Hula Hoops 2009 on-pack activity

Golden Hoop Award & Holiday competition terms and conditions

1. This Promotion is open to:

• Residents of UK, CI, IoM and Republic of Ireland, hereinafter the “Participating Country /Countries”
• Promotion is only open to participants who are aged 16 or over
• Those who are registered users of www.hulahoops.com (the “Promotion Website”).

2. This promotion is not open to:

• Employees (and their families) of United Biscuits (UK) Limited (“UB”) as well as representatives or agents of UB and anyone else who may be professionally involved in the Promotion are not eligible to participate in the Promotion.

3. Promotion Period

The Promotion for uploading will close at midnight on 22/11/2009 (the “Promotion Period).

4. Prizes

(i) 5 x Golden Hoop Film Award Statuettes & Holidays:
The competition to win one of 5 Golden Hoop Film Award Statuettes & holidays will run until 22/11/2009. There are a total of 5 award statuettes & holidays to be won. To be eligible to win the Finger Puppets Film competition videos must be received by midnight on 22/11/2009.
The 5 x winning films will be aired at an awards ceremony on hulahoops.com.
Each holiday prize is for a family of 4 and comprises economy class return flights from London or Dublin and 5 night’s accommodation in LA, USA. At least one of the passengers must be a responsible adult aged 18 or over.
The holiday to LA consists of 5 night’s accommodation at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel on a room only basis and based on 2 people sharing a double / twin room, car hire for the duration of the trip, £250 (or euro equivalent) spending money and a tour of Sony Pictures Studio. Winners are required to have a credit card to act as a guarantee on collection of car hire vehicle. Drivers must be aged over 25 in the USA. No other costs or expenses are included.
Excludes travel on or over bank holidays, Easter and the Christmas or New Year period. The trip must be booked by 30/09/2010 and taken by 16/12/2010. If the winner travels from Dublin they would fly indirectly (i.e. via London). The dates of travel are subject to availability at the time of booking. Health insurance is not included and for the avoidance of doubt; passports, visas, driving licences and counterpart documents are the responsibility of the winners and their guests and should be valid for the date of travel and six months thereafter. The £250 (or euro equivalent) spending money will be sent as a cheque made payable in the winner's name only by post to the winner's designated address prior to the trip being taken.
ii) To the fullest extent allowed by law the promoter accepts no responsibility for loss or injury as a result of promotional participation.
iii) Whilst the promoter cannot accept responsibility for the acts and omissions of third party suppliers it will always endeavour to do its best to mitigate the effect of these

5. How will the prizes be granted?

The 5 winners will be selected by an independent judging panel.
Each of the following clauses shall apply:
1. The Promoter's decision about all matters to do with the promotion is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
2. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the promoter, the prizes will only be awarded directly to the winners.
3. Winners will be notified by email within 14 days of closing date.
4. Winners have 90 days from the closing date to claim their prize. If any winner is not able for whatever reason to accept the prize, or if the Promoter is unable to contact the winner after all reasonable efforts, then the Promoter reserves the right to not allocate the prize.
5. All prizes are subject to the terms and conditions of the manufacturer or supplier.
6. No more than one holiday prize can be won per household. This will be monitored by username, email, phone number and postal address.
7. The promoter may use entries in marketing activities for the Hula Hoops brand.
8. For a list of the names and counties of the winners, please send a stamped SAE to 'Hula Hoops Finger Puppet Films Competition Winners List', PO Box 5615, London, W1A 4FB. For The ROI: 'Hula Hoops Finger Puppet Films Competition Winners List', 46 Yellow Walls Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin.

6. Judging Criteria

The winners of the 5 Golden Hoop Film Award Statuettes & holiday prizes will be selected as follows:
- All films which are uploaded to www.hulahoops.com will be rated for by members of the public.

- The top 100 rated films will be selected by the promoter. In the event that there are more than 100 top rated fiIms, the promoter will select from this list, the films which have the highest number of views (as viewed on www.hulahoops.com by members of the public)

- The top 100 will then be short listed to 12 films and categorised in to the following four film categories by 3 members of the judging panel. This will be a representative from the creative department at Publicis London, a representative from the creative department at Wax Communications, London & an independent judge. The film categories are as follows:

o Best Film
o Best Costume Design
o Best Actor / Actress
o Best Use of Sound
There is a fifth category but judging won't apply to this category because the highest ranked film (voted & viewed for by the public) will win this award at the end of the promotion:

o The People's Award

- The films will then be judged in their individual categories by all 5 judges. This includes a representative from Publicis creative, Wax Communications creative, United Biscuits (UK) Ltd & Mark Denton (film director of the Hula Hoops TV advertising) and an independent judge. They will select which film from each category will win a Golden Hoop Film Award and a holiday to Hollywood.

