EPS Goal definition

EPS Goal has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a)(iii)(A)(3).
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EPS Goal means, with respect to a particular Fiscal Year, a target amount of EPS to be achieved by the Company during such Fiscal Year, as set by the Committee in its sole discretion.
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EPS Goal means an EPS goal for a given Year, as established by the Board. The EPS Goal shall be adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, and any other comparable transactions.
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Examples of EPS Goal in a sentence

  • If the EPS Growth Goal for Target Year 2004 is attained: (1) 25% of Tranche 3 shall vest, (2) an additional 25% of Tranche 3 shall also vest if the EPS Goal for Target Year 2003 was not attained at the end of Target Year 2003, and (3) an additional 50% of Tranche 3 shall also vest if the EPS Goal for Target Year 2002 was not attained at the end of Target Year 2002 and the EPS Goal for Target Year 2003 was not attained at the end of Target Year 2003.

  • The number of Restricted Stock Units that shall vest pursuant to the Net Operating EPS Goal shall be determined as set forth in Appendix A attached hereto.

  • The Annual EPS Goal for a Fiscal Year in the Performance Cycle is a stated earnings per Share (“EPS”) amount for that Fiscal Year (Base Annual EPS), which may be set separately for each vesting level, with the levels of vesting driven by the Base Annual EPS before recognition of Stock Plan Compensation Expense (the Annual EPS Goals) as determined pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles for the Company’s financial accounting reporting purposes.

  • Step 1 - Annual EPS Goal Calculation: No vesting occurs for a Fiscal Year if the actual EPS performance before recognition of Stock Plan Compensation Expense does not at least equal the Level 1 Base Annual EPS goal for that Fiscal Year.

  • Total No. of Shares Target Shares* Underlying Grant** Number of Performance Shares subject to the Agreement: * Assumes the Company achieves 100% of the Cumulative EPS Goal (as defined below).

  • Target Shares* Number of Performance Shares subject to the Agreement: * Assumes the Company achieves 100% of the Cumulative EPS Goal (as defined below).

  • If the Company achieves between 80% and 100% of the Cumulative EPS Goal, recipients will be entitled to a percentage of the “target” number of shares equal to the percentage of the Cumulative EPS Goal achieved.

  • If the Company achieves between 100% and 150% of the Cumulative EPS Goal for the period, in addition to the “target” number of Performance Shares, the recipient will be entitled to receive a number of additional Performance Shares equal to twice the incremental percentage increase in the Cumulative EPS Goal over 100% (e.g., if the Company achieves 120% of the Cumulative EPS Goal, then the recipient will be entitled to receive 140% of his or her “target” Performance Share amount).

  • A Company financial goal, which is based on the Company achieving a target level of earnings per share in 2016, which is referred to as the EPS Goal.

  • Represents the “target” number of Performance Shares that the recipient will receive under the 2008-2010 Performance Share Program at the end of the three-year performance period if 100% of the Cumulative EPS Goal over such period is achieved.


More Definitions of EPS Goal

EPS Goal means the target level of EPS established by the Administrator for the applicable Performance Year, equal to 100% achievement of such target level of EPS for that Performance Year. The EPS Goal for the 2014 Performance Year was established at the time the Award was granted. The EPS Goals for the 2015 Performance Year and the 2016 Performance Year will be established by the Administrator not later than ninety (90) days after the start of the applicable Performance Year (and in any event at a time when it is substantially uncertain whether the EPS Goal for the applicable year will be achieved).
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EPS Goal is the earnings per share target for Company set by the Committee within ninety (90) days after the Grant Date. The EPS Goal is achieved if prior to January 31, 2010, the Chairperson of the Committee is presented by the Company's Chief Financial Officer or his delegate with the determination (with which the Chairperson or the Committee agrees) that the diluted earnings per share of Company common stock, for any Company fiscal year from and including 2005 through and including 2009 equals or exceeds the EPS Goal.
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Related to EPS Goal

  • Performance Goal means a performance goal established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.3.

  • Performance Measure means one or more of the following selected by the Committee to measure Company, Affiliate, and/or business unit performance for a Performance Period, whether in absolute or relative terms (including, without limitation, terms relative to a peer group or index): basic, diluted, or adjusted earnings per share; sales or revenue; earnings before interest, taxes, and other adjustments (in total or on a per share basis); basic or adjusted net income; returns on equity, assets, capital, revenue or similar measure; economic value added; working capital; total shareholder return; and product development, product market share, research, licensing, litigation, human resources, information services, mergers, acquisitions, sales of assets of Affiliates or business units. Each such measure shall be, to the extent applicable, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied by the Company (or such other standard applied by the Committee) and, if so determined by the Committee, and in the case of a Performance Compensation Award, to the extent permitted under Code Section 162(m), adjusted to omit the effects of extraordinary items, gain or loss on the disposal of a business segment, unusual or infrequently occurring events and transactions and cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles. Performance Measures may vary from Performance Period to Performance Period and from Participant to Participant, and may be established on a stand-alone basis, in tandem or in the alternative.

