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KIKKOMAN PEARL¨ ORGANIC SOYMILK RECIPE CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR RECEIVE A PRIZE. A PURCHASE DOES
NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
2. CONTEST ENTRANTS AND PRIZE RECIPIENT MUST BE A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE
50 UNITED STATES/D.C. AND AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AT TIME OF ENTRY TO BE ELIGIBLE.
VOID OUTSIDE THE 50 UNITED STATES/D.C AND WHERE OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Employees of the Sponsor and the immediate family members of each are not
eligible. Contest subject to applicable federal, state and local laws and
regulations. Any violation of these rules may result in disqualification.
Sponsor is not responsible for errors in the administration or fulfillment of
this contest, including without limitation mechanical, human, printing,
distribution or production errors, and may modify or cancel this promotion based
upon such error at its sole discretion without liability.
3. HERE'S HOW TO ENTER: There are two ways to enter: a) Online
Entry: To enter online, go to http://www.kikkomanusa.com between 12:00:01 AM
Eastern Standard Time ("EST") on February 4, 2008 and 11:59:59 PM EST on March
28, 2008, fill in required information on the Entry Form, and submit the form as
directed. Entrants will be required to provide complete name, home address,
telephone number, date of birth, e-mail address and an original soymilk receipe
describing how to use Kikkoman Pearl¨ Organic Soymilk (Original, Unsweetened,
Creamy Vanilla, Chocolate, Green Tea or Coffee) to create a delicious dessert
(as more fully set forth below) (ãSoymilk Recipeä); b) Mail In Entry: To enter
by mail, hand print or type your complete name, home address, telephone number,
date of birth, and your Soymilk Recipe (as more fully set forth below) and mail
in an envelope with sufficient postage to: Kikkoman International Inc.; Attn:
Pearl¨ Soymilk Recipe Contest; P.O. Box 420784; San Francisco, CA 9414142-0784
USA.
Soymilk Receipe must be a fully original creation of the entrant and cannot have
been published before. Limit one entry per person/per household/e-mail address.
Multiple or duplicate entries will be disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible
for lost, late, incomplete, postage incomplete, or otherwise misdirected entries
or entries that are processed late or incorrectly or are lost due to computer,
electronic malfunction, postal error or other error. Proof of submission will
not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE
SUBMITTED/POSTMARKED BY THE CONTEST CLOSING DATE on March 28, 2008. MAIL-IN
ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY March 24, 2008 AND RECEIVED BY March 28, 2008. In
the event that the same or similar Soymilk Receipe is submitted by more than one
entrant or an entrant enters the same Soymilk Recipe more than once, only the
first entry received will qualify. By providing your e-mail address and/or home
address, you grant Sponsor the right to send you commercial mail and share your
address with others, unless specified otherwise as indicated on the entry form.
4. START/END DATES: Contest begins at 12:00:01 a.m. EST on
February 4, 2008 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. EST on March 28, 2008.
5. SOYMILK RECIPE: You must create a fully original Soymilk
Recipe for a dessert using at least one-half (1/2) cup of any of the following
Kikkoman Pearl¨ Organic Soymilk flavors, alone or in combination: Original,
Unsweetened, Creamy Vanilla, Chocolate, Green Tea and/or Coffee. Your Soymilk
Recipe must be for a dessert, must have a total preparation time of thirty (30)
minutes or less, and must include at least ¸ cup of Kikkoman Pearl¨ Organic
Soymilk. The recipe should include five (5) additional ingredients other than
the Pearl¨ Organic Soymilk. So each recipe can include a total of six (6)
ingredients or less. Smoothies recipes will not be accepted. The Soymilk Recipe
must list all ingredients used in exact common U.S. household measurements with
step-by-step preparation instructions. Do not submit any brand names for other
ingredients used. Sponsor reserve the right to reject any entries that it deems,
in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate, for any reason whatsoever,
including failure to adhere to the requirements of these Official Rules.
6. SUBMISSIONS: Your entire contest entry, including your
Soymilk Recipe becomes property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowleged or
returned. By submitting any Soymilk Recipe or other idea to http://www.kikkomanusa.com
you hereby grant to Sponsor any and all rights and ownership to your Soymilk
Recipe including, but not limited to, all copyright, trade secret, trademark,
and intellectual property rights therein. Submission of an entry grants Sponsor
and its agents the right to publish, produce, use, adapt, edit and/or modify the
Soymilk Recipe in any way and in any and all media, without limitation and
without compensation to the entrant.
You hereby represent and warrant that (a) you have all necessary right, power
and authority to grant the rights to your Soymilk Recipe as set forth herein,
and (b) your Soymilk Recipe is not harmful to users and does not violate,
misappropriate or infringe any copyright, trade secret, trademark or other
intellectual property right of any other person or entity. You will take, at
Sponsorâs expense, any further action (including, without limitation, execution
of affidavits and other documents) reasonably requested by Sponsor to effect,
perfect or confirm the right granted to Sponsor to your Soymilk Recipe as set
forth herein.
