"Zest® Adventure Man of the Month Calendar" Contest Official Rules

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The “Zest® Adventure Man of the Month Calendar” Contest (the "Contest”), brought to you by Procter & Gamble (the "Sponsor”), is governed by these “Official Rules”. The Contest is open to legal U.S. residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia and 18 years of age or older. Void where prohibited. Sponsor reserves the right, at any time, to verify eligibility requirements, in any manner it deems appropriate. Employees and directors of Sponsor, its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, licensees, advertising, promotion or production agencies and provider companies (and their immediate family members and individuals residing in their same household) are not eligible. All federal, state and/or local rules and regulations apply.

2. THE CONTEST: The Contest consists of two (2) rounds. In Round 1, entrants submit photos of themselves participating in adventurous activities and a brief essay (200 words or less) describing how/why they embody the spirit of adventure. Photos and essays will each be given a score from one to 10 based on the judging criteria outlined below, one being the lowest score and 10 being the highest score. The total score will be the sum of both the photo score and the essay score. Photos and essays will be judged and twenty-four (24) Semi-Finalists will advance to Round 2.

In Round 2, points from Round 1 will be carried over to Round 2 and weighted 80% of the final score; the other 20% of the final score will be determined by online voting. Each Semi-Finalist’s photo and essay will be posted on the “Zest for Adventure” web site. The candidates will be judged and the 12 entrants receiving the highest number of votes will be deemed the Winners as defined herein. All definitions, details and entry guidelines are described below.

3. HOW TO ENTER:
ROUND 1: Submit one (1) color photo electronically to zestcalendar@gcigroup.com or by mail of candidate participating in adventurous activity, along with completed Entry and Release Forms (available online at www.zestforadventure.com or via email request from: zestcalendar@gcigroup.com) to: The Procter & Gamble “Zest Men of Adventure Calendar” Contest, c/o: GCI Group, Attn: Jennifer Goldin, 825 Third Ave. Floor 22, New York, NY 10022. Photos submitted by mail should be either 3x5 or 4x6 inches in size. Submissions must be received between July 18 at 12:01 am EST and September 5, 2006 at 11:59 pm EST. Limit one (1) entry per person. All entries must be the fully original creations of the entrants.

ROUND 2: (applicable to Semi-Finalists only): The twenty-four (24) Semi-Finalists identified through a first round of judging (as described in Rule #5) will have their photos and essays posted on www.zestforadventure.com and compete with other semi-finalists to secure votes from website visitors.

Contestant photos and essays are sometimes hereafter referred to as “Entry” or “Entries”. Entries may appear in Sponsor’s advertisement(s) and/or on Sponsor’s Website, but Sponsor is not obligated to make any such use, and any use of photo and/or description is at the sole and exclusive option of Sponsor. Only fully completed Entries are eligible. All Entries become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. In the event an insufficient number of entries are received, Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the Contest and shall be under no obligation to award the prizes.

The public voting will take place between September 15 to October 2, 2006 (“Voting Period”) by accessing www.zestforadventure.com and following the voting instructions. Voters must be legal residents of the U.S. and 18 years or older. Individuals may vote only once. Sponsor reserves the right to reject any vote that they consider to be fraudulently generated or duplicated, in their sole discretion.

4. ENTRY CONDITIONS: By submitting an Entry, you warrant that (i) it is your own original creation and that it does not violate any law, regulation or right of any third party, including but not limited to copyright, trademark, rights of publicity or privacy, (ii) that you have followed the Official Rules of the Contest, and (iii) the Entry has not been entered into any other contest or won any other award.. If Entry contains an identifiable person(s) other than entrant, by submitting an Entry, entrant represents and warrants that he/she has obtained the consent of such person(s) to use the photo as outlined herein Further, by submitting an Entry, entrant grants permission for Sponsor to distribute, post, display and otherwise make use of the Entry (even if modified) in Sponsor’s advertisement(s) and/or on the World Wide Web as is consistent with these Official Rules (as solely determined by Sponsor), and in any and all media know known or hereinafter developed without territorial or time limitations and warrants and represents that he/she has all right to grant such permission. Any Entry that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, is considered inappropriate or not suitable for publication (all as solely determined by Sponsor) will be deemed ineligible. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Correspondence and inquiries concerning Contest will not be accepted or acknowledged.

5. JUDGING – ROUND 1: All eligible entries will be judged by P&G representatives whose decisions are final and binding in all judging matters relating to this Contest. Entries will be judged equally on the following criteria: (i) 1/3 Articulation of entrant’s adventurous mindset, (ii) 1/3 physical appearance and (iii) 1/3 creativity. Twenty-four (24) Semi-Finalists will be determined by the highest score of cumulative points for all criteria awarded by judges. In case of a tie, the tied entries with the highest cumulative point scores in articulation of an adventurous mindset will be declared a Semi-Finalist. If tie continues, the tied entries with the highest cumulative point scores in physical appearance and creativity will be declared a Semi-Finalist. If Semi-Finalist(s) cannot be determined in accordance with the above procedure, only tied entries will be evaluated by a new judge according to the original two (2) criteria. The tied entry with the highest cumulative scores determined by a new judge will be declared a Semi-Finalist. Semi-Finalists will be determined on or about September 15 and will be notified on or about September 29 by email.

