PLEASE READ THESE OFFICIAL RULES CAREFULLY BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN THE SWEEPSTAKES (AS DEFINED BELOW).

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. YOU HAVE NOT WON YET. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.

SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: The Chicago VIP Event Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) commences Monday August 12, 2024 at 12:00:00 AM Central Time, and ends Sunday September 8, 2024 at 11:59:59 PM Central Time (the “Sweepstakes Period”).

SPONSOR: This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 1800 West Central Road, Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056 (“Sponsor”).

ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open to individuals who, as of the Entry (as defined below) date, are (a) legal residents of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States and the District of Columbia (excluding Alaska, Hawaii and every national, state, local or other jurisdiction in which it is prohibited or restricted by any law, statute, regulation or other appropriate authority, and in particular Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. territories, and U.S. military installations in a foreign country), and (b) the greater of eighteen (18) years old or have reached the age of majority in the jurisdiction where the individual resides. Employees of Sponsor and Chicago Cubs Baseball Club, LLC (the “Cubs”), the other MLB Entities (as defined below), and each of their respective immediate family members (parents, children, siblings or spouse, regardless of where they live) or person living in the same household (whether related or not) and each of their affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to participate. “MLB Entities” means the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball (“BOC”), its Bureaus, Committees, Subcommittees and Councils, MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (“MLB”), Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., The MLB Network, LLC, the Major League Baseball Clubs (“Clubs”), each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliated, and related entities, any entity which, now or in the future, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Clubs or the BOC, and the owners, general and limited partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, and agents of the foregoing entities. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, municipal and local laws and regulations. This Sweepstakes is void where prohibited or restricted by law.

HOW TO ENTER: During the Sweepstakes Period, eligible individuals may enter the Sweepstakes by following the steps set forth below. Each entry shall be considered an “Entry” under this Sweepstakes and all such entries shall together constitute “Entries” under this Sweepstakes.

1.     Go to https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/

2.     Provide the required information to register

ADDITIONAL ENTRY LIMITATIONS: Limit one (1) Entry per eligible person per day during the Sweepstakes Period; maximum of twenty-eight (28) Entries per eligible person. Entries from the same person and/or email in excess of the limitations expressed in these Official Rules will be disqualified at Sponsor’s sole discretion. No mechanically or programmatically reproduced Entries are permitted. Sponsor will not verify receipt of Entries for entrants. All Entries submitted become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor will determine in its sole discretion which Entries have satisfied the eligibility requirements.

DRAWING: One (1) winner will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. The drawing will be held on at 12:00:00 PM Central Time on September 9, 2024. The drawing will be conducted by a Sponsor representative, whose decisions shall be final and binding on all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. The odds of winning are dependent upon the total number of Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.

PRIZES: One (1) grand prize (the “Prize”) will be awarded for the Sweepstakes. The grand prize will consist of the following:

·       Two (2) tickets to the VIP Celebrate Chicago Event on October 1, 2024, at Joe’s Live Rosemont for winner and winner’s one (1) guest (the “Event”). This includes access to food, beverages, entertainment provided at the Event, and a meet and greet session at the Event with Chicago Cubs alumni Ben Zobrist. (Specific time and location for meet and greet to be determined by Sponsor in their sole discretion. (Estimated retail value (“ERV”) $200)

·       Sponsor and Cubs co-branded merchandise. (ERV $50)

·       A two-night hotel stay (check-in September 30, 2024, check-out October 2, 2024) for winner and winner’s one (1) guest in one (1) room, which may feature either one king bed or two queen/full beds. The hotel will be selected based on its proximity to Joe’s Live Rosemont. (ERV $500)

·       Round-trip coach airfare for winner and winner’s one (1) guest from the Sponsor-designated airport servicing winner's residential area to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), arriving September 30, 2024, returning October 2, 2024, not to exceed $500 per person. If Sponsor is unable to locate flights for the selected dates within the maximum amount, winners will be responsible for any amounts in excess of such maximum; provided that if winner is unable or unwilling to pay such amounts, the Prize will be forfeited. Guests will be responsible for securing any transportation to/from the Sponsor-designated airport servicing winner's residential area to their home. If the winner resides less than 100 miles from the hotel (as determined in Sponsor’s reasonable discretion), the flight will not be provided or substituted with a replacement. (ERV $1,000)

·       $500 in spending cash for additional meals and transportation during the stay. (ERV $500)

·       (the “Prize”). The total ERV of the Grand Prize is $2,250.

Transportation and accommodation specifics, including times, and terms, will be determined solely by Sponsor. All travel must be completed on the dates and times specified by Sponsor, or the Prize will be forfeited.

Any changes to travel arrangements resulting in penalties are the winner’s responsibility. If a winner cancels their trip or chooses not to travel for any reason, no alternate prize or compensation will be provided. Travel is subject to the terms and conditions set by Sponsor’s chosen airline and hotel.

If the winner is unable to attend the Event, and/or for whatever reason, the meet and greet portion of the Prize is canceled, neither Sponsor nor the Cubs shall have any further obligation to winner. Sponsor nor Cubs will not provide any compensation or substitution for that portion of the prize. Nature, time and duration of the meet and greet shall be determined solely by Sponsor.

