Terms & Conditions
LAST REVISED ON: JUNE 1, 2024
The website located at www.hrpgroup.com, including its subdomains (“Website”), is a copyrighted work belonging to HRP Group and/or its subsidiaries (“HRP Group”, “us”, “our”, and “we”). Certain features of the Website may be subject to additional guidelines, terms, or rules, which will be posted on the Website in connection with such features. All such additional terms, guidelines, and rules are incorporated by reference into these Terms. In addition, please read our Privacy Policy for important information about how we collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process your personal information.
THIS TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT (THESE “TERMS”) SET FORTH THE LEGALLY BINDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THESE TERMS (ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF OR THE ENTITY THAT YOU REPRESENT), AND YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT, AUTHORITY, AND CAPACITY TO ENTER INTO THESE TERMS (ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF OR THE ENTITY THAT YOU REPRESENT). THESE TERMS CONTAIN (A) VARIOUS LIMITATIONS, EXCLUSIONS AND RELEASES OF LIABILITY IN SECTIONS 3, 6 AND 9.5 AND (B) A WAIVER OF RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A JURY TRIAL REGARDING ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IN SECTION 9.6. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOUR USE OF THE INVESTOR PORTAL AND THE SEPARATE WEBSITE HOSTING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE INVESTOR PORTAL IS SUBJECT TO SEPARATE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE OR ACCEPT THE TERMS IF YOU ARE NOT AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS AND/OR USE THE WEBSITE.
1. GENERAL.
1.1. HRP Group owns, controls, and maintains this Website for your information and education and as a service to the internet community. Any information contained or referenced in this Website is suitable only as an introduction to HRP Group. This Website may contain third party information. Such information is, wherever reasonably possible, marked with the name of the source. Such third-party information does not necessarily represent our views and we take no responsibility whatsoever for such third-party information, nor do we adopt or endorse any such information.
1.2. We reserve the right to change (in whole or in part) these Terms from time to time at our sole discretion. If we make changes to these Terms, we will notify you by posting notice of the changes on our Website. If you have given us your email address, we also may notify you by email. Any changes to these Terms will be effective upon thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of notice of the changes on our Website. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of our Website. Continued use of our Website following notice of such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes. If you do not agree with any updated version of these Terms, do not continue to use our Website.
2. LIMITED LICENSE TO ACCESS WEBSITE.
2.1 License. All contents on our Website are, to the extent possible, protected by copyright or otherwise proprietary. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to access, view and copy materials on the public portions of our Website solely for non-commercial, personal, and informational use. No other use of the information is authorized. Nothing contained in these Terms shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right under any patent, trademark, or copyright of any third party (including without limitation any of our licensors) or ours.
2.2 Certain Restrictions. The rights granted to you in these Terms are subject to the following restrictions: (a) you shall not license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Website, whether in whole or in part, or any content displayed on the Website; (b) you shall not modify, make derivative works of, disassemble, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of the Website; (c) you shall not access the Website in order to build a similar or competitive website, product, or service; and (d) except as expressly stated in these Terms, no part of the Website may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means. Unless otherwise indicated, any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the Website shall be subject to these Terms. All copyright and other proprietary notices on the Website (or on any content displayed on the Website) must be retained on all copies. You will not remove, alter, or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying any HRP Group materials or content.
2.3 Modification. We reserve the right, at any time, to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Website (in whole or in part) with or without notice to you. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Website or any part of it.
2.4 No Support or Maintenance. You acknowledge and agree that we will have no obligation to provide you with any support or maintenance in connection with the Website.
2.5 Ownership. You acknowledge that all the intellectual property rights, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, on the Website and its content are owned by us or our licensors. Neither these Terms nor your access to the Website transfers to you or any third party any rights, title, or interest in or to such intellectual property rights, except for the limited access rights expressly set forth in Section 2.1. You are not permitted to use the trademarks, tradenames, service marks, trade dress, or logos appearing on this Website (the “Marks”) without our prior written consent and, if applicable, the consent of the third-party that owns the Marks.
