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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE

WHEREAS, New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ("NYSE"), acting on behalf of the Participants* pursuant to the CTA Plan*, has entered into one or more agreements with Vendor (the"Vendor Agreement(s)") permitting Vendor to disseminate, through interrogation devices. Information to Nonprofessional Subscribers subject to a rate structure and to tems and conditions different from those applicable to other classes of subscribers*,

WHEREAS, the Vendor Agreement(s) prohibit Vendor from dissemination Information to a person as a Nonprofessional Subscriber unless such person meets the criteria set forth in Part I and in Paragraph 5.

WHEREAS, Subscriber wishes to receive Information from Vendor as a Nonprofessional Subscriber,and

WHEREAS, Vendor or NYSE, acting for the benefit of the Participants, has reviewed this Application and Agreement and determined that, based upon the representations made and information provided by Subscriber, Subscriber qualifies to received Information as a Nonprofessional Subscriber.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and conditions herein contained, Subscriber and Vendor hereby represent, warrant and agree, for their own benefit and for the benefit of the Participants, as follows:

3. DEFINITIONS

  1. The term "CTA Network A last sale information" ("A Information") includes at any given time, (i) all last sale prices (A) that reflect completed transactions in equity securities listed on NYSE that have taken place on, or been reported by, and Participant or "other reporting party" (as defined in the CTA Plan) and (B) that have been reported pursuant to the CTA Plan and (ii) all information based thereon or derived therefrom.
  2. The term "CTA Network B last sale information" ("B Information") includes, at any given time, (i) all last sale prices (A) that reflect completed transactions in equity securities (and certain other securities as provided for in the CTA Plan) registered or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on an exchange other than NYSE that are registered or so admitted on, or meet the listing requirements of, the American Stock Exchange, Inc. ("AMEX"), which transactions have taken place on, or have been reported by, any Participant or other reporting party and (B) that have been reported pursuant to the CTA Plan and (ii) all information based thereon or derived therefrom.
  3. The term "CTA Plan" means the plan signed by the Participants and declared effective by the SEC (SEC file No. S7-433).
  4. The term "last sale information" ("Information") includes A Information and B Information.
  5. The term "network's administrator" means NYSE with respect to A Information and AMEX with respect to B Information.
  6. The term "Nonprofessional Subscriber" means a subscriber who meets the criteria set forth in Part I and in Paragraph 5 and who received Information pursuant to the terms and conditions the form of this Application and Agreement.
  7. The term "person" includes any natural person, proprietorship or organization.
  8. The term "Participant" means each of NYSE, AMEX and the several other national securities exchanges and the national securities association that is a signatory to, and has not withdrawn from, the CTA Plan and as to which the plan is effective.
  9. The term "subscriber" means any person authorized to receive Information through an interrogation service.
  10. The term "Subscriber-procured interrogation device" means any interrogation device used by Subscriber for the purpose of receiving an interrogation service from Vendor, which device is not supplied, installed, operated or maintained by, or made available through, Vendor.

4. PARTICIPANTS AS THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES - (a) All actions to be taken by "NYSE" or by "Vendor" pursuant to this Application and Agreement shall be taken by, and (b) all payments, information and notifications to be made or given to "NYSE" or to "Vendor" pursuant to this Application and Agreement shall be accepted or received by NYSE and Vendor, respectively, for the benefit of the Participants.

5. PERMITTED USE OF INFORMATION - Subscriber shall received Information solely for his/her personal, non-business use. Subscriber shall not furnish Information to nay other person.

6. DATA RECEIPT COSTS - Subscriber shall not hold the Participants responsible for any costs associated with Subscriber's receipt of Information from Vendor.

7. FAILURE TO QUALIFY

  1. DETERMINATIONS - Subscriber understands that Vendor or NYSE may determine at any time that, for any of the following reasons, Subscriber does not qualify as a Nonprofessional Subscriber:
  2. (i) Vendor made an erroneous initial determination regarding Subscriber's qualifacation.
    (ii) Vendor or NYSE discovered a misrepresentation herein,
    (iii) Subscriber failed to furnish all material information, or
    (iv) Subscriber failed to update information contained herein.

    Subscriber understands that following such a determination he/she may continue to received Information only after entering into one or more appropriate agreements directly with the appropriate network's administrator(s). The Participants may deny Subscriber the opportunity to enter into such agreement(s) if his/her failure to qualify results from willful misrepresentations or omissions or from willful breach of this Application and Agreement.

  3. RETROACTIVE PAYMENT - In an event that such a determination is based upon any of clauses (ii) of Paragraph 7(a), or upon a violation of Paragraph 5, either network's administrator may notify Subscriber in writing (i) of such determination, (ii) of the period, as determined by NYSE, during which Subscriber received such network's Information but did not qualify as a Nonprofessional Subscriber and (iii) of the amount' calculated at Professional Subscriber rates, applicable to such period. Within 30 days of receipt of such notice, Subscriber shall pay such amount to such network's administrator at the address specified in Paragraph 17. subscriber has been informed by vendor of the rates (both professional and nonprofessional) in effect at the time of Subscriber's execution of this Application and Agreement. Subscriber understands that if, pursuant to an agreement between Vendor and the Participants or otherwise. Vendor pays to NYSE, any amount payable by Subscriber pursuant to the Paragraph 7(b), Vendor shall become subrogated to any and all rights of the Participants or recover such amount from Subscriber.

8. SUBSCRIBER-PROCURED EQUIPMENT - If Subscriber receives Information by means of one or more Subscriber procured interrogation devices, Subscriber, unless otherwise directed in writing by Vendor, (a) shall report to Vender, both at the commencement of such receipt and upon Vendor's request, the number and type(s) of such devices, and (b) shall promptly report to Vendor any change in the number or type(s) of such devices. Subscriber hereby indemnifies the Participants for any costs arising out of any claim that any Subscriber-procured interrogation device or the manner in which such device uses Information provided pursuant hereto infringes any patent or copyright or violates any other property right.

9. SUBSCRIBER REQUIRED TO UPDATE - Subscriber shall notify vendor promptly in writing of any change in his/her circumstances that causes any of his/her statements or representations contained in either Part I or Part II to be in any way inaccurate or incomplete or that otherwise prevent him/her from continuing to comply with this Application and Agreement.

