| N. | | MARKET VALUE PER SHARE means the fair market value of the Shares as determined by the Committee from time to time. |
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| O. | | NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary. |
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| P. | | NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS means options which do not qualify as Incentive Stock Options within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code or any successor provision. |
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| Q. | | OPTION PRICE means the purchase price payable upon the exercise of an Option Right. |
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| R. | | OPTION RIGHT means an option to purchase a Share or Shares upon exercise of an option granted pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan. |
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| S. | | PERFORMANCE PERIOD means, in respect of a Performance Share, a period of time established pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan within which the Management Objectives relating to such Performance Share are to be achieved. |
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| T. | | PERFORMANCE SHARE means a bookkeeping entry that records the equivalent of one Common Share awarded pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan. |
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| U. | | PLAN means the Forest City Enterprises, Inc. 1994 Stock Plan (As Amended and Restated as of June 16, 2010). |
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| V. | | QUALIFIED PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARD means any award or portion of an award that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. |
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| W. | | RESTRICTED SHARES means Shares granted or sold pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan as to which neither the substantial risk of forfeiture nor the prohibition on transfers referred to in such Section 7 has expired. |
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| X. | | RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT means a bookkeeping entry reflecting an award made pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan of the right to receive Shares or cash at the end of a specified Deferral Period. |
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| Y. | | RETIREMENT means termination of employment with the Company or a Subsidiary at age 65 or older and after five or more years of continuous employment with the Company or a Subsidiary. Approved absence or leave from the Company or a Subsidiary shall not be considered an interruption of employment for purposes of the Plan. |
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| Z. | | RULE 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor rule to the same effect), as in effect from time to time. |
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| AA. | | SHARES means shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, $0.33-l/3 par value. |
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| BB. | | SPREAD means, in the case of an Option Right, the excess of the Market Value per Share of the Shares on the date when Option Rights are surrendered in payment of the Option Price of other Option Rights, over the Option Price provided for in the surrendered Option Right, in the case of a Free-standing Appreciation Right, the amount by which the Market Value per Share on the date when any such right is exercised exceeds the Base Price specified in such right or, in the case of a Tandem Appreciation Right, the amount by which the Market Value per Share on the date when any such right is exercised exceeds the Option Price specified in the related Option Right. |
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| CC. | | SUBSIDIARY means a corporation, company or other entity (i) more than 50 percent of whose outstanding shares or securities (representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority) are, or (ii) which does not have outstanding shares or securities (as may be the case in a partnership, joint venture or unincorporated association), but more than 50 percent of whose ownership interest representing the right generally to make decisions for such other entity is, now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company except that for purposes of determining whether any person may be a Grantee for purposes of any grant of Incentive Stock Options, “Subsidiary” means any corporation in which at the time the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than 50 percent of the total combined voting power represented by all classes of stock issued by such corporation. |
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| DD. | | TANDEM APPRECIATION RIGHT means an Appreciation Right granted pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan that is granted in tandem with an Option Right. |