Terms and conditions

1. The terms and conditions set out below apply to your use of 3i Quoted Private Equity plc's website. Please read them.
2. "3i Quoted Private Equity plc" means 3i Quoted Private Equity plc and any of its subsidiaries and related companies and references to the "3i Quoted Private Equity plc website" are to any of 3i Quoted Private Equity plc's website and also include, but are not limited to, the text, images, links, sounds, graphics and video sequences displayed in such website (the "Materials").
3. By clicking and entering www.3iqpe.com you agree that you have read and accept these terms and conditions. If you do not agree, do not use www.3iqpe.com. The information in the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website is only for the attention of the residents of jurisdictions where it can be lawfully disseminated. It is your responsibility to be aware of and to observe all applicable laws and regulations for your country of residence.
4. No information contained in these pages should be taken as a recommendation to buy, sell or hold the shares of 3i Quoted Private Equity plc. Nothing on the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website or in the Materials constitutes or is intended to constitute financial or other advice and you should not act upon any information contained on the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website or in the Materials without first consulting a financial or other professional adviser.

Privacy policy

5. 3i Quoted Private Equity plc respects the privacy of every individual who visits the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website and is always careful to ensure that information disclosed to 3i Quoted Private Equity plc in confidence is treated confidentially. Please see 3i Quoted Private Equity plc's full privacy policy.

Limitation of liability

6. 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. Use of the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website and the Materials are at your sole risk. 3i Quoted Private Equity plc 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 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website or any of the Materials. 3i Quoted Private Equity plc excludes all warranties, conditions, terms, undertakings and representations (excepting fraudulent misrepresentation) of any kind, express or implied, statutory or otherwise in connection with the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website and the Materials to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Disclaimer

7. The Materials and the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. 3i Quoted Private Equity plc gives no warranties (express, implied or statutory) as to satisfactory quality or fitness for purpose of the Materials or that any of the Materials or the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website will be provided uninterrupted or free from errors or that any identified defect will be corrected. 3i Quoted Private Equity plc has the right to suspend or withdraw the provision of all or any of the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website or the Materials without prior notice at any time. Further, no warranty of any kind is given that the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website and the Materials are free from any virus or other malicious, destructive or corrupting code, program or macro. 3i Quoted Private Equity plc does not warrant that the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website or the server(s) that make(s) them available are free of any virus or other harmful elements.
8. Reference in the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website and/or the Materials to any hypertext link, product, process or service does not imply 3i Quoted Private Equity plc's support for, nor endorsement or recommendation of, the provider thereof or the product, process or service to which reference is made. The 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website may contain hypertext links to other websites, resources or other third parties. 3i Quoted Private Equity plc is not responsible for the availability of, and accepts no liability in relation to, these external websites or their contents. 3i Quoted Private Equity plc is not a sponsor, partner, promoter or publisher of any of such website.

Copyright and trade marks

9. The Materials are the copyright of 3i Quoted Private Equity plc and its third party licensors and may not be copied, distributed, uploaded, posted, republished, decompiled, disassembled, reverse-engineered or transmitted in any way without the prior, written consent of 3i Quoted Private Equity plc. You may, however, download one copy of the Materials for your 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, trade mark or other proprietary notice contained in the Materials nor alter the way in which they are presented. Modification or use other than as permitted above violates 3i Quoted Private Equity plc's intellectual property rights in the Materials.
10. The trade marks, service marks and logo used and displayed on the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website are registered and unregistered trade marks of 3i Quoted Private Equity plc and others. The intellectual property rights in the "3i" name and logo are owned by 3i Group plc and used by 3i Quoted Private Equity plc under licence. Nothing in these terms and conditions or on the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website should be construed as granting any licence or right to use any trade mark displayed on the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website. 3i Quoted Private Equity plc enforces infringements of its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent permitted by the law.

Governing law

11. The agreement between 3i Quoted Private Equity plc and you relating to your use and browsing of the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law 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 3i Quoted Private Equity plc agrees in writing.

US Residents

12. Special rules are applicable when US Residents and other US Persons access the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website. For US regulatory reasons, US Residents are not permitted to access the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website (www.3iqpe.com), unless they have express permission from 3i Quoted Private Equity plc to do so (which may be granted by 3i Quoted Private Equity plc in circumstances where such US Resident has given 3i Quoted Private Equity plc certain undertakings). 3i Quoted Private Equity plc is not offering any securities or services in the United States or to US Residents through the 3i Quoted Private Equity plc website. A "US Resident" includes any US Person, as well as (i) any natural person who is only temporarily residing outside the United States, (ii) any account of a US Person over which a non-US fiduciary has investment discretion or any entity, which, in either case, is being used to circumvent the registration requirements of the US Investment Company Act of 1940, and (iii) any employee benefit or pension plan that does not have as its participants or beneficiaries persons substantially all of whom are not US Persons. In addition, for these purposes, if an entity either has been formed or is operated for the purpose of investing in a particular security or obtaining a particular service, or facilitates individual investment decisions, none of the beneficiaries or other interest holders of such entity may be US Residents. The term "US Resident" also includes (i) persons acting for the account or benefit of a US Resident or (ii) persons in the United States when they are seeking to enter the website. Terms used in this paragraph (including the term "US Person") have the meanings given to them in Regulation S under the US Securities Act of 1933.

Last updated June 2007