“WIN YOUR SUMMER” Contest

The “WIN YOUR SUMMER” Contest (hereinafter the “Contest”) is organized by the Société des alcools du Québec (hereinafter the “Organizer”). The Contest starts on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 12:01 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday, August 3, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. (ET) (hereinafter the “Contest Period”).

2. ELIGIBILITY

- Be 18 years of age or older at the time of entry;

- Have completed the participation form with all the required information;

- Be an active SAQ Inspire member or have registered as a member of the SAQ Inspire program;

- Live in the province of Quebec;

- The Contest is not open to the employees, representatives or agents of the Organizers, Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (RACJ), its advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of prizes relating to the Contest, members of their immediate families (brothers, sisters, children, father, mother), legal or de facto spouse and any persons with whom they are domiciled.

3. HOWTOENTER

Target Group Members who meet the eligibility criteria may enter the Contest free of charge as follows:

3.1 From 12:01 a.m. (ET) on May 12, 2025, until the end of the Contest (“Contest Period”), Target Group Members who receive the email promoting the Contest will be asked to click on the Contest visual to automatically obtain one (1) Entry (hereinafter the “Entry”) for the Grand Prize draw

3.2 Limits. Entrants must comply with the following limits or risk being disqualified:

a) One (1) Entry per person, regardless of the number of email addresses that person might have, during the entire Contest Period;

b) One (1) Entry per person for the prize draw during the Contest Period.

3.3 No purchase required. Individuals who sign up for the Program and the Contest may, after having obtained one (1) Entry for the draw, unsubscribe from the Program without affecting their Contest Entry. However, they will not be able to reactivate their account with the Program, either during or after the Contest.

4. GRANDPRIZE
FRANCOS DE MONTRÉAL
Ten (10) winners of an evening at MTELUS for the show on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. as part of the Francos de Montréal, including one (1) pair of tickets for the show, C$100 in coupons for Le Bistro SAQ, one (1) night at the Monville Hotel on June 21, 2025, C$50 in a prepaid credit card to cover transportation costs not included in this prize and 50,000 SAQ Inspire points. All prizes are courtesy of La Société des Alcools du Québec, hereinafter the “Supplier.” The Prize has an approximate value of C$6,450 (C$645 per winner).

The prize includes:

- One (1) pair of tickets for the show Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. as part of the Francos de Montréal, at MTELUS, located at 59, rue Sainte-Catherine Est, Montréal, QC, H2X 1K5;

- C$100 in coupons for Le Bistro SAQ, located on Place des Festivals, in the Quartier des Spectacles;

- One (1) night’s accommodation in double occupancy on June 21, 2025, at the Monville Hotel, located at 1041, rue de Bleury, Montréal, QC, H2Z 1N1, including: Breakfast; Parking;

- C$50 in a prepaid credit card to cover transportation costs not included in this prize;

- 50,000 bonus points from the SAQ Inspire Program, with a total value of C$50.

FESTIVOIX

Five (5) winners of an evening at the FestiVoix in Trois-Rivières on Friday, July 4, 2025, including one (1) pair of VIP tickets for the evening of Friday, July 4, 2025, four (4) coupons for Le Bistro SAQ, one (1) night at the Oui GO! hotel, C$120 in a prepaid credit card to cover food and transportation costs not included in this prize, and 50,000 SAQ Inspire points. All prizes are courtesy of La Société des Alcools du Québec, hereinafter the “Supplier.” The Prize has an approximate value of C$3,750 (C$750 per winner).

The prize includes:

- One (1) pair of VIP tickets for the evening of Friday, July 4, 2025, at the FestiVoix in Trois-Rivières, located at 800, rue du Fleuve C., Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5L2;

- Four (4) coupons for drinks at Le Bistro SAQ, located directly on the festival site;

- One (1) night on Friday, July 4, 2025, in double occupancy in a standard room at the Oui GO! Hotel, located at 1413, rue Notre-Dame Centre, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 4X1, including: Breakfast; Parking;

- C$120 in a prepaid credit card to cover transportation costs not included in this prize;

- 50,000 bonus points from the SAQ Inspire Program, with a total value of C$50.

FESTIVAL D’ÉTÉ DE QUÉBEC

Ten (10) winners of an evening at the Québec City Festival d’été de Québec on Saturday, July 5, 2025, including two (2) Privilege Zone Passes for the evening of Saturday, July 5, 2025, four (4) coupons for Le Bistro SAQ, one (1) night at the Le Concorde hotel, C$150 in a prepaid credit card to cover food and transportation costs not included in this prize, and 50,000 SAQ Inspire points. All prizes are courtesy of La Société des Alcools du Québec, hereinafter the “Supplier.” The Prize has an approximate value of C$9,750 (C$975 per winner).

