Terms of use

Site Design and Development

Design and development by Richelieu Corporate Finance

Site maintenance and hosting

The website is maintained and hosted by Cognix Systems using the OVH platform, a simplified joint stock company with capital of 40,000 euros, registered with the Lille Metropole Trade and Companies Register under number 424 761 419, headquartered at 2 rue Kellermann 59100 ROUBAIX – France.

Companies owned, directly or indirectly, by Compagnie Financière Richelieu :

Banque Richelieu France (and indirectly its subsidiary Richelieu Gestion), Banque Richelieu Monaco and Richelieu Corporate Finance belong to Compagnie Financière Richelieu.

Terms and conditions of use

The Site is the property of Compagnie Financière Richelieu and includes :

• the ” https://richelieucorporatefinance.com”website ,

• associated websites, in particular https://news.banquerichelieu.com/

• all integrated services and associated documents.

hereinafter referred to as the ” Site “.

Richelieu Corporate Finance offers services enabling users (hereinafter referred to as “Users”) to :

• access our advisory services for financing and mergers & acquisitions (M&A);

• consult the Banque Richelieu Group’s news publications.

Site access

In order to access and use the Site, Users acknowledge that they have read and accepted the present terms and conditions of use (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms and Conditions of Use”).

ANY USE OF THIS WEBSITE IMPLIES UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY ALL USERS (INTERNET USERS, CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS) OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THESE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THEM, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SITE.

The version of these terms of use currently on line is the only one that can be invoked during the entire period of use of the Site and until a new version replaces it.

Users must therefore refer each time they connect to the latest version, which is permanently available on the Site.

Purpose of the site

The purpose of this Website is to provide Internet users with links to the websites of its subsidiaries mentioned above, provided that they have first checked that they are legally authorized to connect to the Website in the country from which their connection is established.

This site is for information purposes only and does not allow you to carry out transactions of any kind.

Warning

The User must pay attention to the following warnings:

Users will be able to consult on the Site a set of Services whose content comes from documents considered to be reliable.

Information appearing on the Site, in particular relating to financial instruments, should not be interpreted as :

• a service or product offering,
• a proposal or inducement to invest or arbitrage in financial securities,
• a solicitation to buy or sell financial securities or any other investment product,
• a recommendation,
• a contractual element.

Nothing on the Site constitutes financial, legal, tax or other advice, nor is it the basis for any investment or other decision. We recommend that you obtain informed professional advice before making any investment decision, and that you carry out any verification. The Bank declines all responsibility for any use of this information that does not comply with these rules.

Restrictions

Certain laws prohibit the distribution or access to this site or the use of data collection procedures. Please ensure that you are legally authorized to connect to this site in the country (state) from which the connection is established.

Warning for non-residents (residents outside France) :

Access to the products and services described on this Site may be restricted for certain persons in certain countries (States) other than France. None of the services or products is intended for a person if the law of his or her country of origin or of any other country which may concern him or her prohibits it: it is the responsibility of any person wishing to subscribe to products/services to check with his or her usual advisers that his or her legal and tax status allows him or her to subscribe to such products/services.

Warning for US Person:

The use of this website and the products and services presented herein are not offered or sold to US Persons in accordance with the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Consequently, the products or services on this website are not intended for US Persons and may not be subscribed to by such persons, except in accordance with an exemption expressly provided for by the law applicable in the United States. The reader of this message must ensure that he/she is legally authorized to connect to this site in the country from which the connection is established.

By consulting this site, the reader confirms that this choice complies with all applicable laws and regulations.

Site access conditions

Users of this site acknowledge that they have the skills and resources required to access and use the website.

Richelieu Corporate Finance cannot be held responsible for elements beyond its control and for any damage that may be caused to the user’s technical environment, in particular computers, software, network equipment and any other equipment used to access or use the service and/or information.

The cost of accessing and using the telecommunication network is borne by the user, in accordance with the terms and conditions set by his access providers and telecommunication operators.

