EXHIBIT A-1
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF SPV FRANCHISING ENTITIES
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that in connection with the Management Agreement, dated as of the Series 2018-1 Closing Date, among Driven Brands Funding, LLC (the “Issuer”); 1-800-Radiator Franchisor SPV LLC (“1-800-Radiator Franchisor”), Driven Systems LLC (“Franchisor Holdco”), Meineke Franchisor SPV LLC (“Meineke Franchisor”), Maaco Franchisor SPV LLC (“Maaco Franchisor”), Econo Lube Franchisor SPV LLC (“Econo Lube Franchisor”), Drive N Style Franchisor SPV LLC (“Drive N Style Franchisor”) and Merlin Franchisor SPV LLC (“Merlin Franchisor”), Carstar Franchisor SPV, LLC (“Carstar Franchisor”), Take 5 Franchisor SPV, LLC (“Take 5 Franchisor” and, together with 1-800-Radiator Franchisor, Franchisor Holdco, Meineke Franchisor, Maaco Franchisor, Econo Lube Franchisor, Drive N Style Franchisor, Merlin Franchisor and Carstar Franchisor the “SPV Franchising Entities”); Driven Funding Holdco, LLC (“Funding Holdco”), Driven Product Sourcing LLC (“SPV Product Sales Holder”), 1-800-Radiator Product Sourcing LLC (“Radiator Product Sales Holder”), Take 5 Properties LLC (Take 5 Properties and, together with Funding Holdco, SPV Product Sales Holder, Radiator Product Sales Holder and the SPV Franchising Entities, the “Guarantors” and together with the Issuer and each future Subsidiary of the Issuer or Franchisor Holdco, the “Securitization Entities” and, together with Take 5 LLC and Take 5 Oil Change, Inc., the “Service Recipients”); Driven Brands, Inc., as Manager (together with its successors and assigns, “Driven Brands”); Driven Brands Shared Services, LLC, Meineke Car Care Centers LLC, Maaco Franchising LLC, 1-800 Radiator & A/C, 1-800-Radiator Franchise, Inc., Econo Lube N’ Tune, LLC, Drive N Style LLC, and SBA-TLC LLC (Driven Brands Shared Services, LLC, Meineke Car Care Centers LLC, Maaco Franchising LLC, 1-800 Radiator & A/C, 1-800-Radiator Franchise, Inc., Econo Lube N’ Tune, LLC, Drive N Style LLC, SBA-TLC LLC, Take 5 LLC and Take 5 Oil Change, Inc., collectively, the “Initial Sub-managers”); and Citibank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as the indenture trustee (together with its successor and assigns, the “Trustee”), the SPV Franchising Entities hereby appoint Driven Brands, Inc. (the “Manager”) and any and all officers thereof as its true and lawful attorney in fact, with full power of substitution, in connection with the IP Services described below being performed with respect to the Securitization IP, with full irrevocable power and authority in the place of the applicable SPV Franchising Entity that is the owner thereof and in the name of the applicable SPV Franchising Entity or in its own name as agent of such SPV Franchising Entity, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the foregoing, subject to the Management Agreement, including, without limitation, the full power to perform:
(a) searching, screening and clearing After-Acquired Securitization IP to assess patentability, registrability, and the risk of potential infringement;
(b) filing, prosecuting and maintaining applications and registrations for the Securitization IP in the applicable SPV Franchising Entity’s name in the United States and Canada, including timely filing of evidence of use, applications for renewal and affidavits of use and/or incontestability, timely paying of all registration and maintenance fees, responding to third-party oppositions of applications or challenges to registrations, and responding to any office actions, reexaminations, interferences, inter partes reviews, post grant reviews or other office or examiner requests, reviews or requirements;
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