Don't Open Me

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES (the “Official Rules”)

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Intended for viewing and participation in Canada (but excluding Quebec) only. Construed under the laws of Canada. Any participant must be a legal resident of Canada at time of entry. Participants under the age of majority are subject to special conditions. Subject to all applicable laws. Contest void where prohibited by law.

SPONSOR: The sponsor of the “Don’t Open Me” Contest (the “Contest”) is Pizza Hut Canada, a division of YUM! Restaurants International (Canada) Company (“Pizza Hut Canada”) (the “Contest Sponsor”). The Grand Prize supplier of this Contest is Air Canada Vacations®.
CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest starts at 12:01:01 AM (ET) July 4, 2012 and ends at 11:59:59 PM (ET) October 31, 2012 (the “Contest Period”) and comprises two segments: 12:01:01 AM (ET) July 4, 2012 to 11:59:59 PM (ET) September 3, 2012 (the “First Visit Period”) and 12:01:01 AM (ET) September 4, 2012 to 11:59:59 PM (ET) October 31, 2012 (the “Second Visit Period”).
ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open only to legal residents of Canada (excluding Quebec) 13 years of age or older, but excludes employees, representatives and agents of Contest Sponsor, Contest Sponsor franchisees, PepsiCo Canada ULC (“PepsiCo”), The Pepsi Bottling Group (Canada), Air Canada Vacations, any other companies engaged directly in the development, production, or distribution of materials for this Contest, along with the immediate families of, or persons domiciled with, any such individuals.
MINORS: Any participant under the age of majority in his or her province or territory of residence selected to win a prize that includes travel may be required as a condition of being awarded the prize to be accompanied on such travel by his or her parent or legal guardian.
COMPLIANCE WITH RULES: By participating in this Contest, participant agrees to be bound by these official rules, terms and conditions of the Contest (“Official Rules”) and that any breach of the Official Rules may result, at the sole discretion of the Contest Sponsor or its agent, in disqualification of the participant from the Contest and /or forfeiture by the participant of a prize.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE: There are two methods of participating in the Contest:
a. PARTICIPATION WITH “DINE-IN” PURCHASE:
First Visit Period. For participation with “dine-in” purchase, during the First Visit Period visit a participating Pizza Hut Canada restaurant and order and pay for at least one Pepsi® beverage product to receive, while supplies last, one (1) specially marked Contest envelope (“Contest Envelope”). Contest Envelope provided only to the individual providing payment for the relevant bill. Limits: one (1) Contest Envelope per Pepsi® beverage product sold, per person and per calendar day during the First Visit Period. Exception: If the Pepsi ®product is a pitcher serving, two (2) Contest Envelopes will be provided and the foregoing limits are raised correspondingly from one (1) to two (2). To be entitled to receive a Contest Envelope, the Pepsi® beverage product purchase must be made in the course of a “dine-in” order. Purchases from Pizza Hut Delivery and Pizza Hut Express are not entitled and no Contest Envelope will be provided for any such purchase.
Contest Sponsor reserves the right for Pizza Hut Canada restaurant personnel to refuse to provide a Contest Envelope to any person if, in the sole discretion of such personnel, it is not within the intention of these Official Rules for a Contest Envelope to be provided in the circumstances in question.
Second Visit Period. Then during the Second Visit Period, visit a participating Pizza Hut Canada restaurant, request a Pizza Hut Canada restaurant manager on duty or his/her appointee (a “Pizza Hut Manager”) to open the Contest Envelope to see if you are potential prize winner and strictly follow the instructions provided inside the Contest Envelope. Limit: Redemption of one (1) envelope per transaction and one food prize per bill, per visit. Any prize indicated in the Contest Envelope must be verified by a Pizza Hut Manager. To receive any prize indicated in the Contest Envelope, entrant may be required to provide one or more his or her full name, address, contact telephone number and contact email address as indicated in the Contest Envelope materials. The Contest Sponsor shall not be responsible for the delivery of any prize in the event that such contact information of a potential winner is incomplete, incorrect or illegible.
