Train with Team Eukanuba™ Official Rules

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THE PRIZE IN THIS CONTEST. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VALID ONLY IN THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. SPONSOR: The TRAIN WITH TEAM EUKANUBA Contest (“Contest”) is sponsored by the EUKANUBA brand of Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc., 500 Fountain Lakes Blvd, St. Charles, MO 63301 (“Sponsor”).
   
   
2. ELIGIBILITY: To enter the Contest, you must, as of the start of the Contest Period (defined below), (i) be a legal resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, (ii) above the age of majority in your place of residence; and (iii) have access to the Internet. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies, and its respective parent companies, affiliates, franchisees, subsidiaries and agencies, and their immediate families (parents, siblings, children and spouses of each, regardless of where they live) and members of the households (whether related or not) of such employees, officers and directors, are ineligible to participate in this Contest. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and is void where prohibited.
   
   
3. CONTEST PERIOD: Entries must be submitted between 12:00 am Eastern Time (“ET”) July 19, 2021 and 11:59 pm ET on September 12, 2021 (“Contest Period”). Sponsor’s computer, or that of its designee, shall serve as the official timekeeper for the Contest.
   
   
4. HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. You can enter the Contest via Instagram or Facebook. You can enter as many times as you desire, up to one entry per person, per day; however, each online entry must include a different Video (as defined below). With each entry, you will be entered for a chance to win a Prize (as defined below). Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify entries that are incomplete, illegible, contain false or inaccurate information, violate the Photo Restrictions, or are not within the spirit of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
   
   Instagram and Facebook: You may enter the contest by uploading a video of your dog executing preseason training drills (a “Photo”) on your personal Instagram or Facebook account, using the hashtag #EUKANUBAContest (the “Hashtag”). You are required to use the Hashtag to gain an entry into the Contest. Each time you fully comply with the above requirements, you will receive one (1) entry, up to the maximum of one entry per day.
   
   If your social media account is set to “private” or similar, your post(s) may not be visible to Sponsor and, therefore, will not be received by Sponsor, resulting in your failure to enter the Contest. Sponsor may not receive entries that fail to strictly follow the posting instructions set forth in these Official Rules and Sponsor is not responsible for failure to see or receive an entry. Sponsor, at its sole discretion, may accept a technically incorrect unique term. All online entries must be received by September 12, 2021 at 11:59pm to be eligible for a prize. Entries made assume that you have reviewed these Official Rules and accept all terms. Creating Instagram and Facebook accounts are free, but subject to each platform’s respective terms and conditions.
   
   Entrants are limited to one (1) entry per person, per day. Entries must be received during the Contest Period to be eligible. Any use of automated, robotic, macro, programmed or similar quick-entry programs, or attempts to exceed the maximum number of entries permitted, is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In case of dispute, entries will be declared made 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. Sponsor will not verify receipt of entries. Entries become property of Sponsor and will not be returned. If an entrant enters this Contest on his/her mobile device, message and data rates may apply. Entrants should consult their wireless service provider regarding its pricing plans. Entrants should review their mobile device’s capabilities for specific app instructions.
   
   VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: The Video must not include any private information of a third party such as name, address, phone number, or email address; if a Video includes the image of a child under the age of 18, the entrant must be the child’s parent/legal guardian; the Video must not include brand names or trademarks other than those owned by Sponsor, which entrant has a limited license to use to create and upload the Video for this Contest; the Video must comply with all applicable laws and policies, standards and practices of Sponsor, Facebook and Instagram, as applicable, and may not be offensive, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, and may not defame or invade the publicity, privacy or intellectual property rights of any person (living or deceased) or entity, or otherwise infringe upon any person or entity’s rights; the Video may not disparage Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries or affiliates or any of their respective parks, products or services; the Video must be in good taste and appropriate for a family audience (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) and may not contain nudity, obscenity, profanity, indecent material, lewd acts, references to violence, or demean any gender, race, religion or sexual orientation; and the Photo must be the sole, original work of the entrant.
   
   LICENSE/USE OF ENTRIES: By submitting an Entry, and to the extent allowed by law, you grant the Sponsor and its designees a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub licensable, unconditional and transferable license to edit, modify, cut, rearrange, add to, delete from, reproduce, encode, store, modify, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, adapt, exhibit and/or otherwise use or reuse your Entry, name, photo, and biographical material including, but not limited to, all materials submitted in connection with the Contest in any and all media, throughout the world, and in any manner, for trade, advertising, promotional, commercial, or any other purposes without further review, notice, approval, consideration, or compensation to entrant or any third party.
   
   
5. SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF THE PRIZE WINNER: One potential weekly winner will be chosen each Monday during the Contest Period from the previous week’s eligible entries. Sponsor or its designee will judge all eligible entries based on the following criteria: Quality of Video (50%); creativity (25%) and execution of Video (25%). Following the judging, that week’s potential weekly winner will receive an Instagram or Facebook notification (depending on how the entry was submitted) informing them that they have been selected as a potential winner and additional directions for eligibility verification. If prizes are returned as undeliverable or Sponsor is otherwise unable to award the prize to a potential winner, then such person may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be selected via a random drawing, if time permits. Non-compliance with these Official Rules, failure to return any documentation requested by Sponsor or Sponsor’s inability to contact a potential winner, as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion, may result in disqualification. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest.
   
