NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

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1 - 1 - SYSCO GOOD THINGS THURSDAY RECIPE PHOTO CONTEST ( Contest ) Official Rules NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. SPONSOR: Sysco Corporation, Houston, TX USA ( Sponsor or Sysco ). By participating in the Contest, you agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. YOU ARE ADVISED TO REVIEW THESE OFFICIAL RULES CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING IN THE CONTEST. 1. Eligibility. Open only to individuals who, at the time of Contest entry, are (i) legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia (the United States ) aged 18 years or older or legal residents of Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec) who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence, and (ii) are employed by a senior living community as a food service professional (defined as a person whose job responsibilities involve the preparation of food). Senior living community is defined as any housing community designed specifically for senior residents; e.g., independent living community, age-restricted community, lifestyle retirement community, assisted living community. Membership in the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) is not required to participate in the Contest. The Contest is NOT open to the general public. Void in United States territories (including but not limited to Puerto Rico), the Province of Quebec, and where prohibited by law. Without limiting the foregoing, employees and members of their households and immediate families (spouses, parents, siblings, children and each of their respective spouses) of Sysco, ICAA, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, and divisions are not eligible. It is the entrant's sole responsibility to confirm that his/her participation in the Contest is in full compliance with the written company policies of his/her employer (i.e., the senior living community) and to obtain any necessary permissions from supervisory personnel prior to participating in the Contest. 2. Contest Schedule. Contest begins October 1, 2015 at or after 12:01 a.m. Central Time (CT) and ends October 31, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. CT. All Contest entries must be received by October 31, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. CT. 3. How To Enter.

2 - 2 - a. Submit a photo of a dish showing a vegetable recipe (meaning one or more vegetables must be the primary ingredient(s) of the recipe) prepared by you in your capacity as an employee of a senior living community ( Photo ). Ingredients for the vegetable recipe must be readily available for purchase by a senior living community in the United States/Canada and entrant should not include an illicit substance, inedible or poisonous item as an ingredient in the vegetable recipe. The Photo must be in compliance with the technical specifications of the dropevent website as per Rule 3b below. The Photo must be solely your original work; DO NOT COPY OTHERS' WORKS IN WHOLE OR IN PART. ENTRANTS ARE ALSO CAUTIONED NOT TO INCLUDE ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PHOTO AS IT MAY BE POSTED ON-LINE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING. DO NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSON IN THE PHOTO, AND DO NOT INCLUDE ANY OBJECT BEARING THIRD PARTY TRADEMARKS IN THE PHOTO; DO NOT REFER TO ANY PERSONS OR THIRD PARTY TRADEMARKS IN THE PHOTO TITLE OR ANY ACCOMPANYING TEXT. The Photo must also fully comply with the requirements in Rule 4 below. b. Photos may be submitted in ONE (1) of the following ways: (I) dropevent website GoodThingsThursday@dropevent.com; or (II) uploaded to dropevent site: Each Photo submitted must include (1) Good Things Thursday Contest (written in the subject line for entries and in the caption field for dropevent site uploads); (2) recipe name; (3) entrant name; and (4) senior living community name; and (5) entrant contact (the information in (2) through (5) to be included in the body of the for entries and in the caption field for dropevent site uploads). File size is limited to 100MB per file. Your information will only be used for Contest administration purposes. Collection of information is subject to Sponsor's privacy policy, accessible at c. Each qualified entrant may submit up to three (3) Photos, provided that (I) each Photo/vegetable recipe submitted is materially different from Photos/vegetable recipes previously submitted by such person; (II) the same Photo/vegetable recipe is not submitted by the same person via more than one (1) entry method; and (III) more than one (1) person does not knowingly and intentionally submit the same Photo/vegetable recipe. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the Photo/vegetable recipe will be deemed made and prize awarded to (if applicable), the owner of the address listed as the entrant contact when entering; Sponsor shall determine the identity of the identity of an entrant at its sole discretion. 4. Additional Entry Restrictions. a. The Photo/vegetable recipe will be invalid and not result in entry if Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, that the Photo (or recipe name) is in violation of

