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EPTO Program Guidelines

  1. Effective Date: January 1, 2008.
  2. The Customer must designate a representative to serve as the contact to register employees for public courses, on-site courses, Business Knowledge Series courses, SAS Analytics Lecture Series, Live Web courses, Design Institute for Six Sigma courses, SAS Learning Edition software license fees, license fees for all SAS Self-Paced e-Learning products, SAS Certification exam vouchers and selected training packages, training development, SAS training center rental fees, or selected conferences (collectively "EPTO-Eligible Products and Services").
  3. The EPTO offer applies only to eligible courses and events scheduled in the United States.
  4. The Customer can choose any number of 30, 60, 90, or 120 EPTO units or a combination of the options.
    30 EPTO units at a fee of $12,500
    60 EPTO units at a fee of $23,750
    90 EPTO units at a fee of $33,000
    120 EPTO units at a fee of $44,000
  5. The purchase of EPTO units or the use of EPTO units to attend courses in certain states might require payment of additional state taxes. This amount is not included in EPTO pricing. If required these taxes will be included in the invoice for the purchase of the EPTO units or a separate invoice will be sent for payment remittal.
  6. EPTO units can be used to register and pay for EPTO-Eligible Products and Services. (These events will have varying EPTO units assigned to them according to their registration fees, e.g., ½ EPTO unit is required per one SAS Certification exam voucher; 1.5 EPTO units are required for a SAS training center rental fee per one day. EPTO unit requirements vary for all other EPTO-Eligible Products and Services.)
  7. All EPTO units expire 18 months from the date payment is received. Customer must complete any training within this time frame. This includes all EPTO-Eligible Products and Services.
  8. Class and conference sizes are limited and space is not guaranteed. On-site classes are limited to 15 students per class (note exceptions). An additional fee of $150 per student per day will be charged for each student over 15, not to exceed 25 students. (Exceptions: All Activity-Based Management courses, all Fast Track courses, the Overview of SAS Business Intelligence and Data Integration Applications course, and the Using SAS Data Integration Studio to Build Data Marts from Enterprise Data Sources course are limited to 15 students).
  9. SAS reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any and all EPTO-Eligible Products and Services at its discretion. SAS is not responsible for airline penalties related to the cancellation of SAS courses or events. Please be aware of all airline restrictions regarding nonrefundable airline tickets when purchasing an airline ticket.
  10. The EPTO Administrator will issue an account number to the designated contact upon receipt of its EPTO payment. Payment terms are net 30 days. The contact may begin using its EPTO units as soon as it receives an account number, but not before then.
  11. No other discounts are applicable.
  12. EPTO fees are non-refundable.
  13. For on-site courses, travel expenses for SAS staff are additional. Expenses include round-trip coach airfare; rental car, including gas or local transportation; taxes; hotel and per diem meal expenses. Per diem is based on the Runzheimer Meal Lodging Cost Index.
  14. Offer expires December 31, 2008.

    CANCELLATION POLICY
  15. EPTO training units may be reinstated to the account if cancellations are received by phone, mail or e-mail at least 8 calendar days prior to the scheduled start date of an event; after that (7 calendar days or less), EPTO accounts will be charged the full number of corresponding EPTO training units. Substitutions (name changes) are accepted at any time prior to the event. Transfers are accepted, but they must be received no later than 24 hours from the start date of the event.
  16. The Customer may cancel on-site courses without charge if notification is received by SAS by phone or in writing no later than 21 days prior to the course start date. Rescheduling a course less than 21 days prior to course start date is considered a cancellation, and a cancellation fee of $500 per day for the total number of scheduled days will be charged and invoiced separately. In addition, if non-refundable airline tickets have been purchased for SAS personnel with Customer's approval, Customer will be responsible for the cost of these tickets.