−Removed: Creative Learning Corporation,
−Removed: operating under the trade names of Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: and Sew Fun Studios®, offers educational and enrichment programs to children
−Removed: ages 3 to 13+ through its franchisees.
−Removed: The Company’s business model is to sell franchise territories and collect a one-time
−Removed: franchise fee, renewal fees and monthly royalty fees from each territory.
−Removed: Through the Company’s franchise business model,
−Removed: which includes a proprietary curriculum and marketing strategy plus a proprietary franchise management tool, the Company provides
−Removed: a wide variety of programs designed to enhance students’ problem solving and critical thinking skills.
−Removed: As of September 30,
−Removed: 2019, the Company had 503 Bricks 4 Kidz®
+Added: Learning Corporation, operating under the trade names of Bricks 4 Kidz®
+Added: and Sew Fun Studios®, offers educational and enrichment
+Added: programs to children ages 3 to 13+ through its franchisees.
+Added: The Company’s business model is to sell franchise territories
+Added: and collect a one-time franchise fee, renewal fees and monthly royalty fees from each territory.
+Added: Through the Company’s franchise
+Added: business model, which includes a proprietary curriculum and marketing strategy plus a proprietary franchise management tool, the
+Added: Company provides a wide variety of programs designed to enhance students’
+Added: problem solving and critical thinking skills.
+Added: As of September 30, 2020, the Company had 451 Bricks 4 Kidz®
and Sew Fun Studios®
−Removed: global franchise territories, including 28 Bricks 4 Kidz®
+Added: global franchise territories, including
+Added: 28 Bricks 4 Kidz®
master franchises, and 134 Bricks 4 Kidz®
sub-franchises operating in 39 countries.
−Removed: Company Background
−Removed: BFK franchises, which conduct
−Removed: business under the trade name BRICKS 4 KIDZ®, offer programs designed to teach principles and methods of engineering to children
−Removed: between the ages of 3 and 13 using LEGO®
+Added: Company was formed in March 2006 under the name B2 Health, Inc.
+Added: to design, manufacture and sell chiropractic tables and beds.
+Added: The Company generated only limited revenue and essentially abandoned its business plan in March 2008.
+Added: In July 2010, the Company’s
+Added: name was changed to Creative Learning Corporation.
+Added: July 2, 2010, the Company acquired BFK Franchise Company, LLC (“BFK”), a Nevada limited liability company formed in
+Added: May 2009, under a Stock Exchange Agreement with the members of BFK for 9,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: offers a franchise concept known as Bricks 4 Kidz®, a mobile business operated by franchisees within a specific geographic
+Added: territory offering project-based programs designed to teach principles and methods of engineering to children ages 3-13+.
+Added: began selling franchises in July 2009.
+Added: January 26, 2015 the Company formed SF Franchise Company, LLC (“SF”) for the purpose of offering a second franchise
+Added: concept known as Sew Fun Studios®.
+Added: Sew Fun Studios®
+Added: is a mobile business operated by franchisees within a specific geographic
+Added: territory offering creative project-based activities, classes, and programs in fashion and interior design and sewing to children
+Added: fiscal year 2020, the Company formed B4K eLearning LLC to offer academic programs including access to Stride, an online educational
+Added: platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to create lesson plans.
+Added: July 2019, the Company entered into an operating agreement for a joint venture known as Bricks4Schoolz, LLC, with BPL Enterprises
+Added: for Bricks4Schoolz LLC (“BPL”).
+Added: Under the operating
+Added: agreement, the joint venture is granted a license to distribute certain intellectual property of the Company through a software
+Added: system developed by BPL for the joint venture, provided that the joint venture may only distribute the intellectual property to
+Added: elementary and middle schools in territories which are not covered by an existing franchisee of the Company.
+Added: The Company has since
+Added: rescinded its ownership interest in the Bricks4Schoolz, LLC.
+Added: Business –
+Added: Bricks4Schooz ).
+Added: franchises, which conduct business under the trade name BRICKS 4 KIDZ®, offer programs designed to teach principles and methods
+Added: of engineering to children between the ages of 3 and 13 using LEGO®
plastic bricks and other LEGO®
−Removed: products through classes, field trips, and other
−Removed: organized activities that are designed to enhance and enrich the traditional school curriculum, trigger young children’s
−Removed: lively imaginations and build self-confidence.
−Removed: BFK’s programs foster creativity and provide a unique atmosphere for students
−Removed: to develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills by designing and building machines, catapults, pyramids, race cars, buildings
−Removed: and numerous other systems and devices using LEGO®
+Added: products through classes,
+Added: field trips, and other organized activities that are designed to enhance and enrich the traditional school curriculum, trigger
+Added: young children’s lively imaginations and build self-confidence.
