PET FOOD EXPRESS GIFT OF GIVING SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.

1) ELIGIBILITY: The Pet Food Express Gift of Giving Sweepstakes (the "Promotion") is open to legal residents of California only who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees of Pet Food Express. LLC ("Sponsor"), and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers and advertising and promotion agencies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, children and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and household members of each such employee, whether related or not, are not eligible to enter or win. The Promotion is governed by California law and is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

2) TIMING: The Promotion begins at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time ("PST") on 11/27/23 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PST on 12/31/23 (the "Promotion Period").

3) HOW TO ENTER: By entering this Promotion, entrants agree to comply with these Pet Food Express Gift of Giving Sweepstakes Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements. During the Promotion Period:

(1) Visitwww.PetFood.Express and follow the provided instructions on the sweepstakes pop up to complete and submit the online entry form to receive one (1) entry. Limit one (1) online entry per day, per person during the Promotional Period; Entrants can earn up to thirty-five (35) total entries. Entrants must only use one (1) email address to enter the Promotion. All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. PST on 12/31/23 to be eligible.

(2) OR send an email with your name, address, phone number and "Enter Me in Pet Food Express Gift of Giving Sweepstakes" written in the subject line to social@petfoodexpress.com. Maximum of one email entry per individual.Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email or other account needed for participation. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email or addresses, accounts, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification.

For the purposes of this Promotion, a day is understood to begin at 12:00 a.m. PST and end at 11:59 p.m. PST that same day. Sponsor's computer is the official timekeeping device for this Promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to verify any eligibility of all entrants. Illegible and/or incomplete entries, and entries submitted by entrants who do not meet the eligibility requirements are void. Sponsor and its agents are not responsible for lost, late, or misdirected entries, for technical, hardware or software failures of any kind, for lost or unavailable network connections, or for failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions or any human error which may occur in the receipt or processing of the entries. Entries received from any person or email address in excess of the above stated daily limitation will be void. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means and entries by any means which subvert the entry process will be void and may result in the disqualification of the entrant. In the event of a dispute as to who submitted an online entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to participate will be deemed to be the entrant and he/she must comply with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to determine identity of entrant in its sole discretion. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. If a dispute over the identity of an entrant cannot be resolved to Sponsor's satisfaction, the affected entry(ies) will be disqualified.

4) WINNER SELECTION AND VERIFICATION: Potential winners will be selected in a random drawing on or about 01/05/24 from among all eligible entries received throughout the Promotion Period by Administrator, whose decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to the Promotion. Odds of winning a prize depend upon the number of eligible entries received. Potential winners will be notified by phone, email and/or mail. Prize winners may be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility/liability release, tax form and, where legal, a publicity release (collectively, the "Eligibility Documents") within five (5) calendar days of date of issuance. If potential winners cannot be reached within five (5) calendar days from the first notification attempt, in the event of noncompliance within the above stated Eligibility Documents time period or with these Official Rules, or if prize notification is returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor's sole discretion, an alternate winner may be selected for the applicable prize. Sponsor will not be required to select more than one alternate potential winner for each prize.

5) PRIZES:

GRAND PRIZES: Three (3) Winners will each win a Holiday Shopping Spree in the form of a $500 gift card to Pet Food Express. Gift cards can be redeemed in-store or online at www.petfood.express.Winner will also be able to choose one (1) participating Holiday Shopping Spree rescue or shelter partner for Pet Food Express (see below list) to add an additional $500 to the rescue or shelter's Holiday Shopping Spree commercial co-venture campaign proceeds (full details at https://www.petfood.express/shopping-spree.)

Gift cards are subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by Sponsor. Winners are not entitled to any surplus between the actual retail value of his/her prize and its stated ARV; and any difference between the stated ARV and actual value of the prize will not be awarded. Prize is non-transferable. No substitution, assignment, cash equivalent or transfer of prizes is permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. Total ARV of each prize: $500.00, aggregate ARV of the three (3) prizes is $1,500.00. All prize details are at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to verify eligibility of winners. Prize will be awarded by email, U.S. Mail, Federal Express, UPS and/or other shipping method, in Sponsor's sole discretion, using the information provided in an online entry form or as otherwise obtained by Sponsor.

If any Winner is unable to participate in or accept a prize or any portion of a prize for any reason, Sponsor shall have no further obligation to such Winner.

PARTICIPATING SHELTERS AND RESCUES:

Rescue Partner Organization

10-Lives Rescue and Sanctuary

510 PAWS Rescue

A Girl's Best Friend Rescue

Adopt A Doggie

Alameda County Animal Control

All Beings Cooperative

Andrea's Dream Rescue

Animal Friends Rescue Project

Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF)

Animal Rescue Recon

Antioch Animal Services

Bailing Out Bentley

Berkeley Animal Care Services

Berkeley Humane

Beyond Rescue

Bitten By A Kitten Rescue

California Bully Rescue

California Pitbull Rescue

Caring Songs for All Creatures

Cat Town

Cats & Canines

City of Sacramento Front Street Shelter

Coastal Cats Rescue Group

Community Concern for Cats

Compassionate Pet Sanctuary

Contra Costa Animal Services

Contra Costa Humane Society

Contra Costa Rabbit Rescue

Copper's Dream Rescue

Dirty Paws Animal Rescue

Downtown Dog Rescue

DPS Rescue

East Bay Animal Rescue & Refuge (EBARR)

East Bay Rabbit Rescue

East Bay SPCA

Family Dog Rescue

Finding a Best Friend

Fosters & Paws

Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter

Furrever Cat & Kitten Rescue

Furry Friends Rescue

Gatos de la Noches

German Shepherd Rescue of Northern California (GSRNC)

Give Me Shelter Cat Rescue

Grateful Dogs Rescue

Greater California German Shepherd Rescue

H.A.L.O.

