Official Rules
“VICTORIA’S SECRET ANGEL CARD SWEEPSTAKES - MAY 2019”
SPONSORED BY VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES BRAND MANAGEMENT, INC.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN A PRIZE. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID OUTSIDE OF THE FIFTY UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. (NEW JERSEY NOTICE: THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS NOT VOID IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY). THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PUERTO RICO ONLY AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY U.S. LAW. DO NOT ENTER IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE AND LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OR PUERTO RICO AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. PLEASE READ THESE OFFICIAL RULES CAREFULLY AS THE OFFICIAL RULES REQUIRE THAT ENTRANT WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND THAT DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SWEEPSTAKES BE RESOLVED IN ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, RATHER THAN BY CLASS ACTIONS, AND LIMIT YOUR RIGHTS AND REMEDIES IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE.
1. Entry Period: The “Victoria’s Secret Angel Card Sweepstakes-May 2019” (“Sweepstakes”) commences at 12:01 AM ET on May 5, 2019 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on May 31, 2019 (“Sweepstakes Period”). The Sponsor’s time clock will be the official time keeping device for this Sweepstakes. All interpretations of these Official Rules and decisions made by Sponsor relating to the Sweepstakes are final.
2. Eligibility: The Sweepstakes is open to persons legally and physically residing in one of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico who are at least the age of majority in their state of residence at time of entry: 18 years of age in most states, 19 in Alabama and Nebraska, 21 in Mississippi and Puerto Rico. Employees (including Sales Associates), agents, directors of Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc. (“Sponsor”), and The Marketing Arm Inc. (“Administrator”) and Comenity Bank, and their respective parent companies, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, partners, dealers, manufacturers, distributors, contractors, suppliers, sponsors, advertising agencies, promotion and administration agencies and any entity which is involved in any aspect of the creation, production, operation, execution or fulfillment of the Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes Entities”), and their immediate families (i.e., parents, spouse, siblings, children, grandparents, step parents, step children and step siblings, and their respective spouses, and those living in the same household, whether or not related) are not eligible to enter Sweepstakes.
By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants: (a) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the interpretations of these Official Rules by Sponsor and by the decisions of Sponsor; (b) acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules; (c) represent and warrant that he or she meets all the eligibility criteria set forth in these Official Rules; (d) agree to comply with any and all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations; and (e) agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sweepstakes Entities from and against any and all liability arising out of or relating in any way to entrant’s participation in Sweepstakes and to release all rights to bring any claim, action or proceeding against Sweepstakes Entities. This includes, but is not limited to, any and all claims, demands, damages and causes of action for personal injuries or death and/or damage to personal or real property, theft, loss or any other harm, suffered directly or indirectly from entrant’s participation in Sweepstakes or the receipt or acceptance, redemption, possession, use or misuse of the Prizes (hereinafter defined), and for any claim including claims based on defamation, publicity rights, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, or any other intellectual property related or other cause of action. IN NEW JERSEY, THIS RELEASE DOES NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY DUE TO INTENTIONAL OR RECKLESS CONDUCT, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR VIOLATION OF A STATUTORILY IMPOSED DUTY ON THE PART OF THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES.
3. To Enter: There are two (2) methods of entry.
To Enter by Making a Purchase in Store or Online (Limited to Angel Credit Card Cardholders Only): To enter via this entry method you must be a Victoria’s Secret Angel Credit Card (“Angel Card”) cardholder in good standing. For purposes of these Official Rules, good standing means (i) entrant’s Angel Card account is open to new charges and not over his/her credit limit; (ii) entrant’s Angel Card account is not more than sixty (60) days past due or otherwise in default; (iii) entrant’s Angel Card account is not flagged as lost, stolen or fraudulent according to the Comenity Bank’s records; (iv) entrant’s Angel Card account is not in a hardship or workout program; and (v) entrant is not subject to a credit counseling arrangement relating to his/her Angel Card account.