The prize includes:

- Two (2) Privilege Zone Passes for the evening of Saturday, July 5, 2025, at the Festival d’été de Québec with VIP access to the Bell Stage on the plaines D’Abraham;

- Four (4) coupons for drinks at the Le Bistro SAQ, located directly in the Cœur, at Place de L’Assemblée-Nationale;

- One (1) night on July 5, 2025, in double occupancy in a standard room, at the hotel Le Concorde, located at 1225, Cr du Général de Montcalm, Québec, QC, G1R 4W6 including: Parking;

- C$150 in a prepaid credit card to cover food and transportation costs not included in this prize;

- 50,000 bonus points from the SAQ Inspire Program, with a total value of C$50.

LE FESTIF ! DE BAIE-SAINT-PAUL

One (1) winner of two (2) La Totale Passeports for Le Festif! in Baie-Saint-Paul, six (6) coupons for Le Bistro SAQ, two (2) nights at La Maison Otis on July 18 and 19, 2025, C$300 in prepaid credit card to cover food and transportation costs not included in this prize, and 50,000 SAQ Inspire points. All prizes are courtesy of La Société des Alcools du Québec, hereinafter the “Supplier.” The Prize has an approximate value of C$1,650.

The prize includes:

- Two (2) La Totale Passeports for the weekend of July 18 and 19, 2025, for Le Festif! de Baie-Saint-Paul located at 11, Pl. de l’Église Baie-Saint-Paul, QC, G3Z 1S9;

- Six (6) coupons for drinks at Le Bistro SAQ, located directly on the festival site;

- Two (2) nights, on July 18 and 19, 2025, in double occupancy at La Maison Otis, located at 23, rue St-Jean-Baptiste, Baie-Saint-Paul, QC, G3Z 1M2;

- C$300 in a prepaid credit card to cover food and transportation costs not included in this prize;

- 50,000 bonus points from the SAQ Inspire Program, with a total value of C$50.

PIKNIC ÉLECTRONIK

Ten (10) winners of an evening at Piknic Électronik on Friday, September 12, 2025, at Parc Jean-Drapeau, including one (1) pair of Piknic Terrasse tickets for the evening of September 12, 2025, four (4) coupons for Le Bistro SAQ, C$400 in prepaid credit card to cover the costs of meals, accommodation, and transportation not included in this prize, and 50,000 SAQ Inspire points. All prizes are courtesy of La Société des Alcools du Québec, hereinafter the “Supplier.” The Prize has an approximate value of C$6,000 (C$600 per winner).

The prize includes:

- One (1) pair of Piknic Terrasse tickets for the evening of Friday, September 12, 2025, at Piknic Électronik at Parc Jean-Drapeau, located at Jardin Le Petit Prince-Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal;

- Four (4) coupons for drinks at Le Bistro SAQ located directly on the festival site;

- C$400 in a prepaid credit card to cover food, accommodation and transportation costs not included in this prize;

- 50,000 bonus points from the SAQ Inspire Program, with a total value of C$50.

The Prize does not include:

- The cost of additional meals, drinks and excess gratuities, room service, mini bar charges, video game and movie rentals, and taxes and service charges for drinks and activities other than those included in the prize description.

- Travel expenses other than those mentioned in the prize description.

- Any other costs not included in the list of items.

- Any items other than those mentioned in the prize description.

Conditions applicable to the prize:

The prize is not redeemable, in whole or in part, for cash, and the winner must accept it as awarded. Anyone who wishes to participate in the contest must, prior to registering, review the details of the prize and ensure that their physical condition and state of health allow them to participate in the trip and associated activities.

FRANCOS DE MONTRÉAL : The event can only take place on Saturday, June 21, 2025. Tickets, coupons, and a prepaid credit card will be available directly at the accommodation. The winner will receive an email from LaSociété desAlcools du Québec, hereinafter the “Supplier,” to confirm the location and time they must attend.

FESTIVOIX: The event can only take place on Friday, July 4, 2025. Tickets, coupons, and a prepaid credit card will be available directly at the accommodation. The winner will receive an email from LaSociété desAlcools du Québec, hereinafter the “Supplier,” to confirm the event.

FESTIVAL D’ÉTÉ DE QUÉBEC : The event can only take place on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Passes, coupons, and a prepaid credit card will be available directly at the accommodation. The winner will receive an email from LaSociété desAlcools du Québec, hereinafter the “Supplier,” to confirm the event.

