[“Step Up Your Game”] Official Sweepstakes Rules
THIS IS A SWEEPSTAKES. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. The Promotion is void where prohibited or restricted by applicable law, and all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. The winner is responsible for any taxes, customs, duties and like amounts connected with the prize.
- How to Enter. To participate in the “Step up your Game” Contest ("Promotion") for a chance to win a prize, eligible persons may fill out an online ballot ("Registration") available at http://tinyurl.com/nortonrider ("Promotion Site") or a ballot is available in the Test Products packaging. The Registration requires eligible persons to provide name and contact information only. If you also wish to include your experience with our products Norton Blaze, Norton Red Heat or Norton/Vermont Natural Coatings Polywhey (the “Test Products), you can do so but it will not affect you chances of winning. Persons who complete the Registration ("Registered Contestants") will be eligible to win the prize. The entry period is from 12:00 a.m. (midnight) Eastern Time on March 10, 2016 until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on March 31, 2017 (the "Entry Period").
- Eligibility. Eligibility to participate in the Promotion or to win the prize is limited to individual persons at least twenty-one (21) years of age at the beginning of the Entry Period, who are legal residents of the United States or its territories and possessions. Limit one (1) Registration per individual. Any effort by an entrant to misrepresent himself or herself through the use of aliases or multiple e-mail addresses will disqualify that entrant. Registrations generated by a script, macro or other automated means are void. Entrants who disregard these Official Rules are not eligible to participate or win. Directors, officers, employees, contractors and agents (and their immediate families and household members) of the Sponsor, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, including the Administrator, or any other company involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Promotion, are not eligible. The Sponsor's determination of eligibility, in its sole discretion, shall be final.
- How the Winner is Selected. There will be a random drawing on April 1, 2017 to select the winner (the “Winner”) of the Gym Floor Rider (“Grand Prize”).By participating, entrants agree to the Official Rules and the selection of the Winner which shall be final and binding in all respects.
- Prize. The Winner will receive one [Gym Floor Ryder], approximate retail value $25,000, or a substitute prize of comparable value ("Grand Prize"). Between September 1, 2016 through April 1, 2017, each entrant will receive one free Blaze t-shirt for entering. At the end of each month, five (5) entries will be chosen at random to receive a pair of fingerless gloves, and one (1) entry will be chosen at random to win a 20 oz. Yeti Mug.
- Conditions of Participation. Participants agree to be bound by these rules and all decisions of the Sponsor, whose decisions will be final. Each participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, and to accept delivery of any prize won based upon availability. In addition, each Registered Contestant represents and warrants that all information contained in his/her Registration entry is true and accurate. The Sponsor is not responsible for any printing errors in these Official Rules. By completing a Registration, Registered Contestants grant to Sponsor, its agents and others working on their behalf the right to use the Registered Contestant's name, employer affiliation and responses for advertising and marketing purposes, without additional compensation, unless otherwise prohibited by law. All Registration entries and responses become the property of Sponsor. Sponsor shall not be responsible for lost, late, misidentified or misdirected Registration entries or telecommunication or computer hardware or software performance, errors, delays or failures. If, for any reason, the fairness or integrity of the Promotion becomes compromised, or the Sponsor's administration or fulfilment of the Promotion becomes impracticable, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate or modify the Promotion, and to disqualify any individual who tampers with the Registration process or the administration of the Promotion.
- Winner Notification. The winner of the Grand Prize will be notified by e-mail. Sponsor may require the prize winner to execute an affidavit of eligibility, publicity release (except where prohibited), liability waiver and/or IRS Form W-9 (if required by IRS regulations) prior to the delivery of any prize (collectively, the "Affidavit"). If the prize winner does not respond to the notification within five business days, is found to be ineligible, fails to execute the Affidavit or other documentation required by Sponsor and/or the Grand Prize is returned as undeliverable, the Sponsor may consider such prize winner to have forfeited the Grand Prize, and another prize winner may be selected as time allows. The Grand Prize will be awarded within approximately 30 days of the winner's complete response to notification. Sponsor makes no warranties with regard to the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize is not transferable and the winner has no right of substitution (in cash or otherwise). Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event of unavailability.
- Announcement of Winners. The name of the Grand Prize winner will be posted for 90 days after the end of the Entry Period at the www.nortonabrasives.com.
- Sponsor. The Sponsor of this Promotion is Saint-Gobain Abrasives, One New Bond St. Worcester, MA 01615.
- Disclaimers, Dispute Resolution and Limitations of Liability. Each Registered Contestant hereby releases, and agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, those working on its behalf, and each of their respective officers, directors, representatives, employees, agents, successors and assigns, from any damage, injury, death, loss or other liability, either at law or equity, whether known or unknown, asserted or non-asserted, that may arise from or in any way relate to participation in this Promotion or the awarding, acceptance, use or misuse of the Grand Prize or any other substitute prize. Any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. This Promotion shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, regardless of conflicts of laws principles. Any action or litigation concerning this Promotion shall take place exclusively in the federal or state courts sitting in New York County, New York, and each Registered Contestant expressly consents to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts and waives all defences of lack of jurisdiction and inconvenient forum with respect to such courts. Each Registered Contestant agrees to service of process by mail or other method acceptable under the laws of the State of New York. ANY CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND/OR AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THIS PROMOTION. REGISTERED CONTESTANT HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS OR CLAIMS TO ATTORNEY'S FEES, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ENTRANT, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT AND WHETHER BASED ON NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE.