Terms & Conditions

PEI GROUP TERMS AND CONDITIONS

These Terms and Conditions were last updated on 1 October 2025.

These Terms and Conditions are structured as follows:

Schedule A: General Terms and Conditions – which applies to all Products
Schedule B: Books – which applies only to Products that are Books
Schedule C: Subscriptions – which applies only to Products that are Subscriptions (Publications and Databases)
Schedule D: Conferences – which applies only to a Product that is a Conference
Schedule E: Networks – which applies only to a Product that is a Network
Schedule F: Sponsorship – which applies only to a Product that is Sponsorship
Schedule G: Marketing Solutions/Advertising – which applies only to a Product that is a Marketing Solution / Advertising
Schedule H: Definitions – which contains the definitions and interpretation for all the above Schedules

Please read Schedule A and Schedule H, together with the Schedule relevant to the Products in your Order Confirmation.

SCHEDULE A – General Terms and Condition

1 Application of the Terms and Conditions

1.1 Please read these general terms and conditions (these “T&Cs”) carefully as they govern the relationship between PEI and you (“you” or “Client”). By accessing and using any of the Sites or any Product, you agree to be legally bound by these T&Cs. If you do not accept these T&Cs, do not use any Site or purchase any Product. These T&Cs are not subject to negotiation or one-off amendment. These T&Cs apply to the Order Confirmation to the exclusion of any other terms that you seek to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by law, trade custom, practice or course of dealing.

1.2 Product-specific terms set out in the other Schedules to these T&Cs shall apply depending on the types of Products being supplied by PEI in each instance (either exclusively or together where more than one category of Product is being supplied), as identified in your Order Confirmation. If any inconsistency arises between these T&Cs and a Product-specific term, the Product-specific term shall prevail.

2 Placing an Order

2.1 You can order any Product by email, telephone, mail or online. The relevant contact details for PEI are available on PEI’s Sites, in PEI’s Products and on PEI’s marketing material. PEI’s general office details are also included at clause 23 (Notices and Contact Information) of these T&Cs. Orders placed by you for any of PEI’s Products constitute an offer by you to purchase Products in accordance with these T&Cs and shall only be binding when accepted by us in writing as acknowledged by an Order Confirmation. This is the date on which the Agreement shall come into existence. Please note that any person who places an Order on your behalf that is accepted by PEI can bind you legally. In the case of an Order for a Subscription, PEI reserves the right to delay your access to the Subscription until PEI has issued an Order Confirmation (including pending receipt of full payment or your credit card authorisation).

3 Online Access

3.1 Where the Products are to be delivered through PEI’s Sites, PEI will, in the absence of any breach of the Agreement by you or any modification to the term agreed in advance by both parties, provide online access to the Products for a standard period of 12 months from the date the Order is accepted by PEI (through an Order Confirmation) and you have User access to the relevant Site. All of PEI’s Subscriptions have a standard minimum duration of 12 months. PEI will use all reasonable efforts to make online access continuously available throughout that period, but cannot guarantee that the online access will operate continuously or without interruptions or that it will be error free. PEI does not accept any liability for any periods of unavailability.

4 Pricing of Products

4.1 PEI will charge you with the appropriate currency depending on the Product and your country of residence. PEI is obliged to use exchange rates that may not always correlate with the most current rates. PEI will not provide refunds on perceived exchange rate differences nor accept payments made using exchange rates other than those used by PEI.

4.2 While PEI tries to ensure that all prices on the Sites and other marketing material are accurate and consistent, errors may occur. If PEI discovers an error in the price of Products you have ordered, PEI will inform you as soon as possible and give you the options of (i) amending your Order so that you purchase the Products at the correct price or (ii) cancelling the Order. If PEI is unable to contact you, PEI will treat the Order as cancelled. In either situation, if the Order is cancelled by you or PEI and you have already paid for the Product, you will receive a full refund.

5 Payment and Charges

5.1 All payments made by you in relation to an Order must be made inclusive of VAT or other relevant purchase or sales tax, if any, or similar tax as applicable, and shall be made in full at one time. PEI will try to process your Order promptly, but does not guarantee that all the benefits of the Product ordered will be available to you by any specified time. PEI will notify you of any price increases prior to you renewing a Subscription. Eligibility for any discounts is ascertained at the time you order and cannot be applied retrospectively to an Order. In some cases when you pay for an Order by credit card, your credit card company will apply extra charges to a transaction over and above the published fee. PEI does not receive any portion of such extra charges and the credit card holder is responsible for such charges.

6 Non-Payment of Fees to PEI

6.1 PEI expects to be paid for any Product ordered at the point of sale and no later than 30 days from the date of ordering unless agreed in advance between you and PEI. Time for payment shall be of the essence. All amounts due under the Agreement shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by applicable law).

6.2 PEI reserves the right to pursue all necessary means, including the imposition of late interest payment and issuance of legal proceedings, to recover payment from you for Products you have ordered from us if full payment has not been received within the agreed period. PEI also reserves the right to refuse subsequent orders for Products from you or colleagues from the same institution as you until all outstanding payments owed to PEI relating to Orders made by you and/or others in the same institution have been cleared.

7 Cancellation

7.1 If PEI cancels or postpones any Product, then PEI may at its discretion and subject to any Product-specific terms in the other Schedules, offer you a credit for an amount equal to up to 100% of the price of such Product, for you to use to purchase another Product at any time in the 12-month period following issue of the credit. The credit must be used within 12 months from the date of issuance of the credit otherwise it will expire.

8 Termination and Amendment of These T&Cs

8.1 These T&Cs are effective until terminated by PEI. PEI may terminate the T&Cs without reason and at any time immediately by giving you one week’s written notice.

8.2 Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, PEI may terminate these T&Cs with immediate effect by giving written notice to you if:

(a) you commit a material breach of any term of the Agreement;
(b) you fail to pay an amount due under the Order Confirmation on the due date for payment;
(c) you take any step or action in connection with entering administration, provisional liquidation or any composition or arrangement with your creditors (other than in relation to a solvent restructuring). Where English law applies, this includes applying to court for or obtaining a moratorium under Part A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986. This also includes being wound up (whether voluntarily or by order of a court, unless for the purpose of a solvent restructuring), having a receiver appointed to any of your assets or ceasing to carry on business;
(d) you suffer any act the same as or similar to those referred to in sub-clause (c) above in any other jurisdiction;
(e) you suspend, or threaten to suspend, or cease or threaten to cease to carry on all or a substantial part of your business; or
(f) your financial position deteriorates to such an extent that, in PEI’s opinion, your capacity to adequately fulfil your obligations under the Agreement has been placed in jeopardy.

8.3 In addition, if PEI determines, in its sole discretion, that you have breached any of these T&Cs, PEI reserves the right to terminate access to the Sites and any Product and take any other action that PEI, in PEI’s sole discretion, deems to be appropriate. All terms that by their nature (expressly or by implication) are intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination of these T&Cs will survive.

8.4 PEI may make reasonable updates and changes to these T&Cs from time to time, which will be notified to you in writing and will also be posted on the Site. If the Product is an Online Product, you may be directed to accept such updates and changes to these T&Cs when you access a Product on the Site. For other Products, you will receive written notice of the revised T&Cs, which you will be asked to confirm you accept (e.g. by confirming the same by email). In any event, you are expected to check these T&Cs regularly to ensure your ongoing compliance with the current T&Cs. Your continued use of the Sites and the Products after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the T&Cs as modified by the posted changes. If you do not agree to any changes to these T&Cs, you should not click accept / not confirm your acceptance, and you should cease using the Sites and Products and contact PEI via email: info@pei.group.

8.5 On termination of the Agreement, you shall immediately pay to PEI any outstanding payments due.

8.6 Termination of the Agreement shall not affect any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of you or PEI which have accrued up to the date of termination, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the Agreement which existed at or before the date of termination.

9 Privacy Policy

9.1 PEI processes information about you in accordance with PEI’s Privacy Policy, which by accepting these T&Cs you hereby confirm you have read and understood. A link to PEI’s Privacy Policy is located on the Site’s homepage. https://www.peievents.com/en/privacy-notice/

10 Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights

10.1 The legal and beneficial interest in all copyrights, patents, inventions, trade marks, service marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-up, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off; design rights , database rights, rights in software, rights to use and protect the confidentiality of Confidential Information and all other intellectual property rights in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted renewals or extensions of, and rights to claim priority from, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future anywhere in the world together with applications associated with any such rights (collectively “Intellectual Property Rights” or “IPR”) relating to the Sites and any Products belong to PEI or PEI’s licensors, as the case may be, at all times.