3 - 3 - any of the following requirements: (I) Photo was not created specifically for this Contest or was previously published; (II) Photo/vegetable recipe (including recipe name) violates the trademark, copyright, intellectual property or other rights of any third party; (III) Photo/vegetable recipe (including recipe name) is inappropriate for publication, offensive or obscene; (IV) Photo/vegetable recipe (including recipe name) disparages Sponsor and/or reflects poorly on Sponsor's brand; and/or (V) does not comply with these Official Rules. In addition, entrant represents and warrants that the Photo of the dish has not been enhanced or manipulated by use of photo-editing software or the like. b. Subject only to applicable law, the entrant grants to Sponsor and its designees the non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable right and license to use, perform, exhibit, reproduce and/or otherwise exploit the Photo/vegetable recipe in any manner and in any and all distribution channels, venues or media now known or hereafter devised, without further notice or any compensation to the entrant. The entrant waives any "Moral Right of Authors" (Droit Moral) in the Photo/vegetable recipe. The entrant further agrees, upon Sponsor's request and without compensation, to sign any and all necessary and appropriate documents so as to effect, perfect or record such grant of license rights. The entrant further expressly acknowledges that Sponsor has wide access to ideas, stories, designs and other literary/artistic materials submitted to it from outside sources or being developed by its own employees and that such ideas/stories/designs/literary/artistic materials may be competitive with, similar to (or even identical to) the entrant's Photo/vegetable recipe and that Sponsor shall have no liability to the entrant or any third party in conjunction therewith. The entrant further understands and agrees that Sponsor is under no duty of confidentiality or other fiduciary duty of any kind with respect to the entrant's Photo/vegetable recipe. c. UPLOADED PHOTOS/VEGETABLE RECIPES REPRESENT SOLELY THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE APPLICABLE ENTRANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. SPONSOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH SCREENING, FILTERING, OR MONITORING PHOTOS/VEGETABLE RECIPES PRIOR TO POSTING THEM ON ANY WEBSITE. SPONSOR WILL NOT EDIT PHOTOS/VEGETABLE RECIPES PRIOR TO POSTING THEM ON ANY WEBSITE FOR PURPOSES OF THE CONTEST. 5. Determination of Winners. a. A total of three winners will be chosen by a panel of judges drawn from employees of Sysco. Sponsor will judge the Photos/vegetable recipes based on image quality (1/3), visual appeal of Photo subject (1/3), and creativity of the Photo subject (1/3), and establish an order from highest ranked to lowest. The three (3)

4 - 4 - highest-ranked Photos will win the entrant of each such Photo a prize, as follows: the entrant submitting the highest ranked Photo will win the Grand Prize, the entrant submitting the second highest ranked Photo will win the First Prize, and the entrant submitting the third highest ranked Photo will win the Second Prize. The judging will take place at Sponsor's offices in Houston, Texas USA. For the avoidance of doubt, posting of Photos on any website is intended solely for informational/entertainment purposes and does not indicate that a given entrant has been selected as a potential prize winner in the Contest. b. Limit one (1) prize per individual. Should the same individual have more than one (1) Photo in the three (3) highest-ranked Photos, only the highest ranked of such Photos will win a prize, with the other Photos by such individual being discounted. In such event, the discounted Photo(s) will be replaced by the next highest-ranked Photo(s) submitted by another eligible individual. c. Winners will be notified on or about November 13, Notification will be via the provided by the entrant with the entrant s Photo submission. Winners will be required to respond to Sponsor s notification of winning within five (5) days of the date such notification is sent, and to complete, sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release and a publicity release (where lawful) and other documents that Sponsor may require within ten (10) days of the date such documents are sent. Additionally, in the case of a winner from Canada, he/she will be required to correctly answer (without aid of any kind) a mathematical skill testing question in order to be determined as a winner. In the event of noncompliance with the foregoing requirements, or if the potential winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible or is otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, he/she will be disqualified and an alternate winner selected from among all remaining eligible entries (i.e., the entrant with the next highest ranked Photo, as per Rule 5A, after the three (3) persons who were initially selected as winners). d. The chances of winning a prize depend on the total number of entries received and the ability of a Photo to meet the judging criteria. 6. Prizes: GRAND PRIZE - $300 pre-paid debit card. FIRST PRIZE - $200 pre-paid debit card. SECOND PRIZE - $100 pre-paid debit card. Each pre-paid debit card is subject to terms and conditions indicated thereon. Sponsor will choose debit card issuer(s) in its sole discretion. Debit card will be in the local currency of winner (i.e., US dollars or Canadian dollars, as applicable). All unspecified expenses in conjunction with acceptance and use of prize as well as all

