The following rules, terms and conditions ("Official Rules") govern your entry to and participation in the Snowflake "Hello, GCC: The Dev Premier League" (the "Contest"). Your participation and submission of a Contest entry constitutes your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, these Official Rules.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THE CONTEST IS SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
SPONSOR MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AT ANY TIME IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY FOR SPONSOR TO DO SO. SPONSOR WILL ENDEAVOR TO PROVIDE AS MUCH NOTICE AS POSSIBLE OF ANY SUCH CHANGES ON THE CONTEST WEBSITE OR IN OTHER APPROPRIATE MESSAGING.
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of these Official Rules:
• "Administrator" means YourStory Media Private Limited dba Hackerearth.
• "Contest" means the event officially titled "Hello, GCC: The Dev Premier League," which may also be referred to in branding as a "League" or "Hackathon," but for the purposes of these Official Rules, "Contest" is the defined and controlling term.
• "Contest Judge" means a member of the panel selected by the Sponsor to evaluate Entries in any round of the Contest.
• "Contest Site" means the official website or microsite for the Contest, as specified by the Sponsor.
• "Entry" means the collective submission (including Idea, Prototype, and presentation materials) made by a Team.
• "Idea" means the initial concept or solution submitted by a Team during the Submission Period.
• "Judging Period" means the period beginning on September 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM and ending on October 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM, during which Entries are evaluated.
• "Prize" means any award, voucher, or other benefit described in Section 10 and awarded to a Team or Team member as a result of participation in the Contest.
• "Prototype" means the working model, demo, or implementation of the Idea developed by a Team for submission and evaluation.
• "Registrant" or "Participant" means an individual who has completed the official registration process for the Contest.
• Contest Rounds: "General Round" means the initial round of judging during the Judging Period, as described in Section 1.2(a); "Quarterfinals" means the round of judging following the General Round, as described in Section 1.2(b); “Semifinals" means the round of judging following the Quarterfinals, as described in Section 1.2(c); "Finals" means the final evaluation
round of the top teams, as described in Section 1.2(e); "Awards Showcase" means the event at which winners are formally announced and felicitated, as described in Section 1.2(f).
• "Snowflake Account" or "Trial Account" means the free trial account provided by Sponsor to Registrants for the purpose of developing a Prototype during the Contest, subject to the terms specified by Sponsor.
• "Sponsor" means Snowflake Inc. (address of various offices published at https://www.snowflake.com/legal/snowflake-contracting-entities/), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates.
• "Submission Period" means the period beginning on August 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM and ending on September 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM, during which teams may register and submit an Idea.
• "Team" means a group of three (3) to five (5) Registrants who have joined together to participate in the Contest and submit a single Entry.
• "Team Leader" means the Registrant designated by the Team to serve as the primary point of contact for communications with the Sponsor and Administrator.
1. DATES AND TIMELINE
Snowflake's computer will be the Contest's official clock, and all times are provided in India Standard Time (IST). The Contest begins on August 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM and ends on November 04, 2025 at 11:59 PM (the "Contest Period"). The Contest Period consists of the Submission Period, four (4) rounds: General, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals, along with masterclasses, and the final showcase, as further described below. Before the start of each period or round, the Sponsor reserves the right to postpone or modify the start or end date of that period or round.
1.1 Submission Period.
The "Submission Period" begins on August 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM and ends on September 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM. During the Submission Period, teams consisting of eligible individuals (each eligible individual, a "Registrant") may register and submit an idea (the "Idea") as described more fully on the Contest Site. Please see Section 3 (How to Enter) for further information on the submission process.
1.2 Judging Period.
The "Judging Period" begins on September 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM and ends on October 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM. See Section 9 (Criteria and Selection) for further information on each round of the League.
(a) General Round. The General Round of the Judging Period begins on September 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM and ends on September 22, 2025. This round will consist of judging the top 100 vetted Ideas. Snowflake will finalize the Top 25 and Top 10 submissions from these vetted Ideas for further evaluation. Prototypes must be submitted between September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM and October 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM.
