BUEHLER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USELast Revised: [September 19th, 2017]

Welcome to the website operated by Buehler, a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (“Buehler,” “we,” “us,”or “our”). This website (the “Buehler Website” or the “Website”) provides general information about
Buehler and its products and services, free of charge to our users.
All uses of the Buehler Website are subject to the following terms and conditions of use (these “Terms ofUse”).
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using any part of this Website. By accessingor using this Website, you agree that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these Termsof Use, as amended from time to time, as well as the Buehler Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated
into these Terms of Use. If you do not wish to agree to these Terms of Use, do not access or use any partof this Website.
Buehler may revise and update these Terms of Use at any time by posting the amended terms to thisWebsite. Your continued use of the Buehler Website means that you accept and agree to the revised
Terms of Use. If you disagree with the Terms of Use (as amended from time to time) or are dissatisfied
with this Website, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this Website. The most current
version of these Terms of Use, which supersedes all previous versions, can be reviewed by clicking on the“Terms of Use” hyperlink at the bottom of the home page.

USE OF THE WEBSITE
You agree to use the Buehler Website only for lawful purposes:
A. Specifically you agree not to do any of the following: (1) upload to or transmit on the Buehler
Website any defamatory, indecent, obscene, harassing, violent or otherwise objectionable
material, or any material that is, or may be, protected by copyright, without permission from thecopyright owner; (2) use the Buehler Website to violate the legal rights (including the rights ofpublicity and privacy) of others or to violate the laws of any jurisdiction; (3) intercept or attempt
to intercept communications not intended for you; (4) misrepresent an affiliation with any personor organization; (5) upload to or transmit via the Buehler Website any advertisements orsolicitations of business; (6) restrict or inhibit use of the Buehler Website by others; (7) upload orotherwise transmit files that contain a virus or corrupted data; (8) collect information aboutothers (including e-mail addresses) without their consent; (9) download a file or software or
include in a message any software, files or links that you know, or have reason to believe, cannot
be distributed legally over the Buehler Website or that you have a contractual obligation to keep
confidential (notwithstanding its availability on the Buehler Website); (10) post “spam,” transmit
chain letters or engage in other similar activities; or (11) engage in any other conduct that restricts
or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Buehler Website, or which, as determined byBuehler, may harm Buehler or users of the Buehler Website or expose them to liability.
B. Any content and/or opinions uploaded, expressed or submitted to a message board, blog,
chatroom or any other publicly available portion of the Buehler Website (including passwordprotected areas), and all articles and responses to questions, other than the content provided byBuehler, are solely the opinions and responsibility of the person or entity submitting them and donot necessarily reflect the opinions of Buehler. You understand and acknowledge that you areresponsible for whatever content you submit, and that you, not Buehler, have full responsibility
for such content, including its legality, reliability and appropriateness. By uploading or otherwisetransmitting material to any area of the Buehler Website, you warrant that the material is yourown or is in the public domain or otherwise free of proprietary or other restrictions and that you
have the right to post it to the Buehler Website. You grant to Buehler the right to use all content
you upload or otherwise transmit to the Buehler Website in any manner Buehler chooses,
including, but not limited, to copying, displaying, performing or publishing it in any format
whatsoever, modifying it, incorporating it into other material or making a derivative work basedon it.
C. Buehler reserves the right, but does not assume any responsibility, to (1) remove any material
posted via the Buehler Website which Buehler, in its sole discretion, deems inconsistent with theforegoing commitments, including any material Buehler has been notified, or has reason tobelieve, constitutes a copyright infringement; and (2) terminate any user’s access to all or part ofthe Buehler Website. However, Buehler can neither review all material before it is made available
on the Buehler Website nor ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has beenposted. Accordingly, Buehler assumes no liability for any action or inaction regardingtransmissions, communications or content provided by third parties. Buehler reserves the rightto take any action it deems necessary to protect the personal safety of users of this Website andthe public; however, Buehler has no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or
nonperformance of the activities described in this paragraph.
D. Your failure to comply with the provisions of (A) or (B) above may result in the termination of youraccess to the Buehler Website and may expose you to civil and/or criminal liability.

COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS/USE OF CONTENT
The entire contents of this Website (including all information, software, text, displays, images and audio)
and the design, selection and arrangement thereof, are proprietary to Buehler or its licensors and areprotected by United States and international laws regarding copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets andother proprietary rights. You are authorized only to use the content on the Buehler Website for personaluse or legitimate business purposes related to your role as a current or prospective customer, supplier ordistributor of Buehler. You may not copy, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display or perform,
republish, store, transmit or distribute any of the material provided by this Website without the priorwritten consent of Buehler, except to: (a) store copies of such materials temporarily in RAM, (b) store files
that are automatically cached by your web browser or device for display enhancement purposes, and (c)print a reasonable amount of information from this Website; provided in each case that you do not alteror remove any copyright or other proprietary notices included in such materials. Neither the title nor any
intellectual property rights to any information or material in this Website are transferred to you, butremain with Buehler or the applicable owner of such content. Except as expressly authorized by Buehler
in writing, you may not reproduce, sell or exploit for any commercial purposes (i) any material provided
by this Website, (ii) access to this Website, or (iii) use of this Website or of any Buehler services ormaterials made available through this Website.

TRADEMARKSThe terms “Buehler” and “Wilson” are trademarks and the Buehler and Wilson logos and all related
product and service names, designs and slogans on our Website are trademarks of Buehler or its affiliates.
You may not use such marks without Buehler’s prior written permission. All other names, brands andmarks not owned by Buehler are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks orregistered trademarks of their respective owners.

DEALINGS WITH THIRD-PARTY MERCHANTS
If you choose to correspond, participate in a promotion or engage in transactions with any merchantfound on or through this Website, you acknowledge and agree that Buehler is not a party to, and will notbe responsible for, your interaction with such merchant, including its treatment of your information andthe terms and conditions applicable to any transaction between you and the merchant. The terms of yourinteraction with any merchant are solely between you and such merchant. You agree that Buehler will
have no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage of any kind that you may suffer as the result of
any such interaction or the presence of such merchants on this Website.

LIABILITY OF BUEHLER AND ITS LICENSORS
Buehler does not assume any liability for the materials, information and opinions provided on, or available
through, the Buehler Website (the “Site Content”). Reliance on the Site Content is solely at your own risk.
Buehler disclaims any liability for injury or damages resulting from the use of any Site Content.
THE BUEHLER WEBSITE, THE SITE CONTENT AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR
AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE (EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE PRODUCT OR SERVICES ARE COVEREDBY A WARRANTY IN BUEHLER’S TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE) ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “ASAVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS. NEITHER BUEHLER NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH BUEHLERMAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY ORAVAILABILITY OF THE BUEHLER WEBSITE. SPECIFICALLY, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING,NEITHER BUEHLER NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH BUEHLER WARRANTS OR REPRESENTS THAT THEBUEHLER WEBSITE, THE SITE CONTENT OR OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITEWILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED;THAT THE BUEHLER WEBSITE OR THE SOFTWARE THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OROTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR THAT THE BUEHLER WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDSOR EXPECTATIONS. BUEHLER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT WILL BUEHLER OR ITS LICENSORS OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANYDAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOURUSE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE BUEHLER WEBSITE, THE SITE CONTENT, ANY OTHER SERVICESPROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE OR SERVICE, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT,INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOTLIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, LOST PROFITS OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM DELAY, INTERRUPTION INSERVICE, VIRUSES, DELETION OF FILES OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, OR ERRORS, OMISSIONS OROTHER INACCURACIES IN THE BUEHLER WEBSITE OR THE SITE CONTENT, WHETHER OR NOT THERE ISNEGLIGENCE BY BUEHLER AND WHETHER OR NOT BUEHLER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
ANY SUCH DAMAGES.

INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Buehler and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates,
third-party information providers, licensors and others involved in the Buehler Website or the delivery ofproducts, other services or information over the Buehler Website (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”),
from and against any and all liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees,
arising from any violation by you of these Terms of Use or your use of the Buehler Website or any products,

other services or information obtained from this Website. You will also indemnify and hold theIndemnified Parties harmless from and against any claims brought by third parties arising out of your useof the information accessed from this Website.

