BASF Announces Second Annual Termidor All-Star Technician Program

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Beginning today, BASF will accept nominations for the 2007 Termidor termiticide-insecticide All-Star Technician program, which celebrates the dedication, skill and expertise of the nation’s top termite technicians.

“After a successful program launch in 2006, BASF is looking forward to this year’s pool of nominations,” said Karl J. Kisner, senior marketing manager, BASF. “We truly enjoy meeting the pros who know that even a stellar product like Termidor is just part of the solution for protecting homes against termite damage; the other integral part are the hardworking men and women who work on the front lines of the pest control industry everyday.“

In July, BASF will take 16 winners on an all-expense-paid trip to San Francisco, where they will be honored at an awards ceremony and attend the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Select technicians will also be featured online and in Termidor marketing efforts throughout the year.

BASF recognized the invaluable role that technicians play in the pest management industry when it launched the Termidor All-Star Technician program in 2006. As a part of the BASF “Growing Beyond the Basics” program, last year’s winners were treated to a three-day event in Pittsburgh where they were honored at an awards ceremony, enjoyed a surprise luncheon with legendary baseball catcher and Hall of Fame member Johnny Bench, and attended the 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and FanFest at PNC Park.

Companies can nominate their Termidor All-Star Technicians through a web-based entry form – found online at http://www.pestcontrolfacts.com/allstar - or by sending in a completed hard-copy entry form, available from BASF sales specialists or by downloading a version online.

Those wishing to nominate a technician are asked to describe in 500 words or less how the nominee exhibits three key characteristics: knowledge of termite biology and proper termite defense products and techniques; value to the pest management company in terms of the technician's role in business development, team morale, or other contributions to the company; and exemplary service to their customers.

Entries for the Termidor All-Star Technician Program will be accepted beginning Feb. 1, 2007, through March 31, 2007. Winners will be announced May 1, 2007. Official rules can be found online at www.pestcontrolfacts.com/allstar/. No purchase necessary.

OFFICIAL RULES. No Purchase Necessary: 1. To Enter: Complete the Official Entry Form on line at www.PestcontrolFacts.com or printed entry form provided by a BASF representative. Entries must be received before 12:00 AM (EST) on 04/01/07. BASF and its agencies are not responsible for lost, garbled or misdirected entries or problems of any kind whether human or mechanical. 2. Prize: Trip to San Francisco, CA, July 9th through the 11th, including round-trip airfare, two nights in hotel, airport transportation, one ticket to the 2007 Major League Baseball All Star Game, and certain food and on-site amenities. No substitution or transfer of prize except with BASF’s permission. If prize becomes unavailable, BASF may award substitute of equal or greater value. Taxes and all other expenses are the responsibility of winner. 3. Drawing/Awarding of Prizes: 16 winners will be selected by 5/01/07 by a judging organization whose decisions are final. Entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules. Potential winners will be notified by electronic or U.S. mail and may be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility within 15 days of attempted notification. Noncompliance within this time period may result in disqualification and an alternate may be selected. No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, stolen, and/or misdirected mail or entries. Sweepstakes materials void if incomplete, not legible, or if they contain errors. 4. Eligibility: Open to Pest Management Technicians currently working for a U.S.-based pest control company in the continental U.S., 21 years or older, except employees, their families and household members of BASF, Participating Distributors, their affiliated companies, agencies and anyone involved in this promotion’s production, development or handling. Technicians must be nominated by a manager or supervisor. 5. Liability/Publicity Release. Winners agree that (except where prohibited) BASF may use winners’ names, pictures, portraits, likenesses and voices for advertising and promotional purposes without further compensation. BASF and its agencies shall have no liability and shall be held harmless by winners for any damage, loss or liability to person or property by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of prize or participation in this Sweepstakes. BASF reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, to terminate or suspend part or all of this sweepstakes should non-authorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of BASF corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the sweepstakes. BASF and its agencies are not responsible for human or mechanical failures of any kind, lost or unavailable Official Entry Forms, fraud, incomplete, garbled or delayed Official Entry Forms, whether caused by BASF, users or by any of the equipment associated with or utilized in the promotion or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions which may limit a participant’s ability to participate in the promotion. Offer void where prohibited and subject to federal, state and local laws. 6. Winner: For the names of the winners, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for receipt by June 1, 2007, to: “Termidor All Star Technician”, c/o FCF Schmidt, 630 W. Germantown Pike Suite 400, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462. 7. Sponsored by: BASF Professional Pest Control, 26 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.