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CREATE YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE ART CONTEST

Official Contest Rules

NO PURCHASE OR ONLINE SUBCRIPTION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. SPONSOR: The "CREATE YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE ART CONTEST" (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Robert Bosch LLC (Bosch), 2800 South 25th Avenue, Broadview, IL 60155. Ford Motor Company is not a sponsor of this contest.

2. ADMINISTRATOR: innovative Customer Management Solutions, Inc. (iCMS), P.O. Box 7060 , Troy, MI 48007-9615.

3. CONTEST DESCRIPTION: The Contest is OFFERED ONLY IN AND MAY BE ENTERED ONLY FROM THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (“U.S.”). VOID IN ARIZONA, FLORIDA, NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND AND PUERTO RICO. THE CONTEST BEGINS AT 12:01 AM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT) ON MARCH 19, 2009 AND ENDS AT 11:59:59 PM, JUNE 30, 2009 (“Contest Period”).

4. ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open only to legal residents of the United States and District of Columbia ("U.S."), who possess a valid U.S. driver's license and are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Employees, and their immediate families (spouses and siblings, parents and children and their spouses) and household members of Bosch ("Sponsor"), Ford Motor Company, Ford Racing, Team Detroit, iCMS and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, dealers, advertising and promotion agencies (“Contest Entities”) are not eligible. Void in Arizona, Florida, New York, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico and where prohibited.

5. AGREEMENT TO THE OFFICIAL RULES: By participating in the Contest, each entrant fully and unconditionally accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and Administrator, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Noncompliance with the Official Rules will result in disqualification of an entrant and/or an entrant’s subsequent entries and the forfeiture of any prize.

6. HOW TO ENTER: THERE IS ONE WAY TO ENTER THE CONTEST: 1) INTERNET – ENTER THE CONTEST ON WWW.BOSCHPERFORMANCEART.COM (THE “WEBSITE”) and create your own performance artwork during the Contest Period. There are no limits on the number of entries. Multiple entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified. In case of dispute as to the owner of an online entry, online entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address from which the entry is made. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Entries that are incomplete or corrupted are void. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, illegible or damaged entries. In consideration for the entries being reviewed and evaluated for this Contest, each entrant into the Contest irrevocably grants, transfers, sells, assigns, and conveys to the Sponsor, their successors and assigns, all present and future rights, title and interest of every kind and nature whatsoever, including without limitation, all copyrights and all rights incidental, subsidiary, ancillary or allied thereto (including without limitation, all derivative, display, reproduction, distribution, and performance rights) in and to the entries for exploitation throughput the world, in perpetuity, by means of any and all media and devices, whether now known or hereafter become known, and whether in print or electronic form, and as a result, entrant does not retain any rights in and to the entries.

7. PRIZES/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (ARV): One (1) First Place prize winner will be selected each month during the Contest Period. A total of 4 First Place winners will be selected during the Contest Period. Each monthly winner will receive one (1) Canvas Performance Art Poster autographed by Vaughn Gittin, Jr., and one (1) Bosch cap (ARV $505). One (1) Instant Win prize will be delivered to the first nine hundred (900) eligible entrants during the Contest Period. Instant Winners will receive one (1) Bosch performance art poster (ARV $32). Winners may not transfer, exchange or redeem any Prize for cash. No substitution may be made, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize with another prize of comparable or greater value. All specifics are within the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Winners are solely responsible for any and all applicable fees and taxes. Participating in the Contest does not enter you into the “Bosch Drift into a Mustang Sweepstakes”. The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received.

