Official Rules

NO PURCHASE (and additionally for CA residents, NO PAYMENT OF ANY KIND) NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. By entering the Contest, Entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules. Contest open only to current legal residents of the 50 United States (including the District of Columbia) who are 21 years of age or older and an Elementary Educator for Kindergarten through 8th Grade.

1. HOW TO ENTER:You may enter the Post-it® Teacher’s Activity Plan Contest by accessing the Sponsor’s Internet Website: www.Post-it.com/TeachersWin (Website) and clicking on the Get Started button. Enter the registration information requested which includes your complete first and last name, street address, city, state, and valid email address. After registering, follow the steps on the site to submit your Activity Plan. Submit your best idea for helping kids with a specific school subject or classroom management using Post-it® Products in your classroom. Understanding and acceptance of the Official Rules must be acknowledged by clicking on the “I agree to the Official Rules” check box. Your submission is additionally subject to the Terms and Conditions posted on the Website as well as Sponsor’s Copyright Policy reproduced at the conclusion of these Official Rules. There are eight categories: Art, History, Language Arts, Math, Music, Reading and Writing, Science or Classroom Management Strategies. Describe how you creatively use Post-it® products to encourage and make learning fun. Uploading a photo of your activity (no students/children permitted in photo) is recommended but not mandatory. All submissions may contain only one activity. Limit five (5) entries per email address. Proof of registration/ submission does not constitute proof of entry. Entry must be written in English. Entry must be solely the original work of the entrant and must not have been previously published or won an award or prize of any kind. Entry must not infringe on any third-party rights, and must be suitable for publication (i.e., may not be obscene or indecent). Entry cannot defame or invade publicity rights or the privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe on any person’s personal or proprietary rights. Entry may not be obscene, contain profanities or depict any school or the Sponsor unfavorably, and must be suitable for all ages. By submitting an Entry, entrants agree that all ideas, concepts, and copyrighted material contained in the Entry become the sole property of Sponsor and may be reproduced, edited, modified, published, adapted, or used in any way, in whole or in part in any and all media or commerce worldwide without limitation and compensation to entrant.

2. DEADLINES AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.Contest begins on March 1, 2010 at 12:00:01 a.m. Central Time (CT) and ends at 11:59:59 a.m. CT on July 29, 2010 (Contest Period).All entries must be received by 11:59:59 a.m. CT on July 29, 2010. Administrator’s computer is the official clock for this Contest.Employees, officers, directors and agents of 3M, Gage Marketing Group LLC, (”Released Parties”) and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising/promotional agencies, and members of the immediate family or persons living in the same household of such individuals, are ineligible to participate or win a prize.

3. JUDGING: All eligible Entries will be judged by an independent panel of judges, determined by Sponsor. The judges’ decisions on all matters pertaining to this contest are final. Judging will be completed on or about August 31, 2010. Provided a sufficient number of eligible entries are received in each category, there will be one overall Grand Prize winner, eight First Prize winners (one in each category) and eight Second Prize winners (one in each category). All Entries must be suitable for publication and will be judged based on the following three (3) judging criteria: creativity (45%); encourages learning and makes it fun (30%) and adaptability (25%). In the event of a tie of total score between two (2) or more Entries, the entrant with the highest score in “creativity” will be declared the winner. If a tie remains thereafter, the entrant with the highest combined score in “adaptability” and ‘encourages learning and makes it fun” will be declared the winner (”Winner’). Winners will be notified via email or mail.Grand Prize Winner may be required to sign and return to sponsor an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability/Prize Acceptance Form or Publicity form within fourteen (14) days of delivery. Failure to do so within this time period will result in disqualification, in which case an alternate winner may be selected.If winner notification is returned to Sponsor as undeliverable this will result in disqualification and the naming of an alternate winner.All federal, state, and local taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the winners. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.Void where prohibited. By entering, entrant agrees to abide by and be bound by these rules and decisions of the judge or panel of judges that are final and binding in all respects.Limit one (1) prize per person.

4. PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a Classroom Makeover awarded to the teacher’s designated school, in the teacher’s honor. The Classroom Makeover includes a Treasure Chest of Post-it® Products, a Sponsor-specified 3M branded projector, Sponsor-specified Ergo for teachers desk/classroom work stations, Post-it® Easel Pads, Post-it® Labels, and assortment of Command™ Strips, an assortment of Scotch® Tape, Glue Sticks, etc., and assortment of Nexcare™ products and a Sponsor-specified Filtrete™ Air Purifier. In addition, the winning teacher will receive a Teacher Makeover awarded in the form of gift card. ARV of the Classroom Makeover: $5,500. ARV of the Teacher Makeover: $500. Eight (8) First Prize Winners (one per category) will receive $150.00, issued as a check. ARV: $150.00 each. Eight (8) Second Prize Winners (one per category) will receive a Treasure Chest of Post-it® Products. ARV: $100.00 each. Total Approximate Retail Value of all prizes is $8,000.00. Prizes consist of only the items specifically listed as the prize. No transfer or substitution of a prize by Winner is permitted. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if for any reason an advertised prize cannot be awarded as intended and potential winners agree to such substitution as a condition of entry in this Contest. Gift Card is not redeemable or exchangeable for cash and is subject to all terms and conditions of used as established by issuer. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, stolen or expired gift card.

5. CONTEST RELEASE: By entering and/or participating in the Contest, Winners agree to indemnify and hold Sponsor and its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and the agents and employees of each harmless from any and all liability, damages or causes of action (however named or described) with respect to or arising out of the use of submissions prizes awarded and constitutes permission to use winners’ names and/or likenesses and address for purposes specified in the Website’s Terms and Conditions, as well as relating to the administration an promotion of the contest without further compensation except where prohibited by law. By entering and/or participating in the Contest entrant represents and warrants that his or her submission(s) and all elements thereof: (i) are the original work of the entrant; (ii) have not previously been published or won an award or prize of any kind; (ii) do not infringe or violate the rights of any third party, including but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, logos, contract and licensing rights, rights of publicity or privacy, moral rights, or any other intellectual property rights; (iii) are not subject to any third party agreements, and that the Sponsor will not be required to pay or incur any sums to any person or entity as a result of their use, exhibition or exploitation of the submission or elements therein; (iv) any required permits from local authorities and other permissions have been obtained; (v) do not contain any content that is likely to be considered offensive by Sponsor or could adversely affect the name, reputation, or goodwill of the Sponsor.

6. RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND CANCEL: Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to be tampering with the operation of the Contest or website, or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; to be acting in violation of the terms of use of the website, or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Sponsor reserves the exclusive right to cancel the Contest should a virus, bug, unauthorized human intervention or other cause beyond Sponsor’s control corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Contest. In such event, the entries will be judged from all eligible entries received up to the time of cancellation. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entry based on its sole discretion.

7. LIMITATIONS OF LIABLITITY: Sponsor and other Released Parties are not responsible for: (i) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technology outage, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries, whether caused by the sender or any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (ii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iii) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process, (iv) electronic, clerical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the transmission, receipt or processing of entries or notification of winners; or (v) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant’s computer, hardware or software, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, modify, cancel or suspend this Contest if fraud, technical failures including any network server or hardware failure, viruses, bugs, errors in programming, or any other errors or other causes beyond the control of Sponsor corrupt the administration, security, or proper play, of the Contest. Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall the Sponsor or the other Released Parties be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of or inability to use the web site, or out of any breach of any warranty. This exclusion or limitation of liability will not apply to the extent that any applicable statute prohibits such exclusion or limitation of liability. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE SPONSOR’S WEB SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT THE HOME INSPECTION WRITTEN REPORT COMPLIES WITH STATE OR LOCAL LAWS, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES; CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS. Any attempt by an entrant or other individual to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion, including but not limited to any fraudulent claims, may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages from any such individual, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Entrants or other individuals engaging in any of the foregoing activities may be disqualified and will forfeit any prize won.

8. Sponsor may prosecute any fraudulent activities to the full extent of the law. The failure of either Sponsor or Prize Provider to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, act of domestic terrorism, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of either (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations) or other force majeure event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules.

9. WINNER’S LIST: For a list of Winners, log on to: www.Post-it.com/TeachersWin after September 30, 2010.

10. SPONSOR: 3M Company, One Innovation Boulevard, St. Paul, MN 55144.

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DMCA Copyright Policy/3M’s Copyright Policy

3M Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively referred to as “3M”) respect the rights of copyright holders and expects you, as a user of this Site, to do the same. 3M complies with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”) and will, when properly notified as set forth below, promptly remove any content or material appearing on, or posted to, this Site (collectively referred to as “Content”) that has been identified as infringing the copyright rights of another party. 3M reserves the right to terminate your access if you repeatedly post Content that 3M is notified to remove under the DMCA. If you believe that 3M has improperly removed Content that you have posted to this Site under the DMCA, you may file a counter notification with 3M as set forth below.

Copyright Infringement Notification under the DMCA

To file a copyright infringement notification with 3M under the DMCA, you, as the complaining party (the “Complaining Party”) must send a written notice to the designated agent identified below containing substantially the following information.

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

3. Identification of the particular Content that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit 3M to locate the Content.

4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit 3M to contact the Complaining Party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the Complaining Party may be contacted.

5. A statement that the Complaining Party has a good faith belief that use of the particular Content in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the Complaining Party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Counter Notification

To file a counter notification with 3M under the DMCA, you, as the alleged infringer (the “Alleged Infringer”) must send a written notice containing substantially the following information.

1. A physical or electronic signature of the Alleged Infringer.

2. Identification of the particular Content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location before removal.

3. A statement under penalty of perjury that the Alleged Infringer has a good faith belief that the particular Content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the Content to be removed or disabled.

4. The Alleged Infringer’s name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the Alleged Infringer consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the Alleged Infringer’s address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which 3M may be found, and that the Alleged Infringer will accept service of process from the Complaining Party who provided notification under Section 512(c)(1)(C) of Title 17 of the United States Code or an agent of such person.

Designated Agent

The written notices outlined above should be sent to 3M’s designated agent as follows:

John A. Taft

3M Office of Intellectual Property Counsel

3M Center

Bldg 220-9E-01

St. Paul, MN 55144-1000

Fax: 651-736-3833

jataft@mmm.com