EPS Growth definition

EPS Growth means the increase (on a dollar or percentage basis) in EPS for a specified period as compared to a comparable prior period, as specified by the Committee at the time an Award is granted.

EPS Growth means (x) Adjusted EPS for the fiscal year less Adjusted EPS for the prior fiscal year, divided by (y) Adjusted EPS for the prior fiscal year. If the Company conducts a public offering of equity securities, the Committee will evaluate and determine at that time whether any adjustments should be made to the calculation of EPS Growth.

EPS Growth means, with respect to each Performance Period, the percentage growth in the EPS, as defined in paragraph B(ii) of this Exhibit X, of the Company during such Performance Period as provided in Section B(iii) of this Exhibit, consistent with the Company’s reporting in its annual audited financial statements, or, for any Performance Period that is not a complete fiscal year, the Company’s most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and if so reviewed, as reviewed by the Company’s independent certified accountants, adjusted, if applicable, for Extraordinary Items. Calculations of relative performance for all companies in the Comparative Group will be based on Standard & Poor’s Research Insight database, as adjusted pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Extraordinary Items.”

Examples of EPS Growth in a sentence

• Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in the 2000 Verizon Communications Broad-Based Incentive Plan), all then-unvested RSUs shall vest and be payable immediately without regard to the Revenue Growth Goals or EPS Growth Goals that otherwise would apply to RSUs in Tranches 2 and 3, except that no portion of Tranche 2 shall vest if the Change in Control occurs after the end of a Target Year and the applicable Revenue Growth Goal was not attained for that Target Year.

• If the Threshold Performance Target is attained, then the vesting of 50% of the PSUs (the “EPS PSUs”) is dependent on Adjusted EPS Growth as set forth in Section 4, and vesting of the remaining 50% of the PSUs (the “Sales Growth PSUs”) is dependent on the Sales Growth Percentile Ranking as set forth in Section 5.

• If the Company’s Adjusted EPS Growth as of the last day of the Performance Period is less than 3.0%, none of your PSUs shall become vested and all of your PSUs shall be forfeited as of the last day of the Performance Period.

• Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Committee shall have discretion to make such adjustments to the foregoing metrics as it deems appropriate to reflect the impact of corporate transactions, accounting or tax law changes or extraordinary, unusual, nonrecurring or infrequent items; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the Threshold Performance Target in Section 3, in no case shall such adjustments have the net aggregate effect of increasing Adjusted EPS Growth.

• If the Company’s Adjusted EPS Growth as of the last day of the Performance Period is 3.0% or greater (the “Threshold Performance Target”) and, except as provided in Section 8(a), you remain in the continuous employment of Stryker through the Vesting Date, you shall become eligible to vest in up to 200% of your PSUs, although the actual number of your PSUs that become vested shall be determined based on exercise of negative discretion by the Committee in accordance with Sections 4, 5 and 6 below.

More Definitions of EPS Growth

EPS Growth means (i) for a Fiscal Year, the annual growth rate in EPS measured from the immediately preceding Fiscal Year; and (ii) for a Long-Term Performance Period, the compound annual growth rate in EPS measured from the Fiscal Year immediately preceding the Long-Term Performance Period to the last Fiscal Year in the Long-Term Performance Period. For purposes of this definition, "EPS" for a Fiscal Year means the Company's EPS for such Fiscal Year as reported in the Company's annual report to its shareholders for the year of determination (or, in the event that such item is not included in such annual report, such comparable figure as may be determined by the Committee) adjusted by the Company's independent certified public accountants to exclude such non-recurring or extraordinary items as the Committee shall determine are not representative of the on-going operations of the Company.

EPS Growth means compound annual growth rate in earnings per share (“EPS”) before extraordinary items and discontinued operations, and after the effect of conversion of convertible preferred stock, convertible debentures, and options and warrants that have been identified as common stock equivalents.

EPS Growth means the change (positive or negative) in fully diluted net income from continuing operations per share from one specified annual measurement period to a later specified annual measurement period, expressed as a percentage.

EPS Growth means the Company's compound annual growth rate in EPS during the Performance Period, expressed as a percentage, as follows:

EPS Growth means the compound annual growth rate, expressed as a percentage, of Adjusted Diluted EPS during the Performance Period, which shall be measured by comparing the Adjusted Diluted EPS in the final year of the Performance Period to Adjusted Diluted EPS in the Base Year.

EPS Growth with respect to a given Performance Year, means the growth or decline in EPS achieved by PNC or other Peer Group members for that Performance Year as compared to EPS for the comparable period of the prior calendar year, expressed as a percentage (rounded to the nearest one- hundredth). c. “Peer Group” refers to the Committee- determined peer group as of the Grant Date. Performance will be measured based on the Peer Group on the last day of the Performance Period, taking into account name changes and the elimination from the Peer Group of any members since the beginning of the Performance Period (e.g., due to consolidation or merger). In the event of a merger of two members of the Peer Group during the Performance Period, the financial information of the resulting new company will be compared to that of the acquiring member of the Peer Group (as determined on a corporate accounting basis.) The Peer Group for this Award consists of the following members: PNC, Bank of America Corporation, Capital One Financial Corporation, Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, M&T Bank Corporation, Regions Financial Corporation, Truist Financial Corp., U.S. Bancorp, and Xxxxx Fargo & Company 2. Average XXX - Annual return on equity (“XXX”), with specified adjustments as described in paragraph 3, measured for each Performance Year and then averaged for the Performance Period (“Average XXX”)

EPS Growth with respect to a given Performance Year, means the growth or decline in EPS achieved by PNC or other Peer Group members for that Performance Year as compared to EPS for the comparable period of the prior calendar year, expressed as a percentage (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth). c. “Peer Group” refers to the Committee-determined peer group as of the Grant Date. Performance will be measured based on the Peer Group on the last day of the Performance Period, taking into account name changes and the elimination from the Peer Group of any members since the beginning of the Performance Period (e.g., due to consolidation or merger). In the event of a merger of two members of the Peer Group during the Performance Period, the financial information of the resulting new company will be compared to that of the acquiring member of the Peer Group (as determined on a corporate accounting basis.) The Peer Group for this Award consists of the following members: PNC, Bank of America Corporation, Capital One Financial Corporation, Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, M&T Bank Corporation, Regions Financial Corporation, Truist Financial Corp., U.S. Bancorp, and Xxxxx Fargo & Company 2. Average XXX - Annual return on equity (“XXX”), with specified adjustments as described in paragraph 3, measured for each Performance Year and then averaged for the Performance Period (“Average XXX”) and compared to specified performance targets established by the Committee. 3. CET1 Ratio - Whether PNC has met or exceeded the common equity Tier 1 capital spot ratio limit as then in effect and applicable to The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“CET1 Ratio”) (which may be on a pro forma fully phased-in basis, if applicable) as set forth in PNC’s Enterprise Capital Management Policy (or any successor policy) and monitored at least quarterly. All performance metrics, including any adjustments, will be determined on the basis of: (x) with respect to PNC’s absolute performance, PNC’s internal financial information; (y) with respect to PNC’s relative performance to other members of the Peer Group, either publicly-disclosed financial information or, in the case of PNC, internal financial information that is anticipated to be publicly disclosed in an upcoming filing with the SEC; and (z) with respect to other members of the Peer Group, publicly-disclosed financial information, in each case, only where such amounts can be reasonably determined as of ...