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Ms. HUVEC Mini Figure Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

HOW TO ENTER: Order Gibco® products through your local Supply Center and complete and submit the online form and include your Supply Center order number.

ELIGIBILITY: Participation is open only to life science professionals 21 years and older in the US (excluding Puerto Rico) and Canada (excluding Quebec) who order Gibco® products at their local Supply Center. Eligible participants will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win one of 50 Ms. HUVEC mini figures. One entry per person. Healthcare Professionals may not participate in this promotion. The term Healthcare Professionals includes individuals (clinical or non-clinical physicians, physician assistants, nurses, technicians, research coordinators, administrators and purchasing personnel) and entities (including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing facilities, home health agencies, clinics and group purchasing organizations, managed care organizations, physician group practices, medical directors for health insurance organizations) and their employees and representatives who are involved in the actual provision of health care services. Void where prohibited, licensed, or restricted by federal, state, provincial, or local laws, regulations, or agency/institutional policy. Determination of eligibility is at Sponsor’s sole discretion.

ALTERNATE METHOD OF ENTRY: To participate in the Sweepstakes without purchasing a Supply Center product, send a request to: Christopher Scanlon, Market Development Manager, Life Sciences Solution Biosciences Division, Thermo Fisher Scientific, 3175 Staley Road, Grand Island, NY 14072. Include your full name, company/institution name and address, and your email and phone number. Participants requesting an Alternate Method of Entry can only request one entry and requests must be received no later than July 31, 2014.

DURATION: The Ms. HUVEC Mini Figure Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) begins May 21, 2014. Completed entry forms must be received by Sponsor no later than July 31, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. US Pacific Time to be included in the Sweepstakes.

WINNERS: Fifty winners (each a “Winner”) will be randomly selected on August 8, 2014 from all eligible entries received. The Winner will be notified by email, telephone, or mail within approximately 14 days after the drawing date. If the winner is unreachable or does not make direct contact with the Sponsor by the date specified in the notification, or fails to accept the prize, the prize will be forfeited in its entirety and an alternate winner will be randomly selected from the remaining eligible entries. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received. The Winner must warrant that she or he is not a Healthcare Professional nor prohibited by employment, contract, or law from entering the Sweepstakes or accepting a prize from the Sponsor.

PRIZE: Each Winner will receive a Ms. HUVEC mini figure (retail value approximately $8 USD). No cash or other substitutions are permitted, except by the Sponsor, which reserves the right to substitute the prize with one of equal or greater value. No refunds or credits are allowed. Prize is not transferable. All taxes on the prize and reporting thereof are the sole responsibility of the Winner.
By entering the Sweepstakes, each participant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects.

PUBLICITY: Sponsor will publish the name of the Winners. The Winner consents to the use by Sponsor of Winner’s name and image in Sponsor’s press releases, announcements, or other marketing literature.

INDEMNITY; DISCLAIMERS: To the full extent allowed by law, participants and each Winner release, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor and its affiliates, directors, officers and employees from all liability for any damages, injury or losses to any person (including death and bodily injury) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize or participation in any promotion-related activity or participation in this promotion. The Sponsor has not made any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to any prize, including, without limitation, to such prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SPONSOR BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, WARRANTY, OR UNDER ANY STATUTE OR ON ANY OTHER BASIS FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, MULTIPLE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SUSTAINED BY ANY WINNER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY ARISING OUT OF THE SPONSOR'S PERFORMANCE OR FAILURE TO PERFORM ITS OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO THE AWARD OF THE PRIZE OR PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES, THE POSSESSION OR USE OF ANY PRODUCT, OR THE PERFORMANCE BY THE SPONSOR OF ANY SERVICES, WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT THE SPONSOR IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, DOWNTIME, OR FOR LOSS OF REVENUE, PROFITS, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OR OTHER FINANCIAL LOSS.

MISCELLANEOUS: The promotion is sponsored by Life Technologies Corporation, 5791 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, California 92008. To obtain the name of the Winners, send a request with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Christopher Scanlon, Market Development Manager, Life Sciences Solution Biosciences Division, Thermo Fisher Scientific, 3175 Staley Road, Grand Island, NY 14072. If required pursuant to local law or internal rules, participant also represents and warrants that his/her employer or institution has approved the participation in the Sweepstakes. Employees of Sponsor and its affiliates, as well as their immediate family members and household members, are not eligible. All entries and their content become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. This Sweepstakes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of California without reference to its choice-of-law doctrines. By entering the Sweepstakes, you are agreeing to receive further information from the Sponsor in accordance with the Sponsor’s privacy policy, which can be found here. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Facebook. You may view the Sponsor’s privacy policy here.

This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Facebook. You may view the Sponsor’s privacy policy here.