These terms of use ("Site Terms") impose conditions on your access to this Site, and any use you make of it, so please read them carefully. They do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with The HIGHSHIP Industries Company ("HIGHSHIP") or its subsidiaries or affiliates for other products or services.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING NETWORKED HIGHSHIP SITES.In an effort to make on-line information about HIGHSHIP and business transactions with HIGHSHIP efficient, HIGHSHIP uses highship-industries.com as an entry into many networked web pages and websites operated by HIGHSHIP and its subsidiaries and affiliates (together, the "HIGHSHIP Sites"). Please note that individual HIGHSHIP-Sites may adopt terms of use particular to the purpose of the HIGHSHIP Site or the transactions taking place on the HIGHSHIP Site. For example, some of the HIGHSHIP Sites affiliated with commercial transactions that you or your business may have with HIGHSHIP, particularly those which are password-protected or subject to subscriptions, may have differing terms, or separate agreements which supplement or supercede these terms. If a HIGHSHIP Site has imposed its own terms of use by posting on the HIGHSHIP Site, separate agreement or otherwise, the provisions of those HIGHSHIP Site terms shall control in the event of a conflict with these general terms of use for highship-industries.com. Except as supplemented or superceded as described herein, these general terms of use for highship-industries.com apply to the entire network of HIGHSHIP Sites, and control your use thereof.

HIGHSHIP reserves the right to change or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in the Site Terms or any policy or guideline of the Site, at any time and in its sole discretion. Any changes or modification will be effective upon posting of the revisions and notice of such changes to the Site. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of its changes or modifications will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications. Therefore, you should frequently review the Site Terms and applicable policies from time-to-time to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Site.

BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, AND USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED BELOW, ALL POLICIES AND GUIDELINES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, AND ANY SUBSEQUENT CHANGES TO THE FOREGOING. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE SITE TERMS OR ANY SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATION, DO NOT ACCESS, BROWSE OR OTHERWISE USE THIS SITE.

Questions or comments about the Site or its contents should be directed to the HIGHSHIPwebmaster.

Incorporated Policies or Terms

Privacy Policy. HIGHSHIP believes strongly in protecting individual user privacy and providing you notice of HIGHSHIP's collection and use data, including personally identifying information, collected from the Site. Therefore, HIGHSHIP has adopted a Privacy Policy that you should review in order to fully understand how HIGHSHIP collects and uses information.

Terms of Sale. Transactions with HIGHSHIP Sites offering products or services for purchase may be subject to Terms of Sale required as a condition to completion of the transaction. These Terms of Sale may be posted on the HIGHSHIP Site or set forth in a separate agreement with you. Your transactions will be governed by such Terms of Sale, therefore you should review them carefully.

Site License and Access

HIGHSHIP grants you a limited license to make personal use only of the Site. Such grant does not include, without limitation: (a) any resale or commercial use of the Site or content therein; (b) the collection and use of any product listings or descriptions; (c) making derivative uses of the Site and its contents; or (d) use of any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction methods. Except as noted above, you are not conveyed any right or license by implication, estoppel, or otherwise in or under any patent, trademark, copyright, or proprietary right of HIGHSHIP or any third party.

You may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any HIGHSHIP trademark, logo or other proprietary information (including the images found at this Site, the content of any text or the layout/design of any page or form contained on a page) without HIGHSHIP's express written consent. Further, you may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing an HIGHSHIP name, trademark, or product name without HIGHSHIP's express written consent.

Any unauthorized use of this Site will terminate the permission or license granted by these Site Terms and may violate applicable law including copyright laws, trademark laws (including trade dress), and communications regulations and statutes. All violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Copyright

All copyrighted and copyrightable materials on this Site, including, without limitation, the design, text, graphics, pictures, sound files and other files, and the selection and arrangement ("Materials") thereof are copyrighted, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, by HIGHSHIP and/or third-party licensors. Except as stated herein, none of the Materials may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, 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 HIGHSHIP or the respective copyright owner. Permission is granted to display, copy, distribute and download the Materials on this Site for personal, non-commercial, and informational use only; provided that, you may not, without the permission of HIGHSHIP or the respective copyright owner, (a) copy, publish, or post any Materials on any computer network or broadcast or publications media, (b) modify the Materials, and (c) remove or alter any copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials. Before you download or otherwise copy any photographs or images from the Image Gallery, you must agree to the Terms and Conditions of Personal, Non-Commercial Image Use. Any request for grant of a commercial license to HIGHSHIP copyrighted materials is subject to prior approval, and should be addressed to the HIGHSHIP Copyright Licensing staff at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Copyright Complaints

