M-D® PRO Customer Satisfaction, Shipper Receiver Survey

M-D^® PRO Customer Satisfaction, Shipper Receiver Survey

M-D^® PRO Customer Satisfaction, Shipper Receiver Survey (the “Shipper Receiver Survey”) RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SHIPPER RECEIVERS (the “Rules”)

YOU MUST READ THE CONTEST RULES IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE ENTERING THE CONTEST. BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO BE FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY BOUND TO THE RULES AND THAT ALL DECISIONS OF M-D PRO (THE “SPONSOR”) IN RELATION TO THIS SHIPPER RECEIVER SURVEY CONTEST WILL BE FINAL AND BINDING ON YOU AND ALL ENTRANTS.

1. HOW TO PARTICIPATE

1.1. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is intended for Canadian residents (excluding residents of the Province of Quebec) who have reached the age of nineteen (19) years old and are the Shipper Receivers of the locations who have received a shipment of goods (the “Shipment/Delivery”) from the Sponsor for the M-D^® PRO Customer Satisfaction, Shipper Receiver Survey that is addressed to customers of M-D PRO Flooring Accessories and or PROVA^® Tile Installation Products (the “Shipper Receiver Survey Contest”), except employees or retirees of the Sponsor and its affiliates, parents, agents, representatives, advertising and promotional agencies and members of the immediate family of these employees and retirees or any person with whom they are domiciled (the “Participant” or “Participants”).

1.2. CONTEST PERIOD: The Distributor Contest commences at 00:00:01 a.m. EST on Thursday, November 17, 2022 (the “Contest Commencement Date”) and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. EST on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 (the “Contest Closing Date”).

1.3. CONTEST ENTRY: No purchase is necessary. Only one (1) Participant by location per survey. The Participants may enter the Shipper Receiver Survey Contest by responding to the survey provided via the QR code located on the packaging slip of the goods received.

2. PRIZES

2.1. SURVEY ENTRIES: Shipper Receivers to respond to the Shipper Receiver Survey will receive Three (3) M-D PRO branded ball caps for their staff of an approximate total retail value of Ninety Dollars ($55) CAD (the “M-D PRO package”). The M-D PRO package must be accepted as awarded and may not be sold, or transferred, and are not convertible to cash. The Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any or all components of the M-D PRO package with another item (or components) of equal or greater value in the event that all or any item or component of the M-D PRO package is unavailable.

2.2. GRAND PRIZE: The Grand Prizes will be awarded by a random draw held on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at approximately 10:00 am EST at M-D Canada, 2994 Peddie Road, Unit 2, Milton, Ontario,

L9T 2X7, from all eligible Shipper Receiver Survey Entries, received before the Contest Closing Date (the “Selected Participants” or a “Selected Participant”). There are three (3) Grand Prizes available to be won consisting of lunch for the Shipping Receiving Department. The Selected Participants will win one (1) of three (3) lunches for the shipping receiving department of the location, an approximate maximum value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) CAD each, which does not include beverages. The prize must be utilized by Friday, September 15, 2023.

2.3. The Sponsor makes no express or implied warranties or conditions of any kind with respect to the safety, the quality, or the content of the Grand Prizes. The Grand Prizes must be accepted as awarded and may not be sold, or transferred, and is not convertible to cash. The Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any or all components of the Grand Prize with another prize (or components) of equal or greater value in the event that all or any component of the Grand Prize is unavailable.

2.4. NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS:

SURVEY ENTRIES

Shipper Receiver Survey respondents will be provided with their ball caps via their subsequent shipment with a package addressed to the respondent’s contact details. If no subsequent shipment is scheduled within 1 month, a package will be shipped exclusively to the survey respondent’s attention.