(b) Quarterfinals. The Quarterfinals begin on October 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM and end on October 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM. This round will consist of judging of the submitted Prototypes. Top ten (10)
submitted Prototypes will be selected and teams notified that they are eligible to proceed to the next round to present their Prototypes.
(c) Semifinals. The Semifinals will consist of presentations of the selected Prototypes to a panel of judges (virtually) between October 21, 2025 and October 22, 2025. Top five (5) teams will be announced on or around October 23, 2025, and corresponding finalists will proceed to the final League evaluation.
(d) Masterclasses. Interactive masterclasses will be held from August through October 2025 to ensure continuous learning and platform engagement for all participants.
(e) Finals. The final evaluation of the top five (5) teams will be conducted in end-October 2025, where the winners will be determined.
(f) Awards Showcase. Winners will be formally announced and felicitated at the TechSparks 2025 Awards Showcase scheduled from November 6, 2025 to November 8, 2025 in Bangalore (or prizes may be mailed to winners who are unable to attend the event).
2. ELIGIBILITY
2.1 Team Formation.
Each individual must register separately as a Registrant. All Contest activities, including idea submission, prototype development, and presentations, must be performed by Teams consisting of three (3) to five (5) registered individuals. Teams must be self-formed by Registrants; the Sponsor and Administrator will not assign teams. No individual may participate on more than one Team, and each Team may submit only one Entry.
2.2 Eligible Individuals. The Contest is open to legal residents of India, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the beginning of the Submission Period, who satisfy the Entry Requirements, and who (1) work toward solving a problem statement as described more fully at and (2) are not otherwise ineligible as described in Section 2.3 below.
2.3 Ineligible Persons. The following persons are not eligible to enter the Contest: individuals who (i) are currently employed by Snowflake or any entity that may be acquired by Snowflake during the Contest Period; (ii) are employed by the Administrator or are professionally involved in the administration of the Contest; (iii) are a Contest Judge; (iv) are employed by an entity in which Sponsor has invested and holds an ownership interest; (v) are immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, or children) or household members of any of the persons listed in subsections (i) - (iv); (vi) are on any restricted or prohibited party list maintained by the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State and the Treasury; or (vii) are not residents of, or are domiciled outside of, India.
2.4 Compliance with Other Obligations. All Team members who are finalists are subject to eligibility verification before any prizes are awarded. See Section 6 (Verification) for further information. All Registrants are responsible for
ensuring they are in compliance with any employment or other contract to which they are a party, including, for example, eligibility to participate in promotions and acceptance of prize awards.
2.5 Changes to Team Composition. Teams may change their composition (add or remove members) only up to the close of the Submission Period, provided that the Team continues to meet the requirement of three (3) to five (5) registered individuals. Any changes must be communicated to the Sponsor or Administrator in writing. If a Team falls below the minimum number of members due to withdrawal or disqualification, the Team may be disqualified at the Sponsor's discretion.
3. HOW TO ENTER
3.1 To enter the Contest, visit ("Contest Site") during the Submission Period and follow all posted instructions to submit an Idea.
3.2 LIMIT ONE (1) ENTRY PER TEAM.
If more than one Entry is submitted, only the final entry from a Team will be considered. Entries are void if they are in whole or part illegible, incomplete, damaged, altered, counterfeit, obtained through fraud, or late. All Entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of Entry, and a potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder for that email address. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned to an email address by an Internet service provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email address for the domain and must be a Registrant who is part of a qualifying Team.
3.3 Team Registration and Entry Submission. Each Team must designate a Team Leader who will be responsible for submitting the Team's Entry on behalf of all Team members. The Entry must list all Team members, each of whom must have completed individual registration as a Registrant. All Contest submissions (Ideas, Prototypes, presentations, etc.) must be made on behalf of the Team, not by individuals.
4. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
4.1 Entry Content.
"Entry" must include: (a) a complete profile, including name, email address, phone number, and country of the Registrant; (b) the Idea; (c) the Prototype, if applicable; and (d) presentation materials, link to source code (Github or other codeshare platforms) or source code files, if applicable. Once the Submission Period has ended, the Entry cannot be changed or updated. Entries submitted outside of the Submission Period and incomplete Entries are invalid and will not be considered. Entries will not be acknowledged and will not be returned. Sponsor is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or failures in submission of any Entry or in the Registrant not maintaining accurate contact information during the Submission Period.
4.2 Language.
All Entries, including any oral presentations, must be in English.
4.3 Snowflake Account.
To facilitate the development of the Prototype, Sponsor is providing a free trial account to any Registrant participating in the Contest. Registrants must access the sign-up link available on the Contest Site and will be directed to accept the Self-Service Trial Terms: Self-Service On Demand Terms of Service (available for review at https://www.snowflake.com/legal/). Each trial account is provided with a $400 credit.
(a) Snowflake will identify pre-selected data sets to utilize during the Contest. It is the responsibility of each Registrant to ensure they have obtained any necessary rights to use the data that they include as part of their submission. To the extent there are license requirements associated with any data sets utilized as part of a submission, it is the Registrant's responsibility to ensure they have complied with all license requirements.
(b) Registrants must list all data sets that they utilized in the creation of or used with their Prototype as part of their Entry. For any datasets that were not identified by Snowflake, Registrant must also include a link or copy of the applicable license.
4.4 Datasets & Third-Party APIs
(a) Public Datasets and API Usage. All Entry components must be the result of collaborative work by all Team members. Only one Entry per Team is permitted. Participants may use publicly available datasets and APIs recommended by the organisers for the purposes of this challenge.
(b) Participant Responsibility. Participants are solely responsible for registering and complying with the usage terms and limitations of any third-party datasets or APIs used as part of their solution. This includes (but is not limited to) managing: API rate limits, access credentials and security, attribution requirements, compliance with licensing and data privacy laws.
(c) Non-Commercial Use Only. All datasets and APIs recommended in this challenge are to be used strictly for non-commercial, educational, and research purposes only within the scope of this hackathon or campaign. Any commercial deployment or redistribution of data is strictly prohibited.
(d) Accuracy and Validity. Organisers do not make any warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the external datasets or APIs listed above. Participants are encouraged to validate the data and cite the sources appropriately.
(e) Proprietary Code and Data. Participants must not include any proprietary, confidential, or unauthorized datasets or code unless they have full rights and licenses to do so. Plagiarism or unauthorized use may result in disqualification.
5. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRIES
Each Registrant is solely responsible for the Entry, in whole or in part. By submitting an Entry and participating in the Contest, each Registrant represents and warrants that the Entry:
(a) does not contain any defamatory, offensive or otherwise inappropriate materials;
(b) is original, not copied, in whole or in part, and is exclusively owned and gratuitously provided without any restriction or limitation on use;
(c) does not infringe or misappropriate any intellectual property rights or confidential or proprietary information of any third party;
(d) does not contain any confidential or proprietary information of any entity or person;
(e) does not contain any material that violates any privacy or publicity right of any person;
(f) does not reflect any duty of attribution, or any compensation obligation;
(g) does not contain any content that would violate any law, statute, ordinance, rule or regulation, or any agreement with another person or entity;
(h) does not contain software viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, bots, or any other computer code or files that are designed to disrupt, damage, impact, or limit the functioning of any software or hardware in any way; and
(i) is not misleading, and must be true and accurate.
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to remove the Entry and presentation materials from the Contest Site, in whole or in part, for any violation of these Official Rules. All Team members are jointly responsible for compliance with these Official Rules and for the accuracy and integrity of their Entry.