2.6 Acceptable Use Policy. You agree not to: (a) upload, transmit, or distribute to or through the Website any computer viruses, any worms, or any software intended to damage or alter a computer system or data; (b) send through the Website any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, or spam, or any harassing or abusive material or any other unlawful material; (c) interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on servers or networks connected to the Website, or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks; (d) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website (or to other computer systems or networks connected to or used together with the Website), whether through password mining or any other means; (e) use software or automated agents or scripts to generate automated searches, requests, or queries to (or to strip, scrape, or mine data from) the Website (provided, however, that we conditionally grant to the operators of public search engines revocable permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Website for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials, subject to the parameters set forth in our robots.txt file); or (f) use the Website in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international statute, regulation rule, order, treaty or other law. You agree, warrant and represent that you own or otherwise have the full right and authority to provide any and all material, content or information that you upload or otherwise make available through the Website or any links contained therein.
2.7 Enforcement. We reserve the right (but have no obligation) to investigate and/or take appropriate action against you in our sole discretion if you violate any provision of these Terms or otherwise create liability for us or any other person. In the case of any violation of these Terms, we reserve the right to seek all remedies available by law and in equity for such violations. Such action may include reporting you to law enforcement authorities or terminating your license to access and use the Website without prior notice to you.
3. DISCLAIMERS
3.1 THE WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE RELATING TO OUR BUSINESS, SERVICES AND PRODUCTS IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND WE AND OUR LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING THOSE OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN ADDITION, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT OF OUR WEBSITE. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF THE INFORMATION AND WE AND OUR LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS, OR WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE, COMPLETE, LEGAL, OR SAFE. IF APPLICABLE LAW REQUIRES ANY WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE, ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO NINETY (90) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF FIRST USE. IN PARTICULAR, WE MAY NOT UPDATE OUR WEBSITE ON A DAILY OR OTHER REGULAR BASIS. AS SUCH, THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS CONTAINED ON OUR WEBSITE MAY BE OUT OF DATE OR INCLUDE OMISSIONS OR OTHER ERRORS. WE MAY CHANGE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON OUR WEBSITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH CHANGES.
3.2 SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
3.3 This Website is not intended to be used in making any decision relating to an investment in the securities or other investment opportunities of HRP Group Investors or prospective investors are urged to review and carefully consider the investment materials that we provide in connection with any offering of securities and other investment opportunities, and all information contained on this Website is qualified in its entirety by reference to such investment materials, including the risk factors contained in those investment materials. This Website contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements may be identified by the words “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” “target,” or other similar terms or expressions that concern HRP Group’ expectations, strategy, plans, or intentions. Any forward-looking statements on this Website are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs. There are a number of important factors that could cause HRP Group’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including those factors described in the filings HRP Group makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. HRP Group undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.
4. FEEDBACK.
If you provide us with any feedback or suggestions regarding the Website, any of our products or services, or any other aspect of our business (“Feedback”), you hereby assign to HRP Group all rights in such Feedback and agree that we shall have the right to use and fully exploit such Feedback and related information in any manner we deem appropriate. Any Feedback you transmit to our Website by electronic mail or otherwise, is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary to you. Unless specifically agreed to by us in writing, we shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to Feedback, and shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any Feedback for any purpose whatsoever, and to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Feedback to third parties without limitation. You agree that you will not submit via our Website any information or ideas that you consider to be confidential or proprietary. You shall be responsible for the content and information contained in submitted Feedback, including its truthfulness and accuracy.
5. INDEMNIFICATION.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless HRP Group, its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and assigns, from and against any and all loss, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), claims, damages and liabilities related to, or associated with, (a) your use of this Website; (b) any content, materials or information you upload or otherwise make available through the Website or any links contained therein; (c) any violation of these Terms by you; or (d) your violation of applicable laws or regulations. We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any such matter without our prior written consent. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
6. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
6.1 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL HRP GROUP OR OUR LICENSORS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, OR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, EVEN IF HRP GROUP HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE OR COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM ANY SUCH ACCESS OR USE.
6.2 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE WEBSITE OR THESE TERMS (FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION), WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO $100.00 IN THE AGGREGATE. THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM WILL NOT ENLARGE THIS LIMIT. YOU AGREE THAT OUR LICENSORS WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS.