+Added: BFK’s programs foster creativity and provide a unique
+Added: atmosphere for students to develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills by designing and building machines, catapults,
+Added: pyramids, race cars, buildings and numerous other systems and devices using LEGO®
bricks and other LEGO®
−Removed: The Company may provide training and
−Removed: corporate franchisee support to all franchisees and recognizes revenue from the sale of its franchises when all initial training,
−Removed: pursuant to the terms of the franchise agreements, is completed.
−Removed: BFK franchises are mobile
−Removed: models, with activities scheduled in locations such as preschools, elementary and middle schools, camps, birthday parties, community
−Removed: centers and churches.
−Removed: At September 30, 2019,
−Removed: BFK had 503 global Bricks 4 Kidz®
+Added: Company may provide training and corporate franchisee support to all franchisees and recognizes revenue from the sale of its franchises
+Added: when all initial training, pursuant to the terms of the franchise agreements, is completed.
+Added: franchises are mobile models, with activities scheduled in locations such as preschools, elementary and middle schools, camps,
+Added: birthday parties, community centers and churches.
+Added: September 30, 2020, BFK had 451 global Bricks 4 Kidz®
and Sew Fun Studios®
franchise territories, 28 Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: master franchises,
−Removed: and 134 Bricks 4 Kidz®
+Added: master franchises, and 134 Bricks 4 Kidz®
sub-franchises operating in 39 countries.
−Removed: The following table details franchise activity:
+Added: The following table details franchise
September 30, 2018
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September 30, 2020
−Removed: Current BFK Programs
−Removed: In-school workshops .
One-hour classes during school hours.
−Removed: Classes are correlated to the typical science curriculum for a particular grade level.
−Removed: guides, student worksheets, and step-by-step instructions are provided.
−Removed: After-school classes .
+Added: Classes are correlated to the typical science curriculum for a particular
+Added: Teacher guides, student worksheets, and step-by-step instructions are provided.
One hour, one day a week class held after school.
−Removed: Pre-school classes .
Classes can be held in pre-schools for children of pre-school ages.
−Removed: Classes for home-schooled
+Added: for home-schooled children .
Classes can be held in the home of one of the parents of a home-schooled child.
−Removed: three hours per day for five days.
+Added: Normally three hours per day for five days.
Camps can take place at schools or at other child-related venues.
Children use LEGO®
−Removed: to explore various science and math concepts while working in an open, friendly environment.
−Removed: The material covered each session
−Removed: varies depending on students’ ages, experience, and skill level.
+Added: bricks to explore various science and math concepts while working in an open, friendly environment.
+Added: The material covered each
+Added: session varies depending on students’
+Added: ages, experience, and skill level.
A new project is built each week.
−Removed: Architectural concepts
−Removed: are taught while assembling buildings, castles and other structures.
−Removed: Instructional content includes concepts of friction, gravity
−Removed: and torque, scale, gears, axles and beams.
+Added: Architectural
+Added: concepts are taught while assembling buildings, castles and other structures.
+Added: Instructional content includes concepts of friction,
+Added: gravity and torque, scale, gears, axles and beams.
The children work and play with programmable LEGO®
−Removed: bricks along with electric motors,
−Removed: sensors, system bricks, and LEGO®
−Removed: Technic pieces (i.e.
−Removed: gears, axles, and beams).
−Removed: Birthday parties .
+Added: bricks along with electric
+Added: motors, sensors, system bricks, and LEGO®
+Added: Technic pieces (i.e., gears, axles, and beams).
In the home of the birthday child.
−Removed: Special events .
Activities with LEGO®
−Removed: bricks can be held in various locations including church centers, lodges, child-related venues, private
−Removed: schools, pre-schools, etc.
+Added: bricks can be held in various locations including church centers, lodges, child-related
+Added: venues, private schools, pre-schools, etc.
Program can include parents, grandparents and all children in the family.
−Removed: BFK Franchise Program
−Removed: BKF sells franchises both
−Removed: domestically and internationally.
−Removed: International sales can be a single franchise or a master franchise, where the master franchisee
−Removed: operates a franchise in the territory, and is also able to develop, sell and manage sub-franchises in the territory under the master
−Removed: franchise agreement.
+Added: Franchise Program
+Added: sells franchises both domestically and internationally.
+Added: International sales can be a single franchise or a master franchise, where
+Added: the master franchisee operates a franchise in the territory, and is also able to develop, sell and manage sub-franchises in the
+Added: territory under the master franchise agreement.
BFK does not offer master franchises in the United States.
−Removed: Under a franchise agreement,
−Removed: a franchisee pays a one-time, non-refundable franchise fee upon the execution of the franchise agreement.
−Removed: Domestically, there can
−Removed: be variations on the franchise fees depending on the size or territories being purchased, and other factors of the territory.
−Removed: typical-sized, domestic, single territory franchise fee is $26,900.
−Removed: If the franchisee is granted an additional geographic area
−Removed: to increase the size of their territory, then the franchisee must pay an additional fee.
