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Legal Notice

In this Legal Notice “Tongaat Hulett” means, collectively, Tongaat Hulett Limited its subsidiaries and affiliates.

Content

The contents of this website are for general information and illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as financial, investment or any other type of advice. Tongaat Hulett makes no representation as to the accuracy of the information on this website. Any reliance on any information on this website shall be at the user’s own risk.

Tongaat Hulett does not make any representations regarding any other websites which may be accessed through this website, and accordingly shall not be responsible for other content or use of such websites.

The website content does not constitute financial, legal, tax, professional or other advice or recommendation of whatever nature and should not be relied on without taking independent advice. You shall be solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the information contained in the website content.

The user acknowledges that he/she has read and understands this disclaimer and has agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof.

Third Party Sites

As a convenience to you, Tongaat Hulett may provide, on this site, links to websites operated by other entities. If you use these sites, you will leave this site. If you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements.

External hyperlinks may appear on the website. We do not necessarily have a relationship with any third party which is linked to the website, nor does a link signify our endorsement of the third party, its products and/or services. Your reliance on any information contained in such third-party material is entirely at your own risk.

Information Provided By You

Any personal identifiable information you many provide to Tongaat Hulett via this site will be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of our Privacy Statement available on www.tongaat.com. Tongaat Hulett does not want you to, and you shall not, send any confidential or proprietary information to Tongaat Hulett via the site. You agree that any information or materials that you or individual acting on your behalf provide to Tongaat Hulett will not be considered confidential or proprietary. Tongaat Hulett is free to use any ideas, concepts or know-how that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to Tongaat Hulett. You further recognise that Tongaat Hulett does not want you to, and warrant that you shall not, provide any information or materials to Tongaat Hulett that is defamatory, threatening, obscene, harassing, or otherwise unlawful, or that incorporates the proprietary material of another.

Intellectual Property

All rights, including copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property rights embodied in any logos, text, images, video, audio or other material on the website and/or website content are owned by or licensed to us. Unauthorised use, reproduction, modification and/or distribution of the content thereof is strictly prohibited and constitutes an unlawful infringement of our intellectual property rights.

Except as stated herein, none of the material contained on the website or in the website content may be copied, reproduced, distributed, downloaded, published, displayed, commercialised, exploited, altered, incorporated into any other work, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including but not limited to electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Tongaat Hulett or the copyright owner. You may not mirror or cache any material on the website or website content without the prior written permission of Tongaat Hulett or the copyright owner.

All trademarks and trade names are and shall remain the exclusive property or Tongaat Hulett, its subsidiaries, association companies and its affiliates.

You agree not to disrupt, overwhelm, attack, modify, reverse engineer or interfere with the website or its associated software, hardware, servers in any way and you agree not to interfere with others’ use of the website.

Disclaimer and Limitations of Damages Liability

No representation or warranty of whatever kind, express or implied, is given by Tongaat Hulett, its affiliates or related companies, or any of their respective directors, partners, employees, advisors or any other person as to the accuracy, correctness, reliability, integrity or completeness of the website content and no reliance should be placed thereon. As far as permitted by law, all warranties and representations are expressly disclaimed.

In no event shall Tongaat Hulett or any of its subsidiaries be liable to any entity for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or other damages (including, without limitation, any lost profits, business interruption, loss of information, loss of information programs or other data on your information systems) that are related to the use of, or the inability to use the content, materials, and functions of the site or any linked website, even if Tongaat Hulett is advised of the possibility of such damages.

Changes

Tongaat Hulett reserves the rights, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portions of its Agreement Disclaimer in whole or in part, at any time. Changes in this Agreement Disclaimer will be effective when notice of such change is posted. Your continued use of the site after any changes to this agreement Disclaimer are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes.

Tongaat Hulett may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Tongaat Hulett site, including the availability of any features of the site, at any time. Tongaat Hulett may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or the entire site without notice or liability. Tongaat Hulett may terminate the authorisation, rights and license given above and, upon such termination; you shall immediately destroy all materials.

Site Administration

This site is controlled, operated and administered by Tongaat Hulett from its offices in South Africa through a third-party service provider, Ince (Pty) Ltd. Tongaat Hulett makes no representation that materials at this site are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside of South Africa and access to them from territories where contents are illegal is prohibited. The user hereby agrees that any dispute of whatsoever nature relating to or arising out of any use of the website, whether directly or indirectly, shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of South Africa.