2016 CHEZ NOUS, C'EST BBQ CONTEST RULES ( Official Rules )

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1 2016 CHEZ NOUS, C'EST BBQ CONTEST RULES ( Official Rules ) The "Chez nous, C'est BBQ" Contest ( Contest ) is being held by the Contest Sponsor (as defined below) in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario, where the following featured HYGRADE products are sold: HYGRADE FRANKFURTERS 24X450G HYGRADE BBQ FRANKS 12X450G HYGRADE FRANKFURTERS 24X225G HYGRADE COCKTAIL WIENERS 12X225G HYGRADE NATUREL WIENERS 12X375G HYGRADE COCKTAIL SMK WIENER 5X4X500G HYGRADE ALL BEEF FRANKS 12X375G HYGRADE WIENER 900G The Contest begins at 10:00 a.m. EDT on April 4, 2016 and ends at 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 31, 2016 ( Contest Period ). ELIGIBILITY This Contest is open to residents of Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario who have reached the age of majority in their respective province. Employees, agents and representatives of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. ("Contest Sponsor") are excluded, as well as those of any parent or related company, their advertising and promotion agencies, or suppliers of prizes, materials and services related to the Contest; and members of their immediate families (brothers, sisters, children, father, mother), their legal or commonlaw spouse and all people with whom these employees, representatives and agents reside, whether related or not. Persons selected for a prize agree to sign a standard declaration and release form to this effect and to provide the name of their employer. PARTICIPATION How to enter: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Visit cheznousbbq.ca and follow the on-screen instructions to enter the Contest online. Limit of one entry per day, per person, regardless of the addresses, telephone numbers or addresses provided. If this is your first visit: Click the Register button on the homepage and complete the form to create an account. Enter your address and select a password for subsequent visits, as described more fully below. Enter your personal information (first name, last name, complete mailing address, age range and telephone number) and answer the mathematical skill-testing question. Agree to the official rules and click "Register." BONUS ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES There are three (3) ways to collect bonus entries for the online Contest: i. Invite your Friends. As a registered entrant, when you send an invitation to different friends during the Contest Period, you will receive one (1) "Invite your Friends" bonus entry for each referred friend WHO registers for the Contest. Limit of three (3) "Invite your Friends" bonus entries per individual per week (from 12:00 a.m. EDT Monday to 11:59 p.m. EDT Sunday), regardless of the addresses, telephone numbers or addresses provided. A friend can only

2 be sent a single (1) invitation during the Contest Period, regardless of whether or not that friend responds to the invitation. A friend cannot be sent an invitation if that friend has already received an invitation in relation to this Contest from another registered entrant. A total of twenty-seven (27) "Invite your Friends" bonus entries are available per entrant during the Contest Period, i.e. three (3) per week x nine (9) weeks. Please note that entrants only have one opportunity to invite up to three (3) friends each week. All invitations for a week must be sent at the same time. The Contest Sponsor will not retain the addresses submitted unless the referred parties enter the Contest and authorize the Contest Sponsor or its affiliates to contact them per these Rules. Entrants must have their friends permission before sending an invitation and ensure they meet the eligibility requirements for this Contest, including without limitation, age and residency requirements. addresses of third parties submitted through the "Invite your Friends" method of entry will be used only to properly administer the Contest and will not otherwise be stored by the Contest Sponsor. Note that for Contest purposes, your friends must be individuals with whom you have direct, voluntary and two-way communications and with whom it is reasonable to conclude you have a personal relationship considering your shared interests, experiences and frequency of communications. ii. Share socially: When you click a link/button on the Contest Website to share the Contest socially with friends, you will receive one (1) "Share" bonus entry if shared via Twitter. To share on Twitter, you must have a valid Twitter account. Limit of one (1) "Share" bonus entry per individual per platform per week (from 12:00 a.m. EDT Monday to 11:59 p.m. EDT Sunday) during the Contest Period. A total of nine (9) "Share" bonus entries are available per individual during the Contest Period. Please note that creating multiple accounts on Twitter will not offer the entrant an advantage in the Contest and will result in the entrant s disqualification to win a prize. This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Twitter, Inc. or its related entities. iii. opt-in: When you register to receive s concerning HYGRADE news, promotions, coupons and contests, you will automatically receive one (1) " Opt-in" bonus entry. Limit of one (1) " Opt-in" bonus entry per individual for the Contest Period, regardless of the addresses, telephone numbers or addresses provided. ENTRIES LIMIT There is a total limit of ninety-five (95) entries and bonus entries per entrant for the entire Contest Period. PRIZES Three (3) Grand Prizes will be awarded by random draw conducted by the Contest Sponsor in Mississauga, Ontario, to be held on: June 3, 2016, at approximately 2:00 p.m. from all entries received. The odds of winning a "Grand Prize" depend on the number of eligible entries registered and received during the contest period. Limit of one (1) "Grand Prize" per person, per address and per household for the Contest Period. Entrants in the Chez Nous, C est BBQ Contest are eligible to win one (1) of the three (3) Grand Prizes. Each Grand Prize consists of $5,000 CDN for groceries, to be issued either by gift card or by cheque at the Contest Sponsor s sole discretion, made out to the personal name of the winner whose verifiable full name appears on the entry submission.