10.2 Except as expressly permitted none of the Site, any Product or the Content may be copied, reproduced, framed, hyperlinked, republished, downloaded, uploaded, posted, disseminated, sold, transmitted, licensed or otherwise distributed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, bundled or unbundled either: (i) for purposes of reselling the Content or Product or otherwise charging others to use the Content or Product; or (ii) to any third-party.

10.3 You obtain no rights or interests, including any Intellectual Property Rights, in the Site, the Products or any Content, pursuant to or arising out of this Agreement or otherwise. You acknowledge that you have no claim to ownership of any Product, Content or Intellectual Property Right simply because of your use of or access to the Site, Product or Content thereto.

10.4 To request permission to use any Content or other PEI material, please contact subscriptions@pei.group.

10.5 NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT: Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement under United States copyright law should be sent to our designated contact subscriptions@pei.group. ALL INQUIRIES NOT SUBMITTED ACCORDING TO THIS PROCEDURE WILL RECEIVE NO RESPONSE.

11 Product Identification by PEI

11.1 You acknowledge and agree that PEI may edit and amend parts of the Products, including if necessary to comply with any applicable law or regulatory requirement. Any such adjustment will not have a material impact on the meaning and validity of the Products, but will serve as a means of uniquely identifying the Products as having been supplied by PEI to you. PEI shall notify you of any amendment in any such event and you accept that this is a legitimate and lawful measure for PEI to undertake in order to protect PEI’s and/or PEI’s partners’ Intellectual Property Rights. You also agree that if any third party has access to Products that can be identified as having any unique adjustments made by you, then a prima facie breach of these T&Cs on your part may be assumed by PEI and the necessary remedies shall be undertaken by PEI as set down in these T&Cs or otherwise available at law.

12 Disclaimer of Warranties

12.1 PEI makes all reasonable efforts to ensure the Products are provided to you in accordance with any specifications set out in the Order Confirmation and accepted by PEI. PEI shall use all reasonable endeavours to meet any performance dates specified in the Order Confirmations but any such dates shall be estimates only and time shall not be of the essence for performance.

12.2 PEI warrants to you that to the extent that the Product is a service and not a good or digital product, it will be provided using reasonable care and skill.

12.3 Subject to the foregoing and applicable law:

PEI EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, PEI MAKES NO WARRANTY: (A) THAT THE PRODUCTS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (B) THAT THE ONLINE PRODUCTS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, COMPLETE OR ERROR-FREE; (C) AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS; (D) AS TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY OTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE PRODUCTS; OR (E) THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.

13 Use of Product and Online Products

13.1 You hereby acknowledge and agree that in connection with the Sites and the Products:

(a) The Sites and the Products are provided by PEI on an “as is” basis, and your access to and/or use of the Sites and the Products is at your sole risk.
(b) Any material and/or data downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Sites or the Products is done at your sole risk. You are solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of such material and/or data.
(c) It is your responsibility to review the materials and data downloaded by you and to make further inquiry to make sure such materials and data comply and are consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations in the country, province, state any other applicable jurisdiction where you are accessing the materials or data as well as any policies and procedures that may be applicable to you or your employer. The materials and data provided are tools for your use but do not represent definitive advice given that your particular circumstances are unique. It is incumbent on you to assess any applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures relevant to your use of the Sites, the Products and any materials or data.
(d) You will ensure that the terms of the Order Confirmations are complete and accurate, and you will co-operate with PEI in all matters relating to the Products.
(e) The Products do not constitute any form of advice, recommendation, representation, endorsement or arrangement by PEI or any of its employees and is not intended to be relied upon by you or any other Client in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment or other decisions. You should obtain appropriate independent advice before making any such decision.
(f) You are solely responsible for the selection, suitability and use of the Products and acknowledge that except as stated above PEI does not provide any additional warranties or guarantees relating to the Products.
(g) By using a Product, you agree that any such Product is only for your general information and use and is not intended to address your specific business or other particular requirements.
(h) Any agreements, transactions or other arrangements made between you and any third party named on (or linked to from) the Sites are at your sole discretion and responsibility.
(i) Any information that you receive via any Site whether or not it is classified as “real time”, may have ceased to be current by the time it reaches you and any share price information may be rounded up or down and therefore not entirely accurate.
(j) PEI from time to time uses sources in providing the Products whose legitimacy and accuracy PEI uses reasonable endeavours to confirm, and if you believe that any of the information contained in any sources is inaccurate or misrepresented, you agree to bring this to the notice of PEI and provide information to assist us in correcting any such deficiencies. PEI will endeavour, to the extent reasonable, to rectify such deficiencies in good faith, and such action will be deemed to fulfil PEI’s obligations to you. You agree that you will take no further action in law with respect to such alleged inaccurate or misrepresented information.
(k) You agree to use the Site, Products and Content only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of any Site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the transmission of defamatory, obscene or offensive content, content that is prejudicial on the basis of gender, race, sex, sexual orientation, age, ability, or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within the Site.
(l) You shall not access and/or use any Site or any Online Products in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or otherwise interfere with or disrupt the Sites or Online Products or any networks or security systems of PEI
(m) You are entirely liable for activities conducted by you in connection with your browsing and use of the Sites and the Online Products. If you are dissatisfied with any Content or the Site, any Online Product or with these T&Cs, your sole and exclusive remedy is to stop using the Sites or Online Product. PEI will not pay you any damages in connection with your browsing or use of the Sites or any Online Product.
(n) You shall honour all reasonable requests by PEI to protect PEI’s proprietary interests in the Site, Online Products and Content.
(o) PEI may impose whatever security measures PEI reasonably deems appropriate to ensure compliance with these T&Cs, including covert and overt copy-detection and licence awareness technology and encoding of requestor/user information in printed and electronic formats.
(p) No rights are granted hereunder except as expressly set forth in these T&Cs.

14 Compliance with Laws

14.1 You agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of the Sites and the Products. The applicable governing law is dependent on the PEI Group contracting entity (as identified on the relevant Order Confirmation) and as described in more detail at clause 24 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction).

14.2 PEI may, in its sole discretion, report actual or perceived violations of law, to law enforcement or appropriate authorities. If PEI becomes aware, through a complaint or otherwise, of any potential or suspected violation of these T&Cs, PEI may (but is not obligated to) conduct an investigation to determine the nature and extent of the suspected violation and the appropriate enforcement action, during which investigation PEI may suspend Products to any customer being investigated and/or remove any material from PEI’s servers. You agree to cooperate fully with any such investigation. You acknowledge that violations of the T&Cs could be subject to criminal or civil penalties.

15 Indemnification

15.1 You agree to indemnify, defend, release and hold PEI, its officers, directors, suppliers, service providers, co-branders or other partners, agents and employees, and its affiliates, harmless from all damages, liability, fees, costs, loss of business profits, taxes, penalties or sanctions, and interest of any nature, including reasonable fees of attorneys and other professionals PEI may incur due to or arising out of or relating to any claims, demands, actions, threatened proceedings or proceedings, whether or not brought to suit, alleged or initiated against PEI by any third party in any way arising out of or related to anything you submit, transmit through or upload to the Sites, your use of the Sites and the Products, any violation by you of these T&Cs, your provision of information to PEI that is untrue, inaccurate, fraudulent, or out of date, any communications by you, your violation of anyone’s proprietary or Confidential Information, IPR, or any allegation that you are in violation of any right, license, law, statute, regulation, rule, order or ordinance.

15.2 In connection with any alleged violation by you of any IPR, you shall allow us (or PEI’s licensors) to control any proceedings arising as a result of any infringement, threatened infringement or claim relating to the IPR. You shall make no admission as to liability nor agree any settlement or compromise of any action on PEI’s behalf. You shall, at PEI’s request and cost, offer such assistance as PEI may reasonably request in relation to any proceedings relating to PEI’s IPR. Any recovery obtained from such proceedings shall accrue solely for PEI’s benefit.

