Does the Hydrodog Assignment agreement specify any required actions for the Telephone Company?
Hydrodog Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Company to effectuate the assignment of the Numbers and Listings to us; and (b) sign on your behalf such documents and take such actions as may be necessary to effectuate the assignment. Notwithstanding anything else in the Assignment, however, you will immediately notify and instruct the Telephone Company to effectuate the assignment described in this Assignment to us when, and only when: (i) the Franchise Agreement is terminated or expires; and (ii) we instruct you to so notify the Telephone Company. If you fail to promptly direct the Telephone Company to effectuate the assignment of the Numbers and Listings to us, we will direct the Telephone Company to do so. The Telephone Company may accept our written direction, the Franchise Agreement or this Assignment as conclusive proof of our exclusive rights in and to the Numbers and Listings upon such termination or expiration. The assignment will become immediately and automatically effective upon Telephone Company's receipt of
such notice from you or us. If the Telephone Company requires that you and/or we sign the Telephone Company's assignment forms or other documentation at the time of termination or expiration of the Franchise Agreement, our signature On such forms or documentation on your behalf will effectuate your consent and agreement to the assignment.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 43–166)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hydrodog's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Telephone Company has certain obligations under the Assignment of Telephone Numbers and Listings agreement. Specifically, the Telephone Company may accept Hydrodog's written direction, the Franchise Agreement, or the Assignment itself as conclusive proof of Hydrodog's exclusive rights to the phone numbers and listings upon termination or expiration of the franchise agreement.
Furthermore, the assignment of the phone numbers and listings becomes immediately and automatically effective once the Telephone Company receives notice from either the franchisee or Hydrodog. If the Telephone Company requires signatures on its assignment forms or other documentation at the time of termination or expiration, Hydrodog's signature on behalf of the franchisee will serve as the franchisee's consent and agreement to the assignment.
In practical terms, this means that Hydrodog retains control over the phone numbers and listings associated with the Hydrodog business, even after a franchise agreement terminates. This is intended to protect Hydrodog's brand and goodwill. The franchisee is obligated to assist in this transfer, and Hydrodog has the power to act on the franchisee's behalf to ensure the transfer occurs. The Telephone Company is expected to recognize Hydrodog's rights and facilitate the assignment based on the provided documentation.