Covered Officer definition

Covered Officer means each current and former Executive Officer.

Covered Officer means at any date (i) any individual who, with respect to the previous taxable year of the Company, was a “covered employee” of the Company within the meaning of Section 162(m); provided, however, that the term “Covered Officer” shall not include any such individual who is designated by the Committee, in its discretion, at the time of any Award or at any subsequent time, as reasonably expected not to be such a “covered employee” with respect to the current taxable year of the Company or the taxable year of the Company in which the applicable Award will be paid or vested, and (ii) any individual who is designated by the Committee, in its discretion, at the time of any Award or at any subsequent time, as reasonably expected to be such a “covered employee” with respect to the current taxable year of the Company or with respect to the taxable year of the Company in which any applicable Award will be paid or vested.

Covered Officer means the PEO, PFO and PAO as those terms are used in Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Examples of Covered Officer in a sentence

• Each Covered Officer should adhere to a high standard of business ethics and should be sensitive to situations that may give rise to actual as well as apparent conflicts of interest.

• To protect and advance the interests of the Company in any situation where the interests of the Company and the interests of a Covered Officer may conflict or be perceived to conflict, it will generally be necessary for the Covered Officer to cease to be involved in dealing with the situation on behalf of the Company and for another director, officer or employee of the Company to act on the matter on behalf of the Company.

• The Committee shall review and approve the terms of any employment or consulting agreement with any Covered Officer.

• In determining the amount earned by a Covered Officer for a given performance period, subject to any applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall have the right to reduce (but not increase) the amount payable at a given level of performance to take into account additional factors that the Committee may deem relevant in its sole discretion to the assessment of individual or corporate performance for the performance period.

• Each Covered Officer that has not met the above share ownership requirements is required to retain 100% of the net shares received under the Company’s equity based compensation plans until the above ownership requirements have been satisfied.

More Definitions of Covered Officer

Covered Officer means (a) in the case of any Restatement, any person who is, or was at any time, during the Applicable Period, an Executive Officer of the Company, and (b) in the case of any Misconduct, any person who was an Executive Officer at the time of the Misconduct. For the avoidance of doubt, a Covered Officer may include a former Executive Officer that left the Company, retired, or transitioned to an employee role (including after serving as an Executive Officer in an interim capacity) during the Applicable Period.

Covered Officer means the Company’s president; principal financial officer; principal accounting officer (or if there is no such accounting officer, the controller); any vice-president of the Company in charge of a principal business unit, division, or function (such as sales, administration, or finance); any other officer who performs a significant policy-making function; or any other person who performs similar significant policy-making functions for the Company.

Covered Officer means the principal executive officer and senior financial officers, including the principal financial officer, controller or principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions. The Covered Officers of the Funds shall be identified in Schedule I, as amended from time to time.

Covered Officer with respect to a Fund means the principal executive officer of the Fund and senior financial officers of the Fund, including the principal financial officer, controller or principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these persons are employed by the Fund or a third party.

Covered Officer means the CEO and any current or former direct report to the CEO, including without limitation the Chief Accounting Officer, the head of Internal Audit, and any other elected officer or executive officer as defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Covered Officer means any officer of the Company whom the Board or the Independent Directors have previously determined is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or any other officer holding the title of senior vice president or more senior title whose job description involves the function of accounting or financial reporting. This policy shall apply to persons who were Covered Officers during the relevant period but are no longer officers of the Company at the time the determination to recoup Incentive Compensation is made.

Covered Officer means executive officers of the Company as defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such other senior executives as may be determined by the Committee. This policy extends to individuals who were covered officers on or after adoption of the policy but ceased being a covered officer before a restatement triggering recoupment under this policy occurs. The Committee shall have full and final authority to make all determinations under this policy. The Company shall take such action as it deems necessary or appropriate to implement this Policy, including requiring all covered officers to acknowledge the rights and powers of the Company and the Committee hereunder. This policy shall be effective as of the date adopted by the Board of Directors as set forth below and shall apply to incentive compensation that is approved, awarded or granted on or after that date. Adopted September 8, 2010 Board of Directors