Please read these Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms and Conditions”) carefully.  Metis Global Partners, a registered investment adviser in the State of California, owns and operates this website (“Site”).  By registering for, logging into, visiting and/or otherwise using the Site in any way, you indicate that you understand and intend these Terms and Conditions to be the legal equivalent of a signed, written contract, and you accept the terms of use as set forth herein and agree to be legally bound by them.  If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, please do not access this Site or any pages thereof. [intro]Services and Registration[/intro] This Site provides information about Metis Global Partners, its investment strategies and products, investment performance, investment manager profiles and any other services which we may provide from time to time through the Site (collectively, the "Services"). There are portions of this Site that we make available to the general public without registering and you may visit or browse those portions; provided, however, you comply with these Terms of Use. There are other features of this Site, that we may make available only to users who register to use this Site. Your registration is subject to our review and approval and we reserve the right not to approve, or withdraw our approval of, your registration for any reason or no reason. In registering, you agree to provide, maintain, and update information that is true, accurate, current and complete about yourself when registering and on an ongoing basis. If you do not provide such information, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect the information is not true, accurate, current or complete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your use of this Site. During the registration process, you will designate a user name and password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your user name, password and account information, and are responsible for all activities that occur and financial liabilities incurred under your user name and password, whether or not authorized by you. We will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this paragraph. [intro]Internet[/intro] Use of the Internet is solely at your own risk. Metis Global Partners has attempted to create a secure and reliable Site, however, it is important to be aware that the confidentiality or privacy of any communication of information transmitted to or from the Site and over the Internet cannot be guaranteed. In this regard, the user acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent the provision of Services through the Site is dependent on the use of the Internet, the provision of Services may be adversely affected by, among other risks, breaches in security, temporary loss of Services, delays in Services and/or inconsistent quality of Services, loss of data and/or business interruption, and uncertain legal, regulatory and tax issues concerning the use of the Internet, all of which risks are beyond Metis Global Partners’s control. In the event of the occurrence of any such risk, Metis Global Partners shall not be liable for any losses, damages, costs or expenses of any nature incurred by the User or any other person in connection therewith. Metis Global Partners assumes no responsibility for the transmission, deletion or failure to store information submitted by you or other users to Metis Global Partners. Although certain portions of this Site may be restricted to authorized persons, Metis Global Partners shall have no liability if unauthorized persons nevertheless obtain access. [intro]Grant of License[/intro] Metis Global Partners grants to you a personal, revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable license to use this Site conditioned on your continued compliance with these Terms and Conditions.  Any unauthorized use of this Site or the Content will terminate the permission granted herein and may violate applicable laws, including copyright law, trademark laws, and commercial regulations and statutes. [intro]No Warranty[/intro] Metis Global Partners makes no warranty, express or implied, concerning this Site. The Site Content provided by Metis Global Partners and its respective licensors are on an "AS IS" basis at your sole risk. Metis Global Partners expressly disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, including any warranty for the use or the results of the use of the services with respect to their correctness, quality, accuracy, completeness, reliability, performance, timeliness, or continued availability. Neither Metis Global Partners nor any of its respective licensors shall have any responsibility to maintain the data and services made available on this Web site or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith. Availability of data and services are subject to change without notice. Metis Global Partners further assume no responsibility for, and makes no warranties that, functions contained on this Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, the Site is secure from unauthorized persons intercepting or accessing information transmitted by you, or that this Site or the servers that make it available will be free of viruses or other harmful components. [intro]Reservation of Reservations Rights[/intro] Metis Global Partners reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms and Conditions at any time. Such changes, modifications, additions or removals shall be effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the Site following such changes will be conclusively deemed acceptance of any changes to these Terms and Conditions.  At all times, you are bound by the then-current version of the Terms and Conditions and of all applicable laws. [intro]Copyright and Trademarks[/intro] This Site (including the software and files), the computers hosting this Site, and content provided on this Site, including any text, information, music and sound, graphics, images, photographs, audio and video, footage, animations, podcasts, analyses, studies, reports, and downloads (all such content collectively, the “Content”) are the exclusive property of Metis Global Partners or are licensed to Metis Global Partners, and are protected by law, including United States copyright, database, trade secret, and trademark law, as well as other state and national laws and regulations.  In addition, the Metis Global Partners logo is a registered trademark of Metis Global Partners, LLC in the United States.  