Each person using the Weiss Asset Management (including Weiss Asset Management LP and its affiliated entities, the “Weiss Asset Management Group” or “we” or “us”) website (“Site”) (a “User” or “you”) expressly agrees to the following Terms of Use. These Terms, together with the Site Privacy Policy (collectively, the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are referred to as “Terms”) govern, as a condition to accessing and using this Site, any content, functionality or services offered on or through this Site, as well as all information about you collected by this Site whether such information is collected automatically, through the use of cookies and equivalent technology, or if provided by you. Please read the Terms carefully before you start to use the Site. By using the Site, you accept and agree to be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree to the Terms, you must not access the Site.
This Site is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the United States or any of its territories or possessions. The owner of the Site is based in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. We provide this Site for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Site or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
The Weiss Asset Management Group may revise and update these Terms from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Site thereafter. Users’ continued use of the Site following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. Users are expected to check this page each time you access this Site so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding. The Weiss Asset Management Group reserves the right to withdraw or amend this Site, and any service or material we provide on the Site, in our sole discretion without notice. The Weiss Asset Management Group will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, the Weiss Asset Management Group may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or the entire Site, to Users.
The Site and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), are owned by the Weiss Asset Management Group, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. These terms permit you to use the Site for your personal or internal business use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Site, except as follows:
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
You must not:
- Modify copies of any materials from this Site.
- Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.
- Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.
- Collect data through automated means, such as through scrapers, spiders, robots, or other harvesting programs (collectively referred to as “Auto Data Collection”).
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Site, the server(s) on which the Site is hosted, or any server, computer or database connected to the Site.
- Cause the Site or portions of it to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by or on any other site.
No User may use the Site at any time for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited and shall comply with any applicable local, state, national, or international laws or regulations when using this Site.
The Weiss Asset Management Group and the logos and marks included on the Site that identify Weiss Asset Management Group services and products are proprietary materials. The use of such terms and logos and marks without the express written consent of the Weiss Asset Management Group is strictly prohibited. Copyright in the pages and in the screens of the Site, and in the information and material therein, is proprietary material owned by the Weiss Asset Management Group unless otherwise indicated. The unauthorized use of any material on the Site may violate numerous statutes, regulations and laws, including, but not limited to, copyright, trademark, trade secret or patent laws.
If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Site in breach of the Terms, we may restrict your right to use the Site and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Site or any content on the Site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Weiss Asset Management Group. Any use of the Site not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
Disclaimer of Warranties
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Limitation on Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
All matters relating to the Site and these Terms and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction). You and the Weiss Asset Management Group agree that all claims or disputes concerning the Site shall proceed solely on an individual and not class action or representative basis in binding arbitration before and subject to the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
No waiver by the Weiss Asset Management Group of any term or condition set out in these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Weiss Asset Management Group to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect.
Nothing on the Site is or should be construed as an offer to sell securities, commodities or other investments or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities, commodities or other investments. Nothing on the Site constitutes advice regarding, or a recommendation of, the purchase or sale of a security, commodity or other investment or any other transaction. The Weiss Asset Management Group offers products and services designed specifically for various categories of investors in various countries and regions. Not all products will be available to all investors. These products or services are only offered to such investors, in those countries and regions, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Investment Advisor does not imply any level of skill or training.