Scotts® Canada Ltd. and Husqvarna® « SOW N’ MOW » CONTEST

(Contest featuring Husqvarna® and FafardTM brand products.)

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. SCOTTS® CANADA LTD AND HUSQVARNA “SOW N’ MOW” (THE “Contest”) IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF CANADA ONLY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAWS AND THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AND THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE OF THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF RESIDENCE AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. VOID IN WHOLE OR PART WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST RULES (THE “Contest Rules”).

1. ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for this Contest, an individual must:

• be a legal resident of Canada, and
• be of the age of majority in his/her province or territory of residence or older at the time of entry.

Employees of Scotts® Canada Ltd. and Husqvarna® (the « Sponsors« ), their affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and the household members of any of such persons, are not eligible to participate in the Contest.

For greater certainty, the Sponsors shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to the Sponsors – including, without limitation, government issued identification) to participate in the Contest or win a Prize (defined below). Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification, in the Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to the Sponsors for the purpose of the Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify any entrant should such an entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.

2. CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest begins at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on April 15, 2025 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. EST on May 25, 2025 (the « Contest Period« ) after which time the Contest will be closed and no further Entries (as defined below) shall be accepted.
3. HOW TO ENTER:
   NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
   

• ENTRIES: In order to be awarded a Contest entry, an entrant must visit the [https://experience.fafard.ca/sow-n-mow-contest/] (the “Contest Website”) and (a) fully complete and submit the entry form by following the instructions found on the Contest Website, and (b) subscribe to the Fafard and the Husqvarna eNewsletter (the “eNewsletter”) (an “Entry”).
   
• Each Entry must include the entrant’s email, first and last name and city.
• An entrant can withdraw their subscription to the eNewsletter at any time, however, to be eligible to win a Prize, entrants must continue to be subscribed to the eNewsletter during the Contest Period and if verified as a Prize Winner, until the time of Prize fulfillment.
• Limit of one (1) Entry per person throughout the Contest Period. Subsequent attempts made by the same individual to create multiple subscriptions and/or submit more than one (1) Entry into the Contest by using multiple or false contact information or otherwise may be disqualified, in the Sponsors sole and absolute discretion. Entries generated by a script, computer programs, macro, programmed, robotic or other automated means are void and may be disqualified. For purposes of this Contest, an Entry is “received” when the Website’s servers record the Entry information. Proof of sending (such as an automated computer receipt confirming Entry or “thanks for entering” message) does not constitute proof of actual receipt of an Entry for purposes of this Contest. The Contest Website’s database clock will be the official timekeeper for this Contest. Those who do not follow all the instructions, provide the required information in their Entry form, or abide by these Contest Rules or other instructions of Sponsors may be disqualified.
• The Sponsors assume no responsibility for any failure of the Contest Website during the Contest, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, programs, failure of any e-mail or other information to be received by Sponsors on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, on Contest Website (or at any other website), or any combination thereof.

• GENERAL:
  
  (a) All Entries become the sole property of the Sponsors and none will be returned for any reason. Entries will be declared invalid if they are illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, mutilated, forged, garbled or mechanically or electronically reproduced. No communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except with those selected for a Prize (as defined below)

  (b) Entries shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the Entry. For the purpose of the Contest Rules, “authorized account holder » of an e-mail address is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. The selected entrant may be required to provide the Sponsors with proof that the selected entrant is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning Entry.
   

4. PRIZES:

• There are a total of Three (3) Prizes available to be won during the Contest Period (each a “Prize” and together the “Prizes”).
• Prizes: Each winner will receive a Husqvarna Lawn care bundle including : one (1) Husqvarna® Automower® Robotic Lawn Mower, one (1) Husqvarna® Weed Eater® 320iL String Trimmer, five (5) FafardTM Viva Lawn Repair Mix bags (42L), one (1) FafardTM Sun + Shade grass seeds bag (1.2 kg), one (1) FafardTM Low Maintenance grass seeds bag (1.2 kg) and one (1) FafardTM Dense Shade grass seeds bag (1.2 kg), one (1) Scotts® Turf Builder® Edgeguard® DLX Broadcast Spreader.
• The Prize winners are collectively referred to as the “Winners”.
• The average retail value (ARV) of each Prize is $8,000 (CAD). Depending on the exact model of Robotic Lawn Mower the winner is matched with.
• The total ARV of all Prizes is $24,000 (CAD).
• The Sponsors and/or Sponsors representatives will contact the Winners to coordinate the prizing details once the Winners have been successfully contacted and notified of his/her Prize and fulfilled the requirements set out herein.
• Each Prize must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred, assigned, resold, substituted, or redeemed for cash, except at the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsors. Any unused portion of a Prize will be forfeited. The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole and absolute discretion, to substitute a Prize or an element thereof, with a prize or element thereof of equal or greater value if the Prize (or any portion thereof) cannot be awarded for any reason. The Prize will not be replaced if lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen or if not taken for any reason. The Prize has no cash value and may not be exactly as advertised. Each Prize is awarded “as is” without representation or warranty of any kind by the Sponsors.