6.3 SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
7. THIRD-PARTY LINKS.
Our Website may contain hyperlinks to websites owned and/or controlled by other parties (“Third-Party Links”). Access to, or use of, any Third-Party Links is at your own risk, and we are not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information accessible from these Third-Party Links. We provide these Third-Party Links merely as a convenience, and the hyperlinks are not an endorsement of, and we do not review, approve, monitor, endorse, warrant, or make any representations with respect to, Third-Party Links. You use all Third-Party Links at your own risk and should apply a suitable level of caution and discretion in doing so. When you click on any of the Third-Party Links, the applicable third-party’s terms and policies apply, including the third-party’s privacy and data gathering practices. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any transaction in connection with such third-party.
8. TERM AND TERMINATION.
Subject to this Section, these Terms will remain in full force and effect while you use the Website. We may suspend or terminate your right to use the Website at any time for any reason at our sole discretion, including for violation of these Terms. Upon termination of your rights under these Terms, your right to access and use the Website will terminate immediately. We will not have any liability whatsoever to you for any termination of your rights under these Terms. Even after your rights under these Terms are terminated, the following provisions of these Terms will remain in effect: Sections 2.2-2.5, 3 - 6, and 8 - 9.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
9.1 Export. The Website may be subject to U.S. export control laws and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries. You agree not to export, reexport, or transfer, directly or indirectly, any U.S. technical data acquired from HRP Group, or any products utilizing such data, in violation of the United States export laws or regulations.
9.2 Disclosures. If you are a California resident, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Consumer Information Center of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting them in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.
9.3 Electronic Communications. When you use the Website or send us emails, you are communicating with us electronically. For contractual purposes, you (a) consent to receive communications from HRP Group in an electronic form; and (b) agree that all terms and conditions, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that HRP Group provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if it were in a hardcopy writing. The above does not affect your non-waivable rights.
9.4 Entire Terms. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the access and use of the Website. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. The word “including” means “including without limitation.” If any provision of these Terms is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of these Terms will be unimpaired and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed modified so that it is valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law. Your relationship to HRP Group is that of an independent contractor, and neither party is an agent or partner of the other. These Terms, and your rights and obligations under them, may not be assigned, subcontracted, delegated, or otherwise transferred by you without our prior written consent, and any attempted assignment, subcontract, delegation, or transfer in violation of this paragraph will be null and void. HRP Group may freely assign these Terms. The terms and conditions set forth in these Terms shall be binding upon assignees.
9.5 Release. You hereby release HRP Group and its officers, employees, and agents and their successors from claims, demands, any and all losses, damages, rights, and actions of any kind, including personal injuries, death, and property damage, that is either directly or indirectly related to or arises from your use of the Website, including but not limited to, any interactions with third-party websites of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of your use of the Website. If you are a California resident, you hereby waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which states, “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.” If you live in a state with any similar law, you hereby waive your rights under that law. This release does not apply to any claims, demands, or any losses, damages, rights, and actions of any kind, including personal injuries, death or property damage for any unconscionable commercial practice by our fraud, deception, false, promise, misrepresentation or concealment, suppression or omission of any material fact in connection with the Website.
9.6 Governing Law; Dispute Resolution. These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its rules on conflicts or choice of law. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with or relating to your use of the Website or these Terms, or any breach or alleged breach these Terms, shall be submitted to a single arbitrator and settled by binding arbitration pursuant to the Commercial Rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the City of Chicago, County of Cook, Illinois. Judgment upon the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Website or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. EACH PARTY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS.
9.7 Compliance with Applicable Laws. We maintain this Website from our offices in Chicago, Illinois, USA. We make no representations that materials in our Website are appropriate or available for use in other locations. For specific information please contact us directly. We make no claims concerning whether the content on this Website may be downloaded, viewed, or be appropriate for use outside of the United States.
9.8 Contact. For any questions about these Terms, please contact:
HRP Group
Attn: Corporate Affairs
111 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 3000
Chicago, IL 60606
312.796.6564
hrpinfo@hilcoglobal.com
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