“Through the Lens of the Consumer” Official Contest Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

1. To enter: Enter by submitting your name, contact information, and a digital photo with any EAW products at www.eaw.com/lenscontest beginning on January 9, 2009 at  9:00 AM PST. Entries must be received by 5:00 PM PST on Monday February 9, 2009. Only one entry per person. Submitted photos must be in JPEG format with a maximum file size of 2MB. Photographs must be taken by entrant and shall not depict any artwork, designs, trademarks (other than trademarks owned by EAW) or additional images of any person other than the entrant. Entrants submitting more than one photograph or a photograph depicting artwork, designs, trademarks (other than trademarks owned by EAW) or additional images or any person other than the entrant shall be disqualified. The sponsor of this game is LOUD Technologies, Inc. (“Sponsor”). By participating in this contest, entrants (i) warrant and represent that they own all intellectual property and other rights in the photographs being submitted and (ii) grant Sponsor, the prize manufacturers and their respective designees a perpetual royalty-free license to use, publish, make available to the public, distribute, copy, reproduce, edit or alter any submitted photograph for any purpose related to this competition or the advertising, marketing or promotion of Sponsor or its products or services. Neither Sponsor nor the prize manufacturers are responsible for printing or typographical errors in any contest–related materials, late, lost, or misdirected mail or transactions that are lost, fail to enter into the processing system or are processed or transmitted late, or for any late, lost, misdirected, or unprocessed online transmissions.
2. Odds of Winning: Odds of winning each prize depend on the number and quality of eligible entries received. Your purchase of a product or service from the Sponsor or their authorized dealers will not increase your chances of winning a prize.
3. Eligibility: Game is open to all legal residents of the United States and Canada (other than the residents of Puerto Rico and the province of Quebec), except for the employees and immediate family (spouses and parents, siblings, children and each of their spouses) of Sponsor, the prize manufacturers, and each of their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, and any other company involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of this competition. In order to win a prize, residents of Canada will be required to answer correctly a time limited mathematical skill testing question to be administered via telephone.
4. Contest Judging/Winner Selection and Notification: All complete entries will be judged by a panel of experts selected by Sponsor (“Contest Judges”) who will judge entries based on creativity (25%), originality (25%) and overall impression (50%). Utilizing the foregoing judging criteria after the conclusion of the Contest entry period, the Contest Judges will determine the 5 highest-scoring entries, which will be posted online at www.eaw.com/lenscontest on or about February 16, 2009. The 5 entrants receiving the highest scores will be the winners, in each case subject to verification of eligibility.  In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken based on the tied entrants’ “overall impression” scores.  Potential winners will be notified by mail, e-mail and/or telephone, in Sponsor’s discretion, and will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability and Publicity Release within ten (10) days of receipt of same. If winner is a minor under the laws of the jurisdiction in which he or she resides, prize will be awarded to the winner’s parent or legal guardian, who will be required to complete the Affidavit and Releases within specified time period.  Noncompliance or the return of any prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Winners will be announced online at www.eaw.com/lenscontest on or about February 16, 2009.  By entering the Contest or by accepting a prize, each entrant agrees that Sponsor, the Contest Judges, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and the officers, directors, agents and employees of any of the above entities (collectively, "Contest Parties") are not liable for injury, loss, death, or damage of any kind due to or associated with acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize and/or participation in the Contest or the use by Sponsor or its designees of any entry materials. Except where prohibited by law, the entrants further grant to the Sponsor the right to use such Prize winners’ names, photographs, voices, likenesses, performances, entry materials (including photos), prize information and city of residence for purposes of advertising, promoting and publicizing the Sponsor and its products and services without further consideration or approval, except where prohibited. Contest Sponsor reserves the right not to award the Prizes, should Contest Judges, in their opinion, deem insufficient entries satisfactory to warrant the award of the Prizes.
   
5. Prizes: Five (5) winners will receive (1) EAW Fleece, (2) EAW 30th Anniversary T-Shirts, (1) EAW black Polo and an assortment of lanyards and pens.  Total approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the prize is $100.00.  The total ARV of all prizes is $500.00.
6. Taxes: Any tax liabilities are solely the responsibility of the winner. All federal, state, local, municipal, and provincial laws and regulations apply.
7. General: Sponsor shall be deemed sole interpreter of the rules and conditions. By participating, entrants acknowledge and agree to be bound by these rules and that the decisions of the Sponsor are final. Contest is void where prohibited by law. Prizes and prize components are not exchangeable, transferable or redeemable for cash. Prices shown are estimated retail prices, and actual prices may vary. All photographs submitted in connection with this competition shall become the property of the Sponsor. In the event of unavailability of stated prize(s) or component(s) thereof, or for any other reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute item(s) of comparable value. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate or suspend the contest should any virus, malfunction, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper play of any part of the contest. In such cases, Sponsor reserves the right to select the winner from uncorrupted entries only.
8. Winner’s List: Winners names will be posted on the EAW Photo Contest website www.eaw.com/lenscontest on approximately February 16, 2009.