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Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions
1. ELIGIBILITY:

The GlobalSpec Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor and each of its related companies and agents, as well as the immediate family (defined as parents, spouse, children, siblings and grandparents) and household members of each such employee, officer and director are not eligible to enter. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding.

2. SPONSOR:

New York Publisher Group, Inc., 206 East 63rd Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10021

3. SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD:

The sweepstakes will end July 31st, 2008

4. HOW TO ENTER:

There is one way to enter the Sweepstakes: During the sweepstakes Period, go to http://www.Adotas.com/globalspec and follow the links and instructions to register. As part of the registration process you will be prompted to sign up for one of our Sweepstakes offers.

FOR ALL ENTRIES:

All entries must be received during the Sweepstakes Period. Any use of automatic, programmed or similar entry methods or agents (including but not limited to sweepstakes or sweepstakes entry services) will void all entries by that entrant. Proof of entry submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Entries will be acknowledged with a confirmation email, which must be saved and submitted by the potential winners upon notification of selection. All entrants must submit valid information in the submission entry. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected entries, all of which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed the entrant. The �authorized account holder� is the natural person assigned to the email address by the organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the respective domain.

5. DRAWING and NOTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL WINNERS:

Potential winners will be selected at random from among all eligible entries received. Drawings will be held within 30 days of the end date. Adotas, whose decisions as to the administration of the Sweepstakes and the selection of the potential winners are final, will conduct the drawing. The potential winners will be notified by email. In order to claim his/her prize, the potential winners must, except where prohibited, return to Sponsor, within fourteen (14) days of being notified, (1) a signed affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release and (2) a copy of the confirmation email received after entry in the winning Sweepstakes. If a potential winner cannot be contacted within ten (10) days after the first attempt to contact him/her or if he/she fails to return the signed affidavit and release and the confirmation email within the required time period, an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place at random from among all eligible entries received. If a winner has not reached the age of majority in his/her home state, then the prize will be awarded in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian. Potential winners must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.

6. PRIZES:

Please see www.adotas.com/globalspec for the most updated information on the prizes being given away for each sweepstakes. Currently, the following prizes are being given:

  • a) Apple Store Shopping Spree - The sweepstakes prize is up to a $5,000 gift certificate towards a shopping spree at the apple store.
  • b) Day at the SPA - The sweepstakes prize is up to a $5,000 gift certificate towards a day at your nearest spa.

No cash or other substitution, assignment or transfer of prize or prize component permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize or prize component with another of comparable or greater value. All taxes and other fees not expressly stated in the prize description are the responsibility solely of winner. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

7. PUBLICITY:

Acceptance of any prize shall constitute the winner’s consent to Sponsor’s use of the winner’s name, likeness, voice, opinions, prize information and hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without limitation and without further payment or consideration, except where prohibited by law.

8. RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY:

By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, its officers, directors, employees, affiliated companies and agents (collectively, the �Released Parties�) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Sweepstakes; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, providers or telephone or network lines; (c) printing errors; (d) errors in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; or (e) injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt of any prize. Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Sweepstakes, and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorneys’ fees. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of New York, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of New York, New York.

9. GENERAL CONDITIONS:

If for any reason an entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any person it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in a disruptive manner. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

10. PERSONAL INFORMATION:

The personal information collected through the Sweepstakes is subject to Sponsor’s privacy statement and will be used to contact the entrant.

11. SWEEPSTAKES RESULTS:

For Sweepstakes results, go to http://www.adotas.com/globalspec at the end of the contest.








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