Lazard Asset Management Terms of Use (UK)
LEGAL INFORMATION (last updated on 1 May 2018)
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By accessing this Site (as defined below) and any pages or materials within it, you agree to be bound by these Site Terms and Conditions.
Please be aware that we may change these Site Terms and Conditions from time to time without notice, and so it is your responsibility to regularly review these Site Terms and Conditions, to ensure that you are happy to continue using this Site on that basis.
This Site is for information purposes only and should not be considered as communicating an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity.
Legal Entity: We are Lazard Asset Management Limited (" Lazard ", " we " or " us "), a company registered in England under registration number 525667 with registered office at 50 Stratton Street, London, W1J 8LL. Lazard is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") (FCA Register number 121839). You may contact us by telephone on 0800 374810. Our VAT registration number is 243 8473 49. Lazard Asset Management LLC is the New York based parent company of Lazard and is regulated by the US Security and Exchange Commission. Lazard Group LLC is a parent company of Lazard Asset Management LLC and is also based in New York.
Site: This Site is provided by us subject to these Site Terms and Conditions. For the purposes of these Site Terms and Conditions, any reference to this " Site " is a reference to all pages (which may contain a link to these Site Terms and Conditions) accessible by individual investors in the UK through selection of the UK link from Lazard.com or through the following address: www.lazardassetmanagement.co.uk (excluding any other areas accessible through Lazard.com or any third party's site prepared by independent providers who are not affiliated with Lazard where a link is provided on this Site only as a service to site visitors). No one (including, without limitation, its affiliates and its or their officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and contractors) other than Lazard accepts any responsibility or liability for operating this Site.
UK only: The material on this Site is directed only at persons in the UK. It is not an invitation or offer to buy or sell, or the solicitation or any offer to buy or sell, securities in any jurisdiction other than the UK. Persons resident in jurisdictions other than the UK should consult their professional advisers as to whether they require any governmental or other consents in order to invest in the products or services or items described on this Site.
Other jurisdictions: Information relating to a variety of investments which are located in various jurisdictions are contained on this Site. The information contained on (or accessed from) this Site is therefore subject to the different laws and regulations that apply in those jurisdictions. None of the information published or made available via this Site is intended to be published or made available in any jurisdiction where to do so would result in the breach of any applicable law or regulation in that jurisdiction. This Site is not directed at you if we are prohibited by any law or regulation of any jurisdiction from making the information on this Site available to you. You must satisfy yourself before accessing this Site that we would be allowed to advertise investments and investment services to you under the laws and regulations of your jurisdiction.
This Site is NOT intended for distribution to or use by US Persons as defined under Regulation S of the US Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) ("US Persons"). The funds described on this Site may not be directly or indirectly offered or sold in the US or any of its territories subject to its jurisdiction or to or for the benefit of US Persons.
No investment may be offered or sold to citizens or residents of any country, state or jurisdiction where it would be unlawful to offer, solicit an offer or sell such investments or which would subject any of the funds described on this Site to any registration, licensing or other authorisation requirement within such jurisdiction or country. This restriction also applies to those residents who may view or access this Site whilst travelling or living outside of their normal jurisdiction.
Any application to invest in any fund referred to on this Site must only be made on the basis of the relevant latest prospectus, annual and semi-annual report and application form.
Passwords: Where part of this Site requires you to use a valid password, you must ensure that no other person should attempt to gain access to it. You must also not choose a password that can be readily guessed. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to keep secure and confidential at all times any passwords that we issue to you and not to let such passwords become public knowledge or known by anyone else. If you suspect that any passwords may have become known or used by someone other than you, you must change those particular passwords immediately. You shall be responsible for all use of this Site made under your password. We may also require that your password is changed from time to time.
Governing Law: This Site is hosted in the UK and compiled in order to comply with the laws of England. All visits to and the contents of and use of, this Site, and these Site Terms and Conditions, are subject to and governed by the laws of England and Wales. If any dispute arises from your use of this Site or any of the information on or through it, you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice in England.
Risk warnings: Performance quoted herein is based on historical figures. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Fluctuations in the rates of exchange between the currency in which shares are denominated and the currency of investment may have the effect of causing the value of an investment to diminish or increase. The value of investments and the income from them is not guaranteed and can fall as well as rise due to stock market and currency movements. When an investor sells their investment they may get back less than they originally invested. Prospective investors should be aware, in particular, of the risks of investing in investments in small and emerging markets which can be more volatile and less marketable than those in more developed markets. Investors should also consider carefully whether such investments are suitable for them and, if so, how substantial a part of their portfolio, such investments should be. Tax assumptions and relief depend on an investor’s particular circumstances and the current law which may be subject to change if those circumstances or the law changes. There can be no guarantee that the tax position or proposed tax position prevailing at the time of an investment will not change.
Accuracy of information: Lazard uses its reasonable skill and care in compiling the information available on this Site. However, errors or omissions may occur which are outside Lazard's reasonable control, for example, unauthorised access, or malfunctions in data transmission. Information on this Site is accurate as at the date of publication. Information available on this Site may also not be accurate after the date that information is provided by Lazard via this Site. The relevant date of any particular information is the date printed on the page on which the information appears. Lazard advises that you confirm the accuracy of any information with Lazard, before you seek to rely on it. In addition, you should not rely on the information through this Site without further investigation; you should fully investigate, research and verify all matters referred to on this Site before making any decision (including, without limitation, any investment decision).
