Official Rules

ELIGIBILITY: The Eddie Z’s Blinds & Drapery and House of Blinds “Scariest Windows in America” Contest (the “Contest”) is offered by EZ Blinds & Drapery Inc. d/b/a/ Eddie Z’s Blinds and Drapery (“Eddie Z’s Blinds & Drapery” “Eddie Z’s” “House of Blinds” or “Sponsor”) and its affiliates. Contest open only to legal residents of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, 18 years of age or older. By entering the Contest, you accept sole responsibility for determining whether your participation is legal in any jurisdiction that applies to you. Participants must be of the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence and have an active email account and Internet access at the time of entry. Employees and directors of Eddie Z’s, its respective parents, subsidiaries, divisions, trustees, franchisees, participating vendors, distributors, advertising and promotion agencies, the Contest judges and its legal advisors (collectively the “Contest Entities”), and the immediate family (parent, child, sibling and spouse of each) or members of the households of such employees and directors (those who have lived in the same household for at least three of the 12 months preceding the applicable Contest Period) are not eligible. By entering, you agree to these “Official Rules” and that the decisions of Sponsor are final and binding in all respects.

Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

CONTEST PERIOD: Contest will run from September 27, 2011 through October 30, 2011 (the “Promotion Period”). All photography or video entries (the “Entries”) must be submitted via registration on the Sponsor’s website by 11:59pm on 10/30/2011. Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Promotion.

ENTRY: To enter the Contest, visit www.eddiezs.com/scary-windows (the “website”), fill out the registration information, and submit a photo or video showing your home windows with either i) their scariest decorations or ii) in disrepair. Entries must either be i) a .JPEG photo, no larger than 2MB in file size or ii) a video no more than 30 seconds in length, and compressed for web viewing. Limit: Only one (1) entry per person and/or per email address. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Any entrant who attempts to participate with multiple emails and/or multiple identities or uses any device or artifice to obtain more than the maximum number of entries will be disqualified. Entrant warrants and represents: (a) he/she is the sole and exclusive author and owner of the Entry, including all rights therein, and that the Entry has not won any previous awards or competitions; (b) entrant has the full and exclusive right, power and authority to submit the Entry and to grant the Contest Entities the rights to the Entry, including but not limited to the worldwide copyright; and (c) no rights in the Entry have been previously granted to any person, firm, corporation or other entity. Sponsor reserves the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any Entry at any time in the event it is determined that the Entry is offensive, inappropriate, not in keeping with Sponsor’s images or if it is determined that the entrant has not otherwise complied with these Official Rules. If the Entry contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the Entry, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Entry by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor from any participant at any time.

By submitting content to the site, you agree to give Eddie Z’s a two-year exclusive online rights and perpetual non-exclusive rights to this content. Eddie Z’s does not claim copyright ownership of the content you publish on the Site. After publishing content on the Site, you (or a third party who permitted you to publish their content on the Site) continue to retain all copyright ownership to the content, subject to the license terms described herein. After November 1, 2013, you regain the right to use the content in any way you choose.

Grant of license: By submitting your content to Eddie Z’s, you grant Eddie Z’s (and any Eddie Z’s successors-in-interest, subsidiaries, or parent companies), a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to, in whole or in part, with or without attribution to you, use, copy, modify, edit, adapt, publish, publicly display/perform, translate, display, create derivative works from and/or license and/or distribute content posted to the website. Eddie Z’s rights to content you submit include the right to make editorial revisions to your content; to use your name or pen name as author of your content; to use in any way the materials you submit on the Eddie Z’s website or in other Eddie Z’s media, whether now or hereafter created; to use for our own internal business purposes; and/or to reproduce and distribute the materials for Eddie Z’s marketing and publicity purposes.

• Per above, you grant Eddie Z’s: Exclusive rights and license to the content you submit to the site through November 1, 2013.

• Your representations and warranties regarding content: You represent that all statements you assert as fact are factual. You represent that the content you provide to Eddie Z’s does not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or personal information in or connected to Eddie Z’s.

JUDGING: On/about October 31, 2011, each qualifying Entry will be viewed by a team of judges (“Judges”) appointed by Sponsor. All eligible Entries will be judged based on the following judging criteria (collectively, the “Judging Criteria”):

40% based on overall originality;

40% based on the creativity;

20% based on relevance to theme.

