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The Company has included in Part 1, Item 1A of Part 1 of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, a description of certain risks and uncertainties that could affect the Company's business, future performance or financial condition (the “Risk Factors”).
−Removed: There have been no material changes to the Risk Factors, except as set forth in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 under the caption Item 1.A.
+Added: There have been no material changes to the Risk Factors, except as described below and as set forth in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 under the caption Item 1.A.
Risk factors, which disclosure is incorporated by reference herein.
Our operations could also be affected by additional factors that are not presently known to us or by factors that we currently consider immaterial to our business.
+Added: Disruptions in the availability of financing for current or prospective franchisees, including the current U.S.
+Added: federal government shutdown, could adversely affect our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.
+Added: Any decline in the capital markets, increases in financing costs, or limits on credit availability may negatively affect the ability of current or prospective franchisees to access the financial or management resources that they need to open or continue operating the studios contemplated by their agreements with us.
+Added: Franchisees generally depend upon financing from banks or other financial institutions in order to construct and open new studios and to provide working capital.
+Added: The ongoing U.S.
+Added: federal government shutdown has affected, and continues to affect, prospective and current franchisees’ ability to secure Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, which are a common source of financing for franchisees.
+Added: If there is a decline in the credit environment or if the federal government shutdown is prolonged, financing may become difficult to obtain for some or all of our current and prospective franchisees.
+Added: If current or prospective franchisees face difficulty obtaining financing, the number of our franchised studios may decrease, franchise fee revenues and royalty revenues could decline and our planned growth may slow, which would negatively impact our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.
+Added: The majority of new franchisees’ studio development is funded by franchisee investment and, therefore, our growth strategy is dependent on the ability of franchisees or prospective franchisees to access funds to finance such development.
+Added: If franchisees (or prospective franchisees) are unable to obtain financing at commercially reasonable rates, or at all, they may be unwilling or unable to invest in the development of new studios, and our future growth could be adversely affected.
+Added: In addition, if we offer financing and franchisees are unable to repay the amounts borrowed, our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be adversely affected.
Unregistered Sales of Equit y Securities and Use of Proceeds.
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