Alexander R. Sloane - 15 Jan 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for CARROLS RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

Footnote F1

The shares were granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to the Issuer's 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.

Footnote F2

(Continued from Footnote 2) The certificate of designations pursuant to which the Series C Preferred Stock was issued provided that the Series C Preferred Stock was not convertible into Common Stock unless and until stockholders of the Issuer approved the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon such conversion in accordance with the applicable rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and provided that, upon such stockholder approval, the Series C Preferred Stock would automatically convert into an aggregate of 7,450,402 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in accordance with the certificate of designations. On August 29, 2019, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Issuer's stockholders, the Issuer's stockholders approved the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock and the 10,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock automatically converted into 7,450,402 shares of Common Stock.

Footnote F3

These shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Issuer are owned of record by Cambridge Franchise Holdings, LLC ("CFH") and were acquired by CFH pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 19, 2019 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Issuer, Carrols Holdco Inc., GRC MergerSub Inc., GRC MergerSub LLC, Cambridge Franchise Partners, LLC ("CFP"), CFH and New CFH, LLC. On April 30, 2019, at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, CFH acquired 7,364,413 shares of Common Stock and 10,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series C Preferred Stock"), of the Issuer. (Continued to Footnote 3)

Footnote F4

Matthew Perelman and Alexander Sloane are the managing principals of CFP, which is the sole member and manager of CFH. Accordingly, each of Matthew Perelman, Alexander Sloane and CFP may be deemed to beneficially own the securities of the Issuer held by CFH. The filing of this statement on Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that any of the reporting persons beneficially owns any securities of the Issuer not owned directly by such reporting person, and each reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of any securities of the Issuer, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise, except to the extent of such reporting person's pecuniary interest therein. The reporting persons may be deemed to constitute a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. The filing of this statement on Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that any reporting person is a member of such a group.

Footnote F5

Each of Matthew Perelman and Alexander Sloane was appointed to the board of directors of the Issuer as a representative of CFH and, pursuant to the Registration Rights and Stockholders' Agreement entered into by the Issuer and CFH on April 30, 2019, as amended, CFH has certain rights to nominate directors for election to the board of directors of the Issuer. Accordingly, each of CFH and CFP may be deemed a "director by deputization" solely for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.