Surprise McCafé® Break
CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
May 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013
1. The Surprise McCafé® Contest is a series of eight (8) monthly prize drawings (collectively, the “Contest”). The Contest starts at 12:00:00 a.m. Atlantic Time ("AT") on May 1, 2013 and closes on December 31, 2013 at 11:59:59 p.m. AT (the “Contest Period”). There are eight(8) prizes (the "Prizes]") to be won during the Contest Period. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Limit of one (1) Prize per office/place of business during the Contest Period.TO ENTER the Contest , an eligible Designated Representative (as defined in Rule 3) can visit the web site located at www.atlantic.ctvnews.ca, click on the Contest page and complete and submit his/her entry by following the instructions found on the Contest page. In the event of a dispute, entries shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. An entry can only be submitted by a Designated Representative that has consent from the office/place of business to enter this Contest on its behalf and has the authority to accept that the office/place of business will be bound by these official rules and regulations (the “Rules”). All entries must include the Designated Representative’s name, address, age, ten digit day and evening telephone numbers, e-mail address and the address of his/her office/place of business. In order to be eligible for entry, the Designated Representative’s office/place of business must be within Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland/Labrador. Limit of one (1) entry per Designated Representative per office/place of business during the Contest Period. If it is discovered that a Designated Representative attempted to enter the Contest more than once during the Contest Period, all of such Designated Representative’s entries will be void, and/or if it is discovered that a co-worker of a Designated Representative has also attempted to enter the Contest, all such collective entries will be void. Entries will be rejected if entry is not fully completed and received during the Contest Period.
2. The contest sponsor is Bell Media Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Contest Sponsor”).
3. To enter and to be eligible to win, entrant must be: (i) a legal resident of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland/Labrador; (ii) be of the age of majority in the province in which he/she resides; and (iii) the designated representative acting on behalf of his/her employer for the purposes of this Contest (the “Designated Representatative”). Employees and their parents, siblings and children, and persons domiciled with an employee of the Contest Sponsor, McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited (“McDonald’s”), McDonald’s franchisees, or any of their respective agents, parents, affiliated or related companies, subsidiaries, divisions, prize sponsors, and promotional and advertising agencies and administrators, are ineligible to enter. A winner of a previous Bell Media Inc. contest within the three (3) months preceding the start of this Contest (including persons designated by such winners to take ownership of prizes) and persons domiciled with a winner are not eligible to enter.
4. There are eight (8) Prizesavailable to be won during the Contest Period,each consisting of: (i) five (5) McCafé® Carafes (each carafe will serve twelve (12) small cups of brewed coffee); and (ii) sixty (60) McDonald’s muffins.The approximate retail value of each Prize is one hundred and twenty-four dollars and eighty-five cents ($124.85) CAD.
5. Prize must be accepted as awarded. Prize may not be sold, transferred and is not convertible to cash. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a Prize in whole or in part in the event that all or any component of the Prize is unavailable. Prize winner is solely responsible for all costs not expressly described herein.
6. There are eight (8) monthly prize drawings (each, a “Monthly Prize Drawing”) during the Contest Period. For each Monthly Prize Drawing, one (1) winner will be randomly selected from among all eligible entries received between 12:00:00 a.m. AT on the applicable entry start date and on or before 11:59:59 a.m. AT on the applicable entry deadline date, as follows:
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MONTHLY PRIZE DRAWING |
ENTRY START DATE |
ENTRY DEADLINE DATE |
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DRAWING 1 |
May 1, 2013 |
May 31, 2013 |
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DRAWING 2 |
June 1, 2013 |
June 30, 2013 |
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DRAWING 3 |
July 1, 2013 |
July 31, 2013 |
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DRAWING 4 |
August 1, 2013 |
August 31, 2013 |
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DRAWING 5 |
September 1, 2013 |
September 30, 2013 |
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DRAWING 6 |
October 1, 2013 |
October 31, 2013 |
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DRAWING 7 |
November 1, 2013 |
November 30, 2013 |
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DRAWING 8 |
December 1, 2013 |
December 31, 2013 |
Each Monthly Prize Drawing will take place the day following the applicable entry deadline date. Any entries that are not selected during any Monthly Prize Drawing will be eligible for subsequent Monthly Prize Drawings, but any Monthly Prize Drawing winners are not eligible for any subsequent Monthly Prize Drawings (i.e., limit one (1) prize per office/place of business during the Contest Period). Limit of one (1) entry per Designated Representative per office/place of business during the Contest Period.
