Under the Remax franchise agreement, what fees are franchisees obligated to pay to Remax regardless of whether they collect those fees from their Sales Associates?

hose that:

• (1) Have been in the RE/MAX system as a Sales Associate or broker associate for at least 10 consecutive years;
• (2) Do not own, or have any ownership interest in, any RE/MAX franchise;
• (3) Are not a leader of any RE/MAX team;
• (4) Did not earn more than $75,000 in gross commissions during the last fiscal year (you must submit a Form 1099 for each Sales Associate that desires to participate in the RE/MAX Gold Plan);
• (5) Are at least 65 years old; and
• (6) In accordance with Paragraph C below, you identify as a RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associate.
• B. Fees. In lieu of the payment provisions set forth in your Franchise Agreement pertaining to Monthly Ongoing Fees and Marketing Fund fees (specifically, Subsections 6.B. and 6.D.), in regard to RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associates only, you agree to pay Monthly Ongoing Fees and Marketing Fund fees as follows:

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• (1) Monthly Ongoing Fees. For each RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associate in your Office, you agree to pay us, within 10 days after the end of each calendar month throughout the remainder of the term of your Franchise Agreement, a fee (a "Monthly Ongoing Fee") equal to the sum of the following three components:
  • (a) Component One Continuing Franchise Fee: You will be required to pay us ____________________ per month for each RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associate affiliated with your Office during the previous calendar month, whether or not you actually collect management fees from your RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associates. We will have the right to increase the amount of this Component One Continuing Franchise Fee once in any calendar year; provided, however, any such increase will not exceed 10% of the Component One Continuing Franchise Fee in effect at the time of any such increase. It is currently anticipated that this fee may increase by at least $2.50 on July 1, 2026, and by at least $2.50 on the 1st day of July of each subsequent year of the Franchise Agreement.

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(b) Component Two Continuing Franchise Fee: You will be required to pay us an amount equal to 2% of gross commissions (including referral fees) and other revenue earned, derived or otherwise generated from Permitted Real Estate Service Activities handled by each one of your RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associates during the previous calendar month, whether or not such RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associate(s) were previously considered a grandfathered or legacy sales associate. "Permitted Real Estate Service Activities", means activities directly related to the business of listing, offering, selling, exchanging and managing real property and the providing of marketing or consulting services or other activities with respect to auctioning, leasing or renting of real property or representing sellers, purchasers, lessors or renters of real property. You understand that your failure to collect this fee from your Gold Plan Sales Associates does not relieve you of your obligation to remit the required amount to us in a timely manner.

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(c) Component Three Continuing Franchise Fee: Although not currently in effect, we reserve the right, upon 12 months' notice, to implement a third component to the Monthly Ongoing Fees, which fee would be known as the Technology Fee ("Component Three Continuing Franchise Fee" or "Technology Fee"). If implemented, you will be required to pay us, on a monthly basis, a Technology Fee of up to $15 for each RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associate in your Office during the previous calendar month whether or not you actually collected a Technology Fee from your RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associates. If implemented, the actual use of such funds shall be determined by RE/MAX, LLC in its sole discretion and we will have the right to increase (by not more than $5 per year) or decrease the Technology Fee once in any calendar year.

• (2) Marketing Fund Fee. For each RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associate in your Office, you agree to pay us, within 10 days after the end of each calendar month throughout the remainder of the term of your Franchise Agreement, a RE/MAX Marketing Fund ("Marketing Fund") fee of $46 administered by RE/MAX to be used in accordance with the use and purposes described in Subsections 6.D. and 9.C. of the Franchise Agreement. We may increase (but not by more than an additional $30 per month) or decrease the monthly Marketing Fund fee once in any calendar year. You understand that your failure to collect this fee from your Gold Plan Sales Associates does not relieve you of your obligation to remit the required amount to us in a timely manner.
• C. Identification of RE/MAX Gold Plan Sales Associates.

Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD pages 108–334)