−Removed: If the franchisee is in good standing
−Removed: and is granted a second or additional franchise, then the franchisee must pay a franchise fee for each additional franchise.
−Removed: International franchise
−Removed: fees vary and are set relative to the potential of the franchised territories.
+Added: a franchise agreement, a franchisee pays a one-time, non-refundable franchise fee upon the execution of the franchise agreement.
+Added: Domestically, there can be variations on the franchise fees depending on the size or territories being purchased, and other factors
+Added: of the territory.
+Added: The typical-sized, domestic, single territory franchise fee is $30,000.
+Added: If the franchisee is granted an additional
+Added: geographic area to increase the size of their territory, then the franchisee must pay an additional fee.
+Added: If the franchisee is
+Added: in good standing and is granted a second or additional franchise, then the franchisee must pay a franchise fee for each additional
+Added: International
+Added: franchise fees vary and are set relative to the potential of the franchised territories.
During the fiscal year ended September
30, 2020, BFK sold no master franchises.
−Removed: In the case of a master franchise, BFK receives a percentage of the franchise fee paid to the master
−Removed: franchisee by any sub-franchisee operating in the master franchisee’s territory.
−Removed: The Company uses a network
−Removed: of franchise marketing and promotion media to contact prospective franchisees.
−Removed: When a potential contact is received, the initial
−Removed: information relating to a buyer is passed to a franchise sales broker or director of business development to initiate contact with
−Removed: the potential new franchisees.
−Removed: The responsibility of the sales broker and/or director of business development is to vet the potential
−Removed: franchisee for compatibility with the franchise concept, among other things.
−Removed: As part of the process of vetting potential franchisees,
−Removed: the Company requires all prospective franchisees to complete a Request for Consideration form.
−Removed: Upon completion of the process the
−Removed: sales broker is paid a commission typically ranging from 20% to 30% of the franchise fee while the director of business development
−Removed: commission ranges between 5% to 7% and the Marketing Director earns 1%.
−Removed: The franchisee is granted
−Removed: a limited exclusive territory and a license to use the “Bricks 4 Kidz®” name, trademarks and course materials in
−Removed: the franchised territory.
−Removed: The franchisee is required to conform to certain standards of business practices and comply with all
−Removed: applicable laws.
−Removed: Each franchise is run as an independent business and, as such, is responsible for its operation, including employment
−Removed: of adequate staff.
−Removed: The term of the franchise
−Removed: is for ten years.
−Removed: Subject to any applicable laws, BFK has the right to terminate any franchisee in the event of the franchisee’s
−Removed: bankruptcy, a default under the franchise agreement, or other events.
−Removed: The franchisee has the right to renew the franchise for an
−Removed: additional ten years if, at the time of renewal, the franchisee is in good standing and pays a renewal fee in the amount of $5,000.
−Removed: During FY2018, the Company, in accordance with FTC Franchise Rule 436.7(a), suspended sales of new franchises in the United States
−Removed: as the Company awaited the completion of its audited financial statements.
−Removed: Franchise Disclosure
−Removed: Under federal law, the
−Removed: Company is required to (a) prepare a franchise disclosure document (“FDD”) including federally mandated information,
−Removed: (b) provide each prospective franchisee with a copy of the FDD, and (c) wait 14 calendar days before entering into a binding agreement
−Removed: with the prospective franchisee or collecting any payment from any prospective franchisee.
−Removed: Federal law does not regulate the franchise
−Removed: relationship or require any filing or registration of the FDD on the part of a franchisor.
−Removed: The Company is also required to comply
−Removed: with certain state regulations in connection with the offer and sale of franchises, including the requirement to submit the
−Removed: FDD for registration with a number of states before offering or selling franchises within those states.
−Removed: The states requiring registration
−Removed: of the FDD are:
−Removed: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island,
−Removed: South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
−Removed: In these states, state regulatory agencies review the FDD to confirm compliance
−Removed: with state statutory requirements.
−Removed: These state agencies can deny registration of the FDD if they determine that the FDD fails to
−Removed: meet state statutory requirements.
−Removed: If a state denies the issuance of an effective registration, a franchisor is prohibited from
−Removed: offering or selling franchises in that state.
+Added: In the case of a master franchise, BFK receives a percentage of the franchise fee paid
+Added: to the master franchisee by any sub-franchisee operating in the master franchisee’s territory.
+Added: Company uses a network of franchise marketing and promotion media to contact prospective franchisees.
+Added: When a potential contact
+Added: is received, the initial information relating to a buyer is passed to a franchise sales broker or director of business development
+Added: to initiate contact with the potential new franchisees.
+Added: The responsibility of the sales broker and/or director of business development
+Added: is to vet the potential franchisee for compatibility with the franchise concept, among other things.
+Added: As part of the process of
+Added: vetting potential franchisees, the Company requires all prospective franchisees to complete a Request for Consideration form.
