Silver Hills Sprouted Bakery

“Win Free Groceries for a Year” Sweepstakes

OFFICIAL RULES

1. The Silver Hills Sprouted Bakery “Win Free Groceries for a Year” Sweepstakes, sponsored by the Silver Hills Sprouted Bakery “sponsor” begins on March 1, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time ("PST") and ends on March 31, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. PST ("Sweepstakes Period"). Various Creative Presentations may be added throughout the Promotion Period. Silver Hills Sprouted Bakery computer is the official time-keeping device for online entries for this Sweepstakes.

2. HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY DURING THE SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD.

To Enter By Mail:

To enter without becoming a member of a Silver Hills Bakery property, hand-print your name, valid email address, address, day and evening phone numbers, and age on a 3” x 5” piece of paper and send it in a hand-addressed, stamped envelope to: "Silver Hills Win Free Groceries For A Year,” c/o Silver Hills Bakery, Box 2250., Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, V2T 4X2. Limit: one (1) entry per stamped envelope. All mail-in entries must be postmarked before March 31st and received by the close of business on March 31, 2013. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, invalid, unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or postage-due entries, which will be disqualified.

Entrants can enter the Sweepstakes by visiting the Sweepstakes website at www.sprouts.silverhillscontest.com (the “Website”), filling out and submitting an on-line entry form found on the Website, by following the instructions on the Website. In the course of filling out an entry form, all entries must include all information requested on the on-line form. Any use of automated devices is prohibited. You may also be given the option to choose to receive promotional messages from the Sponsor; however, doing so will not affect your chances of winning.

3. LIMIT: Each person is permitted a maximum of one (1) regular entry during the Sweepstakes Period. All entries must be received no later than March 31, 2013 at 11:59 pm PST. The Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for determining receipt of a valid entry and ballot. Proof of mailing or transmission (screenshots or captures, etc.) does not constitute proof of receipt. The sole determinant of time for the purposes of receipt of a valid email or mail-in will be the computer servers of the Sponsor. Proof of mailing or transmission (screenshots or captures, etc.) does not constitute proof of receipt.

4. Entries that are late, lost, stolen, illegible, damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled or incomplete, altered or otherwise irregular, mechanically reproduced, submitted using robotic, automated, programmed, or illicit means, contains false information, included in a bulk-drop off (e.g. multiple entries submitted by the same entrant) or do not conform with or satisfy any or all of the conditions these Official Rules as determined by Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, may be judged void.

Random Draw and Winner Confirmation:

5. A random draw will be held on or about April 1, 2013 in Abbotsford, BC, from all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.

6. One (1) winner will be randomly selected for each prize to be won, for a total of five (5) winners. Non-winning entries in each draw will remain eligible for remaining draws in the Sweepstakes. Each potential winner will be notified by telephone, mail and/or email using the contact information given at the time of entry. No liability is assumed for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by a potential winner for any reason. If a potential winner does not respond within five (5) days after the first notification attempt, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such potential winner, such potential winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected. If any potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these Official Rules or declines a prize for any reason prior to award, such potential winner will be disqualified an alternate winner may be selected. All potential winners must complete, execute and return a Full Release of Liability as well as provide consent to Publicity & Indemnity Form (“Form”) within five (5) business days (see Rules 13 and 14 below). Proof of identification must be provided upon request. No liability is assumed for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by a potential winner for any reason. If any selected entrant cannot be contacted and confirmed the winner as above, at Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion, his/her entitlement to receive a prize may be forfeited, and prize may be awarded to an alternate eligible entrant.

Prize:

7. There will be five SWEEPSTAKES PRIZES to be won. The prizes are as follows:

a) Grand Prize: $5,000 worth of Sprouts Farmers Market gift cards, to be awarded in denominations as available from Sprouts Farmers Market.

b) One (1) x $500 Sprouts Farmers Market gift card

c) One (1) x $100 Sprouts Farmers Market gift card

d) One (1) $100 Sprouts Farmers Market gift card

e) One (1) $100 Sprouts Farmers Market gift card

Prize must be accepted as awarded, without substitution, transfer, exchange or assignment. Prize is non-refundable, not convertible to cash, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor may substitute a prize of equal or greater value (based on the approximate retail value of the prize as stated in these Official Rules), including - without limitation - a cash award, if the prize or prize component cannot be awarded as described for any reason. Prize winner is solely responsible for all costs not expressly described herein. Allow four to six (4 to 6) weeks after validation for delivery or arrangement for delivery of prize. Limit one prize per household.

Eligibility:

8. The Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (and the District of Columbia) who have reached the age of majority in their respective jurisdictions. Void where prohibited by law. By participating, entrant agrees to abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. All federal, state and local laws apply.

You are not eligible if you are: (1) an employee of Silver Hills Sprouted Bakery (“Sponsors”), its affiliates (including parent, sister and subsidiary companies), or Sprouts Farmers Market in any way involved in the development or administration of this Sweepstakes, including advertising and promotional agencies, public relations agencies, suppliers of materials or services or prizes related to the Sweepstakes, or a member of the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children, regardless of where they reside) or household member of any such employee, or (2) a winner of a Silver Hills Sprouted Bakery sweepstakes within the three (3) months preceding the start of this Sweepstakes (including persons designated by such winners to take ownership of prize) and persons domiciled with such a winner. Groups, associations and entities cannot participate.