5 - 5 - taxes on prize are the winner's sole responsibility. Winner's receipt of prize will be reported to applicable governmental authorities as required by law. Prizes cannot be transferred. No prize substitution is allowed except by Sponsor in its sole discretion for prize of equal value. Prizes will be distributed to winners by mail at home address provided on Affidavit/Release. 7. Conditions of Participation. Sponsor is not responsible for Photos/vegetable recipes that are lost, late, illegible/garbled, corrupted, misdirected, defective, inaccessible, compromised, incomplete, damaged or delayed and all such Photos/vegetable recipes are void. Sponsor and its agencies are also not responsible for (a) any incomplete, incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by tampering, hacking, equipment malfunction/failure or other cause; (b) any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission of Photos/vegetable recipes, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Photos/vegetable recipes; and (c) any problems or technical malfunctions, disruptions or failures of any kind, including telephone network or lines, computer on-line-systems, servers or providers, software or programming (including filtering or other operation of the functionality of dropevent website) or for damage to one s computer due to participation in the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering (or attempting to tamper) with the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules. The preceding in no way precludes Sponsor from taking other actions against such individuals so as to protect its rights. Sponsor's failure to enforce any provision of these Official Rules in a given circumstance shall not constitute the waiver of such provision. By accepting any prize, except where prohibited by law, each winner agrees to the use of his/her name, likeness, voice, photograph and/or other indicia of persona for advertising/publicity/trade purposes by Sponsor and its designees in any and all media (now or hereafter known) throughout the world, in perpetuity without further compensation, notification, or permission. Winners further agree, upon Sponsor's request and without further compensation, to use his/her best efforts to assist Sponsor in obtaining a similar grant of usage rights from the senior living community where he/she is employed. BY PARTICIPATING, EACH ENTRANT INDEMNIFIES, RELEASES AND AGREES TO HOLD HARMLESS SYSCO, ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND DIVISIONS, AS WELL AS ICAA AND DROPEVENT, AND EACH OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY ARISING FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, ANY CONTEST-RELATED ACTIVITY AND/OR ACCEPTANCE, RECEIPT, POSSESSION OR USE/MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE.

6 Force Majeure. If, for any reason, the Contest (or any part thereof) is not capable of running as planned by reason of computer virus, bug, system malfunction, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, fire, flood, storm or other natural cataclysm, riot, strike, civil commotion, governmental regulation or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which, in its sole opinion, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest (or any part thereof), Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and conduct the Contest and award the prizes in a manner which is fair, equitable and in accordance with these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Notice of such action by Sponsor will be posted on the Sysco website. 9. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law. To the fullest extent permitted by law, by participating in the Contest, you agree that: (a) any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these Official Rules or this Contest shall be filed exclusively in Texas State Court or the U.S. District Court situated in Harris County, Texas and you hereby consent and submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action, as well as waiving any right of change of venue, inconvenient forum or the like; (b) any such action shall be resolved individually, NOT as part of a class action; (c) any claims/judgments/awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but NOT attorneys fees. These Official Rules and this Contest shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to principles of choice of law/conflict of laws of Texas (or any other jurisdiction which would result in the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of Texas). 10. Winners' List. For names of winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope addressed to: Good Things Thursday Recipe Photo Contest, 1390 Enclave Parkway, Houston, TX USA, for receipt by November 30, Canadian residents only may omit return postage.