+Added: Upon completion of the process the sales broker is paid a commission typically ranging from 20% to 30% of the franchise fee while
+Added: the director of business development commission ranges between 5% to 7% and the Marketing Director earns 1%.
+Added: franchisee is granted a limited exclusive territory and a license to use the “Bricks 4 Kidz®”
+Added: name, trademarks
+Added: and course materials in the franchised territory.
+Added: The franchisee is required to conform to certain standards of business practices
+Added: and comply with all applicable laws.
+Added: Each franchise is run as an independent business and, as such, is responsible for its operation,
+Added: including employment of adequate staff.
+Added: term of the franchise is for ten years.
+Added: Subject to any applicable laws, BFK has the right to terminate any franchisee in the event
+Added: of the franchisee’s bankruptcy, a default under the franchise agreement, or other events.
+Added: The franchisee has the right to
+Added: renew the franchise for an additional ten years if, at the time of renewal, the franchisee is in good standing and pays a renewal
+Added: fee in the amount of $5,000.
+Added: During FY2018, the Company, in accordance with FTC Franchise Rule 436.7(a), suspended sales of new
+Added: franchises in the United States as the Company awaited the completion of its audited financial statements.
+Added: Disclosure Document
+Added: federal law, the Company is required to (a) prepare a franchise disclosure document (“FDD”) including federally mandated
+Added: information, (b) provide each prospective franchisee with a copy of the FDD, and (c) wait 14 calendar days before entering into
+Added: a binding agreement with the prospective franchisee or collecting any payment from any prospective franchisee.
+Added: Federal law does
+Added: not regulate the franchise relationship or require any filing or registration of the FDD on the part of a franchisor.
+Added: is also required to comply with certain state regulations in connection with the offer and sale of franchises, including the requirement
+Added: to submit the FDD for registration with a number of states before offering or selling franchises within those states.
+Added: states requiring registration of the FDD are:
+Added: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New
+Added: York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
+Added: In these states, state regulatory agencies
+Added: review the FDD to confirm compliance with state statutory requirements.
+Added: These state agencies can deny registration of the FDD
+Added: if they determine that the FDD fails to meet state statutory requirements.
+Added: If a state denies the issuance of an effective registration,
+Added: a franchisor is prohibited from offering or selling franchises in that state.
See "Government Regulation"
−Removed: below for more information.
−Removed: Royalty and Marketing
−Removed: The Company invoices all
−Removed: applicable franchisees a royalty fee on a monthly basis based on either a flat fee structure or seven percent of revenue.
−Removed: franchisee, upon signing a franchise agreement, has authorized and provided the required banking information to allow the
−Removed: electronic collection of all fees.
−Removed: Approximately three days after the invoice has been issued to the franchisee, an ACH draft (automatic
−Removed: deduction from the franchisee bank account) for the royalty fee withdrawal is processed through the Company’s banking system.
−Removed: When the Company changes its royalty structure, existing franchisees maintain their contractual franchise royalty rate unless they
−Removed: agree to amend those rates.
−Removed: The following is the royalty fee structure:
+Added: more information.
+Added: and Marketing Fees
+Added: Company invoices all applicable franchisees a royalty fee on a monthly basis based on either a flat fee structure or seven percent
+Added: franchisee, upon signing a franchise agreement, has authorized and provided the required banking information
+Added: to allow the electronic collection of all fees.
+Added: Approximately three days after the invoice has been issued to the franchisee,
+Added: an ACH draft (automatic deduction from the franchisee bank account) for the royalty fee withdrawal is processed through the Company’s
+Added: banking system.
+Added: When the Company changes its royalty structure, existing franchisees maintain their contractual franchise royalty
+Added: rate unless they agree to amend those rates.
+Added: following is the royalty fee structure:
Time Period During the Initial Term of Franchise Agreement
−Removed: Royalty Fees Amount
+Added: Royalty Fees Amount (U.S.
October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017
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October 1, 2020 and for the remainder of the initial term of the Franchise Agreement
−Removed: If any franchisee owns
−Removed: and operates more than one territory, the royalty fees payable to the Company for the second territory and each additional territory
−Removed: shall be as follows:
+Added: any franchisee owns and operates more than one territory, the royalty fees payable to the Company for the second territory and
+Added: each additional territory shall be as follows:
Time Period During the Initial Term of Franchise Agreement
−Removed: Royalty Fees Amount
+Added: Royalty Fees Amount (U.S.
October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017
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October 1, 2018 and for the remainder of the initial term of the Franchise Agreement
−Removed: BFK administers a marketing
−Removed: fund for domestic and Canadian franchisees for the purpose of building brand awareness in their respective countries.
−Removed: The marketing
−Removed: fund expenditures are funded by BFK collecting a 2% marketing fee, based upon gross receipts reported in the Franchise Management
−Removed: Tool (“FMT”), from domestic and Canadian franchisees.
