Wahl Nation

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  A purchase will not increase your chanceS of winning.

CONTEST DESCRIPTION: The 2010 WAHL Man of the Year

Contest (“Contest”) begins May 28, 2010 at 5:00:00 PM Central Time (“CT”) and ends October 10, 2010 at 5:00:00 PM CT in which entrants, who are men 18 years of age or older, will have the opportunity to submit a creative photo showing off their “well groomed” facial hair. Entries must be and may only be submitted in one (1) of three (3) categories: Mustache, Beard and Goatee.

ELIGIBILITY:

Entrants must be male, 18 years of age or older at time of entry, and must be legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia. This Contest is void where prohibited by law.  To be eligible, entrants must have facial hair at the time of entry, as well as substantially similar facial hair at the time the potential winners are selected.  Previous Grand Prize winners of any prior WAHL Man of the Year Contest are ineligible to win a Grand Prize in this Contest. Employees, officers and directors of WAHL Clipper Corporation (“Sponsor”) and its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, and members of their immediate families (spouse and parent, children and siblings, and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside), and persons living in the same household (whether or not related) of such employees are ineligible to enter or win. By participating, entrant agrees to these Official Rules, and the decisions of the Sponsor and/or its independent judges, which are final and binding in all respects.  Limit one (1) entry per person, regardless of method of entry.

TO ENTER: There are two (2) ways to enter:

1. Online Entry: Between 5:00:00 PM Central Time “CT” on May 28, 2010 and 5:00:00 PM CT on October 10, 2010 (“Promotion Period”) go to www.wahlnation.com (“Web site”) click on the icon, banner or text link to access the Contest registration page, then follow the directions to enter the Contest. You will need to complete the entry form fully and accurately by entering your full name and e-mail address and the category which you are entering which will be one (1) of the following: (Mustache, Beard or Goatee), and upload your creative photo showing off your “well groomed” facial hair (collectively with entry form “Entry”).  The photo submitted must depict the person who is submitting it for entry into the contest, must be a full frontal photo of entrant’s entire head (head, neck, and shoulders only), may not have the entrant’s face or head obscured in any way by any objects that are not entrant’s facial hair, cannot contain such items as sunglasses and/or a hat, must be in .JPG format, and may not be larger than 3 MB in size.  All entries must be received and recorded by Sponsor’s computer (the official Contest time keeping device) by 5:00:00 PM CT on October 10, 2010 to be considered.
   
   
2. “Let it Grow Tour” Event Entry:  You will also be able to enter in person during scheduled “Let It Grow” tour events.  To view a detailed schedule of stops and events, visit www.wahlnation.com.  There will be a photo area at each stop, as well as on-site entry forms (while supplies last).  The stated requirements above for submitting an online entry will be the same requirements to submit a written entry at a scheduled event.
   
   
3. Limit one (1) entry per person, regardless of method of entry. Entries received from any person in excess of the limitation will be void.  Multiple, separate entries may be submitted from a household; however, only one (1) winner per household is allowed.  In the event more than one potential winner from a single household occurs, the independent judging panel will determine the winner.

Contest Entry Requirements: The following guidelines set by the Sponsor must be followed for an entry to be eligible:

1. The entry information provided is subject to WAHL’s Privacy Policy.  To read that Policy, access www.wahlnation.com  and then click the “Privacy Policy” button;
   
   
2. Once an entry is submitted, it cannot be changed, altered, or modified;
   
   
3. Entries will become the property of Sponsor, and will not be acknowledged or returned;
   
   
4. All Let it Grow Tour event entries must be legibly hand-written or typed, or they will not be considered in the Contest;
   
   
5. Photos:
• may not have been submitted in any other competition;
• may not have been published;
• must not be inappropriate, offensive, defamatory or obscene;
• must not infringe upon any third party's rights, including, but not limited to, copyright, patent or trademarks/trade names/logos, or rights of privacy or publicity; 
  
6. Entries must be the original and sole creation of the entrant, owned solely by the entrant, and must be a current photo of the entrant; 
   
