REGIONAL BRANDS TRIVIA CHALLENGE SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES

REGIONAL BRANDS TRIVIA CHALLENGE SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. Sweepstakes Entry Period. The “Sweepstakes Entry Period” begins at 8:00a.m CST on April 26, 2022 and ends at 11:59 p.m CST on June 26, 2022.  During the Sweepstakes Entry Period, Sponsor will hold weekly and monthly drawings, as described below, from all entries received during the specified Weekly Entry Periods (as defined below).

2. Eligibility. The Regional Brands Trivia Challenge Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is open to legal U.S. residents who are: (a) Current customers and/or authorized seed dealers for one of Bayer’s ten (10) Regional Brands (Fontanelle Hybrids®; Gold Country Seed®; Hubner Seed ™; Jung Seed Genetics™; Kruger Seeds™: Lewis Hybrids™; Rea Hybrids™; Specialty Hybrids™; Stewart Seed™; and Stone Seed™), and b) 21 years of age or older at the time of entry. Void in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. military installations in foreign countries and where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees, officers, directors, members, managers, agents and representatives and their immediate families or members of their household (i.e., spouse, partner, parents, children, siblings, legal guardians, in-laws, grandparents and grandchildren, regardless of where they live) of Bayer CropScience LC (“Sponsor”), a member of the Bayer Group, 800 N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167 or its partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, divisions and advertising, promotion, public relations agencies, are not eligible to enter or win.

3. How to Enter. During the Sweepstakes Entry Period, an eligible person may enter as follows, with a limit of one (1) entry per person per week during the Sweepstakes Entry Period regardless of the entry method used:

• ENTRY METHOD 1 – Participate in Trivia Game.  To receive an entry into the sweepstakes, an eligible person should correctly answer a trivia question sent to them via email during the Weekly Entry Period.  Entrants will receive one email on the first day of each Weekly Entry Period from the Bayer brand for which entrant is a current customer/dealer.  Participants have until 11:59 pm each Sunday during the weekly Entry Period to submit their entry. Only entries with the correct answer will be eligible.

• ENTRY METHOD 2 – No Purchase Necessary.  To receive an entry into the Sweepstakes, an eligible person should print his or her name, e-mail address, phone number and address on a plain 3” x 5” piece of paper. The entry must be mailed in an envelope no larger than #10 (business-size envelope), with sufficient postage affixed, to: Regional Brands Trivia Challenge Sweepstakes, Attn: Kristin Borst, HLK Agency, 1141 S 7th Street St. Louis MO 63104. Limit one mailed entry per outer-mailing envelope. All mail-in entries must be postmarked during the Sweepstakes Entry Period. Mail-in entries that are not received by 11:59 P.M CST on June 26, 2022 will be considered late and will not be accepted.

Limit of one (1) entry per person per week.  Only complete and valid entries will be eligible.  By entering the Sweepstakes, each entrant warrants that he or she has read and agrees to abide and be bound by these Official Rules and that he or she is not prohibited from participating in the Sweepstakes. Eligible entrants agree that Sponsor shall retain full authority, in its  sole discretion, to interpret and administer these Official Rules, and entrants agree to be bound by all decisions and interpretations made in good faith by the Sponsor, or its designee.

All entries become property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entries that are late, incomplete, garbled/jumbled, illegible, misdirected, lost, damaged, delayed, stolen or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules are void. Entries made by any other individual or any entity, and/or originating at any other website or e-mail address, including, without limitation, commercial sweepstakes subscription notification and/or entering service sites, will be declared invalid and disqualified for this Sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to, electronic malfunctioning of any telephone network, computer hardware or software; any failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions or any combination thereof; or for any error, human, technical or otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any fraudulent entries or any individual it finds tampering with the operation or entry process of the Sweepstakes or acting in violation of these Official Rules. If, for any reason, an entry is determined by Sponsor to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant's sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes, if feasible; if not feasible for any reason, Sponsor shall not have any liability to entrant in conjunction with same.

4. Winner Selection – Weekly Drawing. On or about each of the drawing dates set out in the chart below, Sponsor will randomly select one (1) entry from all eligible entries for each of Bayer’s ten (10) Regional Brands received during the Weekly Entry Periods (as defined below) to receive a prize (the “Weekly Prize”), for a total of ten (10) winners each Drawing Date as described below. For the avoidance of doubt, entries for each brand will be pooled separately, and the specified number of weekly winners will be chosen from each pool to win a weekly prize.  Winners will be notified by email on or about the Weekly Drawing Date. Entrants are eligible to win each weekly entry period for a maximum of 9 weekly prizes.

5. Winner Selection – Monthly Drawing. On or about each of the dates below, Sponsor will also randomly select one (1) entry from each of the ten (10) Regional Brands from all eligible entries received in each Monthly Entry Period (as defined below) for a total of ten (10) winners each Monthly Drawing Date as described below. For the avoidance of doubt, entries for each brand will be pooled separately, and the specified number of weekly winners will be chosen from each pool to win a monthly prize.  Maximum of four (4) entries per entrant for Weeks 1-4 drawing; maximum of five (5) entries per entrant for Weeks 5-9 drawing. Entrants are eligible to win each monthly entry period for a maximum of 2 prizes.

