Abbreviated rules:
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Open to legal U.S. residents and DC, 18 or older at time of entry. Void where prohibited. Follow @mylo_unleather on Instagram and tag a friend in the comments on the Sweepstakes Post to enter. Limit 1 Entry per person/Instagram account. Subject to Official Rules at www.boltthreads.com/mylo-giveaway. Sponsor: Bolt Threads 5858 Horton St, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608. Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram.
Official Sweepstakes Rules
Bolt Threads Sweepstakes – Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND DOES NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF WINNING
Sponsor: Bolt Threads, 5858 Horton St, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 9460.
Eligibility: The Mylo Launch Giveaway Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia (excluding Guam, Puerto Rico and all other U.S. territories and possessions) who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. You (the “Entrant”) must be 18 years or older on the day you enter the Sweepstakes to win a prize. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor, their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, suppliers and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes. All Sweepstakes are subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules. Sponsor’ decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
Sweepstakes Period: The Sweepstakes begins on September 24, 2020 at 12:00:00 AM Pacific Time and will end at 11:59:59 PM Pacific Time on October 8, 2020 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). Sponsor’s computer clock is the official timekeeping device in the Sweepstakes.
How to Enter: Sponsor will post an image to its Instagram feed (@mylo_unleather) and Instagram Stories with a caption directing potential entrants to enter the Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes Post”). The Entrant must follow @mylo_unleather and tag a friend in the comments on the Sweepstakes Post to the enter and include #Sweepstakes. Limit one (1) entry per person/Instagram account for the duration of the Sweepstakes Period.
You may create an Instagram account by accessing Instagram at http://www.instagram.com and following the instructions to create an account for free. Information you provide to Instagram to open an account is subject to Instagram’s privacy policy, located at http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
Winner Selection: Sponsor will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes winner (“Selected Entrant”) from all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period, on or around October 9th, 2020. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Winner Selection and Notification: Selected Entrant will be notified by a direct message sent from Sponsor’s Instagram account (@mylo_unleather) to the Selected Entrant’s Instagram account, indicating that an Entry has been selected as a Selected Entrant (the “Winner Notification”). Please check your Instagram direct message inbox on or about three (3) business days after Winner Selection. If a potential Prize Winner cannot be reached via the Instagram account submitted at the time of Entry within three days of first notification attempt, the potential Prize Winner will be disqualified. Potential Prize Winners may be required to sign and an Affidavit of Eligibility/Prize Acceptance/Liability and, where permitted, a Publicity Release and submit to Sponsor within three (3) business days from first day of attempted notification in order to claim a prize. When all Sponsor documentation is properly executed and returned within the specified time period, and Potential Prize Winner is otherwise in compliance with the Official Rules, Potential Prize Winner will be confirmed as a Contest winner.
Sponsor shall have no liability for a Selected Entrant’s failure to receive notices due to Selected Entrants’ security settings or for Selected Entrants’ provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information. If the Selected Entrant cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim the prize within twenty-four (24) hours from the time award notification was sent, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. The receipt by the Winner of the prize offered in each Sweepstakes is conditioned upon compliance with any and all federal and state laws and regulations. Any violation of these official rules by any winner (at Sponsor’s sole discretion) will result in such winner’s disqualification as winner of the sweepstakes and all privileges as winner will be immediately terminated.
Prize: The Winner will receive a Mylo Sample Mailer which includes one (2) 3.5″ circles of embossed Mylo, (1) small vial of beech sawdust, and associated packaging/unboxing materials with Total Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of $68.81.