Hayward Animal Services

Hella Dam Bitches n Queens Rescue

Humane Society of the North Bay

Humane Society Silicon Valley

Island Cat Resources & Adoption

Itty Bitty Orphan Kitty Rescue

Jake's Wish Dog Rescue

Jameson Humane

Jelly's Place

LA County ACC

Long Beach Animal Care Services

Los Angeles Rabbit Foundation

Love All Pawz Rescue

Marin Humane

Milo Foundation

Monterey Bay Labrador Retriever

Muttville Senior Dog Rescue

Namaste Akita Rescue Alliance

Napa Bunnies

Nine Lives Foundation

Noah's Ark Animal Haven & Rescue

Nobody's Perfekt Dogs

NorCal Freedom for Paws

Norcal Golden Retriever Rescue

NorCal GSP Rescue

NORSLED

Oakland Animal Services

Only Sunshine Sanctuary

Ozzie & Friends Rescue

Pack Lyfe Rescue

Pasadena Humane

PAWS: Pet Adoption & Wellness Services

Peace of Mind Dog Rescue

Peninsula Humane Society

Pets In Need

Pets Lifeline Sonoma

Placer SPCA

Pug Rescue of Northern California

Rattie Ratz Rescue

Ruff Day Rescue

Sacramento SPCA

SAFE Rescue Team

San Francisco Animal Care & Control

San Francisco SPCA

San Jose ACC

Save a Galgo Espanol

Shelter Hope Pet Shop

Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority

Solano County Friends of Animals

SPCA Monterey County

STAR: Support Team Animal Rescue

The Amanda Foundation

The Bunny Trail Rabbit Rescue

The Starfish Pet Project

Tiny Paws Pug Rescue

Town Cats

Tri-Valley Animal Rescue (TVAR)

Umbrella of Hope

Underdog Animal Rescue

Valley Humane Society

Ventura County Animal Services

Wonder Cat Rescue

Wonder Dog Rescue

Woof Animal Rescue

Yolo County SPCA

6) TAXES AND EXPENSES: Winners are solely responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes and all other fees and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being awarded. Prior to distributing a prize, Sponsor may require Winner to complete an IRS Form W-9 or similar applicable tax or reporting form.

7) CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: By participating, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner and void all associated entries.

8) GENERAL CONDITIONS: By participating, entrants: (a) agree to be bound by these Official Rules, the decisions of the Sponsor and its designees, Sponsor's website Terms of Use, located at https://www.petfood.express/terms-of-use/, and Sponsor's privacy policy, located at https://www.petfood.express/privacy-policy/; (b) consent to the use of their names, cities and states of residence, voices, and/or photographs and/or similar related information for promotional, advertising and other purposes in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity by Sponsor and its designees, without additional compensation, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law; and (c) agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor and respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, suppliers, distributors, retailers, and advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, and agents (collectively, "Releasees") from any and all claims, actions, injury, liability, loss or damage of any kind resulting from participating in this Promotion or from the acceptance or use or misuse of any prize awarded (including any activity related thereto).

9) LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Releasees are not responsible for: (i) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (ii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or cable, satellite, telephone or internet service; (iii) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process of the Promotion; (iv) late, lost, undelivered, misdirected, delayed, damaged, inaccurate, garbled or incomplete entries, email addresses, or for any electronic, computer, printing, typographical, human or other error relating to or in connection with the Promotion, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Promotion, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes, or in any Promotion-related materials (including these Official Rules); or (v) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant's computer, hardware, or software, which injury or damage may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Promotion. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Promotion for any reason, including if bugs, virus, fraud, technical failures or any other factor impairs the integrity, administration or proper play of the Promotion, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prizes in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of such impairment. All prizes are awarded "AS IS" and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied (including without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose). Acceptance, participation in and/or use of the prize is at the winner's sole risk, and Sponsor is not responsible for damages whatsoever, including special, indirect, or consequential damages, arising out of or in connection with the use and/or misuse of any of the prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant's sole remedy is another entry in the Promotion, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Promotion, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, at its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all participants up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein.

10) ARBITRATION: Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Promotion, entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest the entrant; (2) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and (3) judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys' fees, other than entrant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in this Promotion), and entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

11) CHOICE OF LAW: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of California, USA.

12) RULES/WINNERS LIST: For the names of the winners, available after 1/14/24, or for an additional copy of these Official Rules, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Pet Food Express Gift of Giving Sweepstakes, 2411 Stanwell Dr., Concord, CA 94520. Please specify "Rules" or "Winners List". Requests must be received by 1/10/24. You may also view these Official Rules at www.petfood.express/sweepstakes-rules

13) SPONSOR: Pet Food Express, LLC, 2411 Stanwell Dr., Concord, CA 94520.

14) USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION: Entrants' personal information will be collected, processed and used in accordance with Sponsor's privacy policy which can be found at https://www.petfood.express/privacy-policy/.