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Calculation of Corporate Performance Goals
Calculation of Corporate Performance Goals contract clause examples

Calculation of Corporate Performance Goals. At the beginning of each applicable performance period, the Compensation Committee will determine whether any significant element(s) will be included in or excluded from the calculation of any Corporate Performance Goal with respect to any Covered Executive. In all other respects, Corporate Performance Goals will be calculated in accordance with the Company’s financial statements, generally accepted accounting principles, or under a methodology established by the Compensation Committee at the beginning of the performance period and which is consistently applied with respect to a Corporate Performance Goal in the relevant performance period.

Corporate Performance Goals. A Covered Executive may receive a bonus payment under the Incentive Plan based upon the attainment of one or more performance objectives that are established by the Compensation Committee and relate to financial and operational metrics with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (the “Corporate Performance Goals”), including, but not limited to, the following: cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow); research and development, publication, clinical and/or regulatory milestones; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; net income (loss) (either before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization); changes in the market price of the Company’s common stock; economic value-added; acquisitions or strategic transactions, including licenses, collaborations, joint ventures or promotion arrangements; operating income (loss); return on capital, assets, equity, or investment; total stockholder returns; coverage decisions; productivity; expense efficiency; margins; operating efficiency; working capital; earnings (loss) per share of the Company’s common stock; sales or market shares; number of prescriptions or prescribing physicians; revenue; corporate revenue; operating income and/or net annual recurring revenue, any of which may be # measured in absolute terms or compared to any incremental increase, # measured in terms of growth, # compared to another company or companies or to results of a peer group, # measured against the market as a whole and/or as compared to applicable market indices and/or # measured on a pre-tax or post-tax basis (if applicable). Further, any Corporate Performance Goals may be used to measure the performance of the Company as a whole or a business unit or other segment of the Company, or one or more product lines or specific markets. The Corporate Performance Goals may differ from Covered Executive to Covered Executive.

Performance Goals. The Administrator may establish performance goals that relate to financial, operational or other performance of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or divisions, to individual performance objectives of the Covered Executive or to any other performance goal established by the Administrator in connection with a potential bonus payment (the “Performance Goals”). Performance Goals may relate to annual, semi-annual, quarterly or other performance periods established by the Administrator. It is expected that the Administrator establish annual bonus programs pursuant to this Bonus Plan. Following the completion of any performance period (at a time determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion) the Administrator may evaluate attainment of the Performance Goals. The Administrator may revise or refine Performance Goals in its discretion.

means any goals the Administrator establishes pursuant to an Award. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be paid (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at which full vesting will occur).

The general performance measures (the “Performance Goals”) to be used for purposes of certain Awards will be determined by the Committee and may include any of the following:

Performance Goals. The granting and/or vesting of Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares and Performance Units and other incentives under the Plan may be made subject to the attainment of performance goals relating to one or more business criteria within the meaning of Code [Section 162(m)] and may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement (“Performance Goals”) including cash flow; cash flow from operations; total earnings; earnings per share, diluted or basic; earnings per share from continuing operations, diluted or basic; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization; earnings from operations; net asset turnover; inventory turnover; capital expenditures; net earnings; operating earnings; gross or operating margin; profit margin, debt; working capital; return on equity; return on net assets; return on total assets; return on capital; return on investment; return on sales; net or gross sales; market share; economic value added; cost of capital; change in assets; expense reduction levels; debt reduction; productivity; new product introductions; delivery performance; safety record; stock price; and total stockholder return. Any Performance Goals may be used to measure the performance of the Company as a whole or, except with respect to stockholder return metrics, to a region, business unit, affiliate or business segment, and may be measured either on an absolute basis, a per share basis or relative to a pre-established target, to a previous period’s results or to a designated comparison group, and, with respect to financial metrics, which may be determined in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), in accordance with accounting principles established by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB Principles”) or which may be adjusted when established to either exclude any items otherwise includable under GAAP or under IASB Principles or include any items otherwise excludable under GAAP or under IASB Principles. The Performance Goals may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award. Prior to the Determination Date, the Administrator will determine whether any significant element(s) will be included in or excluded from the calculation of any Performance Goal with respect to any Participant.

Performance Goals. The applicable Performance Goals, the weight given to each Performance Goal, and the Minimum Performance, Target Performance, and Maximum Performance are set out in Appendix A.

Performance Goals. The Plan has the following performance goals for the fiscal year (“Plan Goals”):

Performance Goals. Esterline will calculate EBIT as total profit from continuing operations before interest and tax expense, and excluding non-recurring and/or unusual items. ROS will be calculated as total EBIT from continuing operations, divided by total sales from continuing operations. Calculations of both EBIT and ROS will be adjusted to remove the effects of acquisitions, divestitures, or corporate-designated integration projects, if any. Achievement of Strategic Objectives will be measured as stated in Participant appointment letters.

Performance Goals. For each calendar year, the Committee shall establish performance goals for each participant, using such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate, including, without limitation, performance goals based upon one or more of the following business criteria: # attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, revenues, income before income taxes and extraordinary items, net income, earnings before income tax, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization or a combination of any or all of the foregoing; # attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, after-tax or pre-tax profits; # attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, operational cash flow; # attainment of a certain level of, reduction of, or other specified objectives with regard to limiting the level of increase in, all or a portion of, the Company’s bank debt or other long-term or short-term public or private debt or other similar financial obligations of the Company, which may be calculated net of such cash balances and/or other offsets and adjustments as may be established by the Committee; # attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, earnings per share or earnings per share from continuing operations; # attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, return on capital or return on invested capital; # attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, after-tax return on stockholders’ equity; # attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, economic value added targets based on a cash flow return on investment formula; and/or # attainment of certain target levels in the fair market value of the shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 (the “Common Stock”) or growth in the value of an investment in the Common Stock assuming the reinvestment of dividends. As to any participant or class of participants, the performance goals may be based upon one or more criteria or measures, and may be based upon the performance of the Company, on a consolidated basis, the individual participant or class of participants, a regional, local or divisional unit of the Company, one or more subsidiaries or other affiliates of the Company or a combination thereof, either on an absolute basis or relative to an index or peer-group. Performance goals may be determined without regard to, or adjusted to reflect, items that are nonrecurring or non-operational in nature including items such as, but not limited to, gains on sales of assets and businesses, reserves for settlements, legal judgments and lawsuits and other amounts that may be reflected in the current or prior year financial statements that relate to prior periods.

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