Engineering for Kids

1320 Central Park Boulevard, Suite 201 Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401

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EK Franchising Company is a corporation formed in The Commonwealth of Virginia on July 27, 2010. Their principal business address is 1320 Central Park Boulevard, Suite 201, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401. They began to offer franchises for Engineering for Kids Businesses in September 2011.

Engineering For Kids Businesses provide educational activities, namely, providing seminars, classes, camps, workshops, conferences, and programs in the fields of math, science, technology, and engineenng using specified business formats, methods, procedures, designs, layouts, standards, and specifications, items and products that we may designate or approve from time to time (“Programs”) We and our affiliate, EFKI, have developed a distinctive set of specifications and operating standards and procedures (collectively, the “System”) for Engineering For Kids (Businesses The distinguishing characteristics of the System include our professional image and high customer service standards, our standards, specifications and teaching methods for our Programs, Program materials, equipment, and supplies, which may include using course materials,, supplies and equipment that are designed and prepared according to our proprietary standards (together “Proprietary Materials”), our techniques for marketing and scheduling Programs, standards and specifications for educational materials and other related products for sale to customers (“Authorized Products”), and our techniques for identifying, recruiting and retaining qualified employees and instructors, the accumulated experience reflected in our training program and operating procedures, and distinctive exterior and interior design for those Engineering For Kids Businesses that operating from a central learning center These are not necessarily all of the elements of the System We may change, improve, add to, delete from and further develop the elements of the System from time to time Engineering For Kids Businesses include our “Home Based Business” format and a “Learning Center Based Business” format Under the Home Based Business format, am operator will provide Programs to customers solely at one or more sites that the operator locates and secures, and the operator does not build out its own EFK Center Location (which is described below) Each site must meet our standards and specifications, but the operator is not required to build-out the space or to othenwise maintain a permanent presence at the site (each a “Third Party Site”) Third Party Sites may include facilities, such as community centers andi parks and recreation centers, where the operator rents a portion of the facility for specific schedule of days or time slots, or other facilities, such as afterschool care centers and schools, at which the operator conducts Programs on a scheduled basis as an independent service provider Under the Learning Center Based Business format, in addition to receiving a license from us to operate at Third Parties Sites, the operator establishes an instruction facility and office at a location that will serve as the operator's permanent base of operations, will be devoted entirely to the operation of an Engineering For Kids Business, and will bear exterior “Engineering For Kids” signage (a “EFK Center Location”) Qualified persons may choose whether to become a franchisee using the Home Based Business format and operate only at Third-Party Sites, or to become a franchisee of a Learning Center Based Business and operate at Its EFK Center Location and at Third Party Sites A franchisee may not establish an EFK Center Location unless the franchisee obtains our approval and completes the EFK Center Location Addendum to the Franchise Agreement Unless otherwise indicated in this disclosure document, the term “Engineering For Kids Business” will refer to operations under both the Home Based Business and Learning Center Based Business formats and “Authorized Location” will refer to Third Party Sites and EK Center Locations Engineering For Kids Businesses may also offer and provide Programs and sell Authorized Products at the homes (or other facilities) of their customers (or persons who are referred by customers) Programs at Authorized Locations, so long as we have approved those Programs and Authorized Products for sale and use at children's parties, holiday and other celebratory events conducted outside of the Authorized Location(s) (“Special Events Services”) Our system includes the following products or services that we provide to our franchisees utilization of the core class curriculum, availability to purchase optional class curriculum, availability of products and supplies, training and supervision If you acquire a franchise, you must operate your Business and provide all services and products according to our business formats, methods, procedures, designs, layouts, standards, and specifications We identify the businesses operating under the System by means of the “Engineering For Kids” name and certain other trademarks, service marks, trade names, signs, logos, and other indicia of origin (collectively, the "Proprietary Marks”) We may designate other trade names, service marks, and trademarks as Propnetary Marks Unless otherwise defined in this disclosure document, all initially capitalized terms appeanng in this disclosure document have the same meaning as set out in the attached Franchise Agreement, which is included as Exhibit A