3 CLAIMING OF PRIZES The winners of the Grand Prizes are responsible for any loss, damage, death or injury of any kind that may occur during use of the prize. The selected winners must sign and return to the Contest Sponsor and/or the Contest organizers, as specified, the declaration and release of liability and compensation, which includes a consent waiver for advertising purposes and releases and indemnifies the Contest Sponsor and its affiliates for any losses, costs, damages, actions, obligations and injuries of any kind including death arising from or caused in any way by the Contest and the awarding, use, misuse and/or possession of the prize. In order to be declared a prize winner, selected entrants must comply with the following conditions: i) Be reached by telephone by the Contest organizers within fifteen (15) business days of being selected. ii) Complete and return (by or fax) the standard declaration and release form described herein within five (5) business days of its receipt. For a selected entrant to be declared a prize winner, that selected entrant s duly completed standard declaration and release form must be successfully received by the Contest organizers. It is the sole responsibility of a selected entrant to ensure that her/his duly completed standard declaration and release form is successfully received by the Contest organizers. If the selected entrants fail to comply with any one (1) of the conditions described above, they will be automatically disqualified, lose their right to a prize and have no recourse against the Contest Sponsor or the Contest organizers, who will proceed with a random draw until a winner is determined. The selected entrants will be contacted by telephone or . Winners must allow approximately six (6) weeks for delivery of prizes once all conditions are met. GENERAL CONDITIONS The prizes will be delivered to the winners within the timeline specified, once the Contest organizers have received the duly completed standard declaration and release form. Entries are subject to verification by the Contest organizers. At their discretion, Contest organizers may require entrants to provide photo identification showing a valid address. All entries that are incomplete, fraudulent, lost, illegible, in violation of the rules or received after the Contest closes will be automatically rejected and will not entitle the entrant to a prize. The decision of the Contest Sponsors is final and without appeal. The Contest Sponsors shall not be held liable for errors in printing, production or distribution, or for misdirected or delayed mail or electronic communications. In the event of an error where more than the advertised number of prizes is claimed, a random draw may be held among the eligible prize claimants to award the correct number of prizes, at a time dictated by the Contest Sponsors and in the manner set out. All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsors, and none will be returned. The Contest computer system (the "Contest Computer") governs all computer and time-related aspects of the Contest and, among other things, is the official time-keeping device for the Contest. All time-related aspects as recorded or otherwise governed by the Contest Computer shall be final and binding in all respects. Prizes are awarded "as is" without any representations or warranties whatsoever from the Contest Sponsor. All revoked prizes may be awarded to another eligible entrant at the Contest Sponsor s discretion. Prizes must be accepted as described in these Official Rules and shall not be transferred,