10. STRICT COMPLIANCE REQUIRED - Subscriber understands that he/she must comply strictly with the provisions of this Application and Agreement in order to continue to receive Information as a nonprofessional subscriber. Subscriber also understands that if, in NYSE's judgment, any breach of this Application and Agreement by Subscriber has occurred or any representation by Subscriber set forth in this Application and Agreement has been or is untrue, Vendor shall, if and as directedby NYSE, terminate this Application and Agreement and discontinue providing Information or Subscriber.

11. DATA NOT GUARANTEED - Subscriber understands that neither the Participants nor the "Processor" or "CTA" (as defined in the CTA Plan) guarantees the timeless, sequence, accuracy or completeness of Information. Neither Subscriber nor any other person shall hold any of them liable in any way for:
  1. any inaccuracies or errors in, or omissions of, any such information or message,
  2. any delays or errors in the transmission or delivery of any part of any such information or message, or
  3. any loss or damage arising from or occasioned by any such inaccuracies, errors, omissions or delayed or by reason of non-performance, or of interruption in any suchinformation or message,

either due to any negligent act or omission by any of them or due to any cause beyond the reasonable control of nay of them, including, but not limited to, flood, extraordinary weather conditions or other act of God, fire, war, insurrection, riot, strike, accident, action of government, communications or power failure, or equipment or software malfunction.

* Term is defined in Paragraph 3 or Part IIB.

12. DATA MODIFICATION OR DISCONTINUANCE - Subscriber understands that the participants do not guarantee that they will continue to disseminate, or that they will not change or eliminate any of the methods by which they disseminate, Information. If the Participants discontinue disseminating Information or change or eliminate any such method, Subscriber shall not hold the Participants liable in any way from any loss or damage arising therefrom.

13. PARTICIPANTS' ENFORCEMENT RIGHT - The Participants may enforce this Application and the Agreement against Subscriber by legal proceedings or other appropriate means.

14. PARTICIPANTS' SUBSTITUTED ADMINISTRATION - Subscriber understands that NYSE may, by written notice, direct Subscriber to send any payments, information or notifications provided for herein to NYSE and, if Subscriber received B Information, to AMEX, as appropriate. Such direction shall specify whether such obligation is in lieu of, or in addition to, Subscriber's obligation to send such item to Vendor. Subscriber shall comply with any such directions.

15. TERMINATION - Upon becoming effective, this Application and Agreement shall supersede all agreements, (if any) between Subscriber and either network's administrator relating to Subscriber's receipt of Information through an interrogation service. Subject to Paragraphs 7, 10 and 12, either Subscriber or Vendor may terminate this application and Agreement on not less than 30 days' written notice to the other. Paragraphs 7(b), 8(second sentence only), 11 and 13 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

16. GOVERNING LAW - This Application and Agreement shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

17. NOTICES - Any communications to the Participants, NYSE, AMEX, Vendor or Subscriber provided for in, or otherwise relating to, this Application and Agreement shall be sent to such person's below - indicated address:

CTA Plan Participants C/O New York Stock Exchange, Inc. 11 Wall Street New York, New York 10005 Attention: Director of Market Data Services New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (as above)


American Stock Exchange, Inc. 86 Trinity Place New York, New York 10006 Attention: Director of Market Communications Vendor (as below) Subscriber (as below)

PART IIB - AGREEMENT: NYSE BOND LAST SALE INFORMATION

To the extent Subscriber received Bond Information by means of any interrogation device, Subscriber agrees that all provisions of Part IIA, except those of paragraphs 3(a) through 3(e) and 3(b), all shall govern such receipt, for that purpose, (a) all references in any such provision to "Information" or B Information" shall be changed to "Bond Information" and (b) all such references to the "Participants", the "network's administrator(s)" or "AMEX" shall be changed to "NYSE". The term "bond last sale information" ("Bond Information") as used in Part I and in this Part IIB shall mean, at any given time, (i) all fast sale prices that reflect completed transactions on NYSErelating to bonds and certain other securities as NYSE may designate from time to time, (ii) any other market information disseminated by NYSE as NYSE may designate from time to item and (iii) all information based on or derived from such last sale prices or market information.

 


The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ")

THE VENDOR AND ITS AGENTS MAY NOT MODIFY OR WAIVE ANY TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. ANY ATTEMPT TO MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT, EXCEPT BY NASDAQ, IS VOID.

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ") Consolidated Subscriber Agreement

  1. The word "Corporations" means The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and its affiliates. The word "Information" means certain data and other information: relating to securities or other financial instruments, products, vehicles or devices; or relating to Persons regulated by the Corporations or to activities of the Corporations; or gathered by the Corporations from other sources. The word "or" includes the word "and". The phrase "Claims or Losses" means any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, suits, costs, judgments, settlements, and expenses of whatever nature, whether incurred by or issued against an indemnified party or a third party, including, without limitation, (1) indirect, special, punitive, consequential or incidental loss or damage, (including, but not limited to, trading losses, loss of anticipated profits, loss by reason of shutdown in operation or increased expenses of operation, or other indirect loss or damage) and (2) administrative costs, investigatory costs, litigation costs, and auditors ' and attorneys ' and fees and disbursements (including in-house personnel). The word "Person" means any natural person, proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or other entity whatsoever. The phrase "Non-Professional Subscriber" means any natural person who is neither: (a) registered or qualified in any capacity with the SEC, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, any state securities agency, any securities exchange or association, or any commodities or futures contract market or association; (b) engaged as an "investment advisor" as that term is defined in Section 201 (11) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 (whether or not registered or qualified under that Act); nor, (c) employed by a bank or other organization exempt from registration under federal or state securities laws to perform functions that would require registration or qualification if such functions were performed for an organization not so exempt. The phrase "Professional Subscriber" means all other persons who do not meet the definition of Non-Professional Subscriber. When it appears alone, the word "Subscriber" encompasses all Non-Professional and Professional Subscribers. The phrase "Vendor 's Service" means the service from a vendor, including the data processing equipment, software, and communications facilities related thereto, for receiving, processing, transmitting, using and disseminating the Information to or by Subscriber.

