The Franchisor is Bumper Man, Inc. For ease of reference, Bumper Man, Inc. will be referred to as "we" or "us" in this Disclosure Document. The term "you" means the person buying the franchise, the franchisee. If the franchisee is a general partnership (or if we allow you to assign your rights as franchisee to a general partnership), the term "you" refers to all partners. If the franchisee is a corporation, limited liability company or other business entity (or if we allow you to assign your rights as franchisee to a corporation, limited liability company or other business entity), the term "you" refers to the franchisee and the term "principals" refers to any individual or entity with a controlling ownership in the franchisee (including shareholders of a corporation, members of a limited liability company, general and limited partners of a limited partnership, etc.).

The Franchisor, Its Parent, Predecessors and Affiliates.

We are a Texas corporation incorporated on April 3, 2000, under the name Bumper Man Franchising Company, Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bumper Man, Inc. ("BMI"). BMI was formed July 2, 1997. On March 20, 2008, the shareholders of BMI approved a merger with Bumper Man Franchising Company, Inc. whereby Bumper Man Franchising Company, Inc. was the surviving company and subsequently changed its name to "Bumper Man, Inc." The Certificate of Merger was filed with the Texas Secretary of State on April 1, 2008. We have since offered "Bumper Man" franchises under the name Bumper Man, Inc. We operate one location in Dallas, Texas. We maintain our principal business address at 1432 Airport Boulevard, Mesquite, Texas 75181.

We do business under our corporate name and "Bumper Man." Our agents for service of process in the states that require franchise registration are listed in Exhibit A.

Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 8–11)