What is your favorite Cozzini knife?

NO PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASING PRODUCTS OR SERVICES FROM COZZINI BROS. WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.

1. Sponsor

The “What Is Your Favorite Knife?” Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Cozzini Bros., Inc., 8430 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60631 (“Sponsor” or “Cozzini”).

2. Eligibility

The Contest is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry and who are current Cozzini customers or employed by an establishment that is a current Cozzini customer.

Eligible entrants must be employed in a culinary, kitchen, ownership, management, operations, or similar role at the customer location, including roles such as chef, sous chef, cook, kitchen manager, owner, general manager, or operations manager. Entrants must provide a valid Cozzini customer account number or other information sufficient for Sponsor to verify the customer relationship.

Entrants are responsible for confirming that participation does not violate their employer’s policies. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, and their immediate family members and household members, are not eligible. Void where prohibited.

3. Contest Period

The Contest begins on June 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM Central Time and ends on July 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM Central Time (the “Entry Period”). Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Contest.

4. How to Enter

To enter, visit www.cozzinibros.com/favoriteknife during the Entry Period and submit: (a) a vertical video, 30 to 60 seconds in length, featuring a Cozzini knife that you regularly use in your kitchen and your spoken response to the campaign prompts; and (b) the required entry form fields, including your full name, company email, mobile phone if provided, restaurant or operation, role, city/state, Cozzini customer account number or other verification information, and required consent. Entries will not be accepted by social media direct message, social media post, mail, or any method other than the official Contest landing page. Limit one (1) entry per person. Entries that are incomplete, late, unverifiable, or otherwise non-compliant with these Official Rules are void.

5. Video Guidelines

Entries should be authentic, clear, and safe. Sponsor may disqualify any entry that does not meet these guidelines or that Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, is inconsistent with the purpose or professional standards of the Contest.

• Record in vertical orientation/portrait format.
• Keep the video between 30 and 60 seconds.
• Use good lighting and avoid harsh backlighting.
• Film in a clean, real kitchen, prep station, or work environment.
• Frame your head, arms, and the knife in motion where possible.
• Use quiet, clear audio and speak at a normal volume.
• Wipe the camera lens before recording.
• Show the knife working by holding it up, slicing something, or both.
• Be yourself. The goal is authentic kitchen pro storytelling, not a scripted commercial.
• Do not include copyrighted music, television, radio, or other third-party audio unless you own or control all necessary rights.
• Avoid filming customers, minors, or other employees unless you have permission for them to appear.
• Do not include unsafe knife handling, dangerous stunts, reckless conduct, or intentionally unsafe kitchen activity.

6. Prizes

Three (3) Prize Winners will each receive one (1) Five Hundred United States Dollar ($500.00) gift card, delivered by mail or electronically at Sponsor’s discretion based on the winner’s selected delivery option and required verification. Approximate Retail Value of all gift card prizes: One Thousand Five Hundred United States Dollars ($1,500.00). Gift card prizes are awarded to the individual Prize Winner, not to the restaurant or business, unless Sponsor determines otherwise in writing. Taxes and any other costs not expressly stated are the sole responsibility of each Prize Winner. Gift card prizes are not transferable before award and no substitution is permitted except at Sponsor’s discretion.

Early-Submission Award. In addition to the prizes described above, the first ten (10) eligible entrants whose video submissions are approved by Sponsor as usable — meaning the submission satisfies the Video Guidelines and the Usage Rights and is approved by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, for marketing use — will each receive one (1) Cozzini-branded YETI drinkware item (Approximate Retail Value: Forty United States Dollars ($40.00) each; total Approximate Retail Value: Four Hundred United States Dollars ($400.00)). Recipients are determined by the date and time of submission among approved entries, while supplies last, and the award is limited to ten (10) total and one (1) per entrant. This award is not transferable and no substitution is permitted except at Sponsor’s discretion. Receiving an Early-Submission Award does not affect an entrant’s eligibility to be selected as a Prize Winner or Spotlight Honoree. The combined Approximate Retail Value of all Contest prizes and awards is One Thousand Nine Hundred United States Dollars ($1,900.00).

In addition, two (2) Spotlight Honorees will be selected for recognition. Spotlight Honorees do not receive a gift card or any other monetary award, and the Spotlight Honoree designation has no monetary value. Spotlight Honorees will be featured on Cozzini’s owned channels, which may include social media, email, the campaign landing page, and other marketing materials, with attribution to the entrant and their restaurant or operation as described in the Usage Rights document. The decision to feature, edit, schedule, omit, or discontinue any Spotlight Honoree feature is at Sponsor’s sole discretion, and selection as a Spotlight Honoree does not guarantee any specific placement, frequency, duration, or audience reach. Spotlight Honoree designations are not transferable.

