This website (www.scottgas.com) is made available to the public as a service of Scott Specialty Gases, Inc. ("Scott"). It is the intention of Scott to promote its reputation for a diverse range of high quality specialty gases, gas handling equipment and custom gas delivery systems on this website to the benefit of our customers, clients and friends.

By using this website, you indicate your agreement to the following conditions of use without any limitation or qualification. In addition, when using particular services or materials on this site, users shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services or materials that may contain terms and conditions in addition to those in these Terms of Use. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THIS WEBSITE OR DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE, PLEASE EXIT THE SITE NOW. YOUR REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS SITE, OR ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, CONTENT, OR OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE, IS TO STOP USING THE SITE AND/OR THOSE PARTICULAR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. YOUR AGREEMENT WITH US REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH THESE TERMS OF USE BECOMES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON COMMENCEMENT OF YOUR USE OF THIS SITE. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using this site

We reserve the right to change these Terms of Use from time to time without notice to you. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this site and these Terms of Use periodically and to be aware of any modifications. Your continued use of this site after such modifications will constitute your acknowledgement of the modified Terms of Use and agreement to abide and be bound by the modified Terms of Use.

As used in these Terms of Use, references to "Scott" includes our owners, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, officers, directors, suppliers and any partners, sponsors, and advertisers, and includes (without limitation) all parties involved in creating, producing, and/or delivering this site and/or its contents.

We reserve the sole right to either modify or discontinue the site, including any features therein, at any time with or without notice to you. We shall not be liable to you or any third party should we exercise such right. Modifications may include, but are not limited to the addition of fee-based services, changes to or limitations on the forums or participation in them. Any new features that augment or enhance the then-current services on this site shall also be subject to these Terms of Use.

You understand and agree that temporary interruptions of the site and the services available through it may occur as normal events. You further understand and agree that we have no control over third-party networks you may access in the course of the use of this site, and therefore, delays and disruption of other network transmissions are completely beyond our control.

You understand and agree that the services available on this site are provided "AS IS" and that we assume no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, misdelivery, or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings.

1.Is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortious, contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed at another individual or group of individuals), or otherwise violates our rules or policies;

2.Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;

3.Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right of any party;

4.Constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk e-mail (also known as "spamming"), chain letters, any other form of unauthorized solicitation, or any form of lottery or gambling;

6.Impersonates any person or entity, including any of our employees or representatives.

We neither endorse nor assume any liability for the contents of any material uploaded or submitted by third-party users of the site. We will use reasonable efforts to monitor and edit the content posted by users of communications services, chat rooms, message boards, newsgroups, software libraries, or other interactive services that may be available on or through this site. However, we and our agents have the right at our sole discretion to remove any content that, in our judgment, does not comply with these Terms of Use and any other rules of user conduct for our site, or is otherwise harmful, objectionable, or inaccurate. We are not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such content. You hereby consent to such removal and waive any claim against us arising out of such removal of content. See "User’s Materials" below for a description of the procedures to be followed in the event that any party believes that content posted on this site infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right of any party.

When you use e-mail to contact us through the Scott website, your e-mail will be automatically encrypted . Further, when we use e-mail to answer your request, our e-mail response to you will be encrypted. Our method of encryption uses a public /private key system. Therefore, it should not be possible for other people to see what information you are requesting from us and the information that we are sending to you, including the possibility of confidential information regarding your company. However, if you prefer to avoid the possibility of an e-mail response being decrypted and seen by others, we will be glad to call you or mail a written response to you at your address, as maintained in our records. In such circumstance, please make your request for a telephone or mailed response in the e-mail that you send to us requesting the information.

Scott shall exercise reasonable precautions to maintain the confidentiality of information about your company provided by you in connection with accessing this website. Information sent by you to us through e-mail, or by us to you in response through e-mail, will be encrypted during the period it is transmitted through the Internet .No assurance can be given to you that information you are providing to us or that we are providing to you in response to your request will remain secure during the time it is in transmission over the Internet. Once it is received by us we will exercise reasonable precautions to maintain its confidentiality.

Scott may, at times, disclose such information to its employees, representatives, officers, agents or affiliates, as well as any government entity, in the conduct of its business, in order to comply with applicable rules, orders, subpoenas or other legal processes, or in order to provide information to any government agency or official requesting such information, or for any other legitimate business purpose.

