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BEE THE PARTY STARTER SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULESNO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 9 AND 14 AT TIME OF ENTRY. VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. TO ENTER: GET YOUR PARENT’S PERMISSION BEFORE ENTERING. Entries that are illegible, incomplete, sent overnight delivery or via telefax, printed by machine or otherwise mechanically reproduced will not be accepted. Sponsors are not responsible for entries that may be lost, delayed, mutilated and misdirected, or for typographical errors in the rules. MTV Networks (the “Sponsors”), The Promotional Edge (the “Sweepstakes Administrator”) will not acknowledge or verify receipt of entries except as indicated herein. Sponsors and Sweepstakes Administrator shall collectively be referred to herein as “Sweepstakes Entities”. Use of a profane username or the submission of false or misleading personal information by an entrant will be grounds for disqualification. Sweepstakes Entities retain sole discretion to determine whether entry information is profane, false, or misleading. All entries submitted become the sole property of Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned. SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 a.m. (Eastern Time [“ET”]) on March 6, 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on April 2, 2008. ELIGIBILITY: To enter the Sweepstakes you must be (i) a legal resident of the 50 United States or DC, (ii) between the ages of 9 and 14 at the time of entry, and (iii) be physically located in the U.S. at the time of entry. The Sweepstakes and any web site pages and advertisements relating thereto are intended for viewing only within the United States. Employees, officers and directors of Sweepstakes Entities and their immediate families (parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they live), and members of their households (whether related or not), and those winners who have won a grand prize in any Nickelodeon sweepstakes/promotion in the twelve (12) months prior to the start of the Sweepstakes Period, are ineligible to participate in this Sweepstakes. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRIES: DRAWING AND NOTIFICATION: The Sweepstakes Administrator, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects, will select potential prize winners (each a “Potential Prize Winner”) by conducting a random drawing on or about April 4, 2008. Odds of winning a prize depends on the total number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. Potential Prize Winners will be notified by email at Sweepstakes Administrator’s discretion within twenty four (24) hours of being selected. If a Potential Prize Winner cannot be contacted within twenty-four hours from the first notification attempt, then such person will be disqualified and another Potential Prize Winner will be selected from the remaining eligible entries received. First Prize (25): Each first prize winner will receive a Bee Movie Gift Pack, which includes: (i) a Bee Book, (ii) a Remote Control Flying Bee, and (iii) a Talking Barry Bee. Total Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of the all 1st Place Prizes: $1,724.00 Total ARV of all prizing: $4,724.00 GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS/RESTRICTIONS: No transfer, substitution, or cash equivalent for the Prizes is allowed except at Sweepstakes Entities’ sole discretion. Sweepstakes Entities reserve the right in their sole and absolute discretion, to substitute a prize or prize component with a prize of equal or greater value if a prize component cannot be awarded as described for any reason. RELEASES/TAXES: Before a Potential Prize Winner will be deemed an Official Prize Winner, he/she and his/her parent or legal guardian will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release and a Publicity Release (except where prohibited) (the “Affidavit/Release”) within three business days of Sponsor sending documents to Potential Winner. Except where prohibited by law, the Winner’s entry and acceptance of a Prize constitutes Winner’s and his/her parent’s permission for the Sweepstakes Entities and those acting under their authority to use the Winner’s name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice, and address (city and state only) on a worldwide basis, and in all forms of media, in perpetuity and for advertising or promotional purposes without review or further compensation to the winner. The Affidavit/Release must be returned by the deadline stated in such documents. If the documents are not returned within that time, or Winner is found to be ineligible, or does not comply with the Official Rules, then the Potential Prize Winner will be disqualified. A prize or prize notification being returned as undeliverable will result in disqualification of such Potential Winner. All federal, state or other tax liabilities (including income taxes) arising from the Prize contained in this Sweepstakes will be solely the responsibility of the Official Winner’s parent or legal guardian. SWEEPSTAKES CONDITIONS: This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. By participating, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sweepstakes Entities on all matters relating to this promotion and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes or these Official Rules. By participating, entrants agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Sweepstakes Entities, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents from and against any claims, damages or liability due to any injuries, theft, damages or losses to any person (including death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from a) acceptance, receipt, possession, misuse or use of any prize element contained in the Prizes or participation in any Sweepstakes-related activity or participation in this Sweepstakes, b) any malfunction of the entry website, c) any error in the collection or retention of entry information, or d) any typographical or other error in the printing, offering or announcement of any prize. Winner assumes all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participating in this Sweepstakes or use or redemption of any prize. In the event a Potential Prize Winner or Winner is disqualified for any reason under the provisions of these Official Rules, such winner and all rights to any prize will be forfeited in its entirety. A random drawing will be conducted in order to select an alternate Potential Prize Winner. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible for (i) lost, late, stolen, misdirected, damaged, incomplete or garbled entries, (ii) any problems or technical malfunctions, human error, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of entrants on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website or any combination thereof, including injury or damage to participants or to any other person’s computer(s) related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials contained in this Sweepstakes, (iii) communication disruption or other forces beyond their reasonable control, including inability to access any website, submit an entry or other disruption related to internet traffic, virus, bug or any unauthorized intervention whether or not caused by any action(s), regulation(s), order(s), or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity(ies), equipment failure, including overloading of the Website due to excessive use, threatened terrorist act(s), terrorist act(s), air raid(s), blackout(s), act(s) of public enemy, earthquake(s), war(s) (declared or undeclared), fire(s), flood(s), epidemic(s), explosion(s), unusually severe weather, hurricane(s), embargo(s), labor dispute(s) or strike(s) (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage(s), transportation interruption(s) of any kind, work slow-down(s), civil disturbance(s), insurrection(s), riot(s), or any other similar or dissimilar cause(s) beyond Sweepstakes Entities’ sole and reasonable control, (iv) injury or damage to persons or property caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part from any entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use of any portion of the Prize or by computer virus or otherwise resulting to any computers from entrant’s access to the Sweepstakes website or entry into the Sweepstakes, (v) printing or other errors appearing in the rules or other Sweepstakes materials. If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause beyond the control of the Sweepstakes Entities which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sweepstakes Entities reserve the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the online portion of the Sweepstakes is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, or other technical problem, the Sweepstakes Entities may, in their sole discretion, either: (a) suspend the Sweepstakes to address the impairment and then resume the Sweepstakes in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules; or (b) cancel the Sweepstakes and award the prize from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment If the Winner becomes disabled or cannot otherwise fully enjoy the Prize package due to illness, Sweepstakes Entities shall have the option of: (1) being relieved of liability for fulfillment of the Prize award; or (2) at Sweepstakes Entities’ sole discretion extending the period during which such prize may be awarded for a period equal to the duration of the Winner's disability or illness, in which case certain prize components may not be available. The Winner must prove such disability by a doctor's certificate. Sweepstakes Entities’ failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Entrants further agree that in any cause of action, the Sweepstakes Entities' liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Sweepstakes, and in no event shall the Sweepstakes Entities be liable for attorneys' fees and/or experts' fees and costs. Entrants waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. The Sweepstakes Entities reserve the right to disqualify any entrant that the Sweepstakes Entities determine, in their sole discretion, has threatened the operation of this Sweepstakes or violated these Official Rules. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. USE OF INFORMATION: By entering the Sweepstakes you agree that your entry and any other personally identifiable information collected or used in connection with the Sweepstakes may be used by the Sweepstakes Entities in accordance with its Privacy Policy, as posted on www.nick.com, and any “opt-in” language contained on the Sweepstakes entry web page, if any. RULES/WINNERS LIST: To receive the name of the Winner or an additional copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: “Bee The Party Starter Sweepstakes”, c/o PMI Station, P.O. Box 750, Southbury, CT 06488-0750. Please specify “Rules” or “Winner List”. All requests must be received by May 16, 2008. Vermont residents may omit return postage. You may also view the rules by visiting www.beemovieparty.com during the Sweepstakes Period. SPONSOR/PROMOTER(S): MTV Networks, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. SWEEPSTAKES ADMINISTRATOR: The Promotional Edge, 8912 W. Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. “BEE THE PARTY STARTER” SWEEPSTAKES I. GRAND PRIZE (1) Bee Movie DVD party for Grand Prize Winner and 10 of friends to include: (i) Bee-themed decorations, (ii) Bee-themed snacks and food, (iii) 11 copies of Bee Movie DVD, and (iv) 1 47” Toshiba TV. Total Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of the Grand Prize: $3,000.00
III. FIRST PRIZE (25): Each winner will receive a Bee Movie Gift Pack to include: (i) a Bee Book, (ii) a Remote Control Flying Bee, and (iii) a Talking Barry Bee.
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