Nathan’s Famous expand_more location_on account_circle menu search Terms of Use Please read this page carefully. This page states the terms and conditions under which you, the web site visitor, may use this website and any related websites, microsites, social media platforms and mobile applications (the “Site”). This Site is owned and operated by Smithfield Foods, Inc. or one of its subsidiary companies (collectively, “Smithfield”). By using this Site, you agree to comply with and be bound by all of the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms of Use. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, please immediately navigate out of the Site and do not use the Site. Smithfield may revise or modify these Terms of Use (collectively, “Changes”) at any time, in its sole discretion; therefore, you should visit this page periodically to review the most current Terms of Use. Your sole and exclusive remedy if you do not agree to any such Changes is to stop using the Site. Use of Site Material The contents of the Site, such as text, graphics, images, multimedia, and other content (the “Site Material”), are protected by copyright under both United States and foreign laws. These Terms of Use do not grant you any license whatsoever to the Site Material except as described in this paragraph. Unless stated otherwise on the Site, Smithfield authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the Site Material for your personal non-commercial use. Unauthorized use of the Site Material violates copyright, trademark, and other laws. You agree to not remove or alter in any manner any copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Site Material on any copy of such material. Except as expressly provided herein, you may not sell or modify the Site Material or reproduce, display, distribute, or otherwise use the Site Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose, or reverse-engineer, disassemble, or derive the source code for any Site Material. Additionally, you shall not use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site, or interfere with anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the Site. Specifically, you may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site through hacking, password mining, or any other means. Use of the Site Material on any other website or in a networked environment is prohibited. Smithfield or its licensors retains ownership of all Site Material, including all intellectual property rights in the Site Material. Coupons, Special Promotions, Sweepstakes, Contests, Games, Features, E-Commerce This Site may contain coupons, special promotions, sweepstakes, contests, games, or other promotional features or functionality (collectively, “Promotions”). These Promotions may be offered subject to special terms and conditions, such as eligibility requirements, entry deadlines, or other rules and restrictions (“Special Terms and Conditions”). Promotions may be limited to participating locations. If Special Terms and Conditions apply for any Promotion, we will post the applicable Special Terms and Conditions or provide a link to the Special Terms and Conditions on the web page featuring the Promotion. The Special Terms and Conditions shall supplement and amend these Terms of Use and are hereby made a part of these Terms of Use. Coupons will have their own Special Terms and Conditions printed on the coupons. To the extent any product purchases or other e-commerce transactions can be made through the Site, such purchases and transactions will be subject to separate terms and conditions. Trademarks The trademarks and logos appearing on the Site are, unless otherwise noted, trademarks owned by or licensed to Smithfield. Your use of these trademarks, except as provided in these Terms of Use, is prohibited. From time to time, Smithfield may make a fair use on the Site of trademarks owned by third parties. Smithfield makes no claim to ownership of those marks. User Submissions Smithfield welcomes your comments on or through the Site. However, you acknowledge that if you send us creative suggestions, ideas, recipes, notes, drawings, concepts, inventions, product reviews, or other information (collectively, the “Information”), the Information shall be deemed, and shall remain Smithfield property. By submission of any Information to Smithfield on or through the Site, you assign to Smithfield and Smithfield shall own exclusively all rights to such Information of every kind and nature throughout the universe now known or hereafter existing. Smithfield shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Information for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you or the provider of the Information and without any notice to or right of review or approval by you or the provider of the Information. To the extent Information is not owned by Smithfield, you hereby grant Smithfield the unrestricted, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use and authorize others to use the Information for any and all purposes, whether commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you or the provider of the Information and without any notice to or right of review or approval by you or the provider of the Information. As a user of this Site, you are responsible for your own communications. Therefore, DO NOT do any of the following things: Transmit material to Smithfield on or through the Site that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner; Send material that reveals trade secrets; Send material that infringes on any intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; Send material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; Intentionally or unintentionally violate or encourage conduct that would violate any local, state, or federal law; Send advertisements or solicitations of business; Send chain letters or pyramid schemes; Transmit material that contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files. or Impersonate another person or entity. Reporting Claims of Copyright Infringement Smithfield respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not knowingly violate or permit others to violate such rights. Users of this Site are prohibited from posting or submitting any content that violates copyright or other intellectual property rights. Smithfield reserves the right to remove any such content in its sole discretion. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, Smithfield will respond promptly to claims of copyright infringement committed on the Site and reported to Smithfield. If you are the copyright owner of any content or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf, please report any alleged copyright infringements to the following address or email: Attn: Legal Department Smithfield Foods, Inc. 200 Commerce Street Smithfield, VA 23430 Email: copyright@smithfield.com To be sure the matter is handled immediately, your written notice must: Contain your physical or electronic signature; Identify the copyrighted work or other intellectual property alleged to have been infringed; Identify the allegedly infringing material in a sufficiently precise manner to allow Smithfield to locate that material; Contain adequate information by which Smithfield can contact you (including postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address); Contain a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material or other intellectual property is not authorized by the owner, - the owner’s agent or the law; Contain a statement that the information in the written notice is accurate; and Contain a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright or other intellectual property right owner. Unless the notice pertains to copyright or other intellectual property infringement, Smithfield will be unable to address the listed concern. Submitting a DMCA Counter-Notification Smithfield will notify you that it has removed or disabled access to copyright-protected material that you provided, if such removal is pursuant to a validly received DMCA take-down notice. In response, you may provide Smithfield’s agent with a written counter-notification that includes the following information: Your physical or electronic signature; Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled; A statement from you under the penalty of perjury, that You have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and Your name, physical address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of a court for the judicial district in which your physical address is located, or if your physical address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Smithfield may be located, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of allegedly infringing material or an agent of such person. Termination of Repeat Infringers Smithfield reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the account or access of any user of this Site who is the subject of repeated DMCA or other infringement notifications. Restricted Access Certain Smithfield websites or features may have restricted access or require a login and password. If this Site or any portion of the Site is restricted, then only users expressly authorized by Smithfield are permitted to use the restricted Site. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for the activities of anyone accessing the Site using your password, even if such access or use is unauthorized by you. If you have reason to believe your password has been compromised, you must promptly notify Smithfield and request a new password. Smithfield reserves the right to revoke or prohibit access to any restricted Site for any reason and at its sole discretion. In the event the Site is restricted to authorized users only and such restricted Site provides access to confidential pricing, sales terms, or other non-public information of Smithfield, you agree to keep such information confidential and to not disclose the information to any third party or use it for any purpose other than for the purpose expressly stated on the Site. Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Information This Site may contain “forward-looking” information within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking information may include statements concerning the company’s outlook for the future, as well as other statements of beliefs, future plans and strategies or anticipated events, and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking information and statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the statements. These risks and uncertainties include availability and prices of livestock, raw materials and supplies, livestock costs, product pricing, the competitive environment and related market conditions, operating efficiencies, access to capital, the cost of compliance with environmental and health standards, adverse results from ongoing litigation and actions of domestic and foreign governments. Smithfield’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, may identify additional risks and uncertainties. These filings are available from the SEC. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Smithfield undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. 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If you access the Site from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. Smithfield is headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia. These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts situated in the Commonwealth of Virginia with respect to any dispute, disagreement, or cause of action related to or involving this Site. If any provision is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. 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