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If you do not agree with these Terms, then you must immediately cease your use and access of the Stock Ocean and not avail any of the services offered by Stock Ocean .
By continuing to access and/or use the Stock Ocean, or by availing any of the services offered by Stock Ocean, you confirm that you have read, understood and accepted these Terms.
Stock Ocean may, at its sole discretion, curtail a user’s access to the Stock Ocean without the need to assign a reason if
(a) the user is in breach of any provisions of these Terms.
(b) Stock Ocean is unable to verify or authenticate any information provided by the user.
(c) Stock Ocean has reason to believe that the user’s actions may infringe on any third-party rights, breach any applicable law, or violate any order of a court or an executive authority, or are otherwise detrimental to its goodwill or may adversely affect the conduct of its business. If a user’s access has been curtailed, withheld, suspended, or terminated, then such user shall not attempt to re-register themselves on the Stock Ocean or to use the Stock Ocean in any manner whatsoever.

Stock Ocean reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to withhold, to suspend or to terminate a user’s access to the Stock Ocean without prior notice for any reasonable cause which may include routine maintenance activity and the findings of a fraud detection audit activity or violation of its community guidelines.

The remedies available to Stock Ocean hereunder are without prejudice to its entitlements under the law, including the right to recover any amount due to be paid by a user and to pursue such legal action as may be deemed necessary by Stock Ocean .
To receive recommendations and research reports issued by the research analyst as per the terms of the services subscribed to by them. Users will be notified about the issue of a recommendation and about the publication of the corresponding research report through one or more of email, SMS message, WhatsApp message.
To subscribe to the services of associated SEBI-Registered research analysts over the Stock Ocean. The scope and the commercial terms associated with such subscriptions shall be as per the Terms of Service offered by the concerned Research Analyst which may include Stock Ocean as well which is a SEBI Registered Research Analyst having license number INH000011006.

We are not responsible in case you fail to action the recommendations made in the research report in a timely manner. You are advised to read the research report and the recommendations made therein carefully before making any transaction in a Security or combination of Securities.

All fees are non-refundable and non-transferable, regardless of the circumstances in which a user may claim for a refund or transfer of credit of fees.

Information present on STOCK OCEAN shall not be considered as an advice or recommendation or solicitation of an investment or investment strategy. You as an investor are responsible for your investment decisions and are responsible to validate all the information used to make the investment decision. You understand you’re your investment decision is based on your personal investment needs and risk tolerance; the performance information available on the STOCK OCEAN is one amongst many other things that you should consider while making an investment decision. Past performance does not guarantee future returns and the performance of any investment strategy or securities are subject to market risk. Investments in the securities market are subject to market risks and you should read all the related documents carefully before investing.

Investing in securities including equities and derivatives involves certain risks and considerations associated generally with making investments in securities. The value of the investments in securities may be affected generally by factors affecting financial markets, such as price and volume, volatility in interest rates, currency exchange rates, changes in regulatory and administrative policies of the Government or any other appropriate authority (including tax laws) or other political and economic developments. Consequently, there can be no assurance that the objective of an investment strategy or securities would be achieved.

The value of a securities invested in any investment strategy available on STOCK OCEAN may fluctuate and can go up or down. You are advised to carefully review the terms of investing, and other related documents carefully and in their entirety and consult your legal, tax and financial advisors to determine possible legal, tax and financial or any other consequences of investing in securities, before making an investment decision.

The recommendation in an investment strategy is subject to changes. The benchmark of the investment strategy and/or securities may change from time to time in the future. Trading volumes, settlement periods and transfer procedures may restrict the liquidity of investments in securities.

Individual returns of investors for a particular investment strategy may vary significantly; so also, the performance of a particular securities may vary from the depicted data on performance of the concerned security due to factors such as timing of entry and exit, timing of additional flows and redemptions, individual client mandates, specific characteristics or structural parameters, which may have a bearing on individual returns. No claims may be made or will be entertained for any variances between the performance depictions and the actual returns.

Financial products and instruments are subject to market risks and yields may fluctuate depending on various factors affecting capital/debt markets. There is no assurance or guarantee that the objectives of the investment strategy will be achieved. Please note that past performance of the financial products, instruments and investment strategy does not necessarily indicate the future prospects and performance thereof. Such past performance may or may not be sustained in future.

