Quantitative Performance Standards definition

Quantitative Performance Standards means performance standards such as income, expense, operating cash flow, capital spending, numbers of customers of or subscribers for various services and products offered by the Company or a division, customer service measurements and other objective financial or service-based standards relevant to the Company’s business as may be established by the Committee.
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Quantitative Performance Standards means the goals determined by the Committee, in its discretion, to be applicable to a Participant with respect to an Award. Performance goals for any Award intended to be a Section 162(m) Award (other than stock options) will relate to one or more of the following criteria: stock price (including return on shareholder’s equity or total shareholder return), operating earnings (before or after tax), adjusted operating earnings (before or after tax), operating income, net income, return on equity, return on capital, adjusted return on equity, adjusted return on capital, market share, distributable earnings (before or after holding company expense), improvement in or attainment of level of expenses, revenue, net revenue, growth in revenue, gross profits, gross or net profit margin, operating margin, gross profit growth, earnings before one or more of interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, cash flow (including operating cash flow and free cash flow), year-end cash, earnings per share, book value, book value per share, return on invested capital, return on assets, sales, net sales, return on sales, economic value added, debt reduction and improvements in or attainment of working capital levels, in each case either in absolute terms or relative to the performance of one or more other companies or a published index covering the performance of a number of companies. As determined by the Committee, the Quantitative Performance Standards applicable to an Award may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement on a whole company basis or with respect to one or more businesses, business units, segments or Subsidiaries, or on the basis of individual performance. The Quantitative Performance Standards may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award. Any Quantitative Performance Standards that are financial metrics may be determined in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), or may be adjusted when established to include or exclude any items otherwise includable or excludable under GAAP. The Committee may provide, in connection with the setting of the Quantitative Performance Standards, that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude certain items that may occur during any fiscal year of the Corporation, including, without limitation, the following: (i) asset write downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles or...
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Quantitative Performance Standards means performance standards that relate to one or more of the following criteria: stock price (including return on shareholder’s equity or total shareholder return), operating earnings (before or after tax), adjusted operating earnings (before or after tax), operating income, net income, return on equity, return on capital, adjusted return on equity, adjusted return on capital, market share, distributable earnings (before or after holding company expense), improvement in or attainment of level of expenses, revenue, net revenue, growth in revenue, gross
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Examples of Quantitative Performance Standards in a sentence

  • The Award may provide for the payment of Awards in installments, or upon the satisfaction of Qualitative Performance Standards or Quantitative Performance Standards, on an individual, divisional or Company-wide basis, as determined by the Committee.

  • The effectiveness of the grants of Awards under the Plan relating to payments on the satisfaction of the Quantitative Performance Standards established by the Committee from time to time with respect to Plan Years beginning after 2002 shall be conditioned on the approval of the Plan by the Company's shareholders.

  • For any Section 162(m) Award, the Committee shall establish the Targets for each Plan Year no later than 90 days after the first day of the Plan Year, or, if sooner, within the first 25% of the Plan Year, provided, however, that the Committee must determine that, as of the date the Quantitative Performance Standards are established, it is substantially uncertain whether the Quantitative Performance Standards will be achieved.

  • No Awards shall be granted for any period commencing after December 31, 2015, provided that the effectiveness of the grants of Section 162(m) Awards under the Plan after December 31, 2010 relating to payments on the satisfaction of the Quantitative Performance Standards established by the Committee from time to time shall be conditioned on the approval of the Plan by the Company’s shareholders.

  • The Committee shall establish the Targets for each Plan Year no later than 90 days after the first day of the Plan Year, or, if sooner, within the first 25% of the Plan Year, provided, however, that the Committee must determine that, as of the date the Quantitative Performance Standards are established, it is substantially uncertain whether the Quantitative Performance Standards will be achieved.

  • The Award may provide for the payment of Awards in installments, or upon the satisfaction of Qualitative Performance Standards or Quantitative Performance Standards, on an individual, divisional orCompany-wide basis, as determined by the Committee.

  • The effectiveness of the grants of Awards under the Plan relating to payments on the satisfaction of the Quantitative Performance Standards established by the Committee from time to time shall be conditioned on the approval of the Plan by the Company’s shareholders.

  • The effectiveness of the grants of Section 162(m) Awards under the Plan relating to payments on the satisfaction of the Quantitative Performance Standards established by the Committee from time to time shall be conditioned on the approval of the Plan by the Company’s shareholders.

  • No Awards shall be granted for any period commencing after December 31, 2015, provided that the effectiveness of the grants of Awards under the Plan after December 31, 2010 relating to payments on the satisfaction of the Quantitative Performance Standards established by the Committee from time to time shall be conditioned on the approval of the Plan by the Company’s shareholders.

