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Terms and Conditions Regarding Your Use of This Website. Your use of this Website (“Website”) signifies your acceptance of all of our terms and conditions and privacy policies described below, and otherwise contained on or referenced in this Website (“Agreement”). If you do not agree to this Agreement, you are not authorized to access and use the Website. We reserve the right to modify this Agreement at any time without prior notice to you. You should review this Agreement whenever you use the Website. Your use of the Website following any modification to this Agreement will constitute your acceptance of the Agreement, as modified.

 
For the purposes of this Agreement, we refer to International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates, as “ISE.” In addition, the terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to ISE.

 

Representations. You represent, warrant and covenant that: (a) you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use; (b) you acknowledge and assent to the Privacy Policy for the Website set forth below; (c) you have the power, competence and authority to accept this Agreement; (d) you are at least eighteen (18) years old; (e) you shall not use any rights granted hereunder for any unlawful purpose; and (f) you shall use the Website only as set forth in this Agreement; (g) your use of the Website is subject to all applicable international, federal, state, and local laws; and (h) you will not interfere with or disrupt the Website or networks connected to the Website.

 

General Legal Information. This Website is for informational and educational purposes only. None of the information contained in this Website constitutes a solicitation, offer, opinion or recommendation by ISE to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments or to provide legal, tax, accounting or investment advice or services regarding the suitability or profitability of any security or investment. ISE has not made any recommendations regarding the merit of any company identified on the Website, made any recommendation regarding the purchase or sale of any security, or endorsed or sponsored any company identified on the Website. Advice from a securities professional is strongly advised.

 

Proprietary Rights. This Website, as well as the design of, content, text, all real-time and other information, any software programs available on or through the Website, photographs, images, audio and video, graphics contained on the Website (“Materials”) is protected by copyright, trademark, service mark, patent, trade secret and other proprietary rights and laws of the United States and other countries. You acknowledge and agree to comply with all applicable intellectual property laws and other laws, as well as any additional notices or restrictions contained on the Website. Unauthorized use of this Website and the Materials contained in this Website may violate applicable copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property laws or other laws. The copyrights, trademarks, service marks and any other proprietary Material displayed in this Website are registered and common law copyrights, trademarks, service marks and proprietary material of ISE and various third parties. Nothing contained in this Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the Materials or proprietary material without the express written consent of ISE or such other party as may own the proprietary rights.

 

Copyright Notice. The Materials are owned, licensed or controlled by ISE or the party credited as the owner, licensor or provider of such Materials (“Third-Party Providers”). Except as specifically permitted by this Agreement, any use of the Materials contained or provided through this Website is strictly prohibited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may view, print and download a single, unaltered, permanent copy or one temporary copy in a single computer’s memory of the Materials for your personal noncommercial use,  provided you maintain all copyright, trademark and other notices contained on the Materials. You may not otherwise copy, reproduce, alter, store—either in hard copy or in an electronic retrieval system—license, transmit, display, broadcast, create a derivative work from, publish, rent, sublicense, distribute or otherwise use in whole or in part in any other manner the Materials without our prior written consent, except to the extent that such use constitutes "fair use" under the "Copyright Act of 1976," as amended from time to time. Request for such consent must be made in writing to ISE.

 
Certain Third-Party Providers impose additional terms and conditions of use set forth elsewhere herein. Your use of Materials from those Third-Party Providers is also subject to those terms and conditions of use.

 

Disclaimers. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SOURCES FROM WHICH THE MATERIALS ARE OBTAINED, AND THE INHERENT HAZARDS OF ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, ERRORS OR INACCURACIES IN THE MATERIALS, AND ALTHOUGH THE MATERIALS PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM SOURCES BELIEVED TO BE RELIABLE, THEY ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. ISE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AGENTS, THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, LICENSEES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSIGNS CANNOT AND DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY DISCLAIM WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEBSITE, AND THE MATERIALS, ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY TO YOU AND/OR ANY THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED, TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, RELIABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ARISING FROM USAGE OR CUSTOM OR TRADE OR BY OPERATION OF LAW.

 
ACCORDINGLY, IN NO EVENT SHALL ISE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AGENTS, THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSIGNS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, LOST PROFITS OR LOST OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER OR NOT ISE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES FOR (i) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE MATERIALS OR OTHER RESOURCES AND DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE REFERENCED BY OR LINKED TO THE MATERIALS; (ii) ANY DELAYS, ERRORS OR INTERRUPTIONS IN THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY INFORMATION; OR (iii) LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY, OR BY ANY REASON OF NONPERFORMANCE. THE FOREGOING SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A CLAIM ARISES IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.
 
The Materials in this Website have been prepared for informational and/or educational purposes only without regard to any particular user’s investment objectives, financial situation or means. Neither ISE, the Third Party Providers, nor any of their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents or licensors are soliciting any action based on it. The Materials in this Website are not to be construed as a recommendation or offer to buy or sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any security, financial product or instrument; or to participate in any particular trading strategy in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation, or trading strategy would be illegal. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC SECURITY, INDEX, REPORT, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT.

 

Options Disclaimer. Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Prior to buying or selling an option, a person must receive a copy of Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (“ODD”). Copies of the ODD are available from your broker, by calling 1-888-OPTIONS, or from The Options Clearing Corporation, One North Wacker Drive, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60606. The information on the Website is provided solely for general education and information purposes and therefore should not be considered complete, precise, or current. Many of the matters discussed are subject to detailed rules, regulations, and statutory provisions which should be referred to for additional detail and are subject to changes that may not be reflected in the Website. ISE assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions in the Website. No statement within the Website should be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell a security or to provide investment advice. The inclusion of non-ISE advertisements on the Website should not be construed as an endorsement or an indication of the value of any product, service, or website.

 

Links to Third-Party Sites. This Website may contain links to certain Internet websites developed, sponsored or maintained by third parties. Should you leave this Website via a link contained herein, the content you view therein is not provided or controlled by ISE. ISE is not responsible for that content, nor has it developed, checked for accuracy or otherwise reviewed the content or privacy policy of any such third-party websites. By providing access to the linked websites, neither ISE nor its Third-Party Providers are recommending the purpose or sale of the stock or endorsing the services provided by the sponsoring organization of those websites. ISE makes no guarantees, representations or warranties as to, and shall have no liability for, any electronic content delivered by any third party, including, without limitation, the accuracy, subject matter, quality or timeliness of any electronic content, or the use of any personal information you provide to any such website. ISE reserves the right in its sole discretion to discontinue links to any other sites at any time and for any reason. ISE provides links to other websites solely as a convenience to its users, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by ISE of the third party or the third-party’s website. Your use of such links is entirely at your own risk.

 

ISE prohibits caching, unauthorized hypertext links by others to the Website and the framing of any Materials available on its Website. ISE reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames and disclaims any responsibility for the content available on any other site reached by links to or from this Website.