"The GORE-TEX® Brand Experience the Difference Re-tweet and Follow” Sweepstakes

Official Rules

Entrant Eligibility

To be eligible to enter "The GORE-TEX® Brand Experience the Difference Re-tweet and Follow” Sweepstakes, all entrants must be:

No purchase necessary to enter or win. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules.Employees of Sponsor, its affiliated companies, subsidiaries, dealers, sales representatives, distributors, advertising agencies, promotional and prize suppliers and the immediate families and household members of each are not eligible to participate.

How to Enter

Conditions of Entry

By entering the campaign where permitted by law, you grant to Sponsor (and agree to confirm in writing) the right to print, publish, broadcast, and use worldwide in any medium now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time(s), your name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation or review.

Selection of Winners

Every day during the campaign period [12/29/14 – 12/31/14], four winners will be chosen at random and may be featured on the @GORETEXna Twitter page.

The winners will be notified on or before 1/31/15 by e-mail. The names of the winners may also be published on Twitter during and after the campaign period.

Prize must be claimed within 30 days. To claim a prize, Winner must respond to the prize notification e-mail and may be required to provide proof of identity, address and birth date and/or execute an affidavit of eligibility, liability release and, except where prohibited by law, a publicity release. Prizes not claimed within 30 days will be forfeited. Sponsor will select alternate Winners for any unclaimed/forfeited prizes if a sufficient number of eligible and/or qualified entries remain. Any portion of a prize not accepted by winner will be forfeited. If an entrant changes his/her e-mail address or phone number after he/she enters the campaign, it is his/her sole responsibility to notify Sponsor by postal mailing notice to the address listed below to be received by December 31, 2014. Winners are solely responsible for all costs, incidentals, and any other expenses not specifically mentioned as being included in the Prize. All federal, state and local taxes are sole responsibility of winner. Prize may not be returned or exchanged for cash. Prize may not be transferred or substituted except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to award a substitute prize of equal or greater value. Prizes may take up to 30 days for fulfillment.

Prize

You have not yet won. The odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period.

Sponsor will provide three winners (total of 3 winners) with the following prize:

Estimated retail value of all prizes combined: $350.00

Web Restrictions

This campaign is not open to competition associations or automated competition entry services. Any use of such automated devices will cause disqualification. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual (and his or her campaign entry) who tampers with the entry process. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or suspend this campaign should fraud, virus, bug or other causes beyond the control of Sponsor corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the campaign. Sponsor is not responsible for computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions or other errors, failures or delays in computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Proof of sending your entry is not considered proof of delivery or receipt by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to exclude certain individuals from participating for reasons such as violation of the conditions of participation, attempted manipulation of the campaign or its entry processes, and reserves the right to take legal action.

All entrants must have a valid email address at time of entry. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an electronic entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the "Authorized Holder" in whose name the email account is registered, provided that person meets all eligibility criteria set forth in the Eligibility section of these Official Rules. "Authorized Holder" shall mean the natural person assigned to an email address by an Internet Access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Please see Sponsor’s privacy policy for details of the policy regarding the personal information collected in connection with this campaign.

General Conditions

This campaign is not associated with Twitter in any way whatsoever and is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by Twitter. Any questions, comments or complaints are not to be addressed to Twitter, but to Sponsor at the address shown below.

Participation in this campaign is considered a complete release of Twitter by each Entrant.

Should any of the stipulations in the conditions of participation be or become invalid, the remaining conditions of participation shall continue to apply with full force and effect. In its place an appropriate provision shall enter into force, corresponding to the closest purpose of the ineffective provision.

Limitation On Liability

Sponsor shall not be responsible for: (1) misdirected, inaccurate, incomplete, lost, late, delayed, undelivered, damaged or illegible entries, and all such entries will be void; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; or (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Campaign ; or (4) any 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 Campaign or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

Governing Law

This Promotion shall only be construed and evaluated according to applicable state and federal law. Void outside the fifty (50) United States, and where prohibited.

Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this offer and/or the determination of the scope or applicability of these Terms and Conditions or their enforcement or interpretation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Delaware.

Official Rules and Winners List Requests

For a copy of these Official Rules or a list of the names of the Winners, send your written request to: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 295 Blue Ball Road, Elkton, MD 21921.

Sponsor: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., 295 Blue Ball Road, Elkton, MD 21921.

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