Each time you make a purchase at a Victoria’s Secret store or online at www.victoriassecret.com, during the Sweepstakes Period and use your Angel Card (subject to the per day limits specified below), you will automatically receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. However, during the time period of 12:001AM ET on May 5, 2019 through 11:59 PM on May 11, 2019, entrant will be granted five (5) entries for that same purchase. No minimum purchase is required. In order for an online purchase to be eligible for an entry into the Sweepstakes (whether made online directly by entrant or made online while entrant is in store), the ship date of the purchase indicated at time of purchase must be prior to the end of the Sweepstakes Period (11:59 PM ET on May 31, 2019). ANY PURCHASE BY AN ENTRANT OF AN ITEM THAT IS ESTIMATED TO SHIP AFTER THE END OF THE SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD, WHETHER BACKORDERED OR NOT, WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY. Please make note that the ship date indicated online at time of purchase may change. In the event the purchased item ships later than the ship date indicated at time of purchase and after the Sweepstakes Period, the purchase will not be eligible for a Sweepstakes entry.
Only purchases made with an Angel Card in good standing, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, at time of entry are eligible for automatic entry. Entries from unauthorized card use or made with a lost, stolen or fraudulent Angel Card are void. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same Angel Credit Card account and all entries made in connection with an Angel Credit Card account will be deemed entries made by the primary person named on the Angel Credit Card account.
To Enter via Email Without Making a Purchase (Cardholders and non- Cardholders): No purchase necessary to enter via this method. In order to enter via this method, entrants must send an email to angelcardsweeps@themarketingarm.com, that includes “Angel Card Sweeps” as the subject line and includes their full name, phone number, and email address in the body of the email to receive one (1) entry into Sweepstakes (subject to the per day limits specified below). By sending this email, entrant agrees to the Official Rules.
Each entry must be emailed separately (more than one (1) entry may not be emailed in any one email). Each email entry will constitute one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes, however, all entries received during May 5, 2019 to May 11, 2019 will constitute five (5) entries into the Sweepstakes. No photocopied, computer generated facsimiles, mechanically reproduced, or mass entries are permitted. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, damaged or misdirected email entries. Email entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.
All information submitted by entrants is subject to and will be treated in a manner consistent with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy accessible at http://www.victoriasecret.com/privacy-and-security/. By participating in Sweepstakes, entrants hereby agree that Sponsor may collect and use their personal information in compliance with its Privacy Policy and acknowledge that they have read and accepted the Sponsor Privacy Policy.
There is a limit of one (1) entry per person per each day of the Sweepstakes Period, regardless of method of entry. A “day” is defined as the twenty-four (24) hours between 12:00 AM and 11:59 PM on the same day with the exception of the first day of the Sweepstakes Period which shall begin at 12:01 AM and end at 11:59 PM of the same day. If it is suspected that an entrant submits more than one (1) entry per day, only one (1) entry will be considered for that day. Mass purchases or multiple purchases online and/or instore on the same day, by a person on a single day via the purchase method of entry will qualify for a total of one (1) entry for that day and mass emails by a person all dated on the same day via the email entry method will qualify for a total of one (1) entry for that day. However, during the time period of 12:00 AM ET on May 5, 2019 through 11:59 PM ET on May 11, 2019, when a person enters the Sweepstakes by either the purchase or email method of entry specified in Section 3 herein, they will receive five (5) entries for that day. There is a limit of one (1) Prize per person. It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify the Administrator in writing if the entrant changes his or her phone number or email address during the Sweepstakes Period. In the event of a dispute regarding ownership of a purchase entry, the account holder of record of the Angel Credit Card account used to obtain the entry will be deemed to be the entrant. Daily entry limit for email entries will be validated by receive date.
All entries submitted in compliance with these Official Rules and not disqualified are considered “Eligible Entries”. Entries will not be returned and Receipt of entry will not be acknowledged. Proof of entry will not be deemed to be proof of receipt of entry by Sponsor.
4. Odds: The odds of becoming a Sweepstakes Winner depend on the total number of Eligible Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.
5. Prizes: The Winners (hereinafter defined) will each receive one (1) $588 Victoria’s Secret gift card (subject to the terms and conditions of the gift card, with an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $588 for each Winner, the (“Prize” or “Prizes”). The total ARV of all of the Prizes is $29,400.
6. Publicity Release: By participating in Sweepstakes, each Winner grants to Sponsor, and its representatives, affiliates, licensees and assigns, the right and permission to record, film, videotape and photograph the Winner (“Images”). These Images will be owned by Sponsor. Sponsor and each of its designees shall have the right to use, re-use, reproduce, publish, display, exhibit, distribute, edit, adapt, post, stream, copy and exploit such Images, and all elements embodied therein, including any names, likenesses, address, voice, conversation, biographical and Prize information and any other attributes of Winner, individually or with others, in whole or in part, in conjunction with other material, if any, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, for the purpose of trade, advertising, publicity, promotion, or a Sweepstakes Winner List or any other lawful purpose whatsoever, in perpetuity, throughout the world, without additional compensation, consideration, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law.