Availability: Whilst we endeavour to make this Site available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason this Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. We make no warranty that your access to this Site will be uninterrupted, timely or error-free. Due to the nature of the Internet, this cannot be guaranteed. In addition, we may occasionally need to carry out repairs, maintenance or introduce new facilities and functions.
Access to this Site may be suspended or withdrawn to or from you personally or all users temporarily or permanently at any time and without notice. We may also impose restrictions on the usage of this Site or any part of it. We do not warrant that this Site will be compatible with all hardware and software which you may use.
Although we may put in place security measures for your protection, we shall not be liable for damage to, or viruses or other code that may affect, any computer equipment, software, data or other property as a result of your access to or use of this Site or your obtaining any material from, or as a result of using, this Site. We shall also not be liable for the actions of third parties in breaching any security measures.
Nothing on this Site shall constitute advice specific to your circumstances or a recommendation. References in this Site to specific securities should not be taken as a recommendation to buy or sell those securities, but are included for the purposes of illustration and/or information only. This Site may contain or be linked to advice or statements of third parties. We make no representation as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or suitability of such information, and we have not and will not review or update such information and caution you that any use made of such information is at your own risk. Some of the information contained on this Site may also have been prepared or provided by third parties and may not have been verified by us. We hereby exclude any liability arising out of any preparation or provision of such information for the Site and make no warranty as to the accuracy, suitability or completeness of any such information.
Liability for Contents: Lazard maintains this Site in good faith for the convenience of its users. The contents of this Site are based upon sources of information believed by Lazard to be reliable but no warranty or representation, express or implied, is given as to their accuracy or completeness or how up-to-date they are. Lazard does not accept any responsibility for, or guarantee the accuracy, validity, timeliness, completeness or suitability of, any of the information or data made available to you or any user on this Site. Other warnings or disclaimers may apply to particular parts of this Site. No liability is accepted (whether in contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation, restitution or under any legal head of liability) for any loss, either direct or indirect, incidental or consequential, arising out of the use or reliance on the information on this Site except to the extent caused by the wilful default or gross negligence of Lazard or to the extent that such liability arises under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The information on this Site does not constitute investment, tax, legal or any other advice. Please note that Lazard may update or alter the information on this Site at any time without giving notice of the updates or alterations.
Lazard shall have no liability (whether in contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation, restitution or under any legal head of liability) for any data transmission errors such as data loss or damage or alteration of any kind, including, but not limited to, any direct, indirect or consequential damage, arising out of the use of the services provided herein. Neither party shall be liable to the other party for any loss or damage beyond the reasonable control of the relevant party which may be suffered by the other party.
Where a claim is brought against Lazard by a third party in relation to your use of this Site, you agree to fully reimburse Lazard for all losses, costs, actions, proceedings, claims, damages, expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal costs and expenses) or liabilities incurred directly by Lazard as a consequence of improper use of this Site.
Links with third party websites: This Site may provide links to or access to third party websites over which Lazard has no control. A link or access to a service or a site outside of this Site is not an endorsement of the service or that site, its contents or its sponsoring or operating organisation. Those links and access is provided "as is" and Lazard takes no responsibility for screening or reviewing any of the foregoing and accepts no responsibility for the contents of any such third party websites. The information provided in these areas has been prepared by independent providers who are not affiliated with Lazard. Lazard has not reviewed this information and cannot guarantee its accuracy, completeness or whether it is up-to-date and neither does Lazard endorse or approve such information or people. There are inherent risks in the use of any software and information found on the Internet and you acknowledge that you understand these risks. You are reminded that, when you enter other websites of firms which are not regulated by the FCA, via the use of links, you will not benefit from the regulatory protections afforded to you in using this Site.
You must not without our permission link to this Site or frame any of this Site onto your own or another person's website.
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Copyright: Unless otherwise stated, the copyright, database rights and any other rights in all information, data, text, sound recordings, audio material, drawings, artwork, pictures, photographs, images, graphics and materials (together " Materials ") on this Site and the design, layout, look and appearance of this Site are owned by us or licensed by our suppliers or the licensors. Except as expressly authorised, no Materials or information contained on this Site may be reproduced, transmitted, displayed or commercially exploited without our consent. However, you may access this Site and download or print copies of the documents on this Site for your own personal use only.
Our copyright notice (ie: © Lazard Asset Management LLC 2015 and © Lazard Group LLC 2015) or, where indicated, the notice of the licensors must appear in all electronic or hard copies of any such Materials or extracts from this Site.
You must not in any way modify any Materials on this Site. Any rights not expressly granted in these Site Terms and Conditions or otherwise by us are reserved.
Trade marks: This Site is owned and operated by Lazard. The "LAZARD" name and logo and all other brands, names, logos marks and slogans on this Site are the trade marks or service marks of us or Lazard Group LLC or our or their licensors.
Severability: If any of these terms should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any jurisdiction or country in which these terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which that term is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted and the remaining Site Terms and Conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
Termination of Usage: Lazard reserves the right to terminate or suspend your access to all or any part of this Site, without notice, if Lazard, in its sole discretion, believes that your continued use of this Site or any of its contents is in violation of any applicable law or is harmful to the interests of Lazard or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, principals or other representatives.
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