GRAND PRIZE

The Selected Participants will be contacted at least two (2) times within forty-eight (48) hours of the draw by which they have been selected by telephone or by email (using the contact information provided by the Participant at the time of entering the Shipper Receiver Survey Contest). If any Selected Participant cannot be contacted in that time, another Participant will be randomly selected, and the initial Selected Participant will be disqualified and will have no recourse towards the Sponsor, or anyone involved in the Contest. In order to win, the Selected Participant will be required to answer, unaided, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by phone, and the Selected Participant will be required to sign a standard Declaration and Release Form confirming compliance with the Contest Rules, acceptance of the prize, as awarded and releasing the Sponsor from all liability relating to the Contest. The Selected Participant will have seven (7) days from the date of receipt of the Declaration and Release Form to return a signed copy of the Declaration and Release Form to the Sponsor. If the Selected Participant does not meet all criteria of the Contest Rules, fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question, or refuses or neglects to sign and return the Declaration and Release Form, another Participant will be randomly selected and the initial Selected Participant will be disqualified and will have no recourse towards the Sponsor or anyone involved in the Contest. This selection and notification process will occur until all Prizes are awarded, or until there are no more Contest Entries remaining. The Sponsor, its parents, affiliates, directors, officers and agents, and its advertising and promotional agencies are not responsible, whether as a result of human error or otherwise, for any failure to contact any Selected Participant, and will not be responsible for contacting or forwarding any prizes to Selected Participants that provided incorrect or incomplete information. Once a Selected Participant is declared a winner (a “Winner”), the Winner will be directed as to how to claim its prize, which will be delivered within a reasonable time to the Winner’s address (using the contact information provided by Winner at time of entering the Contest).

3. GENERAL RULES

3.1. ODDS: The odds of being randomly selected to win one of the Grand Prizes depend on the total number of eligible Entries received during the Shipper Receiver Survey Contest Period.

3.2. INCIDENTAL COSTS: All incidental costs and expenses not specifically referred to herein shall be the sole responsibility of the Winner of a prize.

3.3. USE OF CONTEST INFORMATION: By entering the Contest, all Participants consent and acknowledge that The Sponsor reserves the right to collect and use any and all information related to the Participant and the Contest, for purposes of running the Contest, and where expressly consented to, for marketing purposes to the extent permitted by law. This may include the use of Participants’ names, addresses, photographs, likenesses, voices, and places of residence, in connection with any promotion or publicity, and/or for general news and information purposes without further compensation or notification. Participants’ information shall not be provided to any third party unless the Participant grants consent. For more information on how the Sponsor uses information, please refer to the privacy statement available at: https://mdpro.com/privacy-policy

3.4. GOVERNING LAWS: This Contest shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. For Quebec residents, any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity Contest 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.

3.5. ENTRIES VOID: Each Prize claim is subject to verification by the Sponsor. Entries made with multiple addresses, under multiple identities, or through the use of any device or artifice to enter multiple times or entries that are in excess of the permitted number of entries during the Contest period are automatically void. All Contest entries obtained through unauthorized sources or which are incomplete, illegible, mutilated, altered, reproduced, forged, irregular or fraudulent in any way or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules are automatically void. The Sponsor will be the sole and final reference source in validating a Prize claim. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify any individual who is found to have tampered in any way with the operation of the Contest.

3.6. EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY: The Sponsor shall not be responsible and the Participants agree to hold harmless against any all liability, losses, damages, causes of action (including negligence) with respect to or arising out of the Participant’s Entry or inability to make an Entry in the Contest, such as but not limited to incorrect or inaccurate transcription or registration of Contest Entry information, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, faulty, incomplete, incomprehensible, or erased computer or network transmissions, line failures of any telephone network, failure of computer equipment, software, inability to access any online service or web site, or any other error or malfunction, or any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest, or for late, lost, stolen, postage due, illegible or misdirected Entries. The Sponsor shall not be responsible and the Participants agree to hold harmless against any and all liability, damages, and causes of action with respect to or arising out of the administration and management of the Contest by the Sponsor, including but not limited to the distribution, receipt, use, quality, performance, the content of the Prizes and the awarding of such Prizes.

3.7. SUBSTITUTION: The Sponsor, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value and/or to terminate, suspend or modify this Contest, in whole or in part, at any time, without prior notice in the event of a technical failure, computer virus or bug, unauthorized human intervention, fraud or any other occurrence or cause beyond its control that corrupts or adversely affects the administration, security, fairness or normal operation of the Contest, subject, in Quebec only, to the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux, without any compensation for the Participants. In the event a substitute prize is awarded, the such prize must be accepted as awarded and cannot be exchanged for cash or otherwise.

3.8. Under no circumstances will the Sponsor, its affiliates, parents and independent contractors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents, including advertising and promotion agencies be required to award more Prizes than what is indicated in these Rules or award the Prizes other than in accordance with these Rules.