−Removed: Learning Corporation, operating under the trade names of Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: and Sew Fun Studios®, offers educational and enrichment
+Added: Creative Learning
+Added: Corporation, operating under the trade names of Bricks 4 Kidz® and Sew Fun Studios®, offers educational and enrichment
programs to children ages 3 to 13+ through its franchisees.
−Removed: The Company’s business model is to sell franchise territories
+Added: The Company’s business model is to sell franchise territories
and collect a one-time franchise fee, renewal fees and monthly royalty fees from each territory.
−Removed: Through the Company’s franchise
+Added: Through the Company’s franchise
business model, which includes a proprietary curriculum and marketing strategy plus a proprietary franchise management tool, the
−Removed: Company provides a wide variety of programs designed to enhance students’
−Removed: problem solving and critical thinking skills.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2020, the Company had 451 Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: and Sew Fun Studios®
−Removed: global franchise territories, including
−Removed: 28 Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: master franchises, and 134 Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: sub-franchises operating in 39 countries.
−Removed: Company was formed in March 2006 under the name B2 Health, Inc.
+Added: Company provides a wide variety of programs designed to enhance students’ problem solving and critical thinking skills.
+Added: of September 30, 2021, the Company had 451 Bricks 4 Kidz® and Sew Fun Studios® global franchise territories, including
+Added: 28 Bricks 4 Kidz® master franchises, and 134 Bricks 4 Kidz® sub-franchises operating in 39 countries.
+Added: Company Background
+Added: The Company was formed
+Added: in March 2006 under the name B2 Health, Inc.
to design, manufacture and sell chiropractic tables and beds.
−Removed: The Company generated only limited revenue and essentially abandoned its business plan in March 2008.
−Removed: In July 2010, the Company’s
−Removed: name was changed to Creative Learning Corporation.
−Removed: July 2, 2010, the Company acquired BFK Franchise Company, LLC (“BFK”), a Nevada limited liability company formed in
−Removed: May 2009, under a Stock Exchange Agreement with the members of BFK for 9,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
−Removed: offers a franchise concept known as Bricks 4 Kidz®, a mobile business operated by franchisees within a specific geographic
−Removed: territory offering project-based programs designed to teach principles and methods of engineering to children ages 3-13+.
−Removed: began selling franchises in July 2009.
−Removed: January 26, 2015 the Company formed SF Franchise Company, LLC (“SF”) for the purpose of offering a second franchise
−Removed: concept known as Sew Fun Studios®.
−Removed: Sew Fun Studios®
−Removed: is a mobile business operated by franchisees within a specific geographic
−Removed: territory offering creative project-based activities, classes, and programs in fashion and interior design and sewing to children
−Removed: fiscal year 2020, the Company formed B4K eLearning LLC to offer academic programs including access to Stride, an online educational
−Removed: platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to create lesson plans.
−Removed: July 2019, the Company entered into an operating agreement for a joint venture known as Bricks4Schoolz, LLC, with BPL Enterprises
−Removed: for Bricks4Schoolz LLC (“BPL”).
−Removed: Under the operating
−Removed: agreement, the joint venture is granted a license to distribute certain intellectual property of the Company through a software
−Removed: system developed by BPL for the joint venture, provided that the joint venture may only distribute the intellectual property to
−Removed: elementary and middle schools in territories which are not covered by an existing franchisee of the Company.
−Removed: The Company has since
−Removed: rescinded its ownership interest in the Bricks4Schoolz, LLC.
−Removed: Business –
−Removed: Bricks4Schooz ).
−Removed: franchises, which conduct business under the trade name BRICKS 4 KIDZ®, offer programs designed to teach principles and methods
−Removed: of engineering to children between the ages of 3 and 13 using LEGO®
−Removed: plastic bricks and other LEGO®
−Removed: products through classes,
−Removed: field trips, and other organized activities that are designed to enhance and enrich the traditional school curriculum, trigger
−Removed: young children’s lively imaginations and build self-confidence.
−Removed: BFK’s programs foster creativity and provide a unique
−Removed: atmosphere for students to develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills by designing and building machines, catapults,
−Removed: pyramids, race cars, buildings and numerous other systems and devices using LEGO®
−Removed: bricks and other LEGO®
−Removed: Company may provide training and corporate franchisee support to all franchisees and recognizes revenue from the sale of its franchises
−Removed: when all initial training, pursuant to the terms of the franchise agreements, is completed.
−Removed: franchises are mobile models, with activities scheduled in locations such as preschools, elementary and middle schools, camps,
−Removed: birthday parties, community centers and churches.
−Removed: September 30, 2020, BFK had 451 global Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: and Sew Fun Studios®
−Removed: franchise territories, 28 Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: master franchises, and 134 Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: sub-franchises operating in 39 countries.
−Removed: The following table details franchise
+Added: The Company generated
+Added: only limited revenue and essentially abandoned its business plan in March 2008.
+Added: In July 2010, the Company’s name was changed
+Added: to Creative Learning Corporation.
+Added: On July 2, 2010,
+Added: the Company acquired BFK Franchise Company, LLC (“BFK”), a Nevada limited liability company formed in May 2009, under
+Added: a Stock Exchange Agreement with the members of BFK for 9,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: BFK offers a franchise
+Added: concept known as Bricks 4 Kidz®, a mobile business operated by franchisees within a specific geographic territory offering
+Added: project-based programs designed to teach principles and methods of engineering to children ages 3-13+.
+Added: BFK began selling franchises
+Added: in July 2009.