Any pre-opened, damaged or defaced Contest Envelope will be invalid and any prize indicated in such forfeited. A Pizza Hut Manager’s decision in this regard will be final.
b. PARTICIPATION WITHOUT PURCHASE:
First Visit Period. For participation without purchase, during the First Visit Period request a Contest Envelope by sending via letter-mail in one (1) outer envelope, one (1) enclosed inner #10 envelope bearing your name, postal address and sufficient return postage to: Pizza Hut "Don't Open Me" Contest NPN, 5225 Satellite Drive, Mississauga, ON, L4W 5P9. While supplies last, you will be sent one (1) randomly selected Contest Envelope. To be eligible to receive a Contest Envelope, the request must be received at the address indicated above before the close of the First Visit Period. Limits: one (1) request per person, per day, and one (1) inner envelope per outer envelope request.
Second Visit Period. Follow the instructions under “Second Visit Period” at section a., above.
No responsibility is assumed by the Contest Sponsor for the inability of any potential participant to successfully enter the Contest for any reason. Contest Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, stolen, damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled, illegible or incomplete entry requests or entries.
PRIZES: Contest prizes described below (each a “Prize”) are as stated and no cash or other alternatives are available, except that the Contest Sponsor in its sole discretion reserves the right to substitute for any Prize a prize of equal or greater approximate retail value (“ARV”). Prizes may not be sold, resold, auctioned, donated or otherwise given to another.
CONTEST ENVELOPE PRIZES: The following Prizes are available to be won directly (subject to these Official Rules) through seeded prizing in Contest Envelopes:
1. Three (3) $500 Travel Vouchers redeemable as credit toward travel through Air Canada Vacations (see details/conditions below). ARV: $500.00 per Prize. Approximate odds of winning as at the beginning of the Contest Period (“Odds”): 1:250,000.
2. Three (3) Home Entertainment Systems comprised of one (1) 55” 3D LED TV, one (1) 1000-Watt 3D Blu-Ray system or similar system ARV: $2000.00 per Prize. Odds: 1:250,000.
3. Twenty-five (25) Gaming Systems for home use, such as an Xbox 360, Play Station 3 or similar system. ARV: $300.00 per Prize. Odds: 1:30,000.
4. Fifty (50) $100 Visa Gift Cards. ARV: $100.00 per Gift Card Prize. Odds: 1:15,000.
5. Seven Hundred and Fifty (750) $20 Pizza Hut Canada Gift Cards (see details/conditions below). ARV: $20.00 per Gift Card Prize. Odds: 1:1000.
6. Forty-eight thousand, seven hundred and fifty (48,750) Pizza Hut Canada vouchers redeemable for one (1) Pizza Hut medium pan 1-topping pizza (regular topping only; premium toppings excluded) (see details/conditions below). ARV: $14.00 per Prize. Odds of winning: 1:15.
7. Ninety-nine thousand, seven hundred and fifty (99,750) Pizza Hut Canada vouchers redeemable for one (1) Pizza Hut dessert, such as I love New York Cheese Cake, Fudgy Chocolate Layer Cake, Hershey’s Dunkers or Cinnaparts (see details/conditions below). ARV: $5.99 per voucher Prize. Odds: 1:7.5.
8. Ninety-nine thousand, seven hundred and fifty (99,750) Pizza Hut Canada vouchers redeemable for one (1) Pizza Hut Signature Singles Pizza, such as Quattro Fromaggio, White Pizza with Garlic Shrimp, Heat Lover’s, or BBQ Chicken flavour (see details/conditions below). ARV: $9.99 per voucher Prize. Odds: 1:7.5.
9. Two hundred and fifty thousand, four hundred and fifty nine (250,459) Pizza Hut Canada vouchers redeemable for one (1) Pizza Hut Cinnaparts dessert (see details/conditions below). ARV: $3.99 per voucher Prize. Odds: 1:3
10. Two hundred and fifty thousand, four hundred and fifty nine (250,459) vouchers redeemable for one (1) Pizza Hut Large Breadsticks (without cheese). ARV: $4.99 per voucher Prize. Odds: 1:3.
Further Travel Voucher Prize Details/Conditions: Travel Vouchers take the form of travel gift certificates from Air Canada Vacations which may be used towards an Air Canada Vacations product, including airfare, accommodation and related services and fees (such as seat selection, departure taxes, in destination transfers from airport to hotel, and travel insurance incidental to, or forming part of, a travel package) at any time, without expiration (the “Travel Certificate”). Subject to the terms and conditions set out herein, the Travel Certificate may be used for one or more travel experiences, but all arrangements for travel, accommodation and/or other eligible services (“Services”) must be made through, or with the express written approval of, Air Canada Vacations. All requests for redemption of Travel Certificate must be made by the rightful holder and organized directly with Air Canada Vacations. Contest Sponsor and Air Canada Vacations accept no responsibility for the selection, availability, suitability, timeliness, adequacy or results of any Services and make no representation or warranty of any kind or nature whatsoever, express or implied, with respect to any such Services, including without limitation any warranty as to merchantability or fitness for purpose. Once travel, accommodation or other Services details have been confirmed with Air Canada Vacations, all applicable carrier, hotel/accommodation and/or other Services provider terms and conditions apply, including without limitation charges or penalties for changes or cancellation, which charges and/or penalties, if any, shall be the sole responsibility of the Travel Certificate holder.
