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respondents indicated that its content is useful and would recommend it to others. 7 Bookkeeping and accounting; ProfitKeeper. You must use the accounting and payroll software we designate, currently Intuit’s QuickBook’s Essentials online accounting software and its Core payroll online software. You must use our chart of accounts. We deliver QuickBooks Online as part of our Training and Technology Services; you pay its fees. You must connect your QuickBook’s account to ProfitKeeper, which reports certain revenue and expenses to us. (Franchise Agreement, Paragraph 11) 8 Training and Technology Services. We provide you access to our Training and Technology Services, which we describe in the above section. (Franchise Agreement, Paragraphs 2, 6, and 12) 9 Marketing portal. We will provide you with access to our marketing portal, which we call eve. (Franchise Agreement, Paragraph 12). Materials include digital, audio, video, print, direct mail, etc. If you receive a notice for a default that cannot be cured, fail to cure a default after notice within the required time period, or owe us any past-due amount, we can limit the services or benefits permitted or required to be provided to you under the Franchise Agreement, either temporarily or permanently. We may reinstate any of these services or benefits at any time and you must accept them. If we limit any services or benefits as described in this paragraph, you continue to pay all fees required under the Franchise Agreement and other agreements, including any fees associated with services or benefits we limit. You have no right to a refund of any fees paid in advance or otherwise for those services. Your marketing You develop, implement, manage, and pay for your marketing. You must advertise solely within your CoOp’s geographic area. You must spend a minimum of $57,000 per calendar year to promote Huntington Services and eTutoring using direct mail, newspapers, magazines, Internet, blogs, webinars, and television, radio, cable stations, etc.; and, of this amount, you must spend a minimum of $2,000 per month. You promote Contract Services by researching opportunities for Contract Services and by soliciting Public Entities to provide these services. We develop your marketing materials and make them available through eve, which is our marketing portal. You may use your own marketing materials, if we approve them in advance. Payments for certain items do not count towards this minimum spending on advertising Huntington Services and eTutoring, including payments in connection with Huntington Advertising Fund, Contract Services Advertising Fund, MCP, school and merchant visits and other ground marketing, scholarships or discounts you may offer, and employee compensation. We do not have a franchisee advertising council to advise us on advertising policies. (Franchise Agreement – Paragraph 12) Kick Start Marketing Program The Kick Start Marketing Program is a mandatory marketing support program we provide to help new and transfer HLCs kick start their marketing effort. Program duration is approximately six months and consists of (a) developing and launching the Franchised Business’s Pay Per Click (PPC) program, (b) conducting monthly direct mail campaigns, (c) creating and placing an organic Facebook post, (d) providing a public relations announcement, (e) training in how to conduct a marketing program, (f) developing a 12-month marketing plan (budget, target keywords, direct mail dates, ZIP Codes); and (g) transitioning these marketing responsibilities from being fully managed by us to being supported by you. We may change the Kick Start Marketing Program and its components from time to time. When you sign the Franchise Agreement, you pay us $28,500, which we spend on this program. If we do not spend the full amount within six months, then, at our option, we may continue the program until we spend the full amount on your marketing or refund the unused balance to you. You may not use the Kick Start Marketing Program to pay any fees your CoOp may impose.

respondents indicated that its content is useful and would recommend it to others. 7 Bookkeeping and accounting; ProfitKeeper. You must use the accounting and payroll software we designate, currently Intuit’s QuickBook’s Essentials online accounting software and its Core payroll online software. You must use our chart of accounts. We deliver QuickBooks Online as part of our Training and Technology Services; you pay its fees. You must connect your QuickBook’s account to ProfitKeeper, which reports certain revenue and expenses to us. (Franchise Agreement, Paragraph 11) 8 Training and Technology Services. We provide you access to our Training and Technology Services, which we describe in the above section. (Franchise Agreement, Paragraphs 2, 6, and 12) 9 Marketing portal. We will provide you with access to our marketing portal, which we call eve. (Franchise Agreement, Paragraph 12). Materials include digital, audio, video, print, direct mail, etc. If you receive a notice for a default that cannot be cured, fail to cure a default after notice within the required time period, or owe us any past-due amount, we can limit the services or benefits permitted or required to be provided to you under the Franchise Agreement, either temporarily or permanently. We may reinstate any of these services or benefits at any time and you must accept them. If we limit any services or benefits as described in this paragraph, you continue to pay all fees required under the Franchise Agreement and other agreements, including any fees associated with services or benefits we limit. You have no right to a refund of any fees paid in advance or otherwise for those services. Your marketing You develop, implement, manage, and pay for your marketing. You must