8. Winner Selection and Notification: There will be fifty (50) Winners selected in a random drawing from among all of the Eligible Entries on or about June 14, 2019 by Sponsor’s independent judging agency, Administrator. Administrator will attempt to contact the potential Winners via the telephone number provided at time of email entry or the phone number associated with the Angel Credit Card account used for entry; by entering the Sweepstakes the entrant hereby grants permission to be contacted via telephone. Potential Winner contact will be attempted three (3) times over a consecutive two (2) day period; Monday – Friday only. No messages will be left on answering machines or voicemail systems. If a potential Winner cannot be reached directly and/or does not meet the eligibility requirements, the potential Winner will be disqualified and an alternate potential Winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all of the remaining Eligible Entries.
9. Winner Verification: To be eligible to be declared a Winner and to receive the Prize, the potential Winners must sign and return to Sponsor and/or Administrator, within three (3) days of issuance of such documentation from Administrator or Sponsor an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release that: (a) releases Sweepstakes Entities from any and all liability, loss, claims, demands, and causes of action for personal injuries or death and/or damage to personal or real property, theft, loss, or any other harm suffered directly or indirectly from potential Winner’s participation in Sweepstakes, including, but not limited to, traveling to, preparing for and/or participating in any Prize related activity, or the acceptance, possession, or use or misuse of any Prize (IN NEW JERSEY, THIS RELEASE DOES NOT APPLY TO LIABIITY DUE TO INTENTIONAL OR RECKLESS CONDUCT, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR VIOLATION OF A STATUTORILY IMPOSED DUTY ON THE PART OF THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES); and (b) except where prohibited by law, grants Sweepstakes Entities the right to use potential Winner’s name, picture and/or likeness, or biographical information or voice for trade, advertising and publicity purposes, in any media now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in perpetuity, without additional compensation or consideration or notification. Entry into Sweepstakes constitutes agreement to sign such release. If a potential Winner does not sign this release and return it within the time frame specified, the potential Winner may be disqualified and the Prize forfeited. When such documentation is properly executed and providing potential Winners are otherwise in compliance with the Official Rules, potential Winners will each be determined to be a Sweepstakes winner (“Winner” and collectively “Winners”).
Winners must also complete any additional legal documents provided by Administrator or Sponsor with respect to the Prizes and return them as instructed within the time frame specified or Winner may forfeit Prizes at Sponsor’s sole discretion. If a potential Winner is unable to participate in or accept the Prize or any portion of the Prize for any reason, Sponsor will have no further obligation to the potential Winner. Prize or Prize documents returned as undeliverable will result in forfeiture of Prize. Sponsor expressly reserves the right to delay the announcement of the Winners for any reason Sponsor deems necessary. In addition, Sponsor reserves the right to select an alternate Winner in the event that any potential Winner fails to comply with these Official Rules or fails to execute the documentation within the time frame specified.
By participating in Sweepstakes, Winners acknowledge that Sweepstakes Entities have not and will not obtain or provide insurance of any kind relating to the Prizes and that Winners will be responsible for obtaining and paying for any form of insurance relating to the Prizes that Winners deem appropriate.
10. Prize Terms: The dates for fulfillment of the Prizes will be on or about July 8, 2019, but subject to change in Sponsor’s sole discretion. If for any reason any Prize is unavailable or any Prize or related event is delayed, cancelled or postponed, or for any other reason, Sponsor reserves the right to modify the Sweepstakes in its sole discretion and award a substitute Prize, or portion of Prize, of comparable or greater value as set forth in these Official Rules. No substitution, transfer, assignment or cash equivalent of the Prize, or any portion thereof, is permitted by a Winner. Sweepstakes Entities shall have no responsibility or obligation to a Winner who is unable or unavailable to, or who does not for any reason, accept or utilize the Prize. All costs and expenses not specifically listed above as part of the Prize, including, without limitation, any equipment to be used in connection with the Prizes, are solely Winner’s responsibility. PRIZES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”. ENTRANTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES HAVE NEITHER MADE NOR ARE IN ANY MANNER RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, RELATIVE TO THE PRIZES AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Prizes pictured in online, television, print advertising, and other Sweepstakes materials are for illustrative purposes only. Arrangements for the fulfillment of the Prizes will be made by Administrator and/or Sponsor.