Prize must be taken in compliance with government guidelines and COVID-19 rules and restrictions applicable to both departure and arrival locations. Winners and their guests are responsible for any arrangements and costs related to COVID-19 testing, vaccination, or quarantine requirements.

Winners and guests must follow all policies and instructions from travel providers, including safety and security measures. Sponsor reserves the right to revoke the prize if the winner or their guest fails to comply with travel provider policies or behaves in a manner that could bring Sponsor into disrepute.

Any expenses not explicitly mentioned in the prize description, including but not limited to baggage fees, parking fees, gratuities, and personal charges, are the winner’s responsibility. The winner’s guest must be at least 21 years old by the date of departure and must travel on the same itinerary as the winner. Winners and guests are responsible for obtaining all necessary travel documents and meeting all travel requirements. Sponsor is not liable for any travel delays, cancellations, or other disruptions, including those caused by pandemics, government restrictions, or force majeure events. No refunds or compensation will be provided for any cancellations or disruptions to travel arrangements.

Approximate retail value is at the time these Official Rules were printed, and the value of the Prize may fluctuate. No substitution, assignment or transfer of a Prize is permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a Prize with another prize of greater or equal value, including cash, for any reason as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Winner is solely and fully responsible for any and all costs, fees, taxes, assessments and expenses associated with Prize award, receipt and use except for transportation costs to ship the Prize to the winner.

For the avoidance of doubt, all eligible Entries that comply with these Official Rules will be entered into the Sweepstakes and such Entries will not be judged, but only used as a method of entry into the random drawings specified herein. All eligible respondents with a proper Entry under these Official Rules will be entered into random drawings to receive the Prizes above. All improperly completed Entries will not be entered into the random drawings to win the Prizes listed herein and will not be returned.

PRIZE CONDITIONS: The potential winners will be notified via email. Potential winners may be required to produce proof of identity, address, and birth date, and may be required to execute and return certain winner documents (as applicable), including an affidavit of eligibility, a liability and publicity release, IRS Form W-9, and tax acknowledgment form. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, is a bot, is ineligible, fails to claim the Prize, or fails to return the required documents within fourteen (14) days after the date Sponsor first attempts to contact the potential winner or by the deadline specified in any Prize-related documents, the Prize may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, be forfeited and/or awarded randomly to an alternate winner. Attempts will be made to select up to five (5) alternate potential winners after which the applicable Prize will not be awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for the safe arrival of any notification, confirmation thereof, or other correspondence. Except where legally prohibited, potential winners grant (and agree to confirm in writing) permission for the Sponsor to use his/her name, likeness, biographical information, voice and other indicia of persona in advertising/trade/promotional/publicity materials worldwide without notice or additional compensation. Prizes will be sent to the potential winners within six (6) weeks of Sponsor’s receipt of the winner’s required documents.

Any attempted form of participation in this Sweepstakes other than as described herein is void. If it is discovered or suspected at Sponsor’s sole discretion that an entrant has entered or attempted to enter more than once using multiple e-mail addresses, multiple identities, proxy servers or like methods, all of that entrant’s Entries will be declared null and void, and that entrant may be ineligible to win the Prize. Also, if it is discovered that any entrant attempts to receive additional Entries in excess of the stated limitation, that entrant will, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, be disqualified from the Sweepstakes. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner, the Authorized Account Holder of the e-mail address listed with the winning Entry will be declared the winner. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual found, in its sole opinion, to be tampering with the operation of the Sweepstakes, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike manner or with the intent to disrupt the normal operation of a Sweepstakes. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third-party or like methods to participate in the Sweepstakes may void any attempted participation effected by such methods and the disqualification of the individual utilizing the same. CAUTION AND WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE SWEEPSTAKES OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In the event of any conflict with any Sweepstakes details contained in these Official Rules, and Sweepstakes details contained in any Sweepstakes promotional materials (including, but not limited to, point of sale, television and print advertising, promotional packaging and other promotional media), the details of the Sweepstakes as set forth in these Official Rules shall prevail.

PRIVACY: Information collected from the entrants is subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy. Due to U.S. state and federal tax requirements, a W-9 must be obtained by Sponsor from all Prize winners. Entrants can obtain more information about how Sponsor collects, uses, discloses and safeguards entrants’ personal information by reviewing Sponsor’s full privacy policy found at https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/footer/privacy-notice/.

THIRD-PARTY PLATFORMS: The Sponsor or its agent may utilize third-party websites, apps, or platforms to promote the Sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with such third parties. By entering the Sweepstakes, you agree to release such third party from any and all claims associated with the Sweepstakes.

GENERAL: By participating, entrants agree: (a) to be bound by and accept these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor (including, without limitation, decisions regarding eligibility of Entries, the selection of entrants and winners, and the awarding of Prizes), which are final and binding in all respects; and (b) to forever and irrevocably release and hold harmless Sponsor, its subsidiaries, divisions and affiliates, and their respective agents, affiliates, employees, officers, directors, and shareholders from and against all claims, damages or liabilities arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from entrant’s participation and/or entry in this promotion and/or entrant’s award, receipt or use of any Prize awarded in this promotion. Sponsor makes no warranty, representation or guarantee on the Prizes. If, for any reason, this promotion is not able to be conducted as planned, including, but not limited to, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or integrity or proper conduct of the promotion, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Sweepstakes and to draw winner(s) from all eligible Entries received as of the date of termination. 

