The Golden Years – Celebrate Your Senior Pets Social Media Photo Sharing Contest 

OFFICIAL RULES 

GIVEAWAY PERIOD: The Golden Years – Celebrate Your Senior Pets Social Media Photo Sharing Contest (the “Giveaway”) will run during the Event (defined below) to be held on September 3, 2024 from 12:00am ET until November 30, 2024 11:59pm ET (the “ Giveaway Period ”) online via Woobox (https://woobox.com/d9tfz6) (the “Location”). 

SPONSOR National Veterinary Associates Canada Inc., 1115 North Service Rd. W. Unit 2 Oakville, ON L6M 2V9 (the “Sponsor”). 

ELIGIBILITY: The Giveaway is open to clients of the Sponsor’s General Practice Veterinary Clinics (the “Event”) who are residents of Canada (excluding Quebec) and have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence. Employees, representatives, and agents of Sponsor, its parent, affiliates and advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate family members of any of the foregoing are not eligible. Immediate family means spouse, children, parents and siblings. Void where prohibited by law. 

HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING. To enter, users are to submit a photo of their senior pet via entry form during the Giveaway Period, fill out the Giveaway form with your contact details (name, city, province, postal code, phone number and email address), and submit the completed form via the giveaway entry hosted on the Location.  All entries must be received during the Giveaway Period. Limit one (1) entry per person. 

Any attempt or suspected attempt to use robotic, automatic, programmed or otherwise illicit means to enter the Giveaway, or any other methods not authorized by these Offical Rules, for example, but not limited to, creating multiple accounts, identities, or registrations, all in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, shall be deemed as tampering and may disqualify you from entering, participating and/or winning a prize. Entries that contain false or incomplete information are void. Entries that are late, lost, stolen, illegible, contain false information, are damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled or incomplete, altered or otherwise irregular or that do not conform with or satisfy any or all of the conditions of the Official Rules are void. Entrants grant Sponsor a non-exclusive licence to use all entries for any purpose. 

RANDOM DRAW, NOTIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION OF WINNER: On Monday December 4, 2024 at approximately 12 noon ET,  Sponsor will conduct a random draw for 6 eligible winners (1 from each region across Canada: Rocky Mountain, Prairies, Great Lakes West, Capital, Algonquin, and Atlantic) from all eligible entries received during the Giveaway Period. Reasonable attempts will be made to contact selected entrant by phone/email within 5 days of the draw. Before being declared a winner, selected entrant must first correctly answer a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question (without aid or assistance), to be administered as part of the declaration and release form. Before being awarded a prize, the selected entrant will be required to complete, sign and return a Declaration and Release form, including a publicity release, where permitted by law, confirming compliance with the Official Rules, acceptance of the prize as awarded and releasing the Sponsor, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and advertising and promotional agencies, and its and their successors and assigns from any liability in connection with the Giveaway and/or acceptance, use or misuse of the prize. If the selected entrant fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question, fails to sign the Declaration and Release form, cannot be contacted within 5 days, or otherwise fails to comply with these Official Rules, he/she will be disqualified and will forfeit the prize and another entrant from among all eligible entries may be drawn in accordance with these Official Rules. Prize will be delivered to confirmed winner within 6 weeks of notification by Sponsor. 

PRIZE AND ODDS: There are (6) available to be won consisting of six (6) $500 cash credits to be applied to an NVA Canada Clinic to be put towards a Golden Years Senior Wellness exam package (total of $3000 in exam credits issued across Canada) (each, a “Prize”, and together, the “Prizes”).  The approximate value of one (1) Prize is CAD $500, the prize includes clinic standard exam fee, standard bloodwork, fecal and standard urinalysis package for either a cat or dog companion animal. Prizes must be accepted as awarded, is not transferable and cannot be converted to cash, except that the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. The odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Giveaway Period. All taxes (if any) on a prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.  By accepting a prize, winner agrees to release the Sponsor, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, vendors and advertising and promotional agencies, and its and their successors and assigns from any liability in connection with the Giveaway and/or the Prize. 

GENERAL: Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, and without notice, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Giveaway or to modify these Official Rules for any reason, including should unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of Sponsor corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper play or conduct of the promotion. The Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, stolen, delayed, misdirected or garbled entries. Proof of submitting an entry is not proof of receipt by Sponsor. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. 

PRIVACY: By participating in the Giveaway, entrants consent to the use of their name, address, email address, postal code, telephone number, social media handle(s), comments and image, whether on videotape, photograph or any other means, for the administration of the Giveaway or any publicity carried out by the Sponsor, without further notice or compensation.  

DISPUTES: By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsors, which are final in all respects. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Giveaway or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the province of Ontario. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, your rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of Sponsor in connection with the Giveaway, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Ontario.