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Franchise agreement

Franchisee agrees to utilize Franchisor’s Accounting and Business Advisory Services and pay the Accounting and Business Advisory Services Fee to Franchisor for at least the first 12 calendar months following the opening of the Business.

Franchise agreement

Franchisee acknowledges that Franchisor will have independent access to certain financial and other information of Franchisee that is stored electronically.

Franchise agreement

Franchisee must provide Franchisor with such periodic financial and operations reports following Franchisor’s chart of accounts and otherwise in the form and manner required by Franchisor from time to time (the “Financial Reports”).

Item 8

As noted above, we are currently the only supplier for the contact center services and for the technology services (e.g., website set-up, design, keyword optimization, business management software set-up) for which you pay continuing Technology Fees and Contact Center Fees for your Business.

Item 11

We have formed an advertising council consisting of RooterMan Businesses (the “Advertising Council”) in which you may be required to participate and provide advice and counsel regarding our use of the Marketing Fund.

Item 8

We may update the Brand Standards Manual with additional or modified standards and specifications from time to time and you must comply with any additional or modified standard or specification.

Item 8

During our 20245 fiscal year, we derived $6,7500 from franchisee purchases and leases, which is 0.530% of our total revenue of $1,279,3681,127,546.

Item 8

Rebates and other financial considerations from vendors may be flat payments or based on the aggregate amount of franchisee purchases and current programs include a vehicle lease program, a supplier rebate of between 3-5%, and lead aggregator vendor rebates that range from a flat fee up to 15%.

Item 8

We estimate that required purchases will be approximately 35% of your purchases of goods and services in establishing your Business and 55% to 65% of your purchases of goods and services in operating your Business.

Item 8

If you wish to use any product or service that we have not evaluated or to buy or lease from a supplier that we have not yet approved or designated, you must provide us with sufficient information, specifications, and samples so that we may determine whether the product or service meets our standards and…

Franchise agreement

Upon demand by Franchisor, assign to Franchisor or its designee all of Franchisee’s rights, title, and interest in the telephone numbers, telephone directory listings and advertisements, website URLs, e-mail addresses, all vendor contracts, all vendor accounts, store leases and governmental licenses or permits used…

Franchise agreement

In all cases, Franchisee must implement and maintain an approved Payment CA–16 Card Industry (PCI) compliance program for the Business, and Franchisee is solely responsible for protecting the Business from computer viruses, bugs, power disruptions, communication line disruptions, internet access failures, internet…

Franchise agreement

Franchisor from time to time, may at any time during business hours, and without prior notice to Franchisee, enter and inspect the assets used in connection with the Business and examine the Accounting Records, Business Records, all Financial Reports that Franchisee is required to submit under Section 6.3 (including…

Item 17

We may modify the Brand Standards Manual without your consent to reflect changes in the RooterMan System and RooterMan Business operating requirements.

Franchise agreement

The location of the Business shall either be Franchisee’s home office or an office location selected by Franchisee and approved by Franchisor.

Franchise agreement

Franchisee must not register, attempt to register, obtain any ownership in, or otherwise utilize any website, domain name, URL, social media account, Internet presence or other electronic communications portal relating to the Business that has not been previously approved by the Franchisor.

Item 11

In addition to contributions to the Marketing Fund, each month you must spend at least $5,000 or ten percent (10%) of your Gross Sales, whichever is greater, on advertising in the Protected Territory (either by way of direct promotion or participation in an Advertising Cooperative).

Item 11

You must participate in any Cooperative Advertising program established in your region, and we may establish an advertising council for you and the other franchisees in that region to self-administer the program.

Franchise agreement

Franchisee understands and agrees that all Continuing Fees required to be paid to Franchisor or any Advertising Cooperative hereunder must be paid by automated bank draft or other reasonable means necessary to ensure payment of such fees are received by Franchisor or the appropriate Advertising Cooperative, as…

Franchise agreement

Require all employees of the Business to wear apparel conforming to the specifications, design, and standards Franchisor may from time to time designate in the Brand Standards Manual or otherwise.

Item 11

You must purchase and use a laptop PC (not a Mac computer) designated and approved by us that converts into a tablet.

Item 6

During the term of the Franchise Agreement, we will have independent access to, and we may collect and disclose to other franchisees operating in the System data relating to your operation of the Business for the purpose of benchmarking or performance recognition, or for preparing financial performance…

Item 6

After you have been trained, we may periodically require that you, your manager(s) and/or employees attend refresher-training programs concerning operation of the Business, and if you attend you must pay all your own expenses.

Franchise agreement

Attendance at the annual convention shall be mandatory, and the annual convention fee (currently $1,000 per attendee) shall apply whether or not Franchisee attends the convention.