Does Brightstar Care offer franchises in any other line of business besides BrightStar Care agencies?

We are an Illinois limited liability company with our principal offices at 2275 Half Day Road, Suite 210, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. We were organized on January 21, 2005, and have offered franchises since August 2005. We do not operate any other business and have not previously operated a business utilizing the BrightStar Care concept, although one or more of our affiliates have operated a BrightStar Care business since October 2002. We do not offer franchises in any other line of business. We have no predecessors.

Our direct parent company is BrightStar Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("BrightStar Holdings") whose principal offices are at 2275 Half Day Road, Suite 210, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. In turn, the direct parent company of BrightStar Group Holdings, Inc. is BrightStar Buyer, Inc. ("BB"), a Delaware corporation, which in turn is controlled and directly owned by BrightStar Intermediate, Inc. ("BI"), a Delaware corporation, which in turn is controlled and directly owned by BrightStar Holdings Parent, LLC ("BHP"), a Delaware limited liability company. BB, BI and BHP share our principal place of business.

We have several affiliates disclosable in this Item 1:

• 24-7 Bright Star Healthcare, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company ("Bright Star Nevada") whose principal offices are at 2275 Half Day Road, Suite 210, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. Bright Star Nevada is the owner of the "BrightStar" trademarks, the Athena Business System ("ABS"), and the BrightStar Care Agency Program (as defined below) and, as described further in Items 13 and 14 of this Disclosure Document, has licensed us the right to use and sublicense the trademarks, ABS, and BrightStar Care Agency Program. Bright Star Nevada operated one or more BrightStar Healthcare Agencies similar to the business offered under this Disclosure Document from October 2002 through January 2010. It has never offered franchises in any line of business.
• BrightStar Technology Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("BrightStar Technology") whose principal offices are at 2275 Half Day Road, Suite 210, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. BrightStar Technology will provide you with ongoing support and assistance with respect to the ABS. You will pay BrightStar Technology all fees associated with your use of ABS. BrightStar Technology does not operate any other business. BrightStar Technology has never operated a BrightStar Care Agency or offered franchises in any line of business.
• BrightStar Senior Living Franchising, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company ("BrightStar SLF") whose principal offices are at 2275 Half Day Road, Suite 210, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, has since 2021 offered BrightStar® "CARE HOMES"

franchises, which involve the acquisition, construction, development, and operation, under the BrightStar® name (and under any other Marks BrightStar SLF authorizes), of one or more group homes in a residential setting, each of which provides supervised care for what are now 10 to 12 residents. BrightStar SLF offers that opportunity through separate disclosure materials. As of our 2024 fiscal year end, BrightStar SLF had granted 1 franchise for CARE HOMES communities.

BrightStar SLF previously offered franchises for assisted living and memory care facilities under the BRIGHTSTAR SENIOR LIVING name from February 2015 until approximately March 2023. As of our 2024 fiscal year end, 2 BRIGHTSTAR SENIOR LIVING facilities remained in operation.

BrightStar SLF has never operated a BrightStar Care Agency or, except as described above, offered franchises in another line of business.

As part of the initial pilot of the CARE HOMES Community concept, we granted (beginning in 2018) one existing BrightStar Care franchisee the right to open and operate CARE HOMES Communities under an amendment to its existing BrightStar Care Franchise Agreement.

Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR, AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS, AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 9–14)