HG CAPITAL TRUST PLC
WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
By using this website you confirm that you have read, understood, and accepted the following terms and conditions. These terms and conditions may change at any time. Any changes will be posted on this website and you should check regularly to see any changes or updates to these terms and conditions. Your access to this website is governed by the version of these terms and conditions then in force.
General
1.1. This website (the “Website”) is the website of HgCapital Trust plc (“HgCapital Trust plc”, the "Company" or “us” or “we”). The pages on the Website are published by Investis Digital Limited (IDX) whose registered address is at 5th Floor, The Counting House, 53 Tooley Street, London, United Kingdom on behalf of the Company.
1.2. Please read these terms and conditions of use of the Website carefully as by using the Website you agree to be bound by them. We reserve the right to vary the conditions of use at any time and will post any variations here. You are advised to review the conditions of use on a regular basis as you will be deemed to have accepted variations if you continue to use the Website after they have been posted. If you do not agree to abide by these terms of use you should not use the Website in any way.
1.3. The Website and the materials contained in the Website including, but not limited to, the text, documents, images, links, sounds, graphics, and video sequences displayed therein (the "Materials") have been prepared for use solely by individuals who are resident in the United Kingdom [or [insert other permitted jurisdictions] for tax and investment purposes. Further information is available on the Disclaimer page of the Website. It is your responsibility to be aware of and to observe all applicable laws and regulations for your country of residence. Please read the Disclaimer page of the Website as by using the Website you agree to be bound by its terms.
1.4. The information contained in the Website is not an invitation to invest in shares or other securities, or any other products or services or otherwise deal in these or enter into a contract with the Company or any other company. Neither the Company nor IDX are authorised to offer investment advice to individual investors and nothing contained within this Website should be considered to be investment advice and the information provided should not be relied upon in connection with any investment decision. You should always seek appropriate financial, tax, and/or legal advice before entering into any financial transaction or applying for any of our products
Accessing the Website
2.1. Neither the Company nor IDX guarantee that the Website or any Materials will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the Website or the Materials without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that any persons with access to the Website through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use, and that they comply with them.
Your Login Details
3.1. Any personal information provided when you register for alert services on the Website will be held in accordance with the Privacy Statement available on the Website.
3.2. We have the right to disable any user accounts at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use and/or if we believe that your account is being used in an unauthorised or fraudulent manner.
3.3. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you has or is likely to access your user account, you must promptly notify us. Following such notification you may be required to set up a new account with a new email address.
Information Provided on the Website
4.1. Information published by IDX on the Website and/or in the Materials is supplied by the Company and, where indicated, by certain third parties. IDX and the Company take every care and precaution to ensure that information published on the Website and/or in the Materials is accurate when posted and regularly updated, but neither IDX nor the Company guarantee or can be held liable for its accuracy or timeliness and IDX or the Company may change the information at any time without notice. All information contained on the Website and/or in the Materials is for general use only and you must not rely on the information on the Website in making any investment decisions or giving financial advice to your clients and you acknowledge that you must take appropriate steps to verify this information before acting on it. As a result, use of the Website and/or the Materials is at your sole risk and we cannot accept any liability for loss or damage suffered by you arising from your use of information contained on the website.
4.2. HGCAPITAL TRUST PLC TRUST PLC AND IDX PUBLISH THE WEBSITE “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE, THE ACCURACY OF THE MATERIALS, ANY INFORMATION OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES REFERRED TO ON THE WEBSITE (IN SO FAR AS SUCH WARRANTIES MAY BE EXCLUDED UNDER ANY RELEVANT LAW) AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER HGCAPITAL TRUST PLC OR IDX SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGE WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT OR INDIRECT LOSS OF PROFITS), CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR OTHERWISE INCIDENTAL THAT MAY RESULT FROM USE OF THE WEBSITE HOWSOEVER ARISING.
4.3. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company, IDX and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, directors and advisers disclaim all liability to you arising out of your use of the Website and/or the Materials. In particular, the Company, IDX and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, directors and advisers shall not be liable for any direct or indirect loss or damage to you, any loss of profits, loss of business, revenue, data, goodwill, or anticipated or consequential loss or damage. Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law.
