This Web Site Use Agreement (this “Agreement”) is between World’vest Base Inc. (WVB) and “You,” in your individual capacity and on behalf of the Company for which You are an authorized agent, employee or
representative. Use of this Web Site (the “WVB Web Site”) and any of
the data contained in the WVB Web Site (the “Data”) signifies the
agreement of You to the terms and conditions of use set forth below
in this Agreement. YOU AGREE TO CAREFULLY READ AND ACCEPT THESE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE BEFORE USING ANY PART OF THE SERVICE.If
these terms and conditions of use are not accepted, You are not
authorized to access or otherwise use any part of the WVB Web Site
or the Data (as defined in Paragraph 2 below).
The Data may be used solely by You for internal purposes only. You
shall keep Your password (if any is provided to You) confidential.
You may not share Your password with any other person. You may not
resell or otherwise transfer or allow the use of the Data, or any
part thereof, directly or indirectly, by or for the benefit of,
any other person or organization. You agree to treat the Data as
proprietary to WVB and that You will keep the information
contained in the Data strictly confidential. You agree to take all
steps reasonably necessary (or requested by WVB) to protect the
rights of WVB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, You may provide
Resultant Information Services to Your clients. For purposes of
this provision, “Resultant Information Service” shall mean a
service or product provided by You which (i) contains information
derived from the Data (e.g., by application of formulas,
algorithms, or the exercise of human judgment), but which does not
provide a mechanism for computing or reproducing the Data, or (ii)
contains reasonable excerpts of the Data that constitute a
nonmaterial portion of the Data. In this connection, portions of
the Data comprising 25% or more of the Data items for one point in
time or portions of the Data cumulatively comprising 25% or more
of a complete time series for a single Data item will not be
regarded as “nonmaterial,” whether such portions have been
provided to single or multiple clients and prospective clients and
whether or not such portions have been so provided on one or
multiple occasions. WVB reserves the right to determine, in its
sole discretion, the materiality of portions of the Data
comprising less than 25% of the Data items.
2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, You will not use or permit use of
the Data to verify or correct data in any other compilation of
data or index. Also, unless WVB has, in writing, authorized You to
do so, You shall not use or permit anyone else to use the Data or
any portion thereof in connection with the writing, creating,
marketing or promotion of any financial instruments or products,
including, but not limited to, funds, synthetic or derivative
securities (e.g., options, warrants, swaps, and futures), whether
listed on an exchange or traded over the counter or on a private
placement basis or otherwise (except as expressly provided herein)
or to create any indices (custom or otherwise).
You may download Data for Your personal use, subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement. You may not, however, without
the written permission of WVB, (i) copy any component of the Data
(including, without limitation, to a mainframe central processing
unit), (ii) alter, modify or adapt any component of the Data,
including but not limited to translating, decompiling,
disassembling or creating derivative works, or (iii) make any
component of the Data available to any other person or
organization directly or indirectly, for any of the foregoing or
for any other use, including, without limitation, by loan, rental,
service bureau, external time sharing or similar arrangement.
You further agree to reproduce on all copies of the Data
authorized by WVB (all of which shall be the property of WVB) all
copyright, proprietary rights and restrictive legends appearing on
the original copy of the Data.
You acknowledge that in the event of a breach by You of the
provisions of this Section II, WVB will suffer irreparable injury
not compensable by money damages for which WVB will not have an
adequate remedy at law and therefore WVB shall be entitled (in
addition to money damages) to injunctive or other equitable relief
to prevent or curtail any breach thereof, threatened or actual.
WVB may monitor Your use of the WVB Web Site. You acknowledge that
any transmission by You through the WVB Web Site (a
“Communication”) (i) is voluntary and not confidential, (ii) may
be read or intercepted by others, and (iii) may be shared with
WVB, its affiliates, subsidiaries and controlling entities of WVB
throughout the world. You acknowledge that by submitting
Communications to WVB, no confidential, fiduciary, contractually
implied or other relationship is created between You and WVB other
than pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement. By
transmitting Communications through the WVB Web Site, You hereby
grant to WVB, its affiliates, subsidiaries and controlling
entities a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, unrestricted,
non-exclusive, royalty free license to use, copy, license,
sublicense, adapt, distribute, display, publicly perform,
reproduce, transmit, modify, edit and otherwise exploit such
Communications, in all media now known or hereafter developed. You
hereby waive all rights to any claim against WVB, its affiliates,
subsidiaries and controlling entities for any alleged or actual
infringements of any proprietary rights, rights of privacy and
publicity, moral rights, and rights of attribution in connection
with such Communications.
You hereby agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations (including, but not limited to, all data protection
regulations and legislation) in Your use of the WVB Web Site.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, You hereby agree
to procure all necessary consents, licenses, permits and
authorizations as may be required by any applicable law, rule or
regulation for Your use of the WVB Web Site, including any such
consents, licenses, permits and authorizations for the transfer
and use of personal data to WVB, it affiliates, subsidiaries and
controlling entities, and to provide WVB with evidence that such
consents, licenses, permits and authorizations have been obtained.
