What are the acceptable legal forms of ownership for a Hydrodog franchisee?
Hydrodog Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ermination of this Agreement; and
We have approved your request to purchase a HydroDog Business in reliance on all of your representations.
- 1.3 Business Organization. If you are at any time a business organization ("Business Entity") (like a corporation, limited liability company or partnership) you agree and represent that:
- (a) you have the authority to execute, deliver and perform your obligations under this Agreement and are duly organized or formed and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the state of your incorporation or formation, and you have provided us with sufficient evidence of the same;
- (b) your organizational or governing documents will recite that the issuance and transfer of any ownership interests in you are restricted by the terms of this Agreement, and all certificates and other documents representing ownership interests in you will bear a legend referring to the restrictions of this Agreement; and you will provide us with copies of these documents for our review.
- (c) the Principal Owners Statement will completely and accurately describe all of your owners and their interests in you. A copy of our current form of Principal Owners Statement is attached to the Franchise Disclosure Document you were furnished;
- (d) you and your owners agree to revise the Principal Owners Statement as may be necessary to reflect any ownership changes and to furnish such other information about your organization or formation as we may request (no ownership changes may be made without our approval);
- (e) each of your owners during the Term will sign and deliver to us our standard form of Principal Owner's Guaranty undertaking to be bound jointly and severally by all provisions of this Agreement and any other agreements between you and us, and any
amendments or modifications thereto. A copy of our current form of Principal Owners Guaranty is attached to the Franchise Disclosure Document; and
- (f) at our request, you will furnish true and correct copies of all documents and contracts governing the rights, obligations and powers of your owners and agents (like articles of incorporation or organization and partnership, operating or shareholder agreements).
- (g) a Principal Owner of your HydroDog Business Entity (defined as a person with at least a twenty percent (20%) ownership interest in you) must: (i) have management responsibility and authority over the "Business" (defined as your HydroDog Business) on a day-to-day basis; (ii) be actively employed on a full-time basis to manage your HydroDog Business's operations; (iii) be present at your HydroDog Business for at least fifty percent (50%) of the hours your HydroDog Business is open to the public for business; (iv) be bound by our then-current form of Confidentiality Agreement (or other form satisfactory to us); and (v) satisfactorily complete our initial training program and any other training programs we request during the Term; and
- (h) each of your Principal Owners, during the term of this Agreement, will sign and deliver to us our standard form of Principal Owner's Guaranty ("Owner's Guaranty") undertaking to be bound jointly and severally by all provisions of this Agreement and any other agreements between you and us. A copy of our current form of Principal Owner's Guaranty is attached as an Exhibit B to the Franchise Disclosure Document.
2. GRANT AND TERM.
- 2.1 Grant.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 43–166)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hydrodog's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee can operate as an individual or as a business entity. If operating as a business entity, the acceptable legal forms include a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership. Hydrodog requires that if the franchisee is a business entity, it must be in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation or formation.
Hydrodog also stipulates that the organizational documents of any business entity franchisee must state that the issuance and transfer of ownership interests are restricted by the terms of the franchise agreement. Furthermore, all documents representing ownership interests must bear a legend referring to these restrictions. The franchisee must provide Hydrodog with copies of these documents for review.
Additionally, Hydrodog requires a Principal Owner of the HydroDog Business Entity (defined as a person with at least a twenty percent (20%) ownership interest) to have management responsibility, be actively employed full-time to manage the business's operations, be present at the business for at least fifty percent (50%) of the hours it is open to the public, be bound by a Confidentiality Agreement, and complete Hydrodog's initial and any other required training programs. Each Principal Owner must also sign and deliver a Principal Owner's Guaranty, binding them jointly and severally to the franchise agreement.