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SUBSCRIBER ADVANTAGE SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES

Contest begins 12:01 am CST on August 1, 2005
and ends at 11:59 pm CST on October 16, 2005


1. How To Enter: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN SWEEPSTAKES. Every day during the promotion period, August 1 ? October 16, 2005, Subscriber Advantage Members may visit bancodeprofissionais.com/members and fill out an online entry form to enter. Entries must be complete and contain all information requested. Potential Winners of Weekly Prizes will then be randomly selected from all entries received on or before the following “Promotion Weeks”: Week One ? August 1 ? 7, 2005, Week Two ? August 8 ? 14, 2005, Week Three – August 15 ? 21, 2005, Week 4 ? August 22 ? 28, 2005, Week Five ? August 29 ? September 4, 2005, Week 6 ? September 5 ? 11, 2005, Week 7 ? September 12 ? 18, 2005, Week 8 ? September 19 ? 25, 2005, Week 9 ? September 26 ? October 2, 2005, Week 10 ? October 3 ? 9, 2005, and Week 11 ? October 10 ? 16, 2005. All entries must be submitted by 11:59:59 pm CST on the closing Sunday dates indicated above to be eligible for that week’s drawing. Entries received after a Promotion Week has ended will be disqualified for that week’s drawing and will not be rolled over to the next week. If you are not a Chicago Tribune Subscriber you may enter by hand printing your full name, complete address, date of birth, daytime and evening telephone numbers on a 3″ x 5″ card and mailing in an envelope to: “Subscriber Advantage Sweepstakes,” P.O. Box 493, Wilmette, IL 60091-0493. Mail-in entries will be included in the applicable weekly drawing in which they are received, as well as in the Grand Prize drawing. Limit one entry per day per person, email address or Subscriber Advantage Member, regardless of the method of entry. Duplicate entries will void all entries.


2. Sweepstakes Random Drawings: Sweepstakes weeks run Monday through Sunday. On or about August 8, 2005 (for Promotion Week One) 6 Prize Winners selected; August 15, 2005 (for Promotion Week Two) 6 Prize Winners Selected; August 22, 2005 (for Promotion Week Three) 50 Prize Winners Selected; August 29, 2005 (for Promotion Week Four) 50 Prize Winners Selected; September 5, 2005 (for Promotion Week Five) 50 Prize Winners Selected; September 12, 2005 (for Promotion Week Six) 50 Prize Winners Selected, September 19, 2005 (for Promotion Week Seven) 50 Prize Winners Selected, September 26, 2005 (for Promotion Week Eight) 50 Prize Winners Selected, October 3, 2005 (for Promotion Week Nine) 22 Prize Winners Selected, October 10, 2005 (for Promotion Week Ten) 23 Prize Winners Selected and October 17, 2005 (for Promotion Week Eleven) 1 Grand Prize Potential Winner selected in a random Sweepstakes drawing amongst all Promotion Periods as set forth above under the supervision of Creative Marketing Communications, Inc. (“CMC”), an independent judging organization whose decisions in all matters concerning this Sweepstakes are final and binding. A total of 358 Winners will be selected in total. For each entry the respondent submits, they receive one Sweepstakes entry toward the random Sweepstakes drawing. The more entries submitted, the more times respondent is entered into the Week 11 Grand Prize Sweepstakes random drawing. Potential winners will be notified by telephone and/or overnight mail. If a selected potential winner cannot be reached by phone or overnight mail on first attempt or does not respond within five (5) business days of notification, that selected potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner selected.