7. Judging and Selection

This is a skill-based contest. A panel of judges from Sponsor’s marketing team will review eligible entries and select three (3) Prize Winners from three (3) different customer locations, and may select up to two (2) additional Spotlight Honorees for recognition without a gift card or monetary award. All selections will be based on the following weighted criteria: authenticity and personality (30%), clarity of communication and storytelling (25%), demonstration quality and visual usefulness (20%), brand alignment and customer relevance (15%), and adherence to the video guidelines (10%). Sponsor reserves the right to award fewer than three (3) Prize Winners or fewer than two (2) Spotlight Honorees if, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, an insufficient number of eligible entries meet the judging criteria. Decisions of the judges and Sponsor are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest.

8. Winner Notification

Potential Prize Winners and Spotlight Honorees will be notified by email and/or phone on or about August 1, 2026, and gift card prizes are expected to be delivered within thirty (30) days after the winner announcement (on or about August 31, 2026), subject to verification and winner response. If a potential Prize Winner or Spotlight Honoree cannot be reached within seven (7) calendar days of first notification, fails to respond, fails to provide required information, declines the prize or recognition, or is found to be ineligible, the prize or recognition may be forfeited and Sponsor may select an alternate Prize Winner or Spotlight Honoree based on the judging criteria.

9. License & Publicity

By submitting an entry, each entrant grants Sponsor the rights described in the Usage Rights document. By accepting a prize, each winner agrees that Sponsor may use the winner’s name, restaurant or operation name, city/state, voice, image, likeness, biographical information, quotes, and entry materials for advertising, promotional, editorial, internal, and publicity purposes as described in the Usage Rights document, without further compensation, notification, or permission, except where prohibited by law.

10. Content Standards & Disqualification

Sponsor may reject, edit, mute, crop, decline to publish, or disqualify any entry that includes unsafe conduct, offensive or unlawful material, misleading claims, unauthorized third-party content, copyrighted media, visible individuals without permission, or content inconsistent with Cozzini’s brand values or professional standards.

Competitor references may be edited, muted, cropped, omitted, or declined for publication at Sponsor’s discretion.

11. Privacy

Personal information collected through this Contest is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. Marketing communications are optional and will be sent only to entrants who opt in, except that Sponsor may send transactional communications related to entry administration, verification, winner notification, prize delivery, legal compliance, or campaign operations.

12. General Conditions

Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if fraud, technical failures, human error, unauthorized intervention, legal restriction, or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules, the Usage Rights document, the Privacy Policy, and the decisions of Sponsor and its judges.

13. Limitation of Liability

By entering, each entrant agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns from and against any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, in connection with: (a) participation in the Contest; (b) submission, publication, or use of any entry or content; (c) acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize; (d) any technical failure or human error; or (e) any typographical or other error in these Official Rules or Contest materials.

14. Governing Law; Dispute Resolution

These Official Rules are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.

Except where prohibited by law, entrants agree that disputes relating to the Contest will be resolved individually through binding arbitration and not through class actions or jury trials.

Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking temporary injunctive relief related to intellectual property, confidentiality, or misuse of submitted content.

15. Winner Announcement

The names of the winning participants may be announced on Cozzini Bros.’ owned channels, including email, website, and social media platforms, following winner verification and confirmation.

By submitting a video, photograph, written statement, testimonial, caption, form response, or any other content (collectively, the “Content”) to the “What Is Your Favorite Knife?” campaign, you (“Creator”) grant Cozzini Bros., Inc. (“Cozzini”) the rights described below.

1. License Grant

Creator grants Cozzini a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, crop, reformat, edit for length or clarity, add captions or subtitles, adapt, create derivative works from, and otherwise use the Content, in whole or in part, for the permitted uses described below. This license allows Cozzini to use the Content in campaign-related, marketing, promotional, editorial, educational, customer storytelling, and internal brand materials. Cozzini does not claim ownership of the underlying copyright in the Content.

2. Duration and Future-Use Requests

The license permits Cozzini to continue using materials that have already been created, published, distributed, scheduled, printed, archived, or incorporated into campaigns or marketing libraries. Creator may submit a written request to marketing@cozzinibros.com asking Cozzini to stop new future uses of the Content. Cozzini will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor future-use requests for channels under Cozzini’s direct control, but Cozzini is not required to recall, remove, destroy, or withdraw materials that were already published, distributed, printed, scheduled, shared, archived, used in paid media, or otherwise placed into circulation before the request was processed.

3. Permitted Uses

Cozzini may use the Content, and edited versions of the Content, for purposes including:

• Cozzini-owned channels, including websites, landing pages, blogs, email, text message campaigns, customer communications, sales materials, presentations, point-of-sale materials, and internal training.
• Social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and successor or comparable platforms.
• Paid media, including social advertising, digital advertising, programmatic display, video pre-roll, and other advertising placements.
• Trade shows, customer meetings, business presentations, and campaign recaps.
• Editorial and public relations uses, including press releases, case studies, customer stories, and third-party publications, where appropriate.

