Terms and Conditions for the “Nickelodeon Slime Cup Competition 2016” Sponsored by Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom International, Inc.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN A PRIZE. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. ALL ENTRANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THEIR ENTRY INTO THE COMPETITION DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY LOCAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY ARE RESIDENT. ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ENTRIES RECEIVED FOR THE COMPETITION. BY ENTERING THIS COMPETITION, YOU HEREBY CONSENT TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND IRELAND.
1. This “Nickelodeon Slime Cup Competition 2016” (the “Competition”) will be governed by these terms and conditions (the “Terms”) and Entrants (as defined below) agree that they have read and understood these Terms and will be bound by them. Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc. (the “Promoter”) is solely responsible for the execution of this Competition.
2. During the Entry Period (as defined below), Entrants residing in the regions set forth below may enter the Competition by visiting www.slimecup.com (the “Competition Site”) and following the on-screen instructions to complete the official entry form to create a Competition account (the “Official Entry Form”). Entrants are required to obtain parental approval to enter and participate in the Competition. An Entrant’s Official Entry Form may additionally be referred to as an “Entry.” The creation of a Competition account will automatically generate and assign to each Entrant a Competition Site username, and will enable each Entrant to accumulate “Slime Points” by (i) playing games on the Competition Site, (ii) entering Slime Point redemption codes which Promoter may make available on the Competition Site, or (iii) with respect to all participating regions excluding the “Miscellaneous” region outlined in Paragraph 7 below, entering Slime Point redemption codes which Promoter may make available during a Nickelodeon channel broadcast. Winning Entries will be chosen based on the total amount of Slime Points in an Entrant’s Competition account at end of the Competition Period, as determined by the Promoter and/or the judges (as described herein) in their sole discretion. The individual responsible for submitting an Entry will be deemed to be the “Entrant”.
3. There is no cost to enter the Competition; however internet access charges may apply. Please check with your internet service provider for current internet access charges, if any. Entrants should seek the permission of the person paying the bill before entering. The cost of your internet connection used to enter the Competition may be reimbursed by Promoter upon request (FRANCE ONLY).
4. The opening date for Competition registration begins on June 17, 2016 at 4:00:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, and the closing date for Competition registration is August 04, 2016 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (the “Entry Period”).
The start date on which Entrants can begin accumulating Slime Points is July 5, 2016 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, and the closing date after which Entrants can no longer accumulate Slime Points is August 04, 2016 at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (the “Competition Period”).
5. The Competition is open only to residents of the countries outlined in Paragraph 7 below, is not open to residents of any other countries, and is void in any nation, state, or province where prohibited or restricted by U.S. or local law.
To enter the Competition, entrants must be seventeen (17) years of age or younger at the date of entry in the country in which they reside. Promoter requires parental consent before considering any Entries and Entrants must provide an email address for Promoter to contact a parent or legal guardian. Such parent or legal guardian will be contacted by email and must
confirm acceptance of these Terms, the Official Entry Form and that the Entry was completed entirely by participants 17 years old or younger for whom they have legal custody; if such confirmation is not received in accordance with Promoter’s instructions, then such potential Entrant’s Competition account will not be validated and such potential Entrant’s Entry will not be considered. Employees of the Promoter, any other company professionally connected with this Competition, and the affiliates of any of the foregoing entities (each of the foregoing entities, referred to individually as a “Competition Entity” and collectively as the “Competition Entities”), and the immediate relatives of such employees, are not eligible to enter the Competition. All Entrants shall be responsible for ensuring that their Entry and/or acceptance of a Prize does not contravene any local laws or regulations in the country in which they are resident. This Competition shall be void where prohibited or restricted by law.
6. A maximum of one (1) Entry per person is permitted. Multiple entries will be void and the entrant disqualified. Only Entries from individuals will be accepted. Any Entry that the Promoter believes has been made (a) via participation in a syndicate or (b) via any form of machine assisted intervention enabling computer generated multiple entries, will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute over who submitted a winning Entry, the authorized account subscriber of the Competition account used to participate in the Competition at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the Entrant.