You acknowledge that in the event You are using a link to a web
site external to the WVB Web Site or external to any other service
provided by WVB, You understand that You are visiting a site that
is unconnected to any WVB Web Site and is not operated or
controlled by WVB. The availability of the link does not mean that
WVB, or its directors, members, officers or employees endorses the
information provided therein, makes any recommendation,
representation or warranty with respect thereto or accepts any
liability whatsoever, in respect of the linked web site that You
visit or any information provided therein.
Access to the WVB Web Site is provided at no charge. Certain
sections are provides at a charge and can either be accessed by
subscription or pay as you go.
You will pay all federal, state, and local sales, personal
property, ad valorem, and other taxes of a similar nature (but not
including WVB’s income taxes) arising as a result of this
Agreement.
Either You or WVB may terminate this Agreement upon notice.
Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, You shall
destroy or return to WVB all copies of the Data in the Your
possession.
WVB reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify,
add, terminate or remove any portion of this Agreement, in whole
or in part, at any time. Notification of changes in this Agreement
will be posted on the WVB Web Site from time to time at which time
You will be given an opportunity on behalf of Yourself to accept
the Agreement as revised or discontinue access to, and use of, the
WVB Web Site. Company also reserves the right, at its sole
discretion, to change, suspend or discontinue parts or all of the
WVB Web Site at any time without prior notice or liability, or to
impose limits or restrict Your access to parts or all of the
Service at any time without prior notice or liability or to impose
charges for use of the WVB Web Site.
The Data is for information only, and is not an offer or
recommendation to buy or sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy
or sell any security or instrument or to participate in any
particular trading strategy. ALTHOUGH WVB SHALL OBTAIN INFORMATION
FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE DATA AND
INDEXES FROM SOURCES WHICH WVB CONSIDERS RELIABLE, NEITHER WVB,
ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN THE COMPILATION OF
THE INFORMATION GUARANTEES THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF
THE INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE DATA IS PROVIDED TO
YOU ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. NEITHER WVB, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OTHER
PARTY INVOLVED IN THE COMPILATION OF THE DATA MAKES ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
WITH RESPECT TO THE DATA (OR THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE USE
THEREOF), AND WVB EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF ORIGINALITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK
OF ANY USE YOU MAY MAKE OF THE DATA AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DATA
FIELDS MAY NOT BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DATA. IN NO EVENT
SHALL WVB, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN THE
COMPILATION OF THE DATA, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR
ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE
DATA, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, EVEN IF WVB HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF OR OTHERWISE MIGHT HAVE ANTICIPATED THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES.
Except as set forth in Paragraph 6.2, You agree to indemnify and
hold harmless WVB, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their
respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and
against any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, as
incurred, arising in any manner out of Your or any third party’s
use of, or inability to use, the Data or any breach by You of any
provision contained in this Agreement.
WVB agrees to indemnify and hold You harmless from and against
losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, as incurred, arising out of
any claim that WVB does not possess all rights necessary to make
the Data available to You as set forth in this Agreement.
You acknowledge that (i) the Data and all components thereof
constitute copyrighted, trade secret, and/or proprietary
information of substantial value to WVB, (ii) that You receive no
proprietary rights whatsoever in or to the Data, and (iii) that
title and ownership rights in and to the Data and all the rights
therein and legal protections with respect thereto remain
exclusively with WVB. You shall not, and shall not assist any
third party to, assert any rights in the Data or any component
thereof or challenge WVB’s rights therein.
This Agreement supersedes all prior oral or written negotiations
and discussions of the parties and constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof. WVB may modify the terms and conditions hereof from time
to time upon notice to You.
This Agreement may not be assigned by You and any attempt to do so
shall be null and void.
Except for the parties to this Agreement and as set forth in
Sections V and 6.1 hereof, no other party is intended, or shall be
deemed, to be a beneficiary of any provision of this Agreement.
If any provision hereof shall for any reason be declared to be
void or illegal, the enforceability of this Agreement or any other
provision hereof shall not be affected. In addition, the parties
agree that such void or illegal provision shall be construed in a
manner designed to effectuate its purpose to the fullest extent
enforceable under applicable law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its
conflict of laws principles and You hereby consent to the
exclusive jurisdiction of, and venue in, any federal or state
court of competent jurisdiction located in the Cook County,
Chicago, State of Illinois.
All remedies set forth in this Agreement are cumulative and in
addition to and not in lieu of any other remedy of WVB at law or
in equity.
All notices given hereunder will be in writing, delivered
personally, sent by e-mail, mailed by registered or certified
mail, or delivered by overnight mail. Notices to You may be sent
to the Your e-mail address You provide in Your registration
application and notices to WVB shall be sent to Morgan Stanley
Capital International Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York,
New York 10020, Attention: General Counsel. Notices will be deemed
given upon receipt.
