HORMEL® BLACK LABEL®
HORMEL® BLACK LABEL® Hardcourt Smoked Bacon Sweepstakes
Official Rules

NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT, OR DONATION OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO
ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR DONATION WILL NOT INCREASE
OR IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. ELIGIBILITY

The Hormel Food Sales, LLC (“Sponsor”) HORMEL® BLACK LABEL® Hardcourt Smoked Bacon Sweepstakes (the
“Promotion”) is only open to those who, as of the start date, are legal residents of the continental
forty-eight (48) United States, including the District of Columbia, excluding Alaska (AK) and Hawaii
(HI) and who have reached the age of majority in their state or district of residence. The Promotion is
void where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor and its
parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies (“Promotion Entities”)
involved in the administration of this Promotion, and the immediate families (defined as parents,
spouses, children, siblings, grandparents and their respective spouses) or members of the same household
(whether related or not) of each such employee, officer and director, are not eligible to enter.

2. TIMING

The Promotion entry period begins at 6:00 AM CT on 03/13/2023 and ends at 12:00 PM CT on 03/20/2020 CT
on (the “Entry Period”). Sponsor’s computer is the official timekeeping device for the Promotion.˜

3. HOW TO ENTER

To enter, visit hardcourt.blacklabelbacon.com during the Entry Period and follow the instructions for
entering. Limit of one (1) Entry per person. Multiple Entries, mass Entries, and Entries generated by
script, macro, or other automated means or by any means that subvert the entry process will be void.

Complete and submit all requested information during the Entry Period in accordance with the on-screen
instructions. You must complete all required information to be eligible to win. All entries must be
received by Sponsor during the Entry Period. Any attempt by any participant to obtain additional entries
beyond the limit by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations, or any other
methods will void that entrant’s entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated
system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. All Entries become the
exclusive property of Sponsor and none will be acknowledged or returned. Proof of submission will not be
deemed proof of receipt of Entry by Sponsor.

Your Entry must not contain any inappropriate or offensive materials, as determined by Sponsor in its
sole discretion. Any Entry, which in the sole opinion of Sponsor, is deemed inappropriate in any way
(e.g., defamation, nudity, pornography, gratuitous violence, inappropriate language, obscene, illegal,
racially or morally offensive or likely to transmit or contain a virus, corrupted file or any similar
element, etc.), is inconsistent with the theme or image of the Promotion, contains personally
identifiable information, or otherwise violates the terms or the spirit of these Official Rules in any
way, may be rejected and result in disqualification. Entries must comply with all laws, rules, and
regulations including, but not limited to, those concerning copyright, plagiarism, trademark, defamation
and invasion of privacy. Sponsor has the right, but not the duty, to review and disqualify any Entry
submitted in connection with this Promotion.

In the event of a dispute as to the ownership of an entrant’s Entry, the natural person who is the
authorized account holder of the email address or other address used to enter will be deemed to be the
entrant, but only if that person is otherwise eligible to enter the Promotion. The “authorized account
holder” is the natural person assigned to an email address or similar electronic address by an Internet
access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning addresses for
the domain associated with the submitted address. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of
being the authorized account holder. If a dispute cannot be resolved to Sponsor’s satisfaction, the
winning entrant may be deemed
ineligible.

4. AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES AND DECISIONS

By participating, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to be bound by and accepts these
Official Rules, and the decisions of Sponsor (including, without limitation, decisions regarding
eligibility of Entries, the selection of entrants and the winner, and the awarding of the prize), which
are final and binding in all respects.

5. DRAWING; ODDS; NOTIFICATION

On or about 03/21/2023, Sponsor or Sponsor’s designee will randomly select potential winner(s) from
among all eligible Entries received. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible Entries
received. The entrant selected must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and
winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements and requests of Sponsor during the verification
process. The potential winner will be notified either by phone, mail, courier and/or email or via social
media direct message or notice on wall, at Sponsor’s discretion. The potential winner may be required to
execute and return to Sponsor a notarized Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and, except
where prohibited by law, a Publicity Release (collectively an “Affidavit/Release”) in the form(s)
provided by Sponsor in order to claim his/her prize. The Affidavit/Release must be returned to Sponsor
by the date and/or time indicated. If the potential winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) days of
the first attempt to contact him/her, or if the potential winner fails to return the Affidavit/Release
within the specified time, or if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or if the
potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if the potential winner does not comply with the Official
Rules or the requests of Sponsor, then the potential winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner
selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion in his/her place, at random from among all eligible
non-winning entries received by Sponsor for the Promotion.