+Added: On January 26, 2015
+Added: the Company formed SF Franchise Company, LLC (“SF”) for the purpose of offering a second franchise concept known as
+Added: Sew Fun Studios®.
+Added: Sew Fun Studios® is a mobile business operated by franchisees within a specific geographic territory
+Added: offering creative project-based activities, classes, and programs in fashion and interior design and sewing to children and adults.
+Added: During fiscal year
+Added: 2020, the Company formed B4K eLearning LLC to offer academic programs including access to Stride, an online educational platform
+Added: that utilizes artificial intelligence to create lesson plans.
+Added: In July 2019, the
+Added: Company entered into an operating agreement for a joint venture known as Bricks4Schoolz, LLC, with BPL Enterprises for Bricks4Schoolz LLC
+Added: Under the operating agreement, the joint venture is granted a license to distribute certain intellectual property
+Added: of the Company through a software system developed by BPL for the joint venture, provided that the joint venture may only distribute
+Added: the intellectual property to elementary and middle schools in territories which are not covered by an existing franchisee of the
+Added: In July 2021, the Company acquired BPL’s interest in the joint venture, as well as any proprietary software and
+Added: content developed for the joint venture by BPL.
+Added: On December 7, 2021,
+Added: the Company, DriveItAway, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“DIA”), and the existing shareholders of DIA executed an Agreement
+Added: and Plan of Share Exchange (the “Share Exchange Agreement”), under which the Company would acquire all of the issued
+Added: and outstanding common stock of DIA by issuing one share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred”)
+Added: of the Company for each outstanding share of DIA common stock (the “Share Exchange”).
+Added: As a result of the Share Exchange,
+Added: DIA will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
+Added: Each share of Series A Preferred will be convertible into that number
+Added: of shares of common stock of the Company which would entitle the Series A Preferred holders to 85% of the Company’s common
+Added: stock, determined on a fully-diluted basis, but prior to any shares issued or issuable as a result of the Financing (as defined
+Added: The exact conversion rate of the Series A Preferred will be determined at closing of the Share Exchange.
+Added: In addition, each
+Added: share of Series A Preferred will be entitled to dividends and voting rights on an “as converted” basis with the common
+Added: stockholders.
+Added: Upon closing of the Share Exchange, all of the existing members of the board of directors (the “Board”)
+Added: of the Company have agreed to resign, and John Possumato, Adam Potash and Paul Patrizio will be appointed to the Company’s
+Added: Upon closing of the Share Exchange, Christopher Rego and Rod Whiton have agreed to resign as officers, and upon their resignation
+Added: John Possumato will be appointed chief executive officer and Adam Potash will be appointed chief operating officer.
+Added: has agreed to remain as chief financial officer of the Company.
+Added: Closing of the Share Exchange Agreement is subject to a number
+Added: of conditions, and is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2022, provided that the closing conditions are satisfied or waived.
+Added: DIA is the first
+Added: national dealer focused mobility platform that enables car dealers to sell more vehicles in a seamless way through eCommerce, with
+Added: its exclusive “Pay as You Go” app-based subscription program.
+Added: DIA provides a comprehensive turn-key, solutions driven
+Added: program with proprietary mobile technology and driver app, insurance coverages and training to get dealerships up and running quickly
+Added: and profitably in emerging online sales opportunities.
+Added: The company is planning to soon to expand its easy and transparent consumer
+Added: app ‘subscription to ownership’ platform to enable entry level consumers to drive and acquire new electric vehicles.
+Added: On December 7, 2021,
+Added: the Company entered into a Sale Agreement with StroomX, LLC (the “Purchaser”), under which the Company agreed to sell
+Added: all of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Learning Subsidiaries”) involved in its learning business (the
+Added: “Learning Business”), as well as any assets of the Learning Business that are not owned by the Learning Subsidiaries, to
+Added: the Purchaser.
+Added: In connection with the sale, the Purchaser agreed to assume all liabilities of the Learning Business, and to
+Added: indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any such liabilities.
+Added: The Purchaser is controlled by Christopher Rego, the
+Added: Company’s current chief executive officer.
+Added: Closing of the sale will occur after the closing of the Share Exchange.
+Added: BFK franchises, which
+Added: conduct business under the trade name BRICKS 4 KIDZ®, offer programs designed to teach principles and methods of engineering
+Added: to children between the ages of 3 and 13 using LEGO® plastic bricks and other LEGO® products through classes, field trips,
+Added: and other organized activities that are designed to enhance and enrich the traditional school curriculum, trigger young children’s
+Added: lively imaginations and build self-confidence.
+Added: BFK’s programs foster creativity and provide a unique atmosphere for students
+Added: to develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills by designing and building machines, catapults, pyramids, race cars, buildings
+Added: and numerous other systems and devices using LEGO® bricks and other LEGO® products.
+Added: The Company may provide training and
+Added: corporate franchisee support to all franchisees and recognizes revenue from the sale of its franchises when all initial training,
+Added: pursuant to the terms of the franchise agreements, is completed.
+Added: BFK franchises are
+Added: mobile models, with activities scheduled in locations such as preschools, elementary and middle schools, camps, birthday parties,
+Added: community centers and churches.
+Added: At September 30,
+Added: 2021, BFK had 274 global Bricks 4 Kidz® and Sew Fun Studios® franchise territories, 28 Bricks 4 Kidz® master franchises,
+Added: and 134 Bricks 4 Kidz® sub-franchises operating in 39 countries.
+Added: The following table details franchise activity:
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+Added: In-school workshops .
One-hour classes during school hours.
