Chocolate Raffle Contest Rules

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. NOT OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF CHINA, ITALY, SAUDI ARABIA, POLAND, BURUNDI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, IRAQ, LIBERIA, YEMEN, CUBA, IRAN, LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, SOUTH KOREA, SUDAN, SYRIA, AND ZIMBABWE. ENTRY IN THIS DRAWING CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.

1. SPONSOR: Sigma-Aldrich Corp., 3050 Spruce St, St. Louis, MO 63103.

2. BINDING AGREEMENT: By entering into the Drawing (as defined below), each person submitting or attempting to submit an entry (“Entrant”) agrees to be bound by these Official Rules (“Rules”) and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding. Therefore, please read these Rules prior to entry to ensure you understand and agree. An Entrant may not submit an entry to the Drawing and is not eligible to receive the Prizes described in these Rules unless the Entrant agrees to these Rules.

3. TERM: The entry period for Sigma-Aldrich Chocolate Bottle Sweepstakes (“Drawing”) begins at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on October 1st, 2024 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on November 5th, 2024 (the “Promotion Period”). Sponsor is the official timekeeper for the Drawing.

4. ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for the Drawing, as of the start of the Drawing Period, Participants must have reached the age of majority in their place of residence and be at least eighteen (18) years old. Drawing is void in select countries and where prohibited by law. Exclusions include: China, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Liberia, Yemen, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, South Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe.

The following individuals are not eligible to participate:

• Officials and employees of any local, state, provincial or federal or other government or government agency;
• Employees of the Sponsor or its affiliates and their immediate family and household members;
• Healthcare professionals (HCPs) and employees of healthcare organizations (HCOs); and

If you are entering the Drawing on behalf of your employer, these rules are binding on you, individually, and/or your company. If you are acting within the scope of your employment, as an employee, contractor, or agent of another party, you warrant that such party has full knowledge of your actions and has consented thereto. You further warrant that your actions do not violate your employer or company’s policies and procedures.

5. TO ENTER: To enter, complete a purchase valued at $250 USD or more (or of equal value in regional currency) before applicable taxes and shipping and handling on Sigma-Aldrich.com and submit the entry form here including your order number and contact information. Or, post a Tweet on X (formerly Twitter) from a public profile including: (a) Why you would like a Sigma-Aldrich Chocolate Bottle (b) #SigmaAldrichChocolate and (c) a tag to the Twitter account "@Merck_lifesci”. No limit to the number of entrees during the promotion period. Sponsor is not and will not be liable or responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, illegible, or incorrect entries. ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ENTRIES. Entries become the sole property of the Sponsor.

All Entries must comply with Twitter Terms of Use available at https://twitter.com/en/tos and. All entries must be received on or before the end of the Promotion Period.

All Entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the Twitter account used to submit the Entry, and the potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder for that Twitter account. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned to the Twitter account and/or Instagram account by the e-mail administrator at the time of account creation.

6. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: Ten (10) winners will be selected on November 15, 2024. Potential winners will be notified by e-mail at the e-mail address or by phone at the phone number specified at the time of entry. Potential winner must respond by return e-mail or phone call and accept the prize on or before November 29, 2024. If the potential winner does not accept the prize on or before this time, the original potential winner shall be deemed to have forfeited the prize and the Sponsor shall conduct another random drawing to select another winner. If you are selected as a potential winner of a prize, you may be required to sign an affidavit and release in order to receive your prize.

7. PRIZE: Ten (10) winners will be selected. The prize is a custom Sigma-Aldrich® Bottle of Chocolates. Approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $10. Prize is not transferable and must be accepted as awarded, with no substitutions of any kind, except by the Sponsor, which reserves the right to substitute the prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. All federal, state, and local taxes, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are the potential winner’s responsibility. All prize details are at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Where feasible each prize comes with the standard warranty as described in the prize documentation. Sponsor makes no other warranties or representations whatsoever relative to the quality, conditions, fitness or merchantability of any aspects of the prize that is awarded. Sponsor shall be responsible for shipping and handling charges related to delivery of the prize. Swiss Delice, its affiliates and subsidiaries are not sponsors of this Drawing.