7. The creation of a Competition account by entering the Competition during the Entry Period will enable Entrants to accumulate “Slime Points” during the Competition Period by (i) playing games on the Competition Site (Slime Points may be granted based on an Entrant’s participation and/or performance), (ii) entering Slime Point redemption codes on the Competition Site which Promoter may make available on the Competition Site, or (iii) with respect to all participating regions excluding the “Miscellaneous” region outlined in in Paragraph 7 below, entering Slime Point redemption codes on the Competition Site which Promoter may make available on-air during a Nickelodeon channel broadcast.
Slimestand
(a) The Competition Site will include a link to the Nickelodeon SlimeStand, a digital marketplace in which Slime Points may be traded-in by Entrants during the Competition Period in exchange for (i) digital items (including, for example, in-game power-ups and avatars) which will be useable only on the Competition Site during the Competition Period, and (ii) solely with respect to Entrants residing in the United Kingdom during the Competition Period, physical items (which will be sent to Entrant only upon approval from such Entrant’s parent or legal guardian, who will be contacted by email at the parental/legal guardian e-mail address previously provided by Entrant). Slime Points traded-in at the Nickelodeon SlimeStand will be subtracted from the Entrant’s total number of Slime Points and, except in the event of a tie to the limited extent explicitly outlined below, such traded-in Slime Points will not count toward the Slime Points total for purposes of selecting potential Competition Winners.
(b) The physical items referred to at (a) immediately above are:
Item Number of Item-specific conditions items Nickelodeon branded 90 Drawstring Bag Premiums: Nick Tote 45 Bag Toy: Gak 45 Autographed Poster: 10 Bella and the Bulldogs Autographed Poster: 30 Max & Shred
Autographed Poster: 10 Every Witch Way
(Purple) Autographed Poster: Every Witch Way (Blue 30 w whole cast) Autographed Poster: 30 Make it Pop Autographed Poster: 5 The Thundermans Official Poster: Slime 30 Cup Official Poster: Slime 30 Cup (Gameface) Slime Cup T-Shirt (Size: 22 Youth Medium) Slime Cup T-Shirt (Size: 22 Youth Large) Nickelodeon branded stereo speaker in the shape of a sphere with 45 cable for smartphone/tablets Nickelodeon branded 22 Water Bottle The Entertainer: Crazy 22 Kitchen Experiment Kit The Entertainer: Exploding Boomz 22 Experiment Kit The Entertainer: Crazy 22 Circuits Experiment Kit The Entertainer: Volcano 22 Eruption Experiment Kit This gift card can be redeemed only online at Nickelodeon Store: 20£ http://nickelodeonstore.co.uk/ 20 Gift Card Note that additional shipping charges apply for online orders under £50. Hype SpongeBob 10 Backpack Playmates: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mega Deluxe Metal 5 Mutant Leo 2015 Comic Con Exclusive Nickelodeon Land is located at 525 Ocean Boulevard, Blackpool, Lancashire,FY4 1EZ.
Tickets: Family Pass to This prize is limited to the following elements: Nickelodeon Land at 3 Family pass: entry for two adults and two kids Blackpool Pleasure to theme park Beach A contribution towards travel and accommodation expenses to the value of £200 Tickets will expire on June 1st, 2017
SLIMEFEST is Nickelodeon’s slime-filled music festival especially for kids! The first ever UK SLIMEFEST will be held in Blackpool on Saturday Tickets: The Ultimate 3rd and Sunday 4th September 2016. SLIMEFEST Concert 3 Experience This prize is limited to the following elements: Family pass: entry for two adults and two kids to the SLIMEFEST concert. A contribution towards travel and
accommodation expenses to the value of £200
(a) The Promoter may not make available for trade-in all of the multiples of the physical items at the same time. Instead the Promoter may at its sole discretion stagger the availability of the multiples of the physical items throughout the Competition Period.