−Removed: Classes are correlated to the typical science curriculum for a particular
−Removed: Teacher guides, student worksheets, and step-by-step instructions are provided.
+Added: Classes are correlated to the typical science curriculum for a particular grade level.
+Added: guides, student worksheets, and step-by-step instructions are provided.
+Added: After-school classes .
One hour, one day a week class held after school.
+Added: Pre-school classes .
Classes can be held in pre-schools for children of pre-school ages.
−Removed: for home-schooled children .
+Added: Classes for home-schooled
Classes can be held in the home of one of the parents of a home-schooled child.
−Removed: Normally three hours per day for five days.
+Added: three hours per day for five days.
Camps can take place at schools or at other child-related venues.
−Removed: Children use LEGO®
−Removed: bricks to explore various science and math concepts while working in an open, friendly environment.
−Removed: The material covered each
−Removed: session varies depending on students’
−Removed: ages, experience, and skill level.
+Added: Children use LEGO® bricks
+Added: to explore various science and math concepts while working in an open, friendly environment.
+Added: The material covered each session
+Added: varies depending on students’ ages, experience, and skill level.
A new project is built each week.
−Removed: Architectural
−Removed: concepts are taught while assembling buildings, castles and other structures.
−Removed: Instructional content includes concepts of friction,
−Removed: gravity and torque, scale, gears, axles and beams.
−Removed: The children work and play with programmable LEGO®
−Removed: bricks along with electric
−Removed: motors, sensors, system bricks, and LEGO®
−Removed: Technic pieces (i.e., gears, axles, and beams).
+Added: Architectural concepts
+Added: are taught while assembling buildings, castles and other structures.
+Added: Instructional content includes concepts of friction, gravity
+Added: and torque, scale, gears, axles and beams.
+Added: The children work and play with programmable LEGO® bricks along with electric motors,
+Added: sensors, system bricks, and LEGO® Technic pieces (i.e., gears, axles, and beams).
+Added: Birthday parties .
In the home of the birthday child.
−Removed: Activities with LEGO®
−Removed: bricks can be held in various locations including church centers, lodges, child-related
−Removed: venues, private schools, pre-schools, etc.
+Added: Special events .
+Added: Activities with LEGO® bricks can be held in various locations including church centers, lodges, child-related venues, private
+Added: schools, pre-schools, etc.
Program can include parents, grandparents and all children in the family.
−Removed: Franchise Program
−Removed: sells franchises both domestically and internationally.
−Removed: International sales can be a single franchise or a master franchise, where
−Removed: the master franchisee operates a franchise in the territory, and is also able to develop, sell and manage sub-franchises in the
−Removed: territory under the master franchise agreement.
+Added: BFK Franchise
+Added: BKF sells franchises
+Added: both domestically and internationally.
+Added: International sales can be a single franchise or a master franchise, where the master franchisee
+Added: operates a franchise in the territory, and is also able to develop, sell and manage sub-franchises in the territory under the master
+Added: franchise agreement.
BFK does not offer master franchises in the United States.
−Removed: a franchise agreement, a franchisee pays a one-time, non-refundable franchise fee upon the execution of the franchise agreement.
−Removed: Domestically, there can be variations on the franchise fees depending on the size or territories being purchased, and other factors
−Removed: of the territory.
+Added: Under a franchise
+Added: agreement, a franchisee pays a one-time, non-refundable franchise fee upon the execution of the franchise agreement.
+Added: Domestically,
+Added: there can be variations on the franchise fees depending on the size or territories being purchased, and other factors of the territory.
The typical-sized, domestic, single territory franchise fee is $30,000.
−Removed: If the franchisee is granted an additional
−Removed: geographic area to increase the size of their territory, then the franchisee must pay an additional fee.
−Removed: If the franchisee is
−Removed: in good standing and is granted a second or additional franchise, then the franchisee must pay a franchise fee for each additional
−Removed: International
−Removed: franchise fees vary and are set relative to the potential of the franchised territories.
+Added: If the franchisee is granted an additional geographic area
+Added: to increase the size of their territory, then the franchisee must pay an additional fee.
+Added: If the franchisee is in good standing
+Added: and is granted a second or additional franchise, then the franchisee must pay a franchise fee for each additional franchise.
+Added: International franchise
+Added: fees vary and are set relative to the potential of the franchised territories.
During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021,
BFK sold no master franchises.
−Removed: In the case of a master franchise, BFK receives a percentage of the franchise fee paid
−Removed: to the master franchisee by any sub-franchisee operating in the master franchisee’s territory.
−Removed: Company uses a network of franchise marketing and promotion media to contact prospective franchisees.
−Removed: When a potential contact
−Removed: is received, the initial information relating to a buyer is passed to a franchise sales broker or director of business development
−Removed: to initiate contact with the potential new franchisees.
−Removed: The responsibility of the sales broker and/or director of business development
−Removed: is to vet the potential franchisee for compatibility with the franchise concept, among other things.
−Removed: As part of the process of
−Removed: vetting potential franchisees, the Company requires all prospective franchisees to complete a Request for Consideration form.
−Removed: Upon completion of the process the sales broker is paid a commission typically ranging from 20% to 30% of the franchise fee while
−Removed: the director of business development commission ranges between 5% to 7% and the Marketing Director earns 1%.
−Removed: franchisee is granted a limited exclusive territory and a license to use the “Bricks 4 Kidz®”
−Removed: name, trademarks
−Removed: and course materials in the franchised territory.
