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100-year Giving Away the Green Contest Rules
 
OFFICIAL RULES
MARQUETTE SAVINGS BANK
“Giving Away the Green” Contests/Promotions
April 1 – June 30, 2008

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General Contest Information
 
1. All contests are open to persons 18 years of age or older. No purchase or transaction necessary to enter or to win the Gerlach’s Landscaping Makeover contest. An existing Marquette mortgage (including first mortgage, second mortgage, home equity line of credit) or new Marquette mortgage application approved by 05/27/08 is required to enter, win or receive the mortgage contest prize.

2. Mortgage prize and landscaping makeover prize contests begin at 9:00 a.m. 04/01/08 and will be in effect until 4:30 p.m. on 5/27/08. All entries received after the prescribed date are void and ineligible for the prize. Winning names will be drawn on 5/30/08 from a random drawing. The odds of winning are dependent upon the total number of entries received.

3. To enter either contest, complete the official entry forms and deposit them in the entry boxes at any office location of Marquette Savings Bank. Entrants may only use the form printed in Marquette mailers or printed forms available in any Marquette office. Only one entry per person per prize per office visit will be permitted.

4. In addition to contest entry forms being made available at any Marquette Savings Bank office, entry forms for the landscaping makeover contest only will also be made available at the Builders Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania’s Home Show April 3-6 at Family First in Erie. No purchase or paid admission is necessary to enter landscaping contest at this location.

5. All entries must be complete and legible in order to qualify. Marquette Savings Bank is not responsible for entries that may be lost, delayed, damaged, destroyed or misdirected or for printing errors in the entry form or official rules.

6. Entry forms presented at Marquette Savings Bank branch offices must be presented during regular business hours. Completed entries can also be mailed to: Marquette Savings Bank, 920 Peach St., Erie, PA 16501 and must be postmarked no later than 5/27/08. After receipt of mailed entries, we will enter the cards into the drawings and notify the contestant of any prize won. Any incomplete or illegible entries will be disqualified.

7. All entries are subject to verification at the sole discretion of Marquette Savings Bank, and are void and will be rejected if unused, stolen or not obtained through authorized legitimate channels, if any part of the entry is illegible, reproduced, duplicated, counterfeited, tampered with, mutilated, torn or altered in any way, or if materials contain printing, typographical, mechanical or other errors. Irregular entries are void.

8. Marquette Savings Bank reserves the right without further obligation or liability to substitute the prize with another prize of equivalent or greater value. There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes of any kind.

9. By participating in the contest, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by all of the rules and decisions relating to this contest. The prize will be awarded only if the entrant complies with these official rules.

10. Contests are not open to employees of Gerlach’s Landscaping or Engel O’Neill Advertising. Additionally, employees and trustees of Marquette Savings Bank and their immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee or trustee are not eligible to win.

11. Winners will be chosen through a random drawing process from among all of the eligible entries received. Winning entries will be drawn by an authorized Marquette official at the bank’s main office location at 920 Peach Street no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, May 30, 2008. The winner will be notified, either by telephone or by mail, no later than Friday, June 6, 2008.

12. All entries become the property of Marquette Savings Bank. Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission to use the winner’s name and likeness for advertising, promotion and public relations purposes, and the winner grants to the sponsor any and all rights to said use, without additional compensation.

13. The winners are solely responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes. The winner may be asked to execute an affidavit of eligibility and release and any applicable forms required by tax authorities. Failure to comply will result in forfeiture of the prize.

14. The winner agrees that all organizations, affiliates, their employees, officers and trustees in sponsoring or involved in coordinating or promoting the contest shall have no liability in connection with acceptance or use of the prize awarded herein. It is acknowledged that said parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible nor liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including, but not limited to, its quality, mechanical condition or fitness.

15. All winners by acceptance of a prize agree to release Marquette Savings Bank and its employees and trustees from any and all 1iability for injuries, losses or damages sustained in connection with the possession, acceptance or use of any prize.

16. Complete rules and regulations are available at Marquette Savings Bank, 920 Peach St. Erie, PA. Offers are subject to change and may be withdrawn at any time. To obtain a list of all winners, please write: Marquette Savings Bank, 920 Peach St., Erie, PA 16501 Attn: Marketing Department.

