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www.AngelNetwork.com Membership Web Site
By accepting the Membership offer and/or by visiting the “Deal Flow” portion of www.AngelNetwork.com, you accept the following conditions.
Privacy
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Copyright
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Trademarks
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License and Site Access
AngelNetwork.com LLC grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of AngelNetwork.com LLC. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another; or any use of data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of AngelNetwork.com LLC. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of AngelNetwork.com LLC without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing AngelNetwork.com LLC's name or trademarks without the express written consent of AngelNetwork.com LLC. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by AngelNetwork.com LLC.
You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of AngelNetwork.com LLC so long as the link does not portray AngelNetwork.com LLC or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any AngelNetwork.com LLC logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.
User warrants that the information supplied to us when registering to use this site is true, accurate, and complete in all respects and User agrees to notify us immediately of any changes to that information. In particular, "Investor" members must be legitimate, accredited (as defined by the SEC) investors, not intermediaries acting for a third party. "Entrepreneur" members must represent themselves, not a third party. If we believe that you have provided false information on registering or that you have intentionally failed to inform us of changes to that information, we reserve the right to terminate this contract without notice. In the event of such termination, AngelNetwork.com LLC reserves the right not to refund any subscription fee(s).
By using AngelNetwork.com LLC's site, you agree that you will not submit or otherwise publish anywhere on the site any content or software which: (a) libels, defames, invades privacy, or is obscene, pornographic, abusive, or threatening; (b) infringes on any intellectual property or other right of any entity or person; (c) violates any law, is fraudulent or misleading, or which impersonates any person or conceals your own identity; (d) advocates illegal activity; (e) is any part of a chain e-mail or is unsolicited; (f) is intended to annoy, offend, inconvenience, or cause needless anxiety to any entity or person; (g) is commercial advertising or promotional material; (h) disrupts or prevents the functioning of others' use of this service; or (i) propagates or promotes a computer virus, worm or trojan horse.
AngelNetwork.com LLC reserves the right to terminate your access to this site in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, for overuse or abuse of this site. In the event of such termination, AngelNetwork.com LLC reserves the right not to refund any subscription fee(s). You are responsible for ensuring that no unauthorized access is obtained to this service. You will be entirely liable for all activities conducted and charges incurred, whether authorized by you or not. AngelNetwork.com LLC, Inc. accepts no responsibility for any breach of security. However, there is a duty on both of us to inform each other if a password is compromised. If a third party uses the Registered Member's account, the Registered Member is nevertheless responsible.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY AngelNetwork.com LLC ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. AngelNetwork.com LLC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, SERVICES, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
AngelNetwork.com LLC IS NEITHER A BROKER-DEALER NOR A SECURITIES EXCHANGE. IN PARTICULAR, AngelNetwork.com LLC DOES NOT:
1. PROVIDE ADVICE ABOUT THE MERITS OF PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITIES OR VENTURES.
2. RECEIVE COMPENSATION FROM ANGELNETWORK.COM MEMBERS OTHER THAN NOMINAL, FLAT FEES TO COVER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. SUCH FEES ARE NOT CONTINGENT UPON THE OUTCOME OR COMPLETION OF ANY SECURITIES TRANSACTION RESULTING FROM A LISTING ON THE WWW.ANGELNETWORK.COM.
3. PARTICIPATE IN ANY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN INVESTORS AND ENTREPRENEUR MEMBER COMPANIES.
4. DIRECTLY ASSIST INVESTORS OR LISTING COMPANIES WITH THE COMPLETION OF ANY TRANSACTION (FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CLOSING DOCUMENTATION OR PAID REFERRALS TO ATTORNEYS OR OTHER PROFESSIONALS).
5. HANDLE FUNDS OR SECURITIES INVOLVED IN COMPLETING A TRANSACTION.
6. PROVIDE ANY SECURITIES-RELATED SERVICES OTHER THAN A LISTING OR MATCHING SERVICE.
IN NO EVENT WILL AngelNetwork.com LLC BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFIT OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE OR INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CLAIMS ARISING FROM MALFUNCTION OR DEFECTS IN THE SITE OR RELATED SOFTWARE OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE BY ANY PARTY, OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR SYSTEM MALFUNCTION.
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Applicable Law
By visiting www.AngelNetwork.com, you agree that the laws of the State of California, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and AngelNetwork.com LLC or its affiliates.
Disputes
Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to www.AngelNetwork.com shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in San Diego, California except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate AngelNetwork.com LLC's intellectual property or other rights, AngelNetwork.com LLC may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the State of California, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
Definitions: “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Purchaser”
Membership to the AngelNetwork.com Web Site will be accepted from persons who qualify as "accredited investors" within the meaning of Rule 501 (a) promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended and from persons who qualify as "qualified purchasers" within the meaning of Sections 3 (c) (7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Member is a natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's spouse, at the time of purchase exceeds $1,000,000.
The Member is a natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the last two calendar years, or joint income with that person's spouse, in excess of $300,000 in each of those years, and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in this calendar year.
The Member is an entity with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 which was not formed for the purpose of investing in any of the Funds and which is one of the following:
• a corporation; or
• a partnership; or
• a limited liability company; or
• a business trust; or
• a tax-exempt organization described in Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").
The Member is a personal (non-business) trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 which was not formed for the purpose of investing in any of the Funds and whose decisions to invest in the Funds will be directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Funds.
