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Discretion to Determine Criteria. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Plan, the Committee will, in its sole discretion, determine the performance goals (if any) applicable to any Target Award (or portion thereof) which may include, without limitation: attainment of research and development milestones, billings, bookings, business divestitures and acquisitions, cash flow, cash position, contract awards or backlog, customer-related measures, customer retention rates, business unit or division, earnings (which may include any calculation of earnings, including but not limited to earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, earnings before taxes and net earnings), earnings per share, employee retention, employee mobility, expenses, geographic expansion, gross margin, growth in stockholder value relative to the moving average of the S&P 500 Index or another index, hiring targets, internal rate of return, inventory turns, inventory levels, market share, milestone achievements, net billings, net income, net profit, net revenue margin, net sales, new customers, new product development, new product invention or innovation, number of customers, operating cash flow, operating expenses, operating income, operating margin, origination volume, overhead or other expense reduction, product defect measures, product development, product release timelines, productivity, profit, return on assets, return on capital, return on equity, return on investment, return on sales, revenue, revenue growth, sales efficiency, sales results, sales growth, stock price, time to market, total stockholder return, units sold (total and new), working capital, and individual objectives such as MBOs, peer reviews or other subjective or objective criteria. As determined by the Committee, the performance goals may be based on generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) or Non-GAAP results and any actual results may be adjusted by the Committee for one-time items, unbudgeted or unexpected items and/or payments of Actual Awards under the Plan when determining whether the performance goals have been met. The goals may be on the basis of any factors the Committee determines relevant, and may be on an individual, divisional, business unit, segment or Company-wide basis. Any criteria used may be measured on such basis as the Committee determines, including but not limited to, as applicable, # in absolute terms, # in combination with another performance goal or goals (for example, but not by way of limitation, as a ratio or matrix), # in relative terms (including, but not limited to, results for other periods, passage of time and/or against another company or companies or an index or indices), # on a per-share basis, # against the performance of the Company as a whole or a segment of the Company and/or # on a pre-tax or after-tax basis. The performance goals may differ from Participant to Participant and from award to award. Failure to meet the goals will result in a failure to earn the Target Award, except as provided in Section 3(d). The Committee also may determine that a Target Award (or portion thereof) will not have a performance goal associated with it but instead will be granted (if at all) in the sole discretion of the Committee.

Discretion to Determine Criteria. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Plan, the Committee will, in its sole discretion, determine the performance goals (if any) applicable to any Target Award (or portion thereof) which may include, without limitation: attainment of research and development milestones, average revenue per subscribers, billings, bookings, business divestitures and acquisitions, cash flow, cash position, contract awards or losses, contract backlog, cost of acquisition, cost of delivery, customer-related losses and other measures, customer retention rates, business unit or division, earnings (which may include any calculation of earnings, including but not limited to earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, earnings before taxes, net earnings and losses), earnings per share, employee retention, expenses, geographic expansion, gross margin, gross and/or net merchant processing volume, gross and/or net subscriber growth, growth in stockholder value relative to the moving average of the S&P 500 Index or another index, hiring targets, internal rate of return, lifetime value of subscribers or customers, market share, milestone achievements, MRR growth, net billings, net income or losses, net profit, net revenue margin, net sales, new product development, new product invention or innovation, number of customers, number of merchants, number of subscribers, operating cash flow, operating expenses, operating income or loss, operating margin, origination volume, overhead or other expense reduction, portfolio conversion rate, product defect measures, product development, product release timelines, productivity, profit, return on assets, return on capital, return on equity, return on investment, return on sales, revenue, revenue growth, sales efficiency, sales results, sales growth, stock price, time to market, total stockholder return, transaction processing measures, working capital, and individual objectives such as MBOs, peer reviews or other subjective or objective criteria. As determined by the Committee, the performance goals may be based on generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) or Non-GAAP results and any actual results may be adjusted by the Committee for one-time items, unbudgeted or unexpected items and/or payments of Actual Awards under the Plan when determining whether the performance goals have been met. The goals may be on the basis of any factors the Committee determines relevant, and may be on an individual, divisional, business unit, segment or Company-wide basis. Any criteria used may be measured on such basis as the Committee determines, including but not limited to, as applicable, # in absolute terms, # in combination with another performance goal or goals (for example, but not by way of limitation, as a ratio or matrix), # in relative terms (including, but not limited to, results for other periods, passage of time and/or against another company or companies or an index or indices), # on a per-share basis, # against the performance of the Company as a whole or a segment of the Company and/or # on a pre-tax or after-tax basis. The performance goals may differ from Participant to Participant and from award to award. Failure to meet the goals will result in a failure to earn the Target Award, except as provided in Section 3(d). The Committee also may determine that a Target Award (or portion thereof) will not have a performance goal associated with it but instead will be granted (if at all) in the sole discretion of the Committee.

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