We may use non-identifying and aggregate information to improve the design and functioning of our website. For example, we collect information about the version of browsers that lead users to our website. We also track information about the number of electronic visits to our website. These aggregate statistics are used internally to provide effective service to the public and may be provided to others, but the statistics contain no personal or company specific information and cannot be used to gather any such information.

This website does not collect personally identifiable information about individuals or companies using our website unless such individuals or companies complete the forms contained on our Website or intentionally provide specific information to us for the purpose of our responding to their specific questions or information requests. For example, Scott uses e-mail addresses to answer the e-mail that it receives. Such addresses are not used for any other purposes and are not shared with third parties. Scott will use information from the forms to send product information requested.

This website is controlled and operated by Scott from its offices within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States of America. Scott makes no representation that materials on www.scottgas.com are appropriate or available for use in any other locations. Those who choose to access this website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Scott provides links to certain of its TechniMate® partners websites, certain government, professional association and publications website and may provide, and/or third parties may provide, links to other websites World Wide Web websites or resources. Because Scott has no control over such websites and resources, you agree that Scott is not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and is not responsible for any content, advertising, products or other materials available from such websites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Scott shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such website or resource. The inclusion of such a link or reference is provided merely as a convenience and does not imply endorsement of, or association with, the site or party by us, or any warranty of any kind, either express or implied

THE MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE, WWW.SCOTTGAS.COM, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Scott does not warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. SCOTT DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. You (and not Scott) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction. Links to other sites can be accessed through this website. Such external Internet addresses contain information created, published, maintained or otherwise posted by organizations independent and not under control of Scott. Scott does not endorse, approve or certify any information, product or service referenced or provided at such addresses. The material on this website is provided for informational purposes only. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (A) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (B) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (C) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE, OR RELIABLE, OR (D) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR INFORMATION PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SITE FROM US OR OUR AFFILIATES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS OR BE FREE FROM MISTAKES, ERRORS, OR DEFECTS.

THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOADING OR OTHER ACQUISITION OF ANY MATERIALS THROUGH THIS SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES.

Content available through this site often represents the opinions and judgments of an information provider, site user, or other person or entity not connected with Scott. We do not endorse, nor are we responsible for, the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by anyone other than an authorized Scott speaking in his/her official capacity.

In addition, the materials on this site may include specifications or other information. It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such information, opinions, advice or other content available on or through this site.

While Scott uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on this website, errors or omissions may occur. Scott makes no warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the materials on this website. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE BY ACT OR OMISSION, SHALL SCOTT OR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THIS WEBSITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE, EVEN IF SCOTT OR A SCOTT AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. FURTHER, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR THIRD-PARTY GOODS AND SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THIS SITE OR FOR ASSISTANCE IN CONDUCTING COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS THROUGH THIS SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE PROCESSING OF ORDERS. Scott assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in this website or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from this website.

Copyright 2001 Scott Specialty Gases, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Images displayed on this website are either the property of, or used with permission by, Scott. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted herein. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes. All trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and icons used by Scott or any Scott affiliated company are proprietary to Scott. Nothing contained on the website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark or service mark displayed on this website without the written permission of Scott or such third party that may own the trademarks or service marks displayed on this website. Your use of the trademarks or service marks displayed on this website, or any other content on this website, except as provided herein, is strictly prohibited. Inquiries concerning use of Scott's trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, icons, copyrights or other intellectual property should be addressed to Scott, 6141 Easton Road Box 310, Plumsteadville, Pennsylvania 18949, United States of America.

We do not warrant or represent that your use of materials displayed on, or obtained through, this site will not infringe the rights of third parties. See "Use of Your Materials" below for a description of the procedures to be followed in the event that any party believes that content posted on this site infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right of any party.

The following are registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of Scott: Acublend®, Acublend® Master Class™, Acublend® Working Class™, Aculife®, CEM Daily Standards™, CEM-1 Daily Standards™, CEM-2 Daily Standards™, CEMStation™ Gas Delivery System, Certified Master Class™, Certified Working Class™, Compliance Class™, Continuum® Gas Generators, Cross Reference™ Service, Custom Class™, EBS®, eQuip^SM, eScott®, Folio™, GravStat™, Interference-Free™, Micrograv®, Protocol Eleven™, RATA Class™, Reference Class™, Scott®, SCOTTY®, SFC Grade™, SFE Grade™, Sure Class™, TechniGas™, TechniMate®, TechniPure™, TechniSpec™, Universal Class™. All custom graphics, icons, logos and service names are trademarks, trademarks or service marks of Scott . All other trademarks or service marks are property of their respective owners. Nothing in these Terms of Use grants you any right to use any trademark, service mark, logo, and/or the name of Scott.