In exchange for the rights and ownership to your Soymilk Recipe, if your Soymilk
Recipe is published, used and/or posted by Sponsor, your first name and last
initial will be used in conjunction with such publication, posting or use. By
submitting a Soymilk Recipe, you hereby grant Sponsor the right to use your name
in connection with the publication, use or posting of your Soymilk Recipe. You
will include your name and address/e-mail address with your Soymilk Recipe so
that we can contact you if we have any questions about your Soymilk Recipe;
however, only your first name and last initial will be published with your
Soymilk Recipe (unless permission is granted from you to use your full name).
7. WINNER SELECTION: All entries will be judged based
exclusively on the folloing criteria and in the following measure: 1) Product
Usage (40%) (0-40 points) (the uniqueness, realistic application and ease of
preparation of Soymilk Recipe); 2) Effectiveness and Taste (30%) (0-30 points)
(how well the Kikkoman Pearl¨ Organic Soymilk contributes to the taste and to
the overall dessert prepared); 3) Creativity (30%) (0-30 points) (creativity and
originality of Soymilk Recipe). All entries will be judged by Kikkoman using the
judging criteria on or about April 7, 2008. The Six (6) entries with the highest
scores will be declared the potential winners (1 Grand Prize Winner and 5
Runner-Up Winners based on cumaltive point totals). In the event of a tie,
potential winners will be decided based on the ÎCreativityâ criteria. Potential
winners will be notified by e-mail, phone or U.S. Mail on or about May 15, 2008.
Each entrant selected as a potential winner must comply with all terms and
conditions set forth in these Offical Rules, and winning is contingent upon
fulfilling all such requirements. If any potential winner cannot be contacted,
does not respond within five (5) business days, or the prize or prize
notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner forfeits all
rights to any prize and an alternate winner may be selected from all remaining
eligible entries. All decisions of the judges are final and binding in all
respects pertaining to this Contest.
8. PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize Winner and Five (5) Runner-Up
Winners will be selected. The Grand Prize Winner will receive six (6) 32-oz.
cartons of Kikkoman Pearl¨ Organic Soymilk product, a Kikkoman shopping bag,
bake ware (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion), and a Kikkoman
apron. The Five Runner-Up Winners will receive six 32-oz. cartons of Kikkoman
Pearl¨ Organic Soymilk product and a Kikkoman apron. APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE OF
PRIZES: $50.
Income and other taxes, if any, are the responsibility of prize winner. No
substitution, assignment, redemption for cash, or transfer of any prize
permitted except at Sponsorâs sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to
substitute a prize of equal or greater value.
9. CLAIMING PRIZE/RELEASE: Eligibility, age and prize claim by
Potential Winner is subject to verification. Sponsor is not responsible for
fraudulent calls/e-mails/correspondence made to entrants not by Sponsor.
Potential Winner must sign before a notary and return an Affidavit of
Eligibility (including social security number)/Prize Acceptance/Liability and
(where legally permissible) a Publicity and Copyright Permission Release Form
within ten (10) business days of receipt. Non-compliance may result in
disqualification and the Contest prize will be awarded to an alternate Prize
Winner in a random drawing from among all remaining entries.
10. INTERNET: If for any reason this contest is not capable of
running as planned due to an infection by a computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond
the control of the Sponsor that corrupt or affect the administration, security,
fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the
right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with
the entry process and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest.
Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line
failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of,
entries. Use of bots or other automated process to enter is prohibited and may
result in disqualification at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Sponsor is not
responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network
or telephone lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer
equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by the
Sponsor due to technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the
Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or
damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting
from participating in this Contest or downloading any materials in this Contest.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE
LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS
AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK
DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In the event of a dispute as to the
identity or eligibility of a winner based on an e-mail address, the winning
entry will be declared made by the "Authorized Account Holder" of the e-mail
address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized Account Holder" is defined as
the natural person 21 years of age or older who is assigned to an e-mail address
by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization
(e.g., business, education institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning
e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
11. GENERAL: By entering this Contest, and accepting a prize,
entrants: (1) agree to be bound by these rules; (2) agree to release Sponsor and
its parent companies, affiliates; subsidiaries; advertising and promotion
fulfillment and/or judging agencies from all liability, claims, action or
proceedings related to the Contest and from injuries or damages relating to
acceptance or use of the prize; and (3) consent to the use of his/her name,
voice, picture and likenesses and winning entry for editorial, advertising and
promotional purposes in any medium throughout the world in perpetuity without
additional compensation unless prohibited by law.
12. NAME OF WINNERS: To obtain a Winners List, send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Kikkoman Soymilk Recipe Contest, c/o
Kikkoman International Inc, P.O. Box 420784, San Francisco, CA 94142-0784 after
April 20, 2008. Please specify "Winners List" on the outer envelope.
13. SPONSOR: Kikkoman International Inc., 50 California Street,
Suite 3600, San Francisco, CA 94111.