Cash-Based Awards. The maximum aggregate amount awarded or credited with respect to Cash-Based Awards to any one Participant in any one Plan Year may not exceed the value of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) determined as of the date of vesting or payout, as applicable, plus the amount of the Participant’s unused applicable Annual Award Limit for Cash-Based Awards as of the close of the previous Plan Year.
Cash-Based Awards. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Cash-Based Awards to Grantees denominated in cash in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. Each such Cash-Based Award shall specify a payment amount, payment range or a value determined with respect to the Fair Market Value of the Shares, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may designate Cash-Based Awards as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) by conditioning the Award or the lapse of restrictions on the achievement of performance goals in accordance with Section 11(a) and by administering the Award to otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 11 and Code Section 162(m). The Committee is authorized at any time during or after a Performance Period to exercise negative discretion to reduce or eliminate a Cash-Based Award of any Grantee for any reason in its discretion, including, without limitation, changes in the position or duties of any Grantee with the Company or any Subsidiary during or after a Performance Period, whether due to any termination of employment (including death, disability, retirement, voluntary termination or termination with or without cause) or otherwise.
Grant of Cash-Based Awards. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Compensation Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Cash-Based Awards to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms as the Compensation Committee may determine.
The Committee may grant Other Stock-Based Awards not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan to a Participant in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion. Such Awards may involve the transfer of actual Shares to Participants, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Shares.
Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be expressed in terms of Shares or units based on Shares, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.
Payment of Other Stock-Based Awards and Cash-Based Awards. Payment, if any, with respect to Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards shall be made in accordance with the terms of the applicable Award Agreement, in cash, Shares or a combination of both as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
Performance Based Awards. The Committee will establish a performance goal or goals (Performance Goal) for each Award not later than the 90th day of the calendar yearAward Year to which the Award relates. The period for each Performance Goal will commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of such year (the Performance Period). The Committee may authorize that Awards of Restricted Shares and Stock Units be made subject to or granted upon the attainment of specified performance goals over a designated performance period of at least one year in addition to time-vesting and other vesting requirements. If so authorized, Awards intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) shall be made in accordance with the requirements thereof. Performance goals Goals for this purpose will be based on objective criteria specifically defined by the Committee on a Company, business unit or peer group comparison basis, which may include or exclude specified items of an unusual or nonrecurring nature and are based on one or more of the following: earnings per share, net income, return on assets, return on sales, return on capital, return on equity, return on revenue, cash flow, cost reduction, total shareholder return, economic value added, cash flow return on investment, and cash value added. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may reduce or eliminate any Award otherwise earned based on an assessment of individual performance, but in no event may any such reduction result in an increase of the Award payable to any other participantParticipant. The Committee shall determine the amount of any such reduction by taking into account such factors as it deems relevant including, without limitation: # performance against other financial or strategic objectives; # its subjective assessment of the executives overall performance for the year; and # prevailing levels of total compensation among similar companies.
The maximum number of Shares available for issuance as Incentive Stock Options is 7,450,000 Shares.
Other Stock-Based Awards. The maximum aggregate grant with respect to other Stock-Based Awards pursuant to Section 10.2 granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be five hundred thousand (500,000), plus the amount of the Participant’s unused applicable Annual Award Limit for Other Stock-Based Awards as of the close of the previous Plan Year.
Other Awards of shares of Common Stock, and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, shares of Common Stock or other property, may be granted hereunder to Participants (Other Stock-Based Awards), including without limitation stock appreciation rights (SARs) and Awards entitling recipients to receive shares of Common Stock to be delivered in the future. Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall also be available as a form of payment in the settlement of other Awards granted under the Plan or as payment in lieu of compensation to which a Participant is otherwise entitled. Other Stock-Based Awards may be paid in shares of Common Stock or cash, as the Board shall determine. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall determine the terms and conditions of each Other Stock-Based Award, including any purchase price applicable thereto.
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