Any communications or material you transmit to this website by electronic mail or otherwise, including data, questions, comments, or suggestions, will not be treated as confidential nor as proprietary and will become the property of Scott . Such communications or material shall be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, and posting. Furthermore, while you retain all rights in such communications or material, you: a) grant us and our designated licensees a non-exclusive, paid-up, perpetual, and worldwide right to copy, distribute, display, perform, publish, translate, adapt, modify, and otherwise use such material for any purpose regardless of the form or medium (now known or not currently known) in which it is used and b) acknowledge that Scott is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to this website for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing and marketing products using such information.

We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to do the same. If you or any user of this site believes its copyright, trademark, or other property rights have been infringed by a posting on this site, you or the user should send notification to our Designated Agent (as identified below) immediately. To be effective, the notification must include:

1.A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

2.dentification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;

3.Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;

4.Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be subject to infringing activity and that is to be removed and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the materials;

6.A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Sec. 512(c), our Designated Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as indicated below. Service of repeat infringers of copyright or of users about whom repeat claims of copyright infringement are received will be terminated.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account and for any and all statements made and acts or omissions that occur through the use of your password and account, including any mail sent and any charges incurred. Therefore, you must take steps to ensure that others do not gain access to your password and account. Our personnel will never ask you for your password.

All trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos used by Scott are proprietary to Scott. We are very protective of our trademarks and service marks. If they have not been registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, then we have applications pending for and/or claim common law rights in all such marks. All use of these marks must be with our permission. We will file appropriate legal actions to enjoin the unauthorized use of these marks. Under the law, we would be entitled to collect your profits, our actual damages and, perhaps, even our attorneys' fees and statutory damages. We thank you for your cooperation.

Although this site may be accessible worldwide, we make no representation that materials on this site are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. Any offer for any product, service, and/or information made in connection with this site is void where prohibited.

You agree that we may, in our sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the site with or without notice and for any reason, including, without limitation, breach of these Terms of Use. Any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity may be grounds for terminating your relationship and may be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities.

All notices to a party shall be in writing and shall be made via conventional mail. Notices to us must be sent to the attention of Director of e-Commerce, or at Scott Specialty Gases, Inc., Attn: Director of e-Commerce, 6141 Easton Road, Box 310, Plumsteadville, PA 18949, if by conventional mail. Notices to you may be sent either to the e-mail address supplied for your account or to the address supplied by you as part of your Registration Data. In addition, we may broadcast notices or messages through the site to inform you of changes to the site or other matters of importance, and such broadcasts shall constitute notice to you.

Any notices or communication under these Terms of Use will be deemed delivered to the party receiving such communication (1) on the delivery date if delivered personally to the party; (2) two business days after deposit with a commercial overnight carrier, with written verification of receipt; (3) five business days after the mailing date, if sent by US mail, return receipt requested; (4) on the delivery date if transmitted by confirmed facsimile; or (5) on the delivery date if transmitted by confirmed e-mail.

These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement and understanding between us concerning the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties with respect thereto. These Terms of Use may NOT be altered, supplemented, or amended by the use of any other document(s). Any attempt to alter, supplement, or amend this document or to enter an order for products or services which are subject to additional or altered terms and conditions shall be null and void, unless otherwise agreed to in a written agreement signed by you and us. To the extent that anything in or associated with this site is in conflict or inconsistent with these Terms of Use, these Terms of Use shall take precedence.

You may not assign your rights and obligations under these Terms of Use to any third party, and any purported attempt to do so shall be null and void. We may freely assign our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use.

You agree not to sell, resell, reproduce, duplicate, copy or use for any commercial purposes any portion of this site.

In addition to any excuse provided by applicable law, we shall be excused from liability for non-delivery or delay in delivery of products and services available through our site arising from any event beyond our reasonable control, whether or not foreseeable by either party, including but not limited to, labor disturbance, war, fire, accident, adverse weather, inability to secure transportation, governmental act or regulation, and other causes or events beyond our reasonable control, whether or not similar to those which are enumerated above.

Any failure by us to enforce or exercise any provision of these Terms of Use or related rights shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.

It is the express will of the parties that this agreement and all related documents have been drawn up in English. C'est la volonté expresse des parties que la présente convention ainsi que les documents qui s'y rattachent soient rédigés en anglais.