SHOPPERS DRUG MART OPTIMUM MASTERCARD GRAMMY AWARDS SWEEPSTAKES

 

SHOPPERS DRUG MART OPTIMUM® MASTERCARD®
GRAMMY® AWARDS SWEEPSTAKES

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
Purchasing Will Not Increase Your Odds of Winning. All entries, whether submitted by using a Shoppers Optimum MasterCard card or a Pharmaprix Optimum MasterCard card as described below, by applying for a Shoppers Optimum or Pharmaprix Optimum MasterCard card, or via mail-in entry, have an equal chance of winning.

Eligibility:
The SHOPPERS OPTIMUM MASTERCARD GRAMMY AWARDS SWEEPSTAKES (the “Sweepstakes”) is only open to legal residents of Canada over the age of majority in their province or territory of residence, except employees (and those with whom they are domiciled) of MasterCard Canada, Inc. (“Sponsor”) and Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. (“Shoppers Drug Mart”), and their respective parent companies, affiliates, distributors, subsidiaries, and advertising/promotion agencies. This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.

How to Enter:
No Purchase Necessary. There are three ways to enter this Sweepstakes:
1.) Automatically receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes when you apply for and are approved for a new Shoppers Optimum MasterCard card or Pharmaprix Optimum MasterCard card between 12:00:01 AM ET on October 5, 2009, and 11:59:59 PM ET on November 30, 2009 (“Promotion Period”);

2.) Automatically receive one (1) entry for each Shoppers Optimum MasterCard card or Pharmaprix Optimum MasterCard card transaction made during the Promotion Period; or

3.) To enter without purchase, hand-print your name, your complete mailing address, telephone number (with area code) and date of birth on a plain piece of paper and mail it in a sealed postage pre-paid envelope to: SHOPPERS OPTIMUM MASTERCARD GRAMMY AWARDS SWEEPSTAKES No Purchase Entry, 23 Prince Andrew Place, Toronto, Ontario M3C 2H2. Each mail-in entry will receive a total of one (1) entry. Enter as often as you wish by mail, but each entry must be mailed in a separate envelope with sufficient postage and be postmarked on or before November 30, 2009, and received no later than December 7, 2009, to be eligible for the drawing. Incomplete entries are ineligible. No photocopied, computer-generated facsimiles, mechanically reproduced, or mass entries permitted. Sponsor will not be responsible for illegible, incomplete, inaccurate, incorrect, lost, misdirected or late entries, which will be void.

Entries from unauthorized card use or made with lost, stolen or fraudulent Shoppers Optimum MasterCard cards or Pharmaprix Optimum MasterCard cards are void. Account adjustment transactions/returns, cash withdrawals, transfers, quasi-cash, truck stop and gaming transactions, and other fees assessed to your account are not considered eligible transactions for automatic entry. Winning account must be in good standing and not otherwise have privileges suspended at the time of awarding of the prize. For automatic entries to be eligible, transactions must be made during the Promotion Period and posted to the cardholder’s account by December 7, 2009. Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Your use of your Shoppers Optimum MasterCard card or Pharmaprix Optimum MasterCard card to make a purchase, and/or your application for a Shoppers Optimum MasterCard card or Pharmaprix Optimum MasterCard card, and/or your submission of a mail-in entry constitutes your consent to participate in the Sweepstakes and your consent for Sponsor to obtain and deliver your name, address, and other information to the Sweepstakes administrators for the purpose of administering the Sweepstakes and for other uses by Sponsor as permitted by applicable law. As to automatic entry based on use of your Shoppers Optimum MasterCard card or Pharmaprix Optimum MasterCard card, Sponsor and/or its agents obtain information about your transactions from the financial institutions that sign up merchants to accept MasterCard cards. The information obtained does not include personally identifiable information about you. Sponsor and/or its agents obtain personally identifiable information about you only in the event that you are a selected entrant. If you are a selected entrant, Sponsor and/or its agents will obtain information necessary to contact you from the financial institution that issued your MasterCard card. Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect contact information provided by the financial institution that issued your MasterCard card. Sponsor and/or Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. are not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the data collected, lost, incomplete, illegible, late, misdirected, stolen, postage-due, or mutilated entries or mail; any error, omission, interruption, defect or delay in transmission or communication; technical or mechanical malfunctions; failures or malfunctions of phones, phone lines, or telephone systems; interrupted or unavailable cable or satellite systems; errors in these Official Rules, in any Sweepstakes-related advertisements or other materials; failures of electronic equipment, computer hardware or software, or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by equipment, programming used in this Sweepstakes, human processing error, or otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry, and, subject to the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (the “Régie”), to modify, terminate, or suspend the Sweepstakes should a virus, bug, non-authorized human intervention, action of entrant(s), or other cause corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness, or proper play of the Sweepstakes, and, if the Sweepstakes is modified, terminated, or suspended, select at random winners from those eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the event requiring such modification, termination, or suspension.

