Employer Stock means any class of common stock of Quest Diagnostics or the preferred stock of Quest Diagnostics that is convertible into common stock.
Stock Fund means that portion of the Trust Fund consisting of Stock.
Company Stock means, collectively, the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.
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.
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 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.
Stock Account means the account maintained on behalf of the Participant by the Custodian for the purpose of holding Stock acquired under the Plan.
Nonemployee Director Award means any Award granted to a Nonemployee Director.
Company Stock Options shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 3.3(a) hereof.
Nonemployee Director means a Director who is not an Employee.
Section 16 Participants means Participants who are subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
Employer Securities means common stock, any other type of stock or any marketable obligation (as defined in Section 407(e) of ERISA) issued by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company; provided, however, that if Employer Securities are purchased with borrowed funds, Employer Securities, to the extent required by Section 4975 of the Code, shall only include
Other Stock or Cash Based Awards means cash awards, awards of Shares, and other awards valued wholly or partially by referring to, or are otherwise based on, Shares or other property.
Section 16 Participant means a participant under the Plan who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
Deferred Stock Award means Awards granted pursuant to Section 8.
Phantom Stock means a right granted to an Eligible Individual under Section 12 representing a number of hypothetical Shares.
Plan Share Award means a right granted under this Plan to receive Plan Shares.
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;
Deferred Stock Units means the number of hypothetical Shares subject to an Election.
Company Stock Option means any option to purchase one or more shares of the Company’s Common Stock granted under any of the Company Stock Plans.
Phantom Shares means an Award of the right to receive Shares issued at the end of a Restricted Period which is granted pursuant to Section 6(e) of the Plan.
Qualified Matching Contributions means Matching Contributions which are immediately nonforfeitable when made, and which would be nonforfeitable, regardless of the age or service of the Employee or whether the Employee is employed on a certain date, and which may not be distributed, except upon one of the events described under Section 401(k)(2)(B) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
Deferred Stock means a right to receive a specified number of shares of Stock during specified time periods pursuant to Article 8.
Elective Deferrals mean Compensation and Elective Deferrals for: . [Note: The Employer must complete the blank line with the applicable time period for computing the Basic Match, such as "each payroll period," "each calendar month," "each Plan Year quarter" or "the Plan Year."]
Qualified Matching Contribution means any employer contribution allocated to an Eligible Employee's account under any plan of an Employer or a Related Company solely on account of "elective contributions" made on his behalf or "employee contributions" made by him that is a qualified matching contribution as defined in regulations issued under Code Section 401(k), is nonforfeitable when made, and is distributable only as permitted in regulations issued under Code Section 401(k).
Elective Deferral Account means the account established hereunder to which Elective Deferrals (including a separate accounting for Catch-Up Contributions) are allocated. Amounts in the Participant's Elective Deferral Account are nonforfeitable when made and are subject to the distribution restrictions of Section 12.2(e). The Elective Deferral Account may consist of the