OFFICIAL RULES

Ziploc® and Taste of Home “What’s in your Ziploc®” Contest

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT ENHANCE YOUR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE OR WIN.

THIS CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE 50 UNITED STATES AND D.C. ONLY AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY U.S. LAW. DO NOT ENTER IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE AND LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.

1. ELIGIBILITY: OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES OR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF DATE OF ENTRY. Employees, officers and directors of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Taste of Home Productions, Inc., and their respective parents, subsidiaries, and affiliated companies, advertising, promotion, or production agencies, web masters/suppliers (and their IRS dependents, immediate family members [spouse, parents, children, siblings] and individuals residing in their same household, whether or not related) are not eligible to participate. By participating, entrants (and entrant’s parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor) agree to these Official Rules, the decisions of the judges regarding Entry judging, and the decisions of the Sponsor and/or its independent judging agency which are final and binding in all respects. Void where prohibited.
   
   
2. PROMOTIONAL PERIOD: The Contest begins on March 1, 2010 at 12:00:00 a.m. (“Midnight”) Central Time (“CT”) and ends June 30, 2010 at 11:59:59 p.m. CT (the “Promotional Period”).
   
   
3. CONTEST ENTRY GUIDELINES: The Contest is to share your unique everyday solutions using Ziploc® Products. Entrants are encouraged to be creative, however uses of Ziploc® products must not be considered dangerous, harmful or damaging. Your unique everyday solution should be submitted in the form of an essay. Essay should be a maximum of 100 words (hereafter, “Entry”). Essays longer than 100 words will be disqualified. Included with your Entry, you may also submit a photo ("Photo"). The Photos submitted will NOT be included or considered in the judging of the submission. The Photo’s format and size must follow photo-upload guidelines. Only submit one (1) Photo per Entry.
   
   
4. TO ENTER: To enter, visit www.tasteofhome.com/ziploc and follow the online instructions to complete and submit your Entry. Entries must be received and recorded by June 30, 2010 at 11:59:59 p.m. CT. Entries that do not comply with the entry guidelines as stated in section 3 above will be ineligible. Each Entry (a) must be the original creation of the submitting entrant, (b) must be unpublished and cannot have been submitted in any other competition, (c) must not infringe upon or violate any rights of any third party, including but not limited to, intellectual property rights such as but not limited to patents, copyrights, trade name/trademark/logo (with the exception of Ziploc® Brand Products), and/or rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light or any other rights of any person or entity; and by submitting an Entry each entrant (and the entrant’s parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor) warrants and represents that his/her Entry fully and completely conforms to the stated requirements. Any Entry which is deemed to be inappropriate for publication, or libelous, slanderous, obscene, vulgar or harassing, (all as solely determined by Sponsor) will be deemed ineligible. No other form of participation other than as stated in these Official Rules is valid. Further, by submitting an Entry, entrant (and the entrant’s parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor) grants permission for Sponsor to post, and otherwise make use of, the Entry in publication and/or on the World Wide Web and other promotional and marketing materials as is consistent with these Official Rules, (as solely determined by Sponsor) and warrants and represents that he/she has properly secured, and has all right to grant such permission. Sponsor suggests that entrant keep a copy of their Entry. All entries become the sole property of the Sponsor, and will not be acknowledged or returned. Limit one (1) Entry per person/e-mail address
   
   
5. JUDGING: All eligible Entries received will be judged by Representatives of the Sponsor whose decisions are final and binding in all matters relating to the Judging of this Contest. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: 25% Creativity, 25% Feasibility, 25% Ability of the idea to promote the Ziploc® Brand, and 25% Uniqueness. The Entry with the highest cumulative point total for all criteria awarded by the judges will be determined to be the potential Grand Prize Winner. Sponsor reserves the right to review and approve the potential winner to ensure they are in compliance with S.C. Johnson & Son policies. In case of a tie, tied Entries will be broken by Entry with highest cumulative point score in Creativity. If tie continues, then ties will be broken by Entry with highest cumulative point score in Feasibility. If tie continues, then ties will be broken by Entry with the highest cumulative point score in the Ability of the idea to promote the Ziploc® Brand. If tie continues, then ties will be broken by Entry with highest cumulative point score in Uniqueness. If tie cannot be broken, tied entries will be evaluated by a new judge according to original criteria, and tied Entry with highest cumulative score by new judge will be declared winner of the tie. Potential Grand Prize winner will be determined from all eligible Entries received and notified on/about August 16, 2010.
   
