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Important Legal Notice

The purpose of this page is to provide you with important legal notice about the www.axeltis.com.Web Site (hereafter referred to as “this Web Site”) and the use of this Web Site

For the purpose of this Important Legal Notice all references to:

- “user”,” you”, “your” and “yours” shall be construed as referring to the person(s) accessing this Web Site and the party/ ies represented by such person (s).

- “we”, “us”, “our” or “AXELTIS” shall be construed as referring to AXELTIS

- “Web Site” shall be construed as referring to both (1) AXELTIS’ web site and (2) AXELTIS’ private space which is a passport protected area

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THIS IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE.

By simply accessing this Web Site you indicate your acknowledgement and acceptance to be bound by the following terms and conditions herein. If you do not agree to them please do not use this Web Site and leave it immediately. These terms and conditions may be revised by AXELTIS from time to time without notice, and you are deemed to be apprised of and bound by any such changes.

The information on this Web Site is based on our understanding of current laws, regulations and at the time of posting. Any future changes in laws, regulations, tax, regulations and market practices could affect the information on this website.

Owner

This Web Site is the property of AXELTIS.

Company name: NATIXIS AXELTIS LIMITED – AXELTIS is the trading name of NATIXIS AXELTIS LIMITED.

Registration: Private Limited Company registered with the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales under No. 1800715.

Registered office: Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2YA Phone: +44 (0) 20 3216 9000.

Email address: info@axeltis.com

Authorisation: Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) under number 224722 as a service company for its activity of business-to-business fund distribution platform.

Editor in Chief: Guillaume Ambrosini

Parent company: AXELTIS is part of NATIXIS Group. NATIXIS is a French financial institution authorised and regulated by the Comité des Etablissements de Crédit et des Entreprises d’Investissement – (“CECEI”), with registered office at 30 Avenue Pierre Mendes France, 75013 Paris, France. AXELTIS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NATIXIS PARTICIPATIONS 1, itself a subsidiary of NATIXIS.

Hosting: AXELTIS’ Web Site is hosted by Natixis Services (UK) Limited, Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2YA, United Kingdom, Phone: +44 (0) 20 3216 9777.

Governing Law

This Web Site, its content, and particularly the terms of this “Important Legal Notice”, are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of England and Wales and any possible litigation arising therefrom will come under the exclusive jurisdiction of English Courts.

Country of residence

The Web Site is currently intended for those who access it from within the United Kingdom. Because of this AXELTIS cannot guarantee that the Web Site or the information thereon complies or is appropriate for use in other places. People accessing the Web Site from outside the United Kingdom are required to inform themselves about and observe any relevant restrictions.

Purpose

This Web Site is for information purposes only and is directed only at qualified investors - professional investors and institutional investors ('Relevant Persons').

Relevant Persons are (a) UK persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within Article 19(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (b) UK high net worth entities and other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated who fall within Article 49(1) of the Order. This communication must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons.

Furthermore access to products or services featured herein may be restricted for some people or countries, because of general legislations and regulations governing in particular the fund's marketing regulations.

Therefore people who have access to the information from this Web Site are required by AXELTIS and NATIXIS Group to comply with all applicable laws and/or regulations in each country where they purchase, offer, sell or deliver their funds or distribute or place such funds, in all cases at their own expense.

Any Relevant Persons are advised beforehand to contact their own tax and legal advisers. The information shown herein relates to AXELTIS and its activities as intermediary in fund distribution on a business to business basis exclusively. It is deemed correct and posted in good faith at the time of posting but no representation or warranty, expressed or implied is made by AXELTIS as to its accuracy or completeness. The information may be changed at any time without further notice. AXELTIS shall not accept any responsibility for any inaccuracy, error, omission inconsistency of the information contained herein.

AXELTIS does not promote funds, does not provide investment advice and does not get involved in fund transactions. The information supplied is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or to provide investment services or investment advice in any jurisdiction or to participate to any trading strategy.

Any services would be agreed in writing pursuant to a definitive agreement prepared with AXELTIS, which would contain as appropriate material information not contained herein and to which prospective counterparts would be referred. In the event of the signature of such agreement, any presentation shall be deemed superseded, amended and supplemented in its entirety by such agreement. Additional information is available upon request.