The Site is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except in cases of force majeure, acts of third parties and/or maintenance work and interventions necessary for the proper functioning of the Site. In this case, the interruption will be notified by means of a warning on the home page or by any other means. Richelieu Corporate Finance shall not be held liable for any such interruption and shall not be entitled to any compensation. Furthermore, Richelieu Corporate Finance may terminate access to the Site at any time in the event of any breach by the User of these terms and conditions.

Editorial content

Richelieu Corporate Finance reserves the right to correct the content of the Site at any time and without notice. Richelieu Corporate Finance declines all responsibility for any delay, error or omission in the content of these pages, as well as for any interruption or unavailability of the service.

Richelieu Corporate Finance takes all the care it deems necessary in compiling and updating the Site’s editorial content. To this end, Richelieu Corporate Finance has enlisted the help of independent third-party partners, enabling it to benefit from information deemed to be complete. However, although the information published on the Site is provided in good faith and/or collected from reputable sources, Richelieu Corporate Finance does not guarantee its accuracy, completeness, relevance or reliability, particularly in view of the time required for updating, processing and checking. They are subject to change at any time without notice.

Although Richelieu Corporate Finance undertakes to correct any errors as soon as they are brought to its attention, it cannot be held liable for any decision taken on the basis of the Site and/or the information communicated on the Site and/or for any direct or indirect harmful consequences such as financial loss or loss of profit. More generally, Richelieu Corporate Finance declines all responsibility concerning the use of the Site and the information presented therein. In particular, Users are reminded that past performance is no guarantee of future performance. In this respect, Users expressly acknowledge that they must exercise discretion in consulting and using the services and Site and bear all related risks.

Richelieu Corporate Finance publishes on its Site information (financial information or data) whose distribution rights have been granted by feed providers. This information is protected by copyright. It is expressly forbidden to modify, publish, rebroadcast or reproduce said information for the purpose of transmitting it to a third party. Any reproduction or more generally any unauthorized use of the information engages the responsibility of the User.

In general, Richelieu Corporate Finance shall not be held liable for the accuracy or timeliness of information made available to Users on the Site.

Information on financial instruments

Richelieu Corporate Finance may publish information relating to financial instruments. As the value and performance of the financial products and securities mentioned on this Site may vary, users are warned that there is a risk of losing all or part of the amount invested. Furthermore, simulations of the past performance of a financial instrument or type of financial instrument are not a reliable indicator of future results. When simulations of future performance are presented, the data relating to such performance are only forecasts and do not constitute a reliable indicator of the product’s future results. Exchange rate fluctuations should also be taken into account where applicable, as well as the existence of commissions or other charges borne by the investor that may affect the figures in simulations or past performance histories.

Richelieu Corporate Finance draws the attention of the User who wishes to invest, and warns him/her, in general, of the risks associated with the stock market, uncertainties, volatility and liquidity, and more specifically of the risks inherent in certain financial products and securities. As some financial instruments are not suitable for the general public, but rather for people with knowledge and experience in the field, or so-called “informed investors”, Richelieu Corporate Finance may, depending on the type of financial instruments it offers and the classification it assigns to the user, be required to verify the suitability of the financial instruments for the user’s needs or the appropriateness of the financial instruments in the light of the user’s hedging or investment objectives, knowledge and experience.

Intellectual property

The Site as well as all trademarks, logos, texts, comments, illustrations, graphics, photographs, images (animated or not), video sequences, sounds, all computer applications that may be used to operate this Site and more generally all elements reproduced or used on the Site are protected by the laws in force with respect to intellectual property.

Richelieu Corporate Finance is the owner of the Site as defined in the introduction to these GCU and/or is authorized to use all rights relating to the elements making up the Site. The information contained on the Site is intended for the strictly personal use of Users and may not be reproduced, communicated to third parties or used, in whole or in part, for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Any reproduction, representation, dissemination, redistribution, use or adaptation, in whole or in part, of the content of this site, by any means whatsoever, of all or part of these elements, including computer applications, without the express prior authorization of Richelieu Corporate Finance is prohibited, will engage the liability of Users and may result in legal proceedings, particularly for counterfeiting. The fact that the Bank does not initiate proceedings as soon as it becomes aware of such unauthorized use does not imply acceptance of said use and waiver of legal action.