2. Subscriber is granted the right to receive from Nasdaq the Information under the terms stated herein or in the NASD Rules. "NASD Rules" shall mean all applicable laws (including intellectual property, communications, and securities laws), statutes, and regulations, the rules and regulations of the SEC, the rules and regulations of the Corporations including, but not limited to, those requirements established by the Corporations ' rule filings (with such SEC approval as may be required), the Corporations ' decisions and interpretations and any User Guides, or successors of the components of the NASD Rules, as they may exist at the time. If any payment is due directly to NASDAQ under this Agreement, payment in full is due NASDAQ in immediately available U.S. funds, within 30 days of date of invoice, whether or not use is made of the Information. Interest shall be due from the date of the invoice to the time that the amount(s) that are due have been paid. Subscriber shall assume full and complete responsibility for the payment of any taxes, charges or assessments imposed on Subscriber or NASDAQ (except for U.S. federal, state, or local income taxes, if any, imposed on NASDAQ) by any foreign or domestic national, state, provincial or local governmental bodies, or subdivisions thereof, and any penalties or interest, relating to the provision of the Information to Subscriber.

3. The Information is licensed only for the personal use of the Non-Professional Subscriber and the internal use in the business of the Professional Subscriber. By representing to Vendor that Subscriber is a non-professional, or by continuing to receive the Information at a non-professional subscriber rate, Subscriber is affirming to Vendor and the Corporations that Subscriber meets the definition of Non-Professional Subscriber as set forth in paragraph 1 above. Subscriber will promptly give written notice to Vendor of any change in the name or place of residence or place of business at which the Information is received. Subscriber may not sell, lease, furnish or otherwise permit or provide access to the Information to any other Person or to any other office, or place. Subscriber will not engage in the operation of any illegal business; use or permit anyone else to use the Information, or any part thereof, for any illegal purpose; or violate any NASD Rule. Professional Subscribers may, on a non-continuous basis, furnish limited amounts of the Information to customers: in written advertisements, correspondence, or other literature; or during voice telephonic conversations not entailing computerized voice, automated information inquiry systems, or similar technologies. Subscriber may not present the Information rendered in any unfair, misleading, or discriminatory format. Subscriber shall take reasonable security precautions to prevent unauthorized Persons from gaining access to the Information.

4. Subscriber acknowledges that NASDAQ, in its sole discretion, may from time to time make modifications to its system or the Information. Such modifications may require corresponding changes to be made in Vendor 's Service. Changes or the failure to make timely changes by Vendor or Subscriber may sever or affect Subscriber's access to or use of the Information. NASDAQ shall not be responsible for such effects.

5. NASDAQ grants to Subscriber a nonexclusive, non-transferable license during the term of the Agreement to receive and use the Information transmitted to it by Vendor and thereafter to use such Information for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of the Agreement or with the NASD Rules. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Corporations have proprietary rights in the Information that originates on or derives from markets regulated or operated by the Corporations and compilation or other rights in Information gathered from other sources. Subscriber further acknowledges and agrees that the Corporations ' third party Information providers have exclusive proprietary rights in their respective Information. In the event of any misappropriation or misuse, NASDAQ or its third party information providers shall have the right to obtain injunctive relief for its respective materials. Subscriber will attribute source as appropriate under all the circumstances.

6. Subscriber acknowledges that NASDAQ, as a subsidiary of NASD, when required to do so by NASD in fulfillment of NASD's statutory obligations, may by notice to Vendor unilaterally limit or terminate the right of any or all Persons to receive or use the Information, and that Vendor will immediately comply with any such notice and will terminate or limit the furnishing of the Information and confirm such compliance by notice to NASDAQ. Any affected Person will have available to it such procedural protections as are provided by the Exchange Act and applicable rules thereunder. Neither NASDAQ nor NASD shall have any liability when complying with such NASD notice.

7. Subscriber will maintain such accurate and verifiable records regarding the use of the Information and including the number and location of all devices that receive the Information, as may be required, and will make these records available for a period of 3 years in a form acceptable to NASDAQ for inspection by NASDAQ 's auditors upon reasonable notice. Subscriber shall make its premises available to Nasdaq for review of said records and for physical inspection of Vendor 's Service and of Subscriber 's use of the Information, all at reasonable times, upon reasonable notice, to ensure compliance with this Agreement.

8. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the termination of the Vendor 's Service for failure to make payments shall not be deemed or considered to be, and Subscriber waives any right to represent or assert that any such exercise constitutes, an act or omission or an improper denial or limitation of access by NASDAQ to any service or facility operated by NASDAQ as contemplated in Section 11A of the Exchange Act, or any other provision of the Exchange Act, or any rule, regulation, or interpretation adopted thereunder.

9. NASDAQ 's WARRANTIES/DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. NASDAQ shall endeavor to offer the Information as promptly and accurately as is reasonably practicable. In the event that the Information is not available as a result of a failure by NASDAQ to PERFORM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, NASDAQ WILL ENDEAVOR, GIVING DUE REGARD FOR THE COST, TIME, AND EFFECT ON OTHER USERS, TO CORRECT ANY SUCH FAILURE. IN THE EVENT THAT THE INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE, IS DELAYED, IS INTERRUPTED, IS INCOMPLETE, OR IS NOT ACCURATE OR IS OTHERWISE MATERIALLY AFFECTED FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF FOUR (4) HOURS OR MORE DURING THE TIME THAT NASDAQ REGULARLY TRANSMITS THE INFORMATION DUE TO THE FAULT OF NASDAQ (EXCEPT FOR A REASON PERMITTED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN NASDAQ 'S AGREEMENT WITH THE VENDOR), SUBSCRIBER 'S OR ANY OTHER PERSON 'S EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AGAINST NASDAQ SHALL BE (A) IF SUBSCRIBER OR ANY OTHER PERSON CONTINUES TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER DATA AND/OR INFORMATION OFFERED BY NASDAQ, A PRORATED MONTH 'S CREDIT OF ANY MONIES DUE, IF ANY, FOR THE AFFECTED INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO NASDAQ FROM SUBSCRIBER, OR, IF APPLICABLE, FROM SAID OTHER PERSON, FOR THE PERIOD AT ISSUE OR, (B) IF SUBSCRIBER OR ANY OTHER PERSON NO LONGER RECEIVES EITHER THE INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER DATA AND/OR INFORMATION OFFERED BY NASDAQ, A PRORATED MONTH 'S REFUND OF ANY MONIES DUE FOR THE AFFECTED INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO NASDAQ FROM SUBSCRIBER, OR, IF APPLICABLE, FROM SAID OTHER PERSON, FOR THE PERIOD AT ISSUE. SUCH CREDIT OR REFUND SHALL, IF APPLICABLE, BE REQUESTED BY WRITTEN NOTICE TO NASDAQ WITH ALL PERTINENT DETAILS. BEYOND THE WARRANTIES STATED IN THIS SECTION, THERE ARE NO OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS, SEQUENCE, COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, FREEDOM FROM INTERRUPTION), ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM TRADE USAGE, COURSE OF DEALING, OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE.

