UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

In the Matter of 

WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLC, a limited FILE NO. liability company. 

AGREEMENT CONTAINING 

CONSENT ORDER 

The Federal Trade Commission (“Commission”) has conducted an investigation of certain 

acts and practices of Weber-Stephen Products LLC (“Proposed Respondent”). The 

Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (“BCP”) has prepared a draft of an administrative 

Complaint (“draft Complaint”). BCP and Proposed Respondent, through its duly authorized 

officer, enter into this Agreement Containing Consent Order (“Consent Agreement”) to resolve 

the allegations in the attached draft Complaint through a proposed Decision and Order to present 

to the Commission, which is also attached and made a part of this Consent Agreement. 

IT IS HEREBY AGREED by and between Proposed Respondent and BCP, that: 

1. Proposed Respondent is a limited liability company with its principal office or place of 

business at 1415 South Roselle Road, Palatine, Illinois 60067. 

2. Proposed Respondent neither admits nor denies any of the allegations in the draft Complaint, 

except as specifically stated in the Decision and Order. Only for purposes of this action, 

Proposed Respondent admits the facts necessary to establish jurisdiction. 

3. Proposed Respondent waives: 

a. Any further procedural steps; 

b. The requirement that the Commission’s Decision contain a statement of findings of fact 

and conclusions of law; and 

c. All rights to seek judicial review or otherwise to challenge or contest the validity of the 

Decision and Order issued pursuant to this Consent Agreement. 

4. This Consent Agreement will not become part of the public record of the proceeding unless 

and until it is accepted by the Commission. If the Commission accepts this Consent Agreement, 

it, together with the draft Complaint, will be placed on the public record for 30 days and 

information about them publicly released. Acceptance does not constitute final approval, but it 

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serves as the basis for further actions leading to final disposition of the matter. Thereafter, the 

Commission may either withdraw its acceptance of this Consent Agreement and so notify 

Proposed Respondent, in which event the Commission will take such action as it may consider 

appropriate, or issue and serve its Complaint (in such form as the circumstances may require) 

and decision in disposition of the proceeding, which may include an Order. See Section 2.34 of 

the Commission’s Rules, 16 C.F.R. § 2.34 (“Rule 2.34”). 

5. If this agreement is accepted by the Commission, and if such acceptance is not subsequently 

withdrawn by the Commission pursuant to Rule 2.34, the Commission may, without further 

notice to Proposed Respondent: (1) issue its Complaint corresponding in form and substance 

with the attached draft Complaint and its Decision and Order; and (2) make information about 

them public. Proposed Respondent agrees that service of the Order may be effected by its 

publication on the Commission’s website (ftc.gov), at which time the Order will become final. 

See Rule 2.32(d). Proposed Respondent waives any rights they may have to any other manner of 

service. See Rule 4.4. 

6. When final, the Decision and Order will have the same force and effect and may be altered, 

modified, or set aside in the same manner and within the same time provided by statute for other 

Commission orders. 

7. The Complaint may be used in construing the terms of the Decision and Order. No 

agreement, understanding, representation, or interpretation not contained in the Decision and 

Order or in this Consent Agreement may be used to vary or contradict the terms of the Decision 

and Order. 

8. Proposed Respondent agrees to comply with the terms of the proposed Decision and Order, 

Proposed Respondent understands that it may be liable for civil penalties and other relief for 

each violation of the Decision and Order after it becomes final. 

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________________________ 

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WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLC 

By:___________________ 

Philip J. Zadeik, Esq 

General Counsel 

Weber-Stephen Products LLC 

1415 S. Roselle Road 

Palatine, Illinois 60067 

Date:__________________ 

APPROVED: 

By:___________________ 

Ronald Y. Rothstein 

Winston & Strawn LLP 

Attorney for Proposed Respondent 

Date:__________________ 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

By:___________________ 

Christopher E. Brown 

Melissa Dickey 

Joshua A. Doan 

Attorneys, Bureau of Consumer 

Protection 

Date:__________________ 

Lois C. Greisman 

Associate Director 

Division of Marketing Practices 

Samuel Levine 

Director 

Bureau of Consumer Protection 

Date:__________________ 

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