A SEBI-registered intermediaries’ services including their recommendation may not be always profitable, as actual market movements may be at variance with anticipated trends. You are not being offered any guaranteed or assured returns.

Due to the global nature of the internet, the STOCK OCEAN may be accessed by users in countries other than India. STOCK OCEAN makes no warranties that materials on the STOCK OCEAN are appropriate or available for use in such jurisdictions. If it is illegal or prohibited for you to access or use the STOCK OCEAN , then you should refrain from doing so. If you choose to access the STOCK OCEAN from outside India, then you do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

STOCK OCEAN hereby expressly disclaims any implied warranties imputed by the laws of any jurisdiction. STOCK OCEAN considers itself and intends to be subject to the jurisdiction only of the courts of Jodhpur, India. If you don’t agree with any of our disclaimers above, then do not transact in stocks or securities.

This site is specifically for users in the territory of India. Although the access to users outside India is not denied, STOCK OCEAN shall have no legal liabilities whatsoever in any laws of any jurisdiction other than India.

STOCK OCEAN reserves the right to make changes to the STOCK OCEAN , its website, and its disclaimers, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy at any time. Such changes are applicable when uploaded on any page of the STOCK OCEAN .

This disclaimer is effectively part of the terms of STOCK OCEAN (i.e., Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy and Disclaimer) and is fundamental to your use of the STOCK OCEAN . The terms of STOCK OCEAN including this Disclaimer will prevail over anything contrary whatsoever.

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Any personal information or details belonging to a user that are provided by the user while availing or accessing the STOCK OCEAN , belong solely to the concerned user.

In consideration of a user’s acceptance and continuing compliance with the provisions of these Terms, STOCK OCEAN grants the user a restricted, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license (“License”) to access and use the STOCK OCEAN . The License is revocable at-will, without issue of prior notice.

STOCK OCEAN (and its licensors, where applicable) own all right, title and interest, including all related intellectual property rights, in and to the content featured on the STOCK OCEAN , the service rendered thereby. STOCK OCEAN exclusively owns all intellectual property rights in all suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, feedback, recommendations or other information provided by a user or any other party to STOCK OCEAN. A user shall not create, prepare, distribute, exchange, copy, adapt, modify, sell, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, broadcast any work which is a derivative of or which is based upon such intellectual property, doing so would levy a fine of Rs 5 Crores or the damage caused by such distribution, whichever is higher.

These Terms do not convey to a user any rights of ownership in or related to the STOCK OCEAN or the intellectual property rights owned by STOCK OCEAN or by its licensors. The STOCK OCEAN name, the STOCK OCEAN logo, and the names associated with the STOCK OCEAN are trademarks of STOCK OCEAN and other third parties, and no right of any nature therein is granted to a user.

The License granted by STOCK OCEAN to user to access and use the STOCK OCEAN may be automatically revoked without any forenotice in case of the user attempts, indulges in, or encourages any of the following.

a breach of any provisions of these Terms.

a violation of any law or regulation or any order of a court or an executive authority that disallows or otherwise restricts the user from conducting transactions in Securities or in the capital markets.

use of manual or automated software, devices, scripts robots, other means or processes to access, “scrape,” “crawl” or “spider” any web pages or other assets of or related to the STOCK OCEAN .

use of the STOCK OCEAN for any purpose that is not expressly permitted by these Terms.

copying, storage or otherwise accessing of any information contained on or related to the STOCK OCEAN for purposes not expressly permitted by these Terms.

infringement of the rights of any person or entity, including without limitation, intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights or contractual rights.

interference with the working of the STOCK OCEAN , including, without limitation, through the use of viruses, cancel bots, trojans, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or technology.

use of the STOCK OCEAN to transmit, distribute, post or submit any information that may be immoral, illegal or otherwise undesirable.

immoral, illegal or otherwise undesirable conduct in respect of the STOCK OCEAN any person or entity associated therewith.

registration for more than one user account or registration of a user account on behalf of another person without express permission of such other person.

a probe, scan or test of vulnerability of the STOCK OCEAN .

a breach or bypass of any security or authentication measures.

an action to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used in the STOCK OCEAN , or to provide the services, products or content. This right of STOCK OCEAN is without prejudice to its other rights under the applicable law.

Representations and Warranties

By accepting the provision of these Terms, the user represents to STOCK OCEAN that

(a) they are a person ‘competent to contract’ under the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and are not disqualified from accessing and using the STOCK OCEAN as is generally expected by either operation of law (including by reason of their domicile or citizenship), by the order of a court or any statutory authority, or by provisions of any contract by which they are bound.

