Terms and Conditions ICICI Securities Limited (referred to as I-Sec, we, us or our and includes its employees/officials wherever applicable), is a company registered in India whose registered office is at 163, ICICI Centre, Backbay Reclamation, HT Parekh Marg, Church Gate, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400020, India. The ICICI direct Portfolio Evaluation Services ( Product ) comprises of : Risk Analyzer questionnaire for assessing personal financial risk tolerance; Client Profile for ascertaining client s personal details. Investment details to conduct a analysis on asset allocation, portfolio details, return on portfolio against benchmark, diversification and systematic risk analysis etc Consists your risk profile and Consensus Analyst View on the Stock Portfolio. This document sets forth the terms and conditions governing your subscription to the ICICI direct Portfolio Evaluation Services:. Your subscription to the Product will indicate that you have read, understand and accept its terms and conditions. DO NOT PROCEED WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION UNTIL YOU HAVE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS Registered office of I-Sec is ICICI Securities Ltd., ICICI Centre, H. T. Parekh Marg, Churchgate, Mumbai - 400020, India, Tel No : 022-2288 2460, 022-2288 2470. I-Sec is a SEBI registered Investment Adviser., Registration no. INA000000094 I-Sec is a Member of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., SEBI Regn. No. INB 230773037 (CM), SEBI Regn. No. INF 230773037 (F&O), SEBI Regn No. INE230773037 (CD), Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd., SEBI Regn. No. INB011286854 (CM), SEBI Regn No. INF010773035 (F&O). MCX Stock Exchange of India Ltd, SEBI Regn. No. INB 260773032 (CM), SEBI Regn. No. INF 260773032 (F&O), SEBI Regn No. INE 260773037 (CD) AMFI Regn. No.: ARN-0845. Name of the Compliance officer: Ms. Mamta Jayaram Shetty, Contact number: 022-40701000, E-mail address: complianceofficer@icicisecurities.com. ICICI Securities Ltd. is also a SEBI Registered Merchant Banker. SEBI Regn. No. MB/INM000011179. We submit that no material disciplinary action has been taken on ICICI Securities by any Regulatory Authority pertaining to Investment Advisory activities. As per SEBI Regulation 18 (5) of the SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013, Investment Adviser is required to disclose its connection to or association with any issuer of products/ securities to the client. In pursuant to this Regulation, please note that I-Sec also distributes: 1
(a) Mutual Fund Schemes of ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company which is an ICICI Group Company I-Sec may advise clients on debt securities but does not enter into principal to principal transactions with its advisory clients for such debt securities. Other clients (non investment advisory) may enter into Principal to Principal transactions with I-Sec in the normal course of its business for transacting in select debt securities, where I-Sec would act as a seller or a buyer of the security. The transactions are reported to the Exchange and settled vide the exchange prescribed settlement mechanism. However, I-Sec advises various products and services to its clients based on independent objective criteria and sound principles of financial planning based on customer s financial goals. ICICI Securities Limited does not own 1% or more of the equity securities of the Company mentioned in the report as of the last day of the month preceding the publication of the research report. Please note that as a part of Treasury Management, ICICI Securities may be holding units of Mutual Funds including Liquid Mutual Funds, Money market instruments, and Debt Securities which are advised to clients. Please note that Mutual Fund Investments are subject to market risks, read the scheme related documents carefully before investing for full understanding and detail. Kindly read the Risk Disclosure Documents carefully before investing in Equity Shares, Derivatives or other instruments traded on the Stock Exchanges. The contents herein above shall not be considered as an invitation or persuasion to trade or invest. I-Sec charges brokerage ranging from 0.25% to 0.75% on transactions effected in Cash Segment; 0.03% to 0.05% in Futures contracts and Rs. 65 to Rs. 95 per lot in Option contracts on Stock Exchanges through its website www.icicidirect.com. For Mutual fund purchase request I-Sec charges Rs 100 per transaction and for Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) I-Sec charges Rs 30 or 1.5% of the transaction amount which ever is lower. Details of the comparative commission earned by ICICI Securities Ltd. from various Mutual fund houses, whose products are being distributed is hosted at http://content.icicidirect.com/mailimages/sebi%20disclosure.html. Please note that the above charges may change from time to time and are exclusive of statutory levies like Service tax, Security Transaction tax, Stamp Duty, Exchange transaction charges, SEBI turnover fee etc. I-Sec does not recommend any transaction which is required to be dealt with on a Principal to Principal basis. Further, kindly note that there is no obligation/ compulsion on you to buy or invest in products mentioned in financial plan through I-Sec I and you may invest in these products/services at your discretion through any other product distributor or service provider. Please note that the return on investments shown herein above is based on certain assumptions and actual returns may vary from the indicative returns mentioned in the report. The assumptions used have been clearly stated in report. 2
