Website Terms of Use of LEI International Pvt Ltd

Legal Entity Identifier International Pvt Limited (referred to as LEI International Pvt Ltd), TNV House, B-1/19/69, Sector-K, Aliganj, Lucknow 226024 UP, India, concerning the lookup and download of LEIs and LE-RD from this website by anyone.

INTRODUCTION:

A. The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is a not-for-profit foundation incorporated by the Financial Stability Board in Basel/Switzerland under the laws of Switzerland.

B. GLEIF and its partnering Local Operating Units ("LOUs") operate a system of worldwide unique Legal Entity Identifiers ("LEI", "LEIs") and LEI repositories with certain additional information about the relevant legal entities ("Legal Entity Reference Data", "LERD").

C. The website https://www.tnvlei.com allows users to access the LOU’s LEI Repository. Any such access might use file downloads, access via Web Interfaces / APIs, or by any other technical means, as provided in the LEIL’s discretion. Any LEI data and LE-RD access from www.tnvlei.com is subject to the terms of use as set out below (the "Terms of Use").

D. LEI International Pvt Ltd owns and maintains the website of the LOU (www.tnvlei.com). The site provides Users with information about legal entity identifiers (LEI). The site enables eligible legal entities for LEI related services like applying for LEI, updating, renewal, and facilitating communication with LEI International Pvt Ltd for the said services.

E. If the User is using the site as a representative of his/her employer, then the User represents that he/she has the authority to accept these Terms and Conditions of Site usage on behalf of the legal entity. In such cases, wherever the term User is referred, it shall mean the Legal Entity.

F. LEI International Pvt Ltd reserves the right to determine the eligibility for offering its services through this site.

DEFINITIONS

Access Service shall mean the facility provided by LEI International Pvt Ltd under these Terms of Use and further described below, provided on this website www.tnvlei.com.

LOU’s LEI Repository shall mean the database and/or Common Data File Format file output operated by LEI International Pvt Ltd with at least all LEIs and LE-RD managed by LEI International Pvt Ltd.

GLEIF Trademark and Logo shall mean the trademark and logo of GLEIF as shown on http://www.gleif.org.

GLEIS shall mean the Global Legal Entity Identifier System operated by GLEIF and the LOUs.

"LEIs" shall mean one or many Legal Entity Identifiers issued by GLEIF and the LOUs.

LEI Reference Data and LE-RD (singular and plural) shall mean the information available in the LEI Repository in relation to an LEI. The categories of data currently included in the LE-RD are listed on LEI International Pvt Ltd.

LOU or LOUs shall mean the Local Operating Units who have entered into a Master Agreement with GLEIF and who are accredited by GLEIF to accept applications by legal entities for LEIs and to issue LEIs. A list of the accredited LOUs can be found on http://www.gleif.org and LEI International Pvt Ltd is an authorized LOU.

"We", "us", "our" or equivalent terms shall refer to LEI International Pvt Ltd.

"User", "You", "your" or equivalent terms refer to any user of the Access Service.

2. ACCESS SERVICE

2.1 The Access Service enables Users to look-up and/or download individual LEIs and/or related LE-RD and/or the entire set or a subset of LEIs and/or pertaining LE-RD from the LOU’s LEI Repository and/or Common Data File Format file.

2.2 The Access Service on the website https://www.tnvlei.com is provided for free and without any technical barriers.

2.3 The data available through the Access Service are provided under the CC0 licence, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/.

2.4 In order to protect the GLEIS and the fundamental principles underlying it as set out in the Governance Principles of the GLEIS, in particular in the event of any use of the Access Service which is contrary to, or threatens to undermine, those fundamental principles or the public benefit for which LEIs and LE-RD are provided, we do have to reserve the right to suspend or modify the Access Service or any of the Terms of Use.

2.5 The technical requirements you have to observe in order to be able to use the Access Service are described on https://www.tnvlei.com.

3. SERVICE LEVEL

We take every reasonable effort that the site https://www.tnvlei.com and the Access Service will function and be available without interruptions or errors. However, their operation may be interrupted due to maintenance, updates, or system or network failures. Service windows are - whenever possible - announced in due time on https://www.tnvlei.com.

4. CONDITIONS OF USE

4.1 By using our Access Service, you agree with the following terms:

• You acknowledge that you do not have, and will not acquire, any intellectual property or other proprietary rights in the LEIs and LE-RD as provided by the Access Service, and that you do not, and will not, claim such rights.
• All information, content, materials, designs, images, graphics, or services on this site belongs to LEI International Pvt Ltd. All information submitted to LEI International Pvt Ltd through this Site shall be deemed to be the property of LEI International Pvt Ltd, and LEI International Pvt Ltd shall be free to use the information provided by a visitor at this Site, in any manner whatsoever as specified by the regulatory authorities from time to time or by law. The information submitted by the user of this Site may be published as public information as a requirement of law or directions given by the Regulator or the appropriate authority. The user of the Site cannot proceed against LEI International Pvt Ltd for the information or data so published.
• You agree that you access LEIs and/or LE-RD on https://www.tnvlei.com only by way of using the Access Service, and that you refrain from trying to obtain access to our LEI Repository or any other of our files or databases other than through using the Access Service as offered by us and, in particular, that you refrain from trying to circumvent technical restrictions or infecting the LEI Repository with malware of any kind.
• If you wish to use the GLEIF Trademark and Logo, which is a registered trademark, please contact GLEIF at the address indicated on http(s)://www.gleif.org.
• You represent a person capacitated to contract under the relevant laws of contracts in India. 4.2 You agree that you shall refrain from creating, in whatever way, the impression that data and/or services, except the original LEIs and LE-RD downloaded by you through the Access Service, are provided or supported or authorized or granted or otherwise associated by or with GLEIF or LEI International Pvt Ltd.

