Minimum Annual Royalty Beginning in the calendar year after the first occurrence of SALEs, and in each succeeding calendar year thereafter, LICENSEE will pay to REGENTS a minimum annual royalty of [Written amount] U.S. Dollars ($ Number) for the life of this AGREEMENT. This minimum annual royalty will be paid to REGENTS by February 28 of each year and will be credited against the earned royalty due and owing for the calendar year in which the minimum payment is made.
Minimum Annual Royalties Company shall pay to JHU minimum annual royalties as set forth in Exhibit A. These minimum annual royalties shall be due, without invoice from JHU, within thirty (30) days of each anniversary of the EFFECTIVE DATE beginning with the first anniversary. Running royalties and sublicense consideration accrued under Paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4, respectively, and paid to JHU during the one year period preceding an anniversary of the EFFECTIVE DATE shall be credited against the minimum annual royalties due on that anniversary date.
Minimum Annual Rent Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord the Minimum Annual Rent in equal monthly installments in the amount set forth in Section 1(d) (as increased at the beginning of each lease year as set forth in Section 1(d)), in advance, on the first day of each calendar month during the Term, without notice, demand or setoff, at Landlord's address designated at the beginning of this lease unless Landlord designates otherwise; provided that rent for the first full month shall be paid at the signing of this lease. If the Commencement Date falls on a day other than the first day of a calendar month, the rent shall be apportioned pro rata on a per diem basis for the period from the Commencement Date until the first day of the following calendar month and shall be paid on or before the Commencement Date. As used in this lease, the term "LEASE YEAR" means the period from the Commencement Date through the succeeding 12 full calendar months (including for the first lease year any partial month from the Commencement Date until the first day of the first full calendar month) and each successive 12 month period thereafter during the Term.
Proposed Annual Caps The Directors anticipate that the aggregate annual fee payable by the JV Company to Xxxx Xxx under the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement shall not exceed HK$12 million, HK$15 million and HK$18 million for the years ending 31 December 2019, 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2021, respectively. These annual caps have been estimated by the Directors (i) by reference to the Group’s estimated demand for supply of Products for each of the years ending 31 December 2019, 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2021, respectively, which were arrived at with reference to the annual amounts under the cooperation in the distribution of the Products in the Territories under the Sole Distributorship Agreement in each of the past three years; (ii) by reference to expected expansion on variety of Products; and (iii) on the assumption that the sourcing costs for the Products will increase at an annual inflation rate of 4%. Historical amounts For the years ended 31 December 2016, 31 December 2017 and 31 December 2018, the aggregate amounts under the cooperation in the distribution of the Products in the Territories under the Sole Distributorship Agreement are set out below: For the year ended 31 December 2016 2017 2018 HK$’000 HK$’000 HK$’000 Reasons for and benefits of entering into the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement The Group is principally engaged in the business of trading of grocery food products, trading of consumables and agricultural products, property investment, provision of money lending services, one- stop value chain services and provision of financial services. The Directors are of the view that entering into the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement could provide stable revenue to the grocery food business of the Group. The Directors are also of the view that the provision of the Products could create synergy effect and opportunities with the existing business of the Group and to further expand and develop its scope of business. In addition, due to the steady supply and sales of the Products in the past 3 years, transactions under the Trademark Licence Agreement and the Sole Distributorship Agreement contributed approximately 10% and approximately 13% to the revenue of the Group for each of the years ended 31 December 2016 and 31 December 2017, respectively. The Directors (including the independent non-executive Directors) are of the view that the transactions contemplated under the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement were entered into on normal commercial terms, and that the terms of the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement, the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the annual caps are fair and reasonable and in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole. None of the Directors have any material interest in the transactions contemplated under the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement. Shareholding Structure of the JV Company Set out below is the shareholding structure of the JV Company as at the date of this announcement, which also illustrates the relationship between the JV Company and Xxxx Xxx arising from the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement: The Company 100% 51% Maxford Wealth The JV Company Xx. Xxxx Xx. Xxx spouse 49% Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement 90% Xxxx Xxx Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement Information on Xxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxx is a company incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability. It is engaged in the business of, inter alia, manufacture, production and distribution and sale of various products including but not limited to the Products. GEM Listing Rules Implications As at the date of this announcement, the equity of the JV Company is held as to 51% by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and 49% by Xx. Xxx, Xxxx Xxx by virtue of being a 30%-controlled company held by Xx. Xxxx (the spouse of Xx. Xxx) is therefore a connected person of the Company at subsidiary level under Rule 20.06(9) of the GEM Listing Rules. The transactions contemplated under the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the sale and distribution of Products contemplated under the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement constitute continuing connected transactions of the Company. As (i) the transactions contemplated under the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement are conducted on better than normal commercial terms; and (ii) all the percentage ratios are less than 0.1%, the Renewed Trademark Licence Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder are fully exempt in accordance with Rule 20.74(1) of the GEM Listing Rules. As (i) the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder constitute connected transactions between the Company and a connected person at the subsidiary level of the Company on normal commercial terms; (ii) the Board has approved the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder; and (iii) the independent non- executive Directors have confirmed that the terms of the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder are fair and reasonable, the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder are on normal commercial terms and in the interests of the Company and the Shareholders as a whole, the Renewed Sole Distributorship Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder are subject to the reporting, announcement and annual review requirements but exempt from the circular, independent financial advice and shareholders’ approval requirements in accordance with Rule 20.99 of the GEM Listing Rules.
Minimum Age A principal Cardmember must be at least 21 years old and a supplementary Cardmember must be at least 18 years old.
Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit The Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit with respect to each Fund shall be the amount specified in Schedule A based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund.
Average Annual Compensation The Executive's "Average Annual Compensation" for purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed to mean the average level of compensation paid to the Executive by the Employers or any subsidiary thereof during the most recent five taxable years preceding the Date of Termination, including Base Salary and benefits and bonuses under any employee benefit plans of the Employers.
Base Annual Salary “Base Annual Salary” means the greater of (1) the highest annual rate of base salary in effect for the Executive during the 12 month period immediately prior to a Change in Control or, (2) the annual rate of base salary in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given (or on the date employment is terminated if no Notice of Termination is required).
Term and Annual Renewal The term of this Agreement shall be from the date of its approval by the vote of a majority of the Board of each Issuer, and it shall continue in effect from year to year thereafter only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the vote of a majority of its Board, and the vote of a majority of those members of the Board who are neither parties to the Agreement nor interested persons of any such party, cast at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. “Approved at least annually” shall mean approval occurring, with respect to the first continuance of the Agreement, during the 90 days prior to and including the date of its termination in the absence of such approval, and with respect to any subsequent continuance, during the 90 days prior to and including the first anniversary of the date upon which the most recent previous annual continuance of the Agreement became effective. The effective date of the Agreement with respect to each Fund is identified in the Schedule A of this Agreement.
Minimum Amount No prepayment shall be required pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) (i) in the case of any Disposition yielding Net Cash Proceeds of less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate and (ii) unless and until the amount at any time of Net Cash Proceeds from Prepayment Events required to be applied at or prior to such time pursuant to such Section and not yet applied at or prior to such time to prepay Term Loans pursuant to such Section exceeds (x) $10,000,000 for a single Prepayment Event or (y) $50,000,000 in the aggregate for all Prepayment Events (other than those which are either under the threshold specified in subclause (i) or over the threshold specified in subclause (ii)(x)) in any one fiscal year, at which time all such Net Cash Proceeds referred to in this subclause (y) with respect to such fiscal year shall be applied as a prepayment in accordance with this Section 5.2.