16 Limitation of Liability – YOUR ATTENTION IS PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO THIS CLAUSE

16.1 References to liability in this clause include every kind of liability arising under or in connection with this Agreement including liability in contract, tort (including negligence), misrepresentation, breach of statutory duty, restitution or otherwise.

16.2 Nothing in this clause shall limit your payment obligations under the Order Confirmations.

16.3 Nothing in this Agreement shall limit any liability which cannot be limited under applicable law, including where English law applies for:

(a) death or personal injury caused by negligence;
(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
(c) breach of the terms implied by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (title and quiet possession).

16.4 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall PEI and/or its Affiliates be liable for:

(a) loss of profits;
(b) loss of sales or business;
(c) loss of agreements or contracts;
(d) loss of anticipated savings;
(e) loss of use or corruption of software, data or information;
(f) loss of or damage to goodwill; or
(g) indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential loss or damage,

in each case howsoever arising or in any way connected with the use or performance of the Sites or any Product, with the delay or inability to use the Sites or Product, the provision of or failure to provide products, or for any information, software, products, content, services and related graphics obtained through the Site, any product, or otherwise arising out of the use of Sites or Product, however caused and based on any theory of liability, and whether or not for breach of contract, negligence, or otherwise, and whether or not PEI has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

16.5 Subject to the foregoing, PEI’s total liability to you in each year hereunder shall not in respect of all claims arising in that year exceed the greater of: (i) any fees paid by you to PEI during that year; and (ii) your average annual spend over the last three years.

16.6 PEI reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Products (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that PEI shall not be liable to you or your clients or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Products, subject to refund of any prepaid fees.

16.7 PEI 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 Sites or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

16.8 This clause shall survive termination of the Agreement.

17 Confidentiality

17.1 Neither party shall use the other party’s Confidential Information for any purpose except as strictly required to perform its rights and obligations under the Agreement. Each party undertakes that it shall not use, copy, adapt, alter, disclose, publicise or in any way part with possession of any Confidential Information of the other which comes into its possession as a result of the Agreement, including the existence and terms of the Agreement.

17.2 This obligation shall not apply to any information that: (a) the receiving party can prove was in its possession at the date it was received or obtained without a corresponding obligation of confidentiality; or (b) the receiving party obtains from another person in accordance with the rights of such person in the information; or (c) comes into the public domain otherwise than through the default or negligence of the receiving party; or (d) is independently developed by or for the receiving party, without reference to any information provided in connection herewith. Each party may also disclose the other party’s Confidential Information to its employees, officers, representatives, contractors, subcontractors or advisers who need to know such information for the purposes of carrying out the party’s obligations under the Agreement. Each party shall ensure that its employees, officers, representatives, contractors, subcontractors or advisers to whom it discloses the other party’s Confidential Information comply with this provision; and as may be required by applicable law, a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority.

18 Force Majeure

18.1 PEI shall not be in breach of the Agreement nor liable for any delay or failure to perform any obligation under this Agreement insofar as the performance of such obligation is prevented by events, circumstances or causes beyond PEI’s reasonable control, including hurricane, earthquake, fire, flood, volcanic eruption, or any other natural disaster or Acts of God, strikes, labour dispute, riot, revolution, terrorism, civil disorder, acts of restraint of government or regulatory authorities, pandemic, epidemic communicable disease, failure of computer equipment and failure or delay of sources from which data is obtained.

19 Viruses, Hacking and Other Offences

19.1 You expressly agree, represent, warrant and undertake not to use the Sites, or any Product in any manner or for any purpose that is (a) prohibited by these T&Cs or any applicable law or regulation, or (b) to facilitate the violation of any applicable law or regulation. Without limitation of the foregoing, you expressly agree that you shall not:

(a) harm the Sites or any Online Product by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful;
(b) attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Sites or any Online Product, the servers on which the Sites or Online Products are stored or any server, computer or database connected to any Sites or Online Product;
(c) attack the Sites via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack;
(d) use or attempt to use any “deep-link,” “scraper,” “robot,” “bot,” “spider,” “data mining,” “computer code” or any other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, process or methodology or manual process having similar processes or functionality, to access, acquire, copy, decompile, reverse engineer, or monitor any portion of the Sites or Online Product or any data or content found on or accessed through the Sites or Online Product without our prior express written consent;
(e) obtain or attempt to obtain through any means any materials or information on the Sites or in any Online Product that have not been intentionally made publicly available either by their public display on the Sites or through their accessibility by a visible link on the Site;
(f) in any way bypass or circumvent any other measure employed to limit or prevent access to the Sites or any Online Product or any Content;
(g) violate the security of the Sites or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site, data, materials, information, computer systems or networks connected to any server associated with the Site, through hacking, password mining or any other means;
(h) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Sites or any activities conducted on or through the Site, including accessing any data, content or other information prior to the time that it is intended to be available to the public on the Site; or
(i) take or attempt any action that, in the sole discretion of this Site’s operators, imposes or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load or burden on the Sites or such operation’s infrastructure.

19.2 You further represent, warrant and undertake that any person accessing any of the Sites, or any Products:

(a) is duly authorised to do so, including to upload, submit or otherwise provide any information (including any notes) or User Generated Content; and
(b)has obtained all necessary licences, permits, consents, approvals, authorisations and permissions required to carry out the acts referred to above.

19.3 By breaching any of these provisions, you might commit a criminal offence. PEI reserves the right to report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and PEI may co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use any Sites, Products will cease immediately and any Subscriptions or other Orders related to you will be terminated without refund.

20 Links from and to PEI’s Sites

20.1 Where a Site contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information and convenience only. PEI has no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. You agree PEI is not responsible for the content or operation of such websites, and that PEI shall have no liability to you or any other person or entity for the use of third-party websites.

20.2 A link on a Site to another website does not imply or mean PEI endorses the content on that website or the operator or operations of that website. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any content at any other websites to which you link from the Site. When you use those websites, you will be legally bound by the specific terms of use posted on such websites.

20.3 You may link to the Site, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and which in PEI’s reasonable opinion does not damage PEI’s reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on PEI’s part where none exists. You must only establish links from your own website. The Sites must not be framed on any other website, nor may you create a link to any part of the Sites other than the home page without PEI’s written permission. PEI reserves the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

21 Anti-Bribery and Corruption

21.1 PEI is committed to conducting its business around the world with the highest degree of integrity. This commitment includes a zero-tolerance approach towards all forms of bribery and corruption. PEI has implemented a formal compliance program designed to minimise the risk of bribery and corruption occurring within its business and this program includes a comprehensive anti-bribery and corruption policy which has been formally approved by PEI’s Board of Directors. A copy of this policy may be available on request. Breaches of any applicable anti-bribery and corruption laws by customers, suppliers, joint venture partners, agents or other third-party contractors and advisors to PEI may result in immediate termination for breach of all contracts with PEI.

22 User Generated Content

22.1 The Sites include areas where comments and discussion can be posted publicly and which allow interaction among Users and between Users and PEI personnel. Information posted to the Sites by Users is called UGC. PEI encourages legitimate Users to participate in these ways on the understanding they adhere to any rules posted by us on the Sites. You will retain ownership of the copyright in any of your UGC that you or PEI publish on the Site, so you are free to re-use it as you wish. Subject to your personal data protection rights, you confirm that if you post UGC to the Sites then you are granting PEI a right (but not an obligation) unlimited in time to publish, re-use, archive, display, transmit digitally, modify, delete, copy, create derivative works, combine with other material and commercially exploit that UGC in whole or in part as PEI sees fit, whether on the Sites or otherwise, without any requirement to pay you for this and with or without attribution to you. You therefore grant PEI a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable licence to use any UGC you publish in whole or in part in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever in any and all media and without further obligation to you. You also waive any moral rights that you may have in regard to the UGC. You also permit any other User to access, store, or reproduce UGC for that User’s personal use. You are responsible for all the content of any of your UGC that you or PEI publish. You are financially responsible to us for any claim against PEI by any third party that your UGC is not in accordance with the rules given below or that otherwise relate to your UGC.

