Common use of Appropriateness Clause in Contracts

Appropriateness. a. Where the Company is providing the services of Reception & Transmission of orders and/or Execution of Client orders, the Company shall ask a Retail Client to provide information regarding his knowledge and experience in the investment field relevant to the specific type of product or service offered or demanded, so as to enable the Company to assess whether the investment service or product envisaged is appropriate for the Client. In case the Company considers, on the basis of the information received, that the product or service is not appropriate to a Retail Client, it shall warn the Client accordingly. Please note that the Company is not required to assess appropriateness in certain cases specified by the Law (for example but not limited to the situation where on an execution-only basis the financial instrument concerned is not complex). b. On the other hand, the Company shall be entitled to assume that a Professional Client and/or an Eligible Counterparty has the necessary experience and knowledge in order to understand the risks involved in relation to those particular investment services or transactions, or types of transaction or product, for which the Client is classified as a Professional Client and/or an Eligible Counterparty. Consequently, and unlike the situation with a Retail Client, the Company will not generally need to obtain additional information from the Client for the purposes of the assessment of appropriateness for those products and services for which they have been classified as a Professional Client and/or an Eligible Counterparty).

Appropriateness. a. Where the Company is providing the services of Reception & Transmission of orders and/or Execution of Client orders, the Company shall ask a Retail Client to provide information regarding his knowledge and experience in the investment field field relevant to the specific specific type of product or service offered or demanded, so as to enable the Company to assess whether the investment service or product envisaged is appropriate for the Client. In case the Company considers, on the basis of the information received, that the product or service is not appropriate to a Retail Client, it shall warn the Client accordingly. Please note that the Company is not required to assess appropriateness in certain cases specified specified by the Law (for example but not limited to the situation where on an execution-only basis the financial financial instrument concerned is not complex). b. . On the other hand, the Company shall be entitled to assume that a Professional Client and/or an Eligible Counterparty has the necessary experience and knowledge in order to understand the risks involved in relation to those particular investment services or transactions, or types of transaction or product, for which the Client is classified classified as a Professional Client and/or an Eligible Counterparty. Consequently, and unlike the situation with a Retail Client, the Company will not generally need to obtain additional information from the Client for the purposes of the assessment of appropriateness for those products and services for which they have been classified classified as a Professional Client and/or an Eligible Counterparty).

Appropriateness. a. Where the Company is providing the services of Reception & Transmission of orders and/or Execution of Client orders, the Company shall ask a Retail Client to provide information regarding his knowledge and experience in the investment field field relevant to the specific specific type of product or service offered or demanded, so as to enable the Company to assess whether the investment service or product envisaged is appropriate for the Client. In case the Company considers, on the basis of the information received, that the product or service is not appropriate to a Retail Client, it shall warn the Client accordingly. Please note that the Company is not required to assess appropriateness in certain cases specified specified by the Law (for example but not limited to the situation where on an execution-only basis the financial financial instrument concerned is not complex). b. On the other hand, the Company shall be entitled to assume that a Professional Client and/or an Eligible Counterparty has the necessary experience and knowledge in order to understand the risks involved in relation to those particular investment services or transactions, or types of transaction or product, for which the Client is classified classified as a Professional Client and/or an Eligible Counterparty. Consequently, and unlike the situation with a Retail Client, the Company will not generally need to obtain additional information from the Client for the purposes of the assessment of appropriateness for those products and services for which they have been classified classified as a Professional Client and/or an Eligible Counterparty).