−Removed: The respective franchisees are typically invoiced the middle
−Removed: of each month for the prior month’s receipts.
−Removed: These marketing fee receipts and expenses are reported on the statement of
−Removed: operations on a gross revenue basis, presenting receipts as revenue and expenses as operating expenses.
−Removed: Any receipts that exceed
−Removed: expenditures are recorded as a liability on the balance sheet.
−Removed: The collections of these funds are done using the Company’s
−Removed: ACH program, as agreed to by each franchisee in their Franchise Agreement.
−Removed: The Marketing Fund is segregated into a separate bank
−Removed: In April 2018, the third party provider of the FMT restricted the Company’s access to the software.
−Removed: franchisees were instructed to self-report their marketing fees, however many franchisees did not comply with this request.
−Removed: Company is actively working with these franchisees in the current period to acquire accurate reporting and to bring their accounts
−Removed: to a current status.
−Removed: The Company has built its own software and franchisees are migrating to the new software.
−Removed: Collection and reconciliation
−Removed: of marketing fees will be streamlined with the new software.
−Removed: BFK Competition
−Removed: Although BFK pioneered
−Removed: the LEGO®
−Removed: modeling-based curriculum for afterschool programs, we believe there are at least two other companies franchising
−Removed: a model similar to that of Bricks 4 Kidz®, Engineering 4 Kids and Snapology.
−Removed: Play-Well Teknologies offers after-school classes,
−Removed: camps and birthday parties using LEGO®
+Added: administers a marketing fund for domestic and Canadian franchisees for the purpose of building brand awareness in their respective
+Added: The marketing fund expenditures are funded by BFK collecting a 2% marketing fee, based upon gross receipts reported
+Added: in the Franchise Management Tool (“FMT”), from domestic and Canadian franchisees.
+Added: The respective franchisees are typically
+Added: invoiced the middle of each month for the prior month’s receipts.
+Added: These marketing fee receipts and expenses are reported
+Added: on the statement of operations on a gross revenue basis, presenting receipts as revenue and expenses as operating expenses.
+Added: receipts that exceed expenditures are recorded as a liability on the balance sheet.
+Added: The collections of these funds are done using
+Added: the Company’s ACH program, as agreed to by each franchisee in their Franchise Agreement.
+Added: The Marketing Fund is segregated
+Added: into a separate bank account.
+Added: In April 2018, the third party provider of the FMT restricted the Company’s access to the
+Added: As a result, franchisees were instructed to self-report their marketing fees, however many franchisees did not comply
+Added: with this request.
+Added: These past due marketing fees will be addressed once COVID-19 is no longer an issue.
+Added: During 2020, the
+Added: Company eased up on collection efforts for the marketing fees due to the impact of the COVID-19.
+Added: BFK pioneered the LEGO®
+Added: modeling-based curriculum for afterschool programs, we believe there are at least two other companies
+Added: franchising a model similar to that of Bricks 4 Kidz®, Engineering 4 Kids and Snapology.
+Added: Play-Well Teknologies offers after-school
+Added: classes, camps and birthday parties using LEGO®
Vision Education and Media offers after school classes using LEGO®
−Removed: in the New York metropolitan area.
−Removed: In addition, several other small businesses around the country offer after-school classes and
−Removed: vacation camps using LEGO®
−Removed: These classes and camps are typically held in elementary schools, middle schools and community
−Removed: Sew Fun Studios
+Added: bricks in the New York metropolitan area.
+Added: In addition, several other small businesses around the country offer after-school classes
+Added: and vacation camps using LEGO®
+Added: These classes and camps are typically held in elementary schools, middle schools and
+Added: community colleges.
As a result of an unexpectedly
−Removed: lengthy audit process for FY 2018, the Company was unable to sell franchises for a good portion of the year, because the Company’s
−Removed: FDD required audited financial statements.
−Removed: When the audit was completed, the Company focused its efforts on the Bricks4Kidz franchises.
+Added: lengthy audit process for fiscal year 2018, the Company was unable to sell franchises for a good portion of the year, because the
+Added: Company’s FDD required audited financial statements.
+Added: When the audit was completed, the Company focused its efforts on the
+Added: Bricks4Kidz franchises.
Plans for expanding and marketing Sew Fun Studies were placed on hold.
−Removed: At September 30, 2019, SF had 3 franchise territories.
−Removed: Franchising Process
−Removed: Initial contact between
−Removed: a potential franchisee and the Company may result from a potential franchisee contacting the Company, either by phone or electronically.
−Removed: Potential franchisees may also be introduced to the Company by brokers and/or other parties, and the Company may pay commissions
−Removed: and consulting fees to the brokers.
−Removed: The Company has discontinued its previous practice of introducing franchisee candidates to
−Removed: third party financing sources to cover franchising expenses, as well as, paying commissions and consulting fees to the Company’s
−Removed: directors and officers.