advertise solely within your CoOp’s geographic area. You must spend a minimum of $57,000 per calendar year to promote Huntington Services and eTutoring using direct mail, newspapers, magazines, Internet, blogs, webinars, and television, radio, cable stations, etc.; and, of this amount, you must spend a minimum of $2,000 per month. You promote Contract Services by researching opportunities for Contract Services and by soliciting Public Entities to provide these services. We develop your marketing materials and make them available through eve, which is our marketing portal. You may use your own marketing materials, if we approve them in advance. Payments for certain items do not count towards this minimum spending on advertising Huntington Services and eTutoring, including payments in connection with Huntington Advertising Fund, Contract Services Advertising Fund, MCP, school and merchant visits and other ground marketing, scholarships or discounts you may offer, and employee compensation. We do not have a franchisee advertising council to advise us on advertising policies. (Franchise Agreement – Paragraph 12) Kick Start Marketing Program The Kick Start Marketing Program is a mandatory marketing support program we provide to help new and transfer HLCs kick start their marketing effort. Program duration is approximately six months and consists of (a) developing and launching the Franchised Business’s Pay Per Click (PPC) program, (b) conducting monthly direct mail campaigns, (c) creating and placing an organic Facebook post, (d) providing a public relations announcement, (e) training in how to conduct a marketing program, (f) developing a 12-month marketing plan (budget, target keywords, direct mail dates, ZIP Codes); and (g) transitioning these marketing responsibilities from being fully managed by us to being supported by you. We may change the Kick Start Marketing Program and its components from time to time. When you sign the Franchise Agreement, you pay us $28,500, which we spend on this program. If we do not spend the full amount within six months, then, at our option, we may continue the program until we spend the full amount on your marketing or refund the unused balance to you. You may not use the Kick Start Marketing Program to pay any fees your CoOp may impose.

MicroSchool Amendment The MicroSchool Amendment gives you the right to operate a MicroSchool within your Premises. During the term of this amendment you must pay us a nonrefundable fee (the "Syllabus Fee") of $185 per month. We reduce this fee to $175 if you operate two MicroSchools and to $165 if you operate three or more MicroSchools. Since MicroSchools have their own accreditation, you must pay an accreditation fee of $700 each September. You pay 2% of your Gross Revenue to the MicroSchool Advertising Fund and to no other advertising fund. Accounting and payroll You must use accounting and payroll software from a vendor we designate, currently Intuit's QuickBook's Essentials online accounting software and its Core payroll online software. Essentials costs about $60.00 per month. Payroll charges consist of a fixed charge of $45.00 per month, plus a variable charge of $6.00 per employee per month (regardless of the number of payrolls processed during the month). We base the lower and upper estimates on 10 and 20 employees, respectively. You pay these fees to the vendor; they are subject to change. You must connect your QuickBook’s account to ProfitKeeper, which reports certain revenue and expenses to us. In addition to this software, we recommend you retain at your cost a bookkeeper or an accountant to assist you with setting up and maintaining your financial books and records. Default fees If you fail to cure a non-monetary default, you pay us $100 per day until cured. If you receive 3 defaults, you pay us $1,000 per subsequent default. Fees are to offset our costs in addressing the default and are subject to change.

New Franchisees. We begin the Kick Start Marketing Program for New Franchisees after the Premises receives a Certificate of Occupancy. Transfer Franchisees. We begin the Kick Start Marketing Program for Transfer Franchisees after signing the Franchise Agreement. Other Franchisees. Franchisees who are renewing their franchise, franchisees who are opening an additional franchised business, and franchisees who are splitting their territory or exclusive area do not participate in the Kick Start Marketing Program. Marketing Start-up Services These services provide the following marketing support concurrently with the Kick Start Marketing Program: (a) developing a 12-month marketing plan (budget, setting goals, seasonal tactics, target keywords, direct mail dates, ZIP Codes); (b) training in how to conduct a marketing program, and (c) transitioning marketing responsibilities to you. The fee for these services is $4,000. Marketing Materials Start-up Package These materials support your initial marketing efforts. For new franchisees, we ship these materials to your HLC in about 4 separate shipments 2-3 weeks after you and your landlord sign your lease. For transfer franchisees, we ship these materials to your HLC 2-3 weeks following execution of the franchise agreement. The fee for the start-up package is $2,247. Marketing Communication Program The Marketing Communication Program ("MCP") has four components: The Solicitation Program is a series of campaigns to encourage former clients to enroll or re-enroll; the Referral Program is a series of campaigns to encourage current clients to refer a friend; the Weekly Client Email Program is a weekly communication to current enrollees; and the Educator Program is a series of communication campaigns to educators. In conjunction with the Solicitation Program we offer an optional Outbound Calling Program by which the Call Center conducts follow-up phone