AlphaGraphics

143 Union Boulevard, Suite 650Lakewood, Colorado 80228

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AlphaGraphics, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on December 4, 1986. Their principal business address is currently located at 143 Union Boulevard, Suite 650, Lakewood, Colorado 80228.

We offer franchises for AlphaGraphics® Business Centers, which are providers of customized print and marketing communication products and services to businesses. The products and services produced by an AlphaGraphics® Business Center may include: graphic design, offset and digital printing, bindery mailing and fulfillment, multi-channel marketing campaigns, e-commerce, large format graphics, traditional signage and point of purchase, vehicle wraps, promotional products, direct mail, packaging, business identity and brand awareness solutions, and other visual communications services. Upon determining that you are eligible for an AlphaGraphics® Business Center, we will send you a Franchise Award Letter (the “Franchise Award Letter”) (Exhibit B–1), when approved after attending our Discovery Day Program. If you wish to become a franchisee, you must sign the Franchise Award Letter and pay us a deposit of $5,000 within 3 business days after you receive the Franchise Award Letter. After you sign the Franchise Award Letter and pay us a deposit of $5,000, we will begin working with you to prepare for you to become an AlphaGraphics® franchisee. (See Items 5 and 12 and Exhibit B-1.) You will operate your Franchised Business Center under our current franchise agreement (the “Franchise Agreement”) (Exhibit B). You will operate your Franchised Business Center at a designated location that we approve (the “Authorized Location”) within the territory the Franchise Agreement specifies (the “Protected Area”) and use our distinctive business formats, systems, methods, procedures, designs, layouts, standards and specifications (the “System”) and a number of our proprietary trademarks, trade names, commercial symbols, logos and slogans (the “Marks”). Currently, you may develop your Franchised Business Center through one of the 4 following pathways: 1. Develop a new Business Center (“New Business Center Pathway”). You will develop and open a new Business Center at a location we approve. You will sign the Franchise Agreement (Exhibit B). 2. Acquire an existing graphics related business and convert it to a Franchised Business Center (“Acquire and Convert Pathway”). You may purchase an existing independent graphics related business and convert it to a Franchised Business Center. Any franchisee participating in the Acquire and Convert Pathway will sign the Franchise Agreement and the Acquire and Convert Rider (Exhibit I). 3. Purchase an existing Franchised Business Center (“Transfer Purchase Pathway”). You may acquire an existing Franchised Business Center from an existing franchisee if you and the selling franchisee meet the conditions described in the franchisee's franchise agreement. Any franchisee participating in the Transfer Purchase Pathway will sign the Franchise Agreement and the Transfer Rider (Exhibit J), which will modify the Franchise Agreement to reflect that you pay a transfer fee instead of an initial fee. 4. Convert your existing graphics related business to a Franchised Business Center (“Conversion Pathway”). If you already own an existing independent graphics related business, you may convert that graphics related business to a Franchised Business Center if you meet the following qualifications: (1) you must have owned the business to be converted for at least 1 year prior to conversion; (2) you must have at least 5 years' experience in the printing or graphics industry; and (3) the graphics related business to be converted must have minimum annual gross sales of at least $300,000 for the calendar year immediately preceding the conversion. Under the Conversion Pathway, the Authorized Location of your AlphaGraphics® Business Center may be the location of your existing business. You will also likely have an established customer base and experienced employees. You will sign the Franchise Agreement and the Conversion Rider (Exhibit I). You will have a period of 6 months after signing your Franchise Agreement to complete the conversion process and meet our then-current system standards. If you are a current Franchisee who wishes to obtain multi-unit development rights, you may choose to sign our Area Development Agreement for 1 or 2 additional territories prior to signing a Franchise Agreement. The Area Development Agreement will state the number of Franchised Business Centers to be developed, the geographic area, and the timeframe. You must enter into a separate Franchise Agreement for each Franchised Business Center you ultimately develop. For each Franchised Business Center developed under the Area Development Agreement, you must sign our then-current Franchise Agreement, which may be materially different than our current Franchise Agreement, by the deadline to execute the Franchise Agreement set forth in the Development Schedule (as defined in Item 11). Our current Franchise Agreement is in the form of Exhibit B. Except as expressly stated otherwise in this Disclosure Document, the disclosures made in this Disclosure Document regarding AlphaGraphics® franchises apply to all 4 pathways to becoming an AlphaGraphics® franchisee. We and you may determine which pathway is best for you to develop your Franchised Business Center after you sign the Franchise Agreement, and you will have up to six months after you sign the Franchise Agreement to open the Franchised Business Center at an Authorized Location. A “graphics related business” refers to a business that offers and sells products and services related to the graphics industry, such as offset printing, digital printing, general commercial printers, providers of multichannel marketing communication solutions, large format printers, sign companies, advertising specialties related companies, vehicle wrap companies, thermographs, bindery operations, reprographic companies, graphic design companies, ad agencies, marketing firms, print related brokers, public relations firms, and similar companies.