You are permitted to store, display, analyze, modify, reformat, and print the Content made available to you via these services only on an occasional basis for personal, scholarly, research or non-commercial purposes; provided that all hard copies contain all copyright and other applicable proprietary rights notices included in such content and information and/or appropriate attribution to Metis Global Partners. However, you may not copy, distribute, modify, publish or otherwise reproduce any Content obtained from or through this Site, without written permission from Metis Global Partners. In addition, you are not permitted to alter, obscure, or remove any copyright, trademark or any other notices that are provided to you in connection with the information. Nothing at this Site shall be construed as granting to you a license or right to use any image, trademark, service mark or logo, which is the property of Metis Global Partners or its respective licensors. Metis Global Partners and its respective licensors reserve all rights with respect to this Site Content and will enforce such rights to the full extent of applicable copyright and trademark law.  Any downloading or otherwise copying from this Site will not transfer title to any software or material to you. [intro]No Offer[/intro] Nothing on this web site shall be considered a solicitation to buy or an offer to sell a security or to provide any services to any person in any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation, purchase, or sale or provision would be unlawful under the applicable laws of such jurisdiction. This web site is not intended for distribution to or use by any person in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation. Metis Global Partners makes no representations or warranties that the Content of this Site is applicable to or appropriate for use in locations outside of the United States of America. [intro]Investments[/intro] Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investing in global markets is subject to certain risks. The value of investments can go down as well as up, and you may not recover the amount of your original investment. Where investments involve currency exposure, changes in rates of exchange may cause the value of the investment to go up or down. Any tax benefits referred to on this Site are subject to change and their availability and value will depend on your individual circumstance.  Certain of the statements contained herein may be statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on management's current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. In addition to statements which are forward-looking by reason of context, the words “may, will, should, expects, plans, intends, anticipates, believes, estimates, predicts, potential, or continue” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. [intro]No Reliance[/intro] Although Metis Global Partners has taken reasonable care to ensure that the information contained within this Site is accurate, no representation or warranty (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness by Metis Global Partners. Opinions and any other Content at the Site are provided by Metis Global Partners for personal use and informational purposes only and are subject to change without notice. The fact that Metis Global Partners has made the Content available to you constitutes neither a recommendation that you enter into a particular transaction nor a representation that any product described on this Site is suitable or appropriate for you. Many of the products and services described on this Site involve significant risks, and you should not enter into any transactions unless you have fully understood all such risks and have independently determined that such transactions are appropriate for you. Any discussion of the risks contained herein with respect to any product should not be considered to be a disclosure of all risks or complete discussion of the risks which are mentioned. Nothing contained on this Site constitutes investment, legal, tax or other advice and is not to be relied on in making an investment or other decision.  Investors should determine for themselves whether a particular service or product is suitable for their investment needs or should seek such professional advice for their particular situation. [intro]Liability Waiver[/intro] Metis Global Partners shall have no liability, contingent or otherwise, to you or to third parties, or any responsibility whatsoever, for the failure of any connection or communication service to provide or maintain your access to this service, or for any interruption or disruption of such access or any erroneous communication between Metis Global Partners and you, regardless of whether the connection or communication service is provided by Metis Global Partners or a third party service provider. Metis Global Partners shall have no liability, contingent or otherwise, to you or to third parties, for the correctness, quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, performance, continued availability, completeness or delays, omissions, or interruptions in the delivery of the Content available on this Site or for any other aspect of the performance of this service or for any failure or delay in the execution of any transactions through this service. In no event will Metis Global Partners be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages which may be incurred or experienced on account of you using the Content available on this Site. [intro]Events Beyond Metis Global Partners’ Control[/intro] You expressly absolve and release Metis Global Partners an all of its respective officers, members, employees, legal representatives, attorneys, agents, successors and assigns, from any claim of harm resulting from a cause beyond its control including, but not limited to, the failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems, computer viruses or software failures, unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes, or natural disasters, strikes or other labor problems, wars, acts of domestic or foreign terrorism or governmental restrictions. [intro]User Representations[/intro] You represent and warrant to Metis Global Partners that you will not use this Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions, including but not limited to attempting or actually (a) disrupting, impairing or otherwise interfering with the operation or integrity of the Site or circumventing any Site security system; (b) collecting any information about other users of the Site; or (c) systematically extracting Content or other information or data contained in the Site to populate databases or other sites.