−Removed: The franchisee is required to conform to certain standards of business practices
−Removed: and comply with all applicable laws.
−Removed: Each franchise is run as an independent business and, as such, is responsible for its operation,
−Removed: including employment of adequate staff.
−Removed: term of the franchise is for ten years.
−Removed: Subject to any applicable laws, BFK has the right to terminate any franchisee in the event
−Removed: of the franchisee’s bankruptcy, a default under the franchise agreement, or other events.
−Removed: The franchisee has the right to
−Removed: renew the franchise for an additional ten years if, at the time of renewal, the franchisee is in good standing and pays a renewal
−Removed: 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
−Removed: franchises in the United States as the Company awaited the completion of its audited financial statements.
−Removed: Disclosure Document
−Removed: federal law, the Company is required to (a) prepare a franchise disclosure document (“FDD”) including federally mandated
−Removed: information, (b) provide each prospective franchisee with a copy of the FDD, and (c) wait 14 calendar days before entering into
−Removed: a binding agreement with the prospective franchisee or collecting any payment from any prospective franchisee.
−Removed: Federal law does
−Removed: not regulate the franchise relationship or require any filing or registration of the FDD on the part of a franchisor.
−Removed: is also required to comply with certain state regulations in connection with the offer and sale of franchises, including the requirement
−Removed: to submit the FDD for registration with a number of states before offering or selling franchises within those states.
−Removed: states requiring registration of the FDD are:
−Removed: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New
−Removed: York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
−Removed: In these states, state regulatory agencies
−Removed: review the FDD to confirm compliance with state statutory requirements.
−Removed: These state agencies can deny registration of the FDD
−Removed: if they determine that the FDD fails to meet state statutory requirements.
−Removed: If a state denies the issuance of an effective registration,
−Removed: a franchisor is prohibited from offering or selling franchises in that state.
−Removed: See "Government Regulation"
−Removed: more information.
−Removed: and Marketing Fees
−Removed: Company invoices all applicable franchisees a royalty fee on a monthly basis based on either a flat fee structure or seven percent
−Removed: franchisee, upon signing a franchise agreement, has authorized and provided the required banking information
−Removed: to allow the electronic collection of all fees.
−Removed: Approximately three days after the invoice has been issued to the franchisee,
−Removed: an ACH draft (automatic deduction from the franchisee bank account) for the royalty fee withdrawal is processed through the Company’s
−Removed: banking system.
−Removed: When the Company changes its royalty structure, existing franchisees maintain their contractual franchise royalty
−Removed: rate unless they agree to amend those rates.
−Removed: following is the royalty fee structure:
+Added: In the case of a master franchise, BFK receives a percentage of the franchise fee paid to the master
+Added: franchisee by any sub-franchisee operating in the master franchisee’s territory.
+Added: The Company uses
+Added: a network of franchise marketing and promotion media to contact prospective franchisees.
+Added: When a potential contact is received,
+Added: the initial information relating to a buyer is passed to a franchise sales broker or director of business development to initiate
+Added: contact with the potential new franchisees.
+Added: The responsibility of the sales broker and/or director of business development is to
+Added: vet the potential franchisee for compatibility with the franchise concept, among other things.
+Added: As part of the process of vetting
+Added: potential franchisees, the Company requires all prospective franchisees to complete a Request for Consideration form.
+Added: Upon completion
+Added: of the process the sales broker is paid a commission typically ranging from 20% to 30% of the franchise fee while the director
+Added: of business development commission ranges between 5% to 7% and the Marketing Director earns 1%.
+Added: The franchisee is
+Added: granted a limited exclusive territory and a license to use the “Bricks 4 Kidz®” name, trademarks and course materials
+Added: in the franchised territory.
+Added: The franchisee is required to conform to certain standards of business practices and comply with all
+Added: applicable laws.
+Added: Each franchise is run as an independent business and, as such, is responsible for its operation, including employment
+Added: of adequate staff.
+Added: The term of the franchise
+Added: is for ten years.
+Added: Subject to any applicable laws, BFK has the right to terminate any franchisee in the event of the franchisee’s
+Added: bankruptcy, a default under the franchise agreement, or other events.
+Added: The franchisee has the right to renew the franchise for an
+Added: 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.
+Added: During FY2018, the Company, in accordance with FTC Franchise Rule 436.7(a), suspended sales of new franchises in the United States
+Added: as the Company awaited the completion of its audited financial statements.
+Added: The Company obtained approval to offer and sell new
+Added: franchises in many jurisdictions in fiscal 2021;
+Added: however, new sales continued to be hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: Franchise Disclosure
+Added: Under federal law,
+Added: the Company is required to (a) prepare a franchise disclosure document (“FDD”) including federally mandated information,
+Added: (b) provide each prospective franchisee with a copy of the FDD, and (c) wait 14 calendar days before entering into a binding agreement
+Added: with the prospective franchisee or collecting any payment from any prospective franchisee.
+Added: Federal law does not regulate the franchise
+Added: relationship or require any filing or registration of the FDD on the part of a franchisor.
+Added: The Company is also required to comply
+Added: with certain state regulations in connection with the offer and sale of franchises, including the requirement to submit the
+Added: FDD for registration with a number of states before offering or selling franchises within those states.
+Added: The states requiring registration
+Added: of the FDD are:
+Added: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South
+Added: Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
+Added: In these states, state regulatory agencies review the FDD to confirm compliance with
+Added: state statutory requirements.
+Added: These state agencies can deny registration of the FDD if they determine that the FDD fails to meet
+Added: state statutory requirements.
