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Acceptance of Terms. Use of Site. The materials at this Site are provided by Methode Electronics, Inc. and its affiliates (“Methode”) as a service to its customers, employees and the general public. All right, title and interest (including all Copyrights, information and all its sites) contained therein is and shall remain the sole property of Methode, its affiliates and licensors, as applicable. Methode authorizes you to view and download the materials at this Site only for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not: (a) modify the materials at this Site in any way or remove any copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the materials, or reproduce or publically display the content.

The publishing of the materials at this Site are copyrighted and any unauthorized use of any materials at this Site may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. If you breach any of these terms, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed materials.

Trademarks. METHODE, “dataMate” logo, the “Trace Laboratories” logo, the “Duel Systems” logo and other trademarks used on the Site are registered and unregistered trademarks of Methode and its affiliates. You may not use these or any other Methode trademarks without our written permission.

General Disclaimer. Although Methode has attempted to provide accurate materials or information with a relative completeness at this Site, Methode may make changes to the materials at this Site, or to the products described in them, at any time without notice. The materials at this Site may be out of date, and Methode makes no commitment to update the materials at this Site.

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Limitation of Liability. METHODE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARI SISING FROM MISINFORMATION OR MATERIALS THAT ARE MAINTAINED ON THIS SITE, EVEN IF METHODE WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Exclusions. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF THE PRECEDING TWO PARAGRAPHS.

Some information on this Site may contain predictions, estimates and other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the company. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially. Methode is required to file documents from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Those only from material differentiated in our forward-looking statements. For a discussion of these risk factors, we refer you to the Methode’s most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Links to Other Web Sites. Links to third party Web sites on this Site are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these sites to third party sites, Methode does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites or their content. Thus, Methode does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk.

Text link to this Site, provided (a) you only link to the home page located at www.methode.com, (b) the link does not state or imply any endorsement or sponsorship of you, your company, or your site by Methode, (c) you do not remove or obscure, by framing or otherwise, advertisements, the copyright notice, or other notices on this site, (d) you provide Methode notice of such link by sending an e-mail that provides the link URL promptly as to you providing links to this Site upon notification by Methode.

User Submissions. Other than personally identifiable information, which is covered under the Methode Online Privacy Statement, any material, information or other communication you transmit or post to this Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary (“Communications”) assigned its Methode actions. Methode will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use the Communications and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law. This Site is administered by Methode from its offices in Chicago, Illinois. Methode makes no representation that materials at this Site are appropriate or available for use outside the United States, and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use or export or re-export the materials at this Site or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable laws. If you use this Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.

Severability. You agree to the warranty action without limiting disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, this will not affect the validity of the balance of these Terms and Conditions of Use, which shall remain valid and enforceable, and the invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision.

General posting can be updated at any time . You should visit this page from time to time to review the then-current terms because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these terms may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at this Site.

Last Updated: October 10, 2000