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  • All correspondence should be retained by the Agent unless  written instructions to the contrary are received.
  • I / We release the Agent from any responsibility and liability towards myself / ourselves or third parties arising by virtue of the Agent's strict adherence to these institutions.
  • I / We agree to hold the Agent harmless and to indemnify the Agent for all costs and damages which the Agent may incur by reason of the above.
  • I / We authorize the Agent to destroy these documents unless they  are collected within ONE (1) Year. I / We undertake to pay the Agent a fee for  this service.

TELEPHONE, TELEX, TELEGRAPH OR FACSIMILE INSTRUCTIONS.

  • I / We authorize the Agent to accept and execute any instructions given by telephone, tested or untested telex, facsimile or telegram regardless of the nature of the transaction, amount or beneficiary unless  written instructions to the contrary are received and acknowledged by the Agent.
  • Upon request I / We agree to confirm such instructions in  writing and agree that the Agent, at its sole discretion, may suspend the  execution of any order or instruction given by telephone, tested or untested  telex, facsimile or telegram, until it receives such written confirmation.
  • I / We am /are fully aware of the risk which such procedure may  entail, and in particular of the risk of errors in transmission or of  misunderstanding, alteration and duplication. I / We assume the entire  responsibility for such risks and hereby fully discharge the Agent in advance of  any responsibility for problems or losses arising from this arrangement made at  my / our request.
  • I / We acknowledge having read the Account Application and the General Conditions governing my / our business relationship with the Agent and agree fully with its terms and conditions.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

  • Powers of Attorney are not deemed revoked as a result of the death or legal incapacity of the attorneys unless and until valid written notice of revocation is received by the Agent.  The  attorneys may exercise all rights granted by the Principal(s). The Agent must be  notified in writing of any changes in the signature authority.
  • This Power of Attorney shall not be terminated by the death, declaration of absence, legal incapacity of bankruptcy of the Principal (s) or any other causes of termination, but shall  remain in force until the Agent receives formal notice of termination in writing. Such termination shall not affect transactions already commenced but not  completed.  Signature(s)  of the attorneys are certified as genuine by the Principal(s).

APPLICABLE LAW AND PLACE OF JURISDICTION

  • All  legal relations between the principal(s) and/or attorneys and the Agent are governed by Cyprus law.
  • Place  of performance and place of debt collection for the Principal(s) and/ or  attorneys domiciled or residing outside of Cyprus, as well as the exclusive  place of jurisdiction for all proceedings, irrespective of the domicile or  residence of the Principal(s) and/or attorneys, is Nicosia.
  • However, the Agent is entitled to sue or to  commence any legal proceedings against the Principal(s) and/or attorneys in any competent court or before any competent authority at his/their domicile or in  any other court or before any authority having jurisdiction.

JOINT & SEVERAL ACCOUNT

As joint depositors and joint creditors in any currency and/or safekeeping account and/or safe deposit account (hereinafter the "Joint and Several Account" or "Account"). The Account is subject to the Agent's General Conditions, any special  regulations issued by the Agent and to the following provisions:

  • Each Account Holder is authorized to dispose of the Joint and Several Account individually and without restriction and is authorized to give complete legal discharge to the Agent. Each Account Holder is authorized to delegate powers of attorney to third parties without obtaining consent of the other Account Holder(s).
  • In the event the Agent receives a credit in  favour of one Account Holder in the joint and Several Account, whether received by one of the Account Holders or a third party, the Agent reserves the right to  credit the Joint and Several Account unless specific instructions to the  contrary are included in the advice.
  • The Account Holders will be jointly and  severally liable to the Agent for all transactions entered into by any one of them, even if such transactions have the effect of giving rise to withdrawals in excess of the balance available on the Joint and Several Account.
  • The Agent is entitled at any time  and without prior authorization to set off the balance on the Joint and Several  Account against that of any other account(s), opened or to be opened, in its  books by any of the Account Holders, whatever the nature or currency of such account(s).
  • This Agreement is restricted to the individual rights of the Account Holders relative to the Joint and Several Account and is not concerned with their internal relationship and, in particular, their respective rights of ownership or those of their heirs
  • If any of the Account Holders should die, the surviving Account Holder(s) shall retain  exclusively the rights and obligations of this Agreement vis-a-vis the heirs of the deceased Account Holder(s) or any third party. This Agreement will then only apply between the surviving Account Holder(s) and the Agent to the  exclusion of any other person.
  • Applicable Law and Place of  Jurisdiction.  All legal relations between the Account Holders and the Agent are  governed by Cyprus Law. Place of performance and place of debt collection for the Account holders domiciled or residing outside of Cyprus, as well as the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all proceedings, irrespective of the domicile or residence of the Account Holders, is Nicosia. However, the Agent is entitled to sue or to  commence any legal proceedings  against the Account Holders in any competent court or before any competent authority at their  domicile or any other court or before any authority having jurisdiction. The Account Holders elect special domicile at the Agent for the  discharge of all their obligations.
  • In all other respects the General Conditions and any special regulations of the Agent shall apply, which the Account Holders declare to have received, to understand  and expressly consent to by signing this Agreement for a Joint and Several  Account.

DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

The Undersigned (hereinafter "the  Principal(s)") hereby appoints CristalTimes S.A. Renfrew International  (hereinafter "the Agent") with the management of balances of the Principal(s)  deposited at any time in current accounts, deposit accounts, time deposit accounts or precious metals accounts with the Agent (or with any other institution to the order of the Agent) and with the management of the securities held in the securities safekeeping account(s) of the Principal(s) at the Agent  (or at any other institution to the order of the Agent) in conformity with the  following provisions:

  • Subject to any specific instructions given by  the Principal(s), the Agent performs the management at its own discretion and is  accordingly not subject to any restrictions regarding the selection of the  investment object and the time the investment is effected.  The Agent may invest the credit balances in  shares, bonds, investment trust certificates, mortgages, notes, money-market  instruments, time deposits, precious metals and all other types of investment  according to the Agent's usual practice, as well as acquire sub-participations and effect fiduciary investments for the account of the Principal(s).  The Agent is entitled to change existing investments repeatedly at any time, to terminate, collect and reinvest credit  balances, to purchase and sell securities and precious metals, and generally to perform all acts of disposal with the exception of pledging.  The Agent is entitled to acquire and sell  securities on official securities exchanges or on the over-the-counter  market.  The Agent must balance any account having debit balances resulting from the purchase of investments by sales of assets at the earliest possible time. The Agent is authorized to hold temporarily un-invested funds to the credit of an account in its books in the name of the Principal(s). Foreign exchange transactions on a forward basis are only permitted if they serve to cover the exchange risk on an existing investment. In the event the the  Agent is requested to grant a credit facility secured by collateral of the  Principle(s) pledge in favour of the Agent, it is at the Agent's discretion to  what, if any, extent the collateral will be margin-able. 
  • It is hereby understood that the Agent will  not be held responsible for the choice of any investment, for the fluctuations in the value of the same, for changes in interest rates and for any consequent modification in levels of remuneration.
  • The  Principal(s) and the Agent agree that the following specific instructions must be observed in connection with the investments that are to be effected.
  • The  Agent is entitled, but not bound, to exercise the rights as shareholder,  co-owner, etc. arising from the investments. However specific proxy has been provided by the registered owners on a case by case basis. The Agent may apply  such voting rights at General Meetings in the way it considers the most appropriate.
  • The Agent is expressly authorized to delegate  all or part of the investment management services described herein to  a third party, at its entire discretion. The Agent may compensate such third  parties for such service as its sole discretion
  • The Agent charges an annual management fee for this mandate.
  • This Discretionary Investment Management Agreement shall not be terminated by the death, legal incapacity or bankruptcy of the Principal(s) or any other causes of  termination but shall remain in force until the Agent shall have received formal notice of termination in writing.  Such  notice shall not affect operations which have not yet been completed or matured
  • Applicable Law and Place of Jurisdiction
  • All legal relations between the  Principal(s) and the Agent are governed by Cyprus Law.

    Place  of performance and place of debt collection for the Principal(s) domiciled or residing outside of Cyprus, as well as the exclusive place of  jurisdiction for all proceedings, irrespective of the domicile orresidence of the Principal(s), is Nicosia

    However, the Agent is entitled to sue or to commence any legal proceedings against the  Principal(s) by any competent court or before any competent authority at his/their domicile or in any other court or before any authority having jurisdiction.  The Principal(s) elect(s) special domicile at the Agent for the discharge of all his/their obligations 

    In all other respects the General Conditions and any special regulations of the Agent shall apply, which the  Principal(s) declare ((s) to have received, to understand and to expressly consent to by signing this Discretionary Investment Management Agreement.

Fiduciary  Deposit & Money Market Funds Agreement

Fiduciary  Deposit and Money Market Funds Agreement between

Account  Holder (here in after referred to as the "Customer") and

CristalTimes S.A. Renfrew International (hereinafter referred to as the "Agent")