HIGHSHIP respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted to this Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provideHIGHSHIP's copyright agent the following written information:

  • An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
  • A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
  • A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
  • Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
  • A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  • A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

HIGHSHIP's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on this Site is GENO invest Stiftung, who can be reached as follows:

HIGHSHIP Industries c/o GENO invest Stiftung, Wagnerstr. 1, 26899 Rhede/Ems

Trademarks and Service Marks

HIGHSHIP their distinctive wing-in-ground liveries, logos and product markings, and the products and services described in this Site (except those belonging to HIGHSHIP suppliers or licensors), are among the trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks owned by HIGHSHIP, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of HIGHSHIP. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress owned by HIGHSHIP, and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of HIGHSHIP. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part without the prior written permission of such respective owners. Any request for grant of a license to use HIGHSHIP marks is subject to prior approval, and should be addressed to the HIGHSHIP Trademark Management Group.

Third-Party Content

This Site may, from time to time, include discussion forums and interactive areas, including bulletin board services ("BBS"). Any forums and interactive areas of the Site shall be used only for non-commercial purposes. By using the forums or interactive areas, you agree not to do any of the following:

  • Upload to, distribute or otherwise publish through this Site any message, data, information, text or other material ("Content") that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, harassing, threatening, harmful, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable;
  • Upload or transmit any Content that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national, or international law;
  • Upload or transmit any Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party. By posting any Content, you represent and warrant that you have the lawful right to distribute and reproduce such Content;
  • Impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; and
  • Without ´HIGHSHIP's written permission, distribute or publish unsolicited promotions, advertising or solicitations for funds, goods or services, including junk mail and spam.

HIGHSHIP takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any Content posted or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. As a provider of interactive services, if any, HIGHSHIP is only a forum and is not liable for any statements, representations, or Content provided by its users.

Enforcement. HIGHSHIP has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor any activity and Content associated with its forums and interactive areas. HIGHSHIP may investigate any reported violation of its policies or complaints and take any appropriate action that it deems appropriate. Such action may include, but is not limited to, issuing warnings, suspension or termination of service, and/or removal of posted Content. HIGHSHIP reserves the right and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any Content that violates these provisions or is otherwise objectionable. In order to cooperate with legitimate governmental requests, subpoenas or court orders, to protect HIGHSHIP's systems and customers, or to ensure the integrity and operation of HIGHSHIP's business and systems, HIGHSHIP may access and disclose any information it considers necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, user profile information (i.e. name, e-mail address, etc.), IP addressing and traffic information, usage history, and posted Content. HIGHSHIP's right to disclose any such information shall govern over any terms of HIGHSHIP's Privacy Policy.

Responsibility for Your Conduct. You shall remain solely liable for the Content of any messages or other information you upload or transmit to this Site, including the discussion forums or interactive areas of the Site. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless HIGHSHIP from any claim, action, demand, loss, or damages (including attorneys' fees) made or incurred by any third party arising out of or relating to your conduct, your violation of these Site Terms, or your violation of any rights of a third party.

Linking

Links to the Site. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to this Site provided such link does not portray HIGHSHIP or any of its products and services in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner. You may not use a HIGHSHIP logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark of HIGHSHIP to link to this Site without the express written permission of HIGHSHIP. This limited right may be revoked at any time.

Third-Party Links. HIGHSHIP makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of third-party sites accessible by hyperlink from this Site, or third-party sites linking to this Site. The third-party linked sites are not under the control of HIGHSHIP and HIGHSHIP is not responsible for the content of any third-party linked site or any link contained in a third-party linked site, or any review, changes or updates to such sites. HIGHSHIP is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply affiliation, endorsement, or adoption by HIGHSHIP of the site or any information contained therein. When leaving the HIGHSHIP Site, you should be aware that HIGHSHIP's terms and policies no longer govern, and, therefore, you should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of that site.

