Official Contest Rules
Children’s Education Funds Inc. “The CEFI 2019 WIN a $500 Self-Initiated Option Plan” Contest (the “Contest”)
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS OF CANADA AND IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF CANADA. BY ENTERING, ENTRANT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE CONTEST RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF THE SPONSOR WHICH SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL RESPECTS.
1. ELIGIBILITY
To enter the Children’s Education Funds Inc. “The CEFI 2019 WIN a $500 Self-Initiated Option Plan” Contest (the "Contest") an individual (herein defined as an “Entrant”) must, at the time of entry into the Contest: a) be a legal resident of Canada, in any province or territory; (b) be located in a Canadian province or territory; (c) have reached the age of majority in his/her province or territory of residence; and (d) EITHER be the parent or legal guardian of a child who is (or is, him or herself) qualified to be designated as the beneficiary of a Prize (as defined in Rule 5 below), a legal resident of Canada and not reached the age of 8 (8) years by December 31, 2019; OR, have received written permission from the child’s parent or legal guardian (or from such other intended beneficiary, if such individual is over the age of majority in his/her province or territory of residence) to designate the child who is a legal resident of Canada, and has not reached the age of eight (8) years as of December 31, 2019 as the beneficiary of a Prize (as defined in Rule 7 below). Note: An Entrant may designate an unborn child, however the child must be born by December 31, 2019 to claim the prize.
Employees, representatives, agents, officers, and directors (including members of their immediate families and any other person living in the same household of such person whether related or not) of Children’s Education Funds Inc., (the "Sponsor"), its affiliates (including, without limitation, its related companies), any independent contest judging organization, advertising or promotional agencies and suppliers of materials or services related to the Contest are not eligible to enter the Contest or to receive a Prize. For these Official Rules, "immediate family" means mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter and spouse, including common law spouse, regardless of where they reside.
The decisions of Sponsor are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest and the awarding of the Prize. Groups, clubs, organizations, businesses and commercial and non-commercial entities cannot participate. The Sponsor shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to the Sponsor for the purpose of the Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any Entrant, should such an Entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.
2. CONTEST DRAWS
The Contest commences at 9:00:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on January 12, 2019 and will end at 4:59:59 PM (ET) on December 27, 2019 (the "Contest Period"). All entries must be received by 4:59:59 PM (ET) on December 27, 2019 (the "Contest Closing Date"). Within the Contest Period there will be a total of four (4) quarterly Contest Draw Periods (each a “Quarterly Contest Draw Period”).
3. HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST
Participants may enter the Contest by completing an online ballot form.
4. ENTRY LIMITATIONS
Each entry must be submitted separately by the Entrant him or herself. Limit one (1) entry per household. A person may only use one name, postal address and/or email address to participate in the Contest. Any person who is found to have entered the Contest more than once may be disqualified, and all entries received from such person during the Contest Period may be disqualified and no prize will be awarded to such person or household. The Sponsor will not be responsible for late, lost, illegible, falsified, damaged, misdirected, mutilated or incomplete entries, which will be void. All entries become the property of the Sponsor upon receipt and none will be returned.
5. PRIZES
There will be a total of eight (8) prizes (each a “Prize” or collectively, the “Prizes”) available to be won at the start of the Contest Period, with two (2) prizes awarded for each Quarterly Contest Draw Period (as defined in Rule 2 above). The number of Prizes available will diminish as prizes are awarded. Limit of one (1) Prize per person and per household during the Contest Period. Each Prize consists of $500 CDN awarded to the winner for the benefit of the designated beneficiary. The Sponsor will deposit $500 CDN into the winner’s Children’s Education Trust Self-Initiated Option Plan RESP account for the benefit of the designated child. The winner will be required to work with the Sponsor’s dealing representative to set up an account in his/her name with a designated beneficiary, if such an account already does not exist. The winner will not be required to add or deposit any further monies or funds into the account if they should choose to not do so. Winner must accept the terms and conditions of the applicable Plan as set out in the current Prospectus and Scholarship Agreement. A copy of the Prospectus may be obtained from Sponsor by sending a written request to Children’s Education Funds Inc., 3221 North Service Road, Burlington, Ontario L7N 3G2 or by calling 1-800-246-1203.
Prizes must be accepted as awarded without substitution and are not transferable or for resale and have no cash surrender value. The Sponsor reserves the right, to substitute a Prize or component of equal or greater monetary value without liability and for any reason. The Sponsor will contact the winner within ten (10) days of the contest draw date to begin making the necessary arrangements to deliver his/her Prize(as defined in Rule 7 below).
6. DRAWS
All random draws will be made by the Sponsor at 3221 North Service Road, Burlington, Ontario at 5:00 PM (ET), as follows:
2019 Quarterly Draw Dates:
March 29, 2019
June 28, 2019
September 27, 2019
December 27, 2019
Two (2) entries will be randomly selected on each of the above draw dates from among all entries received during the respective Quarterly Contest Draw Period.
