R FRANCHISED BUSINESS; (B)TRANSFER A FRANCHISED BUSINESS; (C) MODIFY THE TERRITORY OF A FRANCHISED BUSINESS; (D) LICENSE AN ADDITIONAL TERRITORY**

Note: Where required by state law, this Release will be modified so that it does not apply to your rights under the state law. Please see Exhibit K to the disclosure document.

THIS GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT APPLY WITH RESPECT TO CLAIMS ARISING UNDER THE WASHINGTON FRANCHISE INVESTMENT PROTECTION ACT, RCW 19.100, AND THE RULES ADOPTED THEREUNDER.

GENERAL RELEASE

THIS GENERAL RELEASE is signed by: (i) Benjamin Franklin Franchising SPE LLC ("Franchisor"); (ii) the BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PLUMBING franchisee named at the end of the document ("Franchisee" or "you"); and (iii) Franchisee's owners (the "Owners") as an express condition of Franchisee and/or the Owners: (1) (a) renewing, (b) transferring, (c) or modifying the Territory of their BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PLUMBING franchise, or (2) licensing an additional BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PLUMBING Territory.

• 1. Release. You and each of the Owners, on behalf of yourselves and all past, present and future parents, subsidiaries, shareholders, members, partners, managers, directors, officers, employees, successors, assigns, agents and legal representatives, and any of the aforementioned persons' heirs, executors, administrators or personal representatives, and all other persons acting on your behalf or claiming under you (collectively, the "Franchisee Parties"), hereby release and forever discharge Franchisor, its affiliates, and their respective past and present officers, directors, shareholders, members, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, attorneys, insurers, representatives, predecessors, successors, and assigns, and each of them, from any and all claims, debts, liabilities, demands, obligations, costs, expenses, suits, actions, and causes of action, of whatever nature, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, vested or contingent (collectively, "Claims") that the Franchisee Parties ever had, now have, or may in the future have, arising out of or relating to any act, omission or event occurring on or before the date of this General Release.
• 1. Risk of changed facts. You and the Owners understand that the facts in respect of which the release in Section 1 is given may turn out to be different from the facts that you and the Owners now know or believe to be true. You and the Owners, on behalf of yourselves and all other Franchisee Parties, hereby accept the risk of the facts turning out to be different and agree that the release will nevertheless be effective and not subject to termination or rescission by virtue of any such difference in facts.
• 1. No prior assignment. You and the Owners, for yourselves and on behalf of all other Franchisee Parties, represent and warrant that the Franchisee Parties have not assigned or transferred, or purported to assign or transfer, any Claim released under Section 1 above to any person or business entity that is not a Franchisee Party.
• 1. Covenant not to sue.

Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 87–88)