   
6. PRIZE: Grand Prize (1): a Smart Ideas Contest prize will be awarded in the form of $25,000 cash. Actual smart ideas contest Entry design and execution is at the sole discretion of the winner. $25,000 cash will be awarded in the form of a check, or wire transfer, payable to the winner. Retail Value: $25,000.00. If the winner cannot accept prize as stated, prize will be forfeited in its entirety and an alternate winner will be determined. If a winner is a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, prize may be awarded in the name of, or to, winner’s parent/legal guardian who must execute all documents and agree to all obligations and undertakings of winner, both on behalf of himself/herself and winner, or prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner will be determined. No transfer of prize is permitted.
   
   
7. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Participants (and participant’s parent/legal guardian, if participant is a minor) agree (a) that Sponsor, Taste of Home Productions, Inc., and their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies and advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (individually and Collectively “Releases”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and are released and shall be held harmless by participants (and participants’ parent/legal guardian if participant is a minor) against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, to person(s), including death, or property, or violation of intellectual property or personal rights (such as but not limited to, copyright, trade name/trademark, and/or rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize or participation in this Contest or in any Contest-related or travel related activity and the use of the Entry submitted, and (b) participants (and participants' parents/legal guardians if participants are minors), by entering, except where legally prohibited, grant permission for Sponsor (and agree to confirm such agreement in writing), and those acting pursuant to its authority to use, publish, exploit the Entry and the elements embodied therein as more fully set forth in the section below titled "Grant of Rights by Participants", and winner further grants ownership of the Entry and the elements embodied therein as more fully set forth in the section below titled "Assignment of Rights by Winners". Any waiver or non-use of any rights hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any other Sponsor rights. By submitting an Entry, participant (and participant’s parent/legal guardian, if participant is a minor) agrees that participant’s submission is gratuitous and made without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation, that Sponsor is free to disclose or otherwise disclose the ideas contained in the Entry on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use, exploit and assign the ideas without any additional compensation or notice to, or approval from, participant, his/her parent or legal guardian or any third party. Participant (and participant’s parent/legal guardian, if participant is a minor) acknowledges that, by acceptance of participant’s Entry, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use, assign or otherwise exploit similar or related ideas previously developed or known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, contractors and agents, its affiliates and their employees, contractors and agents, or obtained from sources other than participant and participant (and his/her parent or legal guardian) agrees that he/she shall not have or make any claim against Releases resulting from such use, assignment or other exploitation. Potential Grand Prize Winner (and winner’s parents/legal guardians, if winner is a minor) will be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of prize notification. If Affidavit/Release is not received by the date stated on the notification, or if the potential Grand Prize Winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, or if any of the prize notifications or prizes are returned as undeliverable, the prize in its entirety will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be determined. Taxes on prize, if any, are solely the winners’ responsibility.
   
   Grant of Rights by Participants: By submitting an Entry, participant (and participant’s parent/legal guardians, if participant is a minor) grants Sponsor a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, assignable, sublicensable, royalty-free and fully paid-up license to the Entry and Sponsor and its designees may exploit, edit, modify, post, use and distribute the Entry and all elements of such Entry in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, without limitation and without compensation, permission or notification to any participant, his/her parent or legal guardian or any third party.
   
   Assignment of Rights by Winner: By accepting a prize, any and all results and proceeds of all services furnished by winner hereunder (including, without limitation, the Entry and any other work based on or derived therefrom), and all other materials of every kind whatsoever created by winner at any time if relating to the Contest (collectively, "Work"), are a "work made for hire" (as that term is used in the United States Copyright Act) for Sponsor. Sponsor is the "author" of the Work for all purposes, including without limitation the copyright laws of the United States, and Sponsor is the sole and exclusive owner, in perpetuity and throughout the universe, of all right, title and interest in and to the Work, including without limitation all copyrights in and to the Work (and all renewals and extensions thereof now or hereafter provided by law) and all the rights therein and thereto, including all so-called "moral rights of authors" and "droit moral" rights and any similar or analogous rights under the applicable laws of any country of the world. Winner (and winners’ parents or legal guardian if winner is a minor) also waive all so-called "moral rights of authors" and "droit moral" rights (and any similar or analogous rights under the applicable laws of any country of the world). Without limiting the binding effect of any of the foregoing provisions, in the event that any of the Work is not deemed to be a "work made for hire" for Sponsor, winner (and winners’ parents or legal guardians if winner is a minor) shall irrevocably and exclusively grant and assign to Sponsor (or, if any applicable law prohibits or restricts such assignment, winner (and winners’ parents or legal guardians if winners are minors) shall grant to Sponsor an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, transferable license of) all right, title, interest and ownership in and to such Work, including, without limitation, all rights of every kind and nature (whether now known or hereafter devised, including all copyrights, neighboring rights, trademarks, patents and any and all other ownership and exploitation rights in the Work therein and thereto and all renewals and extensions thereof), throughout the universe, in perpetuity, for all purposes, in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised.
   
