OFFICIAL RULES FOR THE “EPA FACEBOOK LIVE – JANUARY 2022” PROMOTION

This Regulation (hereinafter the “Regulation”) has the objective of establishing, defining, and limiting the terms and conditions of the promotion to be carried out by FERRETERÍA EPA SA, corporate identity number 3-101-354271, hereinafter and for the purposes of this Regulation referred to as “The Organizer” and/or “Ferretería EPA”.
The provisions herein shall be mandatory for Participants (see definition of Participant below) in said Promotion. Participation in the Promotion implies the Participant's acceptance of respecting these rules and procedures, which shall be considered final regarding the Promotion, and are known and accepted as such. Any violation of said rules and/or procedures established for the Promotion will imply the immediate exclusion of the Participant, without any liability on the part of Ferretería EPA SA.

ARTICLE ONE: GENERAL PROVISIONS AND NAME OF THE PROMOTION.
The name of this Promotion shall be “FACEBOOK LIVE EPA- JANUARY 2022,” which hereinafter and for the purposes of this Regulation shall be referred to as the “Promotion.”
The Regulation of the Promotion will be disseminated on the Ferretería EPA website, without prejudice to Ferretería EPA SA freely choosing another additional advertising medium to disseminate the promotion.
The purpose of this Regulation is to establish, regulate, limit, and clarify the guidelines and/or conditions under which the Promotion will be governed, which belongs to and is sponsored by Ferretería EPA SA.
The Promotion will be governed by the following rules and conditions. By the mere act of participating in the Promotion, Participants unconditionally accept all the rules expressed in this Regulation, including those clauses that limit the liability of the Organizers, which have been duly informed to the Participant. Likewise, they agree to submit to the decisions of the organizers in any matter related to the promotion, which will be duly informed and communicated by the same means of advertising to all Consumers.

ARTICLE TWO: DURATION OF THE PROMOTION
This Promotion is for a limited time, as follows:

The promotion is valid only during January 18, 2022, during the live broadcast, starting tentatively at 7 p.m. on the aforementioned day. Therefore, its term of validity will be limited to the dates and times indicated above.

ARTICLE THREE: OBJECTIVE OF THE PROMOTION
To participate and be a beneficiary of this Promotion, it is necessary for the Participant to know and accept in advance all the conditions, requirements, and limitations established in this Regulation, which may be explained in a general manner by the Promotions Manager of Ferretería EPA via email at promociones@cr.epa.biz, upon being duly identified in response to any query from an interested follower. Any violation of this Regulation and/or the procedures, mechanics, and systems of application of the Promotion will imply the immediate exclusion of the Participant from the Promotion and the revocation of any right or prize granted by this Regulation.
During the period of validity of this Promotion, duly delimited in the previous Article of this Regulation, those interested in participating in the Promotion may do so in the manner described in the following articles.
The objective of the Promotion is to offer fans and/or followers of the Official Facebook Profile of Ferretería EPA (https://www.facebook.com/epacostarica), without the need to make any type of purchase in any of the Ferretería EPA Stores during the validity period of the Promotion, the benefit of being favored as the winner of the prize that is the subject of this Promotion, in accordance with the mechanics indicated below. The Participant (see definition of Participant in Article Four of this Regulation) must at all times accept the terms and conditions of this Regulation.
The Promotion is designed to take place only through the official “EPA Costa Rica” profile on the Facebook and Instagram page, specifically: (https://www.facebook.com/epacostarica). In this sense, only those who are followers of the aforementioned profile may participate, so any other person who is not a follower of the aforementioned profile will not be able to participate with the goal of being a beneficiary of the prize. For the purposes of establishing the required requirements, all interested persons must become followers by means of a “like” before and/or during the validity period of this Promotion.

ARTICLE THREE-A: MECHANICS OF THE PROMOTION
In addition to what is described above, the promotion will be carried out as follows:

During the broadcast, people must comment:

What was your favorite organization product and what was your favorite cleaning product?

The above must be done during the validity period established previously in article two. Participants have the possibility of winning, solely for having entered and having completed the requirements for their participation. As a limitation for all Participants, they may make one (1) or more comments; however, only one (1) post will remain in the running for the purposes of being favored in the drawing for this Promotion. Ferretería EPA S.A. reserves the right to require the Participant to provide any additional document or personal information that is necessary to apply for the Promotion. In accordance with what is regulated herein, during the validity period of this Promotion, Participants who wish to enter the drawing will do so in accordance with the mechanics expressed in this Regulation.

ARTICLE FOUR: DEFINITIONS AND PARTICIPANTS
The following terms set forth below, as well as the definitions used in this Regulation, shall have the meaning established, with the understanding that said meaning shall be applicable to both the singular and plural forms thereof.
1. “Customer or Participant” means any natural person who participates in the Promotion with the limitations indicated in this Regulation, and must be a follower of the indicated Facebook Profile.
2. “Point of Sale” For this dynamic means the website www.epaenlinea.com.
3. “Personal Data” means that if chosen as a winner, they must send to the EPA Costa Rica profile by private message to participate and be eligible for this Promotion, which are (i) Full Name (first and last names); (ii) Valid and up-to-date personal identification number, duly recognized by the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica; (iii) Phone numbers; (iv) Email address, in compliance with the legal provisions established by the “Law for the Protection of the Individual regarding the Processing of their Personal Data,” which will be used solely for the purpose of locating the Winner.
4. Promoter: Company hired by Ferretería EPA S.A. to be in charge of providing advisory and management services for the Promotion, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Regulation; in this case, named Interaction.
5. Prize: In this Promotion, there is 1 winner and a single type of prize and/or benefit, described below:

Prize:

In this promotion, 1 type of prize will be awarded; the winner will be selected randomly from among the participants who meet the requirement mentioned in article three of this regulation; the prize will be:

1 unit of: 1411121 Karcher K2 1600 PSI Domestic Pressure Washer https://cr.epaenlinea.com/hidrolavadora-karcher-k2-de-1600-psi.html

The Promotion is aimed at Customers, Followers of the Official Profile, and Final Consumers of Ferretería EPA S.A. Therefore, manufacturers, distributors, resellers, and other persons who are considered as such, and who are part of the commercial cycle as well as the production chain of Ferretería EPA, may not participate in this Promotion. Likewise, the collaborators and representatives of the Organizer who may eventually be incorporated and identified during the Promotion, nor collaborators of Overseas Logistics Operations S.A. (OLO) and Credix World S.A. up to the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, may not participate in the Promotion.

ARTICLE FIVE: DRAW PROCEDURE AND PRIZE COLLECTION.

Once the promotion is finished, the information of the participants who meet the mentioned requirements and who have participated during the validity of the promotion will be compiled.

The winners of the prizes indicated in this Regulation will be selected from among all those who have participated; the random drawing will take place on January 19, 2022, at the central offices of Ferreterías EPA, and the drawing will be carried out by those in charge of the Marketing Department. An Act / Affidavit must be drawn up regarding this situation before 2 Witnesses with the names of the winning Participants and their respective alternates; in total, 1 alternate will be selected. This information may also be presented before a Notary Public so that they may attest to the compliance with the requirements and process of the Promotion by means of the drawing up of a Notarial Act, in accordance with this Regulation. The organizer reserves the right to modify the aforementioned date of the drawing for convenience, provided that the chances of being favored for each of the participants are not modified.

Then, the correct participation of the selected winner will be verified; in the event that they do not comply, the selected person is discarded and the first alternate is verified following the same protocol, and so on until the alternate winners are exhausted. In the event that the entry meets all the requirements, the winner will be contacted by private message to the “EPA Costa Rica” Facebook page and will have a period of two (2) business days once the message is sent to report and send their personal data (full name, identification number, phone, etc.), for the purpose of contacting the favored winner by phone for a maximum period of (3) business days. In the event that the selected person is not located after a maximum of 3 call attempts during this period, the next corresponding alternate winner will be contacted following the same protocol, and so on until the alternate winners are exhausted. Once all winners are confirmed, the announcement of the winners will be made. The winner will be announced starting February 10, 2022, provided that all the above-mentioned in this article has been verified; otherwise, the organizer reserves the right to modify the announcement date until all the data necessary for publication are correctly verified. The winner will be announced solely via the “EPA Costa Rica” Facebook page in a post on the wall.

After the aforementioned Drawing has been held and the respective person favored and/or winner of the prize has been identified, in accordance with the previous Articles of this Regulation, and once the winner has been contacted following the procedure by an EPA representative, the place, date, and time for delivery, as well as the collection of the corresponding Prize, will be indicated. In this sense, the winning person must sign for the receipt of their prize, in addition to a liability release document for Ferretería EPA S.A. where all the limitations and conditions that the Prize grants will be expressed, releasing the Sponsor from all liability for the use and/or consumption thereof. Likewise, the favored winner may not claim or request from Ferretería EPA S.A. any additional expense generated by the collection of the Prize, such as transport or the cost associated with it in the event that they do not have the necessary means to transport and/or install it in the place they freely decide.

If the conditions established in this Regulation are not met or if it is not possible to perform the necessary data verification of the official winner, an alternate winner will be automatically chosen and the data verification and prize delivery will proceed taking into account the specifications of this Regulation.

The Winner must collect their Prize within a period of no more than 1 month from the moment they are contacted by collaborators of Ferretería EPA S.A. during the hours, days, and at the place established to collect the agreed Prize.

If they do not do so, they will lose the right to it, and will not be able to claim damages and/or losses from Ferretería EPA S.A. as a result of the loss of the Prize. Said Prize CANNOT be transferred under any circumstances to a family member, spouse, child, or third party, given that the objective of the promotion is that the fan and/or follower who made the comment and presented the valid identity card be the beneficiary of the Prize. Likewise, the favored Participant authorizes Ferretería EPA S.A., freely and spontaneously, to use their image and name rights in promotional campaigns and any type of advertising carried out by Ferretería EPA S.A., without being able to request any remuneration for it.

In the event that the Prize has been accepted, but for any circumstance the Participant refuses to receive it or to complete the respective paperwork for the formalization, the favored person will lose their right to the Prize. A Notarial Act of these circumstances will be drawn up at the discretion of the Organizer. The awarding of any of the prizes will be conditional upon compliance with each and every one of the applicable laws and regulations, as well as compliance with the provisions of this Regulation. The organizer reserves the right to disqualify and/or demand the return of the prizes awarded to those participants who directly or indirectly breach the terms and conditions previously established herein. If the winner does not demonstrate their willingness to accept these conditions, the organizers will not assume any type of responsibility, exonerating themselves from the obligation of allowing participation and the delivery of a prize or benefit.