   
7. Any entry, in the sole opinion of the judges and/or Sponsor, found to contain dangerous, harmful or objectionable content, or deemed to be inappropriate for publication or to otherwise violate any of the above requirements, will be deemed ineligible; 
   
   
8. Any additional materials mailed to Sponsor (such as photos, artwork, samples, etc.) will not be included in the judging process, nor will they affect, in any way, the outcome of the Contest;
   
   
9. Photos cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity
   
   
10. Photos cannot show or promote cruelty, harm, abuse or exploitation of anyone or anything
    
    
11. Photos cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or promotes any particular political agenda or message;
    
    
12. Photos cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; appears to duplicate any other submitted entry.
    
    
13. Photos must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image, and may not be offensive, nor can it defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or its products or other people, products or companies, as determined by Sponsor and the Contest Judges in their sole discretion.
    
    
14. Photos cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or building exteriors/interiors) owned by others, without permission; or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;
    
    
15. Photos cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media), without permission.
    
    
16. Photos cannot contain materials embodying the names, likeness, voices, or other indicia identifying any person, including, without limitation, celebrities and/or other public or private figures, living or dead, without permission.
    
    
17. Photos cannot consist of or contain look-alikes of celebrities or other public or private figures, living or dead;
    
    
18. Photos cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate and/or
    
    
19. Photos cannot violate any law.

All entries, whether submitted online or at an event, will undergo screening for compliance with the guidelines and requirements set forth in these Official Rules.  By submitting your Entry, you agree that your Entry conforms to these Official Rules and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify your Entry for any reason, including if it determines, in its sole discretion, that your Entry fails to conform to these Official Rules in any way or otherwise contains unacceptable content as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion.  Sponsor reserves the right not to post or, after posting, to remove, an Entry for any reason.  Once your Entry has been submitted, you will not be permitted to change the Entry.

WINNER SELECTION/VOTING: 

ROUND ONE:

All eligible online entries (whether submitted online or through a Let it Grow Tour event) will be placed online the following Monday after the entry is submitted at or around 5:00:00 PM CT.  If the Monday in question is a national holiday, or in the event of any technical failure or other extenuating circumstance, the entries will be uploaded on the following Tuesday.

Voting for Tour Entries: 
Beginning June 1, 2010 at 5:00:00 PM CT and ending November 8, 2010 at 5:00:00 PM CT photos from each Let it Grow Tour city/event (the “Tour”) will be posted according to the schedule stated above. Consumers will have the opportunity to visit www.wahlnation.com and vote for which photo from each tour most creatively shows off well-groomed facial hair.

Voting for Online Entries: 
Beginning October 11, 2010 at 5:00:00 PM CT and ending November 8, 2010 at 5:00:00 PM CT, consumers will have the opportunity to visit www.wahlnation.com and vote for which photo from all online entries submitted most creatively shows off well-groomed facial hair.

All votes must be received for both online and Tour photo submissions no later than November 8, 2010 at 5:00:00 PM CT.

The entrant with the highest number of votes within each category (Mustache, Beard, and Goatee) from each Let it Grow Tour city/event and online entries (for a total of forty-five (45) semi-finalists) will move to Round Two, subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules and (provided a sufficient number of eligible entries are received). In the event of a tie for any Let it Grow Tour city/event and online entrant, a “tie-breaking” judge will determine that Let it Grow Tour city/event or online semi-finalist, based on the same criteria stated below, who will move to Round Two.

ROUND TWO: 

Beginning November 22, 2010 at 5:00:00 PM CT and ending December 13, 2010 at 5:00:00 PM CT consumers will have the opportunity to visit www.wahlnation.com to vote for which photo from among the forty-five (45) semi-finalists most creatively shows off well-groomed facial hair. At the end of Round Two subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules, the five (5) entrants from each category: (Mustache, Beard and Goatee) that received the highest number of votes (five (5) finalists from each of three categories, for a total of fifteen (15) finalists), will move on to the Judging Round. In the event of a tie for any Let it Grow Tour city/event and online entrant, a “tie-breaking” judge will determine that Let it Grow Tour city/event or online semi-finalist, based on the same criteria stated below, who will move to the Judging Round.

