Paris Motor Show 2026 Startup Competition (the “Challenge”) - Challenge Rules (the “Rules”)

1. Term

This Challenge begins on July 29th, 2026 at 00:00 and ends on October 13th, 2026 at the Awards Ceremony. The Challenge will be accessible 24 hours a day on the dedicated Challenge website operated by WILCO at https://candidatures.wilco-ambitions.com/fr/applications/paris-motor-show-2026-startup-competition (“the Challenge website”), subject to possible IT maintenance operations. Dates and times in these Rules refer to Paris time (CET/GMT+2).

2. Agreeing to the Rules

Any eligible person who is registered on the Challenge website and enrolls to participate in the Challenge (“Participant” or “You”), is required to review and accept these Rules. By accessing and accepting these Rules, You:

● enter into a valid and enforceable contractual relationship with the Sponsor regarding participation in the Challenge. The registration and enrolment in the Challenge does not set up any subordination relationship between the Sponsor and the Participant, and

● fully and unconditionally agree to comply with these Rules. Participants express their agreement by checking an online box while enrolling for the Challenge.

In case of non-respect of these Rules, the Participant will be immediately disqualified from the Challenge and no prize will be awarded.

3. Registration and participation in the Challenge

To take part in the Challenge, we must receive your completed registration by September 7th, 2026 at 00:00 (midnight, Paris time). To register, the Participant must first complete a full application file and attach a presentation of their company in PDF or PowerPoint format.

Any registration based on inaccurate, false or incomplete information will result in the Participant’s disqualification. Refusing collection, recording and use of their personal data that is strictly necessary to performing the Challenge will result in the Participant’s disqualification. The Participant is solely responsible for the information he/she provides when registering. Any intentional or unintentional mistake, anomaly or inconsistency, regarding this information, may result in the Participant’s disqualification. The Sponsor reserves the right to proceed with all necessary verifications regarding the Participant’s identity, postal and/or email address.

Deletion of a Participant’s user account on the Challenge website will be deemed as a withdrawal from the Challenge. In this case, the Participant, regardless of whether the deletion results from the Participant’s personal action or not, will not participate in the Challenge, and will not obtain any compensation.

You must also have accepted the Rules as well as the Terms and Conditions of Use and the Privacy Policy, during the creation of your user account and your registration to the Challenge.

Registration for and participation in the Challenge is free, with no purchase or payment obligation.

4. Eligibility

This Challenge is open and offered solely to:

Startups. A business entity, regardless of its business area, established anywhere in the world. Startups may be required, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to provide proof of (i) company registration by submitting a registration certificate issued within the last three (3) months, or ongoing company registration, or any trade registry and proof ensuring the registration of the entity in the relevant country, and (ii) a valid professional insurance policy subscription.

Please note that to be eligible for the selection,

● The Participant must be developing an innovative project related to the automotive industry.

● The Participant must be available to attend the Awards Ceremony in person (see Section 7). Attendance at the ceremony is mandatory for winners.

All the documents that may confirm the Participant’s eligibility may be required prior to awarding any prizes (e.g. identity document, registration certificate etc.).

This Challenge is not open to: employees and representatives of the Sponsor and WILCO and the members of their families.

This Challenge is void in countries where it is prohibited or restricted by law.

5. Purpose of the Challenge and participation

Participation in the Challenge must be as a Startup.

Startups. Startup Participants enter the Contest on behalf of their legal business organizations. During the registration process, Startup Participant must designate one individual who is part of the company for contact purposes with the Sponsor. This person will be responsible for registering the Startup at the Challenge and participate in the Challenge on behalf of the Startup. As a Startup participating in this Challenge, you represent and warrant to the Sponsor that such person (i) is an authorized representative of Startup and is participating in the Challenge on behalf of such company, and (ii) has obtained all necessary approvals to enter the Challenge.

The goal of the Challenge is for Participants to submit contributions (or projects) meeting the requirements determined by the Sponsor in the Challenge brief, and that are formalized by deliverables. The brief includes information regarding various deadlines, details of the prizes, Sponsor requirements etc. (the “Brief”). The Brief is accessible through the Challenge website.

6. Deliverables

During the Challenge, Participants may upload documents or other materials relating to their project to the Challenge website in response and as a solution to the Sponsor’s Challenge (the “Deliverable”).

To be eligible, Deliverables must (i) address the specific issue set out in the Brief, (ii) be in a common digital format, such as PDF or PPTX and (iii) be in English, and in general terms must comply with these Rules.