−Removed: After initial contact,
−Removed: one of the Company’s franchise consultants and/or internal sales personnel interviews each prospective franchisee (the “candidate”)
−Removed: to determine whether the candidate may make a successful franchisee.
−Removed: If the franchise consultant determines that the candidate
−Removed: may make a successful franchisee, the candidate submits a request for consideration (“RFC”).
−Removed: The Company reviews the
−Removed: RFC, and if the RFC is approved, the franchise consultant continues the vetting process, which focuses on financial and other factors.
−Removed: Upon receipt of the RFC,
−Removed: the candidate is emailed a copy of the Company’s franchise disclosure document.
−Removed: The franchise consultant reviews the franchise
−Removed: disclosure document with the candidate and answers any questions concerning the franchise and the franchise agreement.
−Removed: does not provide projections of a franchise’s financial model or performance to prospective franchisees
−Removed: Assuming the candidate
−Removed: has cleared the initial vetting process and remains interested in operating one of the Company’s franchises, the candidate
−Removed: is invited to attend a “discovery day” held at the Company’s headquarters, or in some instances at another location,
−Removed: during which representatives of the Company and the candidate meet face to face.
−Removed: If the Company decides that the candidate meets
−Removed: its objectives for the franchise, the required disclosure waiting period has expired and the candidate wants to move forward and
−Removed: become a franchisee, the parties execute a franchise agreement.
−Removed: The Company will sell a
−Removed: franchise for a particular territory only when the Company has a reasonable belief that the potential franchisee meets the Company
−Removed: minimum criteria.
−Removed: If a franchisee is not successful, the Company may terminate the franchise agreement by providing notice to the
−Removed: franchisee or repurchasing the franchise from the franchisee.
−Removed: Until the Company provides a notice of termination or repurchases
−Removed: the franchise and terminates the franchise by mutual agreement, the Company considers the franchise to be active.
−Removed: Government Regulation
−Removed: The offer and sale of franchises
−Removed: is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and some state governments.
−Removed: In 1979, the FTC promulgated
−Removed: what became known as the FTC Franchise Rule.
−Removed: The FTC Franchise Rule requires that the franchisor provide a FDD to each prospective
−Removed: franchisee prior to execution of a binding franchise agreement or payment of money by the prospective franchisee.
−Removed: The FTC Franchise
−Removed: Rule does not regulate the franchise relationship or require any filing or registration on the part of a franchisor.
−Removed: However, the FTC Franchise
−Removed: Rule does not preempt state law and, as a result, states may (and, some have) impose additional requirements on franchisors.
−Removed: example, the following states require franchisors (i) to register their franchise offerings (or qualify for an exemption) with
−Removed: the state prior to the offer and sale of franchises in the state, and (ii) subject to certain exemptions, to provide all prospective
−Removed: franchisees with a registered FDD prior to the offer and sale of a franchise in the state:
−Removed: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana,
−Removed: Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin (the “Franchise
−Removed: Registration States”).
−Removed: The registration process is not uniform in each Franchise Registration State.
−Removed: Most Franchise Registration
−Removed: States require the franchisor to submit an application, which includes a FDD, in order to register to sell franchises within that
−Removed: Many, but not all, of the state regulatory agencies in the Franchise Registration States review the franchisor’s registration
−Removed: application, the FDD, the proposed franchise agreement and any other agreements franchisees must sign, the financial condition
−Removed: of the franchisor, and other material information provided by the franchisor in its application.
−Removed: These state agencies have the
−Removed: authority to deny a franchisor’s application for registration and prohibit the franchisor from offering or selling franchises
−Removed: in the state.
−Removed: In addition, there are
−Removed: numerous states that have laws that regulate the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee after the sale of the franchise.
−Removed: Under the FTC Franchise
−Removed: Rule, the FTC has the authority to seek civil penalties against a franchisor for violations of the FTC Franchise Rule.
−Removed: the Franchise Registration States has similar authority to seek penalties for violations of their state franchise registration
−Removed: and disclosure laws.
−Removed: Violations may include offering or selling an unregistered franchise, failing to timely provide the disclosure
−Removed: document to a prospective franchisee or making misrepresentations in the FDDs.
−Removed: Additionally, officers, directors and individuals
−Removed: with management responsibility for the franchisor may have personal liability for violations of franchise laws if they had knowledge
−Removed: of (or should have had knowledge of) or participated in the violations.
−Removed: There is no direct, private
−Removed: right of action for a violation of the FTC Franchise Rule.
−Removed: However, most of the Franchise Registration States provide for a private
−Removed: right of action for a violation of the state’s franchise registration and disclosure law.
−Removed: Remedies available under these
−Removed: laws typically include damages, rescission of the franchise agreement and attorneys’ fees.
