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Please read this Agreement. Your use of Cambridgefx is subject to the terms of this Agreement.

In this Agreement, the words "you" and "your" mean the customer. Cambridge Mercantile Corp. Currency Exchange is referred to in this Agreement as "Cambridge Mercantile Corp." We suggest you print this page out to read it.


1. DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement, these terms have the following meanings:

  • "Application Form" means the application form which you completed and submitted to Cambridge Mercantile Corp. for the purpose of using Cambridgefx;
  • "Business Day" means a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange) in the place specified for that purpose;
  • "Currency" means money denominated in the lawful currency of a country;
  • "Customer Support Number" means the customer assistance phone number located at the bottom of each page in the "Buy or Sell Foreign Currency" section of the Cambridgefx site;
  • "Deal" means a transaction in which you agree to purchase or sell Currency from or to Cambridge Mercantile Corp. using Cambridgefx;
  • "Electronic Access Device" means any device which allows you to use or to access Cambridgefx including, but not limited to, a personal computer;
  • "Cambridgefx" means the electronic foreign exchange dealing platform provided by Cambridge Mercantile Corp.;
  • "Information Provider" means any entity providing Cambridge Mercantile Corp., whether directly or indirectly, with Market Information including, but not limited to, stock exchanges and news service providers;
  • "Market Information" means information relating to the financial markets, including market data, research, analysis, forecasts and commentary;
  • "Password" means the combination of numbers and / or letters that you select from time to time that, together with the Account Number, enable you to access Cambridgefx;
  • "Principal" means each person or entity for or on behalf of which you have the right to purchase or sell Currency;
  • "Software" means any software program provided to you by Cambridge Mercantile Corp. which enables you to access or use Cambridgefx.
2. Passwords
2.1 Once you have completed the Application Form to use Cambridgefx, Cambridge Mercantile Corp. will inform you by email of your initial Password for an Account Number. You will need a Password to sign on to Cambridgefx under that Account Number. The initial Password allows you to sign on to Cambridgefx for the first time. When you sign on to Cambridgefx for the first time, you must change your Password.

2.2 It is your sole responsibility to ensure that your Password is kept confidential. If you do disclose the Password, it is your sole responsibility to disclose it only to those persons who have the right to know the Password. Cambridge Mercantile Corp. will not be responsible for the unauthorized use of the Password.

2.3 In addition, you will indemnify and hold harmless Cambridge Mercantile Corp. against all claims, costs, losses and expenses incurred by Cambridge Mercantile Corp. as a result of the unauthorized use of the Password. This indemnity will survive the completion of any Deal or the termination of this Agreement. However, you will not be responsible for the unauthorized use of the Password after Cambridge Mercantile Corp. receives written notice from you by mail, courier or fax (in the manner described in Section 13) in which you instruct Cambridge Mercantile Corp. to terminate use of the Account Number relating to the Password in question.

2.1 If you believe a Password has been disclosed to, or is known by, a person who does not have your authority to know the Password, you must immediately change the Password. If you believe an unauthorized Trade may occur or has occurred, you must notify Cambridge Mercantile Corp. immediately by calling the Customer Support Number which is displayed in the Contact information on the Cambridgefx website.

3. DEALS
3.1 Before completing a deal using Cambridgefx, you must review the quote. You accept the Deal by clicking the Book Deal button. Once you click the Book Deal button, you will have accepted the Deal, and the Deal will have been entered into and will be your binding obligation.

3.2 If for any reason you wish to cancel a Deal that has been entered into, you must notify Cambridge Mercantile Corp. immediately by calling the Customer Support Number which is displayed in the Contact information on the Cambridgefx website. In certain circumstances, Cambridge Mercantile Corp. may have the ability to cancel the Deal, and Cambridge Mercantile Corp. will use its reasonable best efforts to cancel the Deal. However, you understand that once the Deal has been entered into, the Deal is your binding obligation and that the cancellation of any such Deal will be entirely within the sole and absolute discretion of Cambridge Mercantile Corp. You will be responsible for any Deal that is cancelled by Cambridge Mercantile Corp. and you must reimburse Cambridge Mercantile Corp. for any breakage costs and other expenses that may have been incurred by Cambridge Mercantile Corp. to cancel the Deal.

3.3 The terms of each Deal will be set out in the Deal confirmation presented to you on the **Deal Confirmation Screen following your acceptance of the Deal. The Deal confirmation is evidence of the terms of a completed Deal. The Deal will not be invalidated if for any reason the Deal confirmation is not presented to you by Cambridgefx, including as a result of any computer malfunction. If for any reason the Deal confirmation is not presented to you, the records of Cambridge Mercantile Corp. with respect to that Deal will constitute conclusive evidence of the terms of the Deal. If a Deal confirmation is not presented to you for any reason, you should notify Cambridge Mercantile Corp. immediately by calling the Customer Support Number, and Cambridge Mercantile Corp. will provide you with a confirmation setting out the terms of the Deal.