Decisions of the Sponsor will be final and binding on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes.  If a potential winner does not respond within five business days of the first notification attempt, is found to be ineligible, does not comply with these Official Rules or declines to accept any prize, the potential winner may be disqualified in Sponsor’s sole discretion, and in such case, Sponsor may select an alternate winner based on a random drawing. 

6. Prize(s). 

Weekly Prize – Winner’s choice of one (1) select branded clothing or accessory item from one (1) of Bayer’s ten (10) regional brands. Actual retail value $12.15 – $29.50 depending on branded item chosen as outlined in chart below.

Monthly Prize – Winner’s choice from select branded clothing or accessory item from one (1) of Bayer’s ten (10) regional brands. Actual retail value of $31.15 - $91.60 depending on branded item chosen as outlined in chart below.

Prize is not transferable.  No substitution or cash redemption of any Prize, or any portion thereof, is allowed, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any Prize with another prize of equal or greater value. Sponsor is not responsible for any inability of any winner to accept or use any Prize (or portion thereof) for any reason. No more than the stated Prize(s) will be awarded. Limit of one (1) Prize per family/household/address. Winner is solely responsible for all unspecified costs and expenses associated with Prize acceptance and use. Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty, representation or guarantee of any kind by Sponsor. Transfer of Prize is not permitted without the permission of Sponsor which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion and without liability of any kind. A Prize value as stated represents Sponsor’s good faith determination of approximate retail value of prizes. 

7. Odds of Winning. Odds of winning the Prize depend upon the total number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period.

8. Claiming the Prize. Each potential winner will be notified by e-mail. In the event that Sponsor cannot contact a potential winner of any Prize despite reasonable (in its sole discretion) attempts, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, randomly select a new, alternate potential winner from the remaining eligible entries received. Return of any Prize or prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate potential winner may be selected in Sponsor’s sole discretion. The potential winner will be required to complete, sign and return to the address requested an Affidavit and Liability/Publicity Release within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the Prize Claim Documents. If such documents are not returned to Sponsor prior to such deadline, any Prize may be forfeited in Sponsor’s sole discretion, such potential winner shall be disqualified, and an alternate winner selected by Sponsor in a new random drawing from the remaining eligible entries. Except where prohibited by law, each winner also grants Sponsor and its designees the right to use the winner’s full name, hometown, images and likenesses for advertising, publicity and promotion purposes, including print, broadcast and on-line announcements, without further compensation than the said prize and at no expense to the winner, and Sponsor shall not be obligated to make any such use.

9. Taxes. Each winner is responsible for all applicable local, state and federal taxes.  Sponsor will issue winners of prizes valued at $600 or over an IRS 1099 Tax Form, and winner agrees to fully cooperate in complying with applicable governmental reporting requirements. If requested by Sponsor, the potential winner will be required to complete, sign and return to Sponsor an IRS Form W-9 prior to receiving the Prize.  Failure to complete, sign and return a W-9 will result in the winner being disqualified, and in such case Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, select an alternate winner in a random drawing from remaining eligible entries.

10. General. Each entrant agrees to, accepts and shall abide by these Official Rules and agrees that any disputes shall be resolved by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel/terminate, modify, amend or suspend the Sweepstakes if in Sponsor’s sole determination it believes that the integrity of the Sweepstakes has been, or could be, compromised or that the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned or fairly, including without limitation due to tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, or force majeure or any other causes beyond Sponsor’s control. Sweepstakes void where prohibited or restricted. If any provision of this Sweepstakes shall be deemed to violate any federal, state or municipal law, it shall be amended to conform to such law and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.   Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the printing of these Official Rules, administration of this Sweepstakes or in the announcement of any winner(s) or Prize(s).  In the event this Sweepstakes is cancelled for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to conduct a random drawing to award the prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect, entries received prior to the time of the action or event warranting such cancellation.  

11. DISPUTES RESOLUTION. THIS PROMOTION IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE STATE OF MISSOURI WITHOUT RESPECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW DOCTRINES. As a condition of participating in the Promotion, the entrant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Promotion, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in St. Louis County, Missouri having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Promotion), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

12. Release. By participating, each entrant agrees to hold harmless Sponsor and its employees, officers, directors, shareholders, representatives, agents, successors and assigns, from any liability whatsoever, and waive and release such parties from any and all causes of action, for any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or portrayal in a false light, whether intentional or unintentional) arising out of or in connection with the event or acceptance, possession, or use/misuse of any prize, participation in any promotion-related activity, or participation in the promotion, whether under a theory of contract, torts (including, without limitation, negligence), warranty, or any other theory or cause of action.

13. Privacy. Information submitted in connection with the Sweepstakes will be treated in accordance with these Official Rules and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (as may be amended from time to time), currently located at https://www.bayer.com/en/privacy-statement; provided, that in the event of any conflict between these Official Rules and such Privacy Policy, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail only with respect to the conduct of this Sweepstakes.

15. Winner’s List. To obtain a list of the Regional Brands Trivia Challenge winners, send email with the subject line “Regional Brands Trivia Challenge Sweepstakes Winners List” to: kborst@hlkagency.com.