  • The Quantitative Performance Standards and the specified levels of achievement shall be set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by, and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of, Section 162(m), as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.


More Definitions of Quantitative Performance Standards

Quantitative Performance Standards means performance standards such as (a) income; (b) expense; (c) operating cash flow; (d) capital spending; (e) total shareholder return, (f) gross margin; (g) growth in revenues, sales, market share, gross income, net income, pre-tax income, stock price, and/or earnings per share, return on assets, net assets, and/or capital, working capital, free cash flow and/or after tax cash flow, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA); (h) EBITDA plus stock compensation; (i) return on shareholders’ equity, return on invested capital (j) economic or shareholder value added, acquisition of assets, (k) acquisition of companies; (l) creation of new joint ventures; (m) growth in new products; (n) lower product acquisition costs and/or improvements in costs and/or expenses, (o) stock price hurdles; and (p) other objective financial or service-based standards relevant to the Company’s business as may be established by the Committee. The performance standards may be measured relative to a peer group, an index or a business plan and may be considered as absolute measures or changes in measures, relative to a pre-established target or to a previous year’s results, in each case as specified by the Committee.
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Quantitative Performance Standards means performance standards such as (a) income; (b) expense; (c) operating cash flow; (d) capital spending; (e) total shareholder return, (f) gross margin; (g) growth in revenues, sales, market share, gross income, net income, pre-tax income, stock price, and/or earnings per share, return on
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Quantitative Performance Standards means performance standards such as (a) income; (b) expense; (c) operating cash flow; (d) capital spending; (e) total shareholder return, (f) growth in revenues, sales, market share, gross income, net income, pre-tax income, pre-tax pre-bonus income, stock price, and/or earnings per share, return on assets, net assets, and/or capital, working capital, free cash flow and/or after tax cash flow, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA); (g) return on shareholders’ equity, return on invested capital (h) economic or shareholder value added, acquisition of assets, (i) acquisition of companies; (j) creation of new joint ventures; (k) growth in new products; (l) lower product acquisition costs and/or improvements in costs and/or expenses, (m) ranking against peer companies designated by the Committee in one or more of the above categories; and (n) other objective financial or service-based standards relevant to the Company’s business as may be established by the Committee.
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Related to Quantitative Performance Standards

  • Performance Standards or “PS” shall mean the cleanup levels and other measures of achievement of the remedial action objectives, as set forth in the ROD.

  • Performance Standard means the acceptable range of performance for a Performance Indicator or a Service Volume that results when a Performance Corridor is applied to a Performance Target;

  • Performance Measure means one or more of the following selected by the Committee to measure Company, Affiliate, and/or business unit performance for a Performance Period, whether in absolute or relative terms (including, without limitation, terms relative to a peer group or index): basic, diluted, or adjusted earnings per share; sales or revenue; earnings before interest, taxes, and other adjustments (in total or on a per share basis); basic or adjusted net income; returns on equity, assets, capital, revenue or similar measure; economic value added; working capital; total shareholder return; and product development, product market share, research, licensing, litigation, human resources, information services, mergers, acquisitions, sales of assets of Affiliates or business units. Each such measure shall be, to the extent applicable, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied by the Company (or such other standard applied by the Committee) and, if so determined by the Committee, and in the case of a Performance Compensation Award, to the extent permitted under Code Section 162(m), adjusted to omit the effects of extraordinary items, gain or loss on the disposal of a business segment, unusual or infrequently occurring events and transactions and cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles. Performance Measures may vary from Performance Period to Performance Period and from Participant to Participant, and may be established on a stand-alone basis, in tandem or in the alternative.

  • Annual performance report means a written appraisal of the teaching staff member's performance prepared by the teaching staff member’s designated supervisor based on the evaluation rubric for his or her position.

  • Qualifying Performance Criteria means any one or more of the following performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit, Parent, Subsidiary or business segment, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, and on a pre-tax or after-tax basis, in each case as specified by the Committee in the Award: (i) cash flow (including operating cash flow or free cash flow); (ii) earnings (including gross margin, earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, and net earnings); (iii) earnings per share; (iv) growth in earnings or earnings per share; (v) stock price; (vi) return on equity or average stockholders’ equity; (vii) total stockholder return; (viii) return on capital; (ix) return on assets or net assets; (x) return on investment; (xi) revenue; (xii) income or net income; (xiii) operating income or net operating income; (xiv) operating profit or net operating profit; (xv) operating margin; (xvi) return on operating revenue; (xvii) market share; (xviii) contract awards or backlog; (xix) overhead or other expense reduction; (xx) growth in stockholder value relative to the moving average of the S&P 500 Index or a peer group index; (xxi) credit rating; (xxii) strategic plan development and implementation (including individual performance objectives that relate to achievement of the Company’s or any business unit’s strategic plan); (xxiii) improvement in workforce diversity; (xxiv) expenses; (xxv) economic value added; (xxvi) product quality; (xxvii) number of customers; (xxviii) objective customer indicators; (xxix) customer satisfaction; (xxx) new product invention or innovation; (xxxi) profit after taxes; (xxxii) pre-tax profit; (xxxiii) working capital; (xxxiv) sales; (xxxv) advancement of the Company’s product pipeline; (xxxvi) consummation of strategic transactions; (xxxvii) reduction in cash utilization; and (xxxviii) addition of technologies and products. The Committee may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (A) asset write-downs; (B) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (C) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results; (D) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs; and (E) any gains or losses classified as extraordinary or as discontinued operations in the Company’s financial statements.

