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“Twitter Small Business” Contest Official Contest Entry Rules From October 11, 2018 to October 31, 2018

1. The Contest is open to all Small Business owners and their employees in their personal capacity who meet all of the below eligibility criteria: a) are legal residents of Canada, excluding Québec; b) have reached the age of majority in their province of residence as of the date of entering the Contest; c) have read and agree to comply with all of the terms and conditions of the Dell “Twitter Small Business” Official Contest Entry Rules; d) have Small Business related social media accounts which can be validated by the contest Sponsors;

(the “Entrant(s)”). Small businesses are companies that employ between 1-100 people (“Small Business”).

2. Employees of Dell Canada Inc. or EMC Corporation of Canada and their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and their advertising and promotional agencies (collectively, “Sponsors”) and the immediate family of such employees and persons with whom such employees are domiciled are not eligible. “Immediate family” is defined as parents, siblings, children or spouse.

3. Government employees including all federal, provincial/territorial, county, city or municipal government employees, education and health sector employees, and all employees of publically funded bodies are not eligible.

4. By entering, Entrant agrees that they are in compliance with all of their employers’ rules, policies, and procedures that relate to accepting Prizes. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, the Prize will be re-drawn from all remaining valid entries. Winning a Prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

5. No purchase necessary to enter.  Limit of one Contest entry per person (regardless of method of entry). In the event of a dispute, all entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the owner of the Twitter account from which they were submitted.  Contest opens October 11, 2018, 11 am ET and closes on October 31, 2018, 11 am ET (the “Entry Period”).

6. To enter, tweet or reply/quote tweet using the hashtag #DellSmallBizEntry and share what your small business is celebrating this month in less than 280 characters or a video (the “Submission”). Each valid Submission will then obtain one Contest entry into a random draw for the Prizes.

7. A valid Submission must: a) be the original work of Entrant; b) in the case of a tweet; not be more than 280 characters in length; c) in the case of a video; not be more than 3 minutes; d) not contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other identifying elements of any person, including, without limitation, celebrities and/or other public or private figures, living or dead, without express written permission from the person or persons (or their parent/legal guardian for minors) depicted in the entry; e) not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, contain profanity, nudity, sexual content; hateful content of any kind; content that promotes violence or harm to another living creature; or any other offensive content (as determined by Sponsors in its sole discretion); f) not contain material that promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; g) not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; h) not contain advertisements, personal solicitations or commercial solicitations; or promote any political agenda or party; i) not include any trade-marks, logos, or copyrighted materials, or advertise or promote any brand or product owned by any entity without the express written consent of the owner of the content; j) be in keeping with Sponsors’ image and not contain any material that could reflect negatively on the name, reputation, or goodwill of Sponsors, its subsidiaries or affiliates; k) not violate or encourage the violation of any law, rule or regulation.

Sponsors reserves the right to have any content removed which, in its sole determination, does not comply with these Contest rules .  In such event, the entry associated with such content will be void.

There is one (1) prizes to be won, consisting of a Dell Latitude 7390 (approximate retail value $1,279.00 each) and a 60-minute consultation with a Dell Small Business Advisor.  Any costs or expenses incurred by the winners in claiming or using their prizes will be the responsibility of the winners. Prizes must be accepted as awarded; no cash substitutes. Sponsors reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if stated prize becomes unavailable for reasons not related to the winner.

9. A random draw will be held at 33 Bloor St. East, Suite 1607, Toronto, ON, M4W 3H1 on November 1, 2018 at approximately 11 am ET from all valid entries received for the prizes. Chances of winning any prize will depend upon the number of valid entries received.

10. The potential winners will be notified using the information provided during entry via direct message on Twitter from @DellSmbCA. Each potential winner will be required to correctly answer, unaided, an arithmetical, time-limited, skill testing question. Return of any prize or winner notification as undeliverable, inability to reach selected Entrant or failure of selected Entrant to respond to notification within 7 days of first attempt by Sponsors or Sponsors’ agent, failure to provide proof of eligibility (if requested), release documents, or other required documentation in a timely manner, failure to correctly answer the skill-testing question, or other non-compliance with these Contest rules may result in disqualification, forfeiture of the prize and, at Sponsors’ sole discretion, selection of an alternate eligible Entrant for the forfeited prize, who will be subject to disqualification in the same manner.

11. Subject to applicable law, winners irrevocably grant the Sponsors (and its affiliates and agents) the right and permission to use their name, voice, likeness and/or contest entry content for advertising, promotional and/or publicity purposes in connection with the Contest, in all forms of media and by all manners (now and hereafter known), and on and in connection with related products, services, advertising and promotional materials (now known or hereafter developed), worldwide, in perpetuity, without any obligation, notice or consideration except for the awarding of the prize(s) to the winner(s).

12. By participating in the Contest, Entrants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless the Sponsors and its affiliates from and against any and all claims, liability, costs, losses, damages or injuries of any kind arising out of or related to Entrants’ participation in the Contest.  Winners will be required to sign a release form confirming acceptance of the prize as awarded and releasing Sponsors and its affiliates from any liability relating to their prize.

13. Sponsors is not responsible for, (i) late, lost, delayed, not received, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, stolen, postage due or illegible entries; or (ii) failure to receive entries due to transmission failures or technical failures of any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning of any network, servers, access providers, hardware or software, whether originating with sender or recipient.  Sponsors shall (subject to applicable law) have the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Contest or prize.  Sponsors additionally reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion: (a) subject to applicable law, to modify, suspend or terminate the Contest should causes beyond Sponsors’ control corrupt or interfere with the administration, integrity, operation, security or proper play of the Contest; or (b) to disqualify any Entrant found to be, or suspected of: (i) tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; (ii) acting in violation of these Official Rules; or (iii) acting in an un-sportsmanlike manner.  If, as a result of an error relating to the entry process, drawing or any other aspect of the Contest, there are more potential winners of prizes than contemplated in these Contest rules, there will be a random draw amongst all eligible prize claimants after the Contest closing date to award the prize.

14. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including but not limited to the Contest entry form, or point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of these rules shall prevail, govern and control.

15. By participating in this Contest, each Entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Contest rules.  All decisions of the Contest judges will be final.