1. 1. Overview.

   McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited (“Sponsor”) is providing its crew members with a December Drop Appstakes at McDonald’s restaurants in Canada (“Crew Appstakes”) through its McDonald’s app (the “App” or “McDonald’s app”). The App provides customers with various weekly food discounts or other food-related offers, nutrition information and benefits. The food discounts and other food-related offers may vary in content and number in different regions of Canada.

   Note: a person under the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence should only use mobile payment with the permission of a parent/legal guardian.

   In these Official Rules, an Eligible Person (refer to Rule 2) who has an eligible entry (an “Entry”) into the Appstakes recorded on their behalf is called a “Participant”. Participants agree to comply in full with all of the provisions of these Official Rules. A Participant who wishes to download, register and activate the App to participate in the Appstakes will need an electronic device that is compatible with the App’s system requirements (“Digital Device”) and a valid email address. The Participant then must download the free App from the App Store on iOS, or Google Play on the Android operating system, and install and activate the App on their Digital Device. Go to Rule 9 for Digital Device requirements.

2. 2. Conditions of Eligibility.

   The Crew Appstakes is open to individuals who are McDonald’s restaurant employees (both McOpco and franchisee restaurant employees), excluding managers, as of December 1, 2022 and are residing in Canada at the time they become a Participant (“Eligible Person”).

   No other persons are eligible to participate in, or to win a prize (the “Prize”) in the Crew Appstakes.

3. 3. Appstakes Entities.

   In these Official Rules, the term “Crew Appstakes Entities” means Sponsor, and its respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates or related companies, franchisees, local advertising cooperatives and app developers, digital/advertising/promotion agencies, and the Redemption Centre (defined in Rule 6).

4. 4. The Entry Period.

   The Crew Appstakes period begins on December 1, 2022, at 12:00:00 a.m. local time (“LT”) and ends on January 2, 2023, at 11:59:59 p.m. LT (the "Crew Appstakes Period").

5. 5. How To Enter.

   An Eligible Person who wishes to enter the Crew Appstakes using their Digital Device must visit a participating McDonald’s restaurant with their Digital Device that has the McDonald’s app installed on it, and a valid email address and postal code registered in the App settings. An Eligible Person may also enter the Crew Appstakes without a Digital Device or making a purchase as outlined in Rule 5.C. An Eligible Person who wins a Prize will require a Digital Device to redeem the Prize (as defined below). An Eligible Person will automatically receive one Entry into the Crew Appstakes, and no other Appstakes, when they:

   1. A. Earn MyMcDonald’s Rewards Points:

      An Eligible Person may earn MyMcDonald’s Rewards Points by completing a transaction (minimum $1 pre-tax purchase) using the App (which occurs when the Eligible Person picks up the order at the restaurant), or by scanning or saying their MyMcDonald’s Rewards code when making a purchase at the in-restaurant counter or kiosk, or at the drive-thru during the Crew Appstakes Period. One Entry will be recorded on behalf of the Participant when they complete the transaction, subject to the daily limit set out below in Rule 5.D.

      Note: If for any reason the Participant does not complete their purchase, then no Entry will be recorded. If due to any mechanical, technical or human error, a Participant’s order can’t be completed, no Entry will be recorded. Please refer to the instructions below in Rule 5.C. for no purchase Entry.

   2. B. Redeem MyMcDonald’s Rewards Points:

      An Eligible Person may spend points in a transaction using the App, or by scanning or saying their MyMcDonald’s Rewards code at the in-restaurant counter or kiosk, or at the drive-thru during the Crew Appstakes Period. One Entry will be recorded on behalf of the Participant when they complete the transaction, subject to the daily limit set out below in Rule 5.D.

      Note: If for any reason the Participant does not complete their purchase, then no Entry will be recorded. If due to any mechanical, technical or human error, a Participant’s order can’t be completed, no Entry will be recorded. Please refer to the instructions below in Rule 5.C. for no purchase Entry.