Based on the total score the Judges assign to each Entry using the Judging Criteria, the Entry receiving the highest score will be the potential “Winner”, subject to confirmation that the potential Winner has met the eligibility requirements and complied with these Official Rules. In the event of a tie, the Judges will reapply the Judging Criteria until a single (1) Winner is selected based on application of the criteria.

The potential winner will be contacted by a representative of the Sponsor. The final winner will also be announced on Eddie Z’s social media channels and within the corporate website.

PRIZE/PRIZE CONDITIONS: One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a free window treatment from Eddie Z’s (value not to exceed $1,000 USD). No assignment, transfer or substitution of any prize is permitted, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute for any reason whatsoever a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. All prizes are expressed in U.S. Dollars. By accepting a prize, Contest winner agrees that their name and likeness may be used for advertising and promotional purposes in Eddie Z’s discretion in any and all media now known or hereinafter developed without territorial or time limitations or any further payment or compensation.

Winner will be required to provide Federal Form 1099, execute an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Liability Release and, except where prohibited by law, a Publicity Release, and return those items within ten (10) business days of issuance of notification. Noncompliance within this time period or failure of a potential Winner to respond to a notification attempt within ten (10) days of such attempt may result in disqualification and, at Sponsor’s sole discretion; an alternate winner may be selected. Installation costs and taxes on prize are the sole responsibility of winner.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: Eddie Z’s reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or the Website; to be in violation of the User Agreement of the Website; to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; to be acting in a unethical or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, as determined by Eddie Z’s at its sole discretion.

Any use of cartel, robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods and persons using any such methods will be disqualified.

If for any reason this Contest is not capable of being conducted as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Eddie Z’s, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Eddie Z’s reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. If the Contest is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted on Eddie Z’s website at http://www.eddiezs.com/ and a winner will be selected from among all eligible Entries submitted prior to termination.

ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, EDDIE Z’S RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: EDDIE Z’S IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LATE, LOST, ILLEGIBLE, MISDIRECTED ENTRIES, AND EDDIE Z’S DOES NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ITS WEBSITES. EDDIE Z’S IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION OF ANY TELEPHONE NETWORK OR TELEPHONE LINES, COMPUTER ON-LINE SYSTEMS, SERVERS, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, FAILURE OF ANY E-MAIL OR ENTRY TO BE RECEIVED BY EDDIE Z’S ON ACCOUNT OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, HUMAN ERROR OR TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE INTERNET OR AT ANY WEBSITE, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.

EDDIE Z’S IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCORRECT OR INACCURATE CAPTURE OF INFORMATION OR THE FAILURE TO CAPTURE SUCH INFORMATION, WHETHER CAUSED BY WEBSITE USERS, TAMPERING OR HACKING, OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN THE CONTEST. EDDIE Z’S IS NOT 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.

IN NO EVENT WILL EDDIE Z’S, ITS DISTRIBUTORS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, VENDORS, ADVERTISING AGENCIES AND PROMOTION AGENCIES AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES OR AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST, ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE WEBSITE AND IN THIS CONTEST IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON- INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE 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.

ARBITRATION AND DISPUTES: As a condition of participating in this Contest, you agree that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, or the determination of the Winner shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action exclusively by arbitration pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association, then effective. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will you be permitted to obtain awards for, and you hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than your actual out-of- pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Contest), and you further waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or your rights and obligations, or Sponsor’s rights and obligations in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Illinois, U.S.A., without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof, and you agree to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts for Hodgkins, Illinois for any disputes relating to the Contest or these Official Rules.

In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any winner based on an e-mail address, the winning entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e- mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

WINNER’S LIST: For the winner’s name and city of residence, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (no later than November 15, 2011) to the following address: The Eddie Z’s Blinds & Drapery “Scariest Windows in America” Winner Confirmation, One Raquel Way, Hodgkins, IL 60525.

CONTEST ADMINISTRATOR: The TEAM Group, 184 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 4-204, Florham Park, NJ 07932.

SPONSOR: Eddie Z’s Blinds & Drapery Inc. d/b/a Eddie Z’s Blinds and Drapery, One Raquel Way, Hodgkins, IL 60525