Allstate (ALL)

Performance Measures

        Information regarding our performance measures is disclosed in the limited context of our annual and long-term cash incentive awards and should not be understood to be statements of management's expectations or estimates of results or other guidance. We specifically caution investors not to apply these statements to other contexts.

        The following are descriptions of the performance measures used for our annual cash incentive awards for 2007 and our long-term cash incentive awards for the 2005-2007 and 2007-2009 cycles.

        These measures are not GAAP measures. They were developed uniquely for incentive compensation purposes and are not reported items in our financial statements. Some of these measures use non-GAAP measures and operating measures. The Compensation and Succession Committee has approved the use of non-GAAP and operating measures when appropriate to drive executive focus on particular strategic, operational, or financial factors or to exclude factors over which our executives have little influence or control, such as capital market conditions.

Performance Measures

        The following are descriptions of the performance measures used for our annual cash incentive awards for 2006 and our long-term cash incentive awards for the 2004-2006 and 2006-2008 cycles.

        These measures are not GAAP measures. They were developed uniquely for incentive compensation purposes and are not reported items in our financial statements. Some of these measures use non-GAAP measures and operating measures. The Compensation and Succession Committee has approved the use of non-GAAP and operating measures when appropriate to drive executive focus on particular strategic, operational, or financial factors or to exclude factors over which our executives have little influence or control, such as capital market conditions.