"performance hurdle" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a challenge or obstacle that one must overcome in order to achieve a certain goal. For example, "The team worked hard to clear the performance hurdle set by the competition."
The third performance hurdle related to Betfair's return to shareholders compared with rival companies.
Most ethical funds are burdened with high total expense rations given the higher research costs involved, which represent an additional performance hurdle and eats further into investors' returns".
More important, options in America rarely include the sort of performance hurdle which is now almost universal in Britain.American pay influences British pay through several channels.
A quarter was at a $10 premium, though that was a modest performance hurdle.
In addition to clearing his equity-versus-credit performance hurdle, the aluminum-can maker in September bought back most of a series of senior secured bonds, after issuing unsecured debt with a higher interest rate five months earlier.
And investors might push back, too, by demanding lower fees or higher performance hurdles.
According to Scott Olsen, a pay expert at PricewaterhouseCoopers, performance hurdles are now common.
Don't agree to milestones or performance hurdles -- you never know what will happen.4.
Among short-term incentive programs, some companies moved to discretionary plans, widened payout ranges or lowered performance hurdles.
"The payments to executives are being made because some very tough performance hurdles have been met and exceeded".
On the other hand, options "in the money", ie, below that day's share price, or with performance hurdles attached, were charged as a cost.