8. WINNER SELECTION AND VERIFICATION: SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: The potential First Place Prize Winners will be selected the last day of each month during the Contest Period from all eligible entries received by the date of each drawing. The First Place Prize Winners, and any alternates, will be judged and selected initially by the Management Team of Vaughn Gittin Jr. with the final selection determination being made by Vaughn Gittin Jr. whose decision shall be final and binding. Judging will be based on the following criteria: 1. Creativity: 40% 2. Composition: 20% 3. Originality: 20% 4.Quality of execution 20%. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. The potential selected winner will be notified within 7 days of selection by email, phone, or other electronic means, at Sponsor's sole discretion. Potential winning entrants of the First Place Prize will have seven (7) days from receipt of winning notification to complete all necessary forms by mailing to “CREATE YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE ART,” c/o ICMS, P.O. Box 7060, Troy, MI 48007-9615. Any potential Prize Winner is not a winner until all required documentation, including, but not limited to an Affidavit of Eligibility, Publicity Release, Liability Release and Copyright Assignment is received by Sponsor and their eligibility has been verified. Such documents must be signed and returned by the date and/or time indicated within such documents. If a Contest representative is unable to contact the selected entrant within 3 days of their selection that entrant may be disqualified and an alternate entrant will be selected. All decisions of Sponsor shall be binding and final. If the properly executed documentation is not received within the specified time period, the selected entrant chooses to decline the prize for any reason, or fails to comply with these Official Rules, the selected entrant will be disqualified and another eligible entrant will be selected. Sponsor reserves the right to modify the notification procedures in connection with the selection of the alternate Contest entrant(s), if any. Except where prohibited by law, entry and acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Sponsor to use winner's name, home town, likeness, statements and other personally identifiable information for advertising and marketing of Sponsor's products, services and consumer promotions in any media throughout the world without additional prize, incentive, consideration, consent or review; and upon request, winner will provide written consent to such use. All decisions of Sponsor and/or judges shall be binding and final.

9. RELEASE AND DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY: Sponsor, and Contest Entities are not responsible for 1) any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry or notification materials or any human errors; 2) for technical, network, telephone, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission or processing of, or failure of Sponsor or agents to receive entry information or entrants to receive transmit winner notifications on account of technical or human error or any combination thereof; 3) any injury or damage to entrant's or any other's person or property or system occasioned by the entrant during the Contest or from downloading any information necessary to enter the Contest or resulting from participation in the Contest; 4) entries or winner notifications that are late, lost, misdirected, illegible, damaged, or otherwise deficient entries. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, cancel, suspend or modify the Contest in its entirety, or any portion thereof if its integrity, fairness or proper operation is undermined, or corrupted as a result of technical or other reasons or because of any illegal or non-authorized intervention or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control. In that event, Sponsor may select the grand prize winner(s) from all eligible entries received prior to such modification or cancellation. CAUTION: 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, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO COOPERATE IN THE PROSECUTION OF ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL(S) AND TO PURSUE ALL REMEDIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. By entering, participants (a) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, which shall be without legal or other recourse and final in all respects; (b) release Sponsor and Contest Entities and their respective divisions, dealers, subsidiaries, affiliates, and advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees from any and all liability for any claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by their participation, including the unauthorized or illegal access to personally identifiable or sensitive information or the acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of the prize; and (c) acknowledge that said parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the prize.

10. PRIVACY: Unless prohibited by law, information collected in connection with this Contest may be shared with Sponsor's promotional partners if and to the extent entrants agree at the time of entry, and in such event, the use of such information by such promotional partners will be used in accordance with such partners' respective privacy policies. Except as otherwise contemplated in these Official Rules, information collected in connection with this Contest will be used in accordance with Sponsor’s privacy policy. By entering this contest, you are agreeing to the privacy statement located at http://www.bosch.us/content/language1/html/1062.htm.

11. DISPUTES: Entrants agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in Oakland County, Michigan, USA. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor and Contest Entities in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of Michigan, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than State of Michigan, USA. Any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out of pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest but in no event attorney’s fees.

12. CONTEST RESULTS AND OFFICIAL RULES: A list of the winners will be available after the winner has been verified and the prizes have been awarded. To obtain the names of winners or copy of the official rules via mail, send your request and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: “CREATE YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE ART CONTEST” P.O. Box 7060, Troy, MI 48007-9615, United States. Specify "Winners List" or "Rules" on your request.