Deferred Compensation Agreement means an agreement to participate and to defer compensation between a Participant and the Company in such form and consistent with terms of the Plan as the Company may prescribe from time to time.
Deferred Compensation Plan means any plan, agreement or arrangement maintained by the Company from time to time that provides opportunities for deferral of compensation.
Nonqualified deferred compensation plan means a compensation plan described in Section 3121(v)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Deferred Compensation Award means an award of Stock Units granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.
Section 409A Deferred Compensation means compensation provided pursuant to an Award that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A.
Deferred Compensation Account means the account maintained with respect to each Participant under the Plan. The Deferred Compensation Account shall be credited with Participant Deferral Credits and Employer Credits, credited or debited for deemed investment gains or losses, and adjusted for payments in accordance with the rules and elections in effect under Section 8. The Deferred Compensation Account of a Participant shall include any In-Service or Education Account of the Participant, if applicable.
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules means the limitations or requirements of Section 409A of the Code, as amended from time to time, including the guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance and regulations thereto.
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.
Incentive Compensation Plans means annual incentive compensation plans and long‑term incentive compensation plans of the Company, which long‑term incentive compensation plans may include plans offering stock options, restricted stock and other long‑term incentive compensation.
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).
Deferred Compensation means the Compensation elected by the Participant to be deferred pursuant to the Plan.
Incentive Compensation Plan means any plan, agreement or other arrangement that provides for the grant or issuance of equity or equity-based awards and that is now in effect or is hereafter adopted by the Company or the Manager for the benefit of any of their respective employees or other service providers (including directors, advisers and consultants), or the employees or other services providers (including directors, advisers and consultants) of any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
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).
Severance Compensation means the compensation set forth in (i), (ii), and (iv) above.
Bonus Compensation shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
Separation Benefits has the meaning accorded such term in Section 3.04.
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.
Share Compensation Arrangement means any stock option, stock option plan, employee stock purchase plan or any other compensation or incentive mechanism involving the issuance or potential issuance of Shares, including a share purchase from treasury which is financially assisted by the Corporation by way of a loan, guarantee or otherwise;
Salary Reduction Agreement means an agreement between a dis- trict and an employee to reduce the employee’s salary for the pur- pose of making direct contributions to or purchases of a qualified investment product. Art. 6228a-5, Sec. 4(5), Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat.
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).
Termination Benefits means the benefits described in Section 4.1(b).
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);
Compensation Arrangement means any direct or indirect compensatory payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation, including any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with candidacy, nomination, service or action as a nominee or as a director of the Corporation;
SERP has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5(c) hereof.
Excess Compensation means Compensation in excess of the following Integration Level: (Choose (1) or (2))