FDD Item 19 Earnings Claims
How fdd item 19 financial performance representation allocates risk, which wording controls, and what to verify in the signed agreement.
- What written financial performance representation is made, if any?
- Which outlet population, period, exclusions, assumptions, and substantiation support it?
- How do Item 20 outlet data and independent franchisee interviews test comparability?
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Analyze My ContractThis Item 19 presents historical results for the stated outlet population and measurement period. The accompanying tables, notes, assumptions, exclusions, and written substantiation define the scope of the representation.
What this clause actually does
FDD Item 19 contains any financial performance representation the franchisor chooses to make under the FTC Franchise Rule. If a representation is made, the rule requires a reasonable basis, written substantiation, prescribed disclosures, and availability of the supporting material on request. A franchisor may also state that it does not make a financial performance representation. Do not infer a prevalence rate without a current, defined study, and do not project a disclosed cohort onto a proposed outlet without examining population, exclusions, time period, and assumptions.
Why people get burned by this clause
FDD Item 19 financial performance representation can change economics, timing, control, or remedies. Its effect turns on the signed wording, related sections, transaction facts, and applicable law; a market label or isolated sentence does not settle the result.
What should make you slow down
- The document does not clearly answer: What written financial performance representation is made, if any?
- The document does not clearly answer: Which outlet population, period, exclusions, assumptions, and substantiation support it?
- The document does not clearly answer: How do Item 20 outlet data and independent franchisee interviews test comparability?
Where you usually see it
- Franchise Disclosure Document Item 19
- Written substantiation supporting an Item 19 representation
- Permitted written location-specific or circumstance-specific supplements
- Records for a specific existing outlet offered for sale
What the platform checks in the live contract
- What written financial performance representation is made, if any?
- Which outlet population, period, exclusions, assumptions, and substantiation support it?
- How do Item 20 outlet data and independent franchisee interviews test comparability?
What to test against your deal
- Confirm in the document: What written financial performance representation is made, if any?
- Confirm in the document: Which outlet population, period, exclusions, assumptions, and substantiation support it?
- Confirm in the document: How do Item 20 outlet data and independent franchisee interviews test comparability?
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What written financial performance representation is made, if any? Which outlet population, period, exclusions, assumptions, and substantiation support it? How do Item 20 outlet data and independent franchisee interviews test comparability?
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