Development Year definition
Examples of Development Year in a sentence
Unless sooner terminated in accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement, the term of this Agreement and all rights granted to Developer will begin on the Effective Date of this Agreement and expire at the end of the last Development Year specified in the Development Schedule.
In this Agreement, a “Development Year” is defined as follows: The first Development Year begins on the Effective Date of this Agreement and ends on the same day (the “Anniversary Date”) of the following year, and each subsequent Development Year begins the day after the end of the prior Development Year and ends on the Anniversary Date of the following year.
During Development Year 11 through 20, Master Franchisee will develop, build and operate, or license Franchisees to develop, build and operate, the number of Restaurants agreed upon by the Parties.
If the Parties fail to reach agreement with respect to the number of Restaurants to be developed by Master Franchisees during Development Years 11 through 20 prior to the commencement of Development Year 11, then the number of Restaurants open and operating at the end of each Development Year must increase (net of closures) as compared to the prior Development Year by a minimum of [****] Restaurants (each, an “Annual Opening Target”).
Subject to clause 6.9 of the Agreement, by no later than seven (7) months prior to the end of Development Year 19, provided the Agreement remains in full force and effect and Master Franchisee has issued the Extension Notice, the Parties will meet and use commercially reasonable efforts to agree upon a development plan for the Extension Period.