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NO PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONTEST. ------------------------- 1. ELIGIBILITY: The MarketWatch Investing Challenge (the "Contest") is open only to people who

are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law. 2. SPONSOR: Dow Jones & Company,

Inc. (“Dow Jones”), 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. 3. AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES: By participating in the Contest, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and

accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor in all matters relating to the Contest, which are final and binding. 4. TIMING: The entry period for the Contest begins at 12:01

a.m. Eastern time on September. 21, 2022, and ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on September 20, 2023. The Contest (ability to make trades) begins at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on September 21,

2022, and ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on September 20, 2023 (the “Trading Period”). 5. HOW TO ENTER: A. REGISTER: During the Entry Period, go to the Virtual Stock Exchange’s MarketWatch

Investing Challenge page and follow the links and instructions to log-in or register, including creating a user profile. Each individual entrant may create only one (1) user profile

(“Entrant”). Entrants must register prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on September 20, 2023. Entrants must register using their actual name. B. PLAY THE "CONTEST": After you have

completed registration go to the Virtual Stock Exchange’s MarketWatch Investing Challenge page and follow the links and instructions to login under your user profile. Each Entrant will start

out with $100,000 of play money in their fictitious portfolio. This is not real money and has no value (monetary or otherwise) outside the Contest. During the Trading Period, entrants can

buy, sell, and otherwise trade any and all investment vehicles available on the Contest Website. The Entrant must adhere to the rules and guidelines for transactions set forth on the Contest

Website, including: (1) Entrant must start trading before 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on September 20, 2023; (2) Entrant must trade at least 1 different stocks/securities. Margin Trading will

be enabled for this Contest, in accordance with the rules and guidelines set forth on the Contest Website. At the end of each day, an Entrant’s account automatically will be valued based on

closing prices quoted for that day. However, in response to changes implemented by stock exchanges, quote providers and other third parties, the foregoing valuation methodology may be

changed in order for each Entrant’s account to accurately reflect market values. At the close of the Contest, each Entrant’s account automatically will be valued based on the latest market

sale prices as of 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on September 20, 2023. Entrants can return to the Contest Website as many times as they wish during the Trading Period. The sponsor may announce

certain top-performing entrants in the Contest, the performance of their Contest portfolio and the holdings in their Contest portfolio at MarketWatch events, on MarketWatch or otherwise.

Entrants may receive service emails from time to time regarding their portfolio and the Contest. All entries automatically will be considered the property of Sponsor and will not be

returned. 6. PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE: The entries will be judged using data as supplied by the official data sources and as made available from time to time on the Contest Website. All

entrants must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules. 7. NO PRIZE: There will be no prizes awarded in connection with this contest. Nothing of value will be provided by

Sponsor to any entrant as a result of the entrant's performance in this contest. 8. PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes Entrant’s consent to

Sponsor’s use of Entrant’s name, likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information, hometown and state for advertising and promotional purposes and to announce final or interim results

and/or portfolio components, values and/or status in any media worldwide without additional notice or further payment or compensation, except where prohibited by law. 9. GENERAL CONDITIONS:

Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest for any reason. 10. RELEASE: By entering the Contest, Entrant agrees to release and hold harmless, Sponsor and each of its related

companies, its parent and affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, and agents from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of

participation in the Contest. 11. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Sponsor is not responsible for: (i) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any

computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (ii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iii) unauthorized human intervention in any

part of the entry process or the Contest; (iv) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (v) any injury or damage to

persons or property, including but not limited to entrant's computer, hardware or software, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's

participation in the Contest. 12. DISPUTES: Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest shall be resolved

individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by Federal or State courts located in New York City, New York; (ii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall

be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Contest but in no event attorneys' fees; and (iii) under no circumstances will entrant be

permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket

expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these

Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New

York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any

jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant in Sponsor determined, in its sole discretion, that such entrant has acted in a manner

that disrupts the integrity of the Contest or has acted in a manner that is contrary to principles of fair-play.