Contest “Deck the halls Contest”

Official Contest Rules & Regulation This contest is open only to Canadian residents. (see Rule 3 below)

1. Contest Sponsor: RONA Inc. (“RONA”) doing business at 220, chemin du Tremblay, Boucherville, Quebec, J4B 8H7, is the contest sponsor (“Contest Sponsor”).
2. Participating dealers: L’entrepôt RONA, Home & Garden RONA and RONA stores ("Participating Dealers).
3. Eligibility: The Contest is open only to residents of Canada who have reached the age of majority in their current province or territory of residence when entering the Contest, except for employees, representatives and agents of the Contest Sponsor, its affiliates and their respective advertising and marketing agencies, contest administrators, judges and any individuals domiciled with any of them.
4. Agreement to Official Contest Rules & Regulation: By entering the Contest, you fully and unconditionally accept and agree to be bound by the Official Contest Rules and the decisions of the Contest Sponsor, administrators and judges, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest.
5. Contest Period: The Contest begins at 9:00:01 a.m. on November 30, 2017 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. on December 15, 2017 (the "Contest Period"). All times specified refer to Eastern Standard Time ("EST").
6. How to Enter: There is one (1) way to enter this contest (described below).

   Participation: To enter, visit www.rona.ca/en/ from November 30, 2017 at 9:00:01 a.m. to December 15, 2017 at 11:59:59 p.m. to fill out the contest form.

   (i) Limit of participation: Limit of one (1) participation per postal code and email address, per participant, for the contest period. An individual cannot use more than one email address to enter the contest. Additional entries will be disqualified. No purchase necessary.

   (ii) Email: You need an email account to enter the contest. *Computers are made available to the public for free by several public libraries, retail businesses and other establishments; some Internet service suppliers as well as other corporations will host email accounts for free.

7. Prize:
   

   Five (5) prizes: Five (5) RONA gift cards valued at $100 each, for a total value of $500. Each of the five (5) winners will receive one (1) $100 RONA gift card.

   Limit of one (1) Prize per winner.

   Prizes are not transferable or convertible to cash. The prize must be accepted as awarded and no additions or substitutions allowed, except as determined by the Contest Sponsor at its sole discretion. Except as expressly stated herein, confirmed winners are responsible for all applicable taxes, fees and surcharges, if any, with respect to his/her prize and/or the use thereof.

8. Draws: A random draw for the prizes will be held at 10:00 a.m. EST on December 18, 2017 at the RONA Inc office, located at 220, chemin du Tremblay, Boucherville, Quebec, under the supervision of the Contest Sponsor, from among all eligible entries received during the Contest Period, by an independent judging organization whose decisions will be final and binding.

9. Awarding of Prize: To be declared a winner, the selected entrant must:
   

   (i)

   contact the Sponsor in accordance with the relevant instructions provided by the Sponsor in the private message which will have been sent on December 18, 2017 through email and this within 5 days following the winner’s name being selected and supply all additional information required by the Sponsor, including without limitation complete address, postal code, telephone number and email address. Otherwise, the winner will automatically lose the prize without any recourse or further compensation.

   (ii)

   correctly answer, unaided and within a fixed time period, a mathematical skilltesting question sent by email at a mutually convenient time, and must otherwise comply with the official contest rules;

   (iii)

   sign and return to the contest sponsor within 10 business days of receiving a Prize Acknowledgement and Release form, which includes a standard declaration of compliance with the official contest rules and release form. Failure to sign and return the Prize Acknowledgement form within ten (10) business days of receiving it will result in the forfeiture of the prize and the selection of another entrant; and

   (iv)

   upon request and in a timely manner, present an ID card with photograph.

   Failure to comply with any of the above-mentioned conditions or any other condition herein will result in disqualification. Should this occur, the contest organizer, at his/her sole discretion and in accordance with this regulation, will be allowed to cancel the prize or draw again until a participant is selected and declared a winner.

   As soon as possible following the receipt of a duly completed and signed declaration form, the contest organizer will contact the winner to inform him/her of the method by which he/she may take possession of the prize. The confirmed winner must claim his/her prize within three (3) weeks after the draw. No compensation will be paid to the confirmed winner who has not picked up the prize within the above-mentioned period nor if a confirmed winner is unable to accept the prize as awarded.

10. Chances of winning: Chances of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible entries received and allocated during the contest period.
11. General:
    

    The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to use any confirmed winner's name, city/province or territory of residence, likeness and/or photograph, voice and statements without further compensation, in connection with any advertising and publicity carried out by or on behalf of the Contest Sponsor in relation to the Contest, in any media throughout the world in perpetuity.

    Contest entries are subject to verification by the Contest Sponsor. Any such entry which is, as the case may be, incomplete, illegible, mutilated, fraudulent or published late or otherwise noncompliant, may be rejected and will not qualify, depending on the case, as an entry or for a prize.

    In the event of a dispute regarding an online participant’s identity, the entry will be considered as belonging to the Instagram account holder. Entries are deemed to have been sent by the Instagram account holder that is by the authorized email account holder associated with said Instagram account. The expression “authorized email account holder” designates the natural person to whom an email address is issued by an Internet service provider, an online service provider or any other entity (company, educational establishment, etc.) responsible for such issuances.

    By entering the Contest according to the procedure mentioned previously, each entrant (with or without purchase) agrees and acknowledges that the Contest Sponsor and Participating Merchant in the contest, and each of its affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion or other representatives or agencies, and each of their respective employees, officers, shareholders, representatives, directors and agents (collectively “Releasees”) are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (1) late, lost, stolen, delayed, misdirected, mutilated, incomplete, unreadable, inaccurate, postage due, garbled or unintelligible transmissions, swipes or entries; (2) any notification, entry, swipe or document that is lost or not received by an entrant or Contest Sponsor; (3) any injury, including death or other damage to person or property of any kind or any other liability, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, by the Contest or any Contest Prize; or (4) incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information; purchase information, swipe information or technical malfunctions; human or technical error or negligence; or printing errors. All entries become the property of Contest Sponsor and will not be returned. Proof of transmission is not proof of receipt. Any entry that does not comply with these Official Contest Rules or received after the end of the Contest Period is void. All entries and prize claims are subject to verification by Contest Sponsor and will be voided if obtained other than in compliance with these Official Contest Rules.

    The Contest Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds or suspects to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Contest Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Contest Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Contest Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

    For Québec residents, any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of an advertising contest in Québec may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (the "Régie") for a ruling. For Québec residents, any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

    Subject to the jurisdiction in Québec of the Régie, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize with one of equal or greater value, to cancel, terminate, amend or suspend the Contest and to amend the Contest without prior notice at any time and for any reason.

    The Contest Sponsor shall use the entry information of the entrants in accordance with the Privacy Policy of RONA Inc. (see the “Privacy and Terms of Use” link on rona.ca).

    The Contest is subject to all applicable laws.

    The name of the winner will appear on http://www.rona.ca/en/winners as soon as it has been confirmed.

12. Prize Supplier:
    

    By entering the Contest, each entrant acknowledges and agrees that FMCC role is solely a Prize supplier and that FMCC is in no way responsible for the administration of the Contest or the winner selection and that all such responsibility rests with the Organizer. By participating in the Contest, each entrant releases and indemnifies FMCC and hold it harmless against any and all costs, claims, damages, or any other injury, whether due to negligence or otherwise, to person(s) or property (including, without limitation, death or violation of any personal rights, such as violation of right of publicity/privacy, libel, or slander), due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to the receipt, enjoyment or the participation in the Contest or any Contest-related or Prize-related activity.