11. Taxes: All federal, state and local taxes, and any other costs and expenses associated with acceptance or use of Prize not specifically provided for in these Official Rules are solely the Winner’s responsibility.
12. General Terms: Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible if Sweepstakes cannot take place, or if any Prize cannot be awarded due to delays, interruptions or failures due to acts of God, war, natural disasters, weather, acts or threats of terrorism, strikes, lockouts, labor disputes, work stoppages, fire, acts of government, or other events outside of the reasonable control of Sweepstakes Entities. If, for any reason Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including, without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sweepstakes Entities, which, in Sponsor’s sole determination, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend Sweepstakes or any part of the Sweepstakes. If Sweepstakes or any part of the Sweepstakes is terminated or modified prior to the closing date of the Sweepstakes, notice will be posted on www.victoriassecret.com/angel-card if time permits and the Prizes will be awarded to Winners to be selected in a random drawing from among all of the remaining uncorrupted Eligible Entries received prior to any such event, or in any manner that is fair and equitable as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to modify and amend these Official Rules from time to time during Sweepstakes for clarification purposes. Failure by Sponsor to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
Sweepstakes Entities assume no responsibility for and will disqualify entries that are: stolen, late, lost, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, altered, tampered with, unauthorized, fraudulent, damaged, destroyed, delayed, misdirected, not received, postage due mail entries, or that have incorrect or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes, or by any human, mechanical or electronic error that may occur in the processing of the entries in Sweepstakes, or other errors appearing within the Official Rules or in any Sweepstakes related advertisements. Sweepstakes Entities assume no responsibility for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of Sweepstakes, errors in processing entries, identifying the Winners, in the announcement of the Prizes and Winners, and the delivery of the Prizes, any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, mobile phone, computer systems, online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any web site, or any combination thereof, including, without limitation, any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer system/software or mobile phone or other portable electronic device related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in Sweepstakes. Use of any device to automate or subvert entry is prohibited and any entries received by such means will be void. No software-generated, robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated entries are permitted and any entries received by such means will be void. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any person they suspect or find: (i) to have used a software generated, robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated entry; (ii) to have tampered with the entry process or the operation of Sweepstakes; (iii) to be acting in a disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person; (iv) to display behavior that will bring such Winner or Sweepstakes Entities into disgrace; (v) to have provided inaccurate information on any legal documents submitted in connection with Sweepstakes; or (vi) to be acting in violation of these Official Rules. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY A WINNER WILL RESULT IN SUCH WINNER’S DISQUALIFICATION AS A WINNER OF THE SWEEPSTAKES AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS A WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.
BINDING ARBITRATION: by agreeing to arbitration, entrant understands and agrees that they are waiving their right to sue in court. ENTRANT AGREES THAT: (I) ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SWEEPSTAKES, OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED, SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY -- WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION -- BY BINDING ARBITRATION (BY A SINGLE NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR SELECTED BY SPONSOR IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION) ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROCEDURES FOR CONSUMER RELATED DISPUTES (THE “AAA RULES”) THEN IN EFFECT; (II) ANY ARBITRATION SHALL BE HEARD BY ONE ARBITRATOR TO BE SELECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AAA RULES, IN COLUMBUS, OH; (III) UNLESS BOTH ENTRANT AND SPONSOR AGREE IN WRITING, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS, AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING; AND (IV) JUDGEMENT UPON ANY AWARD RENDERED MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION THEREOF.
ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR UNDERMINE THE CONTENT OR THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH ENTRANT, AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
13. Request for Names of Winners and Official Rules: All requests for a copy of the Official Rules and for the names of the Winners (first name and state) must be made by August 1, 2019. Vermont residents may omit return postage if requesting a set of Official Rules. For the names of the Winners and/or Official Rules: (i) send a self- addressed stamped envelope to: “Victoria’s Secret Angel Card Sweepstakes – May 2019”, #140 233 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ 07452; and (ii) write, as applicable, “Winners List” or “Official Rules” on the lower left-hand corner of the envelope.
14. Sponsored by: This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc., 4 Limited Parkway, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068.
15. Administered by: This Sweepstakes is administered by The Marketing Arm Inc., 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 3200, Dallas, TX 75201.
Comenity Bank issues Victoria’s Secret credit card accounts and is in no way affiliated with or responsible for this Sweepstakes. Any disputes concerning awards or benefits under the Sweepstakes will not affect any payments or other obligations to Comenity Bank.