4 substituted or exchanged, in whole or in part, for cash, except at the sole discretion of the Contest Sponsor, and in the manner specified. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to replace any prize with a prize of equal or greater value, subject to the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux du Québec (the "Régie"). PERSONAL INFORMATION By entering this Contest, entrants agree to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information for the purposes of administering the Contest. By accepting a prize, winners consent to the collection, use and disclosure to the public of their names, addresses (city, province), voices, statements and photographs or other likenesses for publicity purposes in connection with the Contest in any media or formats, including but not limited to the Internet, without further notice, permission or compensation. Except as otherwise set out in these Official Rules, no communication, commercial or otherwise, not related to this Contest will be sent to entrants by the Contest Sponsor, except if the entrant has otherwise authorized the Contest Sponsor, or its affiliated companies, when appropriate to do so. Personal information will not otherwise be used or disclosed without the entrant s consent. RELEASES The selected entrants release and indemnify the Contest Sponsor, as well as its affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and their partners, employees, agents and representatives from all liability for any damage sustained as a result of the acceptance and/or use (or non-acceptance or non-use) of their prize. In order to be declared winners, and prior to receiving their prize, the selected entrants agree to sign a standard declaration and release form to this effect. Without reducing the generality of the foregoing, the selected entrants specifically acknowledge that the Contest organizers and Contest Sponsor are in no way responsible for the quality, safety or merchantability of groceries purchased using this Contest s prize, and the selected entrants release the Contest organizers and Contest Sponsor from all liability arising from the purchase and/or consumption of said groceries. In order to be declared winners, and prior to receiving their prize, the selected entrants agree to sign a declaration to this effect, to be included in the standard declaration and release form. The Contest organizers and Contest Sponsor are released from all liability in respect of the malfunctioning of any software components, software or lines of communication related to the loss or absence of any communication network, or related to any failed, delayed, misdirected, incomplete, illegible or erased transmission by any computer, fax or network, and that could limit the possibility of or prevent any person from entering the Contest. The Contest organizers and Contest Sponsor are released from all liability for any damage or loss whatsoever that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by downloading any software and by the transmission of any information required for entry in the Contest. The Contest organizers and Contest Sponsor are released from all liability for any damage or loss whatsoever caused by late, lost or illegible entries. Subject to first obtaining any necessary governmental consent such as from the "Régie," the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to suspend or terminate this Contest or to amend, expand or modify these Official Rules at any time and in any way, without prior notice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to any governmental approval that may be required, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right, without prior notice and at any time, to terminate the Contest, in whole or in part, or to modify, suspend or extend the Contest in any way, if they determine, at their sole discretion, that the Contest is impaired or corrupted in any way or that fraud or technical problems, failures or malfunctions (including, without limitation, computer viruses, glitches, or printing, prizing or production errors) have destroyed or

5 severely undermined the proper functioning, integrity, and/or feasibility of the Contest, in whole or part. In the event the Contest Sponsor is impeded or prevented from continuing with the Contest as planned or intended by any event beyond its control, including but not limited to fire, flood, natural or man-made epidemic or health hazard or crisis, earthquake, explosion, labour dispute or strike, act of God, criminal act, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared), any federal, provincial or local government law, order or regulation, public health crisis, the order of any court or jurisdiction, or by any other cause not reasonably within the Contest Sponsor s control, then, subject to any governmental approval that may be required, the Contest Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, extend or terminate the Contest. Subject to the provisions of these Official Rules, only the type and number(s) of prizes described in these Official Rules will be awarded in the Contest. If, due to printing, prizing, programming, production or other error or for any other reason whatsoever, the number of potential prize winners claiming a prize exceeds the number of prizes set out in these Official Rules, the winners, or remaining winners, as the case may be, of the number of prizes described in these Official Rules as being available in the Prize category in question, at the sole discretion of the Contest Sponsor, may be selected in a random draw from among all persons making purportedly valid claims for such prize(s). Inclusion in such drawing shall be the sole and exclusive remedy in such circumstances for any eligible person who has submitted an entry into the Contest. MISCELLANEOUS For the purposes of these Official Rules, the entrant is, according to the registration procedure detailed, the person whose name appears on the entry form. It is this person to whom the prize will be awarded if he or she is declared a winner. No correspondence will be entered into except with the potential winners, unless entrants specify their consent to receiving other promotions and products from Maple Leaf Foods Inc. and its affiliates. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. Entries generated and/or transmitted by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are prohibited and, at the sole discretion of the Sponsors, may be disqualified. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE CONTEST SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. RIGHT TO TERMINATE The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion and without liability (subject to applicable laws), to cancel, terminate, extend or suspend this Contest, in whole or in part, in the event of a virus, software bug, unauthorized human intervention or any other cause beyond the control of the Contest Sponsor that could corrupt or affect the administration, security, impartiality or normal running of this Contest, subject to the approval of the "Régie." QUEBEC RESIDENTS QUEBEC RESIDENTS: Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the board only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

6 2016 Maple Leaf Foods Inc.