If a Deliverable cannot be downloaded, is not in the right format or is incompatible, illegible, or unintelligible, the Deliverable will be disqualified.

By submitting a Deliverable: the Deliverable includes exclusive contributions from the Startup; if content from a third party has been used, all rights, authorizations and agreements necessary to submit the Deliverable have been obtained; no other individual and/or entity is entitled to claim any rights from the use of the Deliverable; and the content of the Deliverable does not and will not infringe or violate any rights of any third party or entity.

Participants are responsible for and shall bear any costs or expenses associated with preparing and submitting Deliverables. Participants assume all risk for damaged, lost, late, incomplete, invalid, incorrect or misdirected Deliverables.

7. Challenge process

Application. Applications, including the Deliverables, must be submitted on the Challenge website from July 29th, 2026 at 00:00 to September 7th, 2026 at 00:00. Each application must include: a pitch deck presentation of the Project in English (PPT or PDF format), and the completed participation form available on the Challenge website.

Selection. A jury of experts will evaluate the applications according to the following criteria: Innovation, Impact, Team, Scalability, Feasibility.

Winners. One (1) winner per category - four (4) winners in total - will be selected by September 30th, 2026 and notified directly by email to the address provided during registration. Winners commit not to communicate about their selection before the official on-stage reveal.

Awards Ceremony. The winners will be revealed on stage at an exclusive Awards Ceremony held during the Paris Motor Show 2026 on Tuesday, October 13th, 2026, Hall 7.1, Porte de Versailles, Paris. Winners must attend the ceremony in person; free entrance to the show is provided, but travel and accommodation costs are not covered. In the event a winner does not confirm his/her attendance, the Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify this Participant and select another winner. This disqualification shall not entitle the Participant to claim any kind of compensation from the Sponsor.

The Sponsor will be free to alter the dates on which results are released should this become necessary due to the number of projects to be assessed.

8. Prizes

The prizes are awarded to the winners of the Challenge subject to compliance with these Rules and the eligibility conditions of Section 4. No prize will be awarded to winners who do not fulfil these conditions.

Subject to these Rules, once confirmed by Sponsor, each of the 4 winners (one per category) will receive:

● Awards Ceremony spotlight: reveal by the category sponsor and a high-level pitch on stage at the Paris Motor Show 2026;

● Media exposure through the official Paris Motor Show channels (dedicated press release, website, social media, interviews);

● Five (5) qualified one-to-one meetings with automotive industry leaders (car manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers);

● Business coaching sessions with WILCO;

● Access to acceleration programs matching the winner’s category;

● Free entrance to the Paris Motor Show 2026 (travel and accommodation costs not covered).

No assignment or transfer of prizes is allowed by a winner. If a potential winner cannot be reached, is unable to accept the prize or any portion of the prize for any reason, Sponsor shall have no further obligation to such potential winner. Winners will accept the prize “as it is”. Sponsor disclaims any warranty regarding the Prizes. If the prize as initially planned is unavailable, Sponsor will be free to substitute another prize of similar value.

In the event a winner cannot be reached, by email or by phone, for more than three (3) months after the first attempt to reach them was made, he/she will be deemed as having waived their right to claim the prize and will not be entitled to any prize or any kind of compensation.

9. Communication

The Participant acknowledges and consents that Sponsor may, throughout the world and for the duration of the Challenge and for a period of one (1) year following the Awards Ceremony, use the Challenge for publicity, including for Sponsor’s advertising or other marketing purposes, by any means and through any format (website, advertising banners, social networks, newsletter, press release) now known or unknown to date, free of charge or for a consideration.

In particular, you consent to the use, by the Sponsor, of your name and surname, your city and region of residence, your image, the information regarding the Prize (if you are a winner), the name of your company and its distinctive signs and any other personal data that you submit with your Deliverables as well as the content of your Deliverables relating to the Challenge. Each Participant authorizes the Sponsor to use the photographs taken during the Awards Ceremony and to disseminate them via any communication medium.

Such use does not entitle the winner to any other payment than the Prize he/she received. The Sponsor agrees to cease use of the aforementioned elements in connection with the Participant at the end of the aforementioned period.

10. Confidentiality

The Sponsor has no obligation to keep the information contained in the Deliverables confidential. In general terms, when submitting any Deliverables, the Participants understand, agree and accept that any information contained therein may be publicly disclosed by the Sponsor.

If you are a prize winner, the Sponsor may request that you execute a confidentiality/non-disclosure agreement for the purpose of entering into negotiations regarding the further development of your project. Such agreement will be directed to your Deliverable and all intellectual property that it may contain.

