OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES (“RULES”)

CONTEST PERIOD

The Contest entry period commences at 12:00 AM EST on August 15th, 2023 and concludes at 11:59 PM EDT on Oct 31st, 2023 (the “Contest Period”).

ELIGIBILITY

Contest is open to legal residents of Canada, excluding Quebec, who have reached the legal age of majority in their province/territory of residence at the time of entry. Employees, representatives and mandatories (and those with whom such persons are domiciled) of Balzac’s Coffee Roasters (the “Sponsor”), its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, prize suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies (collectively the “Contest Parties”) are not eligible. Further, to be eligible to win, the entrant must not be (i) an employee or contractor of a provincial or territorial liquor agency; (ii) a provincial or territorial liquor licensee; or (iii) an employee or member of the immediate family of a provincial or territorial liquor licensee. The provincial liquor agencies are not connected with this Contest in any manner whatsoever, and are not liable in any way whatsoever with respect to any matter relating to this Contest.

HOW TO ENTER

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE THE ODDS OF WINNING. THIS CONTEST IS GOVERNED BY CANADIAN LAW AND THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. SEE BELOW FOR FULL CONTEST DETAILS. PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES YOUR FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF, AND AGREEMENT TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY, THESE OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES. To enter, go to Balzacscontest.com (the “Contest Website”), and follow the on-screen instructions to obtain the Official Contest Entry Form (the “Entry Form”). Fully complete the Entry Form with all required information, which requires you to: (i) Enter your Name and Email, (ii) Play game of ‘Mots du jour’, (iii) Enter your name, email, phone number and shipping address; (iv) correctly answer a math skill-testing question (v) click the “Submit” button to register your entry. All Entries are subject to verification. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to the Sponsor – including, without limitation, government issued photo identification) to participate in this Contest. Failure to provide such proof in a timely manner may result in disqualification. The sole determinant of the time for the purposes of a valid Entry in this Contest will be the Contest server machine(s). Use of any automated system to enter or otherwise participate in this Contest is prohibited and will subject the entrant or purported entrant and all associated Entries to disqualification at the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor.

PRIZES

There is one (1) Grand Prize (“Grand Prize”) available to be won in the Contest. The Prize consists of a trip for two (2) people to Paris, including return flights to and from Paris, France, seven (7) nights’ accommodations, and $500 spending money. The approximate retail value of the Prize is $7,000 CDN. The Canadian departure and return point will be the closest of the following airports to the winner’s residence: Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, or Halifax. Winner will be responsible for travel to and from the applicable Canadian airport for departure to France, and return home. There are two thousand (1,000) Secondary Prizes available to be won in the Contest with PIN Code Entry:

• Secondary Prize
• Number
• Approximate Retail Value

• Balzac’s Frank & Green Tumblers
• 50
• $34.00

• Balzac's x Roots Coffee Lover's Kit
• 25
• $48.00

• Balzac's Moka Pot
• 50
• $49.99

• BBalzac's Hand Grinder
• 50
• $60.00

• Balzac’s Insulated Portable Brewer
• 40
• $102.41

• $5 Off Website Purchase Promo Codes
• 500
• $5.00

• $Balzac’s App Points (200pt/winner)
• 200
• $2.70

• Balzac’s French Press
• 35
• $29.99

• The total ARV of the Secondary Prizes is $17,335.

AWARDING PRIZES

If an entrant (i) does not comply with these Contest rules; (ii) has not provided the correct answer to the skill-testing question; (iii) does not claim the Prize according to these Rules, within the time specified by the Sponsor; or (iv) refuses the Prize, then the entrant may not be declared a winner. Secondary Prizes will be awarded randomly from the Entries, and contestants will be notified instantly during the Contest Period of the prize won. All Entries to the Contest, will automatically be entered for the Grand Prize draw. A random draw for the Grand Prize from all eligible Entries will be held at approximately 4:00pm ET on November 2nd , 2023, at the Sponsor’s offices. The selected entrant for the Grand Prize will be contacted by phone or email and will be informed of the procedure to claim the Prize. See Section 7 below, Confirmation of Grand Prize Winner.

ODDS

Grand Prize odds depend on number of eligible Entries received. Secondary Prize odds depend on number of eligible Entries received; prizes will be awarded randomly throughout the Contest Period.

CONFIRMATION OF GRAND PRIZE WINNER

(a) provide full name, date of birth, valid email address and telephone number; (b) sign and return the Sponsor’s declaration and release form, which (among other things): (i) confirms compliance with these Rules; (ii) acknowledges acceptance of the applicable Prize as awarded; (iii) releases the Contest Parties and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all liability in connection with this Contest, the selected entrant's participation therein and/or the awarding and use/misuse of the Prize or any portion thereof; and (iv) agrees to the publication, reproduction and/or other use of the selected entrant's name, address, voice, statements about the Contest and/or photograph or other likeness without further notice or compensation, in any publicity or advertisement carried out by the Sponsor in any manner whatsoever, including print, broadcast or the internet. If the selected entrant fails to satisfy the above requirements within the specified time, then he/she will be disqualified (and will forfeit all rights to the Prize).

