Ownership of the website

This Website belongs to 2Xideas AG (hereafter referred to as “2Xideas”), a company based in Switzerland.

Accuracy and up-to-dateness of the information

The content of the Website is provided for information and marketing purposes only. Although 2Xideas takes all reasonable care to ensure that the information on this Website is correct at the time of publication, it makes no representation or warranty (including liability towards third parties), express or implied, regarding the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information provided. The information provided on the Website may be modified at any time without prior notice. The posting of any information on the Website should not be understood to imply that there have been no changes since the information was filed with the relevant regulatory authority or since it was published or that the information is accurate at any time after publication. By accessing the Website or using any information provided on this Website (for personal use or for third parties), you signify your agreement to be bound by the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy.

Information regarding MSCI indices may only be used for your internal use, may not be reproduced or redisseminated in any form, and may not be used as a basis for or a component of any financial instruments or products or indices. None of the MSCI information is intended to constitute investment advice or a recommendation to make (or refrain from making) any kind of investment decision and may not be relied on as such. Historical data and analysis should not be taken as an indication or guarantee of any future performance analysis, forecast, or prediction. The MSCI information is provided on an "as is" basis and the user of this information assumes the entire risk of any use made of this information. MSCI, each of its affiliates and each other person involved in or related to compiling, computing or creating any MSCI information (collectively, the "MSCI Parties") expressly disclaims all warranties (including, without limitation, any warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose) with respect to this information. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall any MSCI Party have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential (including, without limitation, lost profits) or any other damages.

The Sustainability disclosure was developed using information from MSCI ESG Research LLC or its affiliates or information providers. Although 2Xideas AG information providers, including without limitation, MSCI ESG Research LLC and its affiliates (the "ESG Parties"), obtain information (the "Information") from sources they consider reliable, none of the ESG Parties warrants or guarantees the originality, accuracy and/or completeness, of any data herein and expressly disclaim all express or implied warranties, including those of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Information may only be used for your internal use, may not be reproduced or redisseminated in any form, and may not be used as a basis for, or a component of, any financial instruments or products or indices. Further, none of the Information can in and of itself be used to determine which securities to buy or sell or when to buy or sell them. None of the ESG Parties shall have any liability for any errors or omissions in connection with any data herein, or any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential, or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.

Updates to the Terms of Use

The Terms of Use may be updated at any time. Therefore, 2Xideas advises you to read them again regularly to ensure that you are informed of any changes. The Terms of Use were last updated in August 2023.

Use of the Website

Subject to these Terms of Use, you may not:

• systematically copy (whether by printing off onto paper, storing on disk or in any other way) substantial parts of the Website; except where 2Xideas provides a download-link.
• remove, change or obscure in any way any of the content of the Website or otherwise use any material contained on the Website except as set out in these Terms of Use.
• use the Website or any of the information contained thereon for unlawful purposes.
• pass on or make available all or part of the Website, data or documents from the Website to third parties for your own commercial purposes, whether for free or in return for payment.
  
  
  

No investment advice offered by 2Xideas

No information published on the Website constitutes financial, legal, tax or other advice, nor should any investment or any other decision be made solely based on this information. Investments in any of the investment instruments described on the Website should only be made after carefully studying the corresponding prospectus, offering documents and fund contract as well as the annual or half-yearly report including all the legal information therein. You should obtain advice from a qualified expert before making any investment decision.

Information not tailored to your situation

The information contained on the Website is neither tailored to nor oriented towards your individual situation. Therefore, such information may be completely unsuitable for or inapplicable to your individual investment decisions. You should obtain personal advice from a qualified expert before making any investment decision.

No offer

No information published on this Website constitutes a solicitation, offer or recommendation to buy or sell any investment instruments or to conclude any other transactions or any legal acts whatsoever.

Forward-looking statements

The value of an investment may fall as well as rise at any time. The future performance of an investment cannot be deduced from previous market value. Therefore, good performance in the past does not guarantee good performance in the future. Investments in foreign currencies are additionally subject to exchange rate fluctuations and therefore carry a higher level of risk. Therefore, 2Xideas cannot guarantee that any capital invested will maintain its value or increase in value.

