What is the relationship between Marble Slab Creamery and its affiliates regarding the offering of franchises?

We are a direct subsidiary of Marble Slab Franchise Brands LLC ("Marble Slab Brands"), which makes Marble Slab Brands our immediate parent company. Marble Slab Brands owns the intellectual property rights to the Marble Slab concept, and has licensed us the right to use and sublicense the Marble Slab concept under a Master License Agreement. Marble Slab Brands' principal place of business is the same as ours.

We offer two separate franchise programs by this disclosure document, though we may not allow you the opportunity to purchase under all of these programs:

• (a) Single Restaurant Program. If we approve your application to become a franchisee, you will sign a Franchise Agreement (Exhibit A) to operate a single Restaurant under our trademarks and in accordance with our system during the term of your Franchise Agreement. If you are purchasing an existing Restaurant, you will sign a Franchise Agreement.
• (b) Multi-Unit Restaurant Program. Under this program, we assign a defined area (the "Development Area") within which you must develop and operate a specified number of Marble Slab Creamery Restaurants, within a specified period of time. The development area may be one city, one or more counties, or some other defined area, and may be non-exclusive or may be granted certain territorial protection. You will sign a Multi-Unit Restaurant Agreement (Exhibit E), which will describe your development area, your development schedule and obligations, and your territorial protection, if applicable. For each Restaurant you open pursuant to the Multi-Unit Restaurant Agreement, promptly after our acceptance of the location for the Restaurant, you will sign a separate Franchise Agreement on our then-current form, which may contain materially different terms from

the form attached to this Franchise Disclosure Document, and pay our then-current initial franchise fee. On occasion, in order to resolve a dispute with a franchisee whose Multi-Unit Restaurant Agreement or Franchise Agreement was terminated for failing to meet its development obligation, we may in our discretion offer the franchisee the right to enter into a new Multi-Unit Restaurant Agreement. The new Multi-Unit Restaurant Agreement will permit the franchisee to open Restaurants, but may or may not be exclusive and may or may not require the franchisee to open a particular number of Restaurants, or specify particular development periods or require a development fee.

You may purchase the right to offer approved products from one or more Satellites that you operate within the same shopping center or venue as your Restaurant. If we grant you the right to operate a Satellite in addition to your Restaurant, you must sign our Satellite Addendum ("Satellite Addendum") to the Franchise Agreement for the Restaurant. A copy of the Satellite Addendum is attached to the Franchise Agreement.

Under either the Single Restaurant Program or the Multi-Restaurant Program, you may also enter into a Management Agreement with us or our affiliate, if we agree (or our affiliate agrees) to do so. If we or our affiliate do sign a Management Agreement with you, we will provide you with additional advice regarding the operation and management of your Restaurant. The precise level of advice and service, and, if agreed upon, our obligation to manage your Restaurant and supervise your management and supervisory personnel and other employees will be identified in the Management Agreement. Except to the limited extent provided in the Management Agreement, if at all, neither we nor our affiliate perform other services, such as accounting, human resources, and record-keeping, and you will continue to be responsible for these.

Occasionally we or our affiliates may enter into joint venture arrangements for the operation of Restaurants. We or our affiliates may do so by acquiring an interest in the limited liability company ("LLC") formed to acquire the franchise. In those instances, the LLC will be operated pursuant to a form of Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement substantially similar to the form attached as Exhibit L.

We currently offer prospects the right to operate a Great American Cookies-Marble Slab Creamery co-brand restaurant as part of our standard co-brand offering ("Standard Co-Brand Restaurant"). This disclosure document is only for Marble Slab Creamery restaurants. Under a separate disclosure document, our affiliate, GAC, offer franchises for its Great American Cookies restaurant that can be added within and as part of a Marble Slab Creamery restaurant with our consent, in which case you will sign a franchise agreement with GAC and a Marble Slab Creamery Franchise Agreement and Co-brand Addendum (Exhibit B-1).

In certain very limited circumstances, we may offer you the right to operate a co-brand restaurant as a combination with another brand as well. If your Restaurant is the dominant presence in the location, your Restaurant will be a Traditional Restaurant. If your Restaurant is the subordinate

In certain very limited circumstances, we may offer you the right to operate a co-brand restaurant as a combination with another brand as well. If your Restaurant is the dominant presence in the location, your Restaurant will be a Traditional Restaurant. If your Restaurant is the subordinate

presence in the location, your Restaurant typically will be a Non-Traditional Restaurant. We will have the final authority to classify your Standard Co-Brand Restaurant or other co-brand restaurant as Traditional or Non-Traditional. In certain limited circumstances, we may permit you to add another affiliate brand to your Restaurant but our standard co-brand offering will feature Great American Cookies and Marble Slab Creamery.

If you wish to operate a co-brand restaurant with a brand that is not our affiliate, you must submit to us all information that we request, including, for example (i) any existing agreements you have with the other brand relating to an existing restaurant that you operate in the other brand's franchise system, (ii) any proposed agreements that you desire to enter into with the other brand for the operation of the other concept in conjunction with your Restaurant, and (iii) any proposed modifications to the agreements that we have reviewed over the course of the term of your Franchise Agreement. Before you enter into any agreements with a proposed co-brand location, you must receive our written approval of each proposed other brand and each proposed agreement. We may withhold our approval for any reason, in our sole discretion. We may require your co-brand partner to be one of our affiliates.

Our affiliates listed below offer franchises under their own trademarks and systems but do not provide products or services to our franchisees, have not conducted the type of business you will operate, have not offered franchises providing the type of business you will operate, and have never offered franchises in any other line of business.

Fatburger North America, Inc. ("FBNA") has offered franchises under the name "Fatburger" since 1990. Fatburger restaurants primarily serve burgers, shakes, and fries. As of December 31, 2024, there were 177 franchised Fatburger restaurants (of which 117 are co-branded with "Fatburger" and "Buffalo's Café") operating.

Buffalo's Franchise Concepts, Inc. ("BFCI") has offered franchises under the name "Buffalo's Cafe" since 1989. Buffalo's Cafes offer chicken wings and distinctive homemade wing sauces, burgers, wraps, steaks, salads, and other classic American cuisine. As of December 31, 2024, there were 12 franchised Buffalo's Cafes (and 117 co-branded "Fatburger" and "Buffalo's Café restaurants) operating.

Ponderosa Franchising Company ("PFC") has offered franchises under the name "Ponderosa Steakhouse" since 1994. Ponderosa Steakhouses primarily offer a buffet serving a broad array of steak, chicken and seafood entrees. As of December 31, 2024, there were 15 franchised Ponderosa Steakhouses operating.

Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR, AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 10–16)