Bonus Compensation shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
Basic Compensation means Salary and Benefits.
Earned Compensation means any Annual Base Salary earned, but unpaid, for services rendered to the Company on or prior to the date on which the Employment Period ends pursuant to Section 3(a) (but excluding any salary and interest accrued thereon payment of which has been deferred).
Covered Compensation means any Incentive-Based Compensation granted, vested or paid to a person who served as an Executive Officer at any time during the performance period for the Incentive-Based Compensation and that was Received (i) on or after October 2, 2023 (the effective date of the Nasdaq listing standards), (ii) after the person became an Executive Officer, and (iii) at a time that the Company had a class of securities listed on a national securities exchange or a national securities association such as Nasdaq.
Gross compensation means every form of remuneration payable for a given period to an individual for services provided including salaries, commissions, vacation pay, severance pay, bonuses, and any board, rent, housing, lodging, payments in kind, and any similar benefit received from the individual's employer.
415 Compensation means:
Annual Compensation means the wages paid to the member during covered employment within the meaning of Section 3401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, but determined without regard to any rules that limit the remuneration included in wages based upon the nature or location of employment or services performed during the plan year plus amounts excluded under Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code and less reimbursements or other expense allowances, cash, or noncash fringe benefits or both, deferred compensation, and welfare benefits. Annual compensation for determining benefits during any determination period may not exceed the maximum compensation allowed as adjusted for cost of living in accordance with §5-10D-7 of this code and Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Final compensation of a member means:
Termination Compensation means a monthly cash amount equal to one-twelfth ( 1/12th) of the highest amount of the annual cash compensation (including cash bonuses and other cash-based compensation, including for these purposes amounts earned or payable whether or not deferred) received by Executive during any one of the three (3) calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which Executive’s Termination Date occurs; provided, that if the cash compensation received by Executive during the Termination Year exceeds the highest amount of the annual cash compensation received by Executive during any one of the immediately preceding three (3) consecutive calendar years, the cash compensation received by Executive during the Termination Year shall be deemed to be Executive’s highest amount of annual cash compensation. In no event shall Executive’s Termination Compensation include equity-based compensation (e.g., income realized as a result of Executive’s exercise of non-qualified stock options or other stock based benefits).
Incentive Pay means an annual amount equal to the aggregate annual bonus, in addition to Base Pay, made or to be made in regard to services rendered in any calendar year or performance period pursuant to any bonus plan of the Company.
Current Compensation means all regular wage, salary and commission payments paid by the Company to a Participant in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, but excluding annual bonus payments and all other forms of special compensation.
Cash Compensation means any discount, concession, fee, service fee, commission, sales charge, loan, override, or cash benefit received by a producer in connection with the recommendation or sale of an annuity from an insurer, intermediary, or directly from the consumer.
Base Compensation means the amount equal to the sum of (i) the greater of Executive’s then-current Annual Base Salary or Executive’s Annual Base Salary as of the date one (1) day prior to the Change of Control; and (ii) the average of the Incentive Bonus paid (or payable) for the three (3) most recently completed fiscal years of the Company.
Special compensation means payment to an adult foster care facility to ensure the provision of a specialized program in addition to the basic payment for adult foster care. Special compensation does not include payment received directly from the Medicaid program for personal care services for a resident, or payment received under the supplemental security income program.
Eligible Compensation means (i) for eligible exempt employees, such employee’s base salary at the time the Bonus or Spot Bonus is determined (prorated for time in an eligible position), and (ii) for eligible non-exempt and non-union hourly employees, such employees’ eligible wages for the applicable year as determined by the Company to be required by law.
Compensation Limit means the compensation limit of Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, as adjusted under Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code for increases in the cost of living.
Recoverable Incentive Compensation means Incentive Compensation received by a Covered Officer during the Lookback Period that exceeds the amount of Incentive Compensation that would have been received had such amount been determined based on the Accounting Restatement, computed without regard to any taxes paid (i.e., on a gross basis without regard to tax withholdings and other deductions). For any compensation plans or programs that take into account Incentive Compensation, the amount of Recoverable Incentive Compensation for purposes of this Policy shall include, without limitation, the amount contributed to any notional account based on Recoverable Incentive Compensation and any earnings to date on that notional amount. For any Incentive Compensation that is based on stock price or TSR, where the Recoverable Incentive Compensation is not subject to mathematical recalculation directly from the information in an Accounting Restatement, the Administrator will determine the amount of Recoverable Incentive Compensation based on a reasonable estimate of the effect of the Accounting Restatement on the stock price or TSR upon which the Incentive Compensation was received. The Company shall maintain documentation of the determination of that reasonable estimate and provide such documentation to the Exchange in accordance with the Listing Standards.
