Official Rules

The contest “Win 1 year of Free OKA cheese’’ (the “Contest”) is organized on behalf of Agropur Cooperative (the “Sponsor”) by Pure Cobalt (the “Contest Administrator”). The Contest runs in Canada and online on the website www.yourOKAteam.ca from February 26th , 2024 at 12:01:00 a.m. (EDT) to April 25th, 2024 at 11:59:59 p.m. (EDT) (the “Contest Period”).

ELIGIBILITY

1. The Contest is open to residents of Canada who are eighteen (18) years old or over. Employees, members, representatives, directors, officers and mandataries of the Sponsor, of the Contest Administrator, of any company, corporation, trust or other legal entity controlled by or affiliated to them, their advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of the prize, material and services related to this Contest, as well as members of their immediate family (brothers, sisters, children, father, mother), their legal or common-law spouse and any individuals with whom such employees, members, representatives, directors, officers and mandataries are domiciled, are not eligible.

HOW TO ENTER

No purchase necessary

2. There is no purchase necessary to enter the Contest. The Participant may request an Entry (hereinafter defined) by following the steps detailed at sub-section 2.1 below to enter the Contest.

2.1. To request an entry, the entrant must choose his/her clan by voting on www.yourOKAteam.ca (the "Contest Website") and complete the Contest Entry Form with your full name, email address, phone number, postal address and the confirmation that you have read, understood and accept the Contest Rules (the “Submission”). OKA is a registered trademark owned by Agropur Cooperative.

2.2. For each qualifying completed entry form, you will receive one (1) Entry into the draw (each an “Entry”), subject to the limits outlined below.

2.3. All Contest Entries must be received from February 26th, 2024 at 12:01:00 a.m. (EDT) to April 25th, 2024 at 11:59:59 p.m. (EDT);

2.4. The Contest Administrator’s computer is the official timekeeping device for this Contest; and

2.5. In the event of a dispute over the identity of an entrant, the Entry will be considered made by the natural person who is assigned the email address by the email service provider.

3. Entry Limits. Entrants must respect the following limits otherwise they may be disqualified:

3.1. When an entrant has more than one email address, the entrant must only use one (1); and

3.2. Limited to one (1) Entry per person and email address for the duration of the Contest Period;

Multiple Entries received from any person or e-mail address in excess of the limitation stated above will be void. Entries submitted beyond the limit stated above will only change the time and date of entry. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means and entries by any means which subvert the entry process are void. All Entries become the sole property of the Sponsor once submitted and will not be returned.

PRIZES

4. Ten (10) prizes will be randomly drawn. One (1) prize consisting of fifty-two (52) free coupons up to a maximum value of $12 of free OKA cheese and are valued approximately at $624. They will be drawn from the pool of entries received from residents of Canada. Each prize is equivalent to one (1) free coupon per week for one (1) year, i.e. fifty-two (52) weeks. Total combined value of the prizes is $6240. The prizes will be procured and distributed to the winners by Agropur Cooperative.

4.1. Prize limit. There is a limit of one (1) prize per person and per residence for the Contest Period.

DRAWS

5. On around May 2sd, 2024, ten (10) winners will be randomly selected at 10:00 am (EDT) at the Contest Administrator’s office located at 3700 St. Patrick, Bureau 334, Montréal, Québec, H4E 1A2.

6. The selection will be made from all eligible Entries received at the time of drawing during the Contest Period. The selected participants will each receive one (1) prize.

7. Odds of winning. The odds of winning are as follows:
The odds of an entrant’s Entry being selected for a prize depend on the number of eligible Entries registered during the Contest Period.

The votes, the vote tallies and the results appearing on the www.yourOKAteam.ca website are of no real value, are done for fun and in no way influence the chances of winning the contest or the designation of winners.

AWARDING OF THE PRIZES

8. To be declared a winner, any selected entrant must:

8.1. Be reached by the Contest Administrator by phone or by email, at the sole discretion of the Administrator using the contact information provided at the time of entry, within three (3) days of the draw. If the selected entrant is reached by email, he/she must reply in accordance with the instructions given in the email, as the case may be. In the case of the return of an email prize notification as undeliverable, the Administrator will have the entire discretion to disqualify the entrant’s Entry or to try to reach him/her by phone;

8.2. Complete and sign the declaration and release form (the "Declaration Form"), to the effect that he/she has complied with all the conditions set out in these rules, which will be sent to him/her by mail, fax or e-mail by the Contest Administrator and return a duly signed copy to him/her within ten (10) days of receipt;

8.3. Answer correctly without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical, electronic or otherwise, a mathematical skill-testing question posed by the Contest Administrator. If the selected entrant fails to correctly answer the question, such entrant will be disqualified and another entrant will be randomly selected. The potential prize winner who correctly answers the skill-testing question will be notified by phone or by email, at the sole discretion of the Administrator using the contact information provided at the time of entry.

8.4. Upon request and in a timely manner, provide an identification card with photograph.

9. The winner will receive their prize at the postal address they have registered for the program with within 2-6 weeks of being declared a winner.