calls. Each Solicitation and Referral campaign consists of direct mail, email, Facebook ad, and text message (depending on the data you enter in the Software) that we send 2 to 4 times per month. When you sign the franchise agreement, you must deposit $2,000 with us and you must begin spending a minimum of $100 per month on this program when you begin operating the Franchised Business. During 2025, 214 franchise HLCs spent an average of $2,195 on one or more Marketing Communication Programs and generated average revenue of $49,218 per HLC, a 2142% return. CoOp When you sign the Franchise Agreement, you become a member of a CoOp. We typically base CoOp membership on the area of dominant influence (an “ADI”) in which a HLC is located. An ADI is the geographic area surrounding a city in which the city’s broadcasting stations account for a greater share of the listening or viewing households than broadcasting stations based in nearby cities. You begin contributing to your CoOp when you open or acquire the Franchised Business. We credit any fees you pay to your CoOp to advertise Huntington Services and eTutoring to your minimum advertising requirement, to the extent they do not exceed it. The CoOp’s bylaws govern how it operates and members may review these bylaws. The CoOp may prepare annual or periodic financial statements and, if it does, its members may review them. A majority vote determines contributions, except as otherwise provided by the CoOp’s bylaws. Each HLC in good standing has one vote. There is no minimum or maximum contribution amount. We can form, change, dissolve, or merge CoOps. We recommend you contact your CoOp, request copies of its bylaws and minutes, and determine its `

specify, including fixtures, furnishings, equipment, graphics, supplies, advertising, software, technology, curricula, testing material, and interior and exterior signage. We provide you with the names of approved suppliers and a list of products and services we require you use at the Franchised Business, including educational materials and the suppliers we require or suggest you use. (Franchise Agreement, Paragraphs 4, 5) We deliver the items in the Start-up Package, which includes marketing, educational, and IT material and their specifications. (Franchise Agreement, Paragraph 6) You install these items. The Marketing Start-up Package supports your initial marketing efforts and offers marketing support beginning before you open the Franchised Business and concludes after your first month of operation. The Educational Start-up Package includes tutoring and test prep materials, such as student testing folders and binders, Huntington Math Placement Exam and math pre- and post- tests, Huntington Writing Program materials, answer sheets, operational and staffing forms, ACT and SAT student workbooks, retail books, response sheets, and practice sheets. The IT Start-up Package includes computers, monitors, tablets, printer, toner, firewall, cables, ChromeBooks, Microsoft Office, virus protection, spam filtering, charging station, and QuickBooks Online (excluding QuickBooks’ monthly license fees to Intuit). 5 MicroSchool. If you open a MicroSchool within the Premises, you must acquire certain equipment described in Item 7 and comply with government requirements regarding the Premises. 6 Training and Technology Services. We will license you our Training and Technology Services, which consist of: (a) Use of the Phone Number; (b) use of the Software; (c) use of HLCMail.com email addresses; (d) use of our proprietary math, study skills, writing, phonics, and Test Prep programs; (e) use of licensed digital testing material and curricula; (f) use of online scheduled initial training; (g) use of two seat licenses in our Online Training Facility for your full-time staff and tutors; (h) use of Video Chat Software licenses; (i) use of a page on our Website for your Franchised Business’s information; (j) attendance for up to four attendees at our convention; (k) accreditation fees, excluding our and accreditor out-of-pocket costs; (l) use of our Help Desk; and (m) LCOS restoration support. (Franchise Agreement, Paragraphs 2, 5, 6, and 12) 7 Hiring and training employees. We provide unlimited initial training for your part- and full-time employees. You are responsible to hire and train your employees for the work they perform for you. You are responsible for them and for all issues related to them in connection with your Franchised Business. Other than the rights reserved in the Franchise Agreement, we reserve no actual or apparent authority over them or any issue related to them. Since we are a franchisor and do not operate any HLCs, all your employees perform work that is outside our usual course of business. 8 Time to open. Time to open the Premises depends on many factors, including location selection, your ability to obtain and negotiate a lease, financing, building permits, zoning and local ordinances, weather conditions, shortages or delayed installation of equipment or signs, Premises design and construction, strikes, unexpected events (such as COVID), training, inventory, and unavoidable delays. A total of 7 HLCs opened between 2022 and 2025. The average time they took to open was 7.0 months, the median was 8.0 months, ranging between 4.1 and 11.8 months, based on a small number of HLCs from a limited geographic area during a limited period of time. The time it takes you to open your HLC may be shorter or longer. 9 Initial training. We provide initial training through our Online Training Facility at no charge to you, since it is part of Training and Technology Services. Our initial training trains your Owners, full-time staff, and tutors to implement our Brand Standards and to ensure HLC customers receive consistency in products, services, and customer experiences. Franchisees must attend all of `