Further PH Food Voucher Prize Details/Conditions: Not all Pizza Hut Canada food products to which a Pizza Hut food voucher Prize may apply are available at all Pizza Hut Canada locations at all times, and Sponsor makes no warrantee whatsoever as to the availability of any particular food product to which a voucher Prize may apply at any particular location or at any particular time. Limitation: Redemption of a Pizza Hut food voucher Prize must be in the course of a “dine-in” order, and the winner of such a Prize is not entitled to redemption of a the food product voucher Prize in the course of a Pizza Hut Delivery or Pizza Hut Express purchase.
GRAND PRIZE AND GRAND PRIZE DRAW: In addition, there will be a draw from among all verified winners of a $500 Travel Voucher Prize, a Home Entertainment System Prize, a Gaming System Prize, a $100 Visa Gift Card Prize or a $20 Pizza Hut Gift Card Prize (each a “Grand Prize Entrant”) for one (1) “Dream Family Vacation” from Air Canada Vacations as chosen by the winner from among a set of seven (7) Air Canada Vacation destinations (the “Grand Prize”), including:
- Roundtrip Economy Class airfare for four (4) aboard Air Canada from a Major Canadian airport close to the Prize winner’s place of residence in Canada.
- 7-night all inclusive hotel accommodations for four (4) (in one guest room), including 3 meals daily, snacks, unlimited local drinks and a daily activities program.
- Roundtrip in-destination transfers from airport to hotel.
ARV of the Grand Prize is $8,100.00. Actual value will vary, depending on point of departure and choice of destination/hotel.
Odds of winning the Grand Prize depend on the number of eligible Grand Prize Entrants.
Further Grand Prize Details: Reservations are based on space availability. No changes permitted to reservations once date of travel is confirmed. Travel must be taken by December 15, 2013 inclusive. Blackout dates apply from March 9, 2013 to March 23, 2013 inclusive and any major holidays, such as Easter and Thanksgiving etc. Flights are subject to change. The Prize must be accepted as awarded and may not be sold, is not convertible to cash and is non transferable, and no substitutions or extensions permitted. Request for refund will not be entertained. The Grand Prize may not be used towards Aeroplan mileage accumulation program, or any other frequent flyer program. Grand Prize includes the cost of normal airport and air travel departure taxes and fees applicable to the Grand Prize air travel of the Grand Prize Winner and his/her travelling companions. Prize winner and his/her traveling companion(s) are solely responsible for all costs not expressly described herein including, without limitation, optional seat selection fees, in-flight meals, beverages and entertainment, checked-in luggage surcharges, ground transportation, gratuities, merchandise, telephone calls, and medical or other insurance, together with any required travel documentation, all personal expenses of any kind or nature, together with any applicable overnight layover. Winner and his/her traveling companion(s) must travel on the same itinerary. Flight dates are subject to change without notice or compensation Alternate will be of equal or greater value Air Canada Vacations reserves the right to offer a comparable resort in the event of an Act Of God or other unforeseen circumstances. Prize winner and his/her traveling companion(s) are also solely responsible for all costs incurred to and from the Departure point as the Prize originates and terminates there. It is the sole responsibility of the Prize winner and his/her traveling companion(s) to obtain all necessary travel documentation including passports and travel insurance. Note maximum hotel room occupancy is 3 adults and 1 child (under the age of 12). Subject to availability. Prize is subject to additional terms and conditions as notified by the Air Canada Vacations or the holiday provider.
