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This website (the “Website”) is owned and operated by WestPeak Research Association (“WestPeak”). Access to and use of this Website is provided subject to these terms and conditions. Your use of any portion of this Website constitutes your agreement to the terms and conditions set out below.

PLEASE READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS YOU MAY NOT USE AND MUST CEASE USING THIS WEBSITE.

IMPORTANT SECURITIES DISCLAIMER

No content published on the Website constitutes a recommendation that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction or investment strategy is suitable for any specific person. WestPeak, its directors, analysts, and affiliates are not advising you personally concerning the nature, potential, value or suitability of any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, investment strategy or other matter. To the extent that any of the content published on the Website may be deemed to be investment advice or recommendations in connection with a particular security, such information is impersonal and not tailored to the investment needs of any specific person. By using this Website, you understand that WestPeak, its directors, analysts, and affiliates are not licensed to provide investment advice.

An investment in any security is subject to a number of risks, and discussions of any security published on the Website will not contain a list or description of relevant risk factors. In addition, please note that some of the stocks about which content is published on the Website may have a low market capitalization and/or insufficient public float. Such stocks are subject to more risk than stocks of larger companies, including greater volatility, lower liquidity and less publicly available information. Postings or content on the Website which may or may not be deemed by you to be recommendations may have an effect on their stock prices.

This Website may contain opinions from time to time with regard to securities mentioned in other WestPeak research reports or postings, and the opinions in one report or posting may be different from those in another report or posting. However, you understand and agree that at the time of any transaction that you make, WestPeak, its directors, analysts, or affiliates may have a position in the securities written about or in any securities related to or based on securities written about on this Website. You understand that performance data is supplied by sources believed to be reliable, that the calculations herein are made using such data, and that such calculations are not guaranteed by these sources, the information providers, or any other person or entity, and may not be complete.

From time to time, reference may be made on this Website to prior articles and opinions published on this Website. These references may be selective, may reference only a portion of an article or opinion, and are likely not to be current. As markets change continuously, previously published information and data may not be current and should not be relied upon.

All content on the Website is presented only as of the date published or indicated, and may be superseded by subsequent market events or for other reasons. In addition, you are responsible for setting the cache settings on your browser to ensure you are receiving the most recent data.

NO INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

The Website is not intended to provide tax, legal, insurance or investment advice, and nothing on the Website should be construed as an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation for any security by WestPeak, its directors, analysts, or affiliates or any third party. You alone are solely responsible for determining whether any investment, security or strategy, or any other product or service, is appropriate or suitable for you based on your investment objectives and personal and financial situation. You should consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific legal or tax situation.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

The content on this website is provided without warranties or conditions of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, WestPeak expressly disclaims all warranties and conditions, express or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. WestPeak makes no warranties or any other representations regarding the use, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, applicability, performance, security, safety from any software virus or other harmful component, availability or reliability of this website or any sites linked to this website, or the results from the use of this website or any sites linked to by this website, or otherwise respecting, the content on this website or any sites linked to this website.

Description of, or reference to, third party companies, products or publications in this Website is for informational purposes only and does not constitute endorsement or recommendation of that company, product or publication by WestPeak.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the extent permitted by law, WestPeak excludes all liability for anything contained or accessed via this website.

Without limitation, under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall WestPeak, its directors, analysts or affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (including without limitation, for any lost profits, business interruptions, loss of programs or other data, personal injury or wrongful death) arising out of the use of, or the inability to use, this Website and/or the content on this Website or any sites linked to this website, even if WestPeak were expressly advised of the possibility of such damages. If visitors are dissatisfied with any information or other materials at this Website, with the operation of this Website or with any of these terms and conditions, the exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this Website. If W or any of THEIR third party providers are found liable in connection with a claim arising out of or related to using or accessing this Website, their aggregate liability to you for all damages, losses and causes of action, howsoever arising, shall not exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this Website. This limitation of liability shall survive the termination of these Terms of Use.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE

You agree not to disturb the normal operation of this Website, not to infringe the integrity of this Website by hacking, altering the information contained in this Website or otherwise, and not to prevent or limit access to this Website to other users.