Sponsor will report all Prize winnings to the appropriate state and federal agencies as required by applicable law. Winners are responsible for all other associated costs in connection with the Prize, including tax consequences (if any). If applicable, a winner will be issued an IRS Form 1099 for the value of the Prize. Each winner agrees to permit us to use his/her name and likeness in promotional and our other materials, without additional compensation or permission, except where prohibited by law

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree the Sponsor, the Cubs, the other MLB Entities, and each of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing agencies, website providers, Web masters and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, designees and agents (“Released Parties”) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, postage due, or undeliverable e-mail notifications or postal mail; or for any computer, telephone, satellite, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections or availability; or garbled, corrupt or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/website/UseNet accessibility, availability or traffic congestion; or any technical, mechanical, printing, or typographical or other error; or unauthorized human intervention; or inaccurate capture of Sweepstakes-related information; or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. The Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by any website users, tampering, hacking or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technical error, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to any Sweepstakes-related website(s). Released Parties are not responsible for any injury or damage, whether personal or property, to participants or to any person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Sweepstakes and/or accepting a Prize. Released Parties shall not be responsible or liable for Entries entered by any automated computer, program, mechanism or device; for any Entries in excess of the stated limit; or for Entries that are late, forged, lost, misplaced, misdirected, tampered with, incomplete, deleted, damaged, garbled or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, and all such Entries will, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, be disqualified.

If for any reason, Sponsor believes the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes and/or proceed with the Sweepstakes, including the selection of the winners in a manner it deems fair and reasonable. Notice of such cancellation, termination, or modification of the Sweepstakes shall be posted at https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/. This Sweepstakes is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

By entering the Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees: (i) to be bound by these Official Rules and by all applicable laws and by the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be binding and final; (ii) to waive any rights to claim ambiguity with respect to these Official Rules; (iii) to waive all of his or her rights to bring any claim, action or proceeding against any of the Released Parties in connection with the Sweepstakes; and (iv) to forever and irrevocably agree to release, defend, indemnify and hold harmless each of the Released Parties from any and all claims, lawsuits, judgments, causes of action, proceedings, demands, fines, penalties, liability, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) that may arise in connection with: (a) the Sweepstakes, including, but not limited to, any Sweepstakes-related activity or element thereof, and the entrant’s Entries, participation or inability to participate in the Sweepstakes; (b) the violation of any third-party privacy, personal, publicity, intellectual property or proprietary rights; (c) typographical or printing errors in these Official Rules or any Sweepstakes materials; (d) acceptance, receipt, delivery of, possession, defects in, use, nonuse, misuse, inability to use, loss, damage, destruction, negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the use of the Prize (or any component thereof); (e) change in the Prize (or any components thereof) due to unavailability or due to reasons beyond Sponsor’s control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, any action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not such action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) prove(s) to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened or actual terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot or other cause beyond any of the Released Parties’ control, or as otherwise permitted in these Official Rules; (f) any interruptions in or postponement, cancellation or modification of the Sweepstakes; (g) human error; (h) incorrect or inaccurate transcription, receipt or transmission of an Entry; (i) any technical malfunctions or unavailability of any social media platform or any telephone network, computer system, computer online system, mobile device, computer timing and/or dating mechanism, computer equipment, software, or Internet service provider, or mail service utilized by any of the Released Parties or by an entrant; and (j) interruption or inability to access the Sweepstakes, any Sweepstakes-related websites or any online service via the Internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING PRIZE COMPONENTS, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT), BEYOND THE CUSTOMARY WARRANTY PROVIDED WHEN THE PRIZE (OR PRIZE COMPONENTS) IS SOLD AT RETAIL. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitations or exclusions of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusions of implied warranties; therefore some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply. Check local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding these limitations or exclusions.

APPLICABLE LAW AND FORUM: These Official Rules shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan, notwithstanding any conflict-of-law provisions that would require application of another choice of law. By entering the Sweepstakes, you consent to exclusive jurisdiction in the state or federal courts of Michigan, with venue in the County of Oakland for state court and the Eastern District of Michigan for federal court, for resolving any and all disputes arising out of or relating to these Official Rules, the Sweepstakes or any aspect of the relationship between you and Sponsor.

SEVERABILITY: If any provision of these Official Rules is held to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, including, but not limited to, the arbitration agreement contained herein, then such provision shall be construed, limited, modified or, if necessary, severed to the extent necessary to eliminate its invalidity or unenforceability, without in any way affecting the remaining parts of these Rules.

WINNERS’ LIST: To request a list of winners, send a self-addressed postage-stamped envelope within four (4) months after the close of the Sweepstakes Period to Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Attn: PT/MKX1-NA at 1800 West Central Road, Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056.