Severance Compensation means the compensation set forth in (i), (ii), and (iv) above.
Compensation Year means a period of 12 months expiring 31 March in any year;
Incentive Compensation Awards means awards granted under Incentive Compensation Plans providing the Executive with the opportunity to earn, on a year‑by‑year basis, annual and long‑term incentive compensation.
Annual Cash Compensation means the sum of (a) the highest annual Base Salary in effect for the Executive and (b) the greater of (i) the Executive’s bonus for the most recently-completed year, if any, or (ii) the annualized amount of the Executive’s target bonus for the then current year.
Section 415 Compensation means with respect to any Plan Year and shall:
(a) include amounts accrued to a Participant (regardless of whether he was a Participant during the entire Plan Year and regardless of whether in cash):
(i) as wages, salaries, fees for professional services and other amounts received for personal services actually rendered in the course of his employment with the Companies including but not limited to commissions, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits and bonuses;
(ii) for purposes of Subsection (a)(i) above, earned income from sources outside the United States (as defined in Section 911(b) of the Code), whether or not excludible from gross income under Section 911 of the Code or deductible under Section 913 of the Code;
(iii) amounts described in Sections 104(a)(3), 105(a) and 115(h) of the Code but only to the extent that these amounts are includible in the gross income of that Participant; and
(iv) amounts paid or reimbursed by the Companies for moving expenses incurred by that Participant, but only to the extent that these amounts are not deductible by that Participant under Section 217 of the Code;
(b) not include:
(i) notwithstanding Subsection (a)(i) above, there shall be excluded from Section 415 Compensation amounts contributed to a plan as contributions to a qualified cash or deferred plan under Section 401(k) of the Code;
(ii) other contributions made by a Company to any plan of deferred compensation to the extent that, before the application of the Section 415 of the Code limitations to that plan, the contributions are not includible in the gross income of that Participant for the taxable year in which contributed; in addition, Company contributions made on behalf of that Participant to a simplified employee pension plan described in Section 408(k) of the Code shall not be considered as Section 415 Compensation for the Plan Year in which contributed; additionally, any distributions from a plan of deferred compensation shall not be considered as Section 415 Compensation, regardless of whether such amounts are includible in the gross income of that Participant when distributed; however, any amounts received by that Participant pursuant to an unfunded nonqualified plan shall be considered as Section 415 Compensation in the Plan Year in which such amounts are includible in the gross income of that Participant; and
(iii) other amounts which receive special federal income tax benefits, such as premiums for group term life insurance (but only to the extent that the premiums are not includible in the gross income of that Participant); provided, however, that Section 415 Compensation in a Plan Year in excess of one hundred and fifty thousand ($150,000), as adjusted pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1.36 to the contrary, for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, Section 415 Compensation shall include any elective deferral (as defined in Section 402(g) of the Code) and any amount contributed or deferred at the election of the Participant that is not includible in that Participant's gross income by reason of Section 125 or Section 457 of the Code.
Clawback Eligible Incentive Compensation means all Incentive-based Compensation Received by an Executive Officer (i) on or after the effective date of the applicable Nasdaq rules, (ii) after beginning service as an Executive Officer, (iii) who served as an Executive Officer at any time during the applicable performance period relating to any Incentive-based Compensation (whether or not such Executive Officer is serving at the time the Erroneously Awarded Compensation is required to be repaid to the Company), (iv) while the Company has a class of securities listed on a national securities exchange or a national securities association, and (v) during the applicable Clawback Period (as defined below).
Access Compensation is the compensation paid by one Party to the other Party for the origination/termination of intraLATA toll calls to/from its End User. Access compensation is in accordance with the LEC’s tariffed access rates.
Earnable compensation means the full rate of the
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);