Is 7 Brew required to provide any assistance to franchisees before they begin operating their store?

[Item 11: FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING]

Item 11 FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING

Except as listed below, we are not required to provide you with any assistance.

Pre-Opening Assistance

Before you begin operating the Store:

1. We will review potential Store sites that you identify within the development territory. You must locate, evaluate, select, and secure the Store's site. We will not search for or select the site for you. (DRR—Section 6(a)) We first must accept each new site you propose for each new 7 BREW Store. Our then-current standards for sites will apply.

We will give you our then-current criteria for Traditional 7 BREW Store sites (including population density and other demographic characteristics, visibility, traffic flow, competition, accessibility, ingress and egress, size, and other physical and commercial characteristics) to help in the site-selection process. We will review potential Traditional 7 BREW Store sites that you identify within the development territory but have no obligation to visit the territory to inspect physically the sites you propose for your potential

Stores. We have the right to condition our acceptance of a proposed site, or a proposed site visit, on your first sending us complete site reports and other materials (including photographs and digital recordings) we request. You must give us all information and materials we request to assess each proposed Traditional 7 BREW Store site. (DRR— Section 6(b))

If you do not find and secure acceptable Store sites so that you can open the required Stores by the opening deadlines in the DRR, we have the right to terminate the DRR.

• 1. We will not be involved in reviewing, negotiating, approving, or accepting any lease you sign for the Traditional 7 BREW Stores you construct and develop under the DRR. You alone are exclusively responsible for all lease matters. The only requirement we impose upon you is that the site's lease must incorporate the terms of our then-current Lease Rider (attached to the Franchise Agreement) for Traditional 7 BREW Stores. You must send us a fully-signed copy of each Store's lease within 10 days after our request. (DRR—Section 6(d))
• 1. We will make template Plans available to you. Our Plans might not reflect the requirements of any federal, state, or local laws, codes, ordinances, or regulations,

including those arising under the ADA, or any lease requirements or restrictions. You are solely responsible for complying with all laws and must inform us of any changes to the Store's specifications that you believe are necessary to ensure such compliance.

Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 34–45)