(b) they are not disqualified from transacting in Securities in the Indian capital markets.

(c) they have reviewed all the legal documents available at the URL https://stockocean.co.in/ terms-and-conditions/ and have satisfied themselves about their ability and willingness to comply with the provisions of these documents.

(d) they will not knowingly breach any of the aforementioned representations, and they will promptly cease their use of the STOCK OCEAN if their position concerning any of the aforementioned representations changes in any manner.

STOCK OCEAN reserves the right to take suitable action without forenotice, which may include suspension or revocation of the user’s account access and rights, in case any of these representation or warranties are found to be false or incorrect at any time.

Indemnification

The user agrees to release, defend, indemnify, and hold STOCK OCEAN and its affiliates and subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, contractors, sub-contractors and agents, harmless from and against any claims including third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees, arising out of or in any way connected with the breach of any provision of these Terms by the user.

STOCK OCEAN acknowledges and agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold the user harmless from and against any third-party claims arising out of infringement of any third-party intellectual properties in respect of the STOCK OCEAN (“Infringement Claims”) if the user provides STOCK OCEAN with prior written notice of such third-party claims and gives STOCK OCEAN the control to defend and settle any claim as per its exclusive discretion. In such a case, STOCK OCEAN shall arrange for legal representative to defend the user and will hold the user harmless against any cost levied upon the user by the applicable judicial forum.

If STOCK OCEAN cannot perform its obligations hereunder due to an act of God such as a pandemic, an epidemic, government decisions, labour unrest, insolvency, business exigencies, operational and technical issues, international events, change in climate, change in laws, terrorist activity, refusal or delay in performance by Third-party Service Providers, technological issues, server failures, or any other reason beyond the control of STOCK OCEAN , then STOCK OCEAN will be excused from such performance to the extent of such prevention, restriction or interference for the period that it persists.

A user will not directly or indirectly, disparage or denigrate or encourage others to disparage or denigrate STOCK OCEAN. A user shall not do any act which would adversely affect STOCK OCEAN, the conduct of its business, or its business reputation. For purposes of this provision, the term “disparage” includes without limitation

(a) any comments or statements or inputs orally or in writing made in any matter or medium in the press or the media whether digital or otherwise or any other social networking sites.

(b) any publications, post, or otherwise release of any material in written, oral or electronic format.

(c) any speeches, interviews, or public statements that mentions STOCK OCEAN, its operations, clients, employees, products, or services.

Other than as expressly set out in these Terms, STOCK OCEAN and Third-party Service Providers make no specific promises, extend no assurances, and provide no guarantees about the services provided or about the outcome of such services.

Investments in Securities are subject to various risks, including market-related risks. Users must read and understand all investment-related documents carefully before making a decision to invest. STOCK OCEAN advises its users to obtain expert professional advice with regard to specific legal, tax and financial implications of any potential investment decision before investing.

STOCK OCEAN provides no guarantee to users of, and does not assure users of, any fixed return, or a return on investment at all or even a return of their principal investment.

The user acknowledges and agrees that the STOCK OCEAN is provided on an “as-is,” and “as-available” basis, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws. Except as expressly set out in these Terms, STOCK OCEAN expressly disclaims any and all promises, representations and warranties, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quiet enjoyment, system integration and/or data accuracy in connection with use of the STOCK OCEAN . STOCK OCEAN does not warrant that the STOCK OCEAN , any application service or any other services provided by STOCK OCEAN will meet the user’s requirements or that the operation of the STOCK OCEAN , any application service or any other services will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that all errors will be corrected. STOCK OCEAN makes no warranty regarding the quality of the STOCK OCEAN and the associated services, or a user’s ability to use the STOCK OCEAN , or the timeliness, truthfulness, completeness or reliability of any information obtained through the STOCK OCEAN .

Information is provided over the STOCK OCEAN on a best-effort basis and should not be regarded as be verified by STOCK OCEAN for accuracy or completeness.

A user is solely responsible for all of their communications and interactions through the STOCK OCEAN with a third-party, including, without limitation, research analysts and stock brokers. STOCK OCEAN makes no representations or warranties as the conduct or quality of services of such third-parties.