(c) If an Entrant chooses to trade-in his or her Slime Points for a physical item, an email will be sent to the Entrant’s parent or guardian’s email address provided at the time of registration (the “Confirmation Email”). The parent or guardian must review the item as described in the Confirmation Email to ensure it is suitable for the Entrant and choose whether to accept the item on behalf of the Entrant. If the parent or guardian accepts the item, the parent or guardian must provide the address details requested in the Confirmation Email in order that the physical item can be sent to the Entrant. If the parent or guardian responds to the Confirmation Email by choosing “I reject the prize”, the item selected by the Entrant shall not be sent to the Entrant and the Slime Points traded-in in exchange for the item shall be returned to the Entrant’s Competition account balance within one (1) week.
Selection of Potential Winners: Winning Entries will be chosen based on the total amount of Slime Points in an Entrant’s Competition account at end of the Competition Period, as determined by the Promoter its sole discretion. The Entrant with the numerically highest amount of Slime Points in each Region listed below at the end of the Competition Period shall be deemed that Region’s potential “Grand Prize Winner”, and the nine (9) Entrants with the next numerically highest amounts of Slime Points in each Region listed below at the end of the Competition Period shall be deemed such Region’s potential “Runner-Up Prize Winner(s)”.
In the event of a tie among potential Winners, the tied Entrant with the numerically highest amount of total Slime Points earned during the Competition Period (including any Slime Points traded-in at the Slime Stand), as determined by the Promoter its sole discretion, shall be deemed the applicable potential Winner. In the event that this number is also a tie, then the tied Entrant who earned the winning total amount of Slime Points in such Entrant’s Competition account at end of the Competition Period earlier in the Competition Period, as determined by the Promoter its sole discretion, shall be deemed the applicable potential Winner.
Regions Grand Runner- Prize Up Prize Winners Winners Germany, Austria, 1 9 Luxembourg, Switzerland Italy 1 9 Netherlands, Belgium 1 9 Spain, Andorra 1 9 France, Algeria, Angola, 1 9 Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia,
Swaziland, Tanzania including Zanzibar, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Sweden 1 9 Poland 1 9 Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, 1 9 Lithuania Norway, Finland, Iceland 1 9 United Kingdom, Ireland, 1 9 Jersey Brazil 1 9 Latin America (Bahamas, 1 9 Barbados, Bolivia, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Mexico only) Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, 1 9 Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Philippines, Brunei, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tonga only) Miscellaneous (Egypt, Iraq, 1 9 Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, North Sudan, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Canada (excluding Quebec), Israel, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States of America, Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, and South Africa only)
Each Grand Prize Winner shall receive an official Slime Cup Trophy and Slime Cup Medal, and each Runner-Up Prize Winner shall receive an official Slime Cup Medal. The approximate retail value of each Grand Prize is Four Hundred and Ten U.S. Dollars ($410.00). The approximate retail value of each Runner-Up Prize is Ten U.S. Dollars ($10.00). The Grand Prize(s) and Runner-Up Prize(s) may be collectively referred to herein as the Prize(s). The Grand Prize Winner(s) and Runner-Up Winner(s) may be collectively referred to herein as the Winner(s). Slime Points have no cash value and automatically expire at the end of the Competition Period.
8. The Grand Prize and Runner-Up Prize each do not consist of anything other than expressly set out in Paragraph 7 above and no additional costs are included. Winner is responsible for all expenses not specified in the applicable Prize description. The Prizes are as stated and are non-transferable. No cash alternatives will be offered. If due to circumstances beyond the Competition Entities’ control, the Promoter is unable to provide the stated Prize or any part of it, the Promoter reserves the right to award substitute prizes of equal or greater value. Prize is subject to the additional terms and conditions of the supplier.