+Added: If a state denies the issuance of an effective registration, a franchisor is prohibited from offering
+Added: or selling franchises in that state.
+Added: See “Government Regulation” below for more information.
+Added: Marketing Fees
+Added: The Company invoices
+Added: all applicable franchisees a royalty fee on a monthly basis based on either a flat fee structure or seven percent of revenue.
+Added: franchisee, upon signing a franchise agreement, has authorized and provided the required banking information to allow the
+Added: electronic collection of all fees.
+Added: Approximately three days after the invoice has been issued to the franchisee, an ACH draft (automatic
+Added: deduction from the franchisee bank account) for the royalty fee withdrawal is processed through the Company’s banking system.
+Added: When the Company changes its royalty structure, existing franchisees maintain their contractual franchise royalty rate unless they
+Added: agree to amend those rates.
+Added: The following is the royalty fee structure:
Time Period During the Initial Term of Franchise Agreement
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−Removed: any franchisee owns and operates more than one territory, the royalty fees payable to the Company for the second territory and
−Removed: each additional territory shall be as follows:
+Added: If any franchisee
+Added: owns and operates more than one territory, the royalty fees payable to the Company for the second territory and each additional
+Added: territory shall be as follows:
Time Period During the Initial Term of Franchise Agreement
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October 1, 2021 and for the remainder of the initial term of the Franchise Agreement
−Removed: administers a marketing fund for domestic and Canadian franchisees for the purpose of building brand awareness in their respective
−Removed: The marketing fund expenditures are funded by BFK collecting a 2% marketing fee, based upon gross receipts reported
−Removed: in the Franchise Management Tool (“FMT”), from domestic and Canadian franchisees.
−Removed: The respective franchisees are typically
−Removed: invoiced the middle of each month for the prior month’s receipts.
−Removed: These marketing fee receipts and expenses are reported
−Removed: on the statement of operations on a gross revenue basis, presenting receipts as revenue and expenses as operating expenses.
−Removed: receipts that exceed expenditures are recorded as a liability on the balance sheet.
−Removed: The collections of these funds are done using
−Removed: the Company’s ACH program, as agreed to by each franchisee in their Franchise Agreement.
−Removed: The Marketing Fund is segregated
−Removed: into a separate bank account.
−Removed: In April 2018, the third party provider of the FMT restricted the Company’s access to the
−Removed: As a result, franchisees were instructed to self-report their marketing fees, however many franchisees did not comply
−Removed: with this request.
−Removed: These past due marketing fees will be addressed once COVID-19 is no longer an issue.
−Removed: During 2020, the
−Removed: Company eased up on collection efforts for the marketing fees due to the impact of the COVID-19.
−Removed: BFK pioneered the LEGO®
−Removed: modeling-based curriculum for afterschool programs, we believe there are at least two other companies
−Removed: franchising a model similar to that of Bricks 4 Kidz®, Engineering 4 Kids and Snapology.
−Removed: Play-Well Teknologies offers after-school
−Removed: classes, camps and birthday parties using LEGO®
−Removed: Vision Education and Media offers after school classes using LEGO®
−Removed: bricks in the New York metropolitan area.
−Removed: In addition, several other small businesses around the country offer after-school classes
−Removed: and vacation camps using LEGO®
−Removed: These classes and camps are typically held in elementary schools, middle schools and
−Removed: community colleges.
−Removed: As a result of an unexpectedly
−Removed: lengthy audit process for fiscal year 2018, the Company was unable to sell franchises for a good portion of the year, because the
−Removed: Company’s FDD required audited financial statements.
−Removed: When the audit was completed, the Company focused its efforts on the
−Removed: Bricks4Kidz franchises.
+Added: BFK administers a
+Added: marketing fund for domestic and Canadian franchisees for the purpose of building brand awareness in their respective countries.
+Added: The marketing fund expenditures are funded by BFK collecting a 2% marketing fee, based upon gross receipts reported in the Franchise
+Added: Management Tool (“FMT”), from domestic and Canadian franchisees.
+Added: The respective franchisees are typically invoiced
+Added: the middle of each month for the prior month’s receipts.
+Added: These marketing fee receipts and expenses are reported on the statement
+Added: of operations on a gross revenue basis, presenting receipts as revenue and expenses as operating expenses.
+Added: Any receipts that exceed
+Added: expenditures are recorded as a liability on the balance sheet.
+Added: The collections of these funds are done using the Company’s
+Added: ACH program, as agreed to by each franchisee in their Franchise Agreement.
+Added: The Marketing Fund is segregated into a separate bank
+Added: In April 2018, the third party provider of the FMT restricted the Company’s access to the software.
+Added: franchisees were instructed to self-report their marketing fees, however many franchisees did not comply with this request.
+Added: past due marketing fees will be addressed once COVID-19 is no longer an issue.
+Added: During 2021, the Company eased up on collection
+Added: efforts for the outstanding marketing fees and did not bill out any new marketing fees due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: BFK Competition
+Added: Although BFK pioneered
+Added: the LEGO® modeling-based curriculum for afterschool programs, we believe there are at least two other companies franchising
+Added: a model similar to that of Bricks 4 Kidz®, Engineering 4 Kids and Snapology.
+Added: Play-Well Teknologies offers after-school classes,
+Added: camps and birthday parties using LEGO® bricks.
+Added: Vision Education and Media offers after school classes using LEGO® bricks
+Added: in the New York metropolitan area.
+Added: In addition, several other small businesses around the country offer after-school classes and
+Added: vacation camps using LEGO® bricks.