LE FESTIF ! DE BAIE-SAINT-PAUL : Passeports are valid only for the weekend of July 18 and 19, 2025. Passeports, coupons, and the prepaid credit card will be available directly at the accommodation. The winner will receive an email from LaSociété desAlcools du Québec, hereinafter the “Supplier,” to confirm the offer.

PIKNIC ÉLECTRONIK: The event can only take place on Friday, September 12, 2025. Tickets, coupons, and a prepaid credit card will be available directly from customer service at the event. The winner will receive an email from La Société des Alcools du Québec, hereinafter the “Supplier,” to confirm everything.

- The winner must present a photo ID upon arrival at the event venues.

- The winner must provide a credit card upon arrival at the hotel, and any lodging charges not included in the prize will be billed to the credit card. The winner will be responsible for any damage to the accommodations.

- SAQ Inspire points will be awarded directly to the winning person’s account.

- They cannot be divided, transferred, shared or credited to another account or to be a second cardholder on a same account.

- They cannot be used to purchase a SAQ gift cards.

- The points must be exchanged in conformity with the Terms and Conditions of the Inspire program, found at https://www.saq.com/en/saqinspire/conditions-inspire (Program Terms and Conditions).

- The prize may be subject to change as a result of public health guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic or any other emergency situation beyond the control of the event or the Organizer.

- The prize may be affected by the health measures in place and the establishment’s rules regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. You may be required to provide proper proof of vaccination during your stay. If such proof cannot be provided, the establishment reserves the right to refuse access, without compensation.

- The winner and their guest must be aged 18 or over at the time of the Contest and must sign the declaration and release form (the “Release” form) in accordance with Subsection 7.1 of the present rules and must attest that they meet the Contest eligibility criteria in order to attend the event.

- The Organizer is in no way responsible for the behaviour of the participants in the event of an accident, damages, injuries, legal issues, loss or theft.

- Should participants be travelling by car to and from the event, they must drink in moderation and obey all laws, and more particularly the Highway Safety Code.

5. DRAW

5.1 A random draw for each festival will be held, at 2:00 p.m. (ET), by two (2) SAQ employees via TEAMS on the dates mentioned in this regulation. During the draw, ten (10) eligible entries will be selected for Francos de Montréal, five (5) eligible entries will be selected for the FestiVoix de Trois-Rivières, ten (10) eligible entries will be selected for Festival d’Été de Québec, one (1) eligible entry will be selected for Le Festif! de Baie- Saint-Paul and ten (10) eligible entries will be selected for Piknic Électronik from among all registered eligible entries.

Drawing dates:

Francos de Montréal: Tursday, May 27, 2025
FestiVoix de Trois-Rivières: Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Festival d’été de Québec: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Le Festif ! de Baie-Saint-Paul: Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Piknic Électronik: Tuesday, August 5, 2025

5.2 The winner will be contacted personally by the Organizer or its partners.

5.3 The odds of being selected for the prize depend on the number of valid entries received during the Contest Period.

6. AWARDING OF PRIZES

6.1 To be declared a winner, chosen entrants must:

a) Be reached by telephone or email by the Organizer or its partners within five (5) business days of the draw. Should a chosen entrant be reached by email, he or she must answer in compliance with the provided instructions, when applicable. Should an email be returned with a “cannot be delivered” notice, the Contest Organizer may, at its sole discretion, cancel the Entry or try to reach the entrant by telephone.

b) Correctly answer a mathematical skill—testing question on the Release form sent by the Organizer.

c) Duly complete and sign the Release form, be already be member or have registered for the SAQ Inspire Program (before returning the release form) and return it to the Organizer by email or fax within two (2) business days of its receipt. Upon receipt of the duly completed and signed Release form, the Organizer or its partners will contact the winner directly to coordinate the awarding and collection of the prize.

d) Produce photo identification on request and in a timely fashion.

7. GENERALCONDITIONS

7.1 All Entries and Release forms are subject to verification by the Organizer. The use of any automated Entry software or devices is strictly prohibited. Entries that are multiple, incomplete, illegible, fraudulent, damaged, sent late, contain an invalid email address or telephone number, have an incorrect answer to the mathematical skill—testing question or are otherwise non-compliant with the present Rules and Regulations will be rejected and will disqualify the entrant from a prize. In the event that such an Entry is selected, or if the Organizer or its agents are unable, using all reasonable measures, to reach a person whose name is chosen in a random draw within the two (2) business days following the first call, or the first e-mail, or if a chosen entrant fails to return the Release form within the prescribed time or refuses the prize, that person will be disqualified and the Organizer will proceed to select another Entry until a winner is identified or may, at its sole discretion, cancel the prize.

