FDD Items 3 & 4 · 2026 filing
Smoothie Factory+ Kitchen litigation history
What Smoothie Factory+ Kitchen disclosed about lawsuits, arbitrations and bankruptcy in the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. Item 3 lists the material legal actions a franchisor must report; Item 4 covers bankruptcy. This is the franchisor's own disclosure, not a court record, and not legal advice.
Items 3 (litigation) & 4 (bankruptcy) at a glance
What the filing discloses
- Cases disclosed
- 4
- Item 3, as counted in the filing
- Largest settlement, franchisor's own cases
- $9K
- As stated in Item 3
- Bankruptcy (Item 4)
- None
- Franchisor, parent, predecessor or officer
- Filing year
- 2026
- Disclosures cover the prior ten years
Extracted from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
Item 3: litigation
Three franchisor-initiated breach-of-contract suits against franchisees for unpaid royalties/post-termination covenants (settled for $9,000, $4,500, and an agreed injunction), plus a 2012 SEC action against CEO Sherif Mityas (unrelated to the franchise) resulting in a consent judgment.
Item 3 (litigation) · 4 matters disclosed
Litigation cases
The franchisor
Concluded (3)
Smoothie Holdings FC, LLC v. Extremeline Nutrition, LLC, Raymond Suerte and Elisa Nawas
concludedBrought against a franchisee · filed 2024-04-23 · District Court, Dallas County, Texas · DC-24-05965
“… Case No: DC-24-05965 (District Court, Dallas County, Texas, April 23, 2024) Franchisor filed a Petition and Application for Temporary Restraining Order against Franchisee for breach of contract for failing to comply with post-expiration covenants under the Franchise Agreement.”Page 13 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Smoothie Holdings FC, LLC v. Fortune Ajebon, LLC, Fortune Ajebon and Manling Li
settledBrought against a franchisee · filed 2024-05-24 · District Court, Dallas County, Texas · DC-24-07667
“… Case No: DC-24-07667 (District Court, Dallas County, Texas, May 24, 2024) Franchisor filed a Petition and Application for Temporary Restraining Order, Temporary and Permanent”Page 13 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “and to pay Franchisor $4,500. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sherif Mityas, US District Court-Eastern District of New York, ECF Case: 12- cv-1281 (CBA).”
Smoothie Holdings FC, LLC v. Farhaj Haq and Wahaj Haq
settledBrought against a franchisee · filed 2022-11-15 · Justice Court, Precinct No. 1, Dallas County, Texas · JPC-22-00979-11
“… Case No: JPC-22-00979-11 (Justice Court, Precinct No. 1, Dallas County, Texas, November 15, 2022) Franchisor sued Franchisee for breach of contract for unpaid royalties after premature termination of the store in the amount of $16,153.05.”Page 13 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “the Franchisee agreed to pay Franchisor $9,000 in immediately available funds and the parties exchanged mutual releases.”
Officers and directors (individuals, not the company)
Concluded (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sherif Mityas
judgmentGovernment or regulatory action · Sherif Mityas (our Chief Executive Officer) · filed 2012 · US District Court-Eastern District of New York · 12-cv-1281 (CBA)
“… US District Court-Eastern District of New York, ECF Case: 12- cv-1281 (CBA).”Page 13 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Item 3 lists the litigation the franchisor must disclose; a matter against a parent, an affiliate or a named officer is not a matter against the franchisor, and pending claims are allegations, not findings.
Before you weigh a lawsuit
How to read Item 3
A franchisor must disclose pending actions and any material civil action involving the franchise relationship, plus convictions or civil judgments for fraud, unfair or deceptive practices, or franchise-law violations, going back ten years. A case the franchisor brought against a franchisee counts too. Item 3 does not include every dispute: settled claims below the materiality line and matters resolved in private arbitration can be absent.
Questions worth asking current and former franchisees, using the contact list in Item 20:
- Were you, or anyone you know in the system, party to a dispute with the franchisor?
- Was it resolved by settlement, arbitration or a court, and on what terms?
- Has the number of disputes gone up or down since you signed?