   3. C. Entry Via Mail Without Earning or Redeeming MyMcDonald’s Rewards Points:

      If an Eligible Person wishes to have one Entry recorded on their behalf without earning or redeeming MyMcDonald’s Rewards Points on any purchase, that Participant must submit an entry by mail (a “Mail-in Entry”) as follows: The Participant must manually print in ink and legibly on a piece of paper their complete name, street address (including unit number (if applicable), province/territory and postal code), a daytime telephone number (including area code) and their valid email address; then that Participant must place that paper in a postage-paid envelope, and mail it to: December Drop CREW Appstakes Entry, P.O. Box 12446, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, E2L 5E7. A Mail-in Entry must be postmarked by January 2, 2023, and received no later than January 11, 2023 (the “AMOE Received By Date”). Outer envelopes for Mail-in Entries with no return address will NOT be honoured. Mail-in Entries that are sent in business-reply envelopes, sent in envelopes that utilize or bear address labels or stickers, that are photocopied, hand-stamped, computer-generated or otherwise mechanically produced or reproduced, that are not addressed manually in ink, that fail in any way to comply with the requirements set out above in this sub-paragraph or that are not mailed separately in separate envelopes bearing sufficient postage will NOT be honoured (i.e., there can be only one Mail-in Entry per envelope). If a Mail-in Entry is received after the AMOE Received By Date, no Entry will be recorded on behalf of the person who submitted that envelope. One Entry will be recorded on behalf of a Participant for each Mail-in Entry they submit during the Crew Appstakes Period that is received on or before the AMOE Received By Date, subject to the daily limit set out below in Rule 5.D that is in full compliance with the requirements set out in this Rule 5.C. (Each Entry, including a Mail-in Entry, are collectively referred to as “ Entries ”.)

   4. D. Limits:

      There is a limit of two Entries per Eligible Person per day (based on local time) regardless of method of entry. There is a limit of one Prize per Participant in connection with the Crew Appstakes.

6. 6. How To Win.

   1. A. McDonald’s Crew Appstakes Draw/Winner Notification and Odds of Winning:

      On or about January 20, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Sponsor’s redemption centre, located at 55 W. Monroe, Chicago, IL 60603, USA, (the “Redemption Centre”) will randomly select one potential winning Entry and three backup potential winning Entries (each a “Backup Entry”) for each available Prize from among all Entries recorded during the Crew Appstakes Period. Subject to the provisions of these Official Rules, the Participant whose Entry is selected first as a potential winning Entry will be the potential Prize winner, and that potential Prize winner will be notified to that effect by the Redemption Centre by email as follows: the potential winning notification will be sent via email within three business days following the date of the draw to the email address associated with the potential Prize winner’s App account or, in the case of a Mail-in Entry, to the email address provided in the Mail-in Entry. The potential Prize winner will be required to contact the Redemption Centre, in accordance with the information provided in the email, including to provide their preferred language (English or French) to receive correspondence, and to do so by the date stated in that email. If that contact occurs, the Redemption Centre will supply any potential Grand Prize winner with a Prize claim document (the “Prize Claim Document”) via DocuSign. The potential Prize winner must complete and submit the Prize Claim Document electronically by the deadline stated in the Prize Claim Document. Prize winners will receive a prize claim form via email. The Prize Claim Document will include a statement of eligibility, release of liability, a publicity release, and a mathematical skill-testing question (the “Skill-Testing Question”) that must be correctly answered by the potential Prize winner without any assistance (whether electronic, mechanical or otherwise). The potential Prize winner must follow the instructions in the Prize Claim Document to complete and submit the Prize Claim Document. If the potential Prize winner is a minor in their province or territory of residence, the potential Prize winner’s parent or legal guardian must complete the Prize Claim Document on the potential Prize winner’s behalf.

      If the Redemption Centre finds that the Prize Claim Document is properly submitted and completed (and that the Skill-Testing Question is correctly answered), then that potential Prize winner will be declared the winner of the Prize. If the potential winner completes the prize claim form including a correct answer to the Skill-Testing Question and timely returns the form per instructions in the email, the Prize will be added to the winner’s account no later than February 24, 2023.

      If the potential Prize winner fails to contact the Redemption Centre as set out above or fails to properly complete and return the Prize Claim Document by the deadline, or if their answer to the Skill-Testing Question is not correct or no answer to the Skill-Testing Question is provided, then that potential Prize winner will be disqualified from the Crew Appstakes and will not receive the applicable Prize. In such a case, the Participant on whose behalf the first Backup Entry drawn was recorded will be notified by the Redemption Centre and the process described above for how to win the Prize will apply to that Participant. The Sponsor will contact up to three backup Participants for each Prize. If the prize cannot be awarded, the Prize will be forfeited and will not be awarded in the Crew Appstakes. If, for any reason, a Participant whose Entry is drawn is not declared the winner of the Prize, then that potential Prize winner will not have any claim against the Crew Appstakes Entities or against any other person, firm or corporation in respect of the Prize, the Crew Appstakes or any matter related to the Crew Appstakes.

      The odds of winning a Prize will depend on the number of Entries received during the Crew Appstakes Period.