PRIZE CONDITIONS

The following general conditions apply to all Prizes: (a) Prize must be accepted as awarded, and is not transferable or convertible to cash (no substitutions except at Sponsor’s option, in its sole and absolute discretion); (b) Sponsor reserves the right at any time to place reasonable restrictions on the availability or use of the Prize or any component thereof and substitute the Prize or a component thereof for any reason with a prize or a prize component of equal or greater value, including, without limitation, but solely at the Sponsor’s sole discretion, a cash award; (c) if the winner does not utilize any part(s) of the Prize, then any such part(s) not utilized will be forfeited in its (their) entirety and nothing will be substituted in its (their) place; (d) by accepting the Prize, the winner agrees to waive all recourse against the Released Parties (see Section 9 below) if the Prize or a component thereof does not prove satisfactory, either in whole or in part; and (e) Sponsor makes no representation and offers no warranty, express or implied, as to the quality or fitness of the Prize. The following general conditions apply to the Grand Prize: (a) Trip must be taken by December 27, 2024. Trip blackout periods: December 28-31, 2023, January 1-5, 2024, and December 28-31 2024. (f) Prize winner and guest must each have a passport that is valid (i) for travel to France; and (ii) for at least six months beyond the date of travel. Neither Prize winner nor guest may be subject to any known barrier to entry into France. Sponsor will not be held responsible in the event that the winner and/or his/her guest are denied entry to France or re-entry to Canada; (g) the costs and arrangements of everything not specifically stated in the Prize description above as being included in the Prize are the sole responsibility of the winner, including, without limitation: travel to and from the applicable Canadian airport; gratuities; entertainment; health and travel insurance; and items of a personal nature. Prize winner may also be required to present a valid major credit card in winner’s name at the time of hotel check-in to cover any incidental expenses; and (h) the winner must sign and return the Sponsor’s release (by the date indicated by the Sponsor or its designate) indicating that he/she waives all recourse against the Released Parties relating to his/her participation in the Prize.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

In order to participate in a Prize, the winner’s guest must be the legal age of majority in their province/territory of residence at time of travel and must also sign and return the Sponsor’s release by a date to be specified by the Sponsor.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

Without limiting the release provided in Section 8 above, and for greater certainty, the Released Parties will not be liable for: a) any incomplete or inaccurate information caused by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of Entries; b) the theft, loss, destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries; c) any problems with, or technical malfunctions of, telephone networks or lines, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, viruses or bugs; d) any failure of any Entry to be received by or from the Sponsor for any reason including but not limited to traffic congestion on telecommunications services; e) damage to a participant’s or other person's system occasioned by participation in this Contest; (f) any use of the entrant's personal information as set out in Section 10. By entering this Contest, entrants consent to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information for the purposes of administering the Contest and in accordance with the Privacy Policy available on the Contest Website.

MISCELLANEOUS

All decisions of the Sponsor, or any Contest judging organization or Contest judge as designated by the Sponsor, are final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest and on all entrants without right of appeal, including, without limitation, any decisions regarding the eligibility/disqualification of Entries. The Sponsor and other Released Parties will not be responsible for illegible, incomplete, lost, misdirected, errors, failures or late Entries which will be void. In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an Entry, the Entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the mobile address submitted at the time of Entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to a mobile address by a mobile service provider, an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning mobile addresses for the domain associated with the submitted mobile address. A selected entrant may be required to provide the Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the mobile address associated with the selected Entry. The Sponsor reserves the right at its sole and absolute discretion to disqualify, from this Contest and any future contest or other promotion, conducted by the Sponsor, any individual that they find or believe to be not in compliance with these Rules, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY COMPUTER OR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST 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 PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Any use of automated devices to enter this Contest is prohibited. No correspondence will be entered into except with selected entrants. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws.

PRIZE LIMIT

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SPONSOR BE REQUIRED TO AWARD MORE PRIZES THAN INDICATED IN THESE RULES OR TO AWARD A PRIZE OTHERWISE THAN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE RULES. In the event that more prizes are awarded than indicated due to a technical error, the Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, may choose to hold a draw to determine which entrants are awarded such prizes.

RIGHT TO TERMINATE OR AMEND

The Sponsor reserves the right, to terminate, suspend or amend this Contest and or amend these Rules, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice if any factor interferes with its proper conduct as contemplated by these Rules. In the event of Contest termination, any remaining prize still to be won will, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, be deemed expired and void and will be ineligible for Contest play, and, without limiting any other provision of these Rules, the Released Parties will not have any further liability with respect thereto.

LANGUAGE

In case of any discrepancy between the French and English versions of these Rules, the English version shall prevail.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All intellectual property used in connection with the promotion and/or administration of the Contest, including, without limitation, all trade-marks, trade names, copyrights, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source code, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned (or licensed, as the case may be) by the Contest Parties and/or their affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any such intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.