10. CORPORATIONS ' LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

(A) Except as may otherwise be set forth herein, the Corporations shall not be liable to Subscriber, its vendor or any other Person for indirect, special, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL LOSS OR DAMAGE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TRADING LOSSES, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS, LOSS BY REASON OF SHUTDOWN IN OPERATION OR INCREASED EXPENSES OF OPERATION, COST OF COVER, OR OTHER INDIRECT LOSS OR DAMAGE) OF ANY NATURE ARISING FROM ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF THE CORPORATIONS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

(B) The Corporations shall not be liable to Subscriber or any other Person for any unavailability, INTERRUPTION, DELAY, INCOMPLETENESS, OR INACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION THAT LASTS LESS THAN FOUR (4) CONTINUOUS HOURS DURING THE TIME THAT NASDAQ REGULARLY TRANSMITS THE INFORMATION OR IF THE INFORMATION IS MATERIALLY AFFECTED FOR LESS THAN FOUR (4) CONTINUOUS HOURS DURING THE TIME THAT NASDAQ REGULARLY TRANSMITS THE INFORMATION.

(C) If any or all of the Corporations are for any reason held liable to Subscriber or to any other Person, whether in tort or in contract, the liability of ALL OR ANY OF THE CORPORATIONS WITHIN A SINGLE YEAR (FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AGREEMENT) OF THE AGREEMENT, COMBINED WITH THE TOTAL OF ALL CLAIMS OR LOSSES OF SUBSCRIBER 'S VENDOR, AND ANY OTHER PERSON CLAIMING THROUGH, ON BEHALF OF, OR AS HARMED BY SUBSCRIBER, IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF: (I) if Subscriber or any other Person continues to receive the Information or any other data and/or information offered by NASDAQ, a prorated month 's credit of any monies due directly to NASDAQ FROM SUBSCRIBER, OR, IF APPLICABLE, FROM ANY OTHER PERSON, FOR THE PERIOD AT ISSUE OR, IF SUBSCRIBER OR ANY OTHER PER SON NO LONGER RECEIVES EITHER THE INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER DATA AND/OR INFORMATION OFFERED BY NASDAQ, A REFUND OF ANY MONIES DUE DIRECTLY TO NASDAQ FROM SUBSCRIBER, OR, IF APPLICABLE, FROM ANY OTHER PERSON, FOR THE PERIOD AT ISSUE; OR (II) $500.00.

(D) This section shall not relieve any or all of the Corporations, Subscriber or any other PERSON FROM LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL TORTIOUS MISCONDUCT, OR FROM PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIMS.

(E) Subscriber and the Corporations understand and agree that the terms of this section reflect a reasonable allocation of risk and limitation of liability.

11. THIRD PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS ' DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES/LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITIES.

NASDAQ 'S THIRD PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS, SEQUENCE, COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, FREEDOM FROM INTERRUPTION), ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM TRADE USAGE, COURSE OF DEALING, OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE AND THEY SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OF, OR FOR DELAYS OR OMISSIONS IN, ANY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THEM. NASDAQ 'S THIRD PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS SHALL ALSO HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, WHETHER LOST PROFITS, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF THE SUBSCRIBER OR ANY OTHER PERSON SEEKING RELIEF THROUGH SUBSCRIBER, EVEN IF THE THIRD PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL THE LIABILITY OF THE THIRD PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR THEIR AFFILIATES TO SUBSCRIBER OR ANY OTHER PERSON SEEKING RELIEF THROUGH SUBSCRIBER PURSUANT TO ANY CAUSE OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE FEE PAID BY SUBSCRIBER OR ANY OTHER PERSON SEEKING RELIEF THROUGH SUBSCRIBER, AS APPLICABLE.

12. Notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement, NASDAQ, its third party information providers or Subscriber shall not be obligated to perform or observe their respective obligations undertaken in this Agreement (except for obligations to make payments hereunder and regulatory obligations) if prevented or hindered from doing so by any circumstances found to be beyond their control.

13. Subscriber will indemnify and hold harmless the Corporations and their employees, officers, directors, and other agents from any and all Claims or Losses imposed on, incurred by or asserted as a result of or relating to: (a) any noncompliance by Subscriber with the terms and conditions hereof; (b) any third-party actions related to Subscriber 's receipt and use of the Information, whether authorized or unauthorized under the Agreement.

14. Each party warrants and represents and will indemnify and hold harmless (and in every case, NASDAQ shall be permitted to solely defend and settle) another party (including the Corporations) and their officers, directors, employees, and other agents, against any Claims or Losses arising from, involving, or relating to a claim of infringement or other violation of an intellectual property right by the indemnifying party, its actions or omissions, equipment, or other property. This right is conditioned on the indemnified party giving prompt written notice to the indemnifying party (as does not prejudice the defense) of the Claims or Losses and providing cooperation in the defense of the Claims or Losses (without waiver of attorney-client, work-product or other legal privilege, or disclosure of information legally required to be kept confidential).

15. Subscriber agrees that NASDAQ may enforce the terms of this Agreement against any Person, whether or not Vendor or Subscriber is a party to any such action or against Subscriber itself. In any action there shall be available injunctive relief or damages, with the prevailing party being awarded costs and attorneys ' fees (including in-house counsel).

16. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and of the Vendor 's agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail as between the Corporations and Subscriber.

17. In addition to terminations permitted under the Vendor 's agreement, this Agreement may be terminated by Subscriber on 30 days written notice to Vendor and by the Corporations on 30 days written notice either to Vendor or Subscriber. NASDAQ may also alter any term of this Agreement on 60 days written notice either to Vendor or Subscriber, and any use after such date is deemed acceptance of the new terms. In the event of Subscriber breach, discovery of the untruth of any representation of Subscriber, or where directed by NASD in its regulatory authority, NASDAQ may terminate this Agreement on not less than three (3) days written notice to Subscriber provided either by NASDAQ or Vendor.

18. NASDAQ does not endorse or approve any equipment, Vendor, or Vendor 's Service.

19. Natural persons executing this Agreement warrant and represent that they are at least eighteen (18) years of age. Subscriber and the Person executing this Agreement on behalf of Subscriber which is a proprietorship, corporation, partnership or other entity, represent that such Person is duly authorized by all necessary and appropriate corporate or other action to execute the Agreement on behalf of Subscriber.