CLAIMING PRIZES: a. No Prize will be awarded to any potential Prize winner unless that Prize winner has correctly answered a mathematical skill-testing question, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical, electronic or otherwise (the “Skill-testing Question”) at a time and in a manner to be determined by Contest Sponsor. b. Each winner of a Contest Envelope Prize voucher redeemable for Pizza Hut restaurant food or drink products must redeem such a voucher during the same Pizza Hut restaurant visit at which the Contest Envelope has been opened and verified by a Pizza Hut Manager, and in any event no later than October 31, 2012. c. Each potential winner of a $500 Travel Voucher, Home Entertainment System, Gaming System, $100 Visa Gift Card or $20 Pizza Hut Gift Card (each a “Draw Qualifying Prize”) must send his or her completed claims to: Pizza Hut "Don't Open Me" Contest, 5225 Satellite Drive, Mississauga, ON, L4W 5P9 to be received within 14 days of the date of verification made by the corresponding Pizza Hut Manager. All claims are subject to further verification and compliance with these Official Rules (including providing the correct answer to a Skill-testing Question). Final closing date for receipt of valid claims for these Prizes is November 14, 2012. Proof of posting will not be accepted as proof of delivery. An attempt to contact each Draw Qualifying Prize potential winner will be contacted by post, telephone and/or email at the mailing address, contact telephone number and/or email address provided in the completed Prize claim, normally within 14 days of receipt of a Draw Qualifying Prize claim. Draw Qualifying Prizes will be delivered by post or courier and a signature may be required upon delivery. If a Draw Qualifying Prize potential winner cannot be contacted by telephone and/or email within forty eight (48) hours of the first attempt to contact or a Draw Qualifying Prize cannot be successfully delivered at first attempt at the address provided in the Draw Qualifying Prize claim, Contest Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify that potential winner, in which case the corresponding Draw Qualifying Prize will be forfeit and may not be awarded. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to require a potential winner, as a condition to receiving a Draw Qualifying Prize, to sign and return the Contest Sponsor’s form of Declaration of Compliance and Release which confirms compliance with these Official Rules and releases the Contest Sponsor, PepsiCo, The Pepsi Bottling Group (Canada), Air Canada Vacations, and their affiliated companies, agencies, Contest Prize suppliers and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Contest Group”) from all liability with respect to the entrant’s participation in this Contest and the awarding, use, misuse and enjoyment of the Grand Prize and any travel related thereto, and to furnish proof of identification that may include a driver’s license or other form of picture identification as part of the verification process. In the case of a potential winner who is a minor, as a condition of declaring the potential prize winner to be a winner, Sponsor reserves the right to require written evidence of parental consent for potential winner to participate in the Contest and receive the prize in question, and to require parent or guardian of the potential winner to execute a parent/guardian version of the Declaration of Compliance and Release executed by the potential winner. d. Grand Prize potential winner will be selected by random draw from among all eligible Grand Prize Entrants prize claims received as of 11:59:59 p.m. on November 14, 2012 at approximately 12:00 noon on November 22, 2012 at the office of OSL Marketing, Mississauga, Ontario and will be notified by phone within two (2) days of the draw. If the Grand Prize potential winner cannot be located or reached within forty eight (48) hours of the first attempt to contact, the Grand Prize potential winner may be disqualified and forfeit the Grand Prize and the Contest Sponsor will, in its sole and absolute discretion, select (or have already selected) by random draw another entrant from among all remaining eligible Grand Prize Entrants to become the Grand Prize potential winner, and who will be subject to disqualification in the same manner described above. The Contest Sponsor will not be responsible for failed attempts to notify any Grand Prize potential winner. To be declared the Grand Prize winner, a Grand Prize potential winner must first (a) correctly answer a Skill-testing Question as set out in these Official Rules; (b) sign and return the Contest Sponsor’s form of Declaration of Compliance and Release which confirms compliance with these Official Rules and releases the Contest Group (see above) from all liability with respect to the entrant’s participation in this Contest and the awarding, use, misuse and enjoyment of the Grand Prize and any travel related thereto; and (c) have complied with, be in compliance with, and continue to comply with the Official Rules. A Grand Prize potential winner may be required to furnish proof of identification that may include a driver’s license or other form of picture identification as part of the verification process. In the case of a Grand Prize potential winner who is a minor, as a condition of declaring the Grand Prize potential winner to be the Grand Prize winner, Sponsor reserves the right to require written evidence of parental consent for Grand Prize potential winner to participate in the Contest and receive the Grand Prize, and to require parent or guardian of the Grand Prize potential winner to execute a parent/guardian version of the Declaration of Compliance and Release executed by the Grand Prize potential winner. e. The Contest Sponsor accepts no responsibility for incorrectly completed, illegible, lost or delayed prize claims, notices, acceptances, or other documents related to any Prize claim or Prize, including any inability of a customer to take up a prize within the specified period of validity of the Prize.