7.2 The Organizer and its Contest partners expressly reject all responsibility and/or obligation with regard to injury, damage or loss whatsoever to property or individuals resulting from the acceptance and/or use of the prize. By entering the Contest, entrants accept that: (1) to the extent permitted by law, the entrant knowingly and intentionally waives legal recourse for damages/interest, be they punitive, direct, indirect, exemplary, consequential or individual, any loss of profits, and any right to having said damages multiplied or increased; and (2) any litigation, claim or other action resulting from this Contest or any prize will be settled individually and without recourse to any form of class action suit.

7.3 Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred to another party, substituted for another prize or redeemed for cash, with the exception of the following: In the event that, for any valid reason beyond their control and unrelated to the winner, the Organizer or its partners are unable to award the prize as described in the present rules, they reserve the right to substitute it for another prize of equal nature and value or, at their sole discretion, the value or part of the cash value of the prize or in the form of a gift card.

7.4 Any entrant selected to receive a prize acknowledges that from the time the prize is awarded, the obligations relating to the prize become the responsibility of the suppliers of products and services pertaining to that prize. The Organizer takes no responsibility for problems or incidents that could occur after the prize has been awarded.

7.5 The Organizer in no way guarantees uninterrupted access to the Contest website during the Contest Period, or that it will be free of errors.

7.6 The Organizer assumes no responsibility for any malfunction of the Contest website, of any computer component, software, network, or any means of communication related to the loss or absence of network communications, or for any faulty, incomplete, incomprehensible or deleted transmission by any computer or network, and which could limit the possibility of or prevent an individual from entering the Contest.

7.7 The Organizer further rejects all liability for any damage or loss that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the downloading of any software, the use of devices and/or cellular data or forms from the Contest site or by the transmission of any data relating to the Contest.

7.8 By entering the Contest or attempting to do so, all entrants release the Organizer, its advertising and promotional agencies, providers of material, services and prizes, as well as their respective affiliated companies, administrators, directors, owners, associates, employees, agents, representatives, heirs and legal representatives from all responsibility and damage of any kind that might occur by entering or attempting to enter the Contest and/or the acceptance and use of the prize. The winners acknowledge, upon receipt of the prize, that the fulfilment of prize-related obligations becomes the full and sole responsibility of the various product and service providers and the only warranty applicable to the prize is the usual manufacturer’s warranty, when applicable.

7.9 By entering the Contest, winning entrants authorize the Organizer or its partners to use, if required, their name, photograph, image, place of residence, voice and/or statements regarding their prize for advertising purposes, without any expectation of compensation whatsoever.

7.10 By entering the Contest, all winners authorize, if required, the Organizer to release their personal information to its partners for the purposes of Contest operation, which includes the awarding of prizes, if need be.

7.11 The Contest is subject to all federal, provincial, and municipal laws.

7.12 The Contest is open only to residents of Québec.

7.13 The Organizer reserves the right to disqualify a person or cancel the Entry of anyone who enters or attempts to enter the Contest using a method that does not comply with these rules or is unfair to other entrants (e.g. more than the maximum permitted entries or under false identity). Such persons may be turned in to the appropriate legal authorities.

7.14 Any attempt to sabotage the legitimate conduct of the Contest constitutes a violation of civil and criminal laws. Should such attempts be made, the Organizer reserves the right to reject the entrant’s entries and seek redress under the law.

7.15 In the event that the computer system is unable to register all Contest Entries during the Contest Period for any reason whatsoever, or if Contest Entry must be terminated in whole or in part before the date indicated in these rules, the draw(s) may be held, at the sole discretion of the Organizer, from all valid Entries received during the Contest Period or, if applicable, up to the date of the event that put an end to the Contest Entry process.

7.16 In no case will the Contest Organizer be obliged to award more prizes or award prizes other than as specified in these rules.

7.17 Personal information collected on entrants for this Contest will only be used solely for the administration of this Contest, in particular to confirm their eligibility or to communicate with the winners. No communication, advertising or any other type of message unrelated to the Contest will be sent to entrants unless they have otherwise given consent.

7.18 All Entries and Release forms are the property of the Organizer and will in no case be returned to entrants.

7.19 If a section of these rules is declared or deemed illegal, unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that section will be considered null and void, but all other sections that are not affected will be enforced to the extent permitted by law.

7.20 In the case of an inconsistency between the English and the French versions of these rules, the French version will prevail.

7.21 For the purposes of these rules, the entrant is the person whose name appears on the member’s Program account, and that person will receive the prize if chosen from the draw and declared a winner.

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