JARED 245.com SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES

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1. ELIGIBILITY: Open to participants entering online through the Jared 245 blog. Entrants must be legal residents of the fifty United States or the District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older at the time of entry in the Jared 245.com Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes") and have a valid email address. Employees of Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust ("Sponsor"), Zócalo Group ("Promoter"), Doctor's Associates Inc., Subway restaurants and each of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and/or those living in the same household of each, whether or not related, are not eligible. Void where prohibited by law.  Sweepstakes are subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.

2. HERE'S HOW TO ENTER: You may enter the Sweepstakes beginning on Monday, 5, 2009 at [9 a.m. Central Time ("CT") ] until Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 11:59 pm CT ("Sweepstakes Period") by visiting Jared2545.com (the "Site") posting your own story in 200 words or less (a "Submission") and entering required information, including email address. To be eligible for the random drawings, posts/entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. CT on Tuesday, June 30, 2009.  Entries generated by script, macro or other automated or mechanical means are void.  All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.  Limit one (1) entry pre person, per email address throughout the Sweepstakes Period.


3. RANDOM DRAWING: The potential winner will be selected in a random drawing approximately one (1) week after the conclusion of the Sweepstakes Period from among all eligible entries received.  All decisions made by Sponsor and/or Promoter are final and binding.  Odds of winning will depend upon the number of eligible entries received.

4. WINNER NOTIFICATION: The Potential winner will be notified within one week after the random drawing. The Potential winner will be notified by e-mail and required to respond to such email notification within seven (7) days from the date of such e-mail notification. Additionally, the potential winner may also be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability and, unless prohibited by law, a Publicity Release within fourteen (14) days of date of issuance. If potential winner is considered a minor is his/her jurisdiction of residence, Affidavit/Liability/Publicity Release must be signed by his/her parent or legal guardian and such prize will be delivered to minor's parent/legal guardian and awarded in the name of parent/legal guardian.  In the event that any e-mail, notification or other correspondence to a potential winner is returned as undeliverable or a response is not received within the specified time period, prize may be forfeited and, at Sponsor's discretion, an alternate winner may be selected. Released Parties (as defined below) are not liable for: (i) failed, returned or misdirected notification; or (ii) entries and responses to email, winner notifications or other correspondence which are lost, late, incorrectly completed, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, garbled, inaccurate, misdirected, damaged, delayed or otherwise not received by the intended recipient in whole or in part or (iii) for any human, computer, or technical error of any kind. If potential winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) days of first notification attempt, if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, if potential winner rejected his/her prize or in the event of noncompliance with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected from all remaining eligible entries.  Upon prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given.

5. PRIZES & APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES (ARVs): One (1) winner will be selected to receive a prize consisting of Six Hundred Dollars (USD $600.00), which may be used towards a health club membership in or near winner's community.  Winner is responsible for all costs and expenses associated with the acceptance and use of the prize not specified herein. Total ARV of each prize is USD $600.00. Prizes are awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor. Prizes are not transferable, redeemable for cash or substitutable except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. Winner shall be solely responsible for all taxes (including federal, state and local taxes) and any other costs and expenses associated with the acceptance and use of a prize not specified in these Official Rules as being awarded, including without limitation any fees and dues relating to a health club membership. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion. A 1099 form will be issued to the winner and must be returned promptly to Sponsor.

6. GENERAL RULES AND SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

By uploading your Submission, you agree that your Submission conforms to the Submission Guidelines and Content Restrictions as defined below (collectively, the "Guidelines and Restrictions") and that Sponsor or Promoter, in their sole discretion, may remove your Submission and disqualify you from the Sweepstakes if they believe, in their sole discretion, that your Submission fails to conform to the Guidelines and Restrictions.

 

Submission Guidelines: 

 

·                                 The Submission must be in English;

·                                 The Submission must be your original work;

·                                 The Submission must be three hundred (300) words or fewer in length;

·                     The Submission cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind or exhibited or displayed for financial gain.  Sponsor assumes no responsibility for disputes between persons claiming authorship of the Submission.

 

Content Restrictions:

·                     The Submission must not contain material that violates or infringes another's rights, living or deceased, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement;

·                     The Submission must not disparage Sponsor, Promoter or any other person or party affiliated with the promotion and administration of this Contest;

·                     The Submission must not disparage any brand names or trademarks;

·                     The Submission must not contain any brand names or trademarks, other than Subway's mark, for which entrant has a limited license to use for the sole purposes of creating and uploading a Submission into this Contest;

·                     The Submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene hateful, tortuous, defamatory, slanderous or libelous (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion);

·                     The Submission must be suitable for publication in a public forum (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion), may not contain profanity, threats of physical violence, or material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where Submission is created.

Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use winner's name, city and state of residence and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity, without further compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. By participating, entrants agree to: (i) be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and /or Promoter, which are final and binding in all matters; and (ii) release, discharge and hold harmless Sponsor, Promoter, Doctor's Associates Inc., Subway restaurants and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, retailers and advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, attorneys and representatives (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all claims and liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind relating to the acceptance, possession or use of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) or participation in the Sweepstakes. In the event of a dispute as to identity of an online entrant, online entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address from which the entry was submitted and such person will be responsible for complying with all requirements set forth herein. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider. Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, misdirected, undelivered, garbled, illegible or postage-due mail, entries or e-mail; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or malfunctions of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or malfunctions which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Sweepstakes-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to entrants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in these Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the Site. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Sweepstakes or Site or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and their entries void. If, in the Sponsor's opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of tampering with any portion of the Sweepstakes, or if technical difficulties, virus, bugs or other causes compromise the integrity of the Sweepstakes, the Sponsor and/or Promoter reserve the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Sweepstakes and, if terminated, at their sole discretion, conduct a random drawing to award the prizes using all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the date of termination.

7. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: As a condition of participating, entrant agrees that: (i) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, (ii) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any compensation or credit to be provided, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (iii) any and all claims, judgments, and award shall be limited to actual out of pocket costs incurred, if any, and in no event shall entrant be entitled to receive attorneys' fees or other legal costs. These Sweepstakes shall be governed by Illinois substantive and procedural law, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflicts of laws rules or provisions (whether of the State of Illinois) or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Illinois. By participating in these Sweepstakes, entrants irrevocably consent that Illinois courts shall have personal jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to these Sweepstakes and that venue shall only be in the federal or state courts of Illinois.

8. DATA COLLECTION: 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 www.jared245.com and www.subwayfreshbuzz.com respectively, 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.

9. COPYRIGHT ACT AGENT: We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people who use the Site do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please forward the following information to the Copyright Agent named below:

  Your address, telephone number, and email address;

  A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

  A description of where the alleged infringing material is located;

  A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by you, the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

  An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; and

  A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Copyright Agent:

Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, Attn: Legal

488 Wheelers Farms Road Milford, Connecticut 06461

E-Mail: CopyrightSFAFT@sfaft.org

10.        NAMES OF WINNERS/RULES: The names of the winners and/or a copy of these Official Rules may be obtained by mailing a self-addressed, stamped (#10) envelope to: "Jared 245 Program", 670 N. Clark St., Floor 2, Chicago, IL 60654, for receipt no later than a month after the conclusion of the Sweepstakes Period, or July 1, 2009.   VT residents may omit return postage for Official Rules/Winner's requests.


Sponsor: Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust Ltd., 488 Wheelers Farms Road, Milford, CT 06461

Promoter: Zócalo Group, 670 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60654.

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