Don Saladino, Personal Trainer to Hollywood’s A-List, Joins Cizzle Brands as an Advisor

Hollywood actors, professional athletes, and award-winning musicians alike have all relied on Don Saladino, coach and trainer of over 20 years, to reach their full potential in physical fitness. As an advisor to Cizzle Brands, Mr. Saladino will provide his insights, expertise, and access to his vast professional network for the commercialization and promotion of Cizzle Brands’ product lines at a global scale.

Cizzle Brands Corporation (Cboe Canada: CZZL) ( the ‘Company or ‘Cizzle Brands’) , is pleased to announce that Don Saladino, a renowned coach and fitness expert to many A-List celebrities, professional athletes, and award-winning musicians has been engaged as an advisor to Cizzle Brands to help guide the Company’s commercialization journey in the health and wellness space. Under his agreement with Cizzle Brands, Mr. Saladino will provide sales, marketing, and promotional support for Cizzle Brands’ offerings, including through his TikTok (165k followers) and Instagram (432k followers) social media channels.

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Mr. Saladino has developed a reputation for training several A-List Hollywood stars, including Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Anne Hathaway, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Liev Schreiber, Hugh Jackman and Joanna Gaines. In 2020, Mr. Saladino pivoted from running a brick-and-mortar gym in New York City to operating a global online fitness business which includes workout programs and challenges, an e-commerce portal for supplements, the Don Saladino App (available on the Apple App Store and Google Play), and yearly fitness retreats. Mr. Saladino has an extensive network of celebrity personalities to whom he will be supplying Cizzle Brands’ products throughout the course of their training programs.

Additionally, Mr. Saladino has received extensive media coverage. Magazines such as Men’s Health , Women’s Health , and Muscle & Fitness have cited Mr. Saladino as a fitness expert. Muscle & Fitness has also featured Mr. Saladino on its print magazine cover in March 2018, October 2021, and November 2023. Other publications have featured Mr. Saladino including People , US Weekly , Cosmo , and Shape . Additionally, Mr. Saladino has done live fitness demonstrations on The Golf Channel , The Today Show , Good Morning America , Page Six TV , People NOW , E News , Fox News , and WebMD .

More information about Don Saladino can be found on his website at the following link: https://donsaladino.com/

Cizzle Brands Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John Celenza, commented, ‘We are keen to be working with Don, as he is one of the most recognized names in the fitness world with a highly engaged following, a well-earned reputation for generating results, and a broad network of highly influential executives. Cizzle Brands is only getting started with building out its presence in the world of health and wellness. With Don’s knowledge of what the world’s most elite athletes, entrepreneurs, and actors are demanding, we expect he will prove to be extraordinarily valuable to us as an advisor.’

Regarding his appointment as an advisor to Cizzle Brands, Don Saladino commented, ‘In today’s marketplace, very few companies truly have what it takes to formulate and produce athlete-grade products for training, nutrition, hydration, and overall wellness while also being appropriate for active people of all ages. The proven team behind Cizzle Brands has already demonstrated their ability to meet this standard with the recent successful launch of CWENCH Hydration which has already sold more than one million ready-to-drink units in less than a year on the market, with even more exciting offerings set to hit the market soon. As someone who personally incorporates Cizzle Brands’ products into nutrition regimes for myself, my wife, and our two children, I am honoured to be part of the Cizzle Brands team, and there are exciting times to be had for all of us in 2025!’

Cizzle Brands also announced the issuance of 455,645 common shares (the ‘Settlement Shares’) of the Company at a deemed price of $0.31 in settlement of $141,250 in debt. The Settlement Shares were issued to a provider who elected to receive part of their service fee in shares as opposed to cash. The Settlement Shares will be subject to a statutory hold period expiring four months and one day after the date of issuance pursuant to National Instrument 45-102 – Resale of Securities .

Celenza added: ‘I’ve always sought to have our key partners invested in our success, so I was pleased when one of our key professional advisers opted to receive part of their fee in equity. To me, it is one of the highest endorsements we’ve received to date.’

About Cizzle Brands Corporation

Cizzle Brands Corporation is elevating the game in health and wellness. Through extensive collaboration and testing with leading athletes and trainers across several elite sports, Cizzle Brands has launched two leading product lines in the sports nutrition category: (i) CWENCH Hydration, a better-for-you sports drink that is now carried in over 1,200 stores in Canada, the United States, and Europe; and (ii) Spoken Nutrition, a premium brand of athlete-grade nutraceuticals that carry the prestigious NSF Certified for Sport® qualification. All Cizzle Brands products are designed to help people achieve their best in both competitive sports and in living a healthy, vibrant, active lifestyle.

For more information about Cizzle Brands, please visit: https://www.cizzlebrands.com/

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On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company,

Cizzle Brands Corporation

‘John Celenza’

John Celenza, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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