NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE ODDS OF WINNING. The Remodeling Business Benchmarks 2011 Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) begins at 12:01 a.m. E.S.T. on Tuesday April 12, 2011, and ends at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T. on Friday October 14, 2011 (“Sweepstakes Period”), and is sponsored by Hanley Wood, LLC, One Thomas Circle NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20005 (“Sponsor”).

Eligibility: The Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States who are eighteen (18) years or older, have Internet access and a valid email account, who are engaged in the professional practice of residential remodeling, and who have participated in a qualifying Reader Panel Survey (“Survey”), all at the time of entry. Void in Hawaii, Alaska, and where prohibited by law. Employees of Sponsor or its respective parents, their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies and the immediate family members of each are not eligible. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.

Entry: To enter, participants must complete and submit the Survey during the Sweepstakes Period. Completion of a Survey will constitute the participant’s entry, and all fields must be fully and accurately completed. Only one survey per entrant per survey period will be considered. Information collected is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy . By participating in the Sweepstakes, winner consents to the release of his or her personally identifiable information as part of the winners list, which may be published in Remodeling magazine and posted on the REMODELING Online Web site. No responsibility is assumed by Hanley Wood, LLC for late, or misdirected, entries or for any computer, online, telephone or technical malfunctions that may occur. Entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet Access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Entries will not be acknowledged or recognized, become the property of Sponsor, and will not be returned to entrant. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry if it concludes that the entrant has tampered with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or has acted in violation of these Official Rules or any applicable state, federal, or local laws or regulations.

Prizes: One (1) Bostitch 3-Tool & Compressor Combo Pack. Approximate retail value of prize $325. Only one prize per household. No alternative prize or other substitution is permitted except as described herein and as elected by Sponsor in its sole discretion in the event of prize unavailability. Other restrictions may apply. Prizes are nontransferable. All prizes will be awarded. All federal, state, and/or local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Winner will be issued IRS Form 1099 for prizes over $600 in value.

Winner Selection: Potential winner will be selected by Sponsor in a random drawing held 30 days after the Sweepstakes Period from all eligible entries received. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Potential winner will be notified by email or phone to the email address or telephone number provided during the registration process, and will be provided with an affidavit of eligibility/liability and publicity release (“Release”). The Release must be signed and returned within seven (7) days of when it is sent to the potential winner. If potential winner is unreachable after 14 days, fails to provide all information required on the Release, fails to sign and return the Release, or if potential winner is unavailable for prize fulfillment, an alternate winner will be selected at random from all remaining eligible entries received during the applicable Entry Period. Sponsor is not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, lost, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts to notify winner or award prize, or for any late, lost, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts of winner to claim prize.
Entrants grant to Sponsor the right to use and publish their name, company name, address, likeness, location, and any statements they make in connection with the Sweepstakes or about Sponsor, whether such use is online, in print, or any other media whether now or hereafter created, without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Sponsor and its advertising and promotional agencies to use winners' names and likeness for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation unless prohibited by law.

General Conditions: Sweepstakes entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor on all matters relating to the Sweepstakes, which shall be final. By entering, participants release and hold harmless Sponsor, its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the Sweepstakes or any prize won. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with, or attempting to tamper with the entry process, or the operation of the Reader Panel survey or Web site. Sponsor also reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTESTANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, HANLEY WOOD, LLC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH CONTESTANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Limitations of Liability: Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the Sweepstakes. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or combination thereof. This includes injury or damage to participants or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Sweepstakes. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes.

Winners List: To obtain the names of the prize winners (available after February 1, 2012) send a self-addressed stamped envelope (Vermont residents may omit postage) by November 15, 2011 to: “REMODELING Business Benchmarks 2009 Sweepstakes,” c/o Hanley Wood, LLC, One Thomas Circle NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC. 20005.


AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY/ LIABILITY AND PUBLICITY RELEASE

Name: ______________________________________________ Date of Birth: _____________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________
(Please do not use a P.O. Box)
Telephone: ___________________________
Social Security Number:___________________ (Required for Compliance with Federal Tax Law)

I affirm and represent that I have complied with all rules and regulations of the Sweepstakes, I am a legal resident of the United States, and that I have committed no fraud or deception in entering the drawing or in claiming any prize and have obtained Sweepstakes materials through legitimate channels. I am not an employee of Sponsor, its distributors, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies and promotion agencies or any other entity, nor a member of their immediate families, nor am I residing in the household of any such person. I understand that I am entitled to receive only the announced prize, that prizes are non-transferable, and that no substitutions will be made except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor or as provided in the Official Rules.

By participating and redeeming this prize, I understand and acknowledge and hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators do knowingly and voluntarily waive and release Sponsor and its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, consultants, agents, and employees from all Liability for any and all rights, claims, and causes of action whatsoever I may have against such parties for any matter, cause or things whatsoever arising in connection with my participation in the promotion or acceptance, possession or utilization of the prize that I have won in the Sweepstakes including, but not limited to, any compensatory, direct, incidental, or consequential damages. I release the Sponsor from any loss or damage to property, for personal injury, illness or death, and for any damages and claims whatsoever arising from the action or inaction of any persons not directly employed by the Sponsor or under their direct control. I hereby agree that Sponsor has neither made nor is in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including but not limited to its quality, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or mechanical condition.

Unless I am a resident of Tennessee, I give my consent to the Sponsor and its agents and assignees to use my name and/or photograph in any and all advertising and promotional materials relating to the Sweepstakes and similar promotions which may be offered by the Sponsor in any and all media, including on the Internet, without territorial, time, use or other limitation, without further obligation to me. I waive any right I may otherwise have to approve such use of my name photograph, and likeness and I release the Sponsor from any claim or liability arising out of any distortion which may arise in the reproduction of my name, photograph or likeness. By claiming this prize, I understand that any and all federal, state and local taxes and any other expenses that may become due resulting from any prizes won in the Sweepstakes are my sole responsibility. I recognize that I may wish to seek independent counsel to determine the full extent of my tax liability under state federal laws and regulations.

If any of the statements made by me in this affidavit of eligibility and release of liability are false, I agree to return immediately upon demand to Hanley Wood the value of said prize and take any other remedial action reasonably requested by Hanley Wood.

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Signature
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Date

Sworn to before me this
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Notary Public