22.2 You undertake and agree that you will:

(a) Only publish UGC that is your original content and which does not infringe the copyright or other rights of any third party when publishing such UGC and which you have the rights to submit and publish.
(b) Not post, link to or otherwise publish any UGC containing any form of advertising or promotion for goods and services or any spam or other form of unsolicited communication.
(c) Not post, link to or otherwise publish any UGC with recommendations to buy or not buy a particular share or other investment or which contain Confidential Information of another party or which otherwise have the purpose of affecting the price or value of any share or other investment.
(d) Not post, link to or otherwise publish any UGC that is threatening, abusive, libelous, indecent or otherwise unlawful.
(e) Not disguise the origin of any UGC and not impersonate any person or entity (including PEI employees) or misrepresent any connection with any person or entity.
(f) Not post or otherwise publish any UGC that is unrelated to the Site.
(g) Not post or transmit any UGC that contains software viruses, files or code designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of the Site or any computer software or equipment.
(h) Not collect or store other Users’ personal data.
(i) Not restrict or prevent any other User from using the Site.

22.3 You represent and warrant that neither the permission nor consent of any other person or entity is required to enable PEI to legally use your UGC in accordance with these T&Cs and that the UGC is truthful and accurate.

22.4 The Sites will contain UGC submitted by Users over whom PEI have no control, so PEI cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any UGC. You must be aware that other Users may not participate in posting UGC in a reasonable way and may post UGC that is misleading, untrue or offensive. You should understand that PEI cannot fully monitor all UGC published on the Sites but where PEI has actually received written notice of any UGC that is potentially misleading, untrue, offensive, unlawful, infringes third party rights or is potentially in breach of these T&Cs, then PEI will review that UGC, decide whether to remove it from a Site and act accordingly. If you believe that any UGC published on a Site infringes any legal rights that you or others may have or is not allowed under these T&Cs, please notify us immediately with specific details by contacting us at subscriptions@pei.group.

23 Notices and Contact Information

23.1 Any notice, invoice or other communication given under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by email or by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service as applicable. PEI will send communications to you at your registered office or principal place of business, or to the email address you have supplied. You should direct all communication to your PEI contact person as well as to PEI’s customer services manager located at PEI’s London office. PEI’s contact information is as follows:

Location	Address	Telephone
London	100 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7AN United Kingdom	+44 (0)20 7566 5444
New York	14th floor 530 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10036 United States	+1 164 654 53321
Hong Kong	Room 1501-2, Level 15, Nexxus Building, 41 Connaught Road, Central Hong Kong Hong Kong	+852 3704 4635
Singapore	Level 17, Frasers Tower, 182 Cecil Street, 069547 Singapore	+65 6956 9000
Tokyo	Level 3, Sanno Park Tower 2-11-1, Nagata-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 100-6162 Japan	+81(0)3 6205 3224
Sydney	Level 1 60 Martin Place Sydney NSW 2000 Australia	+61 (02) 7202 7859 \| ext 134
Los Angeles	1901 Avenue of the Stars, 2^nd Floor Los Angeles, California, 90067United States	+310 770 1141

23.2 Any notice or communication shall be deemed to have been received:

(a) If sent by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service, at 9.00am on the second Business Day after posting; or

(b) If sent by email at the time of transmission, or, if this time falls outside business hours in the place of receipt, when business hours resume. In this clause, business hours means 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday on a day which is not a public holiday in the place of receipt.

23.3 This clause does not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action or, where applicable, any other method of dispute resolution.

24 Governing law and Jurisdiction

24.1 The law that shall govern and construe this Agreement and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall depend on the PEI Group contracting entity that has entered into the Order Confirmation and shall be determined by reference to the matrix at clause 24.3 below.

24.2 The courts that shall have jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with this agreement or its subject matter or formation shall depend on the PEI Group contracting entity that has entered into the Order Confirmation and shall be determined by reference to the matrix at clause 24.3 below.

24.3 Governing law and Jurisdiction matrix

PEI Group Contracting Entity (as identified in the Order Confirmation)	Governing law	Jurisdiction
PEI UK: PEI Media Limited.	Laws of England and Wales.	Non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England & Wales.
PEI USA: PEI Media LLC or PEI Media Inc.	Laws of the State of New York, United States of America.	Exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the state and federal courts located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, New York, United States of America.
PEI Hong Kong: PEI Group (HK) Co., Limited.	Laws of Hong Kong.	Exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong.
PEI Singapore: PEI SG PTE LTD.	Laws of Singapore.	Exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore.
PEI Australia: PEI Group Limited (Australian Branch).	Laws of New South Wales, Australia.	Exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia.

25 General

25.1 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with any Subscription materials, constitutes the entire understanding between the parties relating to contents hereof and supersedes and extinguishes any previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether oral or written, relating to its subject matter. Each party acknowledges that in entering into the Agreement it does not rely on and shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) which is not set out in the Agreement. Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation based on any statement in the Agreement.

25.2 Assignment. You may not assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract, sub-licence, delegate, declare a trust over, deal in or otherwise transfer in any manner any of your rights and obligations under the Agreement. PEI may at any time assign, mortgage, charge, subcontract, sub-licence, delegate, declare a trust over or deal in or otherwise transfer in any manner any or all of its rights and obligations under the Agreement.

25.3 Severability. If any provision or part-provision of these T&Cs is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any court having competent jurisdiction, it shall be deemed deleted but the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these T&Cs, which shall remain in full force and effect and shall be carried out as closely as possible according to the original intent.

25.4 No Waiver. A waiver of any right or remedy under the T&Cs or by applicable law is only effective if given in writing and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent right or remedy. Failure or delay by either party to exercise any right or remedy under these T&Cs does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict any further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.

25.5 Third Party Rights. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person other than PEI or you the rights to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement. Where English law applies, the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 is therefore expressly excluded.

SCHEDULE B – Books

Cancellation

PEI provides detailed contents and sample extracts of PEI’s Books on PEI’s Sites to ensure customers know what they are buying. PEI recommends that you make full use of this information and if necessary, discuss your needs with PEI’s customer services team before ordering. PEI does not provide a refund once a purchase of a Book has been made and an Order has been delivered.

Delivery

PEI will send your Book to you by courier. However, PEI is not responsible for local charges for customs clearance in your destination country. It is your responsibility to arrange for any payment relating to local customs charges and PEI will not be responsible for any such charges or related delays in delivering the Order to you.

Reproduction

All of PEI’s Books are protected by copyright and Clients are not allowed to reproduce any part or all of a Book in any format without the prior written permission from PEI. PEI provides a cost-effective incremental discount on bulk orders of any of PEI’s Books as well as providing a reprint service for extracts. Please talk to PEI’s customer services team for more details.

SCHEDULE C – Subscriptions (Publications and Databases)

Types of Subscription and Subscription Options

PEI offers two Subscription options to Clients, currently classified as Gold and Platinum. These different levels of Subscription provide a range of benefits and access to differing amounts and types of content across a range of Sites and are subject to change. You should visit the relevant Site to determine which Subscription for which Product best suits your requirements, but the following terms apply to any Subscription you purchase.

Most commonly, you can buy either a single-User or multi-User Subscription, which enables nominated Users (as set out in the relevant Licence), the benefits of a Subscription. You will not suffer or permit Personnel, other than the Users set out in the relevant Licence, to access or view anything more than Limited and Insubstantial Extracts of PEI’s Products or Content. All Licences are issued on a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited and revocable basis for the duration of the relevant Subscription only.

PEI’s minimum Subscription period is 12 months, unless otherwise stipulated on the purchase page on the Site. You may upgrade your Subscription to a higher level at any time with the new Subscription lasting for a 12-month period.

You may be able to arrange for a Trial of one or several Subscriptions that interest you by speaking to your PEI contact or by emailing PEI at subscriptions@pei.group. If you or other Personnel take a Trial then you are subject to these T&Cs wherever applicable during the entire term of the Trial period.

All Users will be benchmarked against group / multi-User Licences on an interim basis. Any Single User accounts found to have similar usage characteristics to group user Licences will be required to upgrade their Subscription.

These T&Cs apply to all types of Subscription, including multi-User Subscriptions. To arrange for such a Subscription you should speak to your PEI contact or email us at subscriptions@pei.group.

Accessing the Sites and Online Products

Certain Online Products are only accessible to PEI subscribers and not to visitors. In addition, PEI may not offer or make available Products or Content to residents of certain countries.

