Shark Week Fintastic Fan Giveaway Rules

The following Promotion is intended for the 50 United States and D.C. only and will be construed and evaluated according to United States laws. Do not proceed in this site if you are not a legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C. and 21 years or older as of Promotion start date.

SHARK WEEK® FINTASTIC FAN GIVEAWAY

OFFICIAL RULES – NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND D.C., 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF PROMOTION START DATE. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. How to Enter: The Shark Week® Fintastic Fan Giveaway (the “Promotion”) begins at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on June 21, 2026 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET July 28, 2026 (the “Promotion Period”). The Promotion Period consists of six (6) individual drawings with separate Entry Periods (each an “Entry Period”). All Entries must be received by the end time and date (detailed below) of each respective Entry Period to be eligible for the corresponding drawing.

During each Entry Period, the Shark Week® Facebook® Account (https://www.facebook.com/sharkweek) will post a question within a post (each, a “Prompt Post”). Eligible entrants may enter the Promotion by following each of the below instructions.

a. Sign into your Facebook® account or, if you are not already a member, become a member of Facebook® and sign in. Creating a Facebook® account is free. By submitting your information and creating a Facebook® account, you will be required to agree to the Facebook® terms of service and privacy policy.

b. Visit and follow the Shark Week® Facebook® Account.

c. Comment on the Prompt Post by answering the prompt (collectively, an “Entry”).

Entrants who follow the above instructions will have the chance to be randomly selected from all eligible Entries in the respective Entry Period and, if selected, will be a prospective Prize Winner. Incorrect or incomplete Entries are void and will not be eligible. These Official Rules are also available at the Shark Week® website (www.sharkweek.com/fintasticfangiveaway) (the “Website”).

Limit of one (1) Entry per eligible person, per Entry Period. Non-winning Entries will be carried over into subsequent Entry Periods, if any. If multiple Entries are received during the same Entry Period, only the first Entry will be accepted and additional Entries will be disqualified.  For the avoidance of doubt, each entrant is permitted to enter the Promotion a total of six (6) times. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address or Facebook® account. Any attempt by you to obtain more than one (1) Entry per Entry Period by using multiple/different email addresses, Facebook® accounts, identities, registrations or logins, or any other methods may void your Entries and you may be disqualified from the Promotion. Any use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed or similar entry methods or agents (including, but not limited to, sweepstakes entry services) will void all Entries by you. In the event of a dispute as to any Entry, the Authorized Account Holder of the email address used to create the Facebook® account associated with the Entry will be deemed to be the entrant, and such individual must comply with these Official Rules. The “Authorized Account Holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Prospective Prize Winners may be required to show proof of being the Authorized Account Holders.

Entries must be consistent with the image and values of Sponsor and must not include: (a) any images of third parties, including but not limited to minors, celebrities, and friends, who have not expressly authorized entrant to display their image or likeness; (b) any content that violates any third-party rights, including, but not limited to, copyrights or trademark rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (c) defamatory language or threatening language; (d) language or content that is sexually explicit, obscene, or indecent; (e) language or content that promotes the consumption or abuse of alcohol, tobacco, or drugs; (f) any other language or content that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; (g) contain material that is threatening to any person, place, or business group; or (h) contain words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion sexual orientation or socioeconomic group or that Sponsor determines is inappropriate in Sponsor’s sole discretion and/or does not otherwise meet the Promotion requirements. Sponsor reserves the right to reject any Entries that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be unlawful or to violate any of the policies of Sponsor’s customary standards and practices.

Sponsor may not receive Entries that fail to strictly follow the Entry instructions set forth in these Official Rules and Sponsor is not responsible for failure to see or receive an Entry. Sponsor, at its sole discretion, may accept a technically incorrect term. Entries not received by Sponsor will not be entered into the Promotion.

Note: In order to access the Website and in an effort to optimize the Website’s user experience, ad blocking software on your computer may need to be disabled.

2. Eligibility: This Promotion is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. who are 21 years of age or older, as of Promotion start date. Employees and members of their households, whether or not related, and immediate families (spouses, parents, siblings, children and each of their respective spouses) of the Promotion Entities (as defined below) and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their advertising and promotion agencies and all local sponsors are not eligible. Void where prohibited.