Prize:
Grand Prize: There is one (1) Grand Prize to be won. Grand Prize consists of a VIP trip for the winner and one (1) guest to the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (“Awards”) on Sunday, January 31, 2010, consisting of round-trip (“R/T”) economy fare air travel for two (2) people between the Canadian international airport nearest to the winner’s residence and Los Angeles, California, via airline(s) to be selected by the Sponsor (winner and all guests must depart from the same airport and travel on the same itinerary); four (4) consecutive nights double-occupancy accommodation at a hotel to be selected by the Sponsor (“Hotel”); US$600 prepaid MasterCard card; one (1) pair of tickets to see the Awards on Sunday, January 31, 2010, and one pair of tickets to the Awards official GRAMMY Celebration After Party on Sunday, January 31, 2010, R/T transportation for two (2) between the Hotel and the Awards and R/T transportation for two (2) between the Hotel and the airport in Los Angeles. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of the Grand Prize is $15,000 based on a Vancouver departure example. Actual value of Grand Prize vacation package depends upon point of departure, airfare, fluctuations of hotel rates, airfares and Canadian dollar exchange rate fluctuations. Winner is not entitled to any differences between stated and actual value. Winner and guest must be prepared to travel on or about January 31, 2010 for the Awards, or this prize may be forfeited and an alternate Grand Prize winner may be selected. If any prize-related activity(s) is/are cancelled or postponed for any reason, travel prize will be awarded less applicable prize-related activity(s) and Sponsor will substitute that activity(s) with (an) item(s)/activity(s) of equal or greater value as determined solely by Sponsor. All other expenses not specifically included above are the sole responsibility of the Grand Prize winner, including, but not limited to, the following costs: transportation for winner and his/her guest between the winner’s residence to and from the Canadian international airport closest to the winner’s place of residence, all meals, taxes (including departure and airport taxes), fees, gratuities, health or other insurance and items of a personal nature. All taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner.

Winner and guest must be legally able to travel to the United States and are solely responsible for obtaining documents necessary for international travel, including, but not limited to, passports. In the event that winner and/or his/her guest is/are refused entry into the United States or re-entry into Canada, Sponsor and/or Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. individually and/or jointly will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred to resolve the matter and/or return the winner and/or guest to the point of origin. Winner and guest must possess and show all necessary travel documents (including a valid Canadian passport) and other travel requirements prior to being declared an official winner. All travel arrangements must be made through the Sponsor or its agents. Winner and his/her guest must travel on the same itinerary. Flight times and schedules subject to change without notice. Additional travel restrictions may apply.

The Sponsor and/or its representatives reserve the right at any time to substitute the prize, or any portion thereof, for a prize of comparable value. The prize must be accepted as awarded and is not transferable or assignable except at the Sponsor’s option. Odds of winning the Grand Prize depend on the number of entries received during the Promotion Period.

Winner Selection:
Winner will be selected in random drawing on or about December 15, 2009, at 2:00 PM ET in Toronto, Ontario, from among all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period, by an independent judging organization whose drawing decisions will be final and binding. The Sponsor will only provide personal information to the Sweepstakes administrator to the extent that such is required to administer the Sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes administrator’s decisions are final and binding in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. The potential winner will be mailed a winner’s release and will be contacted by telephone. At least two (2) attempts to contact the potential winner by telephone will be made within five (5) days following the drawing. If the Sweepstakes administrator is unable to contact the selected entrant within five (5) days following the drawing, another entry will be randomly selected and the initial selected entrant will have no further recourse towards Sponsor and/or Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. and/or anyone involved in the Sweepstakes. Prize will be awarded to the primary account holder (as determined by the MasterCard member financial institution’s account records) named on the account accessed by the card used to make the entry, or the individual named on the mail-in entry or the application form. In the event a corporate Shoppers Optimum MasterCard or Pharmaprix Optimum MasterCard account is selected as a potential winner, the prize will be awarded to the individual named on the MasterCard card that is used to transact the winning entry (as determined by the MasterCard member financial institution’s account records) and, if awarding of a prize is in conflict with corporate written policy, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected. The corporation has no right to claim or receive a prize.

Prior to being declared the winner of the prize, potential winner will be required to correctly answer a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question (without electronic, mechanical or other assistance). In addition, winner will be required to execute and return a Declaration of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release within five (5) days of issuance of notification, along with a photocopy of a valid Canadian passport prior to the issuance of travel documents. Traveling companion (if a minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) will be required to sign and return a Liability Release and Publicity Release along with a photocopy of a valid Canadian passport prior to the issuance of travel documents. Non-compliance with any of the foregoing may result in disqualification and awarding of the prize to an alternate winner. If any prize notification letter or prize is returned as undeliverable, or the signed Declaration of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release is not returned within five (5) days of issue of notification, the potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected in a random drawing from all other eligible entries received. Name of winner’s guest cannot be changed once their release documents have been received by Sponsor or its agents. The prize will be forfeited if it is not awarded in accordance with these Official Rules.

Miscellaneous:
By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and agree that 1) Sponsor and Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. (the “Released Parties”) shall have the right and permission to use entrant’s name, voice, city, province/territory of residence, photograph, and/or likeness for advertising and/or trade and/or any other purpose in any media or format now or hereafter known without further compensation, permission, limitation or notification in any manner relating to the Sweepstakes. Any personal information collected and/or used in relation to the Sweepstakes shall be handled at all times in accordance with all applicable privacy regulations and/or legislation and 2) Released Parties and their affiliates, designees and assigns and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents shall have no liability and will be held harmless for any liability, loss, injury or death to entrant or any other person, including, without limitation, damage to personal or real property, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize or participation in this Sweepstakes. The Sponsor, with the consent of the Régie, reserves the right to cancel or suspend this Sweepstakes in the event of any accident, printing, administrative, or other error of any kind without prior notice or obligation.

Quebec Residents Only:
Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity Sweepstakes may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

Pour obtenir le règlement officiel en français écrivez à : Demande – Règlement du CONCOURS GRAMMY AWARDS DE MASTERCARDMD SHOPPERS OPTIMUM, 23 Prince Andrew Place, Toronto, Ontario M3C 2H2, d’ici le 30 novembre 2009.

Sponsor: MasterCard Canada, Inc., 2 Bloor Street West, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario M4W 3E2.

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