Rain Bird Rewards
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RAIN BIRD 2011 REWARD PROGRAM


ARTICLE 1 - Term and operation of the program
Rain Bird Europe 900, rue Ampère – B.P. 72000 – 13792 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 3 (France), a company registered with the Commerce and Companies Registry under the number 301 367 636, renews, from 1 April 2010 to 31 December 2010, its reward program in order to reward professionals in charge of installing sprinkling equipment. This program may be renewed.
The Reward Program makes it possible for installers to collect points affixed to cartons containing Rain Bird equipment. The said points may thereafter be exchanged for gifts. The value of these points is determined according to the new scheme defined on page 3 of this catalog. These points shall apply, effective from 1 January 2010, to a selection of 53 green space items, to wit:UNI-Spray (400, 410, 412, 415), 1804 (standard, 1804-V12, 1804-V15), Rotary Nozzles (models RN13-18 and RN17-24), 3504 standard, 5004 standard, 5004 Plus PC standard, LFV 075, LFV 075-9V,100-JTV standard, 100-JTV-9V, 100-JTV-MM, 100-DV standard, 100 DV-9V, 100-DV-MM, 100-DV-MM-9V, STP(4, 6 and 9), ESP Modular, WP1, WP1 JTV KIT, WP (2, 4, 6 and 8 stations), Dripline (rolls of 100m), XF Dripline (rolls of 25, 50, 100 or 200m), SPXFLEX (rolls of 30 or 100 m), Control Zone Kits (standard or with 9V solenoid).
pressure regulating filters (models PRF-075-RBY, PRF-075-BFF, PRF-100-RBY, PRF-100-BFF), SP-100 (rolls of 30m and 100m), SPXFLEX (rolls of 30m, 50m and 100m).Only the products referred to above are eligible for the program, excluding any other product.
Acceptance of this program is optional and free-of-charge and does not entail any commitment. In no event may such acceptance be of the essence of any supply or sale agreement.

ARTICLE 2: Mode of allocation of the points and ordering of the gifts
Only professionals in charge of installing sprinkling equipment may benefit from this Reward Program.
In order to participate in the Reward Program, installers must fill in and return the acceptance form included in the gift catalog or available on rainbird.rewards.eu. In return, installers shall receive their customer account number, as well as an access code to their Internet account.
In order to place an order, an installer must accumulate the number of points corresponding to the value of the gift. Participants must unglue the point stickers adhering to the Rain Bird equipment cartons and glue the same onto the point-collection sheets supplied by Rain Bird.
Participants may order their gifts in two different manners:
• Either by using the order form provided in the catalog and returning the same in the T envelope to the following address:
CUSTOM PROMO n°14414
PROGRAMME FIDELITE RAIN BIRD
AUTORISATION 62885
13789 ROUSSET CEDEX
FRANCE

• Or by placing their order on Internet on the www.rainbird.rewards.eu site, by means of the access code communicated upon registration. In such event, the participant sends the point-collection sheets to the following address:
CUSTOM PROMO n°17335
PROGRAMME FIDELITE RAIN BIRD
AUTORISATION 62885
13789 ROUSSET CEDEX
FRANCE

Each participant’s Internet account shall be credited upon receipt of the point-collection sheets. On line, each participant may view his account, check available gifts or place an order. The number of points corresponding to the order is debited from the customer account.
A new blank order form is sent automatically to each participant immediately upon receipt of each order.
The gifts shall be delivered to the address indicated by the participant on his acceptance form within 5 weeks after receipt of the order. The said lead time is provided as an indication only, and Rain Bird shall in no event be held liable in case of any delay on any grounds whatsoever.
USE
The products proposed in this catalog are exclusively reserved for private use. Rain Bird may in no event be held liable for any incident that occurs in relation to the use of the gifts.

