Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction

These are the rules to participate in our ballot (ballot) for the chance to buy one of 1 x 70cl bottle ofThe Balvenie, The TaleOfThe Dog Single Malt Scotch Whisky (bottle).

These terms and conditions prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials connected to the ballot.

Entry and claim instructions are deemed to form part of the terms and conditions.

By taking part in the ballot, all participants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the terms and conditions. Please retain a copy for your information.

2. Promoter

This promotion is being run by the Balvenie Global Brand Team at William Grant & Sons Brands Limited (08871077) (Promoter)in conjunction with our fulfilment partner, TheHut.Com Limited (05016010), trading as Clink*) (Clink*).

3. Eligibility

This ballot is only open to UK residents (excluding NI) aged 18 or over (at the date of entry) only, excluding employees and their immediate families of the Promoter and Clink*, their respective subsidiaries, other group companies or agents, or anyone else professionally connected with this ballot.

The Promoter may verify any details of the participants in the ballot and those participants in the ballot lucky enough to have been randomly selected in the ballot to receive an offer to purchase the bottle (winner).

Participants in the ballot confirm that if they are successfully selected by the Promoter, they are able and willing to complete the purchase of the bottle.

4. Limit on number of bottle purchases

There is a limit of one bottle purchase.

5. Ballot period

The ballot will run from 12:00PM GMT on 08/11/21 until 23:59 GMT on22/11/21.

Any entries received before the start date or after the closing date (for whatever reason) will be invalid.

6. How to enter the ballot

To enter the ballot visit [The Balvenie Stories Tale Of The Dog 42 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70cl | Clink* (clinkspirit.com)] and enter your details on the entry form and click “submit”.

Purchase is necessary to enter the ballot or to claim the bottle.

7. General rules of entry

Incomplete, incorrect, illegible, inaudible, misdirected, lost, damaged, late or otherwise deficient entries will not be accepted. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of delivery. The Promoter takes no responsibility for entries delayed, incomplete or lost due to technical reasons or otherwise.

Your entry will be deemed invalid and disqualified if it:

·contains unlawful, defamatory, discriminatory, malicious, indecent or other inappropriate content;

·includes the names or images of any individual without their express permission;

·in the reasonable opinion of the Promoter, causes any widespread or serious offence;

·contains content deemed socially irresponsible including the ballot of excessive consumption of alcohol;

·features or refers to children;

·made by a participant using a false name; or

·is made on someone else’s behalf.

If entry is through a website, you are required to follow any other specific instructions on the website.

Internet service providers’ fees may apply when accessing the internet. By using the website, you also agree to the website’s terms and conditions.

8. Bottles

There is a single bottle of The Balvenie, The Tale Of The Dog in total available for the entire Clink* UK ballot.

9. General rules on bottles

Bottle must be claimed and paid for by the deadline specified in section 11. If the bottles are not claimed by this date, the winner will have no entitlement to the bottle and we will be free to select an alternative winner.

Winners may not transfer the right to by a bottle to another person without the Promoter’s consent.

10. Winner selection

The Promoter’s selection of the winners is final. Winners will be selected at random by a third party agency.

All eligible entries will be entered into a draw. The winners will be selected via a randomised computer process on 23 November 2021.

11. Winner notification

The Winner will be contacted by phone within at least 5working days of the draw with instructions explaining how to claim their prize.

The Winner will have to answer their phone in order to claim their bottle by following the instructions of the customer service representative to place their order. If the winner does not answer their phone, due to the extremely limited nature of the release it will roll over to another winner who will be selected using the same methodology as above. The Promoter may repeat this process as often as is necessary.

Participants are encouraged to monitor their connections during this time in case they are the winner.

12. Verification

The Promoter reserves the right to verify all entries including, but not limited to, asking for address and identity details (which they must provide within 14 days).

The Promoter may:

·refuse the sale of a bottle;

·withdraw bottle entitlement;

·refuse further participation in the ballot; and/or

·disqualify the participant,

where there are reasonable grounds to believe the participant has broken these terms and conditions, won using fraudulent means or otherwise gained unfair advantage.

13. Copyright

All entries become the property of the Promoter, and none shall be returned.

If the ballot involves the submission of audio, video, text, images or other content, you must ensure your submission:

·is not copied from a third party;

·does not otherwise infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights;

·does not feature any person (living or dead) without their permission; and

·does not contain any defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful, illegal or otherwise unsuitable materials.

You will retain any copyright which exists in your submission but, by entering, participants licence and grant the Promoter an exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable and sub-licensable right to use your content for any purpose in any media, without compensation, restriction on use, attribution or liability.

Participants agree not to assert any moral rights in relation to such use.

Participants warrant that the materials contain no third party materials, are their original works, have not been copied, in whole or in part, from any third party and they have full authority to grant these rights.

14. General terms and conditions of sale

Clink*’s general terms and conditions of sale will apply to the sale of the bottle and can be viewed at [https://www.clinkspirit.com/terms-conditions.list].

15. Tax liability

Any tax liability arising from receipt of the bottle will be the responsibility of the recipient.

16. Liability

If for any reason any aspect of this ballot is not capable of running as planned (including by reason of infection by computer virus, network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other cause beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this ballot), the Promoter may in its sole discretion modify or suspend the ballot or invalidate any affected entries/claims.

If an act, omission, event or circumstance occurs which is beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter and which prevents the Promoter from complying with these terms and conditions, the Promoter will not be liable for any failure to perform or delay in performing its obligation. In these circumstances, the Promoter may immediately terminate the ballot without any liability.

Except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law (in which case that liability shall be limited to the minimum allowable by law), the Promoter and its associated agencies and companies will not be liable for any loss (including indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense or damage which is suffered (whether or not arising from any person’s negligence) in connection with this ballot or accepting or using the bottle.

17. Brand Protection

The winner must not do anything which could, in the reasonable opinion of the Promoter, bring the Promoter or the WG&S brands it sells on its website into disrepute before, during or after this ballot.

The Promoter encourages responsible drinking and encourages participants to readhttp://www.drinkaware.co.uk/ for more information.

18. General

If any of these clauses are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, then it shall be deleted from these terms and conditions. The remaining clauses shall survive and remain in full force and effect.

These terms and conditions are governed by English law. The Courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.

19. Data Protection

The Promoter will use the personal details supplied by participants for the administration of the ballot, which may involve transferring that information to third parties involved in the administration of the ballot (e.g. the Promoter’s marketing agency) and, in the case of winners, the fulfilment of the sale and delivery of the bottle.

The personal details participants submit must be true and up-to-date.

The handling of this personal data will be in accordance with the Promoter’s privacy policy which can be found [https://www.clinkspirit.com/privacy-policy.list]. By participating in the ballot, you agree to this use of your personal data.

You can request access to your personal data, or have any inaccuracies rectified, by sending an email to [customer.experience@thehutgroup.com] or [DataProtection@wgrant.com].

If you are required to submit a third party’s personal data to enter the ballot, you must ensure that the person whose details you submit has given their consent for you to provide the Promoter with their personal data.