All non-selected entries will carry forward into future monthly draws. If for any reason whatsoever, no eligible entries are received for a Quarterly Contest Draw Period the Prize or Prizes designated for that Quarterly Contest Draw Period will carry forward to the next Quarterly Contest Draw Period.
Odds of being selected to win a Prize will depend on the total number of eligible entries received.
7. PRIZE CLAIM CONDITIONS
Each selected Entrant will be contacted by telephone and/or email at the telephone number and/or email address provided on his/her entry form within ten (10) business days of the relevant Quarterly Contest Draw date. Please check your email and spam filters. To be eligible to win a prize, the selected Entrants must first correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a mathematical skill-testing question. The Sponsor will not be responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a selected Entrant to receive notification or for the Sponsor to receive the selected Entrant’s response. Prior to being declared a winner each selected Entrant, and if a selected Entrant’s designated beneficiary is not his/her child, designated beneficiary’s parent or legal guardian, must complete and return the Sponsor’s prize acceptance documents and Release of Liability and Publicity Release Form (the “Form”) as defined below releasing the Sponsor, their related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, any participating retailers, and all of their respective directors, officers, owners, partners, shareholders, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (the “Releasees”) from any liability in connection with this Contest or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize. The potential winner must return this form to the Sponsor at 3221 North Service Road, Burlington, Ontario, by mail, email or by fax within 14 business days following the date that the selected Entrant was first contacted by the Sponsor. In the event that a selected Entrant cannot be contacted by email or telephone, if there is a return of any email notification as undeliverable, the telephone number is not correct, failure to provide proof of eligibility (if requested), release documents, or other required documentation in a timely manner, failure to correctly answer the skill-testing question, or other non-compliance with these Official Rules then the selected Entrant will be disqualified all without any liability to the Sponsor whatsoever (and the disqualified selected Entrant will have no claim against the Sponsor with respect to the Contest, or anything related to the Contest) and another Entrant will be randomly selected from the remaining eligible entries (and subject to disqualification in the same manner) and the process above will be repeated until such time as contact is made.
8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASES
BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT RELEASEES HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANTS AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES) TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY RESULTING FROM A PRIZE, INCLUDING THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, MISUSE OR USE OF THE PRIZE. FURTHER BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT RELEASEES HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANTS AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES) TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY RESULTING FROM: A) ENTRY OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST, INCLUDING ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE CONTEST WEBSITE, OR B) ANY CLAIMS BASED ON PERSONALITY OR PRIVACY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION OR MERCHANDISE DELIVERY. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, therefore such exclusions may not apply to you.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Releasees do not assume any responsibility and are not responsible for (i) the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information and entries that fail to comply with these Official Rules; (ii) any loss, damage, or claims caused by an awarded Prize or the Contest itself; (iii) any failure of the website during the Contest Period, including any problems, human or technical, printing errors, lost, delayed, garbled data or transmissions, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects or failures of any telephone or computer lines, or technical malfunction of any computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an Entrant’s or any other person's computer related to or resulting from downloading any material connected to the Contest, all of which may affect a person’s ability to participate in the Contest. Entry material/data that has been tampered with or altered is void.
9. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
By entering the Contest, Entrants (i) acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the Sponsor, made in their sole discretion, which shall be final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest. Entrants who have not complied with these Official Rules are subject to disqualification. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. Void where prohibited. Sponsor reserves the right to correct any typographical, printing, computer programming or operator errors. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If any provision of the Official Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, then the Official Rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein. Should a winner make any false statement(s) in any document referenced above, the winner will be required to promptly return to Sponsor his/her prize, or the cash value thereof. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process, the operation of the Contest and/or Contest Website, violates the Official Contest Rules, or acts with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF LAW, AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
12. RULES GOVERN
In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and disclosures, the Short Rules or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including, but not limited to: the Contest entry form, and/or point of sale, television, print or online advertising; the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
14. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade names, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source code, drawings, illustrations, logos, slogans and representations are owned by either Sponsor and/or their respective affiliates or authorized licensors. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted materials or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.
15. CONSENT TO USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Sponsor and its authorized agents will collect, use and disclose the personal information you provide when you enter the Contest for the purposes of administering the Contest and Prize fulfillment. By entering this Contest, you consent to being contacted by Sponsor and its authorized agents about this Contest and your entry. You will also be offered the opportunity to receive additional communications from Sponsor about its products, upcoming contests and promotions, or career opportunities. For information about our privacy practices, see our Privacy Policy available at www.cefi.ca.
By accepting a Prize, winner agrees to Sponsor's use of his/her name, city/province of residence, picture, biographical information, statements, voice and likeness in any advertising and publicity Sponsor may conduct relating to the Contest in any media or format, whether now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times in perpetuity, without further compensation or notice.