The Website may contain forward-looking statements. Even if such forward-looking statements reflect the views and future expectations of 2Xideas, a series of risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause actual developments and results to diverge substantially from the fund providers’ expectations. 2Xideas is not obliged (and explicitly declines any obligation) to update or change the forward-looking statements, on the basis of either new information or future events or for any other reason.

Copyright

The entire content of the Website is subject to copyright with all rights reserved by 2Xideas. You may save or print out a hard copy of individual pages and/or sections of the Website provided that you do not remove any copyright notices or any other legally protected proprietary notices.

Trademarks

Nothing on this Website shall be construed as granting any license or right to use any image, registered trademark, logo or software. Downloading or copying of this Website or of parts thereof shall not transfer any title to you. 2Xideas reserves all rights (in particular with respect to copyrights and trademark ownership) to all material on the Website and will enforce their rights to the full extent of the law.

Disclosure of interests

2Xideas and/or its boards of directors, managers and employees may have or have had interests in the listed investment instruments or have or have had positions in the relevant securities. Furthermore, such entities or persons may have or have had a relationship with or may provide or have provided other services to or serve or have served as directors of the relevant fund providers or companies.

Legal restrictions on use

The Website contains information and documents regarding numerous investment vehicles and is not directed at any person in any jurisdiction in which (by reason of that person’s nationality, tax residence or otherwise) publication of or access to the Website is prohibited. Persons in respect of whom such local restrictions apply must not access the Website.

User profile

When accessing the Website for the first time, users are required to specify their investor profile and domicile. The investment fund documents and information provided thereafter are intended exclusively for users with the specified investor profile. Selecting the wrong investor profile may result in access to information and documents relating to investment vehicles which the user is not authorized to access. The user undertakes to select the correct investor profile. 2Xideas shall not be held liable for any damages or action incurred by the user as a result of selecting the wrong investor profile.

Exclusion of liability with regard to the documents and information on the Website

Under no circumstances shall 2Xideas be held liable for any direct, indirect or consequential damages or losses resulting from use of the documents or information on the Website.

Computer viruses, malware and spyware

Furthermore, 2Xideas disclaims all liability for any tampering with the Internet user’s computer system by unauthorized parties. In this regard, 2Xideas expressly draws attention to the risk of viruses and the possibility of targeted attacks from malware and spyware programs. In order to combat viruses, it is recommended that the most recent browser versions be used and that anti-virus software be installed and continually updated. As a rule, the opening of any email from an unknown source as well as any unexpected attachment to an email message should be avoided.

Availability of the Website

2Xideas may suspend the operation of the Website at any time for maintenance or repair work or to update or improve the Website’s content or functionality. 2Xideas does not warrant that access to or use of the Website or of any sites or pages linked to it will be uninterrupted or error free.

Changes to the format and content of the Website

2Xideas may change the format and content of the Website at its sole discretion. You should refresh your browser each time you visit the Website to ensure that you access the most up-to-date version of the Website.

Entire understanding

This document forms the entire understanding between you and 2Xideas with respect to use of the Website and supersedes all previous agreements, understandings and representations relating to use thereof.

Assignability

You hereby agree that 2Xideas may sub-contract the performance of any activity relating to the operation of the Website and may assign any of the provisions of this document to a third party at any time without the need to give you any notice.

Place of jurisdiction and applicable law

These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Switzerland. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Swiss courts at the principal place of business of 2Xideas.

Data Protection Declaration – Privacy Policy

Agreement

By accessing 2Xideas AG’s Website you declare that you agree with the information and processing of your personal data as described in the privacy policy below. If you disagree, please refrain from using our Website. This privacy policy may be updated at any time. Through continued use of the Website and our services we assume that you have taken note.

General Information

2Xideas AG is the operator of this Website. We take the protection of your personal data very serious. We collect, edit and treat your data confidentially and according to the valid and applicable rules and regulations of the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA), the General European Data Protection Regulation („GDPR“) and this data protection declaration. Below we explain how your personal data is collected and edited when visiting this Website as well as when a registration takes place.

In principle, our Website is accessible without the indication of your personal data.

Your data is processed in Switzerland and is stored on Swiss servers in principle.