A licence for access to an Online Product is individual to a particular Client. Additional Users beyond the primary User must purchase additional licences to use the Online Product. A single registration/subscription is for an individual User licence, not a licence for the entire organisation of which the individual User is a part.

As part of the online registration process, PEI will collect certain limited information about each User (“Registration Data”). All Registration Data provided by or on behalf of a User must be current, complete and accurate, and each User is responsible for updating such Registration Data as necessary. PEI reserves the right to terminate a User’s access to the service immediately in the event any Registration Data is found to be inaccurate, incomplete or not current at any time.

PEI uses a single sign-on process to access certain Online Products. Further information about the single sign-on process can be found on this Site’s homepage under the link “Sign in FAQ”. Each User’s access to certain Online Products is based on a cookie placed on a device designated by the User. You are solely responsible for all activities that occur on any of your Users’ accounts. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of the User’s account or any other breach of security or personal data breach. PEI shall not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of a third party using one of your User’s accounts, either with or without such User’s knowledge. You may be held liable for losses incurred by PEI or another party due to a third party using one of your Users’ accounts.

Subscription Termination

PEI reserves the right to terminate a Subscription without notice if in PEI’s reasonable opinion PEI considers that the Subscription is being used in ways that contravene the terms described herein. This can include evidence of multiple and/or simultaneous access to Products either directly (by sharing usernames) or indirectly, including without limitation via dissemination of PEI Products, material and/or Content (in whole or in part and in any medium) to Personnel or third parties other than the licensed Users.

PEI also reserves the right to temporarily restrict Subscription access to the Product where payment is not timely made in accordance with the Agreement. This action will only be taken once attempts to secure payment have been exhausted in PEI’s view and after informing the Subscriber of PEI’s intention. Once payment is received, access will be promptly restored.

In these cases, no refund will be given to you. See also Section 5 below.

Terms Applying to all Subscriptions

When you purchase a Subscription, you have access to the features of that Subscription as detailed on the relevant Site. You will receive a username for each nominated User licensed on the Subscription. Nominated Users may not share their username with anyone else.

(a) When a Subscription is purchased (or a Trial is taken) by you in relation to both hard copy and/or electronic forms of the Products and regardless of the means of access or delivery you may:

(i) Display such Products to nominated Users (for the avoidance of doubt these are the Users licensed on the Subscription that you took out with us).

(ii) Download and store Limited and Insubstantial Extracts of Products and/or of Database Products in machine readable form for use by nominated Users.

(iii) Use Limited and Insubstantial Extracts from the Products for external purposes provided that such use is in the ordinary course of your business and does not form part of a regular or routine pattern of use and provided further that where extracts of the Products are contained in documents which are to be included in press releases and/or otherwise made publicly available, such extracts of the Products shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with PEI) not be released unless the following conditions are complied with: (A) either a proof, copy or relevant section of the document are supplied to PEI for release authorisation prior to external distribution (PEI will not unreasonably withhold or delay such authorisation); (B) PEI’s copyright notice is included in the document; and (C) expressly and with reasonable prominence, PEI is acknowledged as the source of the Products so used. You should contact us by email at subscriptions@pei.group to receive such authorisation.

(iv) Allow nominated Users to use the Data for internal analysis in the ordinary (internal) course of your business.

(v) Use Limited and Insubstantial Extracts from the Products in internal business reports circulated to Personnel, if such use is in the ordinary (internal) course of your business and does not form part of a regular or routine pattern of use.

(vi) Save only as expressly permitted in accordance with paragraph (c) above, allow nominated Users to use such Products solely for their internal business purposes.

(b) When a Subscription is purchased (or a Trial is taken) by you (relating to both hard copy and/or electronic forms of the Products and regardless of the means of access or delivery) you may not:

(i) Download, store, reproduce, transmit, display, copy, distribute, commercially exploit or use the Products and/or Data other than as expressly permitted in paragraph 3(a) above.

(ii) Resell, sub-licence, rent, lease, transfer or attempt to assign the rights in the Products and/or Data (in whole or in part) to any other person.

(iii) Use the Products and/or Data in any manner, (or transfer or export the Products and/or Data or any copies thereof into any country), other than in compliance with applicable laws.

(iv) Allow the nominated Users to use the Products and/or Data other than in accordance with these terms nor may you allow any person other than the nominated Users to use and/or gain access to the Products and/or Data.

(v) Modify or alter such Products and/or Data.

(vi) Create a database in electronic or structured manual form by systematically downloading and storing any of the Content from such Products and/or Data.

(vii) Exceed the number of Users agreed with PEI in the relevant Licence or otherwise agreed with PEI in writing.

(viii) Allow Personnel other than the Users to access or view anything more than Limited and Insubstantial Extracts of the Products, PEI material or Content. If PEI reasonably suspects that you are in breach of this provision, without prejudice to its other rights or remedies, PEI may: (i) charge you for such Personnel as may have accessed or viewed such extracts; (ii) suspend your Subscription; and/or (iii) terminate your Subscription.

Short-Term Gold Subscriptions

From time to time PEI may offer shorter term Gold Subscriptions, which are typically for three months and available to new Single Users only, to be purchased online. Any shorter-term Gold Subscriptions that PEI may offer are for the minimum term set out in the relevant Licence and the cancellation rights set out in paragraph 6 below shall not apply to such Gold Subscriptions. All Subscriptions are renewable at the standard 12-month term either at Gold or Platinum level.

Subscription Cancellation

(a) Initial Term. Once you have purchased a 12 month Gold level Subscription you may cancel the Subscription within 30 days from the date of the Subscription going live (that is, the date when you have access to all the benefits of the Subscription you have ordered). In this case, you will receive a refund representing 75% of your Subscription payment. PEI will make commercially reasonable efforts to effect refunds within 30 days of PEI confirming the cancellation. No refund will be given if a Gold Subscription is cancelled once 30 days have passed from the Subscription going live.

Please note that if you cancel a Platinum Subscription at any time after the Subscription has gone live, no refund is available. All cancellations must be made in writing (by letter or email – proof of delivery will be required) and sent to the Head of Subscriptions at PEI’s registered address or by email: subscriptions@pei.group.

(b) Subsequent Term. We will accept your confirmation that you want to proceed with your Subscription renewal in writing (by email or letter) and thereafter you are liable for the stipulated cost of the renewal term. For clarity, payment is required by you where outstanding and no refund is available at either Gold or Platinum level. Please note, confirmation is required in the calendar month preceding your current Subscription term expiration. After this, prevailing published rates per User apply as standard.

PEI reserves the right to terminate a Subscription at any time and without any refund if in PEI’s reasonable opinion that Subscription has been subject to activity outside the terms of use stipulated in these T&Cs. Please note you can substitute a User rather than cancelling a Subscription (see paragraph 7 below).

User Substitution

A Client is free to change a nominated User during any Gold or Platinum Subscription term by emailing PEI’s customer services team at subscriptions@pei.group. PEI reserves the right to refuse a substitution request if, for example, it requires a Subscription to be transferred to a different institution or Client. If a substitution is refused PEI’s standard cancellation policy applies.

For team subscriptions (minimum five users), a maximum of two usernames can be substituted in one subscription period for any reason.

At the point of renewal any and all Users can be substituted.

Subscription Queries

If you have any questions about which Subscription to purchase or about a Subscription you have purchased please speak to your PEI contact or email us at: subscriptions@pei.group.

SCHEDULE D – Conferences

Conference Fee

The Conference fee entitles the Delegate to attend all non-restricted Conference sessions and refreshment breaks, including coffee breaks, lunch and the event cocktail reception. Note that some certain sessions and receptions may be invite-only or restricted to a particular type of Delegate. The fee also includes conference materials, which will be presented to the Delegate at the Conference and any subsequent materials made available to Delegates online after the Conference. Where applicable all Conference Delegate fees will be subject to local purchase tax rates.

Payment

Payment in full must be made to PEI prior to the Conference taking place. Payments can be made by American Express, Visa, MasterCard, wire transfer, or by company chequeIf registering four weeks or closer to the Conference date, Delegates MUST pay by credit card.

Delegate Cancellation and Non-Attendance

All cancellations must be made in writing (by letter or email – proof of receipt will be required) to the relevant contact at PEI for that Conference.

