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This excerpt taken from the NDAQ 10-K filed Feb 25, 2008.

Table 2: Number of Shares Deliverable Upon Achievement

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Threshold

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Target

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Maximum

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40,000

 80,000 120,000

 

For EPS Growth below
the “threshold” percentage level, no Shares shall be deliverable to the Grantee. For EPS Growth between (i) the “threshold” percentage level and the “target” percentage level or
(ii) between the “target” percentage level and the “maximum” percentage level (as specified in Table 1, above), the whole and/or partial number of Shares deliverable with respect to each Performance Share Unit
will be interpolated by the Committee to three decimal places.

 

SIZE="2">Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this Appendix A to the contrary, to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code and any other applicable laws or regulations, the Committee may adjust the “target,”
“threshold” and “maximum” EPS Growth performance percentage levels, in its sole discretion, so as to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the Grantee’s Performance Share Units as a result of any event specified in the
definition of “Performance Goals” in the Plan, but only to the extent that the exercise of such discretion would

 


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not cause the Performance Share Units to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

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All actions taken by the Committee pursuant to this Appendix A shall be
final, conclusive and binding upon the Grantee, and all other persons, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

 


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