The Member is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (including an Individual Retirement Plan) which satisfies at least one of the following conditions:
• it has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; or
• the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary which is a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered investment adviser; or
• it is a self-directed plan (i.e., a tax-qualified defined contribution plan in which a participant may exercise control over the investment of assets credited to his or her account) and the decision to invest is made by those participants investing, and each such participant qualifies as an accredited investor under the criteria listed in Question 2.
The Member is an employee benefit plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, which has total assets in excess of $5,000,000.
The Member is licensed, or subject to supervision, by U.S. Federal or state examining authorities as a "bank," "savings and loan association," "insurance company," or "small business investment company" (as such terms are used and defined in 17 CFR §230.501 (a)) or is an account for which a bank or savings and loan association is subscribing in a fiduciary capacity and over which such fiduciary exercises investment discretion.
The Member is registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker or dealer or an investment company; or has elected to be treated or qualifies as a "business development company" (within the meaning of Section 2(a) (48) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 or Section 202(a) (22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940).
The Member is an entity in which all of the equity owners are qualified under one or more of the criteria listed above.
Membership to the web site will also be accepted from persons who qualify as "qualified purchasers" within the meaning of Sections 3 (c) (7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Member is a natural person who owns at least $5 million in Investments, including Investments (i) held in an IRA or similar account, the investments of which are directed by and held for the benefit of such person, (ii) held jointly with a spouse or (iii) in which such person shares a community property or similar shared ownership interest with a spouse. Spouses who subscribe jointly may combine their investments for purposes of meeting the $5 million threshold, whether or not the investments are held jointly or individually.
The Member is an entity directly or indirectly owned entirely by two or more closely related natural persons, their estates or foundations, charities or trusts formed by or for their benefit (a "Family Company") that owns at least $5 million in Investments.
The Member is an entity (including self-directed retirement plans) the interests of which are beneficially owned by "qualified purchasers."
The Member is a trust not formed for the specific purpose of investing in any of the Funds, so long as both the persons with decision making power for the trust and each of the contributors to the trust is a "qualified purchaser."
The Member is any other person acting for such person's own account of the accounts of other "qualified purchasers" that in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary basis at least $25 million in Investments, excluding (i) private investment funds in existence on April 30, 1996, unless each beneficial owner of such fund on April 30, 1996 that is currently a beneficial owner has consented to such fund's status as a "qualified purchaser" permitted to invest in a category of investment pools that would include the Funds, (ii) entities formed for the purpose of investing in any of the Funds, unless each beneficial owner in the entity is a "qualified purchaser" and (iii) pension and other employee benefit plans that allow the beneficiaries to direct the investments of the plans.
"Investments" as defined in Section 11 (g) (1) - (5) Include:
Securities (as defined in Section 2 (1) of the Act) other than the securities of an issuer that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person that owns such securities, unless the issuer is: (a) a private investment company or a commodity pool; or (b) a public company that complies with reporting obligations under U.S. Securities laws or that has a class of securities listed on a securities exchange outside the U.S.; or (c) a company with shareholders' equity of $50 million or more (as reflected on financial statements determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP that are prepared within 16 months of the date the subscription to the Web Site is commenced).
Real Estate held for investment purposes. Real estate is not considered to be held for investment purposes if it is used as a place of business or in connection with the conduct of a trade or business of such person or a Related Person of the owner, or if it is used for personal or residential purposes unless deductible under Section 280A of the Code. "Related Person" means a person who is related to another person as a sibling, spouse, or former spouse, or is direct lineal descendant or ancestor by birth or adoption of such person, or is a spouse of such descendant, provided that in the case of a Family Company, a Related Person includes any owner of the Family Company and any person who is a Related Person of such owner.
Commodity Interests, Physical Commodities, and Financial Contracts held for investment purposes (e.g., as futures, forwards and options thereon, physical gold, silver, etc. and swap agreements).
Cash and Cash Equivalents (including foreign currencies) held for investment purposes, (such as bank deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and the net cash surrender value of an insurance policy).
Assets Excluded from the Definition of "Investments":
Specifically excluded from the definition of "Investments" are other assets which may be held for investment purposes, such as jewelry, artwork, antiques or other collectibles.
How to Value Investments:
Investments may be valued at their fair market value on the most recent practicable date or at their cost. In either case, the value of "Investments" is reduced by the amounts specified below in (a) and (b).
• (a) Deductions: General. The value of a person's investments must be reduced by the amount of any outstanding indebtedness incurred to acquire the investments.
• (b) Deductions: Family Companies. There shall also be deducted from the value of a Family Company's investments any outstanding indebtedness incurred by an owner of the Family Company to acquire such investments.
Special Valuation Considerations
Corporate Investments. For purposes of determining the amount of investments owned by a corporation ("Corporation"), there may be included investments owned by majority-owned subsidiaries ("Subsidiaries") of the Corporation and investments owned by a company ("Parent Company") of which the Corporation is a majority-owned subsidiary, or by a majority-owned subsidiaries of the Parent Company.
Commodity Interests. The value of commodity interests shall be the value of the initial margin or option premium deposited in connection with each commodity interest.
Private Investment Companies and Commodity Pools. Amounts of unfunded capital commitments to these entities are included in such entities' investments.
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