 
Marquette Mortgage Contest
 
Customers with any existing Marquette mortgage including first mortgage, second mortgage, home equity line of credit, or whose new Marquette mortgage application is approved by 5/27/08 are qualified to enter and win the mortgage prize contest. Mortgage credit of $500 will be applied to winner’s mortgage the first of each month for up to 12 consecutive months beginning July 1, 2008, and ending no later than June 1, 2009. Anything over principal, interest and escrow payment (if applicable) will be credited to principal. Home equity line of credit winnings will be based on the line of credit balance as of 5/27/08. No cash or credit will be issued to the winner after satisfaction of mortgage if the mortgage is less than $6,000. If monthly housing payment exceeds $500, Marquette Savings Bank will pay the maximum prize amount of $500 toward the house payment. If the mortgage payment is less than $500, the difference between payment and the $500 will be applied as an added principal payment. Entries must be postmarked within the entry dates set forth, April 1, 2008, and May 27, 2008. Any entries received outside the dates set forth above will not be included. Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winners. Winners may be required to sign an IRS Form W-9 or the equivalent.

 
Marquette/Gerlach’s Landscaping Makeover
 
The Landscaping prize is as follow: a gift certificate good for any Gerlach’s Landscaping service including: landscape design & installation, hardscape design & installation, lawn installation & renovation, hydroseeding, drainage systems, water gardens, spring and fall clean-ups, and plantings. The Landscaping prize must be installed on a residence located within the geographic area of Erie and Crawford counties in Pennsylvania. Failure to assure the capability of meeting these conditions may result in forfeiture of the prize and awarding of said prize to an alternately chosen contestant.

The landscaping prize is valued up to the amount printed on the Gerlach gift certificate ($5,000, $3,000 or $2,000.) Contest winners who choose services and/or products which total more than the gift certificate amount are responsible for paying the difference. Substitution of the landscape prize by sponsors is allowable due to product availability. Cash will not be awarded in lieu of the stated prize. The prize must be redeemed by June 1, 2009. Offer expires after the aforementioned date.

 
SaveUp Bonus Match
 
1. Marquette Savings Bank SaveUp Bonus Match is valid between 5/01/08 and 6/30/08 only. Only purchases using a Marquette debit card assigned to SaveUp qualify for match.

2. To sign up for SaveUp, a valid Marquette Savings Bank checking account, debit card and savings account are required. To qualify for bonus match, existing SaveUp accounts must be open and in good standing between 5/01/08 and 6/30/08.

3. Each time a SaveUp customer makes a purchase between 5/01/08 and 6/30/08 with the Marquette debit card assigned to SaveUp, the purchase amount is rounded up to the nearest dollar amount. During the SaveUp Bonus Match promotion only, the difference is then doubled and transferred from the customer’s checking account to his/her savings account. For example, a debit card purchase for $2.53 will also have an additional deduction of 47¢, making the total deduction from your account for that transaction $3.00. The 47¢ would normally be deposited to the qualifying savings account. During the SaveUp Bonus Match promotion period 5/1/08 through 6/30/08, Marquette will match the transfer amount which doubles the SaveUp savings deposit to 94¢. The maximum total match is $100 for 5/1/08 through 6/30/08.

4. All eligible SaveUp savings accounts qualify. The minimum deposit required to open a new, personal savings account is $50. As of 03/03/08 the Annual Percentage Yield for savings accounts range from 1.00% APY to 3.09% APY. Checking accounts require a minimum opening deposit of $50. As of 03/03/08 the Annual Percentage Yield for checking accounts range from 0.00% APY to 0.60% APY. Rates may change after accounts are opened. Fees may reduce earnings.

5. Matching funds will be credited to a SaveUp customer’s savings account when a debit transaction is posted to customer’s checking account within 7 days of each qualifying SaveUp transaction. Transactions that overdraw a checking account do not qualify for SaveUp or SaveUp matching funds. Offer is subject to change and may be withdrawn at any time without notice. SaveUp Bonus Match funds are subject to 1099 reporting.

 
T-shirt Giveaway
 
1. Each Marquette office will be given 100 t-shirts to be distributed to the first 100 customers of each office on May 27, 2008.

2. No purchase or transaction is necessary to receive a free t-shirt. T-shirts will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.
 
 
 
 
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