−Removed: On January 29, 2016, the
−Removed: Company temporarily suspended domestic franchise offers and sales of Bricks 4 Kidz®
+Added: At September 30, 2020, SF had 1franchise
+Added: Bricks4Schoolz
+Added: In July 2019, the Company
+Added: entered into an operating agreement for a joint venture known as Bricks4Schoolz, LLC, with BPL.
+Added: Under the operating agreement,
+Added: the joint venture is granted a license to distribute certain intellectual property of the Company through a software system developed
+Added: by BPL for the joint venture, provided that the joint venture may only distribute the intellectual property to elementary and middle
+Added: schools in territories which are not covered by an existing franchisee of the Company.
+Added: The Company owns 49% of the joint venture,
+Added: and BPL owns the remaining 51%, and is entitled to a 12% royalty on all gross sales generated by the joint venture.
+Added: BPL is the exclusive manager of the joint venture, and in that capacity has sole control of the joint venture.
+Added: BPL is responsible
+Added: contributing all capital required by the joint venture, and is entitled to recoup all of its capital contributions before any profits
+Added: or distributions are allocable to the Company’s interest.
+Added: Due to disputes regarding the scope of the license, and the fact
+Added: that neither Bricks4Schoolz, LLC or BPL were legal entities at the time the operating agreement was executed, the Company has rescinded
+Added: the operating agreement.
+Added: As of December 28, 2020, the Company has not contributed any capital to Bricks4Schoolz, LLC, and Bricks4Schoolz,
+Added: LLC has not generated any revenues.
+Added: contact between a potential franchisee and the Company may result from a potential franchisee contacting the Company, either by
+Added: phone or electronically.
+Added: Potential franchisees may also be introduced to the Company by brokers and/or other parties, and the
+Added: Company may pay commissions and consulting fees to the brokers.
+Added: The Company has discontinued its previous practice of introducing
+Added: franchisee candidates to third party financing sources to cover franchising expenses, as well as, paying commissions and consulting
+Added: fees to the Company’s directors and officers.
+Added: initial contact, one of the Company’s franchise consultants and/or internal sales personnel interviews each prospective
+Added: franchisee (the “candidate”) to determine whether the candidate may make a successful franchisee.
+Added: If the franchise
+Added: consultant determines that the candidate may make a successful franchisee, the candidate submits a request for consideration (“RFC”).
+Added: The Company reviews the RFC, and if the RFC is approved, the franchise consultant continues the vetting process, which focuses
+Added: on financial and other factors.
+Added: receipt of the RFC, the candidate is emailed a copy of the Company’s franchise disclosure document.
+Added: The franchise consultant
+Added: reviews the franchise disclosure document with the candidate and answers any questions concerning the franchise and the franchise
+Added: The Company does not provide projections of a franchise’s financial model or performance to prospective franchisees
+Added: the candidate has cleared the initial vetting process and remains interested in operating one of the Company’s franchises,
+Added: the candidate is invited to attend a “discovery day”
+Added: held at the Company’s headquarters, or in some instances
+Added: at another location, during which representatives of the Company and the candidate meet face to face.
+Added: If the Company decides that
+Added: the candidate meets its objectives for the franchise, the required disclosure waiting period has expired and the candidate wants
+Added: to move forward and become a franchisee, the parties execute a franchise agreement.
+Added: Company will sell a franchise for a particular territory only when the Company has a reasonable belief that the potential franchisee
+Added: meets the Company minimum criteria.
+Added: If a franchisee is not successful, the Company may terminate the franchise agreement by providing
+Added: notice to the franchisee or repurchasing the franchise from the franchisee.
+Added: Until the Company provides a notice of termination
+Added: or repurchases the franchise and terminates the franchise by mutual agreement, the Company considers the franchise to be active.
+Added: offer and sale of franchises is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and some state governments.
+Added: 1979, the FTC promulgated what became known as the FTC Franchise Rule.
+Added: The FTC Franchise Rule requires that the franchisor provide
+Added: a FDD to each prospective franchisee prior to execution of a binding franchise agreement or payment of money by the prospective
+Added: The FTC Franchise Rule does not regulate the franchise relationship or require any filing or registration on the part
+Added: of a franchisor.
+Added: the FTC Franchise Rule does not preempt state law and, as a result, states may (and, some have) impose additional requirements
+Added: on franchisors.
+Added: For example, the following states require franchisors (i) to register their franchise offerings (or qualify for
+Added: an exemption) with the state prior to the offer and sale of franchises in the state, and (ii) subject to certain exemptions, to
+Added: provide all prospective franchisees with a registered FDD prior to the offer and sale of a franchise in the state:
+Added: Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington
+Added: and Wisconsin (the “Franchise Registration States”).
+Added: The registration process is not uniform in each Franchise Registration
+Added: Most Franchise Registration States require the franchisor to submit an application, which includes a FDD, in order to register
+Added: to sell franchises within that state.
