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(vi) net earnings;
(vii) earnings per share;
(viii) net income (before or after taxes);
(ix) return on equity;
(x) total stockholder return;
(xi) return on assets or net assets;
(xii) appreciation in and/or maintenance of share price;
(xiii) market share;
(xiv) gross profits;
(xv) earnings (including earnings before taxes, earnings before interest and taxes or earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization);
(xvi) economic value-added models or equivalent metrics;
(xvii) reductions in costs;
(xviii) cash flow or cash flow per share (before or after dividends);
(xix) return on capital (including return on total capital or return on invested capital);
(xx) cash flow return on investment;
(xxi) improvement in or attainment of expense levels or working capital levels;
(xxii) operating, gross, or cash margins;
(xxiii) year-end cash;
(xxiv) debt reductions;
(xxv) stockholder equity;
(xxvi) regulatory achievements;
(xxvii) operating performance;
(xxviii) market expansion;
(xxix) customer acquisition;
(xxx) customer satisfaction;
(xxxi) employee satisfaction;
(xxxii) implementation, completion, or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to research, development,
products or projects and recruiting and maintaining personnel; or
(xxxiii) a published or a special index deemed applicable by the Compensation Committee or any of the above
criteria as compared to the performance of any such index, including, but not limited to, the Dow Jones U.S. Telecom Index.
On or before the Date of Grant, in connection with the establishment of Management Objectives, the Compensation Committee may exclude
the impact on performance of charges for restructuring, acquisitions, divestitures, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and other
unusual or non-recurring items and the cumulative effects of changes in tax law or accounting principles, as such are defined by generally
accepted accounting principles or the Securities and Exchange Commission and as identified in the Corporation’s audited financial
statements, notes to such financial statements or management’s discussion and analysis in the Corporation’s annual report or other filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission; any such exclusion
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