4. Editing Standards

Cozzini may crop, resize, reformat, subtitle, caption, mute, bleep, trim, combine clips, and make light edits for clarity, timing, platform format, accessibility, brand consistency, legal compliance, or campaign needs. Cozzini will not intentionally edit the Content in a way that materially changes Creator’s core message or falsely suggests Creator said something they did not say. Cozzini will not use artificial intelligence tools to impersonate Creator, create synthetic statements attributed to Creator, or materially alter Creator’s likeness in a misleading way.

5. Name, Image & Likeness

Creator grants Cozzini the right to use Creator’s name, restaurant or operation name, role, city/state, voice, image, likeness, biographical information, quotes, statements, and any other information provided in connection with the Content, together with the uses described in this document.

6. Creator Representations & Warranties

Creator represents and warrants that:

• Creator is at least eighteen (18) years old and has full legal authority to submit the Content and grant the rights described in this document.
• Creator is a current Cozzini customer or employed by an establishment that is a current Cozzini customer and has provided accurate customer verification information.
• Creator has confirmed that participation does not violate Creator’s employer policies or has obtained any employer permission required to participate.
• The Content is original to Creator or Creator owns or controls all rights needed to submit it and grant these rights.
• The Content does not include copyrighted music, television, radio, background media, third-party imagery, protected artwork, or other materials unless Creator owns or controls all necessary rights.
• Creator has permission to show any visible restaurant, operation, uniform, sign, logo, trademark, commercial environment, or other branding included in the Content.
• All individuals visible or audible in the Content, other than Creator, have provided informed permission for the use described in this document. Creator will not include minors unless Creator has written permission from the minor’s parent or legal guardian.
• The Content does not infringe or violate any intellectual property, privacy, publicity, moral, contractual, employment, or other rights of any third party.
• The Content does not contain defamatory, obscene, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, unlawful, unsafe, reckless, or otherwise inappropriate material.

7. Safety, Competitors & Brand Standards

Creator agrees not to submit Content that shows unsafe knife handling, dangerous stunts, reckless conduct, intentionally unsafe kitchen activity, intoxication, illegal conduct, harassment, discriminatory statements, competitor attacks, or content inconsistent with Cozzini’s brand values or professional standards. If Content includes a competitor name, competitor product, or identifiable competitor branding, Cozzini may edit, mute, bleep, crop, omit, decline to publish, or disqualify that portion of the Content at its discretion. Submission does not guarantee publication or selection.

8. No Compensation

Creator acknowledges and agrees that, except for any prize awarded under the applicable Official Rules, no monetary compensation, royalty, residual, approval right, or other consideration is owed to Creator for the rights granted in this document or for Cozzini’s use of the Content.

9. Attribution

Cozzini will use commercially reasonable efforts to credit Creator, such as by first name, last initial, restaurant or operation, and city/state, when the Content is used in editorial or social contexts where attribution is customary and practical. Cozzini is not required to provide attribution in paid advertising, sales materials, internal training, trade show displays, presentations, short-form edits, or any context where attribution is not customary, practical, or consistent with the format.

10. Creator’s Retained Rights

This license is non-exclusive. Creator retains the right to use the Content for Creator’s own lawful purposes, including on Creator’s personal or professional social channels, provided such use does not imply additional endorsement by Cozzini beyond the campaign or violate any employer policy, third-party right, or platform rule.

11. Service Providers

Cozzini may allow trusted service providers, platforms, vendors, printers, media buyers, analytics providers, storage providers, and other operational partners to access, process, host, edit, format, publish, distribute, or otherwise handle the Content solely as needed to support the permitted uses described in this document.

12. Responsibility for Submitted Content

Creator is responsible for ensuring the Content complies with these terms and does not violate the rights of any third party. Creator agrees to cooperate reasonably with Cozzini in resolving any claim related to the submitted Content.

13. Removal and Future-Use Requests

To request that Cozzini stop new future uses of the Content, email marketing@cozzinibros.com with the subject line “Content Use Request.” Cozzini will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor requests for future uses on channels under Cozzini’s direct control. Cozzini is not required to remove Content from materials already published, printed, distributed, scheduled, archived, shared by third parties, or otherwise in circulation, and cached, reposted, stitched, downloaded, or third-party uses may remain outside Cozzini’s control.

Overview

This Privacy Policy describes how Cozzini Bros., Inc. (“Cozzini,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and shares personal information you provide in connection with the “What Is Your Favorite Knife?” campaign and related Cozzini customer video campaigns.

