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Issuer:     WINMARK CORP (WINA)
CIK:        0000908315
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000908315-26-000012
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Winmark to impose $295/mo software fee and launch Plato's Closet ad fund
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- Software fee of $295/mo per store starts Sept 1, 2026; aggregate ~$400k/mo for POS modernization.
- Plato's Closet franchisees to contribute 2% of sales to new Ad Fund from July 1, 2026; total marketing spend rises to 6%.
- If Ad Fund existed in FY2025, contributions would have been ~$13.5M.
- Company adds risk factor that fees may harm franchisee relations and system performance.
- Net impact: increase in revenues with corresponding increase in expenses.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831526000012/0000908315-26-000012-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831526000012/wina-20260316x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908315-26-000012

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