Protection of personal data

Richelieu Corporate Finance attaches the utmost importance to the protection of your personal data, which you may communicate to us, in particular when browsing our Site (public and private areas).

In accordance with current regulations, you have the right to oppose (depending on the legal basis for the processing), access, rectify and delete any personal data concerning you. To exercise any of these rights, please write to the following address:

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Richelieu Corporate Finance
1-3-5, rue Paul Cézanne
75008 Paris

or by e-mail to the following address: protectiondesdonnees.fr@banquerichelieu.com

You can also lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), 3 place de Fontenoy TSA 80715 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07 or on the following link: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/adresser-une-plainte

See our Privacy Policy.

Privacy and security

The private area of the site, as well as the area reserved for partners, is accessible via a secure connection, which guarantees that all information concerning customer/partner data is encrypted. This security is provided using 128-bit SSL (Secure Standard Layer) technology. The customer/partner must ensure that he/she has a browser that allows secure access.

Richelieu Corporate Finance provides its customers/partners with a login, a password and an OTP (One Time Password) card to enable them to consult their account(s). The customer/partner is advised to change the password as soon as it is used for the first time. The login, password and OTP card are strictly personal and confidential.

It is in the customer’s/partner’s interest to ensure that they are kept in such a way that they cannot be known and, consequently, used by a third party. Richelieu Corporate Finance cannot be held liable for any consequences arising from their disclosure. The user may be held liable for any damage suffered by Richelieu Corporate Finance or by any other user or visitor to the Site due to the use of your login, password, OTP card or account by another person.

The customer/partner undertakes to disconnect from the Site and assumes full responsibility for this disconnection.

Please note that the confidentiality and integrity of information cannot be guaranteed on the Internet. Consequently, messages sent electronically by the User may be intercepted and/or modified. Richelieu Corporate Finance declines all responsibility.

Hyperlinks

Richelieu Corporate Finance cannot be held responsible for the content of other direct or indirect resources via hypertext links from the ” https://richelieucorporatefinance.com ” site to other sites. Users expressly acknowledge that Richelieu Corporate Finance cannot be held responsible for the content of said sites or for any damage resulting from access to them.

Richelieu Corporate Finance cannot be held responsible for hypertext links to its website“https://richelieucorporatefinance.com “, which in any case require prior written authorization from the Publishing Director.

Cookies – Cookies – Tracers

A cookie is a text file stored in memory on the hard disk of your terminal (e.g. computer, tablet or cell phone) when you visit a website using your browser software. It is transmitted by a website’s server to your browser. The cookie file enables its issuer to identify the terminal in which it is stored for the duration of the cookie’s validity or storage.

This site uses cookies to enable secure and more efficient browsing for users, by improving the presentation of the Site and facilitating access to secure sections. The purpose of these cookies is to record information relating to the identification of the user and the navigation of the User’s computer on this Site.

Types of cookies used :

• Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to the operation of the site and cannot be deactivated. They do not collect any information for advertising purposes.

• Performance and analysis cookies: Subject to your consent, these cookies enable us to measure site traffic and performance, to optimize content and detect any malfunctions.

• Personalization and advertising cookies: Subject to your consent, these cookies personalize content according to your interests and offer targeted advertising.

• Internal cookies necessary for the site to function: they improve your browsing comfort. If you decide to block all cookies via your web browser, your browsing experience may be impaired.
• Audience measurement cookies: these are used, for example, to measure the number of visits, the number of pages viewed and the most frequently read pages.
• Third-party cookies: articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. Youtube videos). Embedded content from other sites behaves in the same way as if the visitor were visiting that other site. These websites may collect some of your personal data.

Manage your preferences

On your first visit, a banner allows you to accept or refuse each category of non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by accessing our cookie management module, or from your browser settings.

Continued browsing without consent or refusal of certain categories of cookies may affect certain functions of the site.

Applicable law

The Site is governed by French law, is subject to French jurisdiction and has French as its official language.