2025 Merrell Park Sessions Giveaway Contest - Official Rules

1. Description

The 2025 Merrell Park Sessions Giveaway Contest (the "Contest") begins at 12:01 am ET on September 25, 2025, and ends at 11:59 pm ET on October 19, 2025 (the "Contest Period"). By participating in the Contest, participants (or, if a minor in their place of residence, the participant's parent or legal guardian on his or her behalf) unconditionally accept and agree to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor (as defined in Section 12), which shall be final and binding in all respects. Receipt of a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

2. Eligibility

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Must be 18 years of age or older at the time of entry and a legal resident of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia). Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, their respective parents, subsidiaries, and agents, as well as the immediate family (defined as parents, spouses, children, siblings, and grandparents) and household members of each such employee, officer, and director are not eligible. Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations apply.

3. How to Enter

To enter, during the Contest Period, you must: (a) have an active Instagram account; (b) navigate to the @merrell Instagram account and locate the Park Sessions giveaway post; (c) click on the link to the contest; and (d) complete the entry form, including your name and email address. LIMIT ONE (1) ENTRY PER PERSON. Entries that are incomplete for any reason and those containing invalid e-mail addresses will be disqualified and removed from the Contest. Any attempt to enter using multiple/different email addresses, social media account names, identities, registrations and logins, using macro, robotic, script or other forms of automatic entry, or any other methods will void all of an entrant's entries and that entrant will be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification.

4. Intentionally Omitted

5. Winner Selection

During November 2025, Sponsor will conduct a random drawing to select one (1) Grand Prize Winner from among all qualified entries received during the Contest Period. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received. The Grand Prize Winner will be notified via the email address in the entrant's entry and may be required to complete and return an eligibility affidavit and liability/publicity release. If a potential winner cannot be contacted within three (3) days after Sponsor's first attempt, does not meet the eligibility criteria, does not fully comply with these Official Rules, or fails to sign and return any requested document or information, then the potential winner forfeits the prize and an alternate winner may be selected. Potential prize winners may be required to provide a taxpayer identification number or social security number for tax reporting purposes.

If a prize winner is considered a minor in his or her jurisdiction of residence, the prize will be awarded in the name of, or to, the winner's parent or legal guardian, who must accept the prize, execute any required documents, and agree to all obligations and undertakings of the winner, both on behalf of himself/herself and winner, or the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Under no circumstances will a prize be awarded as the result of an entry by an individual under 13 years of age.

6. Prizes

One (1) Grand Prize: consisting of: (a) one (1) travel voucher valued at $4,500 to be used towards travel to a National Park of your choosing; (b) one (1) America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands annual pass valued at $80; and (c) two (2) codes to be used on merrell.com to purchase (1) pair of Merrell shoes per code valued at $200 per code (the "Grand Prize"). Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of the Grand Prize is $4,980. Additional terms and conditions may apply to any gift cards, promotional codes, or similar prizes awarded. Prizes are non-transferable and may not be substituted for cash. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may substitute a prize (or prize component) of equal or greater value due to unavailability of prize (or prize component) for any reason. The Grand Prize will be awarded to the Grand Prize Winner no later than January 31, 2026. By entering the Contest, entrants acknowledge and agree to this prize fulfillment timeframe.

Winners of prizes valued at an ARV of $600 or more collectively will be required to provide a taxpayer identification number or social security number for the purpose of issuing an IRS 1099 Tax Form for the fair market value of the prize for the year in which it was awarded.

Any travel, accommodation, and other expenses incurred that are more than the value of the travel voucher awarded are the responsibility of the Grand Prize Winner.

7. General Conditions

All taxes and other expenses are the sole responsibility of the winner. Gift certificates are valid only at Sponsor's website and are subject to expiration and other terms and conditions. Neither Sponsor nor Instagram are responsible or liable for, and entrants (or, if a minor in their place of residence, the participant's parent or legal guardian on his or her behalf) completely release and hold Sponsor and Instagram harmless against: (a) illegible, incomplete, damaged, misdirected, stolen, late, or lost entry forms; (b) network, internet, or computer malfunctions or damage related to or resulting from participating in the Contest; (c) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Sponsor which may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; or (d) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by the prize or resulting from acceptance or use of the prize, or from participation in the Contest. Any entrant attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Contest, including but not limited to using automated processes for entry, will be ineligible. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, including but not limited to technical corruption or non-authorized human intervention, Sponsor in its sole discretion reserves the right to modify or cancel the Contest. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

8. Release

By receipt of any prize, winner (or, if a minor in his/her place of residence, the winner's parent or legal guardian on his or her behalf) agrees that Sponsor, Instagram, their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and the agents, employees, directors and officers of these companies, are not liable whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize or from winner's participation in the Contest.

If an entrant is a California resident, such entrant hereby waives California Civil Code Section 1542, which states, "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor."

9. Force Majeure

Without limiting any other provision in these Official Rules, the Sponsor is not responsible for or liable to any entrant or winner, or any person claiming through such entrant or winner, for failure to supply the prize(s) or any part thereof due to any Contest activity or event being affected, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, by reason of, without limitation, (a) any acts of God; (b) any law, rule, action, regulation, order or request by any local, state or federal governmental or quasi-governmental entity or authority (whether or not the law, rule, action, regulation, order or request proves to be invalid); or (c) any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor, whether or not specifically mentioned above.

10. Disputes

As a condition of participating in the Contest, entrant agrees that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest, shall be resolved on an individual basis, without resort to any form of class action. This means neither you nor Sponsor may join or consolidate claims in arbitration or court by or against any other person or entity, or litigate in court or arbitrate any claims as a representative or member of a class or in a private attorney general capacity. In addition, either party may choose to resolve the dispute by binding arbitration, as described below, instead of in court. This arbitration agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. Any arbitration will take place in Michigan within two hundred miles of Grand Rapids, Michigan by a single arbitrator, and will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association or JAMS pursuant to the rules of the body conducting the arbitration. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances shall entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorney's fees, other than entrant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering the Contest). Entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

11. Winners List

Names of prize winners may be requested by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope by December 31, 2025 to Sponsor to the attention of "2025 Merrell Park Sessions Giveaway Contest."

12. Sponsor/Administrator

The Sponsor and Administrator of this Contest is Merrell, a division of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., 9341 Courtland Drive NE, Rockford, Michigan 49351 ("Sponsor"). This Contest is not in any way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram.

13. Privacy Policy

By participating in this Contest, entrants agree to the collection and use of their information in accordance with Sponsor's Privacy Policy, available at www.merrell.com, including receiving marketing messages as set forth in such policy.

14. Interpretation of Official Rules

All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Official Rules or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest shall be governed by, and construed pursuant to, the sole discretion of the Sponsor, in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan.