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Incentive Plan Design and Analysis

How annual and long-term incentive plans are built: metric types and weightings, thresholds, targets and maximums, payout curves, modifiers, and the ESG measures written into them.

Part I

Annual Incentive Plan Design

Annual Incentive (STI) Plan Type

STI Financial vs. Non-Financial Metrics

Number of STI Financial Metrics

STI Financial Metric Type Prevalence

Average Weighting by STI Financial Metric Type

STI Financial Metric Weight Ranges

STI Financial Metric Target Disclosure Rate

STI Financial Metric Target as Percent of Prior-Year Actual Performance

STI Financial Metric Threshold

STI Financial Metric Maximum

Median STI Financial Metric Ranges

Minimum STI Payout

Maximum STI Payout

STI Payout Distribution

STI Modifier

Impact on Payout of STI Modifier

Part II

Long-Term Incentive Plan Design

Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Plan Prevalence

LTI Award Type Prevalence

LTI Plan Structure

LTI Average Award Mix

LTI Award Weight Ranges

LTI Performance Measurement Period

Vesting Schedule (Cliff or Graded)

Vesting Period

LTI Financial vs. Non-Financial Metrics

LTI Modifier

Number of LTI Financial Metrics

LTI Financial Metric Type Prevalence

Average Weighting by LTI Financial Metric Type

LTI Financial Metric Weight Ranges

TSR Performance Benchmark

LTI Financial Metric Target Disclosure Rate

LTI Financial Metric Threshold (Excl. TSR)

LTI Financial Metric Maximum (Excl. TSR)

Median LTI Financial Metric Ranges (Excl. TSR)

Relative TSR (RTSR) Threshold

Relative RTSR Target

Relative RTSR Maximum

Median RTSR Ranges

RTSR Percentile Ranking

Absolute TSR Threshold

Absolute TSR Maximum

Median Absolute TSR Ranges

Minimum LTI Payout

Maximum LTI Payout

LTI Payout Distribution

RTSR Threshold and Minimum Payout

RTSR Maximum and Maximum Payout

Absolute TSR Threshold and Minimum Payout

Absolute TSR Maximum and Maximum Payout

Part III

ESG Performance Metrics

ESG Performance Metric Integration Type

ESG Performance Metric Category

Mix of ESG Performance Metric Categories

ESG Performance Metrics

ESG Performance Metric Weightings

Impact on Payout of ESG Performance Metrics

ESG Modifier

Impact on Payout of ESG Modifier

Type of Incentive Plans Including ESG Performance Metrics

Key ESG Performance Metrics--Integration Analyses

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