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Restrictions on Use of Materials. This site is owned by Russ Berrie and
Company, Inc. (“RUSS”) and is provided for the convenience
of our visitors. The content of this site, as well as the products, trademarks,
designs and logos shown and/or used herein, are copyright and trademark
protected and all intellectual property rights in the products belong,
or are licensed, to RUSS. Nothing in this site should be construed as
granting any right to use any product, trademark, design or logo. You
may not copy, otherwise reproduce or distribute any information from this
site unless it is for your personal, non-commercial, home use. Your use
(or misuse) of RUSS’ intellectual property or of any other content
in this site is strictly prohibited.
• Links to Other Sites. This site may contain links which permit
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• Communications. RUSS appreciates hearing from its customers and
welcomes your comments. However, any comments and/or information (including
creative ideas and inventions) that you transmit will be treated as non-confidential
and RUSS shall have no liability for disclosure or use thereof.
• Governing Law. This agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard
to conflict of law provisions. Any legal action or proceeding relating
to your access to, or use of, this site must be brought in a court in
the State of New Jersey. This site is controlled and operated by RUSS
from its offices within the State of New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Termination. This agreement is effective until terminated by either
you or RUSS. You may terminate it at any time. RUSS may terminate this
agreement at any time and without notice if, in RUSS’ sole discretion,
you fail to comply with any term or condition of this agreement. Upon
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• Note: This web site, "www.russberrie.com", including
any subsite accessible through the homepage, ("the site"), may
contain certain forward-looking statements. Additional written and oral
forward-looking statements may be made by the Company from time to time
in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings and otherwise. The
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe-harbor
for forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by
the use of forward-looking words or phrases including, but not limited
to, "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "intend",
"may", "planned", "potential", "should",
"will" or "would". The Company cautions readers that
results predicted by forward-looking statements, including, without limitation,
those relating to the Company's future business prospects, revenues, working
capital, liquidity, capital needs, interest costs and income are subject
to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements.
Specific risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the
Company's ability to continue to manufacture its products in the Far East,
the seasonality of revenues, the actions of competitors, ability to increase
production capacity, price competition, the effects of government regulation,
possible delays in the introduction of new products, customer acceptance
of products, issues related to the Company's Russ Trading division, the
ability to grow its direct sales force, changes in foreign currency exchange
rates, issues related to the Company's computer systems, the current and
future outlook of the Global retail market and other factors.