“STAPLES PRINT CONTEST” CAMPAIGN RULES

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Eligibility: This Campaign is open only to those who sign up at https://www.narcity.com/staples-canada-small-business-contest and who are of the age of majority in their province or territory of residence as of the date of entry. The Campaign is only open to legal residents of Canada (excluding Quebec) and is void where prohibited by law. Employees of Narcity Media Inc. (“Narcity Media”) and Staples Canada ULC (the "Sponsor" or “Staples”), its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and suppliers, (collectively the “Employees”), and immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of Employees are not eligible to participate in the Campaign. The Campaign is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

2. Agreement to Rules: By participating, the Contestant (“You”) agree to be fully unconditionally bound by these Rules, and You represent and warrant that You meet the eligibility requirements. In addition, You agree to accept the decisions of Narcity Media as final and binding as it relates to the content of this Campaign.

3. Campaign Period: Entries will be accepted online starting on March 17, 2025, at 9:00 AM ET and ending April 14, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET. All online entries must be received by April 14, 2025, 11:59 PM ET.

4. How to Enter: The Campaign must be entered by submitting an entry using the online form provided at https://www.narcity.com/staples-canada-small-business-contest. All fields must be duly completed to be eligible to win a prize. Limit of one (1) Entry is permitted per entity in the Campaign. Entries that are incomplete or do not adhere to the rules or specifications may be disqualified at the sole discretion of Narcity Media. You may enter only once. You may not enter more times than indicated by using multiple email addresses, identities, or devices in an attempt to circumvent the rules. If you use fraudulent methods or otherwise attempt to circumvent the rules, your submission may be removed from eligibility at the sole discretion of Narcity Media. Entries are subject to verification by Narcity Media. Campaign Requirements and Contestant Eligibility:

• Must be a small business between 0-99 employees.
• Must have a physical store in the community, a type of business that could use signage and marketing essential products.
• Must not be a national or large franchised brand.
• Must explain how your small business could use a signage upgrade.
• Must share how your business is helping the local or broader community through involvement, services, or initiatives.

5. Prizes: The one (1) Winner of the Campaign (the “Winner”) will receive one (1) prize worth $2,500 CAD. Actual/appraised value may differ at time of prize award. The prize pack will include the following: Signage and Wide Format printing products from Staples Print website; Marketing Essentials printing products from Staples Print website; Custom Order via Staples Print Account Management team for branding and promotional product (the “Prize”). The specifics of the Prize shall be solely determined by the Sponsor. All Prize components are subject to availability and substitution. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the Prize or a Prize component with one of equal or greater value. The Prize is non-transferable, non-refundable, non-exchangeable and not convertible to cash. The Sponsor shall not assume any liability for lost, damaged, or misdirected prizes. Any and all prize-related costs and expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, provincial, and/or local taxes, as applicable, shall be the sole responsibility of the Winner. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor and Narcity Media to use Winner’s name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further notice or compensation unless prohibited by law. The prize will be expedited to the Winner via delivery/mail. The Winner will promptly send Staples PDF files with the correct specs of the marketing materials/signage they want printed. Artwork will be ready for the winner within eight to ten (8-10) days from the date that Staples receives the artwork from the Winner for delivery. The Winner must place an order worth $2500. Note: Staples will handle shipping fees.

6. Chances: The chances of winning are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received during the Campaign period.

7. Winner Selection and Notification: Winner will be selected by Staples on April 24, 2025, at 12:00 PM ET. Narcity Media will notify the Winner by email within five (5) days following selection of Winner. Narcity Media and Sponsor shall have no liability for Winner’s failure to receive notices due to spam, junk e-mail, or other security settings or for Winner’s provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information, nor shall Narcity Media and Sponsor be liable for any failure to receive a selected Contestant’s entry response. If Winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim the prize within five (5) days from the time award notification was sent, or fails to timely return a completed and executed declaration release as required, the prize may be forfeited and an alternate Winner will be selected from the remaining eligible entries. Being Declared as a Winner of the prize offered in this Campaign is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) eligibility for the Campaign and compliance with the Campaign Rules; (ii) acceptance of the Prize as offered; (iii) correctly answering a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question, (iv) signing a release in a form prescribed by the Sponsor, and (v) the Winner’s compliance with any and all federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY WINNER (AT NARCITY MEDIA‘S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN WINNER’S DISQUALIFICATION AS WINNER OF THE CAMPAIGN, AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.

8. Rights Granted by You: By entering this content (e.g., photo, video, text, etc.), You understand and agree that Narcity Media and the Sponsor, anyone acting on behalf of Narcity Media and the Sponsor, and Narcity Media’s and the Sponsor’s licensees, successors, and assigns, and the Sponsor shall have the right, where permitted by law, to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use in any media now known or hereafter developed, in perpetuity and throughout the World, without limitation, your entry, name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image, provincial statements about the Campaign, and biographical information for news, publicity, information, trade, advertising, public relations, and promotional purposes without any further compensation, notice, review, or consent. By entering this content, You represent and warrant that your entry is an original work of authorship, and does not violate any third party’s proprietary or intellectual property rights. If your entry infringes upon the intellectual property right of another, You will be disqualified at the sole discretion of Narcity Media. If the content of your entry is claimed to constitute infringement of any proprietary or intellectual proprietary rights of any third party, You shall, at your sole expense, defend or settle against such claims. You shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Narcity Media and the Sponsor from and against any suit, proceeding, claims, liability, loss, damage, costs or expense, which Narcity Media or the Sponsor may incur, suffer, or be required to pay arising out of such infringement or suspected infringement of any third party’s right.