The information contained herein is strictly confidential and meant solely for the selected recipient and may not be altered in any way, copied or distributed, in part or in whole, to any other person or to the media or reproduced in any form, without prior written consent of ICICI Securities Limited. ICICI Securities shall ensure that information provided by you in the Client Profile Questionnaire or any other information provided by you would be confidential and I-Sec shall not disclose the same to any person/authority except as required under any law/ regulatory requirements. We may disclose information about you to any person or authority with your specific consent. The contents of this mail / report are solely for informational purpose and may not be used or considered as an offer document or solicitation of offer to buy or sell or subscribe for securities or other financial instruments or any other product. This report is not directed or intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity who is a citizen or resident of or located in any locality, state, country or other jurisdiction, where such distribution, publication, availability or use would be contrary to law, regulation or which would subject I-Sec and affiliates to any registration or licensing requirement within such jurisdiction. Your specific attention is drawn towards warnings, disclaimers in documents, advertising materials relating to an investment product recommended if any in the financial plan. I-Sec does not warrant that the financial plan is free from errors and makes no warranty of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, functionality, reliability or suitability of the information given herein. Please note you will be verifying the veracity of the information by your own before using the information provided in the report. Investments are subject to market/credit risks and there is no assurance or guarantee that the investment objectives shall be achieved. SUBSCRIPTION FEES If, for any reason, any payment of subscription fees (or other charges) by cheque or electronic transfer is not cleared, I-Sec shall have the right to withheld your service until such subscription fees or other charges are paid in full. You agree to pay all costs (including legal fees) incurred by I-Sec in collecting any unpaid subscription fees or other charges from you. If payment in full is not received from you, I-Sec reserves the right to cancel your service. Subscription fees will apply whether or not you actually use your subscription and will not be refunded in any circumstance. YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES The primary purpose of the Product is to outline an action plan that will help you to effectively manage your portfolio. The risk profile report ( Risk Profile Report ) is to clarify and document the level of financial risk that the client would usually prefer to take. You agree that you will provide accurate data or information as required in the Risk Analyzer Questionnaire for assessing your risk profile, financial goals and investment needs. You agree and that you will provide your investment and portfolio details correctly to analyze of portfolio performance. You agree and understand that the objective of this service is to 3
provide an analysis of your portfolio performance and you agree that the analysis shall be based on historical returns and performance of your portfolio only. You acknowledge that you will exercise your own independent judgment and discretion in using any of the information and reports provided by I-Sec and that you will conduct separate research into the suitability of the Product for a particular financial situation, circumstances, attitudes, motivations and preferences. I-Sec does not guarantee or represent that the Product assesses a client s current state of mind or will predict a client s future state of mind or behaviour. You understand that past performance may not always reflect future performance. You have not relied on any representation made by I-Sec which has not been expressly stated herein or upon any descriptions or illustrations or specifications contained in any document including catalogues or publicity material provided by I-Sec. You agree to generally comply with the instructions and materials provided by I-Sec for the use of the Product / Report. The factors, other than personality, which influence risk tolerance include financial know how and experience, as well as personal, family and work situations and aspirations. If there is a significant change in any of these, risk tolerance should be re-tested. This retesting is not only for your subsequent decision-making but also for review of decisions made before the change. It is advisable your risk tolerance should be re-tested every two or three years as it may change slowly