For Aplus franchises in Maryland, does the Franchisee Disclosure Questionnaire act as a release of liability under the Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law?

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| 8. Has any employee or other person speaking on our behalf made any statement or promise concerning a APLUS Store that is contrary to, or different from, the information contained in the disclosure document?                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                  |
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| 9. |  |
| Has any employee or other person speaking on our behalf made any statement or promise |  |
| concerning the likelihood of success that you should or might expect to achieve from operating a APLUS |  |
| Store? |  |
| 10. |  |
| Has any employee or other person speaking on our behalf made any statement, promise or |  |
| agreement concerning the advertising, marketing, training, support service or assistance that we will furnish |  |
| to you that is contrary to, or different from, the information contained in the disclosure document? |  |
| 11. |  |
| If you have answered "Yes" to any of questions 7 through 10, please provide a full explanation of |  |
| your answer in the following blank lines. (Attach additional pages, if necessary, and refer to them below.) |  |
| If you have answered "No" to each of these questions, please leave the following lines blank or write "not |  |
| applicable" or "N/A". |  |
| 12. |  |
| Do you understand that in all dealings with you, our officers, directors, employees and agents act |  |
| only in a representative capacity and not in an individual capacity and these dealings are solely between |  |
| you and us? |  |
| You understand that your answers are important to us and that we will rely on them. |  |
| The following only applies to Maryland residents and/or franchises to be operated in the State of | All representations requiring prospective franchisees to assent to a release, es

Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 68)

For Aplus franchises in Maryland, does the Franchisee Disclosure Questionnaire act as a release of liability under the Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law?

Answer from 2024 FDD Document

What This Means (2024 FDD)

8. Has any employee or other person speaking on our behalf made any statement or promise concerning a APLUS Store that is contrary to, or different from, the information contained in the disclosure document?
9.
Has any employee or other person speaking on our behalf made any statement or promise
concerning the likelihood of success that you should or might expect to achieve from operating a APLUS
Store?
10.
Has any employee or other person speaking on our behalf made any statement, promise or
agreement concerning the advertising, marketing, training, support service or assistance that we will furnish
to you that is contrary to, or different from, the information contained in the disclosure document?
11.
If you have answered "Yes" to any of questions 7 through 10, please provide a full explanation of
your answer in the following blank lines. (Attach additional pages, if necessary, and refer to them below.)
If you have answered "No" to each of these questions, please leave the following lines blank or write "not
applicable" or "N/A".
12.
Do you understand that in all dealings with you, our officers, directors, employees and agents act
only in a representative capacity and not in an individual capacity and these dealings are solely between
you and us?
You understand that your answers are important to us and that we will rely on them.
The following only applies to Maryland residents and/or franchises to be operated in the State of	All representations requiring prospective franchisees to assent to a release, es