Investment Option means any of the guaranteed investments and variable investment funds available under the Plan.
Investment Options means the investment options, as determined from time to time by the Committee, used to credit earnings, gains and losses on Account balances.
Plan Shares means the total number of Common Shares which may be reserved for issuance as Optioned Shares under the Plan as provided in §2.2;
Company Stock Fund means a hypothetical investment fund pursuant to which Deferred Stock Units are credited with respect to a portion of an Award subject to an Election, and thereafter until (i) the date of distribution or (ii) the effective date of a Diversification Election, to the extent a Diversification Election applies to such Deferred Stock Units, as applicable. The portion of a Grantee’s Account deemed invested in the Company Stock Fund shall be treated as if such portion of the Account were invested in hypothetical shares of Common Stock or Special Common Stock otherwise deliverable as Shares upon the Vesting Date associated with Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, and all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to Common Stock or Special Common Stock were held uninvested in cash and credited with interest at the Applicable Interest Rate as of the next succeeding December 31 (to the extent the Account continues to be deemed credited in the form of Deferred Stock Units through such December 31).
Company Stock means, collectively, the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.
Rollover Options has the meaning provided in Subsection 3.1(h).
Holdings Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Holdings.
Stock Fund means that portion of the Trust Fund consisting of Stock.
Sponsor Shares shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Company Stock Account means the account established and maintained in the name of each Participant or Beneficiary to reflect his share of the Trust Fund invested in Company Stock.
Parent Option means an option to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock.
Deferred Shares means an award made pursuant to Section 7 of this Plan of the right to receive Common Shares at the end of a specified Deferral Period.
Stock Reload Option means any option granted under Section 6.3, below, as a result of the payment of the exercise price of a Stock Option and/or the withholding tax related thereto in the form of Stock owned by the Holder or the withholding of Stock by the Company.
Deferred Stock Account means a bookkeeping account maintained by the Company for a Participant representing the Participant's interest in the shares credited to such Deferred Stock Account pursuant to Paragraph 7 hereof.
Employer Stock means any class of common stock of Quest Diagnostics or the preferred stock of Quest Diagnostics that is convertible into common stock.
Company Stock Option means any option to purchase Company Common Stock granted under any Company Stock Plan.
Replacement Options has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 1.1 of the Plan of Arrangement;
Company Stock Options means any option to purchase Company Common Stock pursuant to any Company Stock Plans.
Common Share Equivalent shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
Amalco Common Shares means common shares in the capital of Amalco;
Parent Options means options or other rights to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock issued by Parent.
Class A Common Shares means shares of the Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.
Stock Purchase Right means a right to purchase Common Stock pursuant to Section 11 below.
Restricted Stock Purchase Right means a right to purchase Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8.
Stock Election Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1.
Plan Share Award or "Award" means a right granted to a Participant under this Plan to earn or to receive Plan Shares.