Legal Notice

Legal Notice

WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE – PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY

Viterra Canada Inc. and/or its subsidiaries, affiliates or assigns (“Viterra”) maintains this website as a service to its customers. Any use of this website is subject to the following Terms and Conditions. By accessing and using this website you are signifying your agreement to comply with and be bound by the following Terms and Conditions of Use and all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are solely responsible for your compliance with same.

If you do not agree with the Terms and Conditions of Use, you have no right or license to access this website and you should refrain from using this website and/or its contents, and from obtaining documents from this website.

 

  1. General

1.1             This website and the information accessible via this website have been prepared for convenience and informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a source of investment, financial, legal, accounting or other professional advice. Information, opinions, and other material on this website or any website with which it is linked is your responsibility to evaluate for accuracy and completeness.

 

  1. Links to Third Party Websites

2.1             In an effort to make this website more interesting and to assist you in your travels through the internet, this website contains several connections or links to other websites. Viterra has control over some of these websites, but not others. Viterra is not responsible for the content, accuracy, or opinions expressed in such websites and Viterra does not investigate, monitor or check for accuracy or completeness of third party websites. Inclusion of any linked website does not imply approval or endorsement by Viterra of the linked websites or contents or information contained therein. Viterra assumes no responsibility for your use of, nor the content of, sites not controlled by Viterra.

 

  1. Disclaimer

3.1             Although efforts are made by Viterra to keep this website current, and information contained herein has been compiled from sources believed to be reliable and accurate, the materials and information contained on this website are provided “as is”. The information was current at the time of posting, but may be superseded by subsequent disclosures.

 

3.2             VITERRA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND ANY LIABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEBSITE, THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS PROVIDED HERIN OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY WEBSITE TO WHICH THIS WEBSITE IS LINKED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW. IN ADDITION, VITERRA MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY REGARDING WHETHER THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE VIA THIS WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE TO WHICH IT IS LINKED, IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT.

 

  1. Limitation of Liability

4.1             To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, Viterra and its directors, officers, employees, agents, suppliers, and contractors assume no, and expressly deny any, liability for loss or damage resulting from your use of or inability to use this website and/or the information accessible via this website, and shall in no event be liable for any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, and expenses of whatever nature and howsoever arising, including any compensatory, incidental, direct, indirect, special, punitive, or consequential damages, including without limitation loss of profit, loss of data, loss of information, business interruption or any other damage or loss claimed either in contract or tort, even if Viterra has been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses.

 

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  1. Intellectual Property Rights

5.1      Unless otherwise indicated, this website and its contents are the property of Viterra, and are protected, without limitation, pursuant to applicable Canadian and foreign copyright, trademark and other proprietary (including, but not limited to intellectual property) rights. You do not acquire any ownership rights whatsoever to any content or document obtained through accessing this website and the availability of materials on this site does not constitute a waiver of any rights in and to such information and materials.

 

5.2             Viterra’s website contains information, pictures, brand names and logos, all of which are available for you to view, copy and/or print for your personal use in accordance with the user license and restrictions outlined below, but which may not be used or reproduced for commercial use (for example, for marketing of a product or service, or publication of a newsletter). The content, organization, compilation and other material provided on or by this website are copyrighted, and only Viterra has the right to use this information commercially.

 

  1. User Licence and Restrictions

6.1             The viewing or downloading of any content, form or document grants you only a limited, non-exclusive licence solely for your own personal use and not for republication, assignment, sublicense, sale, preparation of derivative works or other use. Permission is granted to temporarily download one (1) copy of the materials or information contained on this website for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This grant of licence is not a transfer of title, and under this licence you may not:

  1. modify or copy the materials for commercial purpose;
  2. publicly display the materials whether for commercial or non-commercial purpose;
  3. attempt to decompile, reverse engineer or corrupt any software or related components contained on this website;
  4. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from these materials; and
  5. “mirror” the materials, information, or logos of Viterra which are contained on this site on any other server or within an unauthorized information retrieval system.

 

6.2             If you wish to copy or print logos, names or information of or relating to Viterra contained on this website for your own personal use, you agree:

  1. not to change this information in any way;
  2. to acknowledge Viterra as the source;
  3. not to utilize such logos, names or information in association with the delivery, sale or offering of any products or services or for any commercial purpose whatsoever; and
  4. to ensure that, to the extent that logos, names or information is communicated to any third party, these terms and conditionals are included.

 

6.3            This licence will automatically terminate if you violate any of the foregoing restrictions and Viterra reserves the right to require you to destroy, delete or return any of this information, and to prohibit you from further use, if in opinion of Viterra, it would be in Viterra’s best interests to do so.

 

6.4             Use of this website does not give you any right, permission or license to use our logos, information, brand names or intellectual property contained on this website other than for the limited personal use described above and subject to the conditions described herein.

 

  1. Forward-Looking Statements

7.1             This website contains forward-looking statements and reflects Viterra’s expectations regarding future results of operations, financial condition and achievements. All statements that address activities, events or developments that Viterra or its management expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as growth of its business and operations, competitive strengths, strategic initiatives, planned capital expenditures, plans and references to future operations and results and expectations regarding future capital resources and liquidity of Viterra and such matters, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance and achievements of Viterra to be materially different from any future results, performance and achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. Many of these risks, uncertainties and other factors are beyond the control of Viterra.

 

7.2             A number of factors can cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including, but not limited to: adverse weather conditions; political and economic risks; changes in regulation; crop production and crop quality in Western Canada and South Australia; world agricultural commodity prices and markets; producers’ decisions regarding total seeded acreage, crop selection and utilization levels of farm inputs such as fertilizer and pesticides; dependence on key personnel; any labour disruptions; employee relations, collective bargaining and third-party relationships; Viterra’s financial leverage and funding requirements; credit risk in respect of customers of Viterra; foreign exchange risk and counterparty risks in connection with foreign exchange and commodity hedging programs; changes in the grain handling and agri-products, food processing and feed products competitive environments, including pricing pressures; Canadian and Australian grain export levels; changes in government policy and transportation deregulation; international trade matters and global political and economic conditions, including grain subsidy actions and tariffs of the United States and the European Union; global financial conditions and changes in credit markets; competitive developments in connections with Viterra’s grain handling, agri-products, food processing, feed products and financial products businesses; acceptance of genetically modified foods; environmental, health and safety risks and unanticipated expenditures relating to environment or other matters; integration risk associated with the acquisitions by Viterra; availability and cost of water in Australia; property and liability risks; food and agricultural products risks; diseases and other livestock industry risks and reliance on business information systems.

 

7.3             Numerous assumptions are inherent in the forward-looking statements.

7.4             Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements. Viterra disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as otherwise required by applicable law.

 

  1. Miscellaneous

These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be treated as though it were executed and performed in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, and shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada without regard to conflict of law principles. All legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought solely in Saskatchewan. Please note that the Terms and Conditions of Use may be revised by Viterra from time to time without notice, particularly to address changes in our business, applicable law or technology. If such a revision is made, Viterra will post the revised notice here. Revisions are effective upon posting and your continued use of this website after such posting will be subject to the revised Terms and Conditions of Use. Viterra reserves the right to monitor your use of this website to determine if you are complying with these Terms and Conditions of Use, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the website.