with age. I-Sec cannot endorse or support any specific decision you may make because we are not privy to all the other information that effective financial decision making requires. CONFIDENTIALITY Except to the extent required by law, I-Sec will not disclose any Confidential Information about the Client obtained during the course of preparing a Portfolio Evaluation report for the Client to any third party without the prior consent of the Client, written or otherwise, affording the Client the opportunity to object. The term 'Confidential information' shall include Client's personal information, Portfolio details, asset allocation, investment details and historical returns of the portfolio declared by the Client to I-Sec for charting out a Portfolio analysis for the Client. You acknowledge and agree that I-Sec may use the risk tolerance and demographic data for research and to further develop the Product and may combine this data with similar data from other people provided that any information which could identify a client personally will be removed from the data. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY You acknowledge that the Risk Profile suggested to you is based on the information provided by you to I-Sec and on certain assumptions as stated in the Report. The suggested analysis is to help you to effectively manage your portfolio. It may not be accurate if the information provided by you is incorrect or any of the assumptions made 4
are rendered invalid due to uncontrollable external forces like change in interest rates, change in government policies, etc. I-Sec does not warrant that the Product is free from errors and make no warranty of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, functionality, reliability or suitability of the Product. Except as set out below, I-Sec exclude any: condition or warranty which would otherwise be implied herein, relating in any way to the Product; liability (including for negligence) to you or anyone else for any loss, damage, costs or expense (including special, consequential or indirect loss or damage including without limitation, loss due to unavailability of systems or loss of data, loss of business, loss of profits or investment, or the like) arising from or in connection with the use of this Product or your reliance on the information available through the Product. To the extent permitted by legislation, our liability for breach of any terms and conditions or any non-excludable condition or warranty is limited to the re-supply of services. In no event will I-Sec s and/or its representatives total liability to you for any and all claims or damages under this agreement for any cause whatsoever (including negligence) exceed the total amount paid for this subscription by you. ICICI Securities Limited is not providing the service of Portfolio Management Services (Discretionary or Non Discretionary) to its clients. LICENSE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND RESTRICTIONS In respect of the System, I-Sec is the owner and licensor of: 1. any copyright, trade or service mark, design, patent, trade, business or company name or other proprietary right; 2. any right to registration or application for registration of the rights referred to in clause 1 above; and 3. trade secrets, ideas, concepts, methods, know-how and techniques (collectively, I-Sec s Intellectual Property Rights ). You accept that in relation to your subscription: 1. You will not seek to register any of I-Sec s Intellectual Property Rights; 2. You are only permitted to use I-Sec s Intellectual Property Rights for the purposes as stated herein; 3. You will not exploit, sell, redistribute, lease or rent any of I-Sec s Intellectual Property 5
Rights to any person; 4. You will not copy, publish, modify, adapt or reproduce any of I-Sec s Intellectual Property Rights, except insofar as such is for your use in the management of your financial affairs; 5. You will not make copies of any related documentation, reports or other outputs for any purpose unconnected to this terms and conditions; 6. You will not reverse assemble or reverse compile the whole or any part of I-Sec s Intellectual Property Rights except as expressly authorized under any applicable law; 7. You will not do or omit to do, or authorize any third party to do or to omit to do, anything which could invalidate or be inconsistent with I-Sec s Intellectual Property Rights; 8. You will not commit any act or omission the likely result of which is that I-Sec s reputation will be brought into disrepute or which act or omission could reasonably be expected to have or does have a material and adverse effect on I-Sec s interests; This Agreement does not limit any rights that I-Sec may have under trade secret, copyright, patent, trademark or other laws. INDEMNIFICATION You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless I-Sec and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents and shareholders from any and all claims, liability, damages and/or costs (including without limitation attorneys' fees) arising from your failure to comply with the terms and conditions mentioned herein, or relating or arising in any way out of any services or advice alleged to have been rendered or not rendered. 6