Project/Milestones Taxpayer is a manufacturer of creamers, cold brew coffees, juices, and various milks including xxxxxx, xxxxxx, and nut. In consideration for the Credit, Taxpayer agrees to hire full-time employees and invest in furniture and fixtures, tenant improvements, and computer, heavy, food processing, agricultural, laboratory, research and development, and manufacturing equipment as part of its expansion in Bakersfield, Los Angeles, and an unknown location in the Central Valley of California (collectively, the “Project”). Further, Taxpayer agrees to satisfy the milestones as described in Exhibit A (“Milestones”) and must maintain Milestones for a minimum of three (3) taxable years thereafter. In the event Taxpayer employs more than the number of full-time employees, determined on an annual full-time equivalent basis, than required in Exhibit A, for purposes of satisfying the “Minimum Annual Wage of California Full-time Employees Hired” and the “Cumulative Average Annual Wage of California Full-time Employees Hired,” Taxpayer may use the wages of any of the full-time employees hired within the required time period. For purposes of calculating the “Minimum Annual Wage of California Full-time Employees Hired” and the “Cumulative Average Annual Wage of California Full-time Employees Hired,” the wage of any full-time employee that is not employed by Taxpayer for the entire taxable year shall be annualized. In addition, the wage of any full-time employee hired to fill a vacated position in which a full-time employee was employed during Taxpayer’s Base Year shall be disregarded.
