adjusted Operating Revenue, Operating Income or Adjusted Operating Income.