20. All notices, invoices, and other communications required to be given in writing under this Agreement shall be directed to: Trading & Market Services, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., 1735 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, Attn.: Manager, Trading and Market Services, or to Subscriber at the last address known to the Vendor, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon actual receipt by the parties, or upon constructive receipt if sent by certified mail, postage pre-paid, return receipt requested, at such address or to such other address as any party hereto shall hereafter specify by written notice to the other party or parties hereto.

21. Except as otherwise provided herein, no provision of this Agreement may be amended, modified, or waived, unless by an instrument in writing executed by a duly authorized signatory of the party against whom enforcement of such amendment, modification, or waiver is sought. No failure on the part of NASDAQ or Subscriber to exercise, no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege under this Agreement. If any of the provisions of this Agreement, or application thereof to any Person or circumstance, shall to any extent be held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such terms or provisions to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which they are held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby and each such term and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

22. The terms of this Agreement apply to those obligations that survive any cancellation, termination, or rescission, namely, obligations relating to intellectual property, indemnification, limitation of liability, warranties, disclaimer of warranties, and Exchange Act related provisions.

23.This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made in the United States in the District of Columbia and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the validity and performance hereof shall be governed by, the laws of the District of Columbia, without reference to principles of conflicts of laws thereof. Subscriber hereby consents to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of or for the District of Columbia in connection with any action or proceeding instituted relating to this Agreement.

 


UNIFORM COMMODITY SUBSCRIBER ADDENDUM

THIS ADDENDUM is entered into by and between the subscriber as listed on the Service Subscription Agreement, and Track Data Corporation and each of the following exchanges, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, New York Mercantile Exchange, COMEX, New York Board of Trade (CSCE, NYCE, NYFE, FINEX), and MidAm.

1. DEFINITIONS.

(a) "Device" means any unit of equipment, fixed or portable, that receives, accesses or displays Market Data in visible, audible or other comprehensible form

(b) "Force Majeure Event" means any flood, extraordinary weather conditions, earthquake or other act of God, fire, war, insurrection, riot, labor dispute, accident, action of government, communications or power failures, or equipment or software malfunctions.

(c) "Person" means any natural person, proprietorship, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other organization.

(d) "Market Data" means information and data pertaining to futures contracts and options contracts traded on the Exchanges, that includes, without limitation, opening and closing range prices, high-low prices, settlement prices, current bid and ask prices, last sale prices, price limits, requests for quotations, estimated and actual contract volume data, text messages pertaining to market activity, contract specifications, fast or late messages and, as determined by each of the Exchanges, may include information respecting exchange-for-physical (EFP) transactions or against actuals (AA) transactions. With respect to Subscriber 's obligations under this Addendum, Market Data includes information, data and materials that are derived from the foregoing and that convey information to Subscriber that is substantially equivalent to Market Data.

2. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS IN THE MARKET DATA.

(a) Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that each of the Exchanges has exclusive and valuable property rights in and to its own Market Data, that such Market Data constitute valuable confidential information, trade secrets and/or proprietary rights of each of the Exchanges, not within the public domain, that such Market Data shall remain valuable confidential information, trade secrets and/or proprietary rights of each of the Exchanges at least until the Exchanges place their respective Market Data in the public domain or authorize placement of their respective Market Data in the public domain, and that, but for this Addendum, Subscriber would have no rights or access to such Market Data. Whether or not a particular Exchange has placed its Market Data in the public domain or has authorized the placement of its Market Data in the public domain shall be determined according to the terms of such Exchange 's agreement with Vendor, which agreement is described in Section 3(a).

(b) Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that disclosure of any Market Data, or any breach or threatened breach of any other covenants or agreements contained herein, would cause irreparable injury to each of the Exchanges for which money damages would be an inadequate remedy. Accordingly, Subscriber further acknowledges and agrees that each of the Exchanges shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief from the breach or threatened breach of any provision, requirement or covenant of this Addendum (including, without limitation, any disclosure or threatened disclosure of Market Data) in addition to and not in limitation of any other legal or equitable remedies which may be available.

3. RECEIPT OF MARKET DATA BY SUBSCRIBER.

(a) Vendor and Subscriber have entered into an agreement by which Vendor will, among other things, provide Subscriber with Market Data. Vendor has entered into agreements with each of the Exchanges whereby Vendor has been granted the right to receive Market Data and to retransmit the same to Subscriber. This Addendum to the agreement between Vendor and Subscriber sets forth the terms and conditions upon which Subscriber may receive and use Market Data. Subscriber acknowledges that, notwithstanding such agreement, each of the Exchanges may, in its discretion, discontinue disseminating its own Market Data or change or eliminate its own transmission method, speed or signal characteristics. In addition, Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the Exchanges reserve the right to disapprove any Subscriber and retains the right to direct Vendor to terminate any Subscriber 's receipt of Market Data for any reason or no reason, in which event the Exchanges shall so notify Vendor and Vendor shall cease providing Market Data to Subscriber as soon as practicable.

(b) (1) Except as provided in (2) below, Subscriber will use Market Data only for its own internal business activities and only at the offices and locations and on the Devices designated by Subscriber in writing to Vendor from time-to-time. Subscriber agrees that it will not communicate or otherwise furnish, or permit to be communicated or otherwise furnished, the Market Data, in any format, to any other party or any office or location other than that designated above, nor allow any other party to take, directly or indirectly, any of the Market Data from such offices or locations, and will adopt and enforce any policy that is reasonable to prevent the Market Data from being taken therefrom. Subscriber will abide by any other limitations on such use that any of the Exchanges may specify. Subscriber will use its best efforts to ensure that its partners, officers, directors, employees and agents maintain sole control and physical possession of, and sole access to, Market Data received through Devices in Subscriber's possession. (2) Notwithstanding (1) above, Subscriber may, in the regular course of its business, occasionally furnish, to each of its customers, branch offices, and guaranteed introducing brokers, in a quantity restricted to that necessary to enable Subscriber to conduct its business, a de minimis number of segments of Market Data. Such redissemination must be strictly limited to telephonic communications not entailing the use of computerized voice synthesization or any other technology and must be strictly related to the trading activity of Subscriber or any such recipients. Any such recipients must be advised by Subscriber that such segments are proprietary and confidential information not to be disclosed or disseminated to other persons or entities. Subscriber agrees to make all reasonable efforts to ensure that such recipients abide by the provisions of this Addendum.