SUBMISSION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO BUEHLER/PROTECTION OFPERSONAL INFORMATION
Buehler’s use of your personal information and your responsibilities in connection with protecting yourprivacy are described in our Privacy Policy which is located at Buehler’s Privacy Policy Web Page and isincorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.
You are prohibited from using any services or facilities provided in connection with this Website tocompromise security or tamper with system resources and/or accounts. The use or distribution of tools
designed for compromising security (e.g., password guessing programs, cracking tools or network probing
tools) is strictly prohibited. If you become involved in any violation of system security, Buehler reservesthe right to release your details to unaffiliated third parties and/or law enforcement in order to assist
them in resolving security incidents. Buehler reserves the right to investigate suspected violations of theseTerms of Use.
Buehler reserves the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court orderrequesting or directing Buehler to disclose the identity of anyone posting any e-mail messages, orpublishing or otherwise making available any materials that are believed to violate these Terms of Use.
BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT, YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS BUEHLER AND THE INDEMNIFIEDPARTIES FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY BUEHLER DURING OR AS A RESULTOF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND/OR FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONSBY EITHER BUEHLER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

COMMENTS AND SUBMISSIONS
Buehler welcomes your comments. All comments, suggestions or other information sent by you to thisWebsite will become Buehler’s property, and you agree that all intellectual property rights therein aretransferred to Buehler. You understand that any postings to publicly available portions of the Buehler
Website are non-confidential for all purposes and otherwise governed by the Use of the Service section
appearing above.

LINKS TO OTHER SITESThe Buehler Website may provide links to other web sites on the Internet. Buehler is not responsible forand does not endorse the content, products or services of any third-party Websites, including, without
limitation, sites framed within the Buehler Website or third-party advertisements presented within theBuehler Website, and Buehler does not make any representations regarding their quality, content oraccuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions ofuse for each such web sites.

U.S. GOVERNMENT USERS
Use, duplication, or disclosure by the United States Government is subject to the restrictions set forth in
DFARS 252.227-7013(c)(1)(ii) and FAR 52.227-19 and any other successor regulations that may beapplicable.

COMPLIANCE
The owner of this Website is based in the State of Illinois, USA. Buehler makes no representation thatmaterials in this Website are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access this Website
from other locations, you are responsible for complying with local laws.

CONTACT/DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT
If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content infringes upon yourcopyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) byproviding us with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C §512(c)(3) for further detail):•A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of anexclusive right that is allegedly infringed;•

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 suchworks at that site;•

Identification of the material 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 Buehler to locate the material;•Information reasonably sufficient to permit Buehler to contact you, such as an address, telephone
number, and, if available, an electronic mail;•A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complainedof is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and•A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury,that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedlyinfringed.

You may direct copyright infringement notifications to our DMCA Agent as follows at:
Attn: Global Web Developer
41 Waukegan RoadLake Bluff IL, 60044
Toll-Free (USA): 1-800-283-4537
Outside USA: +1-847-295-4678
marketing@buehler.com
For clarity, only DMCA notices should go to the DMCA Agent; any other feedback, comments, requests fortechnical support, and other communications should be directed to Buehler by emailing or writing to:
Buehler
Attn: Customer Service
41 Waukegan Rd.
Lake Bluff, IL 60044 USA
Toll-Free (USA): 1-800-283-4537

Outside USA: +1-847-295-6500
CustServ@Buehler.com
You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this section, your DMCA notice
may be rejected as invalid.

MISCELLANEOUS
These Terms of Use shall be governed in all respects by and construed in accordance with the laws of theState of Illinois, USA, without regard to its conflicts of law principles. These Terms of Use, as they may beamended from time to time, completely and exclusively state the agreement between you and Buehler
with respect to the Buehler Website, and no other terms that may have been communicated to you orally
or in any other manner shall have any force or effect. Any cause of action you may have with respect tothe Buehler Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises orsuch claim or cause of action is barred. Exclusive jurisdiction over any cause of action arising out of theseTerms of Use or your use of the Buehler Website shall be in the state or federal courts located in theChicago, Illinois metropolitan area. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts.
If any part of these Terms of Use is unenforceable, the unenforceable part shall be construed to reflect,
as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties. The other provisions of these Terms of Use
shall remain in full force and effect.
You agree that no joint venture, partnership or agency relationship exists between you and Buehler as aresult of these Terms of Use or your use of this Website.
A printed version of these Terms of Use and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible injudicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms of Use to the same extent
and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated andmaintained in printed form.
Buehler’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use shallnot constitute a waiver of the provision. Neither a course of dealing or conduct between you and Buehler
nor any trade practices shall be deemed to modify these Terms of Use. Buehler may revise these Termsof Use at any time by updating this posting.