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Are Body20's advertising or promotional programs required to be in any specific form or media?

Body20 Franchise · 2025 FDD

Answer from 2025 FDD Document

solely responsible for determining the prices that you charge customers. You must provide us with your current price list upon our request. (Franchise Agreement - Section 6.7)

Advertising

Our Marketing. We may from time to time formulate, develop, produce, and conduct, at our sole discretion, advertising or promotional programs in such form and media as we determine to be most effective. We may make available for you to purchase approved advertising and promotional materials, including signs, posters, collaterals, etc. that we have prepared.

If we conduct media advertising, we may use direct mail, print, radio, Internet, or television, which may be local, regional, or national in scope. We may produce the marketing materials inhouse or employ a local, regional, or national advertising agency. We are not obligated to conduct any advertising or marketing programs within your market.

Brand Fund. We have established and administer a Brand Fund to which you must contribute up to 4% (currently, 2%) of Gross Sales. Under no circumstances will we be deemed a fiduciary with respect to any Brand Fund Fees we receive or administer. We are not required to have an independent audit of the Brand Fund completed, but, if we elect to do so, we may use Brand Fund monies to pay for the audit. We will prepare an unaudited statement of contributions and expenditures for the Brand Fund and make it available within 60 days after the close of our fiscal year to franchisees who make a written request for a copy. If any monies in the Brand Fund remain at the end of a fiscal year, they will carry-over in the Brand Fund into the next fiscal year. We or one of our affiliates may make or otherwise arrange loans to the Brand Fund in any year in which the balance of the Brand Fund is negative and charge a reasonable rate of interest. The amounts loaned to the Brand Fund will be repaid from future contributions to the Brand Fund in the year the loan is made or in subsequent years.

We may use monies in the Brand Fund and any earnings on the Brand Fund account for any costs associated with advertising (media and production), branding, marketing, public relations and/or promotional programs and materials, and any other activities we determine, in our sole discretion, would benefit the Brand or the Studios generally. These activities may include, but are not limited to: (i) advertising campaigns in various media; (ii) creation, maintenance, and optimization of the System Website or other websites; (iii) keyword or adword purchasing programs; (iv) conducting and managing social media activities; (v) direct mail advertising; (vi)

market research, including secret shoppers and customer satisfaction surveys; (vii) branding studies; (viii) engaging advertising and/or public relations agencies and paying any related retainers and fees; (ix) paying the salaries and benefits of our marketing and brand-building personnel and any other overhead related to our marketing department; (x) purchasing promotional items; (xi) conducting and administering promotions, contests, giveaways, public relations events, and community involvement activities; (xii) marketing the sale of Franchises; (xiii) providing promotional and other marketing materials and services to our franchisees; and (xiv) reasonable administrative costs and overhead we incur related to the administration of the Brand Fund and the implementation of Brand Fund-supported programs.

We may consult with, in our sole discretion, a franchisee advisory council selected by franchisees or a committee of franchisees that we appoint regarding marketing programs. However, we have the right to direct all marketing programs and uses of the Brand Fund, with the final decision over creative concepts, materials, and media used in the programs and their placement.

We do not guarantee that you will benefit from the Brand Fund in proportion to your contributions to the Brand Fund.

We will make any sales and other materials produced with Brand Fund monies available to you without charge or at a reasonable cost, and we will deposit the proceeds of such sales into the Brand Fund.

If we or our affiliates operate any Studios, we or our affiliates will contribute to the Brand Fund a percentage of the receipts of those Studios, on the same basis as required for franchisees. If we reduce the Brand Fund contribution rate for franchisees, we will reduce the contribution rate for company or affiliate-owned Studios by the same amount. Our other franchisees may not be required to contribute to the Brand Fund, may be required to contribute to the Brand Fund at a different rate than you, or may be required to contribute to a different Brand Fund.

In fiscal year 2024, Brand Fund expenditures by Predecessor were allocated as follows: 61.46% on production; 18.5% on administrative expenses; and 20.04% on media placement.

Local Marketing. You must participate in such advertising, promotional, and community outreach programs that we may specify periodically, at your own expense. You must use your best efforts to promote the use of the Marks in your Territory. You must ensure that all advertising, marketing, promotional, customer relationship management, public relations, and other Brandrelated programs and materials that you or your agents or representatives develop or implement relating to the Studio (i) are completely clear, factual, and not misleading, (ii) comply with all Applicable Laws, and (iii) conform to the highest ethical standards and the advertising and marketing policies that we periodically specify. Any media advertising or direct mail marketing that you conduct must be predominantly focused within your Territory, unless we agree otherwise. There are no territorial restrictions from accepting business from retail customers that reside or work or are otherwise based outside of your Territory if these customers contact you, but we reserve the right to implement rules and restrictions regarding soliciting such customers in the future in our Manuals or otherwise in writing.

You must obtain our advance written approval prior to using or producing any advertising or marketing materials using any of the Marks, in whole or in part. You will conduct all advertising in a dignified manner and to conform to the standards and requirements we specify in the Manuals. We will have the final decision on all creative development of advertising and

promotional messages. If our written approval is not received within 14 days from the date we received the material, the material is considered disapproved. We reserve the right to require you to discontinue the use of any advertising or marketing materials.

You must spend at least $1,500 per month on local advertising and promotional activities (the "Marketing Spending Requirement"). Your Marketing Spending Requirement is in addition to your Brand Fund Fee. We have the right to designate in the Manuals the types of expenditures that will or will not count toward the Marketing Spending Requirement. At our request, you must submit appropriate documentation to verify compliance with the Marketing Spending Requirement. If you fail to spend (or prove that you spent) the Marketing Spending Requirement in any month, then we may, in addition to and without limiting our other rights and remedies, require you to pay us the shortfall as an additional Brand Fund Fee or to pay us the shortfall for us to spend on local marketing for your Studio.

Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 38–49)

What This Means (2025 FDD)

According to Body20's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Body20 may formulate, develop, produce, and conduct advertising or promotional programs in such form and media as it determines to be most effective. These programs may include direct mail, print, radio, Internet, or television advertising, which may be local, regional, or national in scope. Body20 is not obligated to conduct any advertising or marketing programs within a franchisee's market. Franchisees are required to participate in advertising, promotional, and community outreach programs that Body20 specifies periodically, at their own expense.

Body20 franchisees must spend at least $1,500 per month on local advertising and promotional activities, in addition to the Brand Fund Fee. Body20 has the right to designate in the Manuals the types of expenditures that will or will not count toward this Marketing Spending Requirement. Franchisees must also spend a minimum of $15,000 for grand opening advertising and promotion beginning at least 60 days before, and ending 30 days after, the opening of their studio under a plan submitted to Body20 for approval.

Body20 also maintains control over digital marketing efforts. Unless Body20 consents otherwise in writing, franchisees and their employees may not conduct or be involved in any Digital Marketing that uses Body20's marks or relates to the studio or network. If franchisees are permitted to conduct digital marketing, they must comply with Body20's policies, standards, guidelines, or content requirements and must modify or delete any Digital Marketing that Body20 determines is non-compliant.

Disclaimer: This information is extracted from the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document and is provided for research purposes only. It does not constitute legal or financial advice. Consult with a franchise attorney before making any investment decisions.