  • Key Performance Indicators or “KPIs” means the performance measurements and targets set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1 (Services) of this Framework Agreement;

  • Extreme performance coating means coatings designed for harsh exposure or extreme environmental conditions.

  • Performance Measures means measures as described in Article 12 on which the performance goals are based and which are approved by the Company’s shareholders pursuant to this Plan in order to qualify Awards as Performance-Based Compensation.

  • Performance Level means a reference to one of Performance Level I, Performance Level II, Performance Level III, Performance Level IV or Performance Level V.

  • Performance Criteria means the criteria (and adjustments) that the Committee selects for an Award for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Performance Period, determined as follows:

  • Performance Monitoring System has the meaning given to it in paragraph 1.1.2 in Part B of Schedule 6 (Service Levels, Service Credits and Performance Monitoring);

  • Performance Goals means, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals established by the Board for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. Performance Goals may be based on a Company-wide basis, with respect to one or more business units, divisions, Affiliates, or business segments, and in either absolute terms or relative to the performance of one or more comparable companies or the performance of one or more relevant indices. Unless specified otherwise by the Board (i) in the Award Agreement at the time the Award is granted or (ii) in such other document setting forth the Performance Goals at the time the Performance Goals are established, the Board will appropriately make adjustments in the method of calculating the attainment of Performance Goals for a Performance Period as follows: (1) to exclude restructuring and/or other nonrecurring charges; (2) to exclude exchange rate effects; (3) to exclude the effects of changes to generally accepted accounting principles; (4) to exclude the effects of any statutory adjustments to corporate tax rates; (5) to exclude the effects of any “extraordinary items” as determined under generally accepted accounting principles; (6) to exclude the dilutive effects of acquisitions or joint ventures; (7) to assume that any business divested by the Company achieved performance objectives at targeted levels during the balance of a Performance Period following such divestiture; (8) to exclude the effect of any change in the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company by reason of any stock dividend or split, stock repurchase, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change, or any distributions to common stockholders other than regular cash dividends; (9) to exclude the effects of stock based compensation and the award of bonuses under the Company’s bonus plans; (10) to exclude costs incurred in connection with potential acquisitions or divestitures that are required to expensed under generally accepted accounting principles; (11) to exclude the goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges that are required to be recorded under generally accepted accounting principles and (12) to exclude the effect of any other unusual, non-recurring gain or loss or other extraordinary item. In addition, the Board retains the discretion to reduce or eliminate the compensation or economic benefit due upon attainment of Performance Goals and to define the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period. Partial achievement of the specified criteria may result in the payment or vesting corresponding to the degree of achievement as specified in the Stock Award Agreement or the written terms of a Performance Cash Award.

  • Direct Award Criteria means the award criteria to be applied for the award of Call-Off Contracts for Standard Services set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6 (Award Criteria) of this Framework Agreement;

  • Specific goals means specific goals as contemplated in section 2(1)(d) of the PPPFA which may include contracting with persons, or group of persons, historically disadvantaged by unfair discrimination on the basis of race, gender and disability including the implementation of programmes of the Reconstruction and Development Programme as published in Government Gazette No. 16085 dated 23 November 1994.

  • Performance Requirements The ordering entity reserves the right to inspect and verify that all deliveries are in accordance with specifications, both at the point of delivery and at the point of use. For orders that specify an “authorized party” to receive and inspect deliveries and/or installations, acceptance and inspection procedures must be performed by the” authorized party” to be considered and accepted by the ordering entity. Products inspected at the time of use are subject to refusal and return requirements for issues of quality such as defects in manufacturing and/or workmanship. Products will not be considered accepted by the ordering entity until the installation is complete for the applicable products.

  • Performance Indicators means the indicators for Project monitoring and evaluation set forth in the Operational Manual.

  • Performance Target means the level of performance expected of the HSP in respect of a Performance Indicator or a Service Volume; “person or entity” includes any individual and any corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture or other single or collective form of organization under which business may be conducted;