Timberland PRO $10,000 Sweepstakes

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Eligibility: Timberland PRO $10,000 Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec), who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Employees of The Timberland Company, Equation Research, LLC (“Equation”), Merkle Inc., and their parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, and local laws and regulations and is void in Quebec and where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning the prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

2. Sponsor: Timberland, a division of VF Outdoor, LLC, 200 Domain Drive, Stratham, NH 03885 U.S.A. Administrator: Merkle Inc., 3000 Town Center, Suite 2100, Southfield, MI 48075 U.S.A.

3. Timing: The Sweepstakes begins on January 1, 2022 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on December 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period"). Equation’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Sweepstakes.

4. How to Enter:

a. Timberland Shoe or Apparel Purchase Method: During the Promotion Period, purchase a pair of Timberland shoes containing a promotional insert and/or purchase select items of Timberland apparel containing a promotional tag. Follow the instructions included on the promotional insert or tag to visit www.dayinmyshoes.com or www.Head2ToePRO.com, as applicable (each a “Promotion URL”). Once at a Promotion URL, follow the links and instructions to complete and submit each survey and registration form. Upon submission of the registration form, you automatically will receive one (1) Sweepstakes entry per survey. There may be an opportunity while taking each survey for you to receive one (1) additional Sweepstakes entry. During either Timberland survey, you may be asked if you would like to complete a follow-up survey; the follow-up survey invitation will be sent by email approximately one (1) month following your completion of the initial survey. If you complete the follow-up survey during the Promotion Period, you will receive one (1) additional Sweepstakes entry for each survey.

b. Mail-in Alternate Method of Entry: To enter without making a purchase, hand print your name, address, day and evening phone numbers, email address, and date of birth on a 3" x 5" piece of paper as well as at least three sentences that describe (a) what you perceive as the best and worst attributes of Timberland products, (b) why you have purchased them in the past, and (c) if you would consider purchasing them in the future. Mail your entry in an envelope with proper postage to “Timberland PRO 2022 Sweepstakes,” c/o Equation Research, LLC, P.O. Box 1747, Sun City, AZ 85372, U.S.A. You will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit: One (1) entry per envelope. All mail-in entries must be handwritten and must be postmarked by December 31, 2022 and received by January 6, 2023. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor and none will be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or postage-due entries, which will be disqualified.

Limit: You may receive seven (7) Sweepstakes entries during the Promotion Period through any method, or combination of methods, of entry. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

5. Grand Prize Drawing: Administrator is an independent judging organization whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes and the selection of the potential winner are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Administrator will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes winner from all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period, on or around January 24, 2023. The potential winners will be notified by email or phone. The potential winner (or parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor in his/her state of residence) will be required to sign and return a Declaration of Compliance, Liability Waiver and, where not prohibited, a Publicity Release ("Declaration") which must be received by Administrator within seven (7) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent in order to claim the prize. If the potential winner is from Canada, he/she will be required to answer a time-limited skill testing question correctly in order to receive the prize and complete an IRS Form W8-Ben. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Declaration or provide any other requested information within the required time period (if applicable), does not answer the skill-testing question correctly (if applicable), or the prize is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner forfeits the prize. Receiving a prize is contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules. In the event that the potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held, after which the prize will remain un-awarded. Prize will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Sweepstakes.

6. Prize: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: A $10,000 check. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $10,000 USD.

If the winner is not a resident of the United States, Sponsor will deduct 30% of the value of the prize ($3,000 USD) and remit it to the IRS (the United States tax agency) as required by law. Winner will therefore only receive a check for $7,000 USD. Winner will receive a U.S tax form 1042 from the Administrator reflecting the total value of the prize, including the deducted amount, and the withholding amount submitted to the IRS will be noted separately. If the winner is a U.S. resident, he/she will receive a Form 1099 reporting the prize as income.

Prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period.

7. Release: By receipt of the prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Equation, Administrator, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes the winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state/province for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.

9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures, human error or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, or any event or cause beyond Sponsor’s control (e.g. events such as natural calamities, national emergencies, wide spread illnesses, declarations of war, acts of God, acts of terrorism) interferes with any aspect of the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to fulfillment of the prize(s), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to modify the prizes offered herein and/or hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

10. Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes, if it is possible. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.

11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.

12. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to Privacy Policy, located at http://survey.eqr1.com/assets/T04829/privacy_policy.html.

13. Winner List: For a winner list, visit https://bit.ly/3GYOm1j. The winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.