The criteria used by the judging panel for selection of the winners will be as follows:
- The video must feature the Hula Hoops packs & / or product
- Originality
- Creativity

- Overall appeal

Visitors of the Promotion Website will be invited to vote for approved videos uploaded on the site. Visitors can vote as many times as they want but only one vote per film per day. Voting start date: 08/06/09. Voting closing date is 29/11/09. Promoter reserves the right to remove any automatically generated vote.
7. How to participate
1. Entrants have first to register on the Promotion Website. Each entry should include username, password and email. [Only those who choose to opt-in to receiving emails from Hula Hoops will be contacted and details will not be shared with any third parties].
2. Entrants will be offered to upload a mini video performance (2 minutes or less). There is no limit to the number of people that may appear in your video but the following conditions apply:
- Persons between the ages of 12 & 16 can appear in films without an adult. However, a parent/guardian (over 16) must give permission for the 12-16 yr old to appear on their own by entering the film on their behalf.
- Persons under the age of 12 must have a parent / guardian (over 16) in the video with them and that same adult must enter the promotion.
If a film is selected for a prize that features a child between the ages of 12-16 and it becomes apparent that parental permission has not been given, then the entry will be invalidated.
3. Please also read the following technical uploading conditions:
• Your film should be up to 2 minutes long and be 30 Mb or smaller.
• We accept many popular formats, such as AVI, ASF, QuickTime, Windows Media and MPEG formats. For example, .avi, .mp4, .mov, .mpg, .mpeg, .3gp and .rm are all acceptable file extensions.
• Your video can take 48 hours to qualify into the gallery.
4. The following uploading rules applying to each upload:
• You can upload as many films as you like however, it is not allowed to create more than one registration per person, per email, per postcode. Multiple registrations coming from the same participant will be cancelled and such participant will automatically be disqualified;
• Each video submitted on the Promotion website should be related exclusively to the theme of the Promotion and must feature the Hula Hoops packs & / or product
• Neither the Promoter nor its agents will be responsible for any entries not received. Proof of submission is not proof of receipt;
• All videos will need to be approved by the Promoter and / or its agents before they are featured on the Promotion Website. Please note that videos will be assessed against guidelines to ensure adherence to Promoter values, and full compliance with these Terms & Conditions and with any applicable rules including, but not limited to, privacy. Any decision of Promoter and / or its agents to reject submitted entries is final and will be made at their sole discretion;
• Your entry must be your own original work, your creation and cannot incorporate or include anything that is; i) owned by any third party or entity or which would require the consent of any third party or entity or ii) violates any law, copyright, trademark, publicity right, privacy right or any other right of any third party. No entry should contain any copyrighted materials, including but not limited to images and music. Any images or statements cannot have been previously published.
• Any music used must be either music or sound effects provided by the Hula Hoops website or be your own original composition & recording. You cannot use any material where the copyright is owned by another party in any of the following capacities: i) any original recording of the copyrighted material, ii) your own recording of any copyrighted material owned by another part, iii) any elements of copyrighted material owned by another part be it the original recording, lyrics or melodies, iv) any music that plagiarises another parties copyrighted material
• Submissions must not contain, as determined by the Promoter, in its sole discretion: i/ defamatory statements, ii/ threats to any person, place, business, or group, iii/ any dangerous behaviour, iv/ any unacceptable clothing or adornments, v/ any commercial/corporate advertising, or vi/ any indecent behaviour, profanities or obscenities;
• Submissions must not: i/ disparage persons or organisations and, ii/ invade privacy or other rights of any person, entity, or iii/ in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations. Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry that, in its sole opinion, refers, depicts or in any way reflects negatively upon the Promoter, the Promotion or any other person or entity, or does not comply with these requirements or these Terms & Conditions.
• Promoter reserves the right to remove any inappropriate material at any time.
• Promoter will not be held liable for any damage or injury to people caused during or by the production of the videos.
• If the submission contains any person(s) other than the entrant, by entering this contest, entrant confirms having received permission from other person(s) featured in for Promoter to use their image for publicity including posting on website(s). All entries become the sole property of Promoter and none will be returned.
• By uploading entries to the site, entrants will transfer ownership of the entry and all intellectual property rights (including all copyrights) in it to the Promoter and will waive all moral rights. The transfer of ownership is made in return for the entrant being entered into the competition with the chance of winning one of the prizes and entrants will receive no other form of compensation.
 The Promoter may decide to use the entries for any purpose, including in any Hula Hoops advertising campaign. The Promoter will not have to request the permission of an entrant to do so. However, the Promoter will be under no obligation to use any entry in any advertising campaign.

