1 Accenture U.S. Cross-Campus Case Competition Official Rules The

Accenture U.S. Cross-Campus Case Competition Official Rules The following promotion is intended for participants in the United States only, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and shall be construed and evaluated according to the laws of the United States and Puerto Rico. Do not proceed in this promotion if you are not a legal resident of the United States or Puerto Rico. Further eligibility restrictions are contained in the Official Rules below. 1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT ENHANCE CHANCES OF WINNING. 2. PARTICIPATION ELIGIBILITY: The Accenture U.S. Cross-Campus Innovation Competition (the “Competition”), brought to you by Accenture LLP (the “Sponsor” or “Accenture”), is governed by these Official Rules. The Competition is open to legal United States residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico who are 18 years of age or older (19 for residents of AL and NE) at the time of entry and are enrolled full time in a four-year degree undergraduate program, authorized to work in the United States, and will receive an undergraduate Bachelors of Arts or Bachelors of Science upon graduation in December 2020 - September 2023 with an overall GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale, at one of the following universities (each also an “Eligible University”): Auburn University; Baylor University; Boston University; Carnegie Mellon University; Clemson University; Columbia University; Cornell University; City University of New York (CUNY); Drexel University; Duke University; George Mason University; Georgetown University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Hampton University; Howard University; Indiana University; James Madison University; Johns Hopkins University; Kennesaw State University’ Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Michigan State University; Missouri S&T University; New Jersey Institute of Technology; New York University; North Carolina State University; Northwestern University; Ohio State University; Penn State University; Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Prairie View A&M University; Princeton University; Purdue University; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Rice University; Rochester Institute of Technology; Rutgers University; San Jose State University; Santa Clara University; Southern Methodist University; Texas A&M University; The College of New Jersey; The College of William & Mary; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Davis; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, San Diego; University of Cincinnati; University of Connecticut – Storrs; University of Florida; University of Houston; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Kansas; University of Maryland, College Park; University of Michigan; University of Minnesota; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Notre Dame; University of Oklahoma; University of Pennsylvania; University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras; University of Southern California; University of Texas, Austin; University of Virginia; University of Washington; University of Wisconsin; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Western Washington University; (2) one of the following universities (each collectively “Eligible AU Center Universities”): Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College; (3) one of the following universities: (each collectively “Eligible Claremont Colleges”): Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Pomona College, Scripps College (4) or students in the penultimate year of Sponsors for 1 Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, JumpStart, South Central Scholars (“Diversity Partners”) (All collectively, “Candidates”). Eligible Universities, AU Center Universities, Claremont Colleges, and Diversity Partners are subject to change at the Sponsor’s discretion. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Sponsor reserves the right, at any time, to verify eligibility requirements in any manner it deems appropriate. Employees and directors of Sponsor, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, licensees, advertising, promotion or production agencies and provider companies and their immediate family members and individuals residing in their same household are not eligible to participate. Immediate family member is defined as a parent, sibling, or any person residing in the same household as an employee or director of Sponsor. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor. 3. THE COMPETITION PERIOD: The Competition begins on or after January 1, 2020 at 12:00:01 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) and will conclude by April 30, 2020 at 11:59:59 p.m. CT (“Competition Period”). The official dates of the rounds of the competition are subject to change at the discretion of the sponsor and will be announced no later than one (1) calendar week in advance to all participants. The computer of the Sponsor is the official timekeeping device for this Competition. 4. HOW TO ENTER: To participate in the Competition, all Candidates must (1) navigate to the Accenture Innovation landing page (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/Careers/innovation-competition) (“Competition Web Site”), (2) click on the “Register” link or button for their applicable school (“Undergraduate Registration Form”), (3) complete all requested information on the Registration Form, including all questions on the personal information section, job specific questions, work history, and education. If a student is a part of an Eligible University and a Diversity Partner, the student should apply through the Diversity Partner application. By sending this Undergraduate Registration Form, the student agrees to receive e-mails and/or SMS messages from Sponsor related to this Competition. Undergraduate Candidates may not register with multiple email addresses nor may entrants use any other device or artifice to register multiple times or as multiple registrants. Any Undergraduate Candidate who attempts to enter with multiple e-mail addresses, under multiple identities, or uses any device or artifice to register multiple times will be disqualified and forfeit any and all prizes won at Sponsor’s discretion. Sponsor is not responsible for any change of e-mail address, mailing address, and/or telephone number of Undergraduate Candidates or for any Undergraduate Candidate’s inability to receive notification pertaining to the Competition, or to submit an Entry. PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPETITION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT OR INTERVIEW FOR EMPLOYMENT. Students selected to participate will be notified by email at the email address used to submit their resume during Registration and/or the email addresses listed in the submitted resume. Candidate teams (“Teams”) will be compiled by Sponsor from the pool of Candidates, and any team requests from Candidates will not be considered by Sponsor in Team selection. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will select a maximum of four (4) participants per each Eligible University, for the collective Eligible AU Center Universities, collective Eligible Claremont Colleges and collective Diversity Partners. Travel and Expenses to the First Round location will be paid for by the Sponsor. Students will be invited to participate in the competition based on their interest in 2 Accenture, high potential, and resumes. Participants will be selected and notified of their Team no later than one (1) calendar week in advance of the competition date 5. THE COMPETITION: Prior to Round 1, each selected Team will receive competition materials (“Business Case”) containing information about the non-profit client, Waterkeeper Alliance, (“Non-Profit Organization”), instructions, and specific criteria for the work product (“Proposal”), which will be created as a team in the Round 1 working session (“Working Session”). Candidates may only be part of one (1) Team. Actual time of each Working Session may vary, and Sponsor makes no warranty or representation that all Working Sessions will last the same amount of time. Each Team shall create a Proposal which meets the criteria set forth in the Business Case provided. Proposals must be in English, in PowerPoint format, and no more than four (4) slides, not counting the title slide. All Proposals must meet the Entry Requirements in Section 6 below to be eligible to win the Competition. Proposals must be submitted by email to [email protected] on the day of the relevant Working Session at the time communicated by the Sponsor. Email submissions must contain the team members’ names, the collective team name, and their applicable university. A panel of at minimum two (2) qualified judges selected by the Sponsor (“Judges”) will review the Proposals. One (1) Team from each First Round Location will be selected to compete in the semi-final round based on the Judging Criteria (“Semi-Finalist Teams”). All Working Sessions for a particular Eligible University, Eligible Claremont Colleges, Eligible AU Center Universities, and Diversity Partners will be conducted over the course of one day. Each Semi-Finalist Team that is selected for the Semi-Final Round must submit an updated version of their Proposals (“Semi-Finalist Proposals”) in English, in PowerPoint format, and no more than seven (7) slides, not counting the title slide. The Semi-Finalist Proposals must be no greater than 10MB in file size. Semi-Finalist Teams must submit Semi-Finalist Proposals by email to [email protected] by 11:59:59 p.m. CT on the fifth business day after

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