Examples of Performance Shares Earned in a sentence
The product of the Base Percentage Performance Shares Earned and the Adjustment Multiplier shall be limited to a maximum of 200% and is then multiplied by the grant amount to determine the number of Performance Shares earned.
Subject to Paragraph 7, Performance Shares Earned shall be distributed solely in shares of Common Stock, solely in cash based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, or in a combination of the two, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, except that any fractional share of Common Stock will be rounded to the nearest whole share.
The Percentage of Performance Shares Earned with respect to Earnings Per Share for the Performance Cycle shall be determined based on the average Base Percentage of Performance Shares Earned over the three years of the Performance Cycle and shall never exceed 200%.
The number of Performance Shares earned shall be the product of the number of Performance Shares set forth in Section 2 multiplied by the Percentage of Performance Shares Earned.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4(c) to the contrary, if the Corporation’s Total Shareholder Return during the Performance Cycle is negative, the Percentage of Performance Shares Earned shall not exceed 100%.
If the Participant experiences a Termination of Employment during the Award Cycle because of the Participant’s Retirement, disability, death, or involuntary Termination of Employment without Cause, the Participant shall be entitled to a portion of the Performance Shares Earned in accordance with Exhibit 1, determined at the end of the Award Cycle.
The percentage of Performance Shares earned (the “Percentage of Performance Shares Earned”) shall be the percentage set forth in the Percentage of Performance Shares Earned column of the schedule set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto that corresponds to the TSR Ranking attained by the Corporation set forth in the TSR Ranking column of such schedule.
Notwithstanding anything in Section 3, 4, 5(a) or 5(c) to the contrary, in the event a Change of Control occurs during the Performance Cycle, the Corporation’s Total Shareholder Return, TSR Ranking and the Percentage of Performance Shares Earned shall be determined in accordance with Section 4 for the portion of the Performance Cycle that ends on the date immediately prior to the date of the Change of Control.
All Performance Shares, if any, granted to a Participant for an Incentive Period which ended before the Change in Control, and which have not been paid in accordance with Section 2.5, will be deemed to be Performance Shares Earned to the extent and only to the extent that they became Performance Shares Earned as of the end of the Incentive Period based upon the Performance Objectives for the Incentive Period.
The value of all Performance Shares Earned, including ones for Incentive Periods which have already ended, shall be paid in cash based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares determined on the date the Change in Control occurs.