Limitation of liability
5.1. Use of the Website and the Materials is at your sole risk. The Company and its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors and advisers will not be liable to any person for any direct, indirect, special or consequential, losses, damages, or awards of any kind, howsoever caused, as a result of the use of or inability to use, or reliance on, the Website or any of the Materials. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company and its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors and advisers exclude all warranties, conditions, terms, undertakings, and representations (excepting fraudulent misrepresentation) of any kind, express or implied, statutory or otherwise in connection with the Website and the Materials. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall be taken to limit or exclude any liability which may not otherwise be limited or excluded under applicable law.
5.2. Nothing in the Website should be construed as investment, tax, legal, or other advice, nor is it to be relied upon in making an investment decision. Those accessing the Website should consult their financial advisers regarding the suitability of any of the products referred to on the Website and/or in the Materials. The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and an investor may receive back significantly less than the original investment. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
Copyright and Trademarks
6.1. Copyright in the design and architecture of the Website is owned by IDX. HgCapital Trust plc owns the copyright in the content published on the Website and/or in the Materials except where otherwise indicated by a third party's proprietary notice. The content published on the Website and/or in the Materials may not be copied, distributed, uploaded, posted, republished, decompiled, disassembled, reverse-engineered or transmitted in any way without the prior written consent of the relevant owner. Unless specifically prohibited by a notice published on any page, you may download one copy of such parts of the Website and/or the Materials as you may reasonably require for your own personal non-commercial use or non-commercial use within the organisation in which you work on condition that you do not delete or change any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice contained on the Website and/or in the Materials or alter the way in which they are presented. Modification or use other than as permitted above violates the owner's intellectual property rights in the Website and/or the Materials and is prohibited.
6.2. The trademarks, service marks, and logo used and displayed on the Company’s website are registered and unregistered trademarks of the Company and others. The intellectual property rights in the "HgCapital Trust plc" name and logo are owned by the Company or are used by the Company under licence. Nothing in these terms and conditions or on the Company’s website should be construed as granting any licence or right to use any trademark displayed on the Company’s website. The Company enforces infringements of its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent permitted by the law.
Viruses
7.1. We do not guarantee that the Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access the Website. You should use your own virus protection software.
7.2. You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website. You must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Website will cease immediately.
Third-Party Websites
8.1. We are not responsible for the content of any other website from which you have accessed the Website or to which you may hyperlink from the website and cannot be held liable for any loss or damage you incur as a result thereof.
8.2. Reference herein and/or in the Materials to any hypertext link, product, process, or service does not imply the Company’s support for, or endorsement or recommendation of the provider thereof or the product, process, or service to which reference is made. The Company’s website may contain hypertext links to other websites, resources, or other third parties. The Company is not responsible for the availability of, and accepts no liability in relation to, these external websites or their contents. The Company is not a sponsor, partner, promoter, or publisher of any such website.
Privacy Statement and Cookies Notice
9.1. The Company respects the privacy of individuals who visit the Website and will process personal information only in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Please refer to the Privacy Statement for full details of the data protection policy applicable to the Website.
9.2. The Website uses cookies, including (without limitation) to confirm that these terms and conditions have been acknowledged (such cookie lasting only as long as your browser is open and cannot be used to obtain any private data about you). Please refer to the Cookie Policy for details of the cookies used on the Website.
9.3. The use of the Website is subject to your acceptance of the Privacy Statement and Cookie Policy. If you do not accept the details set out in the Privacy Statement and Cookie Policy, you should not use the Website in any way.
General
10.1. The agreement between you and the Company relating to your use and browsing of the following pages is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales and you agree that the Courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising in relation to such use and browsing. These terms and conditions may not be modified unless the Company agrees in writing. To the extent that any part of these conditions of use is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction such part shall to that extent be severed from the remaining terms all of which shall remain in full force and effect as permitted by law.