9. Under no circumstances shall the submission of an entry into the Competition, the selection of Winners, the awarding of the Prize, or anything else in these Terms be construed as an offer or contract of employment with either Promoter or any participating entity. Entrant acknowledges that he/she has submitted his/her entry voluntarily and not in confidence or in trust. Entrant acknowledges that no confidential, fiduciary, agency or other relationship or implied-in-fact contract now exists between entrant and Promoter or any other participating entity and that no such relationship is established by your submission of an entry under these Terms.
10. RELEASES/TAXES: Before a potential Winner will be deemed an official Winner, he/she will be required to execute an affidavit of eligibility, rights license and a publicity/liability release (except where prohibited) (“Affidavit/License/Release”) and to produce any other legal documents that Promoter may require (including proof of residency, written acknowledgement of acceptance of all Terms and Conditions of the Competition, and a W8-BEN or W9 form) (each signed additionally by the applicable Entrant’s adult parent and/or legal guardian). The Affidavit/License/Release and other documents must be returned by the date noted on the form. If such documents are not returned within that time, or if a potential Winner is found to be ineligible, or if a potential Winner does not comply with these Terms, such potential Winner’s Entry will be disqualified, and such potential Winner will be deemed a non-Winner.
In the event a potential Grand Prize Winner is disqualified and/or deemed a non-Grand Prize Winner for any reason under the provisions of these Terms, the potential Runner-Up Prize Winner with the next numerically highest amount of Slime Points in the same Region at the end of the Competition Period shall be named the next potential Grand Prize Winner in the Region (instead of a potential Runner-Up Prize Winner), and the Entrant with the Entry with the next numerically highest amount of Slime Points in the same Region at the end of the Competition Period (excluding Entrants already identified as Winners or potential Winners) shall be named the next potential Runner-Up Prize Winner in the Region.
In the event a potential Runner-Up Prize Winner is disqualified and/or deemed a non-Runner- Up Prize Winner for any reason under the provisions of these Terms, the Entrant with the Entry with the next numerically highest amount of Slime Points in the same Region at the end of the Competition Period (excluding Entrants already identified as Winners or potential Winners) shall be named the next potential Runner-Up Prize Winner in the Region.
The value of the Prize may be taxable. All federal, state or other tax liabilities (including income taxes) arising from the Prize(s) awarded in this Competition will be solely the responsibility of the applicable Winner.
11. USE/OWNERSHIP: Entrants agree that the Promoter may use an Entrant’s Entry, first name, Competition Site username, additional biographical information provided by the Entrant (if any), and/or any statement made by them concerning the Competition and/or the Prize, in connection with publicizing the Competition or any future iteration of a similar Competition, in any and all media in perpetuity throughout the world as the Promoter in its sole discretion sees fit and without further consent or payment. Please see Paragraph 21 below for each Entrant’s right to access, correct, and have their personal data deleted from Promoter’s database
12. Each potential Prize Winner will be notified by phone or e-mail within seventy two (72) hours of the judge’s final decision and will receive written confirmation and full details of the Prize by e- mail as soon as possible after he/she has been notified that he/she has won.
13. In the event that the Promoter cannot for any reason make contact with a potential Winner within twenty four (24) hours of first attempting to do so, the Promoter reserves the right to select an alternative potential Winner, who will be selected applying the same criteria as that used to select the original potential Winner.
14. The Promoter reserves the right to select an alternative potential Winner in the event the Promoter has reasonable grounds for believing that any initially selected Winner has contravened any of these Terms. Any alternative potential Winner will be selected applying the same criteria as that used to select the original Winner.
15. The Promoter’s decision is final with respect to any aspect of the Competition, including, without limitation, the determination of the Grand Prize Winner(s). No correspondence will be entered into with regard to any of Promoter’s decisions.
16. The Competition Entities will not accept any responsibility for entries lost, delayed, misdirected, damaged or undelivered. Incomplete, inaudible and/or illegible entries will be disqualified. The Competition Entities shall not be responsible for technical errors in telecommunications networks, Internet access or otherwise preventing entry to the Competition.
