Aqua?Tots Swim School Holding LLC is a limited liability company that was formed under the laws of Arizona in 2007. Aqua?Tots does not do business under any other name. Our principal business address is 1122 S. Greenfield Rd., Mesa, Arizona 85206. Aqua?Tots agent for service of process is disclosed in Exhibit A to this Franchise Disclosure Document. Aqua?Tots has never sold any other franchise and has no business other than offering franchises and assisting franchisees. We have been offering franchises since June 2007. Aqua?Tots Swim School Holding LLC has no parent companies.
Aqua?Tots has no predecessors, but we do have one affiliate. Aqua?Tots Swim Schools, LLC, which began operation as an unincorporated business in April of 1991. It was then reorganized as Aqua?Tots Swim Schools, LLC under the laws of Arizona in 2006. Aqua?Tots Swim Schools, LLC has not conducted business nor offered franchises in any other line of business other than the operation of an Aqua?Tots Swim Schools at 1122 S. Greenfield Rd., Mesa, Arizona 85206. Aqua?Tots Swim Schools, LLC has no parent companies, or predecessors. AquaTots Swim Schools, LLC has operated one business of the type to be conducted by you since April 1991 and is referenced in Item 20. Family Trusts for the families of our President, Mr. Ron Sciarro, and our Vice?President, Mr. Paul Preston, each own minority interests in the Lone Tree, Colorado; Littleton, Colorado; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Rockwall, Texas; Frisco, Texas; Plano, Texas; Richardson, Texas, McKinney, Texas and the Murphy, Texas locations.
We offer franchises for the operation of a swim instruction school (“Business”) that offers the public small group, private swim instruction and lessons, and pool parties to the general public using a unique business format under the Aqua?Tots trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos (“Marks”). The franchise is operated under a business format in agreement with a unique system, including our valuable know how, information, trade secrets, methods, manuals, standards, designs, methods of trademark usage, copyrightable works, products and service sources and specifications, proprietary software, confidential electronic and other communications, methods of Internet usage, marketing programs, and research and development connected with the operation and promotion of the Business (collectively, the “System”) owned and developed by us and known as AQUA?TOTS (“Business”). In addition, our proprietary and development products are designed to support franchisees in their ongoing training efforts. We reserve the right to change or otherwise modify the System and add, modify, or delete any of our Products at any time in our sole discretion.
Single Unit You must pay us an initial franchisee fee (the “Initial Franchise Fee”) in a lump sum when you sign the Franchise Agreement. Our initial franchise fee under the Single Unit Franchise Program is $40,000. The Initial Franchise Fee is fully earned when paid. In no event is the Initial Franchise Fee refundable. You are required to use Pike 13 as your software program. The cost of this program is $249 per month and is payable to Us. You must also pay to Us a Technology Fee of $70 per month. You will begin utilizing the software between 2 and 3 months prior to opening, and as such will pay to us between $638 and $957 prior to opening.Multi?Unit Development Agreement (MUDA) If you desire to be a part of our Multi?Unit Development (MUD) program, you must sign a Franchise Agreement to open your first AquaTots Swim School and pay us the full Initial Franchise Fee of $40,000 for that Unit. You will also agree to open a minimum of one (1) additional Unit under the Multi?Unit Development Schedule. The Initial Franchise Fee for each additional Unit purchased under our Multi?Unit Development program will be $30,000 per Unit. You will pay 50% of the $30,000 (being $15,000) for each additional Unit that you desire to open, at the time that you sign the MUDA. The Initial Franchise Agreement and the remaining MUD fee are due at the time that you sign the Multi?Unit Development Agreement. The remaining 50% of the MUD Fee (being $15,000 for each additional Unit) will be due when you sign the then current Franchise Agreement for each subsequent Franchise that you agree to open. The total minimum Multi?Unit Development Fee for the minimum required for two (2) Stores under a Multi?Unit Development Agreement is $55,000.
Neither Aqua?Tots, nor any agent or affiliate of ours offers direct or indirect financing. We do not guarantee your note, lease, or obligation.
The FTC's Franchise Rule permits a franchisor to provide information about the actual or potential financial performance of its franchised and/or franchisor owned outlets if there is a reasonable basis for the information, and if the information is included in the disclosure document. Financial performance information that differs from that included in Item 19 may be given only if (1) the franchisor provides the actual records of an existing outlet you are considering buying; or (2) a franchisor supplements the information provided in this Item 19, for example, by providing information about possible performance at a particular location or under particular circumstances We do not make any representations about a franchisee's future financial performance or the past financial performance of company?owned or franchised outlets. We also do not authorize our employees or representatives to make any such representations either orally or in writing. If you are purchasing an existing outlet, however, we may provide you with the actual records of that outlet. If you receive any other financial performance information or projections of your future income, you should report it to the franchisor's management by contacting Paul Preston, Aqua?Tots Swim School Holding LLC, 1122 S. Greenfield Rd., Mesa, Arizona 85206; and Phone: (480) 621?3226 and the Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580 and the appropriate state regulatory agencies.