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Canadian Forest Industries 2012 Reader Colleague Recommendation

Contest Rules

OFFICIAL RULES: Canadian Forest Industries 2012 Reader Colleague Recommendation (the “Contest”)

ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES.

1. PRIZE & ODDS OF WINNING

Prize: One winner will receive a 16” Husqvarna Chain Saw.

Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for the Contest.

No assignment, transfer or substitution of prize is permitted, except that Annex Publishing & Printing Inc. (the “Sponsor”) reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the advertised prize is unavailable. All incremental costs in using or claiming the prize not outlined in this prize description are the sole responsibility of the prize winner, including but not limited to all federal, provincial and local taxes.

2. CONTEST PERIOD

Contest Period begins on October 9, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. ET and ends on February 15, 2013 at 11:59 a.m. ET (“Contest Period”).

3. ENTRY

No purchase necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning.

You must forward the contest e-mail to a colleague who does not currently receive a print copy of the publication, and who fits within the industry and job functions described on the e-mail to qualify him as eligible to receive a free subscription, and you must include husqvarna@canadianforestindustries.com on that e-mail to be a valid entry.

Colleague e-mails will not be retained or used by Annex for any reason. They will not be forwarded, sold or brought into any database. They will be used only by the contest entrant to send the subscription offer.

If you have not received a contest e-mail from Canadian Forest Industries by November 30 at 5:00 p.m. ET, please call 1-450-458-0461, and one will be e-mailed to you.

All eligible entries (“eligible entries”) will be included in the draw. All entries must be received during the Contest Period. No Entries will be accepted by any other means.

There is no limit on the number of entries per person.

No responsibility is assumed by the Sponsor for lost, late or misdirected entries or for any human, computer, online, telephone or technical malfunctions that may occur, or for any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest. All entries must be received no later than the end of the Contest Period. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned to the entrant.

4. ELIGIBILITY

The winner must be a current print subscriber to Canadian Forest Industries.

The Contest is only open to legal residents of Canada, excluding Quebec, who have reached the age of majority in their province of residence and are residing in Canada at the time of the Contest. Employees of the Sponsor and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, advertising and promotional agencies, prize sponsors, as well as the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter or son, regardless of where they live) of such employees or members of their households (whether related or not) are not eligible.

The Sponsor shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof within a reasonable period of time may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to the Sponsor for the purpose of this Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. The Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entry or entrant in its sole discretion, should any entry or entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.

5. DRAW

On February 19, 2013 in Simcoe Ont., one eligible entry will be selected by random draw from all eligible entries received, and will be eligible to win the prize available in this Contest.

Starting February 19, 2013, attempts will be made to contact the entrant selected as eligible for the prize, by e-mail. We would attempt to contact the winner three times by e-mail within a period of seven days. If an eligible entrant cannot be contacted within the allotted time, he/she is no longer eligible to win and another entrant will be drawn, and the process of contacting the new entrant will be repeated.

6. SKILL-TESTING QUESTION

In order to be declared a winner, the selected eligible entrant must answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered at a mutually convenient time over the telephone. There will be only one opportunity to answer the question. An eligible entrant who provides an incorrect answer will no longer be eligible to win the prize in this Contest.

7. INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT

By accepting the prize, each winner agrees, and by entering this Contest, entrants agree, to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, and prize sponsors (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death and property damage, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, or participation in any Contest-related activity. The entrant agrees to fully indemnify Releasees from any and all claims by third parties relating to the Contest, without limitation.

8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

The Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions in the Contest. The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Sponsor‘ website. The Sponsor is not responsible for injury or damage to entrants‘ or to any other person‘s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from or use of the website. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor that, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest for any draw(s) and select the winner from entries received for that draw prior to the action taken. IN NO EVENT WILL THE SPONSOR, ITS PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL AGENCIES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES OR AGENTS, OR PRIZE SPONSORS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO ANY INTERNET SITE RELATING TO THE CONTEST OR ARISING OUT OF PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, OR BY THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OF OR FAILURE TO RECEIVE ANY PRIZE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON SUCH SITES OR ANY PRIZE WON IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, or exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding these limitations or exclusions.

9. GENERAL CONDITIONS

By entering, you agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects.

This Contest is void where prohibited by law. This Contest is governed by, and these rules will be construed and interpreted pursuant to, the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. By accepting the prize, the winner agrees to grant to the Sponsor and its licensees, affiliates and assigns, the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times, the winner‹s name, name of the winner‘s employer and the winner‘s city and province of residence as news or information, and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional consideration.

The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or Sponsor‘s website; to be in violation of the Terms and Conditions of the website; to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, amend, modify or terminate all or any portion of this Contest at any time for any reason without prior notice.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DAMAGE DELIBERATELY ANY WEBSITE OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. In the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account used to enter the Contest at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these rules. The authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses or the domain name associated with the submitted e-mail address. The Sponsor will prosecute any fraudulent activities to the full extent of the law.