Any cancellation received more than 28 days prior to the Conference date will be subject to a cancellation fee equal to 50% of the Conference cost; however, you may elect to receive a credit for the amount of the cancellation fee, to be applied to future PEI Conference occurring within 12 months from the date of issuance of the credit.

No refunds will be made for cancellations made within 28 days of the Conference, however, you will receive a credit for the amount of 100% of the Conference fee paid, to be used at another PEI Conference occurring within 12 months from the date of issuance of the credit.

Please also note that you can substitute another person instead of cancelling (see paragraph 4 below); provided, if you do not advise PEI that you are cancelling your Delegate places or that you are substituting another person or people in your places, then you remain liable for the full Delegate fees. Non-attendance at the Conference does not waive your liability to pay for the Delegate places booked by you or on your behalf and PEI reserves the right to use all necessary means to receive payment from you, including the issuance of legal proceedings. For more information regarding refunds, complaints and/or programme cancellation policies, please contact customerservices@pei.group.

For a virtual Conference, due to the nature of virtual events and the immediate value delivery that they entail: All Orders (sponsorship and delegate) are non-refundable, non-creditable and non-transferable from the date of the Order Confirmation.

Substitution Policy:

Substitutions within organisations may be arranged as long as PEI is notified in writing in advance of the Conference. No substitutions may be made with a Delegate from another Client and under no circumstances can a Delegate registration be shared.

Postponement:

In the event that PEI postpones a Conference, Delegates registered for the Conference have the option to either wait to attend the Conference at the rescheduled time (PEI to retain the Delegate payment if already made) or to have the payment credited to a future PEI Conference. This credit will be available for use for the next 12 months from the date that the credit is issued by PEI.

Conference Cancellation

If PEI cancels any Conference, then you may be offered the choice of either transferring your registration to another PEI Conference of your choice that is scheduled within the next 12 months, or to receive a full refund of any payment received by PEI from you for that particular Conference. PEI will make commercially reasonable efforts to effect any refunds within 30 days of written notice having been issued by PEI to you that the Conference has been cancelled.

Force Majeure

If for any reason of force majeure pursuant to clause 18 PEI is delayed, prevented, hindered from or is otherwise unable to run a Conference, PEI will as a first choice look to postpone the Conference (see paragraph 5 (Postponement) above) but reserves the right to retain some or all Delegate fees as a contribution to all venue and administrative costs incurred.

Travel and Accommodation

PEI is not accountable for booking any transportation or accommodation required by Delegates nor for any transfers to and from the Conference venue. Although PEI will work with the hotel hosting a Conference to secure a preferential Delegate rate for those attending the Conference there, PEI makes no assurances as to the availability of this rate nor of the hotel services offered. PEI will not accept liability for any public or individual transport disruption or deferral. In such circumstances, PEI’s standard cancellation policy applies.

We advise that you do not engage with any third-party travel company. If directly contacted by a third party, we advise that you are vigilant and do not hand over any personal details. If in doubt, please contact customerservices@pei.group.

Speakers and Agendas

Please be aware that all speakers are confirmed at the time of the published agenda, however, circumstances beyond the reasonable control of PEI may necessitate substitutions, alterations or cancellations of the speakers and/or topics. PEI reserves the right to alter or modify the advertised speakers and/or agenda topics if, in its reasonable opinion, it considers it necessary. Please visit the relevant Site, which is updated regularly.

Acceptance of Registration

PEI reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to decline a registration for a Conference for any reason at any time up to and including the first day of the Conference. PEI will refund any payment in full relating to any such registration that PEI chooses to decline within 30 days of notifying the Delegate of this decision.

SCHEDULE E – Networks

Fee

The Network membership fee entitles the member to access the relevant networking platform (herein referred to as ‘Network Hub’) which includes the network directory, knowledge hub and webinars as listed within the Network Hub. This is subject to the level of access granted in the membership type purchased, for 12 months from the date of purchase. The Network event fee entitles the same member to attend all non-restricted Conference sessions and refreshment breaks (including coffee breaks, lunch, and the event cocktail reception) of any event purchased within the same network conference portfolio. Note that some sessions and receptions may be invite-only or restricted to a particular type of member. The fee also includes conference materials, which will be presented to the member at the Conference and any subsequent materials made available to Delegates online after the Conference. Where applicable all Network Member and Network event fees will be subject to local purchase tax rates.

Payment

Payment in full must be made to PEI prior to the Network membership and Conference taking place. Payments can be made by American Express, Visa, MasterCard, wire transfer, or by company cheque. If ordering four weeks or closer to the Conference date, Delegates MUST pay by credit card.

Accessing the Sites and Online Products

Certain Online Products are only accessible to PEI subscribers and not to visitors. In addition, PEI may not offer or make available all Products or Content to residents of certain countries.

A licence for access to an Online Products is individual to a particular Client. Additional Users beyond the primary User must purchase additional licences to use the Online Products. A single registration/subscription is for an individual User licence, not a licence for the entire organisation of which the individual User is a part.

As part of the online registration process, PEI will collect certain limited information about each User (“Registration Data”). All Registration Data provided by or on behalf of a User must be current, complete and accurate, and each User is responsible for updating such Registration Data as necessary. PEI reserves the right to terminate a User’s access to the Online Product immediately in the event any Registration Data is found to be inaccurate, incomplete or not current at any time.

Terms Applying to all Networks

When you purchase a Network, you will have access to the features of that Network as detailed on the relevant Order Confirmation. You will receive a username for each nominated member for the Network. Nominated members may not share their username with anyone else.

(a) When a Network is purchased by you, you may:

(i) Display such Products to nominated members (for the avoidance of doubt these are the Users licensed on the Network membership that you took out with us).

(ii) Download and store Limited and Insubstantial Extracts of Products and/or of Database Products in machine readable form for use by nominated members.

(iii) Use Limited and Insubstantial Extracts from the Products for external purposes provided that such use is in the ordinary course of your business and does not form part of a regular or routine pattern of use and provided further that where extracts of the Products are contained in documents which are to be included in press releases and/or otherwise made publicly available, such extracts of the Products shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with PEI) not be released unless the following conditions are complied with: (i) either a proof, copy or relevant section of the document are supplied to PEI for release authorisation prior to external distribution (PEI will not unreasonably withhold or delay such authorisation); (ii) PEI’s copyright notice is included in the document; and (iii) expressly and with reasonable prominence, PEI is acknowledged as the source of the Products so used. You should contact us by email at customerservices@pei.group to receive such authorisation.

(iv) Allow nominated members to use the Data for internal analysis in the ordinary (internal) course of your business.

(vi) Save only as expressly permitted in accordance with sub-clause (c) above, allow nominated members to use such Products solely for their internal business purposes.

(b) When a Network is purchased by you, you may not:

(i) transfer to another Network. Your Network membership must be a bundled package.

(ii) Download, store, reproduce, transmit, display, copy, distribute, commercially exploit or use the Products and/or Data other than as expressly permitted in sub-clause 3(a) above.

(iii) Resell, sub-licence, rent, lease, transfer or attempt to assign the rights in the Products and/or Data (in whole or in part) to any other person.

(iv) Use the Products and/or Data in any manner, (or transfer or export the Products and/or Data or any copies thereof into any country), other than in compliance with applicable laws.

(v) Allow the nominated members to use the Products and/or Data other than in accordance with these terms nor may you allow any person other than the nominated members to use and/or gain access to the Products and/or Data.

(vi) Modify or alter such Products and/or Data.

(vii) Create a database in electronic or structured manual form by systematically downloading and storing any of the Content from such Products and/or Data.

(viii) Exceed the number of members agreed with PEI in the relevant Order Confirmation or otherwise agreed with PEI in writing.

(ix) Allow Personnel other than the members to access or view anything more than Limited and Insubstantial Extracts of the Products, PEI material or Content. If PEI reasonably suspects that you are in breach of this provision, without prejudice to its other rights or remedies, PEI may: (i) charge you for such Personnel as may have accessed or viewed such extracts; (ii) suspend your Subscription; and/or (iii) terminate your membership.

Network Cancellation

Please note that if you cancel a Network membership, at any time after the membership has gone live, no refund is available. All cancellations must be made in writing (by letter or email – proof of receipt will be required) to the relevant contact at PEI for that Network (Infrastructure Investor Network: infraconnect@pei.group, PERE Network: pereconnect@pei.group or Private Funds CFO Network: cfomembership@pei.group).