   Sponsor’s rights in and to the Work shall include, without limitation, the right to exploit the Work (or not) by any and all means now known or hereafter devised throughout the universe in perpetuity, including, without limitation, the right to alter, modify, edit, adapt, composite, morph, scan, duplicate, merchandise, use and cut the Work). Sponsor shall be free to exploit, license, sell and/or assign any or all of its rights in the Work at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, to any person or entity, without permission from, or notice or compensation to, winner, their parents or legal guardians or any third party. In furtherance of and without limiting the foregoing, all revenues derived by Sponsor or its designees from the use, exhibition, publication, distribution, merchandising, transmission, licensing, display, selling or other exploitation of the Work shall be the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and winner, his or her parents, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no interest in or to any such revenues.
   
   At the request of Sponsor, winner (and winners’ parents or legal guardians if winner is a minor) shall execute and deliver to Sponsor such assignments or other instruments as Sponsor may deem reasonably necessary to establish, protect, enforce and/or defend any or all of Sponsor’s rights in the Work. If a winner (or winner’s parent or legal guardian if winner is a minor) fails to so execute and deliver any such instrument within five (5) days of the date of such notice, Sponsor shall have the right to do so in winner’s name, place and stead, and Sponsor is hereby irrevocably appointed as winner’s attorney-in-fact for such purposes, which power is coupled with an interest.
   
   Use of Sponsor Marks in Entry: Participant (and participant’s parent/legal guardian, if participant is a minor) may not use any trade names, trademarks, logos, service marks, symbols and/or other materials of Sponsor and/or its affiliates or any other materials provided to participant as part of the Contest (collectively, the "Sponsor Marks") for any purpose other than solely in connection with participant’s Entry. All Sponsor Marks shall only be used in the exact form, style and type then prescribed by Sponsor. The Sponsor Marks and any derivates thereof provided or created pursuant to this Contest are and shall remain the exclusive property of Sponsor. Participant shall neither (directly or indirectly) obtain, nor attempt to obtain, at any time any right, title or interest in or to the Sponsor Marks, and participant (and participant’s parent/legal guardian, if participant is a minor) hereby expressly waives any right which participant may have to do so. Participant (and participant’s parent/legal guardian, if participant is a minor) recognizes Sponsor’s exclusive ownership of the Sponsor Marks and any derivates thereof created pursuant to this Contest.
   
   Please see the privacy policy located at www.scjbrands.com/privacy for details of Sponsor's policy regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with this Contest.

8. LIABILITY LIMITATIONS: Releases are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, or non-delivered entries or e-mail; or for interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Website, telephone or other connections, availability or accessibility, or miscommunications, or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, or lines, or technical failure or jumbled, corrupted, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures, or technical errors or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of this Contest or otherwise attempt to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor representatives, as solely determined by the Sponsor, will be disqualified. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods, and disqualify any entrant using such methods. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from or use of the Website. Should any portion of the Contest be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, technical failures or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest, and select the winner from entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Website users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, and assume no responsibility for any error, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation, or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized use of this Website. In case of dispute, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account used to enter the promotion at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant, and must comply with these Official Rules. The authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, on-line service provider, or other organization which is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses.
   
   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 WEBSITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTED MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS WEBSITE 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 OR 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. BY ENTERING, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES, PARTICIPANT’S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS, OR THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE SPONSOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEST, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF STATE OF WISCONSIN, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW RULES. BY ENTERING, ENTRANTS CONSENT TO THE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL COURTS LOCATED IN RACINE COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
9. WINNER’S LIST: For the name of the winner, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: “What’s in your Ziploc®” Contest Winners List, P.O. Box 750292, El Paso, TX 88575-0292 for receipt by July 30, 2010.
   
   
10. SPONSOR: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1525 Howe St., Racine, WI 53403.