What alterations and modifications are required after the termination of the Pump It Up franchise agreement?
Pump_It_Up Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (7) You agree to promptly notify the telephone company, all telephone directory publishers, all social media companies and all domain name registries of the termination or expiration of your right to use any telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, social media handles, URLs and domain names, or other numbers, names and telephone directory listings associated with any Mark; to authorize the transfer of these numbers, names, email addresses, domain names and directory listings to us or to a third party, at our direction; and/or to instruct the telephone company, domain name registries to forward all calls, emails and electronic communications made to your names, numbers or addresses to names, numbers or addresses we specify.
If you fail to do so, we may take whatever action and sign whatever documents we deem appropriate on your behalf and consistent with the Listing Assignment Agreement attached to this Agreement as Exhibit 6 to effectuate these events; and
- (8) If we do not have or do not exercise an option to purchase the assets of Franchised Business under Section 21 below, you agree promptly and at your own expense to make the alterations we specify in our Manuals (or otherwise) to distinguish your business clearly from its former appearance and from other Pump It Up Businesses in order to prevent public confusion.
If you fail to promptly make these alterations and modifications, we will have the right (at your
expense, to be paid upon your receipt of an invoice from us) to do so without being guilty of trespass or any other tort.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 60–225)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Pump It Up Franchise Disclosure Document, after the termination or expiration of the franchise agreement, the franchisee must make specific alterations to distinguish the business from its former appearance and from other Pump It Up locations. These alterations are detailed in the Pump It Up manuals or otherwise specified by the franchisor. The purpose of these changes is to prevent public confusion.
The franchisee is responsible for promptly notifying the telephone company, directory publishers, social media companies, and domain name registries about the termination or expiration of their right to use any telephone numbers, social media handles, URLs, domain names, or directory listings associated with any Pump It Up mark. They must authorize the transfer of these items to Pump It Up or a third party designated by Pump It Up, or instruct these entities to forward all communications to addresses specified by Pump It Up.
If the franchisee fails to make the required alterations or notify the relevant parties, Pump It Up has the right to take action on the franchisee's behalf, including signing documents to effectuate these changes. The franchisee will bear the expense of these alterations and modifications, payable upon receipt of an invoice from Pump It Up. Pump It Up can perform these actions without being considered guilty of trespass or any other tort.