+Added: These classes and camps are typically held in elementary schools, middle schools and community
+Added: Sew Fun Studios
+Added: As a result of an
+Added: unexpectedly lengthy audit process for fiscal year 2018, the Company was unable to sell franchises for a good portion of the year,
+Added: because the Company’s FDD required audited financial statements.
+Added: When the audit was completed, the Company focused its efforts
+Added: on the Bricks4Kidz franchises.
Plans for expanding and marketing Sew Fun Studies were placed on hold.
−Removed: At September 30, 2020, SF had 1franchise
+Added: At September 30, 2021, SF
+Added: had no franchise territories.
Bricks4Schoolz
−Removed: In July 2019, the Company
−Removed: entered into an operating agreement for a joint venture known as Bricks4Schoolz, LLC, with BPL.
+Added: In July 2019, the
+Added: Company entered into an operating agreement for a joint venture known as Bricks4Schoolz, LLC, with BPL.
Under the operating agreement,
2 unchanged sentences
schools in territories which are not covered by an existing franchisee of the Company.
−Removed: The Company owns 49% of the joint venture,
−Removed: and BPL owns the remaining 51%, and is entitled to a 12% royalty on all gross sales generated by the joint venture.
−Removed: BPL is the exclusive manager of the joint venture, and in that capacity has sole control of the joint venture.
−Removed: BPL is responsible
−Removed: contributing all capital required by the joint venture, and is entitled to recoup all of its capital contributions before any profits
−Removed: or distributions are allocable to the Company’s interest.
−Removed: Due to disputes regarding the scope of the license, and the fact
−Removed: that neither Bricks4Schoolz, LLC or BPL were legal entities at the time the operating agreement was executed, the Company has rescinded
−Removed: the operating agreement.
−Removed: As of December 28, 2020, the Company has not contributed any capital to Bricks4Schoolz, LLC, and Bricks4Schoolz,
−Removed: LLC has not generated any revenues.
−Removed: contact between a potential franchisee and the Company may result from a potential franchisee contacting the Company, either by
−Removed: phone or electronically.
−Removed: Potential franchisees may also be introduced to the Company by brokers and/or other parties, and the
−Removed: Company may pay commissions and consulting fees to the brokers.
−Removed: The Company has discontinued its previous practice of introducing
−Removed: franchisee candidates to third party financing sources to cover franchising expenses, as well as, paying commissions and consulting
−Removed: fees to the Company’s directors and officers.
−Removed: initial contact, one of the Company’s franchise consultants and/or internal sales personnel interviews each prospective
−Removed: franchisee (the “candidate”) to determine whether the candidate may make a successful franchisee.
−Removed: If the franchise
−Removed: consultant determines that the candidate may make a successful franchisee, the candidate submits a request for consideration (“RFC”).
−Removed: The Company reviews the RFC, and if the RFC is approved, the franchise consultant continues the vetting process, which focuses
−Removed: on financial and other factors.
−Removed: receipt of the RFC, the candidate is emailed a copy of the Company’s franchise disclosure document.
−Removed: The franchise consultant
−Removed: reviews the franchise disclosure document with the candidate and answers any questions concerning the franchise and the franchise
−Removed: The Company does not provide projections of a franchise’s financial model or performance to prospective franchisees
−Removed: the candidate has cleared the initial vetting process and remains interested in operating one of the Company’s franchises,
−Removed: the candidate is invited to attend a “discovery day”
−Removed: held at the Company’s headquarters, or in some instances
−Removed: at another location, during which representatives of the Company and the candidate meet face to face.
−Removed: If the Company decides that
−Removed: the candidate meets its objectives for the franchise, the required disclosure waiting period has expired and the candidate wants
−Removed: to move forward and become a franchisee, the parties execute a franchise agreement.
−Removed: Company will sell a franchise for a particular territory only when the Company has a reasonable belief that the potential franchisee
−Removed: meets the Company minimum criteria.
−Removed: If a franchisee is not successful, the Company may terminate the franchise agreement by providing
−Removed: notice to the franchisee or repurchasing the franchise from the franchisee.
−Removed: Until the Company provides a notice of termination
−Removed: or repurchases the franchise and terminates the franchise by mutual agreement, the Company considers the franchise to be active.
−Removed: offer and sale of franchises is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and some state governments.
−Removed: 1979, the FTC promulgated what became known as the FTC Franchise Rule.
−Removed: The FTC Franchise Rule requires that the franchisor provide
−Removed: a FDD to each prospective franchisee prior to execution of a binding franchise agreement or payment of money by the prospective
−Removed: The FTC Franchise Rule does not regulate the franchise relationship or require any filing or registration on the part
−Removed: of a franchisor.
−Removed: the FTC Franchise Rule does not preempt state law and, as a result, states may (and, some have) impose additional requirements
−Removed: on franchisors.
−Removed: For example, the following states require franchisors (i) to register their franchise offerings (or qualify for
−Removed: an exemption) with the state prior to the offer and sale of franchises in the state, and (ii) subject to certain exemptions, to
−Removed: provide all prospective franchisees with a registered FDD prior to the offer and sale of a franchise in the state:
−Removed: Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington
−Removed: and Wisconsin (the “Franchise Registration States”).
−Removed: The registration process is not uniform in each Franchise Registration
−Removed: Most Franchise Registration States require the franchisor to submit an application, which includes a FDD, in order to register
−Removed: to sell franchises within that state.