4.3 You further agree to refrain from any actions or statements which may mislead the public and/or your customers to believe that any products or services provided by you, even if LEIs and LE-RD may be a part of such product or service, are services or products of GLEIF or any LOU, or that you are part of, or in a special relationship to, GLEIF and/or the GLEIS and/or any LOU.

4.4 You agree that GLEIF and LEI International Pvt Ltd may take any appropriate steps, including but not limited to court action and to preliminary injunctions, if you do not comply with these Terms of Use, and that you are liable to a payment of liquidated damages for any single case of non-compliance as per the Indian laws which may differ on a case-to-case basis.

4.5 You shall not use the Content for illegal purposes.

5. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY

5.1 THE LEIs AND THE LE-RD MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE ACCESS SERVICE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THERETO. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT ANY USE THEREOF IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

5.2 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM REGARDING LEIS AND LE-RD ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND LIABILITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES) ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE ACCESS SERVICE OR THE LEIS AND LE-RD.

5.3 IN PARTICULAR, WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THE ISSUANCE OF LEIS AND COLLECTION OF LE-RD IS BASED ON APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES. WE CANNOT AND DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT SUCH INFORMATION IS ACCURATE, CORRECT, UP-TO-DATE OR THAT A CERTAIN LEI IS THE ONLY LEI ISSUED FOR A CERTAIN LEGAL ENTITY.

5.4 IN PARTICULAR, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY ANY INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS IN THE FUNCTIONING OF THE ACCESS SERVICE OR THE WEBSITE https://www.tnvlei.com. FURTHERMORE, WE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY MALFUNCTIONING, IMPOSSIBILITY OF ACCESS, OR POOR USE CONDITIONS OF THE SERVICES OR THE SITE DUE TO INAPPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT, DISTURBANCES RELATED TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO THE SATURATION OF THE INTERNET NETWORK, AND FOR ANY OTHER REASON. FURTHERMORE, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES, INFORMATION AND CONTENTS INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SERVICES OR THE SITE https://www.tnvlei.com ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

5.5 THE RESERVATIONS OF THE LICENCE (SEE SECTION 4) APPLY.

5.6 ALTHOUGH LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD WILL TAKE SERIOUS STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, VANDALS, WORMS, 'TROJAN HORSES' OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO THIS SITE, LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THIS SITE OR THE MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM THIS SERVICE DO NOT CONTAIN SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES. IF YOU RELY ON THIS SITE AND ANY MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE, YOU SHALL DO SO SOLELY AT USER’S OWN RISK.

5.7 THE INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE LEGAL ENTITY PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE OF LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS AN ADVICE OF PROFESSIONAL, FINANCIAL, LEGAL OR AN INVESTMENT ADVICE AND MUST NOT BE USED AS THE BASIS FOR MAKING INVESTMENT DECISIONS (LENDING AND EXPOSURE).

5.8 LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD DOES NOT ADVOCATE, ADVISE OR ADVERTISE THE FINANCIAL OR LEGAL SOUNDNESS, STANDING OR STABILITY OF THE LEGAL ENTITY TO WHICH LEI IS ASSIGNED BY LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD. THE ASSIGNATION OF LEI TO A LEGAL ENTITY DOES NOT AMOUNT TO LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD VOUCHING FOR THE LEGAL ENTITY’S FINANCIAL/LEGAL SOUNDNESS OR FINANCIAL STANDING. ANY PERSON USING THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT A LEGAL ENTITY PUBLISHED ON THIS SITE IS REQUESTED TO DO THE NORMAL DUE DILIGENCE OF THE LEGAL ENTITY, WHICH HE OR SHE WOULD HAVE NORMALLY DONE IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS BEFORE ENTERING INTO THE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH SUCH LEGAL ENTITIES HOLDING LEIS ISSUED BY LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD.

5.9 LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD DOES NOT PERFORM THE KYC CHECK ON THE LEI APPLICANT AND ISSUANCE OF LEI SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER (KYC) CHECK. LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD PROVIDES SERVICES OF LEI GENERATION ON THE ON THE BASIS OF VALIDATION OF INFORMATION FROM BUSINESS REGISTRIES OR AUTHORIZED PUBLIC SOURCES, WHERE AVAILABLE. LEI INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KYC OF THE LEGAL ENTITY

6. APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION

6.1 These Terms of Use, and your use of the Access Service, shall in all respects be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the substantive laws of India without regard to India’s conflict of law rules.

6.2 The Parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Lucknow (UP), for all disputes arising out of, or in connection with, these Terms of Use which will be governed by the laws of India.