Source

The information on this Web Site is obtained from sources that AXELTIS believes to be reliable and every reasonable effort is made to ensure that this information is accurate and up-to-date. Nonetheless, AXELTIS does not give any express or implied warranty or representation of any kind as to the accuracy, precision, currency, adequacy, completeness or exhaustiveness of any and all information on this Web Site, and does not accept any liability for any loss or damage whatsoever arising as a result of your use, credit for or reliance on the information provided directly or indirectly by this Web Site. AXELTIS may change the content on this Web Site at any time without any notice.

From time to time, expert opinions concerning a particular subject in relation to the content of this Web Site may be posted on this Web Site, or extracts from press articles. Such information represents only the opinions of the respective experts or publication, and is not necessarily those of AXELTIS. Such experts are not employees of AXELTIS and do not receive any compensation from AXELTIS the use of their opinion. AXELTIS is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information or opinions set forth in such materials. Expert advice reflects only the personal view of that expert, and in no case shall it be regarded as the opinion or responsibility of AXELTIS.

AXELTIS shall not be responsible for any damage resulting from fraudulent intrusion by any third party who may modify the information or materials provided on this Web Site.

Data Protection

AXELTIS recognises that the lawful and correct treatment of personal data is very important to successful operations and to maintaining its customer's confidence in AXELTIS.

Any personal data which AXELTIS collects, records or uses in any way whether it is held on paper, on electronic means or other media has appropriate safeguards applied to it to ensure that AXELTIS complies with the requirements of the UK Data Protection Act 1998.
AXELTIS fully endorses and adheres to the eight principles of Data Protection as set out in the Data Protection Act 1998. You may inspect this or obtain a copy from the Information Commissioner's Office at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
When AXELTIS collects any personal data from you, AXELTIS will inform you why it is collecting your data and what AXELTIS intends to use it for. Under the Data Protection Act, any individuals may write to the Data Protection Officer at the address below and request a copy of the information which AXELTIS holds about them.
AXELTIS reserves the right to charge the maximum fee payable in terms of the Data Protection Act for providing this information. If the details are inaccurate you can ask us to amend them.
The roles of Notification Manager and Data protection Officer are carried out by Sophie DUGUET, Head of Legal Affairs at AXELTIS. Sophie DUGUET’s contact details are as follows: AXELTIS, Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2YA, United Kingdom.

AXELTIS may, as a result of your interaction with this Web Site, hold and process the personal information you provide. This will be entered onto our database and will be used to provide the services requested, to evaluate the effectiveness of this Web Site and for statistical analysis. The information may also be used for fraud prevention and audit collection purposes. If you give us false or inaccurate information and we suspect fraud, we will record this.

The personal data obtained via this Web Site is for the exclusive use of AXELTIS. If legally required, AXELTIS may disclose personal information, provided by you, to law enforcement or other governmental officials, to enforce the terms and conditions of use of this Web Site, to respond to claims of violations of third party rights, or to protect its rights. If legally permitted, AXELTIS will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any request for disclosure of personal information you have provided as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt of such a request.

In order to improve this Web Site, including its navigability and content, AXELTIS may monitor your visit. Please be advised that when visiting this Web Site, a cookie may be automatically installed and temporarily held in the store or on the hard disk of your computer. A cookie is used to record information relating to the user’s navigation on this Web Site but cannot be used to identify the user. You acknowledge having been informed of this practice and authorize AXELTIS to make use of it. You can deactivate the cookie by adjusting the parameters of your internet browser software.

Intellectual Property – Copyright

This Web Site and all the components of this Web Site, including but without limitation to the texts, articles, newsletters, reviews, presentations, corporate profiles, pictures, logos, IT programs are the exclusive property of AXELTIS, except for third-parties’ brands, entities or logos represented on this Web Site for which AXELTIS has obtained, when required, authorisation to use from the relevant third parties. From time to time, certain contents may be posted which are the property of their respective authors.

No right or license of any kind with respect to this Web Site, in any and all web pages and in any and all materials incorporated therein, is granted to you except as expressly provided hereunder.

You are not authorised to copy, represent, modify, translate and/or adapt totally or in part, this Web Site, or any of its components without AXELTIS’ prior written consent.
Save to that extent, AXELTIS authorises you to download and/or to print any document on your computer, which are on this Web Site under PDF and/or Excel version, or any other format, specifically dedicated to be downloaded or printed. You agree that such downloading and printing is only permitted for your personal use. You must not alter anything.

AXELTIS is a trade mark of NATIXIS AXELTIS LIMITED. You may not use or reproduce AXELTIS’ trade mark, logo and/or legal name without AXELTIS’ prior written consent.