3. Privacy: In connection with the Promotion, Sponsor may be collecting personal data about entrants on the Website in accordance with its privacy policy. Please review Sponsor’s privacy policy located at: https://www.wbdprivacy.com/policycenter/b2c/en-us/. By participating in the Promotion, you hereby agree to Sponsor’s collection and usage of your personal information and acknowledge that you have read and accepted Sponsor’s privacy policy. When you visit the Website, you may be asked to consent to receive promotional emails and reminders for upcoming promotions and information about Sponsor. Consenting to receive such emails is optional and does not have to be agreed to in order to be eligible to enter the Promotion and does not improve your chances of winning.

4. Publicity Grant: Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes your consent to Promotion Entities’ use of your name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice, Entry, and state of residence for promotional purposes in any and all media, now or hereafter devised, worldwide in perpetuity, without further payment or consideration, notification or permission.

5. Limitations of Liability: Discovery Communications, LLC (“Sponsor”), Meta Platforms, Inc., and other participating entities (collectively with Sponsor, the “Promotion Entities”) their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, advertising and promotion agencies, prize suppliers and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents, and any and all Internet servers and access provider(s) (collectively, “Released Parties”) are not responsible for: any incorrect or inaccurate Entry information; human error; technical malfunctions; failures, omissions, interruption, deletion, or defect of any telephone network, computer online systems, computer equipment, server providers, or software, including any injury or damage to your or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Promotion; inability to access the Website or Platforms; theft, tampering, destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of Entries; transactions that are processed late or incorrectly or are incomplete or lost due to computer or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site; printing or human or other errors; and any Entries which are late, lost, incomplete, misdirected, stolen, mutilated, illegible, postage due, or any combination thereof. Online submission is not considered proof of delivery or receipt. Upon submission, all Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor reserves the right to conduct a background check on any prospective Prize Winner and reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any person based on such background check if Sponsor determines in its sole discretion that awarding the prize to such prospective Prize Winner might reflect negatively on Sponsor or any of the Promotion Entities. Failure by prospective Prize Winner to agree to a background check may also result in disqualification. By entering, you agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against all claims and damages or liability arising in connection with your participation and/or Entry in the Promotion and/or your receipt or use of any prize awarded in this Promotion or due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in any Promotion-related activity or participation in this Promotion. Any and all warranties and guarantees are subject to the respective manufacturer’s terms. If by reason of a printing or other error, more prizes are claimed than the number set forth in these rules, all persons making purportedly valid claims will be included in a random drawing to award the advertised number of prizes available in the prize category in question. No more than the advertised number of prizes will be awarded. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Meta Platforms, Inc. or Instagram, LLC. You further understand and agree that all rights under Section 1542 of the Civil Code of California (“Section 1542”) and any similar law of any state or territory of the United States that may be applicable with respect to the foregoing release are hereby expressly and forever waived. You acknowledge that Section 1542 provides that: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS THAT THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE AND THAT, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY.” The releases hereunder are intended to apply to all claims not known or suspected to exist with the intent of waiving the effect of laws requiring the intent to release future unknown claims.

6. How Winners will be Determined: Ten (10) prize winners will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible Entries received during each of Entry Periods #1, 2, and 4-6 and five (5) prize winners will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible Entries received during Entry Period #3 (collectively, the “Prize Winners”) on or around each of the Drawing Dates specified in the table above. For the avoidance of doubt, there will be a total of fifty-five (55) Prize Winners in this Promotion. Prospective Prize Winners will be contacted by direct message within three (3) business days following the drawing. Sponsor’s decisions with respect to the prospective Prize Winners, these Official Rules, and all other matters pertaining to the Promotion shall be final and binding.

If a prospective Prize Winner does not respond to Sponsor’s prize notification within forty-eight (48) hours from the first notification attempt or if a prospective Prize Winner fails to comply with any of the requirements, his/her prize will be forfeited and an alternate prospective Prize Winner shall be selected. The odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible Entries received.

