Company: GDSTR
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001213900-25-071731
Chunk: 585

Company: Goldenstone Acquisition Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 585
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 tax consequences. All other terms governing Restricted Stock Units, such as vesting, time and form of payment and termination of units shall be set forth in the Award Agreement. SECTION 9. Performance Stock Units and Performance Goals (a)Performance Awards. The Board may grant Performance Stock Units to eligible individuals that are subject to the attainment of one or more performance goals (“Performance Awards”). The Board shall determine the applicable performance period and performance goals in connection with such Performance Stock Units. Performance Stock Units, if granted, shall be subject to the same settlement rules and compliance with Section 409A of the Code as Restricted Stock Units. (b)Performance Goals. Performance goals may be based upon one or more of the following business criteria with respect to the Company, a business unit, or any individual: (i)Net earnings or net income (before or after taxes); (ii)Earnings per share; (iii)Net sales or revenue growth; (iv)Net operating profit; (v)Return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, sales, or revenue); (vi)Cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, and cash flow return on investment); (vii) Earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization; (viii) Gross or operating margins; (ix)Productivity ratios; (x)Share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); (xi)Expense targets; (xii) Margins; (xiii) Operating efficiency; (xiv) Market share; (xv) Customer satisfaction; (xvi) Working capital targets; and (xvii)Economic value added (net operating profit after tax minus the sum of capital multiplied by the cost of capital). Any performance measure(s) may be used to measure the performance of the Company and/or an Affiliate as a whole or any business unit of the Company and/or Affiliate or any combination thereof, as the Compensation Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above performance measures as Annex C-9 compared to the performance of a group of comparable companies, or published or special index that the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or the Company may select performance measure (x) above as compared to various stock market indices. SECTION 10. Amendments and Termination. The Board may amend, alter or discontinue the Plan at