Hyperlink and viruses

External web sites may contain links leading to this Web Site. In any case, AXELTIS is not responsible for the unavailability of such external web sites and AXELTIS does not review, control, approve, nor is it responsible for any content, advertising, products or other materials available on or accessible via those external web sites.

This Web Site may contain links to separate web sites. Such links are provided to you only as a convenience, and AXELTIS is not responsible for the content of these linked separate web sites, and does not approve of their content or any use to which such content may be put. Only their authors shall be responsible for it.
Furthermore, AXELTIS shall not be held responsible for any damages arising out of technical failures related to these links.

Links to downloadable software sites are for convenience only and AXELTIS is not responsible or liable for any difficulties or consequences associated with downloading the software. Use of any downloaded software is governed by the terms of the license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is provided with the software.

In any circumstances, you should take all the precautions needed to make sure that this Web Site doesn’t have viruses. AXELTIS shall not be responsible for any direct or indirect damages from the use of this Web Site or other websites which are linked to it.

About the availability of this Web Site

AXELTIS does not guarantee in any way that this Web Site will be accessible at any time without interruption.

You acknowledge that access to this Web Site may, at any time, be suspended temporarily or permanently and without notice to you.

You acknowledge (i) that it is technically impossible that this Web Site will be provided free of all defects, (ii) that AXELTIS cannot disclaim all responsibility for defects of this Web Site that may lead to the temporary unavailability of this Web Site, and (iii) that the operation of this Web Site may be adversely affected by conditions and events outside AXELTIS’ control.

AXELTIS cannot be held liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequent damage, regardless of its cause, origin, nature or consequences, whether it be the result of the access or inability to access this Web Site, or the use of this Web Site, including any damage or virus which may infect your computer system or any other product. Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damage, in such jurisdictions, liability is limited by the fullest extent permitted by law.

Use of Internet and email

You accept that the internet is not a secure medium for communicating information and you certify having the qualifications and skills requested to use this Web Site.

Messages sent over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure as they are subject to possible interception, monitoring, loss or alteration. AXELTIS is not responsible for them and will not be liable to you or anyone else for any damages or otherwise in connection with any message sent by you to AXELTIS or any message sent by AXELTIS to you over the Internet.

Use of this Web Site by users

You may not use this Web Site for any purpose which is unlawful, abusive, libellous, obscene or threatening. AXELTIS reserve the right at any time to immediately suspend the provision of all or any part of this Web Site to you and/ or block your access to this Site.

You are wholly responsible for use of the Web Site by any person using your computer and you must ensure that any such person complies with all the terms and conditions of this Important Legal Notice.

You will be responsible for the use of all the information from this Web Site. AXELTIS shall assume no responsibility for any direct and/or indirect damages, caused by the use of this Web Site or the use of any information from this Web Site

No warranties

The following clauses exclude or limit AXELTIS’ legal liability for the Web Site. You should read them carefully. They all apply only as far as the law permits, and in particular AXELTIS does not exclude or restrict our duties and liabilities to you under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "Act"), or the rules and regulations for the conduct of business under the Act or under the rules of any relevant self-regulating organization (as the term is defined under the Act) to which AXELTIS is subject by virtue of our membership of the relevant organization.

The contents of the Web Site are distributed to you without any warranty of any kind. Your use of the Web Site is at your sole risk. AXELTIS does not represent or warrant that the Web Site will be available or that it will meet your requirements, that access will be uninterrupted, that there will be no delays, failures, errors or omissions or loss of transmitted information, that no viruses or other contaminating or destructive properties will be transmitted or that no damage will occur to your computer system. You have sole responsibility for adequate protection and back up of data and/or equipment and for undertaking reasonable and appropriate precautions to scan for computer viruses or other destructive properties.

AXELTIS cannot and does not guarantee that the information provided has not been altered by a hacker or due to a virus.

AXELTIS makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, functionality or performance of any third party software that may be used in connection with the Web Site.

No endorsement or approval of any third parties or their advice, opinions, information, products or services is expressed or implied by any information on the Web Site.

Exclusion of Liability

In no event shall AXELTIS be liable for any damages, losses or liabilities (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental, consequential damages, losses or liabilities (whether in respect of loss of profits, business, opportunity, data or otherwise), in connection with your use of the Web Site or your reliance on or use of or inability to use the information, products and services on the Web Site or in connection with any failure or performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or line or system failure, even if you advise AXELTIS of the possibility of such damages, losses or expenses.

Should you wish to contact AXELTIS please refer to the Contact us menu which can be found on each page of this Web Site.