Participants acknowledge that the Sponsor may currently or in the future be developing information internally, or receiving information from other parties, that is similar to the information contained in any of the projects. Nothing herein shall prohibit the Sponsor from independently acquiring, developing, or having developed for it, products, concepts, systems, services, or techniques that are similar to or compete with those contemplated by or embodied in any Deliverable. Participants will not be entitled to any compensation arising from the Sponsor’s use of same or similar materials submitted or made public by others.

The Sponsors will have a right of access to the application files.

11. Intellectual property

“Intellectual Property Rights” refer to any copyright or other rights over a brand, a design or a model, a patent and, more generally, any element (including trade secrets and know-how) that may be protected by national and/or international laws or conventions on intellectual property. “Creations” refer to any software, database, technical specifications, text, design, model, information, knowledge, method, process or product developed by any Participant as a part of any submitted deliverable throughout the Challenge.

When submitting any Deliverable, each Participant guarantees to Sponsor that he/she is the owner and/or holder of the Intellectual Property Rights regarding the Creations contained in the Deliverables, and that he/she has obtained all rights and permissions regarding all pre-existing Creations. Each Participant guarantees that his/her contribution is original and does not infringe upon any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party.

Sponsor cannot be held liable for any infringement of the above provisions by Participants. Each Participant shall indemnify the Sponsor against any claim from any third party in connection with any Creation in the Deliverables.

Participant owner of Intellectual Property rights. By submitting a Deliverable and participating in this Challenge, you are not granting the Sponsor any rights to any intellectual property supporting all or part of the Deliverable and the Sponsor makes no claim to ownership of your Deliverable or any intellectual property that it may contain.

12. Modification of Rules, suspension and cancellation of the Challenge

The Sponsor reserves the right to amend these Rules at any time, including the Challenge duration in case of operational imperatives, without prior notice to Participants. Participants are encouraged to consult these Rules regularly. Should any paragraph of these Rules be declared or judged illegal, unenforceable or void by a court decision, the paragraph in question will be considered null and void, but all other unaffected paragraphs will be enforced within the limits of the law.

The Sponsor reserves the right in its discretion, to (i) cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Challenge and these Rules, for any reason, at any time and without any liability, and (ii) to limit or restrict participation in the Challenge. No compensation or remuneration will be due to the Participants.

13. Limitation of liability

The Sponsor will in no way be held liable in the event of breakdown or failure, regardless of the cause, of any telecommunications network used that causes Participants difficulty in or prevents Participants from identifying themselves on or gaining access to the Challenge website. Everything on the Challenge website and in connection with the Challenge is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied.

Participation in the Challenge implies acknowledgement and acceptance of the characteristics, limits and risks of the internet and related technologies. The Sponsor will not be held liable for damages resulting from faults with or delays in the submission of deliverables by Participants, including refusal to accept deliverables submitted outside the deadlines set out in the Rules, nor for damages resulting from services provided by a third-party relating to the prizes, nor for the consequences of a Participant’s disqualification following a violation of these Rules.

14. Personal data protection

Participation in the Challenge requires the communication of the Participant’s personal data (“Personal Data”). Participant’s personal data is subject to processing within the meaning of the EU 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for which the Sponsor defines the purposes and means and is, as such, “Data controller”.

The purposes of the processing are: to meet the organization of the challenge needs; and to organize the intermediation between the Participant and the Sponsor, to ensure identification, communication and preservation of the exchanges with the Participant.

In accordance with the provisions of the GDPR, the Sponsor undertakes to implement organizational and technical security measures in order to protect all Participant’s Personal Data and to allow the exercise of Participants’ rights under the GDPR.

15. Claims

Any Participant’s claims arising from the Challenge should be addressed no later than thirty (30) days following the Challenge end date by mail to HOPSCOTCH, 23/25 rue Notre-Dame des Victoires, 75002 Paris. All claims must include: (i) the Participant’s complete contact details (name, address, email address and phone); (ii) the name of the Challenge; and (iii) a clear and detailed explanation for the claim.

16. Applicable law and disputes resolution

The Challenge and any action related thereto shall be governed by the law applicable in France.

In case of persistent litigation beyond a period of fifteen (15) days after the Participant has filed a claim, the Sponsor and the Participant undertake to submit their dispute to an amicable conciliation prior to any legal proceedings. If no agreement is reached between the parties within thirty (30) days after receipt of the registered letter initiating conciliation, the parties regain their freedom of action. In the absence of an amicable settlement, any dispute will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the French courts.

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