Unless otherwise noted, all content on this Website, including but not limited to text, data, images, designs, illustrations, articles, documents, reports and other materials (collectively “Content”), is protected by copyright, and owned or controlled by WestPeak or a third party provider. You must access the Content manually by request and not by machine automated means. You may not use the Content for any unlawful purpose.

You may temporarily download Content for personal transitory viewing, provided that (a) use of the Content is for informational and non-commercial personal use only and no Content may be copied or posted on any network computer, used for public display or broadcast in any media, and (b) no modification of any Content is made. No licence is given for republication, distribution, performance, display, translation, retransmission, broadcast, sublicense, preparation of derivative works or any use other than noncommercial personal use. You may not republish, distribute or prepare derivative works from this Website or its Content. No part of any Content may be reproduced in any form or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, other than the personal use provided for above.

You may not copy or adapt the HTML that WestPeak creates to generate its pages. It is also protected by WestPeak’s copyright.

COMMUNICATION SERVICES

PROHIBITED CONDUCT

Without limiting the generality of any other restriction in these Terms of Use, you agree that you will not, in connection with the Website, directly or indirectly do or permit any of the following:

post, upload, reproduce, distribute or otherwise transmit any Content that:

(a) is unauthorized or unsolicited commercial communications, junk or bulk communications or other "spam" (whether or not using e-mail services, including instant messaging, blog or comment spam) or is otherwise duplicative or unsolicited,

(b) contains a virus, cancelbot, Trojan horse, worm or other harmful, disruptive or surreptitious component,

(d) is inappropriate, profane, obscene or indecent material,

(e) gives rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates the rights or assists others to violate the rights of WestPeak or any third party, such violations including engaging in copyright infringement, invasion of privacy, trademark infringement or defamation, or

(f) constitutes a criminal offence, or otherwise engages in or assists others to engage in any criminal offence, including communicating hatred, pyramid selling, unauthorized use of a computer, mischief in relation to data, fraud, obscenity and child pornography;

(g) engage in threats, harassment, intimidation, stalking or abuse or any conduct that violates the legal rights of others, including the rights of minors and rights relating to privacy and publicity;

(h) scan or probe another computer system, obstruct or bypass computer identification procedures or engage in unauthorized computer or network trespass without the express permission of the owners of such computer systems;

(i) forge headers or otherwise manipulate any protocols or identifiers used in any system or protocol in such a manner to disguise the origin of any data transmitted using the Website; or

(j) impersonate or falsely represent your association with any person, including a representative of WestPeak;

disrupt or threaten the integrity, operation or security of any website, any computer or any Internet system;
disable or circumvent any access control or related process or procedure established with respect to the Website;
sublicense, share, resell, reproduce, copy, distribute, redistribute, or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of, use of or access to, any Website, except where expressly authorized by us; or
extract, gather, collect, or store personal information about others without their express consent.

OUR REMEDIES

Without limiting any of our rights, we may suspend, restrict or terminate your use of the Website without notice if, in our sole and absolute discretion, we determine or believe that you have violated any of the restrictions on use set out above.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

WestPeak is not responsible for the content of any third party website. Any links to such websites are provided for your convenience only and you access any third party websites at your own risk. WestPeak does not endorse, authorize, approve, certify, maintain, or control these other websites and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy or timeliness of the information located at such websites. These Terms of Use applicable to this Website are wholly unrelated to the terms and conditions that may attach to third party websites, and the users of any such third party website should familiarize themselves with any applicable terms and conditions for use of each accessed link. WestPeak is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any linked websites before you navigate any website or disclose your personal information online.

LINKS FROM OTHER WEBSITES

Links to this Website without the express permission of WestPeak are strictly prohibited. To request permission to link to this Website, please contact WestPeak at contact@westpeakresearch.com. The framing, mirroring, scraping or data mining of this Website or any Content in any form and by any method is strictly prohibited.

LEGAL NOTICES

RIGHTS RESERVED

Except as may be expressly herein provided, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any licence or right under copyright, trade-mark or any other intellectual property rights. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

MODIFICATIONS OF THESE TERMS OF USE

WestPeak reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time by revising the terms and conditions herein. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions. Continued use of this Website following any such changes will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

JURISDICTION

This agreement is governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in British Columbia, Canada in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this Website. Use of this Website is not authorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms of Use, including without limitation this paragraph.