VOTING RESTRICTIONS:

To be eligible to vote, an individual must be 18 years of age or older with a valid email address. Limit one (1) vote per person, per email address, per day for each category (Mustache, Beard, Goatee) per event/city (including online entries).  Votes received from any person or email address on any given day within a category (Mustache, Beard or Goatee) in excess of the stated limitation will be void, as well as any votes received in violation of these Official Rules.

Any Votes generated by script, macro or other automated means or with the intent to impair the integrity of the voting process, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, will be void. Entrants are prohibited from obtaining votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.   If any voting activity is suspected, of if any voter is found to be suspect of the creation of multiple email addresses, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to void the votes.   

JUDGING: 

Beginning on or about December 14, 2010, the fifteen (15) finalists (the top five (5) entrants from each category (Mustache, Beard and Goatee) that received the highest number of votes during Round Two, will be judged by a panel of four (4) independent judges to select the Grand Prize Winners. The judging panel will select one (1) Grand Prize Winner for each category for a total of three (3) Grand Prize winners.  The judges’ decisions are final and binding on all judging matters related to this Contest.  Judging will be based on the following equally weighted criteria:

1. Photo portrays “Well Groomed” Facial Hair
2. Creativity & Uniqueness of Personal Style of the facial hair in the Photo

Entry Ownership:

In the event of a dispute concerning submission ownership, all email entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the owner of the email account from which they were sent.  For these purposes, an email account holder shall mean the natural person assigned to such email account by the Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for the assigning email addresses for the domain associated with such email account.  No forms of entry other than as stated in these Official Rules will be accepted.

BACKGROUND CHECK FOR FINALISTS:

Each finalist must agree to a background check, and understand that no further notice is required to be provided to them by Sponsor with respect to such background check, and that Sponsor has the right, but not the obligation to conduct such background check prior to identifying a potential winner. Factors that may result in disqualification as a finalist or potential winner, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, include, without limitation, negative driver history or record, any drug or alcohol dependency or treatment, criminal arrests or convictions, law suits-either settled or still pending, and any other fact or allegation that, in Sponsor’s reasonable discretion, would be inconsistent with the image, messages, and goodwill that Sponsor seeks to convey and be associated with, whether such facts are revealed to Sponsor in connection with a background check or otherwise.  If the potential winner is disqualified, a runner-up may be notified. 

WINNER NOTIFICATION AND CLAIMING A PRIZE: 

Potential Grand Prize winners will be notified initially via email or phone on or around January 17, 2011, and will be required to provide his current mailing address as well as a valid photo ID (either driver license or passport photo) as validation of his submitted entry to verify they are one and the same person.  Once mailing address information is provided, potential Grand Prize Winners will be notified by a traceable form of delivery.  As a condition of winning and qualifying for the prize, the potential Grand Prize Winners will be required to have facial hair when claiming their prize package.  Grand Prize Winners must complete, sign and return, within seven (7) days of the date of notification, an Affidavit of Eligibility including valid Social Security number and a Liability / Publicity Release (where lawful) and Federal Form W-9. If the releases or any required documentation are not timely returned, if any prize notification or any prize is returned as undeliverable, if Sponsor is unable to contact a potential Grand Prize Winner within a reasonable period, or if a potential Grand Prize Winner is found to be ineligible, declines the prize, or otherwise is not in compliance with these Official Rules, the prize may be forfeited, and the prize may be awarded to a runner-up based on the judging criteria outlined herein. Winners will be announced on or around February 17, 2011.

PRIZES:

Three (3) Grand Prizes (one from each category Mustache, Beard & Goatee): One (1) 42" flat panel HD TV and an MP4 Player (exact make and models to be determined solely by the Sponsor), and one (1) WAHL Lithium Ion trimmer. The approximate value of Grand Prize is $872.95 each.  All Federal, State, and local taxes (including income), duties, and the like, if any, are the sole responsibility of each Grand Prize Winner. 