1. Information We Collect

• Identity & contact information: first name, last name, company email, mobile phone if provided, and preferred prize delivery information if you are selected as a winner.
• Professional context: restaurant or operation name, role, city and state, Cozzini customer account number or other customer verification information, and optional referring Account Manager.
• Submission content: the video file you upload, the knife type featured, optional written story, optional social media handles, and any name, image, voice, likeness, statements, branding, or background information included in the submission.
• Consent records: required usage-rights consent, required eligibility confirmations, and optional marketing communications consent.
• Technical & analytics data: IP address, browser and device metadata, time and date of submission, page interactions, cookie data, and analytics information collected through standard website tools such as Google Analytics and similar technologies.

2. How We Use Information

• To administer the campaign, validate entries, verify customer eligibility, contact potential winners, and deliver prizes.
• To review, edit, publish, adapt, promote, and otherwise use submitted content in accordance with the Usage Rights document.
• To communicate with you about your entry, questions, consent, prize delivery, or campaign-related administration.
• To send marketing communications about future Cozzini campaigns, programs, and events only if you opt in.
• To measure website performance, understand campaign engagement, troubleshoot issues, and improve our landing pages and customer experience.
• To detect, prevent, and address fraud, abuse, security issues, unauthorized activity, or violations of our terms.
• To comply with applicable legal obligations and protect our rights, property, safety, customers, and business operations.

3. Cookies and Analytics

The campaign landing page may use cookies, pixels, tags, analytics tools, and similar technologies as part of our standard website operations. These tools may help us understand page traffic, campaign performance, form activity, device information, and user interactions. We currently expect to use Google Analytics and standard website cookies. We do not use hidden tracking for campaign entries, and we do not require marketing opt-in as a condition of entry. If additional advertising pixels are used in connection with winner content or later campaign promotion, those tools will be used according to applicable law and platform requirements.

4. Legal Bases Where Applicable

Where applicable privacy laws require a legal basis for processing, we process personal information based on: (a) your consent for usage rights and optional marketing communications; (b) performance of the campaign you entered; (c) our legitimate interests in operating, maintaining, securing, measuring, and promoting the campaign; and (d) compliance with legal obligations.

5. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including with:

• Service providers who help us operate the campaign, host the website, store files, deliver email or text communications, provide analytics, manage forms, or support business operations. These providers are expected to use information only to provide services to us.
• Trusted cloud storage providers. Submissions may be securely stored using trusted third-party cloud storage providers to support review, editing, archiving, and campaign administration.
• Affiliates and related companies of Cozzini for internal administration and business purposes.
• Legal, compliance, & safety recipients where disclosure is required by law, subpoena, court order, legal process, or to protect rights, property, safety, or security.
• The public, customers, and business audiences for the portions of your submission that are selected, edited, published, or promoted in connection with the campaign, as governed by the Usage Rights document.

6. Do Not Sell or Share

Cozzini does not sell personal information. We also do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising in connection with the entry form unless disclosed and permitted by applicable law. If you believe your information has been sold or shared in a way that gives you opt-out rights under applicable law, contact us at marketing@cozzinibros.com with the subject line “Privacy Request.”

7. Data Retention

We retain entry data for as long as needed to administer the campaign, verify entries, deliver prizes, resolve disputes, comply with legal obligations, maintain business records, and exercise rights granted under the Usage Rights document. Campaign records may be retained for up to seven (7) years where appropriate for contest, tax, legal, or business record-keeping. Submitted videos that are incorporated into Cozzini’s marketing library may be retained for as long as they remain useful for permitted marketing, promotional, editorial, internal, or business purposes, subject to any future-use removal request described in the Usage Rights document.

8. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you reside, including if you are a California resident, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, port, restrict, or object to certain processing of your personal information, and to opt out of certain uses. To exercise a privacy right, email marketing@cozzinibros.com with the subject line “Privacy Request.” We may need to verify your identity and request before responding. We will respond within the timeframes required by applicable law.

9. Marketing Opt-In and Opt-Out

Marketing communications are optional. You will receive Cozzini marketing emails or text messages only if you opt in or otherwise consent where required. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link in any email or by emailing marketing@cozzinibros.com. Opting out of marketing does not affect transactional or administrative messages related to your contest entry, eligibility verification, winner notification, prize delivery, legal compliance, or campaign operations.

10. Children

The campaign is restricted to entrants eighteen (18) years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under thirteen (13). If you believe a child has submitted information, contact us at marketing@cozzinibros.com and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

11. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. No website, storage system, or transmission method is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top reflects the most recent version. Continued participation in the campaign after an update means the revised policy applies to information collected after the update, to the extent permitted by law.

13. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy or your data may be sent to marketing@cozzinibros.com.