7. 7. Prizes, Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”):

   Fifty Grand Prizes: Fifty Grand Prizes are available to be won in the Crew Appstakes. Each prize winner (“Winner”) will receive sixty thousand (60,000) MyMcDonald’s Points. Points will be deposited in a winner’s MyMcDonald’s rewards account within approximately six weeks of submission of being claimed a winner. All MyMcDonald’s Rewards points expire 6 months after the date they are loaded to the winner’s account. Failure to create a MyMcDonald’s Rewards Loyalty Account through the McDonald’s app by January 31, 2023, may result in a forfeiture of the Prize at Sponsor’s discretion. Prizes are subject to terms and conditions of the MyMcDonald’s rewards program. See Program Terms for details. ARV: $44.33 per Prize.

8. 8. Prize/Entry Conditions/Restrictions.

   Any matters concerning Prizes that are not contemplated by these Official Rules, will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Expenses not specifically stated as included in the Prizes are the sole responsibility of the Prize winners.

   General Entry Conditions:

   Each Participant acknowledges and agrees that the decisions of Sponsor and/or the Redemption Centre are and shall be final, binding and conclusive in all matters relating to the Crew Appstakes. Any person attempting to forge Prize Claim Documents or to defraud Sponsor in any way in connection with this Crew Appstakes may be prosecuted to the fullest extent permitted under the law. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of a Participant, the Participant will be the registered account holder of the email address associated with the disputed Entry, but only if that person meets all other eligibility criteria. Otherwise, the Entry may be disqualified, and any Prize potentially won will be forfeited in Sponsor’s sole discretion. A registered account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the applicable email address. The Prize winner may be required to show proof of being the registered account holder.

9. 9. General Release And Conditions of Participation.

   Participants assume all risk of transmission, mailing, loss, damage, destruction, delay and misdirection of Prize Claim Documents and are advised to obtain insurance where appropriate. The Crew Appstakes Entities are not responsible for:

   1. a. incomplete, mislabeled, misdirected, late, lost, garbled, unintelligible, damaged, stolen, non-delivered or postage-due submissions of Entries, Prize Claim Documents or other Appstakes-related materials whether caused by Participants, postal or courier services, wireless carriers, Internet Service Providers (“ISP”) or unauthorized human intervention;
   2. b. any damage to a Participant’s or other person’s computer system or Digital Device that is caused or occasioned by accessing the McDonald’s app, by participating in the Crew Appstakes or by claiming the Prize;
   3. c. technical difficulties or failures of any kind including, but not limited to, lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites, Internet, Digital Device or wireless carriers, websites or other connection, availability or accessibility problems arising in connection with or over the course of the Crew Appstakes;
   4. d. miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, dropped, interrupted, lost, non-delivered or misdirected computer, telephone, Digital Device, email, mobile or cable transmissions or hardware, software, program or programming malfunctions, failures or difficulties of any kind including, but not limited to: malfunctions, interruptions or disconnections in transmissions or connections, phone lines, network hardware or software, computers, equipment, programming errors, cable, satellite, cellular tower or ISP or wireless carriers;
   5. e. any technical malfunctions, failures, or difficulties (including failures to correctly scan the MyMcDonald’s Rewards code), printing errors or omissions, clerical, typographical or other errors or omissions in any Appstakes advertisement or other materials or postings or any Prize Claim Documents;
   6. f. any errors, omissions, or failures of any kind, whether human, mechanical, clerical, electronic, interruption of power, digital, mobile or technical in nature, or unauthorized human intervention;
   7. g. any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by the McDonald’s app or tampering, hacking or by any equipment or programming associated with, or utilized in the Crew Appstakes; or
   8. h. the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information or the failure to capture or loss of any information.

   Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering or interfering in any way with the operation or conduct of the Crew Appstakes, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the apparent intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Crew Appstakes, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. The Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Prize Claim Documents and Mail-in Entries submitted become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor shall not be responsible to correspond with Participants. By participating in the Crew Appstakes, each Participant hereby releases and agrees to hold the Crew Appstakes Entities and all of their respective shareholders, officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees (collectively the “Released Parties”) harmless from and against any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, property damage, death and bodily injury (whether due to negligence or otherwise), due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Crew Appstakes or in any Crew Appstakes-related activity or the receipt, use or misuse of the Prize or portion thereof. Participants waive the right to assert as a cost of winning the Prize, any and all costs of verification and redemption or travel to claim the Prize and any liability and publicity which might arise from claiming or seeking to claim the Prize. By participating in the Crew Appstakes, the Prize winner hereby agrees and grants Sponsor has the right, but not the obligation, to the use of his or her name, voice and likeness, along with his or her address (city and province/territory) and any statements made by or attributed to such Prize winner in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised, without prior notice, review, comment or approval, in perpetuity and throughout the world for advertising, commercial and promotional purposes in connection with the Sponsor, the Crew Appstakes and other promotions without further compensation, and releases the Crew Appstakes Entities from any liability with respect thereto.