(c) In the event that Vendor has agreed to permit Subscriber to receive, access or display Market Data through means other than a Vendor-provided Device, such as by means of: (i) the Internet, any Intranet or any other type of network; (ii) portable Devices (e.g., pocket pagers, personal digital assistants, laptop computers, etc.); and (iii) synthesized voice responses over telephones, Subscriber will use its best efforts to ensure that no other device, attachment or apparatus is used which may allow third parties not subject to Subscriber's reporting obligations under Section 3(b) above to access the Market Data.

4. REPORTING. Upon request, Subscriber agrees to furnish promptly to Vendor any information or reports that may be required by any of the Exchanges as applicable and that is reasonably related to Subscriber 's receipt of Market Data. Subscriber further agrees to furnish promptly to Vendor any additional information or reports that may be required by the agreement between Vendor and Subscriber referred to in Section 3(a) as it relates to Subscriber 's receipt of Market Data.

5. RIGHT OF INSPECTION AND AUDIT. During regular business hours, any Persons designated by any Exchange may have access to Subscriber's offices or locations in order to observe the use made of the Market Data and to examine and inspect any Devices, attachments or apparatuses, as well as any books and records required to be maintained by Subscriber under Sections 3(b) and 4 in connection with its receipt and use of Market Data. Subscriber will make prompt adjustment (including interest thereon at the rate of 1´ % per month), through Vendor, to compensate any Exchange that discovers an under-reported use of the Market Data by Subscriber. In addition, at the election of any such Exchange, Subscriber will be liable for the reasonable costs of any audit that reveals a discrepancy in such Exchange's favor of five percent (5%) or more of the amount of fees actually due such Exchange. Subscriber shall maintain the records and books upon which it bases its reporting for CME, CBOT or MID-AM Market Data for three (3) years following the period to which the records relate. Subscriber shall maintain the records and books upon which it bases the reporting for NYMEX, COMEX or New York Board of Trade Market Data for six (6) years following the period to which the records and books relate. In the event that Subscriber fails to retain such records and books as required above, Subscriber agrees to pay each Exchange's reasonable estimate of any discrepancy discovered pursuant to any such audit.

6. EXCHANGE FEES. Subscriber will pay Vendor (unless Vendor has assumed Subscriber 's payment obligations hereunder), for and on behalf of each of the Exchanges (as applicable), for the right to receive Market Data in accordance with the then-current fee schedule published by each of the Exchanges from time-to- time (including any and all applicable federal, state or local taxes). Each Exchange's fees are subject to modification by each of them at any time, without prior notice to Subscriber. In addition, Subscriber agrees to pay Vendor any penalties assessed against Subscriber by Vendor on behalf of any Exchange. Nothing herein shall limit a Vendor 's obligation pursuant to separate agreement between Vendor and any of the Exchanges (as applicable) to pay Exchange fees.

7. COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SUBSCRIBER. Subscriber covenants, represents and warrants that it is not engaged in the business of distributing Market Data and that, to its knowledge after reasonable inquiry, it is receiving the Market Data from a Vendor that is authorized by the Exchanges to distribute the Market Data. Subscriber agrees that it will not use or permit any other Person to use Market Data for any illegal purpose. Subscriber agrees that it will not use Market Data in any way to compete with the Exchanges or Vendor, nor use the Market Data in any way so as to assist or allow a third party to compete with the Exchanges or Vendor. Subscriber agrees that the provision of Market Data by the Exchanges hereunder is conditioned upon Subscriber's strict compliance with the terms of this Addendum and that Vendor may, with or without notice and with or without cause, forthwith discontinue said service whenever in its judgment there has been any default or breach by Subscriber of the provisions hereof, or whenever directed to do so by any of the Exchanges.

8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. SUBSCRIBER AGREES THAT NEITHER VENDOR NOR THE EXCHANGES MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE MARKET DATA, OR THE TRANSMISSION, TIMELINESS, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND THOSE ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM ANY COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

9. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND DAMAGES. Subscriber agrees that: (i) the provision of Market Data is made with equipment, communications devices, and/or leased lines not owned or operated solely by Vendor or the Exchanges; (ii) neither Vendor nor the Exchanges, nor their respective members, directors, officers, employees or agents, guarantees the sequence, accuracy or completeness of the Market Data, nor shall any of them be liable to Subscriber or any other Person for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions in Market Data, or in the transmission thereof, or for any other damages arising in connection with Subscriber 's receipt or use of Market Data, whether or not resulting from negligence on their part, a Force Majeure Event or any other cause beyond their reasonable control; and (iii) if the foregoing disclaimer and limitation of liability should be deemed invalid or ineffective by a court of competent jurisdiction, neither Vendor nor the Exchanges, nor their respective members, directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable for any of the foregoing beyond the actual amount of loss or damage, or the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00), whichever is less.

10. TERM AND TERMINATION. Subject to Subscriber's strict compliance with the provisions of this Addendum, the provision of Market Data by any of the Exchanges hereunder will continue in force during the term of the agreement between Subscriber and Vendor and any renewal term thereof. In addition, it is understood that the provisions set forth in paragraphs 2(a) and 2(b) of this Addendum shall survive the termination of this Addendum.

11. INDEMNIFICATION. Subscriber will indemnify and hold Vendor and the Exchanges, and their respective members, directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all claims arising out of or in connection with this Addendum, including, without limitation, any liability, loss or damages caused by any inaccuracy in or omission from, Subscriber's failure to furnish or to keep, or Subscriber's delay in furnishing or keeping, any report or record required to be kept by Subscriber hereunder.