6. VERIFICATION
During the Contest Period, the Sponsor, the Administrator, its agents and/or the Contest Judges will evaluate the Entry for the Registrant's compliance with these Official Rules and satisfaction of the minimum requirements for the Entry to be judged in the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any Entry that it ascertains at any time does not meet the requirements for the Entry and these Official Rules during or after the Contest Period. Sponsor further reserves the right before awarding any prize, to have the Registrant execute a declaration (or affidavit) of compliance and agreement with these Official Rules, compliance with all applicable Laws, and/or confirmation of eligibility, a publicity release, and a copyright license in connection with any round of the Contest.
7. RIGHTS
7.1 Intellectual Property of Registrant.
Subject to the licenses described below, any applicable intellectual property rights to an Entry will be owned by and remain with the Registrant.
7.2 License Grant.
By entering the Contest, Registrant grants to the Sponsor and any other third parties acting on the Sponsor's behalf, a royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable license to display publicly and use the Entry for promotional and any other purposes in perpetuity without further consideration or payment of any type. This license includes, but is not limited to, posting, or linking to the Entry on Sponsor's and Administrator's websites and applications, including the Contest Site, and displaying and promoting the Entry in any other media, worldwide, including publication of the Registrant's name, team, Prototype description, images, video URL, and website URL.
7.3 Representation and Warranty.
Each Registrant represents and warrants that the Sponsor is free to use the Entry in the manner described above, as provided or as modified by the Sponsor, without obtaining permission or license from any third party and without any compensation to the Registrant.
8. JUDGING
Eligible Entries will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the Sponsor for each round of the Contest (each, a "Contest Judge"). Contest Judges will include employees of the Sponsor, employees of the Administrator, and/or external industry specialists. All decisions of the Contest Judges and Sponsor are final, non-appealable, binding, and in their sole discretion applying the Judging Criteria to the Entries. By participating in the Contest, each Registrant agrees they have no right to request, and Sponsor has no obligation to disclose the assessment of their Entry at any time for any round of the Contest or in the entirety of the Contest.
9. CRITERIA AND SELECTION
All eligible Entries will be reviewed by Contest Judges. Contest Judges will score Entries according to the following criteria:
(1) Registrant defines an Idea and, if selected, creates a Prototype responsive to a designated theme;
(2) Registrant utilizes programming languages Python, Java, and/or Scala;
(3) use of Snowflake's platform by Registrants is required; and
(4) Registrants can build any type of Prototype, but special consideration will be given to those that incorporate Snowpark, Worksheets, Streamlit, and/or Snowflake Marketplace (collectively, "Judging Criteria").
10. PRIZES
10.1 All Team members will be subject to eligibility verification before any prize is awarded. Prizes will be awarded to the top three (3) highest scoring Entries and a selection of runner-up Entries, as determined by the Judges, as follows:
• 1st Prize vouchers for travel and stay (team amount, distributed equally) - (Rewards worth ₹2,00,000 or $2,336)
• 2nd Prize vouchers for travel and stay (team amount, distributed equally) - (Rewards worth ₹1,25,000 or $1,460)
• 3rd Prize vouchers for travel and stay (team amount, distributed equally) - (Rewards worth ₹75,000 or $875)
• Runner-up Prize vouchers for travel and stay (team amount, distributed equally) – (Rewards worth ₹10,000 or $117 per team; 10 teams selected)
10.2 Forfeiture of Prize.
If a selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, or fails to claim their prize within fifteen (15) days of notification by the Sponsor or Administrator, the prize may be forfeited.
10.3 Non-Transferable.
The prize is not transferable or assignable to any other person or entity. Prizes have no cash value and cannot be substituted except in the sole discretion of Sponsor. If the actual value of a prize is less than the stated approximate retail value, the difference will not be awarded. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes. Registrants are solely responsible for any and all taxes that apply to prizes.
10.4 Prize Distribution. Prizes will be distributed equally among eligible Team members. All Team members must meet eligibility requirements to receive any prize.