  • Performance Formula means, for a Performance Period, the one or more objective formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.

  • Performance Target means the level of performance expected of the HSP in respect of a Performance Indicator or a Service Volume. “person or entity” includes any individual and any corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture or other single or collective form of organization under which business may be conducted.

  • Performance Milestone means an act or event specified in section 5.1 and described in section 9 of the EPLA.

  • Performance Factor means any matter that could or will significantly affect a party’s ability to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement;

  • Performance Metrics means criteria established by the Administrator relating to any of the following, as it may apply to an individual, one or more business units, divisions, or Affiliates, or on a company-wide basis, and in absolute terms, relative to a base period, or relative to the performance of one or more comparable companies, peer groups, or an index covering multiple companies:

  • Performance Targets means the specific objective goal or goals (which may be cumulative and/or alternative) that are timely set in writing by the Committee for each Executive for the Performance Period in respect of any one or more of the Business Criteria.

  • Target EBITDA means, for each fiscal year, the EBITDA set forth in the operating budget of the Company, as approved by the Board, for the particular year.

  • Performance Measurement Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(e)(ii).

  • Bonus Target means the annual bonus that the Executive would have received in a fiscal year under the AIP Plan and/or the EIC Plan, if the target goals had been achieved.

  • Performance Level means a reference to one of Performance Level I, Performance Level II, Performance Level III, Performance Level IV or Performance Level V.

  • Performance Objective means a standard established by the Committee to determine in whole or in part whether a Performance Award shall be earned.

  • 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).

  • Revenue Growth means the percentage change in revenue (as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 6, published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board) from one period to another.

  • Multiplier means 1.0.

  • Payout Formula means as to any Performance Period, the formula or payout matrix established by the Committee pursuant to Section 3.4 in order to determine the Actual Awards (if any) to be paid to Participants. The formula or matrix may differ from Participant to Participant.

  • Adjusted EPS means earnings per share further adjusted for share-based payments, amortization of acquired intangible assets, items outside the normal scope of our ordinary activities (including other items, within selling, general and administrative expenses, losses/(gains) on items held at fair value and remeasurements through profit and loss, impairment losses on tangible assets, and impairment losses on intangible assets) and the related tax effects of these adjustments. Adjusted EPS provides a basis for comparison of our business operations between current, past and future periods by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. Adjusted EPS may not be comparable to other similarly titled metrics of other companies.

  • Weighting factor wT for an organ or tissue (T) means the proportion of the risk of stochastic effects resulting from irradiation of that organ or tissue to the total risk of stochastic effects when the whole body is irradiated uniformly. For calculating the effective dose equivalent, the values of wT are:

  • Performance Factors means any of the factors selected by the Committee and specified in an Award Agreement, from among the following objective measures, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to the Company as a whole or any business unit or Subsidiary, either individually, alternatively, or in any combination, on a GAAP or non-GAAP basis, and measured, to the extent applicable on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to determine whether the performance goals established by the Committee with respect to applicable Awards have been satisfied:

  • EBITDA Target means the Company's projected earnings before interest, taxes, one-time transition expenses, non-cash compensation expense charges, depreciation and amortization, as contained in the Company's budget for the Applicable Period and which is approved by the Board (without reference to any adjustments or revision, upwards or downwards, to such projected earnings which are subsequently approved by the Board as part of any subsequent revision to such budget), and (ii) the term "Financial Results" shall mean the Company's EBITDA calculated by reference to the Company's financial statements for the Applicable Period as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

  • Performance Measures means measures as described in Article 12 on which the performance goals are based and which are approved by the Company’s shareholders pursuant to this Plan in order to qualify Awards as Performance-Based Compensation.

  • Earnings Per Share means as to any Fiscal Year, the Company’s or a business unit’s Net Income, divided by a weighted average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive common equivalent shares deemed outstanding, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

  • Specific goals means specific goals as contemplated in section 2(1)(d) of the PPPFA which may include contracting with persons, or group of persons, historically disadvantaged by unfair discrimination on the basis of race, gender and disability including the implementation of programmes of the Reconstruction and Development Programme as published in Government Gazette No. 16085 dated 23 November 1994.

  • 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.

  • EPS for any Year means earnings per share of the Company, as reported in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Income set forth in the financial statements of the Company for the Year.