5. WINNER SELECTIONS.

There will be a total of three (3) Prize winners (each a “Prize Winner” and together the “Prize Winners”), who will be eligible to win one (1) Prize each. The Prize Winners shall be selected as follows:

• There will be one (1) random prize draw to select three (3) potential Prize Winners from all eligible Entries received during the Contest Period.
• The Prize draw will be held on June 1, 2025 at the offices of Scotts Canada Ltd at 9:30 am. ET,  at 6835 Century Ave Suite 202, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 7K2.
• The winners will be selected by a random draw from all eligible Entries received during the Contest Period (April 15, 2025 at 9:00 am EST – May 25, 2025 at 11:59:59 pm ET).
• The odds of being selected as a Prize Winner are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received by the Sponsors throughout the Contest Period.
• Before being declared a Winner, the selected entrant will be required to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question to be administered during a pre-arranged telephone call or by e-mail, to comply with the Contest Rules and sign and return the Release (described below).
• SELECTED ENTRANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY PHONE AND/OR EMAIL NO LATER THAN 2 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE DRAW AND MUST RESPOND WITHIN THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS OF NOTIFICATION. 
• If a selected entrant a) cannot be reached by email within two (2) business days of the first notification; (b) fails to respond to the notification within three (3) business days (c) fails to correctly answer the mathematical skill testing question; (d) fails to return the properly executed Release within the specified time set out in Section 6, or (b) does not meet the Contest eligibility criteria in the Sponsors sole and absolute discretion, then he/she will be disqualified and be deemed to have forfeited any claim to the Prize and the Sponsors may, in their sole and absolute discretion, select another entrant from the Eligible entries until such time as an entrant satisfies the terms set out herein. The Sponsors are not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a selected entrant to receive notification or for the Sponsors to receive a selected entrant’s response.
• Once confirmed as a Prize Winner, the Sponsors will promptly coordinate the Prize fulfillment process. Except as otherwise indicated by the Sponsors, a Prize Winner must personally take delivery of the Prize as instructed by the Sponsor. If a Prize Winner fails to take delivery of a Prize as instructed, then he/she will be disqualified and be deemed to have forfeited any claim to the Prize.