Privacy Policy

1. Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is to inform you about how we process your personal data. We process your personal data when you visit our Website or use our apps, enter into a customer relationship or other type of contractual relationship with us and/or purchase services and products from or apply to work for us or otherwise deal with us.

We will inform you in good time about additional processing activities not mentioned in this data protection declaration.

The processing of your personal data is subject to the Swiss Data Protection Act and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR").

2. Our Company

The company listed below is responsible for your data processing, unless otherwise communicated:

2Xideas AG

Bahnhofstrasse 1

8808 Pfäffikon, Switzerland

With respect to personal data and data protection or if you wish to exercise your rights, you may contact us at any time at the address indicated on our Website ore contact the office listed below:

2Xideas AG

Bahnhofstrasse 1

8808 Pfäffikon, Switzerland

info@2Xideas.com

3. Processing of personal data

Personal data* means all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Data processing" means any handling of personal data, in particular the acquisition, storage, use, modification, disclosure, archiving, deletion or destruction of data.

When processing personal data, we observe the principles of data protection law. Where necessary, we process personal data only with your prior consent.

We process personal data that we receive from you or from third parties. Where permitted and appropriate, we then obtain personal data ourselves, e.g. from publicly accessible sources such as the internet, newspapers and reports.

If you provide us with personal data of other persons, you must be authorised to do so, e.g. by obtaining permission from the persons concerned. The data must then be correct. Please also ensure that they have read and understood this privacy policy.

* The terms personal data, personal information and data are used interchangeably in this privacy statement.

4. Data processing

Visitors to our Website

We process personal data when you visit our Website www.2xideas.com or use our app.

In particular, we process the following data:

• Technical data, such as the IP address, browser used, operating system, cookies Minutes etc.
• Data in connection with the registration for our customer area
  
  

Further information on visiting our Website and the associated data processing is set out below in section 11.

Customers

We process personal data that we receive during (initiating) a client relationship. While subscribing to our funds or research products and while providing our services in asset management to you we receive the data directly from you or partly through third parties, such as banks, asset managers, auditors or obtain them ourselves.

In particular, we process the following data:

• Master data (e.g. name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, gender, nationality, social media profiles, copies of IDs)
• Contractual data, i.e. the data we need to process the contractual relationship with you (e.g. type of contract, services, financial data, etc.).
• Data that we need to fulfil our due diligence investigations, e.g. data for identification or background checks
• Data on your preferences, e.g. based on the products and services you request
• Financial information
• Communication data
  

In the application procedure

As a matter of principle, we process the data that we receive from you or from third parties in the context of your application or obtain ourselves.

In particular, we process the following personal data:

• Master data (e.g. name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, gender, nationality, social media profiles, copies of IDs)
• Communication data
• Data from your CV
• Data from your references
• Information from reference persons
• Extract from the criminal record, extract from the debt collection register or other government information, confirmations, etc.
• Data that we obtain in the context of further clarifications (e.g. creditworthiness information, personal data in media reports, etc.).
  
  

It is possible that sensitive personal data will be processed. If your consent is required for this, we will inform you separately.

Business partners & other third parties

We process personal data that we receive as part of the (initiation of the) business relationship with you or with a business partner or in another context. We receive the data directly from you, from third parties or obtain it ourselves.

In particular, we process the following data:

• Master data (e.g. name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, gender, nationality, social media profiles, copies of IDs)
• Contractual data, i.e. the data we need to process the contractual relationship with you (e.g. type of contract, services, financial data, etc.).
• Communication data
• Data that we obtain in the context of further clarifications (e.g. creditworthiness information, personal data in media reports, etc.).
  
  

5. Purpose of processing

The purpose of processing, i.e. the way we process your personal data, depends on how you deal with us.

We process your data in particular for the following purposes:

We process data for the recording, administration and processing of customer, contractual and employment relationships, i.e. e.g.

