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Represents the percentage of revenue growth over the long-term performance period to earn zero percent of half of the target amount of performance shares.

No definition available.

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The target number of performance share units originally approved by the board of directors.

No definition available.

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Represents the percentage of target amount of performance shares earned by an executive officer under the Long-Term Incentive Plan.

No definition available.

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Represents the threshold percentage of the entity's revenue growth over the long-term performance period to earn half of the target amount of performance shares under the executive officer long-term incentive plan.

No definition available.

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Represents the threshold percentage of total stockholder return to earn half of the target amount of performance shares under the executive officer long-term incentive plan.

No definition available.

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Represents the total stockholder return percentage level of the performance period to earn 200 percent of half of the target amount of performance shares.

No definition available.

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Represents the total stockholder return percentage level of the performance period to earn zero percent of half of the target amount of performance shares.

No definition available.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (a)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901