General Submissions

Do not use this Site as a means of submitting information you consider to be proprietary. Confidential and proprietary information should be submitted only in connection with those HIGHSHIP Sites specifically allowing and providing for its receipt and protection. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the terms of use for your transactions with a HIGHSHIP Site or in a written agreement with HIGHSHIP applicable to your particular use of a HIGHSHIP Site, any submission of materials by you will be considered a contribution to HIGHSHIP for further use in its sole discretion, regardless of any proprietary claims or reservation of rights noted in the submission. Accordingly, you agree that any materials, including but not limited to questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, plans, notes, drawings, original or creative materials or other information, provided by you in the form of e-mail or submissions to HIGHSHIP, or postings on this Site, are non-confidential (subject to HIGHSHIP's Privacy Policy) and shall become the sole property of HIGHSHIP. HIGHSHIP shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use of these materials for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. The submission of any materials to HIGHSHIP, including the posting of materials to any forum or interactive area, irrevocably waives any and all "moral rights" in such materials, including the rights of paternity and integrity.

Financial Material Disclosure

Forward-Looking Statements. This Site, and any documents issued by HIGHSHIP and available through this Site, may contain statements which constitute forward-looking statements. Those statements can be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "expect," "plan," "may," "will," "should," "anticipate" or similar statements or the negative of these words. Forward-looking statements include statements made as to future operations, costs, capital expenditures, cash flow, improvements in infrastructure, distribution and replenishment systems and operating efficiencies, sales and earnings estimates or trends and expansion plans and projections. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations. Known and unknown internal and external risks and uncertainties may cause the actual results to be materially different from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. The information contained in the most recent HIGHSHIP Annual Reports to stockholders, including information contained under the section captioned "Management's Discussion and Analysis," as well as other information included under the caption "Risk Factors" and/or in other HIGHSHIP filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, identifies important factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contemplated by forward-looking statements. HIGHSHIP undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date the statements were made.

Press Releases. The information contained within press releases issued by HIGHSHIP should not be deemed accurate or current except as of the date the release was posted. HIGHSHIP has no intention of updating, and specifically disclaims any duty to update, the information in the press releases. To the extent any information therein is forward-looking, it is intended to fit within the safe harbor for forward-looking statements, and is subject to material risk.

Third-Party Financial Information. HIGHSHIP may provide links to third-party Web sites or services that contain financial or investment information about HIGHSHIP. Access to such Web sites and the information contained therein is provided as service to those interested in the information. HIGHSHIP neither regularly monitors nor has control over the content of third parties' statements or Web sites. Accordingly, HIGHSHIP does not endorse or adopt these Web sites or any information contained therein, including, without limitation, analyst's reports and stock quotes. HIGHSHIP makes no representations or warranties whatsoever regarding the accuracy or completeness of the content, information, or opinions of third-party Web sites or other third-party information that is identified on the Site. Users visit these Web sites and use the information contained therein at their own risk.

Disclaimers

"AS IS" BASIS. THIS SITE AND THE MATERIALS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, DATA OR SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTED BY, DOWNLOADED OR ACCESSED FROM OR THROUGH THIS SITE, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. HIGHSHIP DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AS TO THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, CONTENT, SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ON THE SITE. HIGHSHIP DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE. HIGHSHIP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS RELATING TO PRICING, TEXT, OR PHOTOGRAPHY. WHILE HIGHSHIP ATTEMPTS TO ASSURE YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE SITE IS SAFE, HIGHSHIP CANNOT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS SITE OR ITS SERVER(S) ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

HIGHSHIP reserves the right to change any and all content contained on this Site at any time without notice. Reference to any products, services, processes, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by HIGHSHIP.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL HIGHSHIP BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN, OR ACCESSED THROUGH, THIS SITE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF HIGHSHIP (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF HIGHSHIP'S SITE EXCEED GBP 5.00 OR THE COMPENSATION YOU PAID HIGHSHIP, WHICHEVER IS LESS.

Certain laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations, may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights to those contained herein.l

Applicable Law and Venue

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with British law applicable to agreements made and entirely to be performed within the United Kingdom, without resort to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these terms and conditions shall be filed only at the British courts and you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of these terms and conditions.

Termination

Notwithstanding any of these terms and conditions,HIGHSHIP reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the Site, and to block or prevent future access to and use of the Site.

Severability

If any provision of these Site Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

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