11. PRIVACY
Sponsor may collect personal data from and about a Registrant online, including without limitation, through the Entry in accordance with the Privacy Notice and as otherwise described in these Official Rules. By participating in the Contest, the Registrant expressly agrees to the collection and use of personal information submitted, consistent with the Privacy Policy applicable to the Contest Site, in connection with the activities of Sponsor in promoting and administering the Contest, and in regards to any activities of the Sponsor in connection with its business related to the Contest.
12. GENERAL CONDITIONS
By entering the Contest, Registrant agrees that these Official Rules are the controlling rules for the Contest and Registrant agrees to be bound exclusively by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, or misdirected Entries; lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections; miscommunications, computer or software malfunctions; transmission problems; technical failures; garbled transmissions; damage to user's software or transmission devices; or other errors or malfunctions of any kind, whether human, mechanical, electronic or otherwise that may occur in connection with the Contest.
If for any reason, the Contest is not capable of proceeding as planned for reasons outside the control of Sponsor which, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, may impact the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest (or any portion thereof), Sponsor reserves the right, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest (or any portion thereof) and, in that event, the Sponsor will have no further obligation to any Registrant.
Sponsor also reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any Registrant if they are found to be: (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the Entry process or the operation of the Contest, or any website maintained or operated by Sponsor; (b) using any robotic, macro, automatic programmed or like type of Entry methods; (c) violating these Official Rules; or (d) engaging in unethical, inappropriate or disruptive action or conduct, or taking any action inconsistent with these Official Rules, the fairness of the Contest and the reputation of Snowflake.
Any failure to enforce any terms of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision or bar Sponsor from enforcing that term subsequently in connection with the Contest. The headings in these Official Rules are inserted for convenience and identification only, and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope or intent of these Official Rules for the Contest. By submitting an Entry, each Registrant waives any right it may have to claim ambiguity of these Official Rules or any advantage or any impact on interpretation of these Official Rules that may arise from any such ambiguity claim. These Official Rules will be construed by Sponsor in its sole discretion, its decisions will be binding and final.
13. WARRANTIES
Without limiting any other terms of these Official Rules, by participating in the Contest, each Registrant represents and warrants that their participation will comply with these Official Rules and that they have sufficient rights in the Entry to authorize the publication and dissemination thereof as contemplated in these Official Rules. No Registrant will seek the assistance of any officer, director, employee of Snowflake apart from these Official Rules and the Contest to attempt to gain any advantage.
14. PUBLICITY AND LICENSE GRANT
Except where prohibited by law, by submitting an Entry, each Registrant expressly grants Sponsor a license and consent to use, in its sole discretion, the name, country location, photo or likeness, and/or the background of the Registrant, and the Entry, in whole or in part, in connection with the Contest, in any form of media, now known or hereafter created, worldwide, without further permission, payment, or any other consideration.
15. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF SPONSOR
You agree that nothing in these Official Rules or in any other statements made in connection with the Contest, grants to any Registrant the right or license to use any intellectual property of Sponsor. Registrant will not use the name, trademarks, service marks, logos, any copyrighted material or any other intellectual property of Sponsor (collectively, "Sponsor IP") without the express written consent of Sponsor, which Sponsor may withhold in its sole discretion. Further, Registrant agrees that they will not use as their own, any service mark, service name, trade name, trademark, design or logo(s) confusingly similar to those part of or otherwise embodied in the Sponsor IP. Sponsor retains all rights, including media rights, to promote the Contest and the background and story of the Contest, including any Registrant's participation in the Contest in its sole discretion.
16. NO OBLIGATION OF PROGRAM ENTITIES REGARDING ENTRIES
Each Registrant acknowledges that third parties may submit information to Sponsor separate from the Contest that may contain information, ideas, concepts, and approaches similar to, or the same as, those any Registrant submits or submitted to the Contest, and that Sponsor may already be working on information, ideas, concepts, and approaches similar to, or the same as, those the Registrant submits or submitted to the Contest. By entering, each Registrant acknowledges and agrees that the Sponsor's actions with respect to another Entry or work of its own or of any third party, even if similar to, or the same as, the Registrant's Entry, will not create any liability of any kind to Sponsor or others involved in the Contest. Each Registrant also acknowledges and agrees that participation in the Contest, receipt of a prize and/or designation as a finalist or winner does not create any obligation on the part of the Sponsor to promote, use in any way, or to take any further action regarding the Entry of the Registrant or the Registrant's involvement in the Contest apart from these Official Rules.
17. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
17.1 BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, EACH REGISTRANT AGREES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (A) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEST, INCLUDING AS APPLICABLE ANY PRIZE AWARD, WILL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; (B) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS, SETTLEMENTS, AND AWARDS WILL BE LIMITED TO REASONABLE, ACTUAL THIRD-PARTY, OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED (IF ANY) NOT TO EXCEED $1,000 USD, BUT IN NO EVENT WILL ATTORNEYS' FEES BE AWARDED OR RECOVERABLE; (C) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY REGISTRANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN ANY AWARD FOR, AND HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO SEEK, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, AND/OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DAMAGES, OTHER THAN ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET THIRD PARTY EXPENSES ACTUALLY INCURRED (IF ANY) NOT TO EXCEED $1,000 USD, OR ANY RIGHT TO HAVE ANY DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED; AND (D) EACH REGISTRANT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR EQUITABLE RELIEF.
17.2 Nothing in the Official Rules will exclude or limit the liability of either party to the other for: death or personal injury arising out of negligence; fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law.
18. ADDITIONAL TERMS
18.1 Each Registrant assumes any and all risks associated with the posting and use of the Entry, travel and activities arising from or in connection with the Contest, and expressly waives and releases any and all claims or causes of action against the Sponsor, their officers, employees, representatives, and agents for any and all injury and damage of any nature whatsoever (whether existing or thereafter, whether direct, indirect, or consequential, and whether foreseeable or not), arising from the Entry, including but not limited to the Ideas, Prototypes, and presentation materials submitted to the Contest, and any travel or other activities arising from or in connection with the Contest.
18.2 This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, LinkedIn or X (formerly, Twitter). The Registrants release Facebook, LinkedIn and X from all liability in relation to the Contest.
19. INDEMNIFICATION
YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD THE SPONSOR, CONTEST JUDGES, ANY OTHER PERSONS ADMINISTERING THE CONTEST, AND EACH OF THESE ENTITIES' (SPONSOR, CONTEST JUDGES, AND ADMINISTRATOR) EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, MANAGERS, AND SHAREHOLDERS (THE "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") HARMLESS FROM ANY DAMAGE, LOSS, COST, OR EXPENSE (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS) INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIM, DEMAND, OR ACTION ("CLAIM") BROUGHT OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES, ALLEGING FACTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF THE THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY THE REGISTRANT OR ARISING FROM, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH YOUR ENTRY AND PARTICIPATION IN ANY WAY IN ANY ASPECT OF THE CONTEST, INCLUDING RECEIPT OF ANY PRIZE. IF YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE INDEMNIFICATION PURSUANT TO THIS PROVISION, SPONSOR MAY, IN THE SPONSOR'S SOLE DISCRETION, CONTROL THE DISPOSITION OF ANY CLAIM AT YOUR SOLE COST AND EXPENSE. WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, YOU MAY NOT SETTLE, COMPROMISE, OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER DISPOSE OF ANY CLAIM WITHOUT THE SPONSOR'S EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT.
20. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules and/or the rights and obligations of each Registrant, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor, Contest Judges and anyone involved in administering the Contest will be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the laws of any other country or jurisdiction. Any litigation arising out of, in connection with, or relating to these Official Rules must be filed and pursued exclusively in the State or Federal courts in Wilmington, Delaware, and each Registrant participating in the Contest, and any related person or entity, consents to the jurisdiction of and venue in the state or federal courts in Wilmington, Delaware.
21. WINNER'S LIST
For a list of prize winners, visit the Contest Site following the conclusion of the Contest.