Conduct:

9. By participating in the Sweepstakes, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Official Rules and agree to abide and be bound by them and all decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final and binding, without right of appeal, in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes and the awarding of prizes.

10. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify any entrant that it finds to be: (a) violating the Official Rules; (b) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes; (c) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner; or (d) attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR ADVERTISING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD ANY SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AND TO BAN OR DISQUALIFY AN ENTRANT FROM THIS AND FUTURE SWEEPSTAKES.

Release of liability / Consent to publicity:

11. By entering the Sweepstakes, you: (i) confirm compliance with the Official Rules; (ii) consent to the use of your name, city, comments, photographs, sobriquet, and/or other likenesses and all other indicia of personality, for publicity, general news, entertainment, advertising and informational purposes by Sponsor and its parent, affiliated subsidiary and related companies, without further notice or compensation; and (iii) release Sponsor, its affiliates (including, without limitation, any parent, sister and subsidiary companies), suppliers of materials or services related to the Sweepstakes and other parties in any way involved in the development or administration of this Sweepstakes (including advertising and promotional agencies, public relations agencies), and all of their respective employees, directors, officers, shareholders, agents, partners, licensees, successors and assigns (collectively the "Releasees") from and against any and all manner of action, causes of action, suits, debts, covenants, contracts, claims, liabilities, demand or damages (including legal fees and expenses), of any nature or kind, arising out of, or in connection with your participation or attempted participation in the Sweepstakes and the awarding or use of a prize, including as set out below in the Limitation of Liability section. Furthermore, by entering the Contest, you agree that a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or in connection with the Contest, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually without resort to any form of class action; b) any claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to reasonable and actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Contest, but in no event attorney’s fees; and c) under no circumstances will you be permitted to obtain any award for, and you hereby waive all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, indirect or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than damages for reasonable and actual out-of-pocket expenses. These rules and any disputes relating hereto are governed by the laws of the 50 (fifty) states and District of Columbia without regard to principles of conflicts of laws, and by entering, you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the states’ and federal courts for resolution of any disputes relating to the Contest and waive any objection thereto.

Limitation of liability:

12. Releasees do not assume any responsibility and each entrant releases Releasees from any and all claims, actions, damages, loss, injury, costs, demands and liabilities of whatever nature or kind arising in connection with the Sweepstakes and/or prizes including, without limitation, the administration of the Sweepstakes, the selection and confirmation of winner, and the awarding and use of the prize. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, Releasees are not responsible for (i) the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information; (ii) late, lost, stolen, illegible, damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled or incomplete entries or entries that are altered or otherwise irregular, mechanically reproduced, submitted using robotic, automated, programmed, or through illicit means, included in a bulk-drop off, or contain false information, or do not conform with or satisfy any or all of the conditions of the Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion; (iii) any failure of, errors, or problems with websites associated with the Sweepstakes, including any website feature, howsoever caused, (iv) traffic congestion on the Internet and any postal delays, strikes or failures, (v) injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in the Sweepstakes; (vi) any website functionality lost due to not having “cookies” enabled; (vii) any errors, omissions, incorrect or inaccurate information in any Sweepstakes-related materials howsoever caused; (viii) the security or privacy of information transmitted via computer networks or for breaches of privacy due to interference by third party computer "hackers" or otherwise.

General:

13. This Sweepstakes will be run in accordance with these Official Rules, subject to amendment by Sponsor. The Official Rules at www.sprouts.silverhillscontest.com shall govern in the event of any inconsistency with other Sweepstakes-related materials.

14. In the event of a dispute over the identity of an online entrant, entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized holder of the email account from which it was sent, as assigned by the internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

15. Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, reserves the right to modify or terminate the Sweepstakes and amend the Official Rules at any time, without individual notice, and for any reason. In no event will more than the stated number of prizes be awarded.

16. All entries become the property of Sponsor and none will be returned. No correspondence will be entered into except with selected entrants.

17. This Sweepstakes is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all applicable laws and regulations. To the extent permitted by law, any dispute arising from this Sweepstakes will be determined according to the laws of the province of British Columbia, without reference to its conflict of law principles, and the entrants’ consent to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in Abbotsford, British Columbia and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.

18. To obtain the names of the prize winners, available two weeks after the Contest closes on March 31, 2013, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Silver Hills Bakery, Box 2250, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, V2T 4X2. All such requests must be received no later than April 30, 2013. Winners’ names, after verification, may also be posted following the Contest closing for general information on the Sponsors’ Facebook pages.

19. These Official Rules will be posted on the website (www.sprouts.silverhillsbakery.com).

Privacy:

20. Sponsor collects and uses entrants’ personal information for the purpose of administering this Sweepstakes. The winner’s name may be listed in Silver Hills Sprouted Bakery and/or Sprouts Farmers Market materials. Entrants will receive no marketing communications unless they consent.

Intellectual Property:

21. All intellectual property, including but not limited to trademarks, trade names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by the Sponsor and/or its affiliates and/or the prize suppliers. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.