ARTICLE 3: Points’ validity period
Professionals in charge of installing sprinkling equipment shall place their orders for gifts at the latest 3 months after the discontinuation of the program, i.e. until 31 March 2012. After the said date, any points not exchanged for gifts shall be definitively forfeited.
The points have limited validity. The points of the 2010 program shall be accepted until 31 March 2011 and shall be valid only for the 2010 gift catalog.
Only the 2011 points (new values and new format), valid until 31 March 2012, may be used for the purposes of placing orders in relation to this gift catalog, which shall come into force only effective from 1 April 2011.

ARTICLE 4: Terms of use of the points
The points are strictly reserved for professionals in charge of installing sprinkling equipment. The points may not be transferred or exchanged. Rain Bird Europe reserves the right to refuse any order if the same is not sent to an installer participating in the program. Rain Bird Europe reserves the right to check whether the sticker points that have been sent actually correspond to products sold by Rain Bird. Only original stickers shall be taken into account. No sticker shall be taken into account if the same is damaged, photocopied, or torn.
Any fraudulent use may give rise to criminal prosecution. The points have no monetary value and may in no event give rise to any reimbursement.
The proposed gifts and their value in points are indicated in the gift catalog delivered to distributors/installers and updated regularly on thewww.rainbird.reward.eu website.

Selection of the gifts may be made only from the catalog in force upon the placement of the order, subject to the conversion terms set forth in the said catalog. Each new edition of the catalog supersedes and replaces the previous edition.
Neither Rain Bird Europe nor the company managing the program may be held liable for any stock outage. In the event of any stock outage, the ordered product shall be replaced by another product of the same nature and value.

ARTICLE 5: Guarantee / After-Sales Service
The high-tech products presented in this catalog are guaranteed for a period of one year (parts and labor) effective from the date indicated on the cover letter or delivery note. The after-sales procedure shall be indicated on the letter accompanying the delivery of the gifts.

ARTICLE 6: Amendment or discontinuation of the program
Rain Bird reserves the right to modify, shorten or discontinue the program. In such event, the Rain Bird distributors/installers shall be informed by the most appropriate means. Such discontinuation shall not give rise to any indemnity or reimbursement whatsoever. Any disputes not referred to in these regulations shall be submitted to Rain Bird Europe whose decisions shall be final and binding. No complaint shall be taken into account more than one month after the end of the program.

ARTICLE 7: Acceptance of the regulations
Any participation in this program shall entail full and unrestricted acceptance of these regulations. These regulations are filed with Mr. Bianchi, Esq., process-server in Aix-en-Provence (13).

ARTICLE 8: Computing and Civil Liberties Act
In accordance with the Computing and Civil Liberties Act of 6 January 1978, participants shall be granted a right of access, de-registration or removal of any personal data related to them, by a written request sent to the following address:
CUSTOM PROMO n°17335
PROGRAMME FIDELITE RAIN BIRD
AUTORISATION 32288
13789 ROUSSET CEDEX
FRANCE

ARTICLE 9: Hotline
In order to provide any item of information concerning the Rain Bird Reward Program, a hotline is available, for France only, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from Mondays to Fridays: 08 826 620 730 (€ 0.15 per minute) followed by code 17335
Outside of France, an e-mail address is also available in order to provide any information: rainbird@custompromo.fr
Participants may also use the following fax number (outside of France): (33) 4 86 91 42 10

 

SCHEDULE 1: Additional information

TELEVISION SETS
Television sets must be reported to the Audiovisual Tax Unit. Unless otherwise instructed by you, we shall prepare the return at the name and address indicated on the order form (if you already own a television set at the same address, you will pay the tax only once).

RAIN BIRD TRAINING PROGRAMS
Any request for participation in a training program (types A1, A2, A3 only) must be sent to Rain Bird France. The contents and duration of the training program must be validated by Rain Bird France. A minimum of twenty participants is required for any Rain Bird Academy program. The training timetable is available on our website at www.rainbird.eu, under the sprinkling professionals/sprinkling training item or at the request of Rain Bird France.