**This free print item requires a small call out in the artwork to identify the item was printed at Staples. This artwork element and design guideline will be provided by Staples to include in the design. These items will be given to the business at no charge.

8.1 ***By participating in the Campaign, you agree that the Sponsor may use your name, likeness, business information, and any content provided through written interviews, videos, or photo submissions for publicity related to the Campaign. This usage may include internal and external marketing materials, both paid and organic, and may be used by or on behalf of the Sponsor in perpetuity.

8.2 Social Media/Content Requirements:

1. All Content (as defined below) that the Winner may post or share on its social media accounts and/or platforms shall (i) be truthful, complete, accurate and conform to Staples’ standards and practices; (ii) not be offensive, as determined by Staples in its sole discretion; (iii) not disparage Staples or its affiliates or any of their respective products or services; (iv) comply with all applicable laws/regulations and social media platform terms of use, policies and standards; and (v) be appropriate and in “good taste” (as determined by Staples in its sole discretion) and must not contain nudity, obscenity, profanity, indecent material, lewd acts, references to violence, or demean any ethnicity, gender, race, religion, profession, age group or sexual orientation. “Content” means any content and material generated by the Winner that is posted or shared on its social media accounts and platforms related to the Campaign and the Sponsor.
2. Winner shall obtain Staples’ written approval of the Content prior to posting such Content on Winner’s social media outlets and/or platforms.

9. Terms and Conditions: Notwithstanding anything else, Narcity Media reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Campaign, in whole or in part, and/or modify, amend or suspend the Campaign, and/or the Campaign rules in any way, at any time, for any reason without prior notice. The Sponsor assumes no responsibility or liability in the event that the Campaign cannot be conducted as planned for any reason. Narcity Media reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Campaign should virus, bug, non-authorized human intervention, fraud, or other cause beyond Narcity Media’s control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, or proper conduct of the Campaign. In such a case, Narcity Media may select the Winner from all eligible entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by Narcity Media. Narcity Media reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Campaign or website or violates these Terms & Conditions. Narcity Media has the right, in its sole discretion, to maintain the integrity of the Campaign, to void votes for any reason, including, but not limited to: multiple entries from the same user from different IP addresses; multiple entries from the same computer in excess of that allowed by Campaign rules; or the use of bots, macros, scripts, or other technical means for entering. Any attempt by a Contestant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Campaign may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, Narcity Media reserves the right to seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law.

10. Indemnification and Limitation of Liability: By entering, You agree to release and hold harmless Narcity Media, the Sponsor, and its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers, and directors from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from: (i) such Contestant’s participation in the Campaign and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof; (ii) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunction of any computer, cable, network, hardware, or software, servers or other mechanical equipment; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions, telephone, or Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process of the Campaign; (v) electronic or human error in the administration of the Campaign or the processing of entries; (vi) late, lost, delayed, not received, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, stolen, fraudulent or illegible entries; and (vii) any injuries or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s device(s) related to or resulting from participation or the downloading of any materials as part of the Campaign.

11. Disputes: THIS CAMPAIGN IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF ONTARIO, WITHOUT RESPECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW DOCTRINES. As a condition of participating in this Campaign, participants agree that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Campaign, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Canada having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances shall participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorney’s fees, other than Contestant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Campaign). Contestant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. Contestant irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Toronto in the Province of Ontario.

12. Force Majeure: Narcity Media and the Sponsor will not be liable for its inability to supply prizes due to fire, acts of God, labor disruptions, strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances, technological failure, cyber security events, failure of supply, war, riot, civil insurrection, pandemic, epidemic, endemic, extreme weather conditions or any other cause beyond Narcity Media or the Sponsor’s control.

13. Privacy: By participating in the Campaign, each entrant grants to Narcity Media and Sponsor the right to use the information submitted with an entry to administer the Campaign (i.e., contacting and announcing the winners and coordinating the provision of the prize) and for publicity and promotional purposes relating to the Campaign. Information submitted with an entry is subject to the Privacy Policy stated on the Narcity Media website. To read the Privacy Policy, please visit https://www.narcitymedia.com/privacy-policy

14. Winners List: To obtain a copy of these Official Rules, mail your request along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Narcity Media Inc., 147 Liberty St, Toronto, ON M6K 3G3, Canada. Requests must be received no later than April 14, 2025, 11:59 PM ET.

15. Sponsor: The Sponsor of the Campaign is Staples Canada ULC.

16. Social Media: This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by any social media platforms on which the Campaign may have been promoted and/or publicized.