   
6. PRIZE AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES (“ARV”): One (1) entrant per week during the Contest Period (9 total weekly winners) will be eligible to receive a prize of one free bag of EUKANUBA Dog Food and a Yeti Boomer Bowl (Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $120 USD each). One (1) entrant during the Contest Period will be eligible to receive a grand prize of a one-year supply of EUKANUBA dog food, one Yeti Boomer Bowl, one EUKANUBA branded Bumper, one EUKANUBA branded hat, one Momarsh Dog Vest, and one Lucky Duck Kennel. Total ARV of all prizes: $1,460.00 USD. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period. No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent for prize is allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize, in whole or in part, of equal or greater monetary value if the prize or any portion of the prize cannot be awarded, in whole or in part, as described for any reason. Actual retail value of the prizes or prize components may differ from stated ARV and Sponsor will not award any difference between actual value and ARV. Actual prizes may differ from any promotional images. Prize winner is responsible for all federal, state, or local taxes associated with prize acceptance.
   
   
7. DISQUALIFICATION: If an entrant is found to be ineligible, or if he/she does not comply with the Official Rules, then such entrant will be disqualified. If the prize, prize documentation or prize notification is returned as undeliverable or unclaimed, this will result in disqualification. In the event an entrant is deemed ineligible or disqualified for any reason under the provisions of the Official Rules, then an alternate potential winner may be selected via a random drawing from among all eligible entries received during the Contest Period, if time permits. If, after a good-faith attempt, Sponsor is unable to award or deliver the prize, the prize may not be re-awarded.
   
   
8. PRIVACY: Entry in the Contest constitutes consent to the transfer of the personal information collected from the entrant to the Sponsor for the purposes of administering the Contest and for such other purposes to which entrant may opt in to provide their consent as outlined herein or on the Contest website. All information submitted to Sponsor as part of this Contest will be treated in accordance with the privacy policy located at https://www.mars.com/privacy.
   
   
9. CONTEST CONDITIONS: By entering, each entrant agrees: (a) to be bound by these Official Rules, the Terms of Use located at https://www.mars.com/legal, and any other documents required by Sponsor herein, and by the decisions of the Sponsor, and to waive any right to claim ambiguity in this Contest, the Official Rules or any other documents required by Sponsor herein, (b) to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Sponsor, and its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) from and against any and all liability, claims, losses, damages, demands, causes of action, penalties and expenses arising out of or related to any statement, action or failure to act by entrant during or in connection with his/her participation herein and/or any breach or alleged breach of these Official Rules or of any other documents required by Sponsor and, (c) not to sue and to hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release, discharge and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all liabilities, claims and demands of any kind or nature whatsoever, in law or equity, whether known or unknown, which entrant (or entrant’s successors-in-interest, heirs and/or agents) ever had, now have, or in the future may have against the Released Parties, including, but not limited to claims arising out of or related to personal injury (including death) and/or damage, theft, loss or any other harm resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from (i) participation in the Contest or any Contest related activity, (ii) the acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize, (iii) the use of any of the rights granted herein (including, without limitation, the use and exploitation of the entrant’s entry, name, address (city and state), biographical information, statements, voice, photograph, and/or other likeness), (iv) any malfunction or other problem with any Contest website or webpage, (v) any error in the collection or retention of entry information, and (vi) any typographical or other error in the printing, offering or announcement of any prize.
   
   
10. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: The Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, deleted, misdirected, undeliverable or incomplete entries due to system errors or failures or faulty transmissions or other telecommunications malfunctions; and/or entries not received resulting from any hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete or garbled computer or telephone transmissions, typographical or system/human errors and failures, or faulty transmissions, or for any problems or technical malfunction(s) of any telephone network or lines, cable connections, or satellite transmissions, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, or entries not received by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at a website, or any combination thereof, including other telecommunication, cable, digital or satellite malfunctions which may limit an entrant’s ability to participate. Proof of transmission does not constitute proof of entry. The Released Parties are also not responsible for any malfunction of any Contest website or webpage or error in the collection, processing, or retention of entry information. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, AND EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS CONTEST, INCLUDING THE PRIZE, IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
    
    
11. TERMINATION/SUSPENSION/MODIFICATION OF CONTEST: If for any reason this Contest is not capable of running as planned, including, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, fulfillment or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and to select the winner by conducting a random drawing from those eligible entries received up to the time of the termination/suspension. Sponsor may also disqualify or prohibit an entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize in this or any other promotion conducted by Sponsor if, at its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant has violated the Official Rules or has threatened or is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automated quick-entry programs), or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Sponsor’s representatives. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
    
    
12. DISPUTES: Subject to applicable law, by entering the Contest, each entrant agrees that disputes will be resolved as follows: The Contest is governed by the laws of Missouri, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions. All disputes, claims or demands that relate to these Official Rules will first be brought to the attention of the other party and will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. The receiving party shall have sixty (60) days from the date of such notice to remedy the described breach or violation and notify the complaining party in writing of the resolution. If the dispute, claim or demand is not resolved to the satisfaction of the complainant within 60 days, the complainant may request an informal resolution conference (mediation), which if agreed to by the other party will be scheduled to occur within twenty-one (21) days of the written response. Each party shall have the right to be represented at such a conference by counsel and will ensure that a decision-maker with full and complete authority to resolve the dispute attends the conference. Such conference will be in front of a third party mediator chosen by the parties. If the parties do not agree to conference or are unable to resolve a dispute after such a conference, the parties agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute, claim or demand related in any way to these Official Rules will be decided by binding arbitration. All disputes between the parties, of whatsoever kind or nature arising out of these Official Rules, shall be submitted to JAMS for binding arbitration under its applicable rules then in effect, before one arbitrator to be mutually agreed upon by both parties. The parties agree to share equally in the arbitration costs incurred.
    
    
13. WINNERS LIST: For a complete list of prize recipients, please contact Sponsor at EUKANUBA, Attn: TRAIN WITH TEAM EUKANUBA Contest Winners List, 500 Fountain Lakes Blvd, St. Charles, MO 63301 by no later than 90 days after the final Contest Period ends.
    
    
14. SEVERABILITY: If any provision(s) of these Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.
    
    

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