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Beneficial Ownership
Class A Class B Series A
Common Common Preferred
Name of Beneficial Owner Shares Shares Percentage Shares Percentage
Beneficial Owners of 5% or More of Outstanding Parent's Common Stock :
Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P8 33,539,898 — 38.3% 11,460,102 38.2%
KL Holdings LLC9 4,605,028 — 5.3% 1,573,472 5.2%
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board10 14,581,393 28,168,561 48.8% 14,607,046 48.7%
* Less than 1% of the outstanding shares.
(1) The address of each current executive officer is c/o General Nutrition Centers, Inc., 300 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222.
(2) On March 16, 2007, in connection with the Merger, our Parent entered into a stockholders agreement with each of our stockholders.
Pursuant to the stockholders agreement, as amended February 12, 2008, our Parent's principal stockholders each have the right to
designate four members of our Parent's board of directors (or, at the sole option of each, five members of the board of directors, one of
which shall be independent, for so long as they or their respective affiliates each own at least 10% of the outstanding common stock of
our Parent). As a result, each of Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P. ("ACOF II") and OTPP may be deemed to be the beneficial
owner of the shares of our Parent's common stock and preferred stock held by the other parties to the stockholders' agreement. ACOF II
and OTFF each expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares of our Parent's common stock and preferred stock.
(3) The address of each of Messrs. Axelrod, Fortino and Innes is c/o Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P., 2000 Avenue of the Stars,
12th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90067.
(4) Ms. Buchignani and Mr. Prosperi are directors of the private equity group of OTPP. Mr. Sienna is a Vice President, Private Capital of
OTPP. Each of Ms. Buchignani, Mr. Prosperi and Mr. Sienna disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of our Parent's common stock
and preferred stock owned by OTPP. The address for each of Ms. Buchignani, Mr. Prosperi and Mr. Sienna is c/o Ontario Teachers'
Pension Plan Board, 5650 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M2M 4H5.
(5) Ms. Kaplan is a member of Axcel Managers LLC, the managing member of Axcel Partners III LLC, and of SK Limited Partnership, a
member of Axcel Partners III LLC. Axcel Partners III LLC holds 318,693 shares of our Class A Common Stock and 128,861 shares of our
Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock. Ms. Kaplan disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Axcel Partners III LLC, except to
the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The address of each of Axcel Managers LLC, SK Limited Partnership and Axcel Partners III
LLC is 10955 Nacirema Lane, Stevenson, MD 21153.
(6) Mr. Kaplan is a Senior Partner in the Private Equity Group of Ares Management LLC ("Ares Management"), which indirectly controls
ACOF II. Mr. Kaplan disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by ACOF II, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest
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