Notwithstanding any expiration or termination of this Agreement,
the rights and obligations set forth in Paragraphs 2.5, 2.6, 3,
4.2, and 5 through 16, inclusive, shall survive such termination
and remain in full force and effect.
WVB shall not be responsible for any delay or failure in
performances resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts
shall include but not be limited to an act of God, an act of war,
terrorism, a riot, an epidemic, fire, flood, or other disaster,
computer failure, an act of government, and a strike or lockout.
You agree with WVB that the basis on which you are entitled to access
WVB’s web site is set out below. These terms may be changed by WVB
from time to time. Your access to the site will be deemed to
constitute acceptance of these terms including as they may be revised
from time to time. The material on the WVB web site is for information
only, and is not an offer or recommendation to buy or sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any security or instrument or
to participate in any particular trading strategy ALTHOUGH WVB SHALL
OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF
THE INFORMATION AND DATA AVAILABLE ON THE WVB WEB SITE (THE
“INFORMATION”) FROM SOURCES THAT WVB CONSIDERS RELIABLE, THE
INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND NEITHER WVB, ITS
AFFILIATES, ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS NOR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY
INVOLVED IN, OR RELATED TO, COMPILING, COMPUTING OR CREATING ANY OF
THE INFORMATION (COLLECTIVELY, THE “WVB PARTIES”) WARRANTS OR
GUARANTEES THE ORIGINALITY, ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF ANY OF
THE INFORMATION OR THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY ANY USE THEREOF AND
NONE OF THE WVB PARTIES SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON OR
ENTITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE INFORMATION. FURTHER, NONE OF THE WVB PARTIES MAKES ANY
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AND THE WVB PARTIES HEREBY
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION AND
FOR PURPOSES OF EXAMPLE ONLY, ALL WARRANTIES OF TITLE, SEQUENCE,
AVAILABILITY, ORIGINALITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM TRADE USAGE, COURSE OF DEALING
AND COURSE OF PERFORMANCE) WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY
OF THE WVB PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY
DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE,
CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF USE, LOST
PROFITS OR REVENUES OR ANY OTHER ECONOMIC LOSS), EVEN IF IT MIGHT HAVE
ANTICIPATED, OR WAS ADVISED OR NOTIFIED OF, THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. Unless expressly included in any other agreement between WVB
and you, you agree that the requirements of the E-Commerce Directive
(2000/31/EC) as implemented are excluded to the fullest extent
permissible by law with respect to your access to and use of the WVB
web site. You agree that all proprietary rights in the information
contained on this web site are and shall remain the property of WVB.
REPRODUCTION, REDISTRIBUTION OR ANY OTHER FORM OF TRANSMISSION OF ANY
INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE WITHOUT WVB’S PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. THE DATA AND INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN MAY ONLY BE USED INTERNALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE TERMS OF
USE. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the information
and other WVB intellectual property you access via this web site may
not be used as a basis for any financial instruments or products
(including, without limitation, passive funds and derivative
securities), or used to verify or correct data in any other
compilation of data or index, or used to create any other data or
index (custom or otherwise), without WVB’s prior written permission.
WVB, WVB Dossier, WVB Quickview, WVB Business Risk Report; WVB Credit
Score Report and all other marks used on the web site (including the
names of all WVB products) are the service marks of WVB or its
affiliates. You acknowledge that WVB uses certain technology on its
website to collect information from visitors. WVB uses this technology
to collect information about how our visitors use our web site and
services, including information relating to the frequency of visits to
the website, average length of visits, and which pages are viewed
during a visit. This information is used to improve the site content
and performance. In addition, for users of non-public areas of our
website, “session cookies” allow us to recognize your computer each
time you return to our website, verify your registration or password
information during a particular session so that you do not have to
input your password multiple times as you navigate the site and
suggest products or services that may interest you. Most web browsers
allow you to modify your preferences to be notified when a cookie is
set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject our cookies,
some areas of our website may not function properly or may not be
accessible. The technology we use cannot obtain information from your
hard drive or pass on a computer virus. When you contact us, provide
us with your personal information or use our electronic services you
consent to WVB processing the information, including but not limited
to your name, company name, contact information, job role and
preference information. This information is used by us and/or our
agents to support your interaction with us, to deliver our services
and to contact you again about other services and products we offer.
By providing this personal information you consent to WVB using this
personal information for direct marketing purposes and transferring
this personal information to WVB offices outside your country of
residence. If you no longer wish to receive unsolicited commercial
communications from WVB in the future, please let us know by sending
an e-mail containing the name of the WVB representative you interact
with (if any) to client.service@wvb.com or by telephoning a Global
Client Service desk listed on the Contact us section of WVB’s web-site
The laws of the State of Illinois shall apply to the WVB web site and
your use thereof, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles,
and the state and federal courts located in the State of Illinois in
Cook County shall be deemed to be the exclusive courts of competent
jurisdiction for all matters arising out of or relating to your use of
the WVB web site and the information contained therein.