Does the Fat Shack Disclosure Document include a Franchise Agreement as an attachment?
Fat_Shack Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ITEM 23
RECEIPT
The last page of this Franchise Disclosure Document is a detachable Receipt to be signed by you. This Receipt must be signed and dated and delivered to us at least 14 calendar days before signing of the Franchise Agreement or payment of any fee by you. Attachment N contains a copy of the Receipt for your records, which precedes the copy to be signed by you and returned to us.
ATTACHMENT A (TO DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT)
FAT SHACK INC. FRANCHISE AGREEMENT
We also offer Area Development Agreements that allow select franchisees to purchase a protected area ("Protected Area") to open two or more FAT SHACK Restaurants within the Protected Area in addition to the first FAT SHACK Restaurant. The Area Development Agreement is attached to this Disclosure Document as Attachment B (the "Development Agreement"). During the term of the Development Agreement, we will not establish, nor will we license any other party to establish, FAT SHACK Restaurants using the Marks and Licensed Methods anywhere within the Protected Area except as is described in Item 12 related to Captive Audience Venues. For each FAT SHACK Restaurant developed under the Development Agreement, you will sign a separate franchise agreement, which may be different than the form of Franchise Agreement attached to this Disclosure Document.
You may not at any time disclose or use any of our proprietary information except as specifically authorized by us. Under the Franchise Agreement, you agree that all ideas, concepts, techniques, or materials developed or assembled by you or your employees or agents during the term of the Agreement and concerning a FAT SHACK Restaurant will be deemed our property and part of the proprietary information protected under the Franchise Agreement. You may not use our proprietary information in any unauthorized manner and you must take reasonable steps to prevent their disclosure to others. We may, in our discretion, require you and each of your General Manager, officers, partners, directors, beneficial owners and employees who become aware of or have access to our proprietary information, and their immediate family members, to execute our Nondisclosure and Noncompetition Agreement in the form attached to this Disclosure Document as Attachment C.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD page 53)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Fat Shack Franchise Disclosure Document, the Franchise Agreement is included as an attachment. Specifically, Attachment A to the Disclosure Document is the Fat Shack Inc. Franchise Agreement. This is a standard practice in franchising, as it allows potential franchisees to review the complete legal agreement they would be entering into.
Additionally, the Fat Shack FDD includes the Area Development Agreement as Attachment B. This agreement is used when a franchisee wants to develop multiple Fat Shack restaurants within a protected area. For each restaurant developed under the Area Development Agreement, a separate franchise agreement will be signed, which may differ from the standard Franchise Agreement attached to the Disclosure Document.
Furthermore, Attachment C is a Nondisclosure and Noncompetition Agreement. Fat Shack may require franchisees, their general managers, officers, partners, directors, beneficial owners, employees, and their immediate family members to sign this agreement. This agreement protects Fat Shack's confidential information and prevents unfair competition. Attachment N contains a copy of the Receipt for the FDD, which precedes the copy to be signed by the franchisee and returned to Fat Shack.