10. 10. Digital Device Requirements.

    Using a Digital Device and/or operating system not supported by the McDonald’s app may prevent participation in the Crew Appstakes. While all efforts are made to support current operating systems and Digital Devices based on the McDonald’s app System Requirements, new operating systems and/or Digital Devices may not be supported if brought to market after the development of this Crew Appstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for any browser or device supporting issues.

    McDonald’s app System Requirements:

    • Android^™ 5.0+

    • iOS 14.0+ compatible with iPhone^®

11. 11. Miscellaneous.

    1. A. General:

       It is each Participant’s responsibility to ensure that they have complied in full with all of the conditions and requirements contained in these Official Rules.

    2. B. Force Majeure/Printing and Production Errors or Omissions:

       Subject to any governmental approval that may be required, the Sponsor reserves the right, without prior notice and at any time, to terminate the Crew Appstakes, in whole or in part, or to modify, suspend or extend the Crew Appstakes, if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the Crew Appstakes in any way and for any reason is impaired or corrupted or that fraud or technical problems, failures or malfunctions (including, without limitation, computer viruses, computer system overload or any other kind of electronic or other overload, glitches or printing or production errors or omissions) have destroyed or severely undermined the proper play, integrity and/or feasibility of the Crew Appstakes. In the event that, in the Sponsor’s sole opinion, the Sponsor is impeded or prevented from continuing with the Crew Appstakes as planned or intended by any event beyond its control, including, but not limited to, pandemic, fire, flood, natural or manmade epidemic or crisis, earthquake, explosion, labour dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared), any federal, provincial, territorial or local government law, order or regulation, public health crisis, the order of any court or jurisdiction, or by any other cause not reasonably within the Sponsor’s control, then subject to any governmental approval which may be required, the Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, extend or terminate the Crew Appstakes.

    3. C. Invalidity:

       The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Headings and captions are used in these Official Rules solely for ease of reference and shall not be deemed or considered to affect in any manner the meaning or intent of these Official Rules or any provision hereof. These Official Rules cannot be modified or amended in any way except in writing by a duly authorized representative of the Sponsor. Subject to the provisions of these Official Rules, employees of the Sponsor, or of any of its franchisees, are not authorized to modify, amend or waive these Official Rules.

    4. D. Governing Law:

       The following conditions apply to Eligible Participants in this Appstakes:

       (a) all Participants, the Sponsor and all other parties hereby attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario, sitting in the City of Toronto, Ontario, in respect of the determination of any matter or dispute arising under or in respect of the Crew Appstakes; and,
       (b) all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations as between one or more Participants and the Sponsor in connection with the Crew Appstakes shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the federal laws of Canada, and in accordance with the internal laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, including the procedural provisions of those Ontario laws, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause or bring about the application of any other jurisdiction’s laws.

    5. E. Language or Other Discrepancy:

       In the event that there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between the English-language version and the French-language version of these Official Rules or of any Prize Claim Documents), the English version shall prevail, govern and control. In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any Crew Appstakes Materials or in the Prize Claim Documents, or in advertising or other publicity or materials or communications concerning or related to the Crew Appstakes, and the provisions in these Official Rules, the provisions in these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.

    6. F. Privacy:

       Sponsor will collect, use and disclose information, including personal information, provided by Participants in connection with the Crew Appstakes for the purposes of administering the Crew Appstakes and fulfilling the Prize. Participants may be offered the opportunity to receive additional communications from Sponsor about its products and upcoming contests and promotions. The Crew Appstakes may be hosted on servers in the United States, and the personal information provided by Participants may therefore also be subject to the laws of the United States. Except as otherwise contemplated in these Official Rules, personal information collected, used and disclosed by the Sponsor in connection with the Crew Appstakes will be dealt with by the Sponsor in accordance with the Sponsor’s online privacy policy.

    7. G. Cooperation in Prize Award Event(s):

       In consideration of being awarded the Prize in the Crew Appstakes, the Prize winner (and if the Prize winner is a minor, their parent or legal guardian) agrees to participate fully and without compensation in any announcement(s) and/or presentation ceremony/ceremonies and/or event or events organized or presented by the Sponsor in its sole discretion related to the granting of a Prize to such Prize winner.

    8. H. Official Rules Availability:

       These Official Rules will be available at the Crew Appstakes Website until 2/1/23. To receive a copy of the Official Rules via mail, a Participant should mail, in a postage-paid outer envelope, a self-addressed, postage-paid inner envelope to December Drop Crew Appstakes at McDonald’s Official Rules Request, P.O. Box 12414, Saint John, NB, E2L 5E7. Limit one self-addressed, postage-paid envelope per outer envelope.

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