3.4 The terms of each Deal set out in the related Deal confirmation are incorporated into this Agreement and form a part of this Agreement. This Agreement and the terms of each Deal together form the Agreement and together constitute a single Agreement between you and Cambridge Mercantile Corp.. If there is any inconsistency between this Agreement and a Deal confirmation, the Deal confirmation will govern.

3.5 Once a Deal has been entered into, you must make each payment or delivery required to be made by you under the terms of the Deal in the Currency and amount, on the date and in accordance with the settlement instructions for the Deal, as stated in the related Deal confirmation. You must ensure that any account from which your payment obligations under a Deal are to be made contain sufficiently cleared funds to settle the Deal on the value date for the Deal. If the account does not contain sufficiently cleared funds to settle the Deal, you will be liable for any resulting fees payable with respect to the account in accordance with the terms under which you hold such account. In addition, if you fail to settle the Deal on the value date for the Deal, Cambridge Mercantile Corp. may, without limiting any other remedies that it may have, in its absolute discretion cancel the Deal, in which case you will have to reimburse Cambridge Mercantile Corp. for any breakage costs and other expenses incurred by Cambridge Mercantile Corp. to cancel the Deal.

3.6 If you select a value date for the settlement of a Deal and that date is not a Business Day in the province or state in which any of the accounts from which you will be making or receiving payment for a Deal is located (that is, if the account is maintained at a branch in that province or state), the value date for the Deal will be the first day following the value date that you selected that is a Business Day in each of the provinces/states in which such accounts reside, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Deal confirmation.

3.7 Cambridge Mercantile Corp. will use its reasonable best efforts to process your transactions on the same day they are submitted through Cambridgefx. Cambridge Mercantile Corp. cannot control nor be responsible for the time it takes Financial Institutions to settle accounts. In the event that a transaction is processed on the next business day for whatever reason, Cambridge Mercantile Corp. shall not, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, be responsible for failure, delays or errors in the completion of the transaction and Cambridge Mercantile Corp. shall have no liability for consequential or special damages.

4. AUTHORITY TO DEAL
4.1 You have provided Cambridge Mercantile Corp. with a list of one or more employees who have authority to enter into Deals on your behalf and/or who have authority to provide Cambridge Mercantile Corp. with settlement and delivery instructions for completed Deals. You represent that each such employee has authority to enter into Deals on your behalf and/or to provide Cambridge Mercantile Corp. with settlement and delivery instructions for completed Deals and that any such Deal will be enforceable against you. Any restrictions on an employee's authority to deal with Cambridge Mercantile Corp. previously communicated by you to Cambridge Mercantile Corp. are deemed to be superceded by your representation in this Agreement as to that employee's authority to enter into Deals, unless you specifically advise ** Cambridge Mercantile Corp. that those restrictions are also applicable to that employee's authority to enter into Deals.

4.2 You also provided Cambridge Mercantile Corp. with a list of one or more Principals on behalf of which you intend to purchase or sell Currencies. You represent that you have full discretionary authority to purchase and sell Currencies on behalf of each of those Principals and that each Deal entered into on behalf of a Principal will be enforceable by Cambridge Mercantile Corp. against the Principal in accordance with its terms.

4.3 These representations are deemed to be repeated on each date on which you enter into a Deal. You will indemnify and hold harmless Cambridge Mercantile Corp. from and against all claims, costs, losses and expenses incurred by Cambridge Mercantile Corp. arising out of, or in respect of, any claim that an employee was not authorized to enter into a Deal on your behalf and/or provide Cambridge Mercantile Corp. with settlement and delivery instructions for completed Deals, or that you were not authorized to enter into or perform a Deal for a Principal or that a Deal for a Principal is otherwise not enforceable against the Principal by Cambridge Mercantile Corp.. This indemnity will survive the completion of any Deal or the termination of this Agreement.

4.4 You represent that you are not relying on any communication (written or oral) of Cambridge Mercantile Corp. as investment advice, as recommendation to enter into a Deal or an assurance of expected results of a Deal and that each Deal entered into by you will be based upon your own judgment and upon advice from such advisors as you have deemed necessary. You acknowledge that Cambridge Mercantile Corp. is not acting as a fiduciary or advisor with respect to any Deal.

5. RECORDS
5.1 Cambridge Mercantile Corp. may maintain a database of all your instructions for Cambridgefx. Cambridge Mercantile Corp.'s records will be conclusive and binding on you in any dispute, including in any legal proceeding, as the best evidence of your Deals using Cambridgefx, in the absence of clear proof that Cambridge Mercantile Corp.'s records are erroneous or incomplete.
5.1 Cambridge Mercantile Corp. will not be liable to you as a result of any payment that it makes pursuant to incorrect settlement or delivery instructions provided by you when using Cambridgefx.

