NexCen Brands, Inc. is a strategic brand management company with a focus on franchising. It owns a portfolio of franchise brands that includes two retail franchises: The Athlete’s Foot® and Shoebox New York®, as well as five quick service restaurant (QSR) franchises: Great American Cookies®, MaggieMoo’s®, Marble Slab Creamery®, Pretzelmaker® and Pretzel Time®. The brands are managed by NexCen Franchise Management, Inc., a subsidiary of NexCen Brands. For more information on NexCen Brands, Inc., please visit: [www.nexcenbrands.com.]

Great American Cookies® - Founded in 1977 on the strength of an old family chocolate chip cookie recipe and made famous by its signature Cookie Cakes, Great American Cookies has set the standard for gourmet cookie sales. With a quality product that has propelled over 30 years of consistent growth, Great American Cookies now leads the mall-based cookie system. At Great American cookies, the customer is able to enjoy the things that make life sweet. Whether they want a delicious fresh baked cookie, brownie or cookie cake, they will find a celebratory, fun environment with high quality and superior products. Great American Cookies is beginning to share the fun of cookies internationally. For more information, please visit [www.greatamericancookies.com.]

MaggieMoo’s award-winning ice cream starts with the finest ingredients to make super premium ice cream fresh in the Treatery every day. The brand is known as the innovator of the world’s first ice cream cupcake, and has consistently been awarded “blue ribbons” in America by The National Ice Cream Retailers Association’s for taste, texture and overall appearance of its most popular flavors: Vanilla, Vanilla Bean, Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, and Strawberry. We offer a memorable experience to our guests! On our frozen granite counter we hand-fold your favorite nuts, candy or fruit into our ice cream, right in front of you! We make much more than ice cream, we offer smoothies, milkshakes, cakes, treats and more. And, Miss Maggie Moo often stops by to say hello to her fans and make sure everything is running to her satisfaction. For more information, please visit [www.maggiemoos.com.] As its name implies, this acclaimed super-premium hand-mixed ice cream stores features long marble counter kept frozen where our trained employees skillfully creates the guest’s very own, one-of-a-kind dessert.

Marble Slab Creamery, a leading purveyor of super-premium hand-mixed ice cream and the innovator of the frozen slab technique, was founded in 1983. Every small batch of Marble Slab Creamery ice cream is made on location using ingredients from around the world and fresh dairy from carefully selected dairy farms. Marble Slab Creamery’s famous mixins include fresh fruits, fine nuts, candies and cookies that can be blended into all ice cream flavors. Today, Marble Slab Creamery has an international presence with locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Lebanon, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. For more information, please visit [www.marbleslab.com.]

Pretzelmaker® - Pretzelmaker - home of the World’s Best Soft Pretzel - serves hand-rolled, hot, fresh pretzels throughout the world. Each of these low calorie portable convenient treats are made with only the finest ingredients, baked, and served fresh-from-the-oven. Since 1991 Pretzelmaker has grown to become a leader in the soft pretzel category, specializing in offering fresh twisted pretzels, pretzel bites, pretzel dogs, freshly squeezed lemonade and cold beverages. Pretzelmaker stores can be found in over 350 locations worldwide. For more information, please visit [www.pretzelmaker.com.]

Shoebox New York® - Since 1954, Shoebox New York has been New York’s top multi-branded women’s retailer for luxury and designer footwear, handbags and accessories. Shoebox New York’s reputation is built on its vast product assortment and trend-setting styles, offering women the latest fashions from top European and American designers. Shoebox New York’s exceptional product offering, personalized customer experience and trendy new store design have gained a dedicated following of sophisticated women worldwide. Shoebox New York’s first international franchise location opened in Vietnam in 2008. For more information, please visit [www.shoeboxny.com.]

The Athlete’s Foot, now known as TAF, was the world’s first franchisor of athletic footwear stores. The concept, founded in 1971 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, began domestic franchising in 1972 and opened its first international store in Adelaide, Australia in 1978. Today, TAF is recognized as the world leader in athletic footwear franchising operating in more than 30 countries. TAF combines its 30+ years of global experience in the sportswear industry with its franchise partners’ detailed understanding of their local market to develop product assortments of the industry’s top brands that are specific to the local consumer’s needs. For more information, please visit [www.theathletesfoot.com.]