6. PRIZE(S)

Sixty-Eight (68) prizes to be awarded in this Promotion. The approximate retail value (“ARV”) of a prize
is $50. A “prize” consists of and is limited only to a 24 oz package of HORMEL® BLACK LABEL® Hardcourt
Smoked Bacon, Wood Chips, Retail Coupons for additional HORMEL® BLACK LABEL® Bacon and a certificate of
authenticity. Prize must be accepted as awarded, and prize is awarded “AS IS” with no warranty,
representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, made by Sponsor or for which Sponsor
shall be liable, including, without limitation, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. No substitution, assignment or transfer of a prize
is permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of
greater or equal value. Winner is solely responsible for any and all costs, fees, taxes and expenses
associated with prize award, receipt and use, including, without limitation, all federal, state and
local taxes on the prize. For prizes valued over $600, prize winner will be issued an IRS Form 1099 for
the retail value of the prize. If potential winner does not wish to accept the prize, an alternate
winner may be selected at random from the pool of eligible entrants. All details of the prize not set
forth herein will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. All entrants and entries are subject
to verification prior to the awarding of a prize, as are the eligibility, age and other claims of
information provided by a potential prize winner.

7. PUBLICITY

Except where prohibited by law, participation in the Promotion constitutes winner’s consent to Sponsor’s
(and its designees’, successors’ and assigns’) use of winner’s name, biography, likeness, voice,
photographs, video, opinions, statements, hometown, state and country for promotional purposes in any
manner or media (including, without limitation, online) now or hereafter known, worldwide, in
perpetuity, and without further payment, consideration, notice, review, approval or consent. Despite the
above, Sponsor has no obligation to use such materials in any manner.

8. GENERAL CONDITIONS

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion if, in
Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering
with any portion of the Promotion, there is any unsportsmanlike, dangerous or disruptive behavior
associated with the Promotion, or there are viruses, bugs, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical
difficulties or failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control that corrupt or affect
the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion. In such event,
Sponsor reserves the right (but does not have the obligation) in its sole discretion to award prizes
from among eligible, non-suspect Entries received up to the time of suspected impairment. 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. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any website
or undermine the legitimate operation of this Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and,
should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any
such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these
Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision of these Official
Rules.

9. RELEASE

By entering, each entrant forever, fully and irrevocably releases and holds harmless Sponsor and its
parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective agents, advertising and promotion agencies,
affiliates, Promotion partners and prize suppliers, and all of their respective employees, officers,
directors, shareholders and agents from and against all claims, damages or liabilities arising in whole
or in part, directly or indirectly, from entrant’s participation and/or Entry in the Promotion and/or
winner’s award, receipt or use of any prize awarded in the Promotion or any prize-related activity.

10. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

Sponsor is not responsible for: (a) incorrect or inaccurate transcription of Entry information or late,
lost, misplaced, filtered, stolen,
unintelligible, illegible, damaged, mutilated, altered, incomplete or misdirected Entries or Entries
received through impermissible or illegitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified; (b)
technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any telephone,
computer online systems, computer equipment, website, server provider, network, hardware or software;
(c) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any website or service; (d) unauthorized intervention in
any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (e) printing, typographical, electronic or human errors,
which may occur in the offer or administration of the Promotion or the processing of Entries; or (f) any
injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant’s computer, which may be
caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotion, or
from viewing, playing or downloading any material from Sponsor’s website(s), regardless of whether the
material was prepared by Sponsor or a third party, and regardless of whether the material is connected
to Sponsor’s websites by a hypertext link.

11. DISPUTES

Entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims 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 solely and exclusively in a federal or state court located in Mower County, Austin,
Minnesota; entrant submits to sole and exclusive personal jurisdiction to said courts in the State of
Minnesota for any such dispute and irrevocably waives any and all rights to object to such jurisdiction;
(b) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred,
but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain
awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, consequential, and any
other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages
multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF
LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and
questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official
Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant or Sponsor in connection with the Promotion shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Minnesota, without giving effect
to any choice of law or conflict of law rules of provisions (whether of the State of Minnesota, the
United States, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of Minnesota.

12. DATA COLLECTION

Information collected in this Promotion will be administered by Sponsor in accordance with its Privacy
Policy, located at Hormel.com.

13. OFFICIAL RULLES

These Official Rules are available at hardcourt.blacklabelbacon.com or by sending a self-addressed
envelope to— Rules Request.” c/o Hormel Foods 1 Hormel Place Austin, MN 55912

14. WINNERS LIST

To request a list of winners, send a self-addressed postage-stamped envelope to HORMEL® BLACK LABEL®
Hardcourt Smoked Bacon Sweepstakes — “Winner List Request,” c/o Hormel Foods 1 Hormel Place Austin, MN
55912. Requests must be received by 05/05/2023.

15. SPONSOR

The sponsor of the Promotion and the address at which the Sponsor may be contacted is Hormel Foods 1
Hormel Place Austin, MN 55912.