• Entrants voluntarily and knowingly, release, discharge and relinquish any and all claims, actions and lawsuits of any kind against Promoter or its agents related to or arising from their participation in the Promotion including, without limitation, any claims, actions or lawsuits for negligence and/or other fault, personal injury, defamation, violation of right of publicity, invasion of privacy, and infringement of copyright.
• NOTICE TO ONLINE ENTRANTS: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, PROMOTER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
8. This promotion is governed by the laws of England and Wales.
9. Promoter: United Biscuits (UK) Limited, Hayes Park, Hayes End Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB4 8EE
By entering the Promotion, entrants agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions. The Promoter reserves the right to amend or withdraw the promotion, if necessary, due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control.

Camcorder Prize Draw terms and conditions

1. This promotion is open to residents of the UK, CI, IOM and ROI aged 16 years or over, excluding employees and their immediate families of United Biscuits (UK) Limited (the "Promoter"), its affiliated companies, their agents or anyone professionally connected with this promotion. No bulk, consumer group or third party entries will be accepted.
2. To enter, go to www.hulahoops.com between 08/06/09 and 29/11/09 and vote for your favourite film. We’ll then enter you in to the free prize draw to win a camcorder.
3. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Limited to five entries per person, per email.
4. Online entrants who exceed their daily entry allowance, by sending multiple entries will be disqualified from the promotion.
6. Winners will be drawn at random and notified by email within 28 days of entry.
7. No responsibility will be accepted for entries lost, damaged, delayed or incomplete. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt.
8. Prize: There is 1 Flip Camcorder to be won every day between 08/06/09 and 30/09/09 inclusive. The daily draw will happen at 12.00am (midnight). There is 1 Flip Camcorder to be won every week between 01/10/09 and 29/11/09 inclusive. The weekly draw will happen every Sunday between those dates at 12.00am (midnight).
9. Winners will be notified via email within 7 days of the draw and asked to confirm their postal address and phone number. Prizes will be delivered within 28 days of confirmation of postal address via email.
10. No more than 1 camcorder can be won per household. This will be monitored by username, email address, house number & postcode.
11. The prizes are as specified and no cash or other alternatives are available, except that the promoter reserves the right to amend or withdraw the promotion, if deemed necessary, due to circumstances outside of its reasonable control. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the promoter, the prizes will only be awarded directly to the winners.
12. For a list of the names and counties of the winners, please send a stamped SAE to 'Hula Hoops Finger Puppet Films Prize Draw Winners List', PO Box 5615, London, W1A 4FB. For The ROI: 'Hula Hoops Finger Puppet Films Competition Winners List', 46 Yellow Walls Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin
13. Prize-winners may be required to participate in unpaid publicity associated with this promotion.
14. Only those who choose to opt-in to receiving emails from Hula Hoops will be contacted and details will not be shared with any third parties.
15. The Promoter shall not be held responsible for any delays or disruptions caused by any internet service interruption or electronic fault, failure of any software or hardware or any other network or system. Repeated frozen attempts will be seen as fraudulent attempts to hack into the website or undermine the promotional integrity and will be investigated. The Promoter may freeze your entries pending during the investigation and your entries may be deleted if it is concerned for the website's security and the integrity of the promotion. The Promoter's decision to freeze and/or delete any entry is final. If your entry has been deleted you will not be able to re-open it or participate in the promotion any further.
16. The Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any person who corrupts or affects the proper conduct of the promotion, attempts to damage the website or otherwise undermine the legitimate operation of the promotion. If such activity is suspected the Promoter will delete the offending entries and compensation or prosecution will be sought through the law.
18. The decision of the Promoter is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
19. By entering the Promotion, entrants agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions.
20. This promotion is governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Promoter: United Biscuits (UK) Limited, Hayes Park, Hayes End Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB4 8EE. (Please do not send entries to this address.)