12. MISCELLANEOUS. In case of any breach by Subscriber of its obligations hereunder, each of the Exchanges will be considered to be a third-party beneficiary of this Addendum and may bring an action to enforce its terms directly against Subscriber. Any action arising out of this Addendum between the CME, CBOT or MID-AM and Subscriber shall be governed and construed in accordance with the internal laws (and not the law of conflicts) of the State of Illinois. Any action arising out of this Addendum between NYMEX, COMEX or New York Board of Trade and Subscriber shall be governed and construed in accordance with the internal laws (and not the law of conflicts) of the State of New York. Subscriber may not assign all or any part of this Addendum without the prior written consent of the Exchanges (as applicable). Neither Vendor nor Subscriber may modify or amend the terms of this Addendum. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of this Addendum and any other agreement relating to Subscriber's receipt and use of Market Data, including, without limitation, the agreement between Vendor and Subscriber referred to in Section 3(a), the terms and conditions of this Addendum will prevail. If, for any reason, one or more provisions of this Addendum is held invalid, the other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 


OPTIONS PRICE REPORTING AUTHORITY

Nonprofessional Subscriber Application

and Agreement

(Last Sale and Quotation Information for Personal Nonbusiness Use Only)

("Applicant") hereby applies to Track Data("Vendor") for approval as a Nonprofessional Subscriber to receive for personal Nonbusiness use current options last sale information and current options quotation information ("the information") published by the Options Price Reporting Authority ("OPRA") pursuant to a Plan declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In reviewing and approving this Agreement, Vendor is authorized to act on behalf of the OPRA participants, which are those national securities exchanges and associations who, from time to time, are parties to said Plan. Applicant acknowledges that all representations and agreements made herein and all payments made hereunder are for the benefit of the OPRA participants.

For the purpose of this Agreement, Applicant hereby represents and agrees that the Information provided by Applicant on the Service Subscription Agreement is true and correct, and that said information is provided at the address on the Service Subscription Agreement.

1. As condition of being approved as a Nonprofessional Subscriber, Applicant represents and agrees that the following statements are and will continue to be true for so long as Applicant receives Information as a Nonprofessional Subscriber:

(a) Applicant is making this Application and Agreement in his or her own individual capacity and not on behalf of a firm, corporation, partnership, trust or association.

(b) Applicant shall use the information solely in connection with his or her individual personal investment activities and not in connection with any trade or business activities.

(c) Applicant shall receive the information only at the location and via the equipment identified in Items 3 and 4 above, and shall not furnish the Information to any other person.

(d) Applicant is not a securities broker-dealer, investment advisor, futures commission merchant, commodities introducing broker or commodity trading advisor, member of a securities exchange or association of futures contract market, or an owner, partner, or associates person of any of the foregoing.

(e) Applicant is not employed by a bank or an insurance company or an affiliate of either to perform functions related to securities or commodity futures investment or trading activity.

2. For the privilege of receiving the Information, Applicant agrees to pay to Vendor for the Benefit of the OPRA participants the OPRA Nonprofessional Subscriber Fee in such amount and at such times as shall be established by OPRA from time to time, plus any applicable federal, state or local taxes. This Fee shall be in condition to any changes imposed by Vendor, OPRA shall provide notice to Vendor of any change in this Fee not less than 30 days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Vendor shall be responsible for notifying its Nonprofessional Subscribers of all Fee changes.

3. Applicant acknowledges that the Information is and shall remain the property of the respective exchange or other market on which a reported transaction took place or a reported quotation was entered, and Applicant shall make no use of the Information except in compliance with the terms of the Application and Agreement.

4. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY  NEITHER OPRA NOR ANY OPRA PARTICIPANTS GUARANTEES THE TIMELINESS, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OF THE OPTIONS LAST SALE PRICES, QUOTATION INFORMATION, OR OTHER MARKET INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO APPLICANT HEREUNDER AND NEITHER OPRA NOR ANY OPRA PARTICIPANT SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY TO APPLICANT OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON, FOR ANY DELAYS, INACCURACIES, ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS OF, ANY OF THE INFORMATION OR THE TRANSMISSION THEREOF, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY OR BY REASON OF NONPERFORMANCE OF INTERRUPTION OF ANY OF THE OPTIONS LAST SALE PRICES, QUOTATION INFORMATION OR OTHER MARKET INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO APPLICANT FOR ANY CAUSE WHATEVER.

5. Applicant 's privilege of receiving the Information hereunder may be terminated by Applicant or by Vendor upon 30 days written notice from the terminating party to the other party, and shall be terminated immediately at any time that Vendor or OPRA determines that Applicant is not in compliance with this Agreement or that any of the Applicant 's representations herein are not true. Upon a determination by Vendor or OPRA that Applicant received access to Information as a Nonprofessional Subscriber during any period when Applicant did not meet the qualifications for such access, within 30 days of receipt of written notice of such determination Applicant shall pay to OPRA 's Professional Subscriber fee for the period during which Applicant had access to the Information, less Applicant 's Nonprofessional Subscriber fees for such period actually received by OPRA.

6. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent or restrict any OPRA Participant from discontinuing to furnish options last sale information or quotation information for dissemination nor to restrict OPRA from making such changes in the speed of transmission, the characteristics of the electrical signals representing the Information or the manner of dissemination the same, as OPRA shall from time to time determine to be appropriate; but in no event of any such discontinuance or change, OPRA shall give such notice thereof to Vendor as is reasonable under the circumstances.

7. Applicant agrees to inform Vendor promptly in writing at its address set forth above of any changes in the information provided herein and to furnish Vendor any additional information requested by it in connection with Applicant 's receipt of the information.

 


NON-PROFESSIONAL

APPLICATION AGREEMENT FOR

RECEIPT OF CANADIAN EXCHANGE

GROUP MARKET DATA

 

PART 1:

PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY

1. DEFINITIONS

(a) "Canadian Exchange Group" or "CEG" shall mean the Montreal Exchange (ME), The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) and the Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE). ME and VSE have appointed TSE as agent for the purposes of entering into this and other agreements necessary for provision of Market Data to Subscriber on its and their behalf, and to establish the terms and conditions under which Market Data is to be made available to Subscriber. For the purposes of this Agreement, "Canadian Exchange Group" or "CEG" shall refer to the exchanges comprising the Canadian Exchange Group jointly and severally.

(b) "Interrogation Device" means any device or equipment, including, without limitation, any computer, data processing equipment, communications equipment, terminal, Cathode Ray Tube ("CRT") or a monitor, which is authorized by the TSE to receive the Market Data from a Supplier or which does in fact receive the information from a Supplier, and which at any time during any month either (i) displays, transmits or communicates the Market Data to any individual in visible, audible, or other comprehensible form or (ii) uses or processes the Market Data for any purpose or in any manner other than solely to transmit the information to devices as described in the preceding clause (i). The term "Interrogation Device" means any device or equipment which is capable of being used as an "Interrogation Device".

(c) "Market Data" shall mean a bundled transmission of electronic signals emanating from the TSE containing trading information with respect to securities traded on the TSE.