6. SET OFF
6.1 If you fail to make a payment or delivery when due under this Agreement or under a Deal, Cambridge Mercantile Corp. may without prior notice set-off any amount owing by you to Cambridge Mercantile Corp. under this Agreement or under a Deal, against any amount owing by Cambridge Mercantile Corp. to you, whether or not the amount is owed to you under this Agreement or under a Deal.

7. INFORMATION SOURCES
7.1 Market Information provided through Cambridgefx has been independently obtained from various Information Providers through sources believed to be reliable. Neither Cambridge Mercantile Corp. nor the Information Providers guarantee the timeliness, sequence, accuracy or completeness or fitness for a particular purpose of any Market Information provided through Cambridgefx. The Market Information may include views, opinions and recommendations of individuals or organizations. You understand that neither Cambridge Mercantile Corp. nor the Information Providers necessarily endorse such views or opinions, or are providing any investment, tax, accounting or legal advice to you by including such Market Information in Cambridgefx.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
8.1 Cambridge Mercantile Corp. will not be liable to you for any loss, costs or damages which you incur as a result of your use of Cambridgefx or if Cambridgefx is not available, including if for any reason it is not available during its normal hours of operation. For example, and without limitation, Cambridge Mercantile Corp. will not be liable:
(a) for communication malfunctions that affect the accuracy or timeliness of messages or instructions between you and Cambridge Mercantile Corp. and / or which prevent messages from being transmitted in whole or in part;
(b) if you make a mistake when entering information when using Cambridgefx;
(c) if any person fails to log off a personal computer and an unauthorized Deal is entered into using Cambridgefx;
(d) if, for any reason, you cannot access any part of Cambridgefx or Cambridgefx does not function or is not available; or,
(e) for any harm or loss to your personal computer records or data.

8.2 Cambridge Mercantile Corp. will not be responsible for any loss, damages or injury suffered by you by reason of any act or omission in the course of or in connection with the operation of any Electronic Access Device.

9. SERVICE MODIFICATIONS AND INTERRUPTIONS

9.1 Cambridge Mercantile Corp. may modify any or all of Cambridgefx at any time. Cambridgefx may periodically be unavailable to you during its normal hours of operation in order to allow for maintenance, updates or other cause. Cambridge Mercantile Corp. will not be responsible for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control. Such acts include but are not limited to, acts of God, strikes, postal interruptions, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, fire, communication line failures, power failures, equipment or software malfunction, earthquakes or other disasters.

10. GENERAL

10.1 This Agreement is in addition to, and not in substitution of, any other present or future agreement between you and Cambridge Mercantile Corp..
10.2 This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. Each of the parties shall attorn to the jurisdiction of the Courts within the Province of Ontario having jurisdiction over the subject matter of this Agreement.

11. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT
11.1 Upon prior notice to you, which may include communication via Cambridgefx, Cambridge Mercantile Corp. may amend any provision of this Agreement at any time, and your continued use of Cambridgefx after the date of any such amendment will constitute for all purposes your agreement and consent to such amendment.

12. TERMINATION
12.1 Cambridge Mercantile Corp. may terminate this Agreement at any time without notice. You may terminate this Agreement at any time by notifying Cambridge Mercantile Corp. in writing in accordance with Section 13. Termination of this Agreement by either Cambridge Mercantile Corp. or you will not affect any Deals that were entered into prior to such termination, in respect of which this Agreement shall continue until all obligations under those Deals have been performed.

13. NOTICES AND COMMUNICATION OF INSTRUCTIONS
13.1 Notices which you need to deliver to Cambridge Mercantile Corp. must be delivered by mail, courier or fax as follows:

US Address
Cambridge Mercantile Corp.
Princeton Corporate Center
5 Independance Way
Princeton, NJ 08540
Fax (609) 514-5134

Canada Address
Cambridge Mercantile Corp.
25 Adelaide St. E.,
Suite 2000
Toronto, Ontario
M5C 3A1, Canada
Fax: (800) 982-4778

13.2 Any notice will be deemed effective (a) if delivered by mail, on the date it is received by Cambridge Mercantile Corp., (b) if delivered by courier, on the date it is delivered to Cambridge Mercantile Corp., and (c) if delivered by fax, on the date that transmission is received in legible form by Cambridge Mercantile Corp..

13.3 Cambridge Mercantile Corp. may, but is not obliged to, rely and act upon telephone, fax and any other electronically transmitted instructions from or purporting to be from a person authorized by you and which Cambridge Mercantile Corp. believes in good faith to be genuine. Cambridge Mercantile Corp. shall not, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, be responsible for failure, delays or errors in the receipt of such instructions and Cambridge Mercantile Corp. shall have no liability for consequential or special damages.

14. LANGUAGE (Quebec residents only)
14.1 You confirm that you have requested this Agreement and all related documents to be drawn up in the English language only. Vous confirmez avoir exigé que ce contrat et tous les documents s'y rapportant soient rédigés en anglais seulement.

If you agree to the terms and conditions set out above, please print this Agreement, have it signed by a properly authorized signing authority and send it to us by fax at 1-416-362-6829.

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