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS / PUBLICITY: As a condition of submitting an entry, you grant to the Sponsor and its affiliates, subsidiaries, licensees and assigns, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive and royalty-free right to use, reproduce, edit, display, transmit, prepare derivative works of, modify, publish and otherwise make use of your entry for solely for its internal purposes. In addition, you grant to the Sponsor and its affiliates, subsidiaries, licensees and assigns, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive and royalty-free right to use, reproduce, edit, display, transmit, prepare derivative works of, modify, publish and otherwise make use of your name, image, and likeness in any and all media, whether now known or hereinafter created, throughout the world and for any purpose. You waive any moral rights with respect to your entry. In addition to other things, the rights granted to the Sponsor include, but are not limited to, the right to resize, crop, censor, compress, edit, feature, caption, affix logos to, and to otherwise alter or make use of the submitted entry. You acknowledge and agree that the Sponsor shall have no obligation to post, display or otherwise make publicly available any entry. You consent to allowing the Sponsor and its affiliates to publish your entry on any of their websites and/or social media pages for promotional marketing purposes. You consent to being contacted by Sponsor or one of its representatives for follow-up marketing activities related to this Drawing.

9. PRIVACY: By participating in the Drawing, you agree that your personal data including, but not limited to, name, mailing address, phone number, and email address (“Personal Information”) may be collected, processed, stored and otherwise used by the Sponsor, or any party authorized by them for the purposes of conducting and administering the Drawing, including its affiliates. This Personal Information may also be used by Sponsor or any party authorized by them, including its affiliates, to verify your identity, postal address and telephone number in the event you qualify for any applicable prize as well as to deliver the applicable prize. You further agree that your Personal Information may be used to fulfill additional terms of the Drawing or to contact you in response to a question submitted by you or regarding Sponsor’s products or services that may be of interest to you.

This Personal Information may also be shared by the Sponsor or any party authorized by them with any third-party for the purposes of fulfilling the terms of this Drawing or another service that you have requested, to support the Sponsor’s business, to comply with the law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the requirements of law or comply with legal process served on Sponsor, and to protect and defend Sponsor’s rights or property. You understand and agree that this may mean that your Personal Information is transmitted, processed or stored in the United States. Note that we may share this Personal Information with our agents located in our various offices throughout the world. Some of those offices may be in countries with data protection laws different than those established under your national, state, provincial or local law.

10. LIMITATION AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY: IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SPONSOR OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF PROFITS, INCURRED BY ENTRANTS OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY OR IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF SUCH DAMAGES, ARISING FROM THE DRAWING, PRIZE, OR USE OF A PRIZE, EVEN IF THE SPONSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. By accepting a prize, the winner agrees to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, its affiliates and agents from any and all liability, loss or damages arising from or in connection with awarding, receipt and/or use of a prize or participation in this Drawing, and they shall have no liability for any injury, misfortune, or damage to either persons or property incurred by entering, participating in or winning this Drawing.

11. RIGHT TO CANCEL, MODIFY, OR DISQUALIFY: The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify these rules and/or cancel the Drawing at any time without notice. Entrants agree that the Sponsor shall have no liability for unsuccessful efforts to notify any winning entrant, or for any injuries, losses, or damages by reason of the entrant’s participation in the Drawing or use of the prize.

12. GENERAL CONDITIONS: All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. The Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify individuals who violate these rules, misrepresent themselves or provide misleading information to the Sponsor. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any entrant who tampers with the submission process or any other part of the Drawing. Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Drawing is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such entrant to the fullest extent of the applicable law. Entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsor. The Sponsor will interpret these rules and resolve any disputes, conflicting claims or ambiguities concerning the official rules. If any provision of these official rules is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these rules, which shall remain in full force and effect. The Sponsor reserves the right to modify or terminate the Drawing or to make such other decisions regarding the administration or outcome as the Sponsor deems appropriate. All decisions by the Sponsor are final.

13. GOVERNING LAW: This Drawing is governed by the laws of Missouri, USA.

14. CONTACT & WINNER’S LIST: Any questions, complaints or queries shall be sent by mail to Sponsor at:
Corporate Communications
MilliporeSigma
3050 Spruce St.
St. Louis, MO 63103

You may request the name of the winner after November 30, 2024, but before December 30, 2024, by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the same address.