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: By participating in this Contest, each entrant accepts and agrees to these Official Rules and all decisions of the Contest judges (who may be employees, agents or independent contractors of the Contest Sponsor), which shall be final and legally binding on the entrant in all matters relating to this Contest including, without limitation, eligibility and/or disqualification of entries. All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Each potential winner and, as applicable, his/her guest agree to the use of his/her names, comments, photographs, voice and other likeness for publicity purposes, and grants to the Contest Group any and all rights to said use without further compensation. Entrants who are determined by the contest Sponsor not to have complied with these Official Rules will be disqualified.
TAMPERING: Any attempt by an entrant or other individual to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest, including but not limited to any fraudulent claims, is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the Contest Sponsor reserve the right to seek remedies and damages from any such individual, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Participants engaging in any of the foregoing activities may be disqualified and will forfeit any rights to the Prize and Prize portions won. Entries determined to be or suspected of being generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: The Contest Group is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Contest, including but not limited to, errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of winner, distribution of the Prizes or technical malfunctions of telephone network lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment or software, viruses, bugs, failure of personal computers and/or software and hardware configurations, or failure of any email to be received by the Contest Sponsor or a participant for any reason including but not limited to traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof. The Contest Group is not responsible for damage to a user’s system occasioned by participation in this Contest or downloading any information necessary to participate in this Contest. The Contest Group does not warrant that access to or use of the Contest will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall the Contest Group be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of or inability to use the website or service, or out of any breach of any warranty. This exclusion or limitation of liability will not apply to the extent that any applicable statute prohibits such exclusion or limitation of liability.
Entrants and/or winner assume liability for injuries caused, or claimed to be caused, by participating in the Contest, by the acceptance, possession, use and/or misuse of any portion of any Prize awarded, including but not limited to claims or damages for personal injury or death or property damage. By entering this Contest, each winner acknowledges and agrees that the Contest Group: (i) shall have no liability of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Contest and/or the awarding, use and/or misuse of the Prize, (ii) make no warranty, guaranty or representation of any kind concerning the Prize, (iii) disclaim any implied warranty, and (iv) are not liable for injury, loss, death or damage of any kind resulting from the entrant’s participation in the Contest and the winner’s acceptance, use and/or misuse of the Prize, travel related thereto, or otherwise from the winner’s participation in this Contest.
MODIFICATION/TERMINATION: Subject to applicable law, the Contest Sponsor and their affiliates reserve the right, in their sole discretion and without liability, to terminate the Contest in whole or in part, without notice, or modify or suspend the Contest at any time if design or execution error, fraud, technical failures including any network server or hardware failure, viruses, bugs, errors in programming, or communications or any other errors or other causes beyond the control of the Contest Sponsor corrupt or threaten to corrupt the administration, integrity or security of the Contest or if any other factor interferes with the conduct of this Contest as contemplated by these Official Rules, or for any other reason at the sole discretion of the Contest Sponsor. Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, if for any reason more entrants receive a “win” notice than the number of prizes stated herein, the Contest Sponsor reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to terminate the Contest in whole or in part, or amend or suspend it and award only the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules via a random drawing for the Prize or Prize portions not yet distributed at the time the Contest is terminated, suspended or amended. In the event of early termination of the Contest, a notice will be posted online and a random drawing to award the Prize or Prize portions will be conducted from among all eligible entries received prior to the time of termination. In no event will the number of prizes awarded exceed the available number of prizes as specified in these Official Rules.
CONSTRUCTION: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants and the Contest Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province of Ontario without regard to Ontario conflicts of law principles. All entrants expressly agree that the Ontario courts shall have sole jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Contest and agree to submit to courts of the Province of Ontario, and hereby waive the jurisdiction of any other court that now or in the future could be considered competent for any reason. The venue shall only be Toronto, Ontario.
PERSONAL INFORMATION: Unless entrants otherwise indicate, and except as otherwise set forth herein, the personal information gathered about entrants during the course of this Contest will be used solely by the Contest Sponsor for the administration of the Contest. Where entrants have consented, Pizza Hut Canada will use the entrant information collected for publicity purposes relating to the Contest in accordance with its Privacy Policy. Please refer to the www.pizzahut.ca website for such Privacy Policy.
PEPSICO CANADA ULC AND AIR CANADA VACATIONS are not connected to the management or administration of the Contest and are not responsible for the collection, storage or use of any personal information collected in connection with the Contest.

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