10. Failure to comply with one of the conditions mentioned in these Contest Rules or to accept the prize will cause any selected entrant to be disqualified. In such a case, the Sponsor may, at their sole discretion, cancel the prize or hold a new draw until an entrant is selected and declared a winner.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

11.Verification. Submissions and Declaration Forms are subject to verification by the Sponsor and/or the Contest Administrator. Any Submission or Declaration Form which is, as the case may be, incomplete, illegible, mutilated, fraudulent, registered or submitted late, bearing an invalid email address or phone number, not bearing the correct answer to the mathematical skill-testing question or otherwise noncompliant shall be rejected and will not entitle to an Entry or to the prize, as the case may be.

12. Disqualification. The Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify a person or to cancel one or several entries of a person who participates or tries to participate in this Contest by using methods that do not comply with these Contest Rules or that are unfair to other entrants (e.g. entries exceeding the authorized limit). Such a person may be reported to the appropriate legal authorities.

13. Conduct of the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately sabotage the legitimate conduct of this Contest constitutes a violation of civil and criminal laws. Should there be any such attempts, the Sponsor reserves the right to reject the entrant’s entries and obtain legal or equitable relief under applicable laws.

14. Acceptance of the prizes. Prizes must be accepted as described in these Contest Rules and may not, in any case, be in whole or in part transferred to another person, replaced by another prize or exchanged for cash, except as provided in the section below.

15. Substitution of the prizes. In the event where it would be impossible, difficult and/or more costly for the Sponsor to award a prize (or a portion thereof) as described in these Contest Rules, it reserves the right to award a prize (or portion thereof) of the same kind and of equivalent value or, at its sole discretion, the cash value of the prize (or portion thereof) as indicated in the Contest Rules.

16. Liability limit: use of the prizes. By entering the Contest, any entrant selected for a prize releases and holds harmless the Sponsor and the Contest Administrator, any company, corporation, trust or other legal entity controlled by or affiliated to them, their advertising and promotional agencies, their employees, members, representatives and mandataries (the “Released Parties”) from and against any damage resulting from the acceptance or use of the prize.

17. Liability limit: prize supplier. Any entrant selected for a prize acknowledges that upon awarding of the prize, the obligations related to it become the responsibility of the providers of services and goods related to the prize.

18. Liability limit: conduct of the Contest. The Released Parties disclaim all liability for any event that may limit or prevent any entrant’s participation in the Contest.

19. Website. The Sponsor and Contest Administrator do not warrant that access to or use of the Contest Website or any related website will be uninterrupted during the Contest Period or error-free.

20. Contest modification. The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Contest in whole or in part, should human intervention or an event take place that could alter or affect the administration, security, impartiality or conduct of the Contest as provided in these Contest Rules.

21. Termination of participation in the Contest. In the event that participation in the Contest must be terminated in whole or in part before the closing date provided in these Contest Rules, the Sponsor may, at its sole discretion, proceed with the draw among the entries duly registered during the Contest Period or, as the case may be, up to the date of the event ending participation in the Contest.

22. Prize limit. In no event shall the Sponsor be required to award more prizes than indicated in these Contest Rules or to award the prize otherwise than in compliance with these Contest Rules.

23. Liability limit: participation in the Contest. Persons who enter or try to enter this Contest release the Released Parties from any liability for damage these said persons may incur as a result of their entry or their attempt to enter the Contest.

24. Authorization. By entering this Contest, any entrant selected for a prize authorizes the Sponsor and their representatives to use, if required, his/her name, photo, likeness, voice, place of residence and/or statement regarding the prize for publicity purposes, without any form of compensation.

25. Communication with entrants. No communication or correspondence related to this Contest shall be exchanged with entrants except as provided for in these Contest Rules or at the Sponsor’s or Contest Administrator’s initiative.

26. Personal information. Entrants’ personal information collected for the purpose of the Contest will only be used to administer the Contest. No commercial or other communications unrelated to the Contest will be sent to entrants unless they have otherwise agreed to receive such communications. By participating in this Program, each entrant expressly consents to the Sponsor, Administrator, their agents and/or representatives, storing, sharing and using any personal information submitted for the purpose of administering the Program and in accordance with Sponsor’s privacy policy (available at: https://www.agropur.com/en/privacy-policy).

27. Property. Declaration Forms are the property of the Sponsor and shall not in any case be returned to the selected entrants.

28. Entrant identification. For the purpose of these Contest Rules, the entrant is the person whose name appears on the Submission, and it is to this person to whom the prize will be awarded if he/she is selected and declared a winner.

29. Sponsor’s decision. Any decision by the Sponsor or its representatives regarding this Contest is final and without appeal.

30. Unenforceability. If a section of the Contest Rules is declared or deemed illegal, unenforceable or invalid by a competent court, that section shall be considered invalid, but all unaffected sections will be applied within the limits of the law.

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INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST ACKNOWLEDGE HAVING READ AND ACCEPTED THESE RULES AND AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THEM.