• Provision of our services/offer of our products to you
• Fulfilment of contractual obligations
• When you apply for a job with us
• Fulfilment of our due diligence obligations, e.g. within the scope of "Know your Customer" clarifications or in supply chain management
• Further development of services and products
• Marketing including the organisation of events Market and opinion research, statistical surveys, testing and optimisation of procedures for needs analysis for the purpose of direct customer contact as well as collection of personal data from publicly accessible sources for the purpose of customer acquisition.
• Sending publications, information on events and for sending newsletters
• Media monitoring
• Assertion of legal and other claims and defence in connection with legal disputes and official proceedings
• Prevention and investigation of criminal offences and other misconduct incl. conducting investigations
  
  

For communication with you, i.e. e.g.

• Contact
• Exchange of information and response to requests
• Relationship management
• Assertion of your rights
  
  

Communication can take place using all common means of communication, e.g. by letter, via e-mail, via an app, by telephone via social media, via chat, via forms on our Website, etc.

In connection with ensuring "compliance", i.e. if laws and regulations, orders/recommendations etc. from authorities, internal regulations etc. must be complied with or within the scope of the due diligence clarifications carried out by us.

For operating the Website www.2xideas.com, incl. authentication when visiting the customer area. For further information, please refer to section 11.

For other purposes such as safeguarding our legitimate interests and our rights, to ensure the functioning of our business (incl. accounting, risk management, granting signatory powers, in the context of M&A transactions, to ensure operational security and to clarify facts/misconduct, for training and educational purposes etc.

6. Data transfer and data transmission abroad

We may share your data with third party recipients where necessary based on your consent or if they need your data to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations or to carry out their respective tasks. We may then share your data to protect our legitimate interests.

In particular, the recipients listed below may receive your data:

• Third parties such as consultants, marketing companies, translation agencies or providers of IT services who process your data as well as other external service providers and bodies such as banks, asset managers, insurance companies, auditors, associations
• Our contractual partners incl. our customers, i.e. possibly your employer
• Public bodies and authorities (e.g. FINMA, tax authorities) in the event of a legal or supervisory obligation or quality controls
• Third parties who have access to the personal data processed in the course of visiting our Website
• Other third parties, such as alternative delivery addressees, recipients of payments and services, third parties in the context of M&A transactions, lawyers, industry organisations, etc.
• Group companies of 2Xideas AG, e.g. 2Xideas Switzerland AG
  
  

The recipients of your data may in turn involve third parties. We restrict the processing by some selected third parties, e.g. contractually. For other third parties, this is not always possible (e.g. public bodies and authorities as well as financial intermediaries).

The recipients of your data may be located in Switzerland, Europe and United States but in exceptional cases may be located in any other country in the world.

If the data recipient is located in a country without adequate legal data protection and is not already subject to a recognised set of rules to ensure data protection, corresponding additional protective measures will be necessary, e.g. through contractually agreed specific data protection clauses. However, exceptions to this rule (e.g. in direct connection with the conclusion or performance of a contract, legal proceedings abroad, overriding public or private interest or your consent) may occur.

7. Profiling & automated individual decision

We carry out automated processing of personal data. This consists of using your data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to you, to analyse or predict aspects relating to your work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or change of location. Where necessary, we will obtain explicit consent to do so.

It may happen that our decision is based on an automated individual case decision, i.e. an automated processing that involves a legal consequence for you or significantly affects you. Insofar as a data processing is based on an automated individual case decision, you have the right to comment on this and to have the decision reviewed by a natural person.

8. Information, correction, cancellation, and restriction

You have the right to request information about which of your data we process. You can also request that your personal data be corrected, blocked or deleted.

In addition, you have the option of receiving certain personal data relating to you in a structured, common and machine-readable format and transmitting it yourself or through us to another person responsible.

If our data processing is based on your consent, you have the right to revoke this consent.

Finally, you have the right to assert your claims through legal channels and/or to file a complaint with the competent authority. Such an authority may be based in Switzerland or abroad.

For the rights asserted, please contact the specialist office listed under point 2 in writing. Please note that under certain circumstances your rights may not be enforceable or may be restricted. Should this be the case, we will inform you accordingly.

9. Duration of the retention of personal data

In principle, personal data is only retained until the purpose of the processing has been achieved; personal data is not deleted if we are obliged to retain it due to a legal or regulatory requirement, orders e.g. from authorities or a contractual agreement.

Likewise, deviating retention obligations are possible insofar as claims can be asserted against our company and insofar as we are otherwise legally obliged to do so or there is an overriding interest on our part in retention (e.g. for evidence and documentation purposes).

