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OVAL Office Contest Rules (“Promotion”) Official Rules and Regulations

1. SCHEDULE: Contest begins at 12:01 am Eastern Standard Time (EST), September 1, 2008 and ends at 11:59 pm EST, October 25, 2008.

2. ELIGIBILITY: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM PRIZE. Must be a legal U.S. resident 21 years of age or older at the time of entry to participate. Employees of OVAL USA, LLC, (“Sponsor”),  Brand Action Team Marketing Services, LLC, (“Administrator”), and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, wholesalers, retailers, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate family members (spouse, parents, children and siblings and their respective spouses) and/or those living in the same households of each, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. Void in California, Utah and/or where taxed, restricted or prohibited by law. Participation constitutes entrants’ full and unconditional agreement with these Official Rules and with Administrator’s, Sponsor’s and judges decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

3. HOW TO ENTER: Drink Recipes must be submitted on our official entry form, which may be found online at www.ovalvodka.com. Recipes/Entries will only be accepted between September 1, 2008 and October 25, 2008, and winners will be selected on or about November 1, 2008. Entrants may submit as many entries as they wish, but each entry must be submitted separately and no entrant may enter more than one time in any twenty-four hour period. Entries submitted by the same entrant within twenty-four hours of each other will be discarded and disqualified. All fields in entry form must be completed (except for the photo). Any form received that is not properly or completely filled in will be automatically disqualified and removed from the Promotion. Recipe must be original (an original is the product of one’s own mind and is not a copy or imitation and must have been created solely by the entrant). Names and content of recipes submitted must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image as a world-class, socially responsible company and may not be, depict or suggest any product usage that is inappropriate, irresponsible, illegal, dangerous or offensive, nor defame or invade the privacy or publicity rights of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property rights or any other third party rights. Sponsor reserves the right to make such determinations in its sole and absolute discretion, and disqualify any affected entries. Entries must use OVAL as a component, and contain a total alcohol concentration of no more than the equivalent of 2.0 oz. 84 proof distilled spirits per serving.

4. OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES: All entries become the property of Sponsor, and none shall be returned. For the avoidance of doubt, submission of an entry constitutes the entrant’s consent to irrevocably assign and transfer to the Sponsor all right, title and interest in and to the entry and Recipe, including, without limitation, all copyrights and/or other intellectual property rights therein. Entrant agrees that Sponsor and its designees may exploit, edit, modify, and distribute the entry, and all elements of such entry, including, without limitation, the Recipe, as well as the names and likenesses of any persons or locations embodied therein, in any and all media now known or not currently known, throughout the world in perpetuity without compensation, permission or notification to entrant or any third party.

5. WINNERS: Recipes will be evaluated by a panel of three (3) judges selected by Sponsor or Sponsor’s designee based on originality and taste. The judges' decisions shall be and are final and binding in all respects. Winners will be selected on or about November 1, 2008. By participating, all entrants agree to abide by these rules and the decision of the judges.

6. PRIZES: There will be three winners and a total of three prizes awarded. Grand Prize; Winner will receive a $500 Gift Certificate and  be featured in a Press Release, including winner’s name and likeness, which will be submitted to such beverage alcohol publications as may be determined or selected by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion for possible publishing. Additionally, winners name will be featured along with their winning recipe in an upcoming cocktail recipe booklet to be distributed by Sponsor. Grand Prize, First Prize and Second Prize winners’ names and recipes will appear on the Promotion’s webpage for ninety (90) days, or for such other time as Sponsor may choose in its sole and absolute discretion. Approximate retail value of all prizes is $500.00. No substitution or transfer of a prize by a winner is permitted.  Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. All federal, state and local taxes, if any, and all other costs or expenses associated with acceptance or use of the prizes not specified herein as being awarded are the sole responsibility of the winners. Prizes are only as detailed above and all details are at Sponsor’s discretion. Unless otherwise stated herein, there is a limit of one (1) prize per person or household for the entire Promotion.

7. GENERAL: All Prizes will be awarded. Potential winners will be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release within seven (7) days of date notice is sent or prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, illegible or postage due mail, and any prize notification returned to Sponsors as undeliverable, or affidavit and release never received by Sponsor shall result in a forfeiture and the awarding of the prize to an alternate winner. Entry and/or acceptance of prize constitutes permission for Sponsor and its designees to use each winner’s name, city, state, likenesses and/or recipe for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity without further compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.

8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: By entering, entrants assume all liability for any injury or damages, whether to persons or property, caused or claimed to be caused by his or her participation in this Promotion and/or the acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize, and further release and agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, prize suppliers, advertising and promotions agencies, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any such costs, damages, expenses, claims, suits, actions, causes of action or liability of any kind. Released Parties assume no responsibility for any injury or damage to participants’ or to any other persons’ computer, relating to or resulting from entering or downloading materials or software in connection with this Promotion.  Released Parties are not responsible for late, lost, stolen, garbled, incomplete, delayed, misdirected, inaccurate or undelivered entries or votes; or for technical, hardware, software, or telephone malfunctions of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed electronic communications caused by the user or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Promotion; or for any other computer, network, technical, printing, typographical, human or other error, problem or malfunction relating to or in connection with the Promotion, including, without limitation, errors, problems or malfunctions which may occur in connection with the administration of the Promotion, the processing of entries or votes, the judging process, the announcement of the prizes or in any Promotion-related materials. If, in Sponsor’s and/or Administrator’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of tampering with any portion of the Promotion (or any portion thereof), or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Promotion (or any portion thereof), Sponsor reserves the right to void suspect entries and/or votes and/or terminate the Promotion (or any portion thereof). In the event the Promotion is terminated, Sponsor may, at its discretion, judge all eligible and non-suspect entries received as of the date of termination using the judging procedure outlined above. In the event a dispute arises as to identity of a potentially winning entrant, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. Authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses.

9. WINNERS LIST: For a list of winners (available after November 30, 2008), send a self-addressed, stamped, #10 envelope to: OVAL Office Contest Prize Winners, C/O Brand Action Team, 1 Darling Drive, Avon, CT 06001. Requests must be received by December 30, 2008.