Any member cancelling attendance at a Network event will be allowed to use a credit against a future Conference within the same network portfolio within the 12 month term of the Network membership. The fee may not be transferred to another network or event portfolio.

For virtual events, due to the nature of virtual events and the immediate value delivery that they entail: All Orders (sponsorship, membership and delegate) are non-refundable, non-creditable and non-transferable from the date of the Order Confirmation.

Substitution Policy

Substitutions and name changes within organisations may be arranged as long as PEI is notified in writing, under the condition that the original member has left the organisation and it is within the membership term. No substitutions may be made with a member from another Client and under no circumstances can a member registration be shared.

Attendance to a Conference

Attendance to a Network event is limited to only the members of the Networks.

Conference Postponement or Cancellation

In the event that PEI postpones or is obliged for a reason outside its reasonable control to cancel a Network event, then a Client will have the option to either wait to attend the event at the rescheduled date or be offered a credit note. The credit note will be for an amount equal to up to 100% of the Network fee paid, to be used at another Network event within the same network that is scheduled within the Client’s membership term. The credit must be used within 12 months from the date of issuance of the credit otherwise it will expire.

Force Majeure

If for any reason of force majeure pursuant to clause 18 PEI is delayed, prevented, hindered from or is otherwise unable to run a Network event, PEI will as a first choice look to postpone the event, but reserves the right to retain some or all Network event fees as a contribution to all venue and administrative costs incurred.

Travel and Accommodation

PEI is not accountable for booking any transportation or accommodation required by members nor for any transfers to and from the Conference venue. Although PEI will work with the hotel hosting a Conference to secure a preferential rate for those attending the Conference there, PEI makes no assurances as to the availability of this rate nor of the hotel services offered. PEI will not accept liability for any public or individual transport disruption or deferral. In such circumstances, PEI’s standard cancellation policy applies.

NOTE: Trial periods are not available for Network memberships.

SCHEDULE F – Sponsorship

Force Majeure and Conference Cancellation

If for any reason of force majeure pursuant to clause 18 above PEI is hindered, delayed, prevented or otherwise unable to run a Conference, then in those circumstances, PEI will seek to reschedule the Conference. Upon rescheduling, your sponsorship package and benefits will be transferred automatically to the Conference on the new scheduled date. Should PEI be unable to reschedule the Conference, you will be credited the amount of up to 100% of the Sponsorship fee paid to use across any other PEI Conference within the same network that is scheduled within the Client’s membership term in the following 12 months (up to). The credit must be used within 12 months from the date of issuance of the credit otherwise it will expire.

For virtual events, due to the nature of such events and the immediate value delivery that they entail: All Orders (sponsorship and delegate) are non-refundable, non-creditable and non-transferable from the date of the Order Confirmation.

You, as sponsor, shall have the right to cancel your sponsorship of the Conference up to 90 Business Days prior to the start of the Conference and you will be allowed to apply sponsorship fees towards another Conference within one year of the date of the original Conference. However, 100% of sponsorship fees must be paid prior to the date of the Conference as initially scheduled and prior to any credit being issued.

Should the rescheduled Conference take place prior to the date of the original Conference, said monies will be due no later than 30 Business Days prior to the start of the new event.

Should you cancel your participation prior to 90 Business Days before the Conference date, upon receipt of full payment, you will receive a credit memorandum for the value of the amount contracted, minus 10% administrative fee and 5% for every month where any marketing benefits have been received (including: branding, marketing and website listings), up to a maximum of 25% of the contract amount. Should this value exceed the current payment, a balance will be due from you to reach the requisite amount due. This credit memorandum may be applied to Products within one year of the credit date, after which it will expire. Such balance must be paid in full prior to any credit memorandum being issued.

Should you cancel your participation within 90 Business Days of the Conference, the payment due to PEI by you will equal 100% of the sponsorship fee, without the right to transfer credit to another Conference. You must pay this in full no later than 30 Business Days prior to the start of the event. No credit memorandum will be issued. Should you fail to meet agreed upon payment terms, PEI reserves the right to reassign or cancel the sponsorship benefits.

Where applicable, you shall observe all union contracts in effect between PEI, the Conference contractor, the Facility and various labour organisations. You agree not to organise or participate in events competing with the Conference during the hours of the Conference, including pre-event activities (failure to adhere to this may result in your access to the Conference being denied and you will not be entitled to receive a refund).

You shall obtain, at your own expense, adequate insurance covering your participation in the Conference.

You may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of PEI.

Any and all matters relating to Sponsorship and what is being sponsored not specifically covered herein are subject to the sole discretion of PEI. Your signature on the Agreement indicates that you have reviewed this Agreement and agree to the terms set forth herein. You also certify that you are authorised on behalf of the sponsor organisation to bind the sponsor organisation to the terms of this Agreement. This document, when signed by sponsor organization constitutes a binding legal agreement. Sponsor organization is bound by all the terms and conditions of this Contract. Furthermore, the parties agree that the terms of this Agreement are confidential and shall not be disclosed to a third party without the written consent of PEI.

Compliance with applicable laws including those relating to data privacy:

Both parties must comply with all applicable laws in connection with the provision and the use of the Services and Deliverables, including those related to data privacy and protection of personal data.

Sponsor Wish lists

All sponsor wish lists must be received no later than 8 weeks prior to the Conference.

SCHEDULE G – Marketing Solutions/Advertising

General Obligations:

You will comply with any requirements which we may reasonably specify in connection with the proposed publication of the advertisement, including technical specifications relating to standard and quality and any requirements as to setting, style, delivery format, file configuration, size and wording (“Advertiser Dependencies”).

If you change your name, trading style, identity or address or any other of the details disclosed by you to PEI, you will give PEI written notification of the change in question as soon as reasonably possible after becoming aware that the change will take place and in any event within five (5) Business Days of the change taking effect.

Your Representations, Warranties and Undertakings

Where you are the Advertiser’s agent, you further represent, warrant and undertake that you are authorised by the Advertiser to place the Advertisements with PEI.

You hereby further represent, warrant and undertake as follows:

The publication of the Advertisement by PEI in whatever medium in the form originally submitted by you (or as amended in circumstances permitted by the Agreement) will not breach any contract with a third party or infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any third party or otherwise be unlawful or render PEI liable to any proceedings, claims, demands, costs or expenses or any other loss or damage;

You have obtained all necessary licences, permits, consents, approvals, authorisations and permissions required to publish each Advertisement submitted for publication by you;

Without prejudice to the generality of the above, in the case of any Advertisement submitted for publication by you which contains the name or pictorial representation (whether photographic or otherwise) of any living person or any part of the anatomy of any living person or any material by which any living person may be identified (whether by that material alone or in combination with other material), you have obtained the authority of the relevant person to make use of the same;

The Advertisement complies with the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations (including subordinate and supervening legislation and the rules of any relevant statutorily recognised regulatory authority);

The advertising copy submitted by you to PEI is legal, decent, honest, truthful, complete and accurate. Where English law applies, the advertising copy complies with the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing and all other relevant codes under the general supervision of the Advertising Standards Authority or any successor body;

Instructions, artwork and material submitted by you to PEI via electronic means will not introduce into PEI’s information and communications technology systems or infrastructure any software, program or code designed or intended to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner’s informed consent and will not in any other way destroy, damage or corrupt any software or data on those systems and infrastructure;

You have retained sufficient quality and quantity of all artwork, film, copy and other material relating to the Advertisement and that PEI will not be liable for loss of or damage to any of the foregoing following submission of the same by you to PEI;

Where you supply creative content for an Advertisement to be published in an Online Publication and such content contains a link to a website, nothing in that Advertisement or the content of the linked-to website is or will be defamatory or objectionable or otherwise likely to bring PEI into disrepute.

Marketing Solutions & Advertisements: Responsibility and Liability

You will be required to, at any time amend any artwork, materials and copy relating to any Advertisement for the purposes of:

Complying with any legal or moral obligations placed on PEI or you or the Advertiser;
Avoiding the infringement of the rights of any third party, or, where English law applies, the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing and all other relevant codes under the general supervision of the Advertising Standards Authority or any other applicable laws or regulations; or
Meeting the production and quality specifications stipulated on the specification sheet.