17. No purchase is necessary to participate in the Competition.
18. None of the Competition Entities shall be held liable for any delay in performing or partial or total failure to perform any of their obligations to Winners under these Terms if such delay or failure is caused by circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Competition Entities, including without limitation delays, changes, disruptions, cancellations, diversions or substitutions howsoever caused including without limitation as a result of war, terrorist action or threatened terrorist action, strikes, hostilities, civil commotions, accidents, fire, flood or natural catastrophes or arising without limitation out of or in connection with the activities of third parties. The affected Winner shall be solely liable for any additional costs incurred as a result or from any loss, damage to property, injury, or death resulting from or related to any of the above or Entrant’s participation or inability to participate in this Competition, or the use, misuse or inability to use the Prize or any portion thereof, provided, however, that nothing in these Terms shall limit a particular Competition Entity’s liability for death or personal injury caused by the negligence, deceit or fraud of such Competition Entity.
19. Each provision excluding or limiting liability is to be construed separately and will apply and survive even if for any reason any of the other provisions are held to be inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances. Each of the provisions excluding or limiting liability will remain in force notwithstanding any termination of these Terms.
20. These Terms are available on the Competition Site. The names of the Winners and a copy of these Terms can also be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Viacom International Media Networks (ref: Nickelodeon Slime Cup Competition 2016), 1540 Broadway, 34th Floor New York, NY 10036, or by emailing [email protected], for one (1) month after the Competition closes.
21. Without prejudice to Paragraph 11 above, any personal information, including without limitation, the entrant's name, age, Competition Site username, and/or entrant’s parental/guardian email address, (I) will be used solely in connection with this Competition and for any purpose for which the entrant specifically opts in, (II) will not be disclosed to any third party except for (a) the purposes of storing the data, running the Competition and Competition Site, fulfilling the Prize(s), and announcing Winner(s) where applicable, (b) any purpose for which the entrant specifically opts in, and (c) the purposes of satisfying the obligations pursuant to Paragraph 20 above, (III) will be partially or wholly stored on servers owned and/or operated by third party companies in Ireland, and (IV) may additionally be transferred to, processed and stored in the United States, the United Kingdom, and/or Ireland. Any personal information held by the Promoter in respect of any competition will be held on record for a reasonable period to fulfill the purpose for which such personal information was collected. If an entrant gives the Promoter permission to pass on his/her personal information to a third party
via a specific express consent/opt-in mechanism, then the privacy policy of such third party handling the personal information shall apply and the handling of the entrant’s information by such third party shall no longer be the responsibility of the Promoter. Entrants have a right to access, correct and have their personal data deleted from Promoter’s database. Entrants can exercise this right by sending a written request to Viacom International Media Networks (ref: Nickelodeon Slime Cup Competition 2016), 1540 Broadway, 34th Floor New York, NY 10036, or by emailing [email protected]. For more information, please consult the privacy policy at: http://www.nick.co.uk/info/privacy-policy; in the event of any conflict between these Terms such privacy policy, the terms of these Terms shall govern.
22. Entrant agrees not to release any publicity or other materials on their own or through someone else regarding his or her participation in the Competition without the prior consent of the Promoter, which it may withhold in its sole discretion.
23. These Terms may be amended or varied at any time by the Promoter on notice. No waiver of any rights by any of the Competition Entities or any entrant will be taken as a waiver of any other rights it/he/she may have. For example, if the Competition Entities waive their right to complain about a particular breach of these Terms by an Entrant, it does not prevent the Competition Entities from complaining about other breaches.
24. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New York.
25. Any queries regarding the Competition should specify the name of the Competition and be addressed to:
Viacom International Media Networks (ref: Nickelodeon Slime Cup Competition 2016), 1540 Broadway, 34th Floor New York, NY 10036, or by emailing [email protected].