6. RELEASE. The selected entrants will be required to execute a legal agreement and release (“Release”) to: (i) confirm his/her eligibility for the Contest and compliance with these Contest Rules; (ii) confirm his/her acceptance of the Prize as offered; (iii) release and hold harmless the Sponsors, their parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies,  advertising, media buying and promotional agencies, and/or licensees, and each of their respective employees, directors, officers, suppliers, agents, administrators,  representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releasees”) from and against any and all liability for any and all loss, harm, damages, cost or expense arising out of participation in the Contest, participation in any Contest-related activity or the acceptance, use, or misuse of any element of the Prize, including but not limited to costs, injuries, losses related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light, or from any and all claims of third parties arising therefrom; and (iv) grant to the Sponsors of the right, in the Sponsor’s discretion, to produce, reproduce, publish, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit, distribute, adapt and otherwise use or re-use the Prize Winner’s name, photograph, likeness, voice, and biography, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, in connection with the Contest and the promotion and exploitation thereof. The executed Release must be returned within five (5) business days of notification.
7. INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT. By entering the Contest, the entrant releases and holds Releasees harmless from and against any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person, including personal injury, death, or property damage, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any element of a Prize (if won), participation in the Contest, any breach of the Contest Rules, or in any Prize-related activity (if won). The entrant agrees to fully indemnify Releasees from any and all claims by third parties relating to the Contest, without limitation.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability for lost, late, unintelligible/illegible, falsified, damaged, misdirected, or incomplete Entries, notifications, responses, replies or any Release, or for anycomputer, online, software, telephone, mobile device, hardware or technical malfunctions that may occur, including but not limited to malfunctions that may affect the transmission or non-transmission of an entry. The Sponsors are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest. The Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries. The Sponsors are not responsible for any problems, failures or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, software, e-mail, mobile device, players, or browsers, on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, any network, at any website, or on account of any combination of the foregoing. The Sponsors are not responsible for any injury or damage to entrant or to any computer or mobile device related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Contest. Entrant assumes liability for injuries caused or claimed to be caused by participating in the Contest, or by the acceptance, possession, use of, or failure to receive any prize. The Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability in the event that the Contest cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, including those reasons beyond the control of the Sponsors, such as infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or corruption of the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, and/or the Contest Website.
9. CONDUCT. By participating in the Contest, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Contest Rules, which will be posted at the Contest Website and made available throughout the Contest Period. Entrant further agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsors, which shall be final and binding in all respects. The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify any entrant found to be: (a) violating the Contest Rules; (b) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest and/or the Contest Website in any manner or form; and/or (c) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE CONTEST WEBSITE OR ANY RELATED WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

10. PRIVACY / USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

•  By participating in the Contest, entrant: (i) grants to the Sponsors the right to use his/her name, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address (“Personal Information”) for the purpose of administering the Contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing the Prize Winner; (ii) if he/she is the Prize Winner grants to the Sponsors the right to use his/her Personal Information (first name and initial and city of residence) for publicity and promotional purposes relating to the Contest, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, without further compensation unless prohibited by law; and (iii) acknowledges that the Sponsors may disclose his/her Personal Information to third-party agents and service providers of any of the Sponsors in connection with any of the activities listed in (i) and (ii) above.
   
• By opting-in online you consent to Scotts Canada Ltd  and Husqvarna use of your Personal Information so that you may receive newsletters and or SMS communications and may be contacted to promote draws and contests similar to the Contest, promote opportunities to subscribe to other newsletters or promotional clubs, and notify you about Fafard’s or Husqvarna products or services. You may withdraw your consent at any time. To learn more about how your personal information will be used please visit https://scotts.com/en-ca/privacy-notice.html. Opting-in to these communications will not increase your chances of winning in the Contest.
   The Sponsor respects your right to privacy. Personal information collected from Entrants will only be used by the Sponsor to administer the Contest. For more information regarding the manner of collection, use and disclosure of personal information by the Sponsor, please visit Scotts® Canada’s Privacy Policy at: https://scotts.com/en-ca/privacy-notice.html

11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. All intellectual property, including but not limited to trademarks, trade names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source code, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by the Sponsors and/or their affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.
12. TERMINATION. Sponsors reserve the right, in its sole discretion to terminate the Contest, in whole or in part, and/or modify, amend or suspend the Contest, and/or the Contest Rules in any way, at any time, for any reason without prior notice.
13. LAW. These are the official Contest Rules. The Contest is subject to applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. The Contest Rules are subject to change without notice in order to comply with any applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws or the policy of any other entity having jurisdiction over the Sponsors. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Contest Rules or the rights and obligations as between the entrant and the Sponsors in connection with the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario including procedural provisions without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other jurisdiction’s laws.
14. DISCREPANCY. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the English version of these Contest Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including but not limited to the Contest entry form, or point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of the English version of the Contest Rules shall prevail, govern and control. 
15. 15. SOCIAL MEDIA.This Contest is in no way sponsored or endorsed by any social media platforms on which the Contest may have been promoted and/or publicized.
16. Sponsors and Administrator Scotts Canada Ltd. Po Box 69 RPO Streetsville, Mississauga, ON L5M 2B7 and Husqvarna 850 Matheson Blvd W, Mississauga, ON L5V 3E4
17. Winner List. For the winner’s name (available after July 9th, 2025), send a self-addressed, stamped, business size (#10) envelope to: SOW N’ MOW, Po Box 69 RPO Streetsville, Mississauga, ON L5M 2B7.