−Removed: Many, but not all, of the state regulatory agencies in the Franchise Registration States
−Removed: review the franchisor’s registration application, the FDD, the proposed franchise agreement and any other agreements franchisees
−Removed: must sign, the financial condition of the franchisor, and other material information provided by the franchisor in its application.
−Removed: These state agencies have the authority to deny a franchisor’s application for registration and prohibit the franchisor
−Removed: from offering or selling franchises in the state.
−Removed: addition, there are numerous states that have laws that regulate the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee after
−Removed: the sale of the franchise.
−Removed: the FTC Franchise Rule, the FTC has the authority to seek civil penalties against a franchisor for violations of the FTC Franchise
−Removed: Each of the Franchise Registration States has similar authority to seek penalties for violations of their state franchise
−Removed: registration and disclosure laws.
−Removed: Violations may include offering or selling an unregistered franchise, failing to timely provide
−Removed: the disclosure document to a prospective franchisee or making misrepresentations in the FDDs.
−Removed: Additionally, officers, directors
−Removed: and individuals with management responsibility for the franchisor may have personal liability for violations of franchise laws
−Removed: if they had knowledge of (or should have had knowledge of) or participated in the violations.
−Removed: is no direct, private right of action for a violation of the FTC Franchise Rule.
−Removed: However, most of the Franchise Registration States
−Removed: provide for a private right of action for a violation of the state’s franchise registration and disclosure law.
−Removed: available under these laws typically include damages, rescission of the franchise agreement and attorneys’
−Removed: January 29, 2016, the Company temporarily suspended domestic franchise offers and sales of Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: and Sew Fun Studios®
−Removed: franchises in compliance with FTC Franchise Rule, Section 436.7(a) due to delay in completion of the Company’s fiscal year
−Removed: 2015 consolidated audited financial statements.
−Removed: In turn, this delayed completion of the Company’s 2016 FDDs for the Bricks
−Removed: and Sew Fun Studios®
−Removed: franchise offerings.
−Removed: The Company restarted selling efforts of Bricks 4 Kidz in September
−Removed: This temporary suspension of domestic franchise offer and sales did not affect the Company’s international franchise
−Removed: offer and sales activity or its royalty fee collections from existing franchisees.
−Removed: The Company has also currently temporarily
−Removed: suspended domestic franchise offers and sales of Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: and Sew Fun Studios®
−Removed: franchises in compliance with FTC
−Removed: Franchise Rule, Section 436.7(a) due to delay in completion of the Company’s fiscal year 2018 consolidated audited financial
−Removed: In turn, this delayed completion of the Company’s 2018 and 2019 FDDs for the Bricks 4 Kidz®
−Removed: franchise offerings.
+Added: The Company originally acquired a 49% interest
+Added: in the joint venture, and BPL owned the remaining 51%, and was entitled to a 12% royalty on all gross sales generated by the joint
+Added: In addition, BPL was the exclusive manager of the joint venture, and in that capacity had sole control of the joint venture.
+Added: BPL was responsible contributing all capital required by the joint venture, and was entitled to recoup all of its capital contributions
+Added: before any profits or distributions are allocable to the Company’s interest.
+Added: In July 2021, the Company acquired BPL’s
+Added: interest in the joint venture, as well as any proprietary software and content developed for the joint venture by BPL, in settlement
+Added: of disputes with BPL over the joint venture.
+Added: Franchising Process
+Added: Initial contact between
+Added: a potential franchisee and the Company may result from a potential franchisee contacting the Company, either by phone or electronically.
+Added: Potential franchisees may also be introduced to the Company by brokers and/or other parties, and the Company may pay commissions
+Added: and consulting fees to the brokers.
+Added: The Company has discontinued its previous practice of introducing franchisee candidates to
+Added: third party financing sources to cover franchising expenses, as well as, paying commissions and consulting fees to the Company’s
+Added: directors and officers.
+Added: After initial contact,
+Added: one of the Company’s franchise consultants and/or internal sales personnel interviews each prospective franchisee (the “candidate”)
+Added: to determine whether the candidate may make a successful franchisee.
+Added: If the franchise consultant determines that the candidate
+Added: may make a successful franchisee, the candidate submits a request for consideration (“RFC”).
+Added: The Company reviews the
+Added: RFC, and if the RFC is approved, the franchise consultant continues the vetting process, which focuses on financial and other factors.
+Added: Upon receipt of the
+Added: RFC, the candidate is emailed a copy of the Company’s franchise disclosure document.
+Added: The franchise consultant reviews the
+Added: franchise disclosure document with the candidate and answers any questions concerning the franchise and the franchise agreement.
+Added: The Company does not provide projections of a franchise’s financial model or performance to prospective franchisees
+Added: Assuming the candidate
+Added: has cleared the initial vetting process and remains interested in operating one of the Company’s franchises, the candidate
+Added: is invited to attend a “discovery day” held at the Company’s headquarters, or in some instances at another location,
+Added: during which representatives of the Company and the candidate meet face to face.
+Added: If the Company decides that the candidate meets
+Added: its objectives for the franchise, the required disclosure waiting period has expired and the candidate wants to move forward and
+Added: become a franchisee, the parties execute a franchise agreement.
+Added: The Company will
+Added: sell a franchise for a particular territory only when the Company has a reasonable belief that the potential franchisee meets the
+Added: Company minimum criteria.
+Added: If a franchisee is not successful, the Company may terminate the franchise agreement by providing notice
+Added: to the franchisee or repurchasing the franchise from the franchisee.
+Added: Until the Company provides a notice of termination or repurchases
+Added: the franchise and terminates the franchise by mutual agreement, the Company considers the franchise to be active.