Prizes are non-transferable, with no cash redemptions, equivalents or substitutions except at Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion. All prize details not specified in these Official Rules will be determined in Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion. Prize details and availability are subject to change and prize provider’s rules and restrictions, and in the event that Sponsor is unable to provide a Winner with their prize, the Sponsor may elect, to provide Winner(s) with the approximate value of such item in cash or award an alternate prize of comparable or greater value. As permitted by applicable law, 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, except to the extent of any valid Suppliers’ warranty, if applicable, for which the Supplier and not the Sponsor is responsible). Prize Winners will be solely responsible for all federal, state and/or local taxes, and for any other fees or costs associated with the prize(s) they receive, regardless of whether it, in whole or in part, are used. The total ARV of the prizes is based on available information provided to Sponsor and the value of any prize awarded to a Winner may be reported for tax purposes as required by law. The Winner may be required to provide Sponsor with a valid social security number or tax identification number or W9 form for tax reporting purposes before the prize will be awarded.
Rights Granted by you: By entering each Sweepstakes you understand that anyone acting on behalf of Sponsor or its respective licensees, successors and assigns will have the right, where permitted by law, without any further notice, review or consent to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter in perpetuity and throughout the World, your entry, including, without limitation, the entry and winner’s name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image or statements about the Sweepstakes, and biographical information as news, publicity or information and for trade, advertising, public relations and promotional purposes without any further compensation.
Terms & Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend each Sweepstakes (in its sole discretion) should a virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, fraud or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to terminate the Sweepstakes and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the Selected Entrant(s) in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of any Sweepstakes or website or violates these Terms & Conditions and any other Sponsor’s policies.
Sponsor has the right, in its sole discretion, to maintain the integrity of each Sweepstakes, to void entries 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 sweepstakes rules; or the use of bots, macros or scripts or other technical means for entering. Any attempt by an Entrant to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Release: By participating in each Sweepstakes, Entrants, and Selected Entrant (and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) if entrants/winner are minors) agree to release, discharge and hold harmless, Sponsor and their affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising, contest, fulfillment and marketing agencies (all of such entities, including, but not limited to, Sponsor, are collectively referred to herein as the, “Promotion Parties”) from any and all damages whether direct or indirect, which may be due to or arise out of participation in the Sweepstakes or any portion thereof, or the acceptance, use/misuse or possession of any prize (or activity related thereto). As a condition of entering any Sweepstakes, Entrants, and Selected Entrant agree that (1) under no circumstances will Entrant and/or Selected Entrants be permitted to obtain awards for another person, and Entrant and/or Selected Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, consequential or any other damages, and any claims, judgments or awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket expenses; (2) all causes of action arising out of or connected with each Sweepstakes, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (3) in no event will any Entrant and/or Selected Entrant be entitled to receive attorneys’ fees. By entering each Sweepstakes, Entrants and/or Selected Entrants agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless promotion parties and each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities as well as the successors, assigns and licensees of each and the respective officers, directors, agents, employees, shareholders, contractors and representative of each, from any and all claims, expenses, damages, (including reasonable attorneys fees), or liability for any injury, loss, or damage of any kind to persons (including, but not limited to, death), and property, whether direct or indirect, which may be due to or arise out of participation in the sweepstakes or any portion thereof; a breach or allegation which if true would constitute a breach of any of entrant’s and/or Selected Entrant’s representations, warranties or obligations herein; or the acceptance, use/misuse or possession of prize(s), or any prize-related activity. Entrants and/or Selected Entrant waive all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Disputes: Each sweepstakes is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California, without respect to conflict of law doctrines. As a condition of participating in any Sweepstakes, participant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with any such Sweepstakes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in the city of San Francisco or the State of California having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will a participant be permitted to obtain awards for another person, and such participant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering any such Sweepstakes), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
USE OF INFORMATION: The information that you provide in connection with the Sweepstakes is subject to and will be used by Sponsor in accordance with its Privacy Policy which is found at https://boltthreads.com/privacy-policy/ and which may be updated from time to time without notice.
WINNERS LIST/OFFICIAL RULES: To obtain a list of prize winners (available after DATE/2020), or a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope to: Bolt Threads 5858 Horton St, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608. Please specify Mylo Launch Giveaway on the outer envelope. Vermont residents may omit return postage. All requests must be received by October 30, 2020.
THIS PROMOTION IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED, ENDORSED, ADMINISTERED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH INSTAGRAM.