DOVE® SILKY SMOOTH CHOCOLATE SINGLES BARS
TWITTER GIVEAWAY


OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. SWEEPSTAKES BEGINS AT 12:00:00 AM (PT) ON DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND ENDS AT 11:59:59 PM (PT) ON JANUARY 31, 2011 OR WHEN TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN (2,011) ELIGIBLE ENTRIES ARE RECEIVED, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST (“THE GIVEAWAY PERIOD”). 

1.	HOW TO ENTER: The Judge/Administrator (identified below) will post at approximately 9:00:00 AM (PT) on December 31, 2010, via the  @Dove_Chocolate Twitter handle, a tweet asking Twitter users about their New Year’s resolutions (the “Giveaway Tweet”). To enter, reply to the Giveaway Tweet with your New Year’s resolution and include hashtag “#DOVE2011Promises.” (A Twitter account is needed to enter. You may obtain a Twitter account at no cost at www.twitter.com.) Each reply/retweet will constitute one (1) entry. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59:59 PM (PT) ON JANUARY 31, 2011. If you access Twitter and/or send and receive tweets via a mobile device, standard messaging and rates apply.  ENTRY LIMIT: one (1) entry per participant. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered entries will be accepted. Each participant may use only one (1) Twitter account to participate in this Sweepstakes and the same Twitter account may not be used by more than one (1) participant. Each entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the natural person assigned the Twitter account associated with the entry. If any participant uses more than Twitter account to enter or if more than one participant uses the same Twitter account to enter, Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify all entries associated with the participant(s) and Twitter account(s) involved and to declare all prize(s) associated with such entries forfeited. Participation is subject to terms and conditions associated with use of a Twitter account and the Twitter websites. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be returned.

2.	SELECTION AND VERIFICATION OF WINNERS: Each of the first 2,011 eligible entries will receive a prize. If one of the first 2,011 entries is determined to be ineligible, the prize will be awarded to the next eligible entry. Eligibility verification will be conducted by the Judge/Administrator, whose decisions are final on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Winners will be notified via Twitter Message approximately one business day after the end of the Giveaway Period as described in Rule 5 below.

3.	PRIZES AND ODDS:  2,011 PRIZES: each, a coupon for one (1) DOVE® Silky Smooth Chocolate Singles Bar. Approximate Retail Value (ARV): $0.89 each. Total ARV of all prizes: $1,789.79. Coupons are subject to terms and conditions printed thereon. All prizes will be awarded (assuming sufficient number of eligible entries). Odds of winning are based on number of eligible entries received and the time/date of such entries. Sponsor reserves right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. No other substitution or transfer of prizes permitted. Sponsor responsible only for prize delivery and is not responsible for prize utility, quality or otherwise. Taxes and fees, if any, are the responsibility solely of winners.

4.	ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes open to individual legal residents of the 50 United States & District of Columbia, age of majority or older as of December 31, 2010, except employees (and their immediate families and members of the same household) of Sponsor and the Judge/Administrator and their respective affiliates, agents, judges and advertising and promotion agencies. 

5.	DELIVERY OF PRIZES: Each winner must respond to the winner notification Twitter Message (“Winner Notification”) by sending a Twitter Message back to @dove_chocolate within five (5) business days of the date of the Winner Notification. Each winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and liability release and, where permitted, a publicity release. Prize may be awarded to alternate winner if Winner Notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, if entrant does not respond to Winner Notification within five (5) days after the date of such Winner Notification or if affidavit/release(s) is not returned within 14 days after sending to winner. Each winner agrees to use of name, address, likeness and/or prize information by or on behalf of Sponsor for promotional purposes in any medium without additional compensation to the extent permitted by law. 

6.	GENERAL:  This Sweepstakes is void outside the United States and where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. This Sweepstakes will be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware. Any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Sweepstakes must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within the United States of America. Sponsor and Judge/Administrator are not responsible for late, lost, stolen, damaged, garbled, incomplete, misaddressed or misdirected entries or communications, for errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, or delays in operations or transmission of information, in each case whether arising by way of technical or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware, software, communications devices or transmission lines or data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry materials, loss or otherwise. Further, Sponsor and Judge/Administrator are not responsible for electronic communications which are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind or insufficient space in entrant's e-mail or Twitter account to receive messages or for any action or inaction of Twitter, Inc., including but not limited to any action or inaction that affects the administration or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes.  The use of automated software or computer programs to participate in the Sweepstakes is prohibited and any individual who uses, attempts to use or Sponsor suspects (in its sole discretion) of using such methods to participate will be disqualified. Sponsor disclaims any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with, this Sweepstakes, and reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend this Sweepstakes at any time for any reason, including but not limited to any virus, bug, technical failure, unauthorized human intervention or other cause beyond Sponsor’s control that affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes. In the event of any such cancellation, termination or suspension, a notice will be posted and a random drawing will be held from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to such time.  Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant (and all of his/her Sweepstakes entries) from this Sweepstakes or any other promotion conducted now or in the future by Sponsor or any of its affiliates if he/she tampers with the entry process or if his/her fraud or misconduct affects the integrity of the Sweepstakes.  Sponsors reserve the right to correct clerical or typographical errors in promotional materials. By participating in this Sweepstakes, each entrant accepts the conditions stated in these Official Rules, agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Judge/Administrator and warrants that he/she is eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes. By accepting prize, winner agrees to release Sponsor, Twitter, Inc. and their respective directors, employees, officers and agents, including without limitation, their advertising and promotion agencies, from any and all liability, loss or damages arising from or in connection with the awarding, receipt and/or use or misuse of prize or participation in any prize-related activity. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY  INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS.  SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

7.	WINNERS LIST: To obtain list of prize winners, send an email to dove.giveaway@gmail.com. The list of prize winners will be available on or about February 1, 2010. Requests must be received by January 31, 2011. 

8.	JUDGE/ADMINISTRATOR: Brand Building Communications, 156 Fifth Avenue, Penthouse 1, New York, NY 10010 

9.	SPONSOR: Mars Chocolate North America, LLC, 800 High Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840.

10.	QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SWEEPSTAKES? Send an email to dove.giveaway@gmail.com.


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