ease or other of obligations.

ITEM 11. FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING

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

Before you open your Agency, we will:

• a. Designate your Area (Franchise Agreement paragraph II.A and Exhibit I);
• b. We must approve the location of your Agency. You may select the location of your office anywhere in the Area. Typically, you will lease the space for your Agency. You are solely responsible for locating, securing and evaluating the suitability of your office and for the review and negotiations of your lease. The factors we consider in approving sites are factors such as general location, lease term, size, access to public transportation, and parking. We will either approve or disapprove your location within 30 days of receipt of all information regarding the location. (Franchise Agreement – paragraph VIII.A);
• c. Provide suggestions for layout and design of the Agency (Franchise Agreement paragraph VII.E.);
• d. Provide you access to our Confidential Operations Manual ("Manual") (Franchise Agreement – paragraph XIV);
• e. Provide you a list of necessary equipment, signs, fixtures and supplies. We do not provide any of these items directly, however, we do license the software you are required to use as described in Item 10 (Franchise Agreement - paragraph VIII.C);
• f. Provide Initial Training in the operation of your Agency to you and your manager(s). This training is described in detail later in this Item (Franchise Agreement – paragraph VII.A).
  • g. Provide you access to the Software (Franchise Agreement- paragraph VIII.N).

Time for Opening the Agency

You are required to work diligently to open for business in a timely manner. We estimate the length of time between execution of the Franchise Agreement and the opening of your Agency to be approximately 2 to 4 months. Factors affecting this length of time include the obtaining of a satisfactory place to conduct your Agency, financing arrangements, local ordinance, licensing, permits and compliance requirements, improvement of the place of your Agency, delivery and installation of equipment, and hiring and training of employees. You must begin operation of the Agency and open the office within 4 months after the Franchise Agreement is signed. Both the Temporary Services Business and the Permanent Placement Business will be operated out of the same office. If you fail to find a site and open the Agency within 4 months of signing the Franchise Agreement, we have the right to terminate the Franchise Agreement and you will forfeit the Initial Franchise Fee.

During the Operation of your Agency, we will

• a. Provide at least 1 representative to assist in the opening and initial training for a period of at least 5 days after you open the Agency for business (Franchise Agreement – paragraph VII.C);
• b.

Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 18–23)