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VZ » Topics » Article 11. Performance Measures

This excerpt taken from the VZ DEF 14A filed Mar 23, 2009.

Article 11. Performance Measures

 

Unless and until the Company’s shareholders approve a change in the general performance measures set forth in this Article 11, the attainment of which may determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to Awards that are designed to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception, the performance measure(s) to be used for purposes of such grants may be measured at the Company level, at a subsidiary level, or at an operating unit level, and shall be chosen from among:

 

  (a) Income measures (including, but not limited to, gross profit, operating income, earnings before or after taxes, or earnings per share);
  (b) Return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, investment, equity, or sales);
  (c) Cash flow return on investments, which equals net cash flows divided by owners’ equity;
  (d) Gross revenues;
  (e) Market value added;
  (f) Economic value added; and
  (g) Share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return, or relative growth measures and relative total shareholder return).

 

The Committee shall have the discretion to adjust the determinations of the degree of attainment of the preestablished performance goals; provided that Awards that are designed to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception may not be adjusted upward (although the Committee shall retain the discretion to adjust such Awards downward).

 

In the case of any Award that is granted subject to the condition that a specified performance measure be achieved, no payment under such Award shall be made prior to the time that the Committee certifies in writing that the performance measure has been achieved. For this purpose, approved minutes of the Committee meeting at which the certification is made shall be treated as a written certification. No such certification is required, however, in the case of an Award that is based solely on an increase in the value of a Share from the date such Award was made.

 

This excerpt taken from the VZ DEF 14A filed Mar 17, 2008.

Performance Measures

In the first quarter of 2007, the Committee reviewed and approved the annual financial and operating performance measures for the corporate level and for each business segment (Verizon Wireline and Verizon Wireless), at a level the Committee considered appropriate to motivate the Company’s executives to achieve outstanding short-term results and to build value for shareholders.

 

The awards for Messrs. Seidenberg, Strigl and Barr and Ms. Toben were based on the level of attainment of the performance measures for Verizon corporate. The award for Mr. McAdam, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Wireless, was based upon the level of attainment of the performance measures for Verizon Wireless.

 

EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:

DEF 14A
Mar 23, 2009
DEF 14A
Mar 17, 2008

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