SEVERABILITY

If any part of these Terms of Use are determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable laws, including but not limited to the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provisions will be deemed superceded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of these Terms of Use shall continue in effect.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless WestPeak, their directors, analysts or affiliates, harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including reasonable legal fees, related to your violation of these Terms of Use or use of this Website.

YOUR SUBMISSIONS

Any material, information or idea submitted through or posted on this Website will be considered non-confidential. Subject to applicable laws relating to protection of personal information and privacy, WestPeak may share or otherwise use any such submission for any purpose whatsoever. You grant WestPeak the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right and licence to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, create derivative works from, transmit and distribute for any purpose WestPeak chooses, commercial, public or otherwise, such submissions, without compensation whatsoever. Without limitation, you grant us a perpetual royalty-free licence to use and display such submissions on our Website. By submitting materials, information and ideas you also represent and warrant that the content of your submission is accurate; you own all rights in your submission and have sufficient rights to grant this licence; and that the use of your submission in accordance with this licence will not cause injury to any person or entity.

PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION

Westpeak collects, uses and discloses your personal information in accordance with the WestPeak Website Privacy Statement. By using this Website and your acceptance thereby of these website Terms of Use, you consent to WestPeak’s collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with such statement as it then reads without any further notice or liability to you or any other person.

WEBSITE PRIVACY STATEMENT

WestPeak Research Association has developed this website (the “Website”) as an electronic resource with information about our organization and its programs.

We are committed to providing our visitors with a website that respects their privacy. This page summarizes the privacy practices on our Website. We reserve the right to change this privacy statement at any time.

By using this Website, you signify your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this statement.

During a visit to our Website, we do not collect personal information that identifies you as an individual, such as your name and contact information, unless you supply it voluntarily.

INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED

Non‑identifying Information – Like many other organizations’ websites, ours automatically collects certain non‑identifying information regarding website users, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, the IP address of your Internet Service Provider, the date and time you access our Website, the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our Website, the operating system you are using, and pages of our Website you visit. This non‑identifying information is used for our Website and system administration purposes and to improve the Website. Your non‑identifying information may be used and permanently archived for future use in order to facilitate your online experience and to gather broad demographic information.

We make no attempt to link this information with the identity of individuals visiting our Website. We may, however, review server logs for security purposes, for example to detect intrusions into our network. The possibility therefore exists that server log data, which contains visitors’ IP addresses, could in instances of criminal malfeasance be used to trace and identify individuals. In such instances, raw data logs would be shared with appropriate investigative bodies authorized to investigate such breaches of security.

Cookies – Our Website uses “cookies”, a technology that installs information on a website user’s computer to permit the website to recognize future visits using that computer. Cookies enhance the convenience and use of a website. You may choose to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may affect your use of our Website and your ability to access certain features of our Website.

WHEN YOU CONTACT US THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, THIS IS WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION

When you contact us through our Website, we collect and use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

to respond to your requests for information, literature and services
to deliver requested services
to meet any legal or regulatory requirements
to maintain a record of your involvement with us
analysis for management purposes

Unless you request otherwise, your contact information may also be used to provide you further information about our services, and otherwise as permitted by law. At any time you may ask us to stop sending you newsletters, literature and other information by contacting us at contact@westpeakresearch.com.

WE WILL PROTECT YOU WHEN YOU ARE ON OUR SITE

Our Website may contain optional links to partners and third party Internet sites and services that may collect data from you or your computer. Please be aware that if you choose to leave our site via a link, we assume no responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of other websites.

YOUR COMMENTS

If you have any comments or questions about our privacy practices at this Website, please contact us at: contact@westpeakresearch.com.

EVOLVING PRACTICES

This statement is in effect as of January 1, 2015. The development of our procedures for protection of personal information is an ongoing process. Due to changes in technology and legal requirements and other reasons, we will from time to time review and revise this statement. New versions of this statement will be posted here. Accordingly, when you use the Website you should check the date of this statement and review any changes since the last version.