  • The Customer hereby  instructs the Agent to effect capital investments in the form of time fiduciary deposits with other banks outside Cyprus in the Agent's own name but for the  account and at the risk of the Customer.  The Agent acts at its own discretion in this connection.  However, the Customer is expressly authorized under this Agreement to issue specific written instructions to the Agent with  regard to such time deposits. 
  • Time deposits are  effected within the limits of the Customer's existing credit  balances.  It is agreed that in the case of deposits which the Agent places at its own discretion it may not utilize any  of the credit facilities granted to the Customer.
  • The  amount currency and conditions of the deposits involved shall be designated at  the discretion of the Agent or by the Customer in specific written instructions.  Specific instructions in  writing concerning the renewal of time deposits which are due for repayment must  reach the Agent at the latest 5 working days prior to the due date, otherwise the Agent decides at its option on the renewal, if any, and the conditions of the  deposit
  • The Agent has the sole obligation of paying to the Customer such amounts as have been credited to the Agent for its free disposal in the form of repayment of principal and of payment of interest.
  • If the bank outside Cyprus does not fulfill its commitments or fulfills them only partially or if it cannot meet its obligations due to transfer restrictions and foreign exchange controls imposed in its own country or domicile, or in the country of the denominating  currency, the Agent is obligated solely to assign to the Customer the claim held  on his behalf.  The Agent is under no obligation to perform any other services.
  • The  Agent charges the Customer a fiduciary commission, according to its schedule, calculated as a percentage of the amount invested at the time the deposit is made, and any expenses incurred.  These  commissions can be changed at any time.  Such alterations will be announced in writing
  • This Fiduciary Deposit and Money Market Funds Agreement shall not be terminated by the death, incapacity or  bankruptcy of the Customer or any other causes of termination set forth in  Articles 35 and 405 of the Cyprus Code of Obligations.  It shall remain in force until the Agent receives formal notice of termination in writing from the Customer or until the  Agreement is canceled by the Agent.  Any  notice of termination will not affect transactions or operations which have not  completed or matured.  Notice of  termination must reach the Agent at least 5 working days prior to the date of  maturity of any current fiduciary deposit.
  • Applicable Law and Place of  jurisdiction.  All legal relations  between the Customer and the Agent are governed by  Cyprus law.  Place of performance and place of debt collection for the  Customer domiciled or residing outside of Cyprus, as well as the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all proceedings, irrespective of the residence or domicile of the Customer, is Nicosia. However, the Agent is entitled to sue or to commence any legal proceedings against the Customer in any competent court  or before any competent authority at  his domicile or in any other court or before any authority having jurisdiction.
  • In all other respects the General Conditions and any special regulations of the Agent shall apply, which the Customer declares to have received, to understand  and expressly consents to by signing this Fiduciary Deposit and Money Market Funds Agreement

THIRD PARTY POWER OF ATTORNEY

As Attorney, legally to represent me/us in the capacity of a holder of a Limited  Power of Attorney in dealing with CristalTimes S.A. Renfrew International  ("the Agent") with respect the above mentioned Account (the "Account") and  in accordance with the following provisions:

  • Subject  to the restrictions listed below, the Attorney may
    • freely invest all my/our assets and credit balances at the Agent in the Account in  shares, bonds, investment trust certificates, mutual funds and other investment funds, mortgages, notes, money-market papers, deposits, precious metals,  transactions on the financial futures markets, options, spot and/or forward foreign exchange transactions, both fully covered and/or on a leveraged basis, and all other types of investment corresponding to bank usage, as well as  acquire sub-participations and effect fiduciary investments on my/our  behalf;
    • freely change existing investments repeatedly and at any time, to terminate, collect  and reinvest credit balances, to purchase and sell securities and precious  metals, thereby increasing or diminishing all my/our assets in the Account as a  consequence of his investment decisions;
    • instruct the Agent to process any exchange transaction, spot and/or forward, give any related transfer orders against delivery of the counterpart and, for margin requirements, pledge any of my/our assets held with the Agent in the Account and execute the necessary documents;
    • in general take any steps he/she believes necessary or useful for the administration of all my/our assets held with the Agent in the Account;
  • The attorney is authorized to receive, examine and verify statements of accounts, credits and other business transactions with the Agent relating to the Account.
    • The  Attorney is authorized to directly debit my/our account for his/her management  fees (including charges and -where applicable - taxes).  There is no obligation on the part of the Agent to make any examination regarding this charge.  However, the Attorney has NO AUTHORITY to  withdraw securities and/or funds of whatever kind, wholly or in part, pledge  them under any form, except for margin requirements, neither for my/our account  nor for the account of third parties nor for the Attorney's account.  The attorney is not authorized to give any  payment instructions, except against and in settlement of an investment authorized by this Limited Power of Attorney
  • All  actions taken by the Attorney shall be fully binding upon me/us, and I/we hereby  expressly ratify any transaction which has been or will be instructed by the  Attorney on my/our behalf with regard to any of my/our assets and credit balances with the Agent in the Account.
  • The  Agent is authorized to accept from the Attorney any form of instruction, whether  verbal, by telephone, telex, facsimile or by any other means of  communication
  • I/We hereby declare as follows:
    • I/We am/are aware of and agree that I/we am/are fully responsible for any overdraft on my/our account and credits in the Account resulting from orders placed by the Attorney, and/ or resulting from orders personally placed by me/us with the  Agent, irrespective of whether the Agent has requested confirmation from the  Attorney
    • I/We am/are aware of and agree that the Agent is not liable for any loss or damage  directly or indirectly arising from a delay or refusal in executing my/our orders personally placed with the Agent
  • Neither the Agent nor the Attorney shall be  liable towards me/us for any losses except for gross negligence arising from any acts under this Limited Power of Attorney, including noncompliance by the  Attorney with instructions given by the Principal(s).
  • This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in force in relation to the Agent until its revocation in writing has been received by the Agent.
  • It is expressly understood that this Limited Power of Attorney wilt remain in force in the event of death, legally presumed death, loss of legal capacity or  bankruptcy of the Principal(s).
  • This Limited Power of Attorney is governed by the General Conditions and special  regulations of the Agent.
  • This power of attorney is governed by Cyprus Law.  The Agent, however, reserves the right to take action against the customer(s) a this/their place of residence or before any other competent court.
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