Forty-Two (42) First Prizes:
All Semi-Finalists that are selected for the Round Two and are not the Grand Prize Winners will be awarded a First Prize consisting of an MP4 Player and one (1) WAHL Lithium Ion trimmer.  The approximate value of the First Prize is $72.95 each. 

Total ARV of all prizes: $5,682.75

No substitution, assignment, redemption for cash, or transfer of any prizes permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event that an offered prize becomes unavailable.  Actual value of prizes may vary based on consumer electronic industry fluctuations. Winner will not receive difference between actual and approximate retail value.

Allow 8 to 10 weeks for verification and shipment of all prizes.  First Prizes will be distributed after the Grand Prize Winners are verified.  Sponsor shall not be held responsible for any delays in awarding any prize for any reason outside of their control. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. A prize will only be delivered to a verified Winner.  Limit of one (1) prize per household.

GENERAL:

By participating in Contest, entrants agree to release and to indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor and its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, franchisees,  advertising and promotion fulfillment and/or judging agencies, and all of their respective officers, employees, directors, representatives and agents (individually and collectively “Releasees”) from all liability, losses, claims, action, or proceedings, losses, any and all injuries and damages of any kind to person(s), including death or  property resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or any Contest related activities, or violation of intellectual property or personal rights (such as but not limited to, copyright, patent, trade name/trademark, and/or rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light) due in whole or in part to acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize; or participation in this Contest, or participation in any Contest related activity. By claiming a prize, Grand Prize Winner agrees to confirm that consent in writing upon request, to Sponsor and those acting pursuant to the authority of Sponsor, the right, in perpetuity, to the use of his/her name, voice, picture, image and/or likeness  (and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Official Rules, Grand Prize Winners license the use of their photo to Sponsor, which may be altered, changed, modified, edited, used alone, together or with other works, and/or in distorted form, as solely determined by Sponsor) at any time(s) and in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including on the Internet and World Wide Web, for advertising, commercial, trade and promotional purposes without additional compensation unless prohibited by law, and without notice, review or approval. Entrant agrees that submissions are gratuitous, unsolicited and without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation, and that Sponsor is free to disclose the ideas contained therein on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without restriction and without any additional compensation to entrant. Entrant acknowledges that, by acceptance of his entry, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas from any source. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to entrant. By entering, entrant acknowledges that Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any entry submitted and further agrees he will not post or publicly make any disparaging or negative comments about Sponsor or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries, or any of their products on any website or in any other type of media.

Limitations of Liability: Releasees are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, inaccurate, stolen, illegible, delayed, misdirected, separated, or non-delivered entries; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Web site or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, or miscommunications, or failed computer, network, telephone, satellite, or cable hardware, software or lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network, including typographical, printing, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information with the administration of the contest, the processing or judging of entries, the tabulation of votes, the announcement of the prizes, the incorrect uploading of the photo or in any Contest-related materials.  Releasees are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of Web site.  Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or operation of the Contest or Web site, to be acting in violation of the terms of the Web site or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person.  Releasees are not responsible for injury or damage to entrants’ or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading, printing or copying materials from or use of Web site.  If, for any reason, Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes which, in sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend Contest, and determine the winners from eligible entries received prior to action taken, or as otherwise deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor. In the event Sponsor does so, Sponsor shall post notice at www.wahlnation.com.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATLY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL  AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. IN NO EVENT WILL RELEASEES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEB SITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID WEB SITE.  WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.  SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.  CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

JURISDICTION/CHOICE OF LAW: By entering, entrants agree that this Contest shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, and agree to venue and jurisdiction solely in Whiteside County, Illinois for the resolution of any and all disputes.
WINNERS LIST: To view the WAHL Man of the Year, log on to www.wahlnation.com.  Winners will be posted online on or about February 17, 2011 and will remain online through May 1, 2011.
SPONSOR: WAHL Clipper Corporation, 2900 North Locust Street, Sterling, Illinois 61081.  WAHL is a registered trademark of Wahl Clipper Corporation.