7. Conditions of Entry: Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. If, in the Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Promotion, or if computer viruses, bugs, unauthorized intervention, fraud, or technical difficulties or failures compromise or corrupt or affect the administration, integrity, security, fairness, or proper conduct of the Promotion, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and void any Entries submitted fraudulently, to modify, suspend, or terminate the Promotion, or to conduct a random drawing to award the Prizes using all eligible, non-suspect Entries received as of the termination date or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Should the Promotion be terminated prior to the stated expiration date, notice will be posted on the Website. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a Prize Winner based on an email address, the winning Entry will be declared made by the Authorized Account Holder of the email address submitted at time of Entry. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM YOU TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

8. Prizes: The Prize Winners will receive the following (each, a “Prize”):

Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of all Prizes in the Promotion: $4,765.

The specifics of all aforementioned elements of the Prizes in the Promotion shall be solely determined by Sponsor. All costs, taxes, fees, and expenses associated with any element of any Prize not specifically addressed above are the sole responsibility of the respective Prize Winner. All federal, state and local taxes on Prizes are the respective Prize Winner’s responsibility. Each Prize Winner will be issued a 1099 tax form for the actual value of the Prize.

Prizes cannot be transferred or substituted except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a Prize, or portions thereof, with a prize of equal or greater value.

9. Disputes/Governing Law: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these rules, or the rights and obligations of any entrant or the Promotion Entities in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Any action or litigation concerning these Official Rules shall take place exclusively in the federal or state courts sitting in New York County, New York, and you expressly consent to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts and waive all defenses of lack of jurisdiction and inconvenient forum with respect to such courts. Any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. You agree to service of process by mail or other method acceptable under the laws of the State of New York. ANY CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND/OR AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THIS PROMOTION. YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS OR CLAIMS TO ATTORNEY'S FEES, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ENTRANT, IDENTIFIABLE PERSONS, OR THIRD PARTY PARTICIPANTS, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT AND WHETHER BASED ON NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE.

10. Severability: If any provision of these Official Rules shall be held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law and the Sponsor’s fundamental intentions hereunder, and the remaining provisions shall not be affected or impaired, provided, however, that in such cases the parties oblige themselves to use their best efforts to achieve the purpose of the invalid provision by a new legally valid stipulation.

11. Winners List: Beginning on or about August 31, 2026 you may obtain the names of the Prize Winners by sending an email to SharkWeekFintasticFans@gmail.com with the subject line “Winners List Request - Shark Week Fintastic Fan Giveaway” by September 30, 2026.

12. Sponsor: Discovery Communications, LLC, 230 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003.

13. Trademark Attribution: The Shark Week®, Facebook®, and Aviator Nation® trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.

The Promotion and all accompanying materials are © 2026 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

SHARK WEEK® FINTASTIC FAN GIVEAWAY

Short Form TV Rules

The scan line size is 22 and the length of time is 3 seconds for the first line across the screen and one second for each additional line. So a 2 line super would be on for 4 seconds.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., age 21 or older as of Promotion start date. Void where prohibited. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Promotion ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on July 28, 2026. For full official rules, visit www.sharkweek.com/fintasticfangiveaway. To enter, visit https://www.facebook.com/sharkweek. Sponsored by Discovery Communications, LLC.

Note: If the television spot runs before the start of the promotion, the words “starts at 12:00 a.m. ET on June 21, 2026 and” must be inserted between “Promotion” and “ends”.

Short Form Print Rules

These rules should be in a font size 10 or above – they must be easily legible.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., age 21 or older as of Promotion start date. Void where prohibited. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Promotion ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on July 28, 2026. For full official rules and prize disclosures, visit www.sharkweek.com/fintasticfangiveaway. To enter, visit https://www.facebook.com/sharkweek. Sponsored by Discovery Communications, LLC, 230 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003.

Note: If the print ad runs before the start of the promotion, the words “starts at 12:00 a.m. ET on June 21, 2026 and” must be inserted between “Promotion” and “ends”.

Short Form Online Ads – Banner and Facebook

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Ends 7/28/26. To enter, visit www.sharkweek.com/fintasticfangiveaway. For complete details, visit www.discovery.com/GoldRushSweeps.

Short Form Online Ads – Non-Banner

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 21 years or older as of Promotion start date. Void where prohibited. Ends 7/28/26. To enter, visit www.sharkweek.com/fintasticfangiveaway. For complete details and odds, visit www.discovery.com/GoldRushSweeps.

X and Instagram

X and Instagram mentions must include a link. The link must link to a page that either (i) has the full official rules, or (ii) has the short form print rules set forth above, plus a link to the full official rules.

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