RDBA VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE HERSHEY BASKET SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. 1. Eligibility: The RDBA Virtual Experience Hershey Basket Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is open to the attendees of the Retail Dietitians Business Alliance Virtual Experience Conference ("Virtual Conference") who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, directors, and officers, and their immediate family members (parents, children, siblings, or spouse, regardless of where they live, or persons living in same household, whether related or not) of the sponsor, The Hershey Company (“Sponsor”), its subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, and any others engaged in the development or distribution of this Sweepstakes are not eligible to enter or win. Other eligibility requirements and conditions of participation are set forth below in these official rules for the Sweepstakes (“Official Rules”). All federal, state, municipal, and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited by law. 2. Entry Period: The Sweepstakes begins at 11:00:00 A.M. ET on April 18, 2023 and ends at 3:00:00 P.M ET on April 20, 2023 (“Entry Period”). 3. How to Participate: To enter, you must complete and submit the form located on the giveaway hotspot link within The Hershey Company Virtual Booth available via through the Virtual Conference website. Each eligible person completing the entry process will be entered in the Sweepstakes (each an “Entry” and collectively, the “Entries”). By participating in the Sweepstakes, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes will be run in accordance with the Official Rules, subject to amendment by Sponsor. 4. Entry Conditions: All Entries must be received during the Entry Period to be eligible for the Sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, illegible, incomplete, damaged, or misdirected Entries or Entries not properly forwarded to Sponsor. Limit one Entry per person during the Entry Period. 5. Winner Selection: The winner (a “Winner”) of the Sweepstakes will be selected at random by Sponsor on April 21, 2023 (“Drawing”) from among all eligible Entries received. The Drawing will be conducted by Sponsor or its representatives. 6. Winner Notification and Verification: The Winner will be notified within 24 hours after the Drawing using the telephone number or email address provided at the time of Entry. Sponsor is not responsible if unable to contact the Winner for prize notification purposes for whatever reason, including the Winner’s failure to provide a correct telephone number or email address at the time of Entry. Disqualification and the selection of an alternate Winner will result from any of the following: (a) potential Winner’s inability to accept the Prize; (b) the inability of Sponsor to contact the Winner for any reason; or (c) any other non-compliance with these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. 7. Prize; Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”); Prize Delivery; and Conditions: The following prize (“Prize”) will be awarded to the Winner of the Sweepstakes: a Hershey Snacking and Baking Basket, with various Hershey snacking and baking products selected by the Sponsor in its sole discretion (ARV: $100). Prize will be shipped to the Winner by May 1, 2023, after Sponsor verifies the Winner’s eligibility. All federal, state, and local taxes, and all other costs associated with acceptance or use of the Prize, are the sole responsibility of the Winner. If applicable, Winner may receive an IRS Form 1099 for the retail value of the Prize. A Winner may waive his/her right to receive a Prize. A Prize is non-transferable, non-exchangeable, non-refundable, has no cash value, and must be accepted by the Winner as awarded. 8. Odds of Winning: Odds of winning the Prize depend upon the number of eligible Entries received during the Entry Period. 9. Conditions, Disclaimers, and License: By entering the Sweepstakes, each Entrant agrees that: (a) he or she will abide by and be bound by these Official Rules; (b) neither Sponsor nor any of its affiliated companies or the advertising and promotional agencies affiliated with Sponsor or those affiliated companies, nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, Sponsor’s “Affiliates”) are responsible for claims, injuries, death, losses or damages of any kind resulting from participation or inability to participate in the Sweepstakes, the awarding, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of a Prize, or for any typographical or other error in these Official Rules or the announcement or offering of any Prize; (c) Sponsor is not responsible for any inability of a Winner to accept a Prize for any reason; and (d) by entering the Sweepstakes, all Entrants further agree that Sponsor has the sole right to decide all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Although Sponsor attempts to ensure the integrity of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor is not responsible for the actions of Entrants or other individuals in connection with the Sweepstakes, including attempts to circumvent these Official Rules or otherwise interfere with the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned by reason of fraud, technical limitations or failures, applicable law, unforeseen obstacles, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, could corrupt, compromise, undermine, or otherwise affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, viability, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify these Official Rules, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend all or any part of the Sweepstakes, and in the event of cancellation or termination, to select a winner from among all eligible non-suspect Entrants received up to the time of such cancellation, termination, modification, or suspension, as applicable. Inclusion in such drawing will be each Entrant’s sole and exclusive remedy under such circumstances. 10. Release and Indemnification: BY PARTICIPATING IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANTS RELEASE AND HOLD THE SPONSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, RIGHT, CLAIMS, AND ACTIONS OF ANY KIND ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THE SWEEPSTAKES OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY SWEEPSTAKES-RELATED ACTIVITY, OR RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF THE PRIZE (INCLUDING ANY TRAVEL OR ACTIVITY RELATED TO ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIZE) AWARDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, AS WELL AS CLAIMS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION, AND/OR INVASION OF PRIVACY. 11. Miscellaneous: (a) Privacy: information submitted in connection with the Sweepstakes will be treated in accordance with these Official Rules and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (as may be amended from time to time), currently available at https://www.thehersheycompany.com/en_us/home/privacy-policy.html; (b) Publicity Release: except where prohibited, by accepting a Prize, the Winner grants permission for Sponsor and its agents to use his/her name, voice and/or likeness, for advertising, merchandising, promotion and/or publicity purposes in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented without territorial or time limitations and without additional compensation; and (c) Applicable Law: the Sweepstakes, and any disputes that may arise hereunder, shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to the conflicts of laws principles of any jurisdiction. Venue with respect to any such disputes shall be had in the state and federal courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The invalidity or enforceability of any other provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision so long as the general intent of these Official Rules remains in effect. In the event that any such provision is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, these Official Rules shall be constructed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained herein. 12. Sponsor: The Sweepstakes is sponsored by The Hershey Company, 19 E. Chocolate Ave., Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033. 13. Winner List: For the winner list, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: The Hershey Company, Attn: RDBA Virtual Experience Hershey Basket Sweepstakes Winners List, 19 E. Chocolate Ave., Hershey, PA 17033 within 30 days after the end of the Entry Period.