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The “Où se cache la Smart ?” contest (hereinafter, the “Contest”) is organized by Place Desjardins Inc. (hereinafter, the “Organizer”). The Contest begins on September 4, 2007 and ends at 5:00 p.m. on October 14, 2007.
ELIGIBILITY
2.The Contest is open to all residents of Quebec aged 18 years and over, with the exception of employees of Complexe Desjardins stores, boutiques and restaurants, employees, agents and/or representatives of Place Desjardins Inc., the Mercedes-Benz (Smart) dealers and affiliated companies, advertising agencies or other organizations involved in the Contest, and any person which whom such an employee, agent and/or representative lives or who is a member of the immediate family of such an employee, agent and/or representative. For the purposes of this Contest, ‘immediate family’ includes the father, mother, brothers, sisters, children, husband, wife or spouse of such an employee, agent and/or representative.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
3. Contest Entry
3.1 Participation with purchase
To participate in the Contest, the participant (hereinafter, the “Participant”) must present itself either at the Costumer Service Counter of Complexe Desjardins or at the location of the Smart with his or her receipts for every $10 purchase or more (before taxes) to be validated. Those receipts must represent purchases made between September 4 and October 14, 2007 in any Complexe Desjardins restaurants or stores. All receipts can be accumulated up to an amount of 10$ or more. Each $10 in purchases made in one or more Complexe Desjardins stores entitles the Participant to one participation coupon for the draw (hereinafter, a “Participation coupon”). Participation coupons are available at Complexe Desjardins Customer Service (level 3, Promenade) and at the Smart location. All coupons must be completed and validated by October 14, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Only Participation coupons bearing the Complexe Desjardins seal will be accepted. Transaction statements (credit or debit card receipts) will in no instance be accepted. Participants must adhere to the eligibility conditions stated herewith.
3.1 Participation with no purchase
A Participant may also send a 50-word letter (hereinafter, the “Letter”) explaining why he or she wishes to participate in the Contest and listing 3 Complexe Desjardins boutiques offering children’s items as well as 3 events held at Complexe Desjardins in 2007. The Participant must send the Letter to the following address before October 1, 2007: “Où se cache la Smart ?” Contest, 5 Complexe Desjardins, C.P. 154, Succ. Desjardins, Montréal, Québec, H5B 1E9. Limit of one (1) request for one (1) Participation coupon per address for the entire duration of the Contest. Each request for a Participation coupon must be individually mailed to the Organizer. To participate in this Contest, the Participant must adhere to the eligibility conditions stated in these Rules. The Organizer shall in no way be responsible for mail that is late, lost, incomplete, ineligible, or wrongly routed, and this regarding requests for Participation coupons from Participants or the mailing of Participation coupons to Participants.
SELECTION OF WINNERS
4. One (1) random drawing for the winners of the Contest prize will be held among all of the Participation coupons received by Place Desjardins Inc. on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the Customer Service counter (level 3, Promenade), located at 150 rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montréal, Québec, H5B 1E9.
PRIZE
5. Prizes description
The “Où se cache la Smart ?” Contest prize includes:
Grand Prize
One (1) Smart vehicle 2008 (Mercedes-Benz), an approximate value of $ 20 000 CAN + taxes : model fortwo Pure coupe, turbo diesel engine CDI 3 cylinders, softouch automatic transmission, air conditioning, ABS break system, Smart radio and MP3 player, bodypanels in cristal white and tridion safety cell in silver. The Grand Prize will be delivered at the Mercedes-Benz dealer in Greenfield Park (by the end of November 2007). The winner shall comply with all applicable delivery conditions and shall execute the purchase contract he/she will be presented with. The winner shall assume the expenses for registration, insurance, maintenance, gas and all other normal expenses related to the use of the vehicle.
Should the Grand Prize winner chooses to take possession of his/her prize before the 2008 Smart models are available at the selected dealer (by the end of November 2007), the winner will get a 2006 model according to the dealer’s available models.
OR,
If for any reason whatsoever the Grand Prize winner could not take possession of its prize as presented, a cheque in the amount of $15,000.00 CAN would be issued to the winner with no other compensation whatsoever. All prizes are not transferable to another person.
Secondary Prizes
Three (3) gift certificates, a value of 500 $ CAN each, redeemable against purchase at any Complexe Desjardins retailers or restaurants, valid for a year.
Prizes will be delivered to winners when the Prize Winner Full Release form has been duly completed, signed and returned to Place Desjardins inc.
5.1Anything not expressly indicated as included in the Prize is excluded, and any related costs are the responsibility of the winners.
5.2Place Desjardins Inc. reserves the right, at its entire discretion, to replace the Prize by another one of a comparable value or by an amount of money equal to the monetary value of said Prize, if the latter cannot, for any reason whatsoever, be awarded to the winners as described in paragraph 5.1 below.
GENERAL RULES
6.The contest organizers reserve the right to cancel the contest, to modify it or to terminate it at any time for any reason whatsoever, without notice, under reserve of applicable provisions of the law. Without limiting the forgoing, the contest organizers may bring modifications or terminate all or part of the contest if, in their sole discretion, they determine that for any reason whatsoever, the contest does not unfold as it should, namely for fraudulent tampering or lost, stolen or damaged coupons, or any other failure that could compromise the integrity or fairness of the contest.
7. The contest winners must sign a form by which they confirm that they have complied with the contest rules and accept the prizes as awarded and discharge the retailers and restaurants of Complexe Desjardins, Place Desjardins inc., the Mercedes-Benz (Smart) dealers, and affiliated companies, their advertising and promotional agencies and consultants associated with the contest, for any liability in cases of injury, accident, loss or damage whatsoever arising from their participation in the contest and the use of their prizes.
8.The Prize winners will be informed of all Prize details via telephone. The winners must go the Organizer’s offices, located at 150, rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, # 200, Promenade level, Montréal, to sign the Prize acceptance form and receive his or her Prize. To be declared the official winner and obtain his or her Prize, the Participant must have correctly answered the mathematical skill-testing question on the Participation coupon (example: 10 x 2 – 3 =). The name of the winners will be available on the web site of Complexe Desjardins at www.complexedesjardins.com as of October 30, 2007, when all the winners will have completed and returned their prize acceptance form. The names of the winners will be available until November 30, 2007.
9.By participating in the Contest, the winners authorizes the Organizer and its representatives to use his or her name, photo, image and/or voice, whenever necessary and with no form of compensation whatsoever, to unveil the identity of the Prizes winners to all media.
10.A Participant selected at random during the course of this Contest and who fails to adhere to one or another of the eligibility conditions described in these Contest rules will be automatically disqualified, after which a second random draw will be held to select a winner. Any Participant who fails to meet one or another of the eligibility conditions described in these Contest rules must so inform the Organizer as soon as he or she is contacted.
11.Place Desjardins Inc, its related companies and respective divisions, as well as any other legal entity from their respective corporate group, from advertising or promotional agencies, and respectively, their shareholders, administrators, managers, employees and all other actors involved with this Contest (hereinafter, the “Exonerated beneficiaries”), are released of all responsibility regarding the Contest or Prize, and provide no guarantees in these regards.
12. Place Desjardins Inc. and all other Exonerated beneficiaries shall not be responsible for incomplete or ineligible contact details provided by Participants. Place Desjardins Inc. reserves the right to reject any Participation coupon that is ineligible, partially or totally destroyed, or which includes a human or machine-generated error.
13.All Participation coupons will be verified. Participation coupons that are ineligible, worn, falsified or otherwise altered will be destroyed.
14.Contest rules are available at www.complexedesjardins.com, in all Complexe Desjardins stores and at the Customer Service counter.
15.Any dispute as to the organization or execution of an advertising contest can be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a decision. A dispute concerning the awarding of prizes can be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux, which will in this instance only intervene in an attempt to find a satisfactory resolution.
16. Decisions by Contest organizers are final and cannot be appealed.
17. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.
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