+Added: Government Regulation
+Added: The offer and sale
+Added: of franchises is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and some state governments.
+Added: In 1979, the FTC
+Added: promulgated what became known as the FTC Franchise Rule.
+Added: The FTC Franchise Rule requires that the franchisor provide a FDD to each
+Added: prospective franchisee prior to execution of a binding franchise agreement or payment of money by the prospective franchisee.
+Added: FTC Franchise Rule does not regulate the franchise relationship or require any filing or registration on the part of a franchisor.
+Added: However, the FTC
+Added: Franchise Rule does not preempt state law and, as a result, states may (and, some have) impose additional requirements on franchisors.
+Added: For example, the following states require franchisors (i) to register their franchise offerings (or qualify for an exemption) with
+Added: the state prior to the offer and sale of franchises in the state, and (ii) subject to certain exemptions, to provide all prospective
+Added: franchisees with a registered FDD prior to the offer and sale of a franchise in the state:
+Added: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana,
+Added: Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin (the “Franchise
+Added: Registration States”).
+Added: The registration process is not uniform in each Franchise Registration State.
+Added: Most Franchise Registration
+Added: States require the franchisor to submit an application, which includes a FDD, in order to register to sell franchises within that
+Added: Many, but not all, of the state regulatory agencies in the Franchise Registration States review the franchisor’s registration
+Added: application, the FDD, the proposed franchise agreement and any other agreements franchisees must sign, the financial condition
+Added: of the franchisor, and other material information provided by the franchisor in its application.
+Added: These state agencies have the
+Added: authority to deny a franchisor’s application for registration and prohibit the franchisor from offering or selling franchises
+Added: in the state.
+Added: In addition, there
+Added: are numerous states that have laws that regulate the relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee after the sale of the franchise.
+Added: Under the FTC Franchise
+Added: Rule, the FTC has the authority to seek civil penalties against a franchisor for violations of the FTC Franchise Rule.
+Added: the Franchise Registration States has similar authority to seek penalties for violations of their state franchise registration
+Added: and disclosure laws.
+Added: Violations may include offering or selling an unregistered franchise, failing to timely provide the disclosure
+Added: document to a prospective franchisee or making misrepresentations in the FDDs.
+Added: Additionally, officers, directors and individuals
+Added: with management responsibility for the franchisor may have personal liability for violations of franchise laws if they had knowledge
+Added: of (or should have had knowledge of) or participated in the violations.
+Added: There is no direct,
+Added: private right of action for a violation of the FTC Franchise Rule.
+Added: However, most of the Franchise Registration States provide for
+Added: a private right of action for a violation of the state’s franchise registration and disclosure law.
+Added: Remedies available under
+Added: these laws typically include damages, rescission of the franchise agreement and attorneys’ fees.
+Added: On January 29, 2016,
+Added: the Company temporarily suspended domestic franchise offers and sales of Bricks 4 Kidz® and Sew Fun Studios® franchises
+Added: in compliance with FTC Franchise Rule, Section 436.7(a) due to delay in completion of the Company’s fiscal year 2015 consolidated
+Added: audited financial statements.
+Added: In turn, this delayed completion of the Company’s 2016 FDDs for the Bricks 4 Kidz® and
+Added: Sew Fun Studios® franchise offerings.
+Added: The Company restarted selling efforts of Bricks 4 Kidz in September of 2016.
+Added: This temporary
+Added: suspension of domestic franchise offers and sales did not affect the Company’s international franchise offer and sales activity
+Added: or its royalty fee collections from existing franchisees.
+Added: The Company has also currently temporarily suspended domestic franchise
+Added: offers and sales of Bricks 4 Kidz® and Sew Fun Studios® franchises in compliance with FTC Franchise Rule, Section 436.7(a)
+Added: due to delay in completion of the Company’s fiscal year 2018 consolidated audited financial statements.
+Added: In turn, this delayed
+Added: completion of the Company’s 2018 and 2019 FDDs for the Bricks 4 Kidz® and Sew Fun Studios® franchise offerings.
During fiscal 2020,
−Removed: the Company sold its two properties in Florida and transitioned to a Boise, Idaho location for which a new office lease was signed
−Removed: at 5995 W State Street Suite B, Garden City, ID 83703.
−Removed: November 1, 2020 the company relocated its office to an office complex located 475 W Townplace, Suite, A, St Augustine, FL 32092.
−Removed: September 30, 2020, the Company had six full-time employees and two part-time employees.
−Removed: make available free of charge on our Internet website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current
−Removed: reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically
−Removed: filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or (the “SEC”).
+Added: the Company sold its two properties in Florida and transitioned to a Boise, Idaho location for which an office lease was signed
+Added: for space at 5995 W State Street Suite B, Garden City, ID 83703.
+Added: On November 1, 2020 the Company relocated to Florida for which
+Added: a one-year office lease was signed for office space at 475 W Townplace, Suite, A, St Augustine, FL 32092.
+Added: On October 21, 2021,
+Added: the Company signed a new lease for office space at 1637 S.
+Added: Main Street, Milpitas, CA 94035, and relocated its office there on November
+Added: At September 30,
+Added: 2021, the Company had 4 full-time employees.
+Added: Available Information
+Added: We make available
+Added: free of charge on our Internet website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form
+Added: 8-K and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished
+Added: to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or (the “SEC”).
Our corporate website is www.creativelearningcorp.com.
−Removed: The information in this website is not a part of this report.
+Added: information in this website is not a part of this report.
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