You will deliver to PEI in a digital format or file configuration approved by PEI all copy(ies) of the relevant Advertisement by the advertising artwork delivery deadline specified in your Order Confirmation.

If you fail to submit the relevant copy in compliance with the above requirements, PEI may publish the Advertisement at an alternative time of our choosing.

PEI may remove any Advertisement which contains content or links to a website which, at our absolute discretion, is (or is likely to be) defamatory or objectionable or otherwise likely to bring PEI or any member of PEI corporate group into disrepute.

If PEI receives complaints about the content of an Advertisement, PEI may, in PEI’s absolute discretion and without notice to you or to the Advertiser, remove the Advertisement from display.

Prices and Payment

Total costs are payable strictly within 30 days of the invoice payment due date and time for payment shall be of the essence.

All amounts due under the Agreement shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by applicable law).

Order Cancellation

Please refer to your Order Confirmation for cancellation timelines.

If PEI cancels any Advertisement, then you may be offered a credit for an amount equal to up to 100% of the total cost to use for another Advertisement in the following 12 months. The credit must be used within 12 months from the date of issuance of the credit otherwise it will expire.

Compliance with applicable laws including those relating to data privacy

SCHEDULE H – DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

26 Definitions and Interpretation

26.1 The following terms when used in these T&Cs shall have the associated meanings.

“Agreement”	These T&Cs (as amended from time to time), together with any Order Confirmation issued by PEI to you.
“Books”	A print or digital product consisting of multiple chapters covering a specialist topic published by PEI and not forming part of a Subscription. Books are supplied by PEI under the Product-specific terms set out in Schedule B to this Agreement.
‘’Business Day’’	a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in the relevant jurisdiction determined according to clause 24 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction) when banks in that jurisdiction are open for business.
“Client”, “you” or “your”	Any person, company or other body that enters into a contract with PEI on these T&Cs by placing an Order with PEI, which is then accepted by PEI through an Order Confirmation. This may be to receive or have access to any Products, (regardless of the mode of its delivery to the Client) or to attend a Conference hosted by PEI. One Order may not extend to or include other companies that may be part of the same group as the Client.
“Conference”	An event hosted and run by PEI (at times in association with one or several other organisations) in any location in the world. Conferences are provided by PEI under the Product-specific terms set out in Schedule D to this Agreement.
‘’Confidential Information’’	all confidential or non-public proprietary information, concerning a party, including its business, affairs, marketing plans, customers, clients or suppliers whether disclosed or made available in writing, orally, electronically, online or in any other form by PEI to you or by you to PEI before or after the date of this Agreement.
“Content”	the content displayed on a Site or in any Product, including text, data, reports, opinions, images, photos, graphics, graphs, charts, animations, templates, advice and video.
“Data”	the facts, figures and statistics researched and compiled by PEI that reside in a Database Product and constitute a component of Products.
“Database Product”	a product distributed, supplied or made available or accessible by PEI which wholly or mainly comprises a compilation or combination of data, statistics, research material and/or other information and which is presented wholly or mainly in the form of a database, dataset or otherwise as a compilation or combination of accessible, retrievable and/or searchable Products. PEI’s Database Products form part of a Subscription that a Client can acquire.
“Deliverables”	the deliverables set out in the relevant Order Confirmation sent by PEI to you.
“Delegate”	any person from a Client who has registered to attend Conferences run by PEI.
“Licence”	At this point of purchase, you will select either a single-User or multi-User licence, which relates to your Subscription to a PEI product, material and/or Content and the use of the Products.
“Limited and Insubstantial Extracts”	a User may, as part of a Subscription, download limited and insubstantial portions of certain Products, PEI material or Content (for example, part of a Data profile) for storage and internal distribution only to Personnel. This does not include articles or Data profiles in full.
“Marketing Solutions/ Advertising”	PEI’s service of advertising and marketing (the publication and distribution of material with the ultimate aim of promoting the Client’s products or services / persuading others to buy those products or services. Marketing solutions / advertising opportunities are provided by PEI under the Product-specific terms set out in Schedule G to this Agreement.
“Networks”	a purchase made by a Client that provides access to a network membership product for a defined period of time (usually 12 months) who are then designated members of the Networks. Networks are provided by PEI under the Product-specific terms set out in Schedule E to this Agreement.
“Network Members”	the licensed User to the Network membership product.
“Online Products”	Products that are accessible or made available digitally on a Site.
“Orders”	an order or orders for a Product made by a Client through a Site or by email, telephone or mail in accordance with these T&Cs.
“Order Confirmation”	the confirmation of your Order that PEI sends to you (typically by email) that confirms the details of what you have ordered from PEI. Your order has not been accepted by PEI until you receive an Order Confirmation.
“PEI”	Refers to the applicable contracting entity of PEI Group as described on the relevant Order Confirmation.
“Personnel”	any employee of the Client, and/or (if applicable) any other person who is (i) nominated and identified by the Client and (ii) individually authorised by PEI to have access to the Products purchased by the Client.
“Payment”	a payment required from a Client to PEI in exchange for a Product.
“Product”	a product or opportunity produced, distributed, supplied or made available or accessible by PEI (including Books, Conferences and Subscriptions), including any combination of information produced or compiled by PEI including: text-based news and feature articles, data, video and audio content in whatever delivery media format, including print, online, digital or physical media. A full range of Products is available to review on the Sites. “Product” includes any Online Product and Database Product.
“Registered Users”	anyone who has registered their details on a Site but who has not purchased a Subscription. A Registered User is subject to all applicable clauses in these T&Cs. PEI reserves the right to change registrants’ access levels at any time.
“Sites”	Any one of the websites owned and operated by PEI, including: www.privateequityinternational.com www.perenews.com www.infrastructureinvestor.com www.privatefundscfo.com www.privatedebtinvestor.com www.recapitalnews.com www.perecredit.com www.secondariesinvestor.com www.buyoutsinsider.com www.venturecapitaljournal.com www.regcompliancewatch.com www.pehub.com www.agriinvestor.com www.newprivatemarkets.com www.responsible-investor.com www.peredeals.com www.infrastructureinvestordeals.com www.peievents.com
“Sponsorship”	the Client’s financial (or in-kind) contribution to support PEI or a PEI Product as a promotional opportunity for that Client-sponsor. Sponsorship opportunities are subject to the terms set out in Schedule F to this Agreement.
“Subscriptions”	the purchase by a Client of a particular level of access to the relevant services or information specified in the Order Confirmation for a certain period for a certain number of Personnel (typically single-User or multi-User subscriptions) who are then designated Users. Details of the different Subscription levels are available on each of PEI’s Sites. Subscriptions are provided by PEI under the Product-specific terms set out in Schedule C to this Agreement.
“T&Cs”	these terms and conditions of business.
“Trial” and “Trialists”	PEI may from time to time enable prospective Clients to have access to a Subscription Product free of charge and for a predetermined period. Some features of the Subscription may be disabled for a Trial and only those Personnel specified by the Client to us can be Trialists. All relevant parts of these T&Cs apply to Trialists.
“Users”	any member of Personnel of a Client named in the Order Confirmation who has access rights to specified Products as part of a Subscription. This includes those individuals who have subscribed to a level of Subscription higher than Bronze (see definition of Registered User). Only these individuals have such rights of access to specified Products.
“User Generated Content; “UGC”	Information posted by a Registered User or User on one of PEI’s Sites that is visible to other Registered Users and Users.

26.2 In these terms:

(a) unless the context otherwise requires: (ii) references to the singular include the plural; and (ii) and references to one gender include all other genders;
(b) clause, schedule and paragraph headings shall not affect the interpretation of this agreement;
(c) a person includes an individual, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality) and a reference to a company includes any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and however incorporated or established;
(d) a reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to it as it is in force as at the date of this agreement and includes all subordinate legislation made as at the date of this agreement under that statute or statutory provision;
(e) a reference to writing or written excludes fax but not email;
(f) any words following the words “including”, “for example” or any similar language shall be illustrative only and shall not limit the preceding wording; and
(g) references to clauses and schedules are to the clauses and schedules of this agreement; references to paragraphs are to paragraphs of the relevant schedule to this agreement.