The first eligible entry drawn will be eligible to win a Prize. The odds of winning a Prize will depend on the number of eligible entries received prior to the applicable Monthly Prize Drawing entry deadline date. Contest Sponsor, acting reasonably, will attempt to contact each potential Prize winner to notify potential winner that he or she may have won a Prize by telephone within two (2) business days after the draw. In the event that a potential winner cannot be contacted within two (2) business days after the draw, he or she will be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be drawn at the Contest Sponsor’s sole discretion. Proof of identification must be provided upon request. In order to be declared a winner, potential winner must first correctly answer, unaided, a time limited mathematical skill testing question administered by Contest Sponsor Before being awarded a Prize, potential winner will be required to sign and return within the time stipulated by the Contest Sponsor, a full release and indemnity form in the Contest Sponsor’s form stating, among other things, that he/she has read and understood these Rules, grants all consents required by the Contest Sponsor, authorizes the Contest Sponsor, McDonald’s and its franchisees to broadcast, publish, disseminate and/or otherwise use his/her name and the name of his/her office/place of business, city/town/village and province of residence, photograph, likeness, sobriquet and voice and all other indicia of personality, in connection with any promotion and/or publicity, and/or for general news and/or for entertainment and/or information purposes at no additional compensation to the potential winner, beyond the awarding of or participation in the Prize, accepts the Prize as offered and releases the Contest Sponsor, McDonald’s and its franchisees, and each of the foregoing parties’ respective employees, agents, parents, affiliated or related companies, subsidiaries, divisions and promotional and advertising agencies and administrators (collectively, the “Contest Entities”) from any and all liability of any kind arising out of the potential winner’s participation in this Contest and receipt and/or use of the Prize. In the event that the potential winner does not comply with all the provisions as contemplated in these Rules, Contest Sponsor shall have the right to disqualify the potential winner, and draw an alternate potential winner, and the Contest Entities shall be fully and completely released and discharged from any liability or responsibility in this regard. The provisions and procedures referred to above relating to selection and notification of a potential winner shall be applied, with the necessary amendments, until a qualified winner has been duly selected, but in any event, no later than four (4) days after each Monthly Prize Drawing. Prize will be delivered by Contest Sponsor or its representative to the winner’s office/place of business on a date and time to be mutually agreed upon by Contest Sponsor and the winner following receipt of a signed release and indemnity form from the winner.
7. By entering this Contest the entrants and participants automatically agree to accept and abide by these Rules. All decisions of the Contest Sponsor with respect to any aspect of this Contest, including without limitation the eligibility of entries, are final and binding on all entrants in all matters as they relate to this Contest.
8. All entries become property of Contest Sponsor who assumes no responsibility for garbled, lost, late, delayed, destroyed or misdirected entries, mail, voice messages, e-mail or any computer errors or malfunctions. No correspondence will be entered into except with entrants requesting Rules by mail or requesting the names of the Prize winners (for which a self-addressed, postage paid envelope must be included). Contest Entities do not assume any responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, technical malfunctions, human or technical error, seeding or printing errors, lost, delayed or garbled data or transmissions, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or failures of any telephone or computer line or network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof. Entry materials or data that have been tampered with or altered are void. If for any reason, in the opinion of the Contest Sponsor, in its sole discretion, the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, or if the administration, security, fairness, integrity or the proper conduct of the Contest is corrupted or adversely affected, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond its control, Contest Sponsor reserves its right to cancel, terminate, modify, amend, extend or suspend the Contest, and select a winner from previously received eligible entries. Contest Sponsor reserves its right to modify the Rules without materially affecting the terms and conditions hereof. The Contest Sponsor reserves its right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual they find to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner. Any attempts to deliberately damage the Contest web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made the Contest Sponsor reserves its right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent of the law. Contest Entities shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with the Contest including any damage to an entrant’s computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this Contest or from downloading any material from the Contest web site.
9. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. By entering this Contest each entrant consents to the collection, use and distribution of his or her personal information (information that identifies an entrant as an individual, such as home telephone number, age and home address) by the Contest Sponsor for the purposes of implementing, administering and fulfilling this Contest. Contest Sponsor will not sell or transmit this information to third parties except for the purposes of administering this Contest. By entering the Contest, entrants consent to the manner of collection, use and disclosure of personal information as set out in Bell Media Inc.'s Privacy Policy, which is available at bellmedia.ca/about/Media_Privacy.page. Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Contest Sponsor should be addressed to Bell Media Inc. at 2885 Robie Street, Halifax, NS, B3K 5Z4.
10. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest related materials, including but not limited to the Contest entry form, or point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of the Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
11. Other than the intellectual property of McDonald’s used in connection with this Contest, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials and slogans, all intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by the Contest Sponsor and/or its affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.
McDonald’s, McCafé, the McCafé logo, the Golden Arches logo and i’m lovin’ it are trademarks licensed from McDonald’s Corporation.
LEGALS for the Surprise McCafé® Break Contest
No purchase necessary. Some restrictions apply. Contest consists of eight (8) monthly prize drawings, starting at 12:00:00 a.m. AT on May 1, 2013and ending on December 31, 2013at 11:59:59 p.m. AT. Complete contest rules and entry available at www.atlantic.ctvnews.ca. Open to legal residents of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland/Labrador who are age of majority and the designated representative of his/her employer. Correct answer to a mathematical skill testing question required in order to win. The approximate retail value of each of theeight (8) Prizes is $124.85 CAD. The odds of winning aPrize depends upon the total number of eligible entries received prior to the applicable deadline date for each monthly prize drawing.
Preferred short-form contest disclaimers (where there are space/time restrictions, i.e. TV, radio, digital ads, etc.):
No purchase necessary. Correct answer to skill-testing question required in order to win.See Official Rules at www.atlantic.ctvnews.cafor complete eligibility, drawing schedule, prize, and other details.