(d) "Non-Professional" shall mean a natural person who is not a securities professional. It is a natural person in their personal capacity as neither a principal, officer, partner, employee nor agent of any business nor on behalf of any individual. This definition excludes, brokers, dealers, investment advisors or persons otherwise employed by organizations conducting professional activities involving the buying and selling of instruments, such as, stocks, bonds, options, futures contracts and other trading vehicles. Also excluded are persons engaged as consultants, independent contractors, software developers and others that use market information for any purpose for profit other than the trading of that person 's personal account.

A Non-Professional cannot be registered or qualified with:

" A provincial Securities Commission;

" Securities Exchange Commission;

" Commodities Futures Trading Commission;

" Any provincial, state or other government securities agency;

" Any securities exchange or association;

" Any commodities or futures contract market or association or perform functions that are the equivalent to those of such persons.

(e) "Person" includes any natural person or proprietorship or any corporation, partnership or other organization. T

(f) "Receipt of Market Data" shall mean the physical capability whether used or not of successfully retrieving Market Data through the means of an Interrogation Device.

2. Proprietary Interest of CEG

Subscriber understands and acknowledges that CEG has a proprietary interest in the Market Data and that the same is not within the public domain. Any Market Data that is provided directly or indirectly to Subscriber by the CEG pursuant to this Agreement, has been derived from databases owned by the CEG, is copyrighted by the CEG, and as such Subscriber 's use of such Market Data is subject to the limitations set out in this Agreement.

3. Data Security

(a) Retransmission Prohibited - Subscriber shall use Market Data only for its own individual use. Subscriber shall not furnish Market Data to any other person nor retransmit Market Data among its premises without prior written approval from the CEG.

(b) Equipment Security - Subscriber understands that this paragraph 3 requires Subscriber to carefully locate and protect Interrogation Devices in Subscriber 's possession. Subscriber shall abide by any written requirements that the CEG specifies to regulate the location or connection of Subscriber Interrogation Devices or to otherwise assure compliance with this paragraph 3. Subscriber guarantees that any person installing or maintaining Subscriber Interrogation Devices will comply with this paragraph 3.

4. Data Not Guaranteed

(A) NO WARRANTIES  THE SUBSCRIBER AGREES THAT THE CEG MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE MARKET DATA; ITS TRANSMISSION, TIMELINESS, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND THOSE ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM THE COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

(B) No Guaranty - The CEG does not guarantee the timeliness, sequence, accuracy or completeness of Market Data or other market information or messages disseminated by the CEG. The CEG will not be liable in any way to Subscriber or to any other Person for;

(a) any inaccuracy, error or delay in, or omission of, (i) any such data, information or message or (ii) the transmission or delivery of any such data, information or message, or

(b) any loss or damage arising from or occasioned by (i) any such inaccuracy, error, delay or omission (ii) non-performance, or (iii) interruption in any such data, information or message, due either to any negligent act or omission by the CEG or "force majeure" (i.e. flood, extraordinary weather conditions, earthquake or any other act of God, fire, war, insurrection, riot, labour dispute, accident, action of government, communications or power failure, equipment or software malfunction) or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the CEG.

5. Dissemination Discontinuance or Modification

The CEG may discontinue disseminating any type of Market Data, may change or eliminate any transmission method and may change transmission speed or signal characteristics. The CEG shall not be liable for any resulting liability, loss or damages to Subscriber.

6. Entire Agreement; Modifications

This writing contains the entire Agreement between the parties in respect of its subject matter. This Agreement supersedes each previous Agreement between Subscriber and the CEG pursuant to which Subscriber has been receiving Market Data. In the event that Subscriber has previously submitted an executed agreement to the CEG in respect of the Receipt of Market Data from a Supplier other than indicated herein, and Subscriber is continuing to receive Market Data from the original Supplier, this agreement shall serve as a companion agreement originally submitted to the CEG. The parties may only modify this Agreement by a writing signed by or on behalf of each of them.

7. Assignments

Subscriber may not assign all or part of this Agreement without the written consent of the CEG.

8. Governing Law; Construction

This Agreement shall be governed and interpreted by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada. In prohibiting Subscribers in doing any act, this Agreement also prohibits Subscriber from doing the act indirectly (eg. by causing or permitting any other Person to do the act).

9. Notices; Notification of Changes

Subscriber shall send communications relating to this Agreement to:

The Canadian Exchange Group

c/o The Toronto Stock Exchange

The Exchange Tower

2 First Canadian Place

Toronto, ON

M5X 1J2

ATTENTION: INFORMATION PRODUCTS

Subscriber and the CEG may each change its address by written notice to the other. Subscriber shall give the CEG prompt written notice of any change in (a) the Subscriber information listed herein, (b) any other information provided to the CEG in connection with the receipt of any type of Market Data.

10. Indemnification

The Subscriber shall indemnify and hold harmless and defend the CEG, its members, governors, managers, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all suits, proceedings at law or in equity, and any and all liability, loss or damage, including reasonable solicitor 's fees, arising out of or in connection with any claim made by any person, firm or corporation in respect of delays in providing, errors in or omissions from the Market Data, or the transmission or delivery thereof, or the termination of, or the failure to supply any of the Market Data to a Supplier.

11. Subscriber 's Representations and Warranties

Subscriber represents and warrants that it is a Non-Professional, as defined herein.

12. Failure to Qualify

(a) Determination - Subscriber understands that the CEG may determine at any time that, for any of the following reasons, Subscriber does not qualify as a Non-Professional subscriber:

(i) Supplier made an erroneous initial determination regarding Subscriber 's qualification.

(ii) Supplier discovered a misrepresentation herein,

(iii) Subscriber failed to furnish all material information, or

(iv) Subscriber failed to update information contained herein.

Subscriber understands that following such a determination he/she may continue to receive Market Data only after entering into one or more appropriate agreements with the CEG. CEG may deny Subscriber the opportunity to enter into such agreement(s) if his/her failure to qualify results from willful misrepresentations or omissions or from willful breach of this Agreement.

(b) RETROACTIVE PAYMENT - In the event that such a determination is based upon any of clauses (ii) through (iv) of Paragraph 15(a), CEG may notify Subscriber in writing (i) of such determination, (ii) of the period, as determined by CEG, during which Subscriber received Market Data but did not qualify as a Non-Professional Subscriber and (iii) of the amount, calculated at Professional Subscriber rates, applicable to such period. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice, Subscriber shall pay such amount to CEG.



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