+Added: Many, but not all, of the state regulatory agencies in the Franchise Registration States
+Added: review the franchisor’s registration application, the FDD, the proposed franchise agreement and any other agreements franchisees
+Added: must sign, the financial condition of the franchisor, and other material information provided by the franchisor in its application.
+Added: These state agencies have the authority to deny a franchisor’s application for registration and prohibit the franchisor
+Added: from offering or selling franchises in the state.
+Added: addition, there are numerous states that have laws that regulate the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee after
+Added: the sale of the franchise.
+Added: the FTC Franchise Rule, the FTC has the authority to seek civil penalties against a franchisor for violations of the FTC Franchise
+Added: Each of the Franchise Registration States has similar authority to seek penalties for violations of their state franchise
+Added: registration and disclosure laws.
+Added: Violations may include offering or selling an unregistered franchise, failing to timely provide
+Added: the disclosure document to a prospective franchisee or making misrepresentations in the FDDs.
+Added: Additionally, officers, directors
+Added: and individuals with management responsibility for the franchisor may have personal liability for violations of franchise laws
+Added: if they had knowledge of (or should have had knowledge of) or participated in the violations.
+Added: is no direct, private right of action for a violation of the FTC Franchise Rule.
+Added: However, most of the Franchise Registration States
+Added: provide for a private right of action for a violation of the state’s franchise registration and disclosure law.
+Added: available under these laws typically include damages, rescission of the franchise agreement and attorneys’
+Added: January 29, 2016, the Company temporarily suspended domestic franchise offers and sales of Bricks 4 Kidz®
and Sew Fun Studios®
−Removed: franchises in
−Removed: compliance with FTC Franchise Rule, Section 436.7(a) due to delay in completion of the Company’s fiscal year 2015 consolidated
−Removed: audited financial statements.
−Removed: In turn, this delayed completion of the Company’s 2016 FDDs for the Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: Sew Fun Studios®
−Removed: franchise offerings.
−Removed: The Company restarted selling efforts of Bricks 4 Kidz in September of 2016.
−Removed: This temporary
−Removed: suspension of domestic franchise offer and sales did not affect the Company’s international franchise offer and sales activity
−Removed: or its royalty fee collections from existing franchisees.
−Removed: The Company has also currently temporarily suspended domestic franchise
−Removed: offers and sales of Bricks 4 Kidz®
+Added: franchises in compliance with FTC Franchise Rule, Section 436.7(a) due to delay in completion of the Company’s fiscal year
+Added: 2015 consolidated audited financial statements.
+Added: In turn, this delayed completion of the Company’s 2016 FDDs for the Bricks
and Sew Fun Studios®
−Removed: franchises in compliance with FTC Franchise Rule, Section 436.7(a)
−Removed: due to delay in completion of the Company’s fiscal year 2018 consolidated audited financial statements.
−Removed: In turn, this delayed
−Removed: completion of the Company’s 2018 and 2019 FDDs for the Bricks 4 Kidz®
+Added: franchise offerings.
+Added: The Company restarted selling efforts of Bricks 4 Kidz in September
+Added: This temporary suspension of domestic franchise offer and sales did not affect the Company’s international franchise
+Added: offer and sales activity or its royalty fee collections from existing franchisees.
+Added: The Company has also currently temporarily
+Added: suspended domestic franchise offers and sales of Bricks 4 Kidz®
and Sew Fun Studios®
+Added: franchises in compliance with FTC
+Added: Franchise Rule, Section 436.7(a) due to delay in completion of the Company’s fiscal year 2018 consolidated audited financial
+Added: In turn, this delayed completion of the Company’s 2018 and 2019 FDDs for the Bricks 4 Kidz®
franchise offerings.
−Removed: Subsequent to year end,
−Removed: the Company sold its two remaining properties in Florida and transitioned to a Boise, Idaho location for which a new office lease
−Removed: The Company’s offices,
−Removed: consisting of approximately 606 square feet, are located in an office complex at 5995 W State Street Suite B, Garden City, ID 83703.
−Removed: At September 30, 2019,
−Removed: the Company had 7 employees on a full time basis.
−Removed: Available Information
−Removed: We make available free
−Removed: of charge on our Internet website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K
−Removed: and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished
−Removed: to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or (the “SEC”).
+Added: During fiscal 2020,
+Added: the Company sold its two properties in Florida and transitioned to a Boise, Idaho location for which a new office lease was signed
+Added: at 5995 W State Street Suite B, Garden City, ID 83703.
+Added: November 1, 2020 the company relocated its office to an office complex located 475 W Townplace, Suite, A, St Augustine, FL 32092.
+Added: September 30, 2020, the Company had six full-time employees and two part-time employees.
+Added: make available free of charge on our Internet website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current
+Added: reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically
+Added: filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or (the “SEC”).
Our corporate website is www.creativelearningcorp.com.
−Removed: information in this website is not a part of this report.
+Added: The information in this website is not a part of this report.
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