Week Number 2005 Contest Week Dates 2005 Entry Deadline 2005 Approximate Drawing Date
1 August 1 – August 7 11:59:59 pm August 7 August 8
2 August 8 – August 14 11:59:59 pm August 14 August 15
3 August 15 – August 21 11:59:59 pm August 21 August 22
4 August 22 – August 28 11:59:59 pm August 28 August 29
5 August 29 – September 4 11:59:59 pm September 4 September 5
6 September 5 – September 11 11:59:59 pm September 11 September 12
7 September 12 – September 18 11:59:59 pm September 18 September 19
8 September 19 – September 25 11:59:59 pm September 25 September 26
9 September 26 – October 2 11:59:59 pm October 2 October 3
10 October 3 – October 9 11:59:59 pm October 9 October 10
11 October 10 – October 16 11:59:59 pm October 16 October 17
3. Potential Winner Procedures/Prizes/Approximate Retail Value (ARV)/Odds of Winning: One (1) Week 11 Grand Prize: Walt Disney World(R) Vacation for four (4). Prize includes roundtrip coach airfare from hub airport closest to winner’s home, standard hotel accommodations at the Walt Disney World(R) Resort Hotel for up to four (4) persons, four (4) Five-Day Walt Disney World(R) Park Hopper Passes and one (1) admission per person for up to four (4) to Downtown Disney(R) Pleasure Island, $200.00 Disney Dollars and Admission to all events taking place as part of the Chicago Cubs Happiest Celebration on Earth event from December 1 ? 5, 2005. Any items not listed above are not part of the Grand Prize, including but not limited to beverages, phone calls, gratuities, merchandise/souvenirs, laundry and/or hotel services; ARV: $6,076 plus tax. Grand Prize Winner will be selected from all respondents over the 11-week period. Travel dates are 12/1/05 ? 12/5/05 only and travel must be completed during those specified dates. Twelve (12) Week 1 & 2 Prizes: 1 pair of Cubs tickets; ARV: $100.00. One-hundred (100) Week 3 & 4 Prizes: Cubs Hat; ARV: $12.00. One-hundred (100) Week 5 & 6 Prizes: Autographed Baseball; ARV: $125.00. One-hundred (100) Week 7 & 8 Prizes: Name in Lights Photo; ARV: $10.00. Forty-five (45) Week 9 & 10 Prizes: Behind the Scenes tour for 2 of Wrigley Field and a Photo; ARV: $20.00. Total value of all prizes is $22,876.00. Entrants can only win one prize per week. Odds of winning depend upon the number of response entries received each week. Winners are responsible for the reporting and payment of all federal, state and local taxes. Prizes cannot be refunded, sold, substituted or transferred for consideration.

4. Eligibility: Sweepstakes open to all legal U.S residents except residents of New York and Florida, aged 18 years or older as of 8/1/05, except employees of the Tribune Company, CMC and their respective subsidiaries, parent companies, affiliates, licensees, prize suppliers, the advertising and promotion agencies of each, sponsors, advertisers, and the immediate families (spouse and parents, children and siblings and their spouses) and individuals living in the same households of such employees. Potential Grand Prize Winner and travel companion must complete and return to CMC an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release of Liability Form prior to receiving prize. Sweepstakes void in NY and FL and where prohibited or restricted by law. Sweepstakes subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
5. Limitation of Liability and General Conditions: By participating, all entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of the judges and these Official Rules with respect to all Sweepstakes related matters. No transfer or substitution of prize allowed, except by Sponsor due to the unavailability of a prize at time of award. If any prize is unavailable, Sponsor will substitute a prize of equal or greater value at Sponsors’ sole discretion. Acceptance of any prize constitutes permission for Sponsors to use winners’ name, voice, likeness and/or videotape/photograph and any information provided on his/her entry form for publicity purposes in any communication medium, including, but not limited to, television, Internet, radio, and print without additional compensation, review or approval, except where prohibited. By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless Tribune Company, CMC, and their respective affiliates, and each of their officers, directors, employees and, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, licensees, prize suppliers and successor companies, contractors, sponsors, advertisers, advertising or promotion agencies, individuals engaged in the development, production or distribution of materials or in the implementation of the Sweepstakes, (“Releasees”) from and against any injuries, losses, damages, claims, actions or liability of any kind resulting from or arising from participation in the Sweepstakes or acceptance, possession, use, misuse or nonuse of any prize (including any travel related thereto) that may be awarded. Entrants agree that the laws of the state of Illinois will govern any and all disputes. Releasees are not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any Sweepstakes related materials; for transactions or entries that are lost, stolen, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled, failed to enter into the processing system, or are processed, reported, or transmitted late or incorrectly or are lost for any reason, including computer, telephone, paper transfer, human or other error, or for electronic, computer or telephonic malfunction or error, including inability to access any website associated with this promotion, or process any transaction thereon. If, in the Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of tampering with any portion of the Sweepstakes, or if computer virus, bugs, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical difficulties or failures compromise or corrupt or affect the administration, integrity, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, the judges reserve the right at their sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, void any entries submitted fraudulently, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes, or to terminate the entire Sweepstakes or that portion of the Sweepstakes relating to the suspected or actual tampering of the Sweepstakes and conduct a random drawing to award the prize using all non-suspect eligible entries received as of the date of such action. Should the Sweepstakes be terminated or modified prior to the stated expiration date, notice will be posted on bancodeprofissionais.com/members. Any attempt by an entrant or any other individual to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. As a condition of entering the Sweepstakes, participant agrees that: a) under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses: b) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and c) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys fees. Sponsor reserves the right to modify prize award procedures. In the event of a dispute, on-line entries will be deemed made by the name appearing on the online entry form.
6. Winner’s List: Name of Grand Prize Winner will be posted on the subscriber website on or after October 20, 2005.
Sponsor: Chicago Tribune, 435 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
Sweepstakes Administrator: Creative Marketing Communications, Inc., 980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60611