“VICTORIA’S SECRET ANGEL CARD SWEEPSTAKES - MAY 2019”
SPONSORED BY VICTORIA’S SECRET STORES BRAND MANAGEMENT, INC.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN A PRIZE. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID OUTSIDE OF THE FIFTY UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. (NEW JERSEY NOTICE: THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS NOT VOID IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY). THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PUERTO RICO ONLY AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY U.S. LAW. DO NOT ENTER IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE AND LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OR PUERTO RICO AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. PLEASE READ THESE OFFICIAL RULES CAREFULLY AS THE OFFICIAL RULES REQUIRE THAT ENTRANT WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND THAT DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SWEEPSTAKES BE RESOLVED IN ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, RATHER THAN BY CLASS ACTIONS, AND LIMIT YOUR RIGHTS AND REMEDIES IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE.
1. Entry Period: The “Victoria’s Secret Angel Card Sweepstakes-May 2019” (“Sweepstakes”) commences at 12:01 AM ET on May 5, 2019 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on May 31, 2019 (“Sweepstakes Period”). The Sponsor’s time clock will be the official time keeping device for this Sweepstakes. All interpretations of these Official Rules and decisions made by Sponsor relating to the Sweepstakes are final.
2. Eligibility: The Sweepstakes is open to persons legally and physically residing in one of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico who are at least the age of majority in their state of residence at time of entry: 18 years of age in most states, 19 in Alabama and Nebraska, 21 in Mississippi and Puerto Rico. Employees (including Sales Associates), agents, directors of Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc. (“Sponsor”), and The Marketing Arm Inc. (“Administrator”) and Comenity Bank, and their respective parent companies, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, partners, dealers, manufacturers, distributors, contractors, suppliers, sponsors, advertising agencies, promotion and administration agencies and any entity which is involved in any aspect of the creation, production, operation, execution or fulfillment of the Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes Entities”), and their immediate families (i.e., parents, spouse, siblings, children, grandparents, step parents, step children and step siblings, and their respective spouses, and those living in the same household, whether or not related) are not eligible to enter Sweepstakes.
By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants: (a) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the interpretations of these Official Rules by Sponsor and by the decisions of Sponsor; (b) acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules; (c) represent and warrant that he or she meets all the eligibility criteria set forth in these Official Rules; (d) agree to comply with any and all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations; and (e) agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sweepstakes Entities from and against any and all liability arising out of or relating in any way to entrant’s participation in Sweepstakes and to release all rights to bring any claim, action or proceeding against Sweepstakes Entities. This includes, but is not limited to, any and all claims, demands, damages and causes of action for personal injuries or death and/or damage to personal or real property, theft, loss or any other harm, suffered directly or indirectly from entrant’s participation in Sweepstakes or the receipt or acceptance, redemption, possession, use or misuse of the Prizes (hereinafter defined), and for any claim including claims based on defamation, publicity rights, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, or any other intellectual property related or other cause of action. IN NEW JERSEY, THIS RELEASE DOES NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY DUE TO INTENTIONAL OR RECKLESS CONDUCT, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR VIOLATION OF A STATUTORILY IMPOSED DUTY ON THE PART OF THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES.
3. To Enter: There are two (2) methods of entry.
To Enter by Making a Purchase in Store or Online (Limited to Angel Credit Card Cardholders Only): To enter via this entry method you must be a Victoria’s Secret Angel Credit Card (“Angel Card”) cardholder in good standing. For purposes of these Official Rules, good standing means (i) entrant’s Angel Card account is open to new charges and not over his/her credit limit; (ii) entrant’s Angel Card account is not more than sixty (60) days past due or otherwise in default; (iii) entrant’s Angel Card account is not flagged as lost, stolen or fraudulent according to the Comenity Bank’s records; (iv) entrant’s Angel Card account is not in a hardship or workout program; and (v) entrant is not subject to a credit counseling arrangement relating to his/her Angel Card account.
Each time you make a purchase at a Victoria’s Secret store or online at www.victoriassecret.com, during the Sweepstakes Period and use your Angel Card (subject to the per day limits specified below), you will automatically receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. However, during the time period of 12:001AM ET on May 5, 2019 through 11:59 PM on May 11, 2019, entrant will be granted five (5) entries for that same purchase. No minimum purchase is required. In order for an online purchase to be eligible for an entry into the Sweepstakes (whether made online directly by entrant or made online while entrant is in store), the ship date of the purchase indicated at time of purchase must be prior to the end of the Sweepstakes Period (11:59 PM ET on May 31, 2019). ANY PURCHASE BY AN ENTRANT OF AN ITEM THAT IS ESTIMATED TO SHIP AFTER THE END OF THE SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD, WHETHER BACKORDERED OR NOT, WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY. Please make note that the ship date indicated online at time of purchase may change. In the event the purchased item ships later than the ship date indicated at time of purchase and after the Sweepstakes Period, the purchase will not be eligible for a Sweepstakes entry.