6. JUDGING – ROUND 2: Semi-Finalists’ entries will be voted on by visitors to zestforadventure.com based equally on the following criteria:(i) 1/3 articulation of adventurous mindset, (ii) 1/3 physical appearance, and (iii) 1/3 creativity. The Round 2 score will represent (20%) of the total score. The Round 1 score will represent (80%) of the total score. The total score will be calculated based on the sum of the Round 1 score and the Round 2 score.

Twelve (12) male finalists with the highest total scores received from September 15 to October 2, 2006 will be featured in the Zest Man of the Month Calendar. One Grand Prize Winner will be selected from the (12) male finalists based on having the highest total score. The Grand Prize Winner will be awarded the Grand Prize of an Adventure Trip for four people. The Adventure Trip will be selected by P&G and the winner will have one (1) year to redeem the prize.

In case of a tie for 12th place, the tied entries with the highest cumulative point scores from round one will be deemed the Finalist. If tie continues, the tied entries with the highest cumulative point scores in articulation of entrant’s adventurous mindset will be declared a Finalist.

7. FINALISTS’ CONDITIONS: Finalists will be determined on or about November 15, 2006 and will be contacted on or about November 30 by phone and email. If Finalist cannot be contacted or if prize notification is returned as undeliverable, an alternate Finalist will be selected who will be the entrant with the next highest score.

8. PRIZE: Twelve (12) Finalists will be included in the Zest Adventure Man of the Month Calendar. No substitution, assignment, or transfer permitted, except by Sponsor who reserves the right to substitute prize of equal or greater value, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. One Grand Prize Winner will be awarded an Adventure Trip for four people. The Adventure Trip will be selected by P&G and the winner will have one (1) year to redeem.

9. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: Participants agree (a) to these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor which are final and binding, (b) that Sponsor, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents will have no liability whatsoever for, are released and shall be held harmless by participants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in this Contest or Contest-related activities and (c) except where legally prohibited, winners grant (and agree to confirm that grant in writing) permission to Sponsor and those acting under Sponsor’s authority the right to the use of his/her name, Photo, Essay, image and biographical information and statements, voice and/or likeness and prize information, and/or entry video recording (and license the use of the entry, which may be altered, changed, modified, edited, used alone or with other works, as solely determined by sponsor) for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, at any times or time, in all media now known or hereafter discovered world wide and on the Internet and/or World Wide Web without notice or review or approval.

10. REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION: Finalists’ and Grand Prize Winner’s Entries will be deemed a Work Made For Hire under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so deemed, then winner may also be required to complete, sign and return an irrevocable assignment, in the United States and World Wide, of any and all right, title and interest that he/she may have in the Entry, including but not limited to the copyright and “Droit Moral” or “Moral Rights” (if any), therein, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. If sponsor requests the winner to do so, it will be the winner’s responsibility to secure the Releases and assignment. Should sponsor fail to request an assignment, as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of Sponsor’s rights and sponsor may at a later time request that assignment. Any such assignment may be, as solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably necessary to establish the ownership of record of the copyrights and Moral Rights transferred, or which may be transferred, under this Agreement. Winners will be required to complete, sign, and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release and, where lawful, a Publicity Release prior to accepting the prize, within 14 days of prize notification. If documents are not returned in a timely basis, or if any prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. Failure to comply with any of these requirements may cause prize to be forfeited and awarded to alternate winner. All taxes and unspecified expenses are solely the responsibility of the winner.

11. GENERAL PROVISIONS: Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for lost, late, damaged, delayed, destroyed, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, mutilated, or postage-due mail or entries, or for interrupted or unavailable network, server, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions or video or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network; or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture any such information. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Contest, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified. Should any portion of the Contest be compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest and judge winners from entries received prior to the occurrence of such intervening cause or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by any form of tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, and assumes no responsibility for any error, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation, or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized use of phone or phone lines. In case of dispute as to the identity of entrant, Entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of entry. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address.

12. GOVERNING LAW AND ARBITRATION: This Contest will be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of Ohio, without application of any conflicts of law rules. Disputes between the parties or their affiliates related to this Contest shall be submitted to final, binding arbitration heard by a single arbitrator in accordance with the then-current Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (except as modified herein). Any counterclaim not brought within thirty (30) days after receipt of the arbitration notice shall be barred. The arbitration shall be conducted in Hamilton County, Ohio in English. Unless otherwise specified herein, the arbitrator may award any relief that he deems proper, including but not limited to equitable relief. The award shall be final and binding and enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.

13. WINNER’S LIST: For a list of Finalists and Grand Prize Winner, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: The “Zest Men of Adventure Calendar” Contest, c/o GCI Group, Attn: Jetaun Adkins Boyle, 825 Third Ave. Floor 22, New York, NY 10022, for receipt by December 31, 2006. Residents of Vermont may omit return postage.

14. SPONSOR: Procter & Gamble Distributing Co., P&G Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Do not send correspondence to this address.

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Limit 1 entry/person. Prize: Adventure Trip for four people, not to exceed the value of $15,000. Sponsor: Procter & Gamble. Start Date: July 18, 2006, 12:01 am EST End Date: September 5, 2006, 11:59 pm EST

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