10. Data security

In order to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability and traceability of the data we store and process, we take extensive technical and organisational security precautions in our area of responsibility, which are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological progress.

In particular, the following measures were taken:

• Adhering to the “need to know” principle. Access rights are only granted through a change process.
• Redundant Data Backups to different vendors.
• Continuous Intrusion Detection and Prevention systems.
• Data Encryption is assured during transport and rest.
• Continuous and mandatory cyber security trainings for employees Including simulated attacks.
  
  

11. Use of our Website

If you visit our Website or our app (hereinafter referred to as Website, internet presence, etc.), this generally leads to data processing.

When visiting the Website, log files are stored, which contain the following information in particular:

• the name of the retrieved file
• the time (date and time) of your retrieval
• the volume of data transferred
• a message about successful retrieval
• Your web browser, operating system and the requesting domain
• the IP address
  
  

This data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of improving our services and generally does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.

If you wish to make use of services offered by us on our Website, it is necessary for you to provide further data. This is the data that is required for the respective processing.

By using our Website and any further services based on it, you expressly consent to the associated processing of your personal data.

Data use

We use the information we collect about you to provide the products and services we offer, to answer your questions and to operate and improve our Websites and applications. We also use your personal data to provide you with a comprehensive service via our Website. For further purposes, please see section 5.

We will not disclose your personal data submitted online to third parties unless it serves one of the purposes listed in section 5 or, where necessary, you have given your express prior consent. Data may be passed on to the recipients listed in section 6.

User profiles

As a matter of principle, we do not create any personal user profiles. In connection with the retrieval of the information you requested, data is only stored on our servers in anonymised form for the provision of our various services or for evaluation purposes. General information is logged, for example, when which contents from our offer are called up or which pages are visited most frequently.

Use of cookies

We use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are sent to your browser by our web server when you visit our Website and are stored on your computer for later retrieval. By using our Website, you agree to the use of cookies.

The cookies used serve in particular to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of our Websites and to continue to identify your computer during a visit to our Website when switching from one of our Websites to another of our Websites and to be able to determine the end of your visit. In this way, we learn which section of our web pages and which other web pages our users have visited. However, this usage data does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the user. All of this anonymised usage data is not combined with your personal data and is deleted immediately after the end of the statistical evaluation.

When you visit our Website, cookies are permanently stored on your computer. This serves to optimise the user-friendliness and the easy and fast access to the web pages. Most browsers are preset to accept cookies automatically. However, you can deactivate the storage of cookies or set your browser to notify you before cookies are stored.

You can also prevent the installation of cookies by making the appropriate setting in your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our Website to their full extent.

Hyperlinks to external Websites

Our Website contains hyperlinks to Websites of other providers. When you activate these hyperlinks, you will be forwarded directly from our Website to the Website of the other provider. You will recognise this by the change of URL, among other things. We cannot accept any responsibility for the confidential handling of your data on these third-party Websites, as we have no influence on whether these companies comply with data protection regulations. Please inform yourself directly about the handling of your personal data by these companies on these Websites.

Google Analytics

This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the Website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website is generally transmitted to a Google server and stored there. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.

However, in the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this Website, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. We would like to point out that on this Website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses.

On behalf of the operator of this Website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity and providing other services relating to Website activity and internet usage to the Website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the Website by Google by downloading and installing available browser plug-ins.

As an alternative to this browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, you can prevent the collection by Google Analytics. An opt-out cookie will then be set, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this Website.

Google Maps

Furthermore, Google Maps, a map service of Google Inc. ("Google") is integrated on this Website. Google Maps uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer if you use the map function on our Website.

When you click on the link, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Google server. Google thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Google Maps link while you are logged into your Google account, Google can associate your visit to our site with your user account.

We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Google. Details on data collection (purpose, scope, further processing, use) as well as your rights and setting options can be found in Google's privacy policy.

12. Changes

This privacy policy may be amended at any time without prior notice. The version published on our Website or sent to you by other means shall apply, insofar as it is more recent. Unless otherwise agreed, the privacy policy does not form part of any contract concluded with you.

Update date: 28.08.2023