Only purchases made with an Angel Card in good standing, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, at time of entry are eligible for automatic entry. Entries from unauthorized card use or made with a lost, stolen or fraudulent Angel Card are void. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same Angel Credit Card account and all entries made in connection with an Angel Credit Card account will be deemed entries made by the primary person named on the Angel Credit Card account.
To Enter via Email Without Making a Purchase (Cardholders and non- Cardholders): No purchase necessary to enter via this method. In order to enter via this method, entrants must send an email to angelcardsweeps@themarketingarm.com, that includes “Angel Card Sweeps” as the subject line and includes their full name, phone number, and email address in the body of the email to receive one (1) entry into Sweepstakes (subject to the per day limits specified below). By sending this email, entrant agrees to the Official Rules.
Each entry must be emailed separately (more than one (1) entry may not be emailed in any one email). Each email entry will constitute one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes, however, all entries received during May 5, 2019 to May 11, 2019 will constitute five (5) entries into the Sweepstakes. No photocopied, computer generated facsimiles, mechanically reproduced, or mass entries are permitted. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, damaged or misdirected email entries. Email entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.
All information submitted by entrants is subject to and will be treated in a manner consistent with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy accessible at http://www.victoriasecret.com/privacy-and-security/. By participating in Sweepstakes, entrants hereby agree that Sponsor may collect and use their personal information in compliance with its Privacy Policy and acknowledge that they have read and accepted the Sponsor Privacy Policy.
There is a limit of one (1) entry per person per each day of the Sweepstakes Period, regardless of method of entry. A “day” is defined as the twenty-four (24) hours between 12:00 AM and 11:59 PM on the same day with the exception of the first day of the Sweepstakes Period which shall begin at 12:01 AM and end at 11:59 PM of the same day. If it is suspected that an entrant submits more than one (1) entry per day, only one (1) entry will be considered for that day. Mass purchases or multiple purchases online and/or instore on the same day, by a person on a single day via the purchase method of entry will qualify for a total of one (1) entry for that day and mass emails by a person all dated on the same day via the email entry method will qualify for a total of one (1) entry for that day. However, during the time period of 12:00 AM ET on May 5, 2019 through 11:59 PM ET on May 11, 2019, when a person enters the Sweepstakes by either the purchase or email method of entry specified in Section 3 herein, they will receive five (5) entries for that day. There is a limit of one (1) Prize per person. It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify the Administrator in writing if the entrant changes his or her phone number or email address during the Sweepstakes Period. In the event of a dispute regarding ownership of a purchase entry, the account holder of record of the Angel Credit Card account used to obtain the entry will be deemed to be the entrant. Daily entry limit for email entries will be validated by receive date.
All entries submitted in compliance with these Official Rules and not disqualified are considered “Eligible Entries”. Entries will not be returned and Receipt of entry will not be acknowledged. Proof of entry will not be deemed to be proof of receipt of entry by Sponsor.
4. Odds: The odds of becoming a Sweepstakes Winner depend on the total number of Eligible Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.
5. Prizes: The Winners (hereinafter defined) will each receive one (1) $588 Victoria’s Secret gift card (subject to the terms and conditions of the gift card, with an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $588 for each Winner, the (“Prize” or “Prizes”). The total ARV of all of the Prizes is $29,400.
6. Publicity Release: By participating in Sweepstakes, each Winner grants to Sponsor, and its representatives, affiliates, licensees and assigns, the right and permission to record, film, videotape and photograph the Winner (“Images”). These Images will be owned by Sponsor. Sponsor and each of its designees shall have the right to use, re-use, reproduce, publish, display, exhibit, distribute, edit, adapt, post, stream, copy and exploit such Images, and all elements embodied therein, including any names, likenesses, address, voice, conversation, biographical and Prize information and any other attributes of Winner, individually or with others, in whole or in part, in conjunction with other material, if any, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, for the purpose of trade, advertising, publicity, promotion, or a Sweepstakes Winner List or any other lawful purpose whatsoever, in perpetuity, throughout the world, without additional compensation, consideration, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law.
8. Winner Selection and Notification: There will be fifty (50) Winners selected in a random drawing from among all of the Eligible Entries on or about June 14, 2019 by Sponsor’s independent judging agency, Administrator. Administrator will attempt to contact the potential Winners via the telephone number provided at time of email entry or the phone number associated with the Angel Credit Card account used for entry; by entering the Sweepstakes the entrant hereby grants permission to be contacted via telephone. Potential Winner contact will be attempted three (3) times over a consecutive two (2) day period; Monday – Friday only. No messages will be left on answering machines or voicemail systems. If a potential Winner cannot be reached directly and/or does not meet the eligibility requirements, the potential Winner will be disqualified and an alternate potential Winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all of the remaining Eligible Entries.
9. Winner Verification: To be eligible to be declared a Winner and to receive the Prize, the potential Winners must sign and return to Sponsor and/or Administrator, within three (3) days of issuance of such documentation from Administrator or Sponsor an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release that: (a) releases Sweepstakes Entities from any and all liability, loss, claims, demands, and causes of action for personal injuries or death and/or damage to personal or real property, theft, loss, or any other harm suffered directly or indirectly from potential Winner’s participation in Sweepstakes, including, but not limited to, traveling to, preparing for and/or participating in any Prize related activity, or the acceptance, possession, or use or misuse of any Prize (IN NEW JERSEY, THIS RELEASE DOES NOT APPLY TO LIABIITY DUE TO INTENTIONAL OR RECKLESS CONDUCT, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR VIOLATION OF A STATUTORILY IMPOSED DUTY ON THE PART OF THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES); and (b) except where prohibited by law, grants Sweepstakes Entities the right to use potential Winner’s name, picture and/or likeness, or biographical information or voice for trade, advertising and publicity purposes, in any media now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in perpetuity, without additional compensation or consideration or notification. Entry into Sweepstakes constitutes agreement to sign such release. If a potential Winner does not sign this release and return it within the time frame specified, the potential Winner may be disqualified and the Prize forfeited. When such documentation is properly executed and providing potential Winners are otherwise in compliance with the Official Rules, potential Winners will each be determined to be a Sweepstakes winner (“Winner” and collectively “Winners”).
Winners must also complete any additional legal documents provided by Administrator or Sponsor with respect to the Prizes and return them as instructed within the time frame specified or Winner may forfeit Prizes at Sponsor’s sole discretion. If a potential Winner is unable to participate in or accept the Prize or any portion of the Prize for any reason, Sponsor will have no further obligation to the potential Winner. Prize or Prize documents returned as undeliverable will result in forfeiture of Prize. Sponsor expressly reserves the right to delay the announcement of the Winners for any reason Sponsor deems necessary. In addition, Sponsor reserves the right to select an alternate Winner in the event that any potential Winner fails to comply with these Official Rules or fails to execute the documentation within the time frame specified.
By participating in Sweepstakes, Winners acknowledge that Sweepstakes Entities have not and will not obtain or provide insurance of any kind relating to the Prizes and that Winners will be responsible for obtaining and paying for any form of insurance relating to the Prizes that Winners deem appropriate.
10. Prize Terms: The dates for fulfillment of the Prizes will be on or about July 8, 2019, but subject to change in Sponsor’s sole discretion. If for any reason any Prize is unavailable or any Prize or related event is delayed, cancelled or postponed, or for any other reason, Sponsor reserves the right to modify the Sweepstakes in its sole discretion and award a substitute Prize, or portion of Prize, of comparable or greater value as set forth in these Official Rules. No substitution, transfer, assignment or cash equivalent of the Prize, or any portion thereof, is permitted by a Winner. Sweepstakes Entities shall have no responsibility or obligation to a Winner who is unable or unavailable to, or who does not for any reason, accept or utilize the Prize. All costs and expenses not specifically listed above as part of the Prize, including, without limitation, any equipment to be used in connection with the Prizes, are solely Winner’s responsibility. PRIZES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”. ENTRANTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SWEEPSTAKES ENTITIES HAVE NEITHER MADE NOR ARE IN ANY MANNER RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, RELATIVE TO THE PRIZES AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Prizes pictured in online, television, print advertising, and other Sweepstakes materials are for illustrative purposes only. Arrangements for the fulfillment of the Prizes will be made by Administrator and/or Sponsor.
11. Taxes: All federal, state and local taxes, and any other costs and expenses associated with acceptance or use of Prize not specifically provided for in these Official Rules are solely the Winner’s responsibility.
12. General Terms: Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible if Sweepstakes cannot take place, or if any Prize cannot be awarded due to delays, interruptions or failures due to acts of God, war, natural disasters, weather, acts or threats of terrorism, strikes, lockouts, labor disputes, work stoppages, fire, acts of government, or other events outside of the reasonable control of Sweepstakes Entities. If, for any reason Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including, without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sweepstakes Entities, which, in Sponsor’s sole determination, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend Sweepstakes or any part of the Sweepstakes. If Sweepstakes or any part of the Sweepstakes is terminated or modified prior to the closing date of the Sweepstakes, notice will be posted on www.victoriassecret.com/angel-card if time permits and the Prizes will be awarded to Winners to be selected in a random drawing from among all of the remaining uncorrupted Eligible Entries received prior to any such event, or in any manner that is fair and equitable as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to modify and amend these Official Rules from time to time during Sweepstakes for clarification purposes. Failure by Sponsor to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
Sweepstakes Entities assume no responsibility for and will disqualify entries that are: stolen, late, lost, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, altered, tampered with, unauthorized, fraudulent, damaged, destroyed, delayed, misdirected, not received, postage due mail entries, or that have incorrect or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes, or by any human, mechanical or electronic error that may occur in the processing of the entries in Sweepstakes, or other errors appearing within the Official Rules or in any Sweepstakes related advertisements. Sweepstakes Entities assume no responsibility for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of Sweepstakes, errors in processing entries, identifying the Winners, in the announcement of the Prizes and Winners, and the delivery of the Prizes, any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, mobile phone, computer systems, online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any web site, or any combination thereof, including, without limitation, any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer system/software or mobile phone or other portable electronic device related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in Sweepstakes. Use of any device to automate or subvert entry is prohibited and any entries received by such means will be void. No software-generated, robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated entries are permitted and any entries received by such means will be void. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any person they suspect or find: (i) to have used a software generated, robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated entry; (ii) to have tampered with the entry process or the operation of Sweepstakes; (iii) to be acting in a disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person; (iv) to display behavior that will bring such Winner or Sweepstakes Entities into disgrace; (v) to have provided inaccurate information on any legal documents submitted in connection with Sweepstakes; or (vi) to be acting in violation of these Official Rules. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY A WINNER WILL RESULT IN SUCH WINNER’S DISQUALIFICATION AS A WINNER OF THE SWEEPSTAKES AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS A WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.
BINDING ARBITRATION: by agreeing to arbitration, entrant understands and agrees that they are waiving their right to sue in court. ENTRANT AGREES THAT: (I) ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SWEEPSTAKES, OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED, SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY -- WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION -- BY BINDING ARBITRATION (BY A SINGLE NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR SELECTED BY SPONSOR IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION) ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROCEDURES FOR CONSUMER RELATED DISPUTES (THE “AAA RULES”) THEN IN EFFECT; (II) ANY ARBITRATION SHALL BE HEARD BY ONE ARBITRATOR TO BE SELECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AAA RULES, IN COLUMBUS, OH; (III) UNLESS BOTH ENTRANT AND SPONSOR AGREE IN WRITING, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS, AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING; AND (IV) JUDGEMENT UPON ANY AWARD RENDERED MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION THEREOF.
ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR UNDERMINE THE CONTENT OR THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH ENTRANT, AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
13. Request for Names of Winners and Official Rules: All requests for a copy of the Official Rules and for the names of the Winners (first name and state) must be made by August 1, 2019. Vermont residents may omit return postage if requesting a set of Official Rules. For the names of the Winners and/or Official Rules: (i) send a self- addressed stamped envelope to: “Victoria’s Secret Angel Card Sweepstakes – May 2019”, #140 233 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ 07452; and (ii) write, as applicable, “Winners List” or “Official Rules” on the lower left-hand corner of the envelope.
14. Sponsored by: This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Victoria’s Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc., 4 Limited Parkway, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068.
15. Administered by: This Sweepstakes is administered by The Marketing Arm Inc., 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 3200, Dallas, TX 75201.
Comenity Bank issues Victoria’s Secret credit card accounts and is in no way affiliated with or responsible for this Sweepstakes. Any disputes concerning awards or benefits under the Sweepstakes will not affect any payments or other obligations to Comenity Bank.