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Good Leaver | | A Participant who ceases to be an Eligible Participant and who is not a Bad Leaver. |
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Grant Date | | The date on which the Committee decides to grant an Award, or such later effective date applicable to such Award as may be determined by the Committee. |
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Option | | The right to subscribe for, or otherwise acquire, one Plan Share. |
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Other Award | | An Award which does not take the form of an Option, SAR, Share of Restricted Stock or RSU, and which may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to Shares or factors which may influence the value of Shares, including cash-settled financial instruments and financial instruments which are convertible into or exchangeable for Plan Shares. |
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Participant | | The holder of an Award, including, as the context may require, the rightful heir(s) of a previous holder of such Award having acquired such Award as a result of the death of such previous holder. |
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Performance Criteria | | The performance criteria applicable to an Award. |
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Person | | A natural person, partnership, company, association, cooperative, mutual insurance society, foundation or any other entity or body which operates externally as an independent unit or organisation. |
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Plan | | This long-term incentive plan. |
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Plan Share | | A Share underlying an Award. |
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Replacement Award | | An Award granted in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, long-term incentive awards previously granted by a Person acquired (or whose business is acquired) by the Company or a Subsidiary or with which the Company or a Subsidiary merges or forms a business combination, as reasonably determined by the Committee. |
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Restricted Stock | | Plan Shares subject to such restrictions as the Committee may impose, including with respect to voting rights and the right to receive dividends or other distributions made by the Company. |
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RSU | | The right to receive, in cash, in assets, in the form of Plan Shares valued at FMV, or a combination thereof, the FMV of one Share on the Exercise Date. |
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SAR | | The right to receive, in cash, in assets, in the form of Plan Shares valued at FMV, or a combination thereof, the excess of the FMV of one Share on the applicable Exercise Date over the applicable Exercise Price. |
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Section 409A IRC | | Section 409A of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules, regulations and guidance promulgated pursuant thereto (or any successor provision). |
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Section 457A IRC | | Section 457A of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules, regulations and guidance promulgated pursuant thereto (or any successor provision). |
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Share | | An ordinary share in the Company’s capital. |
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Subsidiary | | A subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Section 2:24a DCC. |