This document contains the disclaimers that apply to an intended or actual transaction involving securities. PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE TRANSACTING IN SECURITIES. If you have a disagreement with any part of this document, then you should not transact in securities. By transacting in stocks and securities, whether on the STOCK OCEAN or otherwise, you accept the disclaimers contained herein and confirm that the exclusions and limitations of liability set out in this document are reasonable.

This document has neither been approved nor disapproved by SEBI, nor has SEBI certified the accuracy or adequacy of the contents of this document.

The STOCK OCEAN may offer any research recommendation or distribute research reports. The facts and figures which appear in the context of any recommendation, or a research report are not an advice or recommendation to invest and are provided merely for the purpose of providing information on a best-effort basis. These should not be considered as an inducement or solicitation to invest. Performance related information provided has not been verified by SEBI.

The liability of STOCK OCEAN is limited in all cases as specified in the Terms of Service document. The provisions of the Terms of Service document are deemed to have been incorporated herein by reference. By using STOCK OCEAN , you agree to this limitation of liability.

The STOCK OCEAN is not a trading terminal; the execution of the trade in stocks and securities is performed by stock brokers on their online trading . In order to transact in stocks and securities, you may be required to open a trading and/or a demat account with the concerned stock broker if you do not have such an account.

Based on the data available at STOCK OCEAN , it may publish fact-based views and opinions regarding, inter alia, securities and the services offered using the STOCK OCEAN . STOCK OCEAN Fintech Private Limited does not recommend any securities or services offered using the STOCK OCEAN , and will not be liable for any loss of whatsoever nature arising therefrom.

The content and data available on STOCK OCEAN , including but not limited to index value, return numbers and rationale are for information and illustration purposes only. Data used for calculation of returns and other information is provided on the STOCK OCEAN is neither audited nor validated by STOCK OCEAN . Unless otherwise stated, the percentage returns displayed on the STOCK OCEAN for comparing the performance of securities with that of any benchmark asset are Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) and risk levels and composition shown in the weightages sections on the STOCK OCEAN are only for reference.

While care has been taken in preparing the contents provided on the STOCK OCEAN , such contents are provided to you on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranty of any kind either express or implied. In particular, no warranty regarding accuracy, suitability or relevance for a particular purpose is given in relation to such contents. STOCK OCEAN Fintech Private Limited and STOCK OCEAN , its directors, and its employees make no representations, endorsements or warranties of any kind about the services, content, information and/or data contained on the STOCK OCEAN .

A research model or strategy is an investment thesis that is based on a scientific, backed-tested hypothesis. Such investment thesis, when applied to a live set of data, may generate a viable recommendation to buy, sell or hold a Security or combination of Securities that confirms to the concerned research model. You may subscribe to one or more research models offered by such SEBI-registered intermediary by participating in one or more subscription plan available on the STOCK OCEAN .

The performance of Securities under a particular research model may or may not be sustained in future, and the same is not to be used as a basis for comparison with other investments. The names of the research models do not indicate its future prospects and returns in any manner.

All recommendations made in a Security or combination of Securities under a particular research model are offered to you by a SEBI-registered intermediary, in compliance with applicable laws and SEBI regulations. You are advised to read the terms of service of such SEBI-registered intermediary before subscribing to their research reports issued under a particular research model.

During the term of your subscription, a SEBI-registered intermediary will issue research reports on STOCK OCEAN containing its research recommendations to you as and when its analysis suggests the possibility of a viable trade based on the research model that you have subscribed to. You will be notified about the issue of a research report through one or more of email, SMS message, WhatsApp message, or a notification over the STOCK OCEAN .

While recommending a Security or combination of Securities under research model offered a SEBI-registered research analyst, you may be recommended to carry out combination of actions on periodic basis. In such a case, it is highly advisable that you read the research report and recommendations made therein carefully before you decide to make an investment decision. Each research recommendation is issued on an independent and non-specific basis; it does not consider or factor in your earlier action, deviation, or inaction in respect of any previous research recommendation.

While transacting in a Security or combination of Securities recommended by a SEBI-registered intermediary under a concerned research model, you may be recommended to take certain action within a specified time or a price range, as the case may be. STOCK OCEAN and/or the SEBI-registered intermediary making such recommendation is not responsible in case you fail to action the recommendations made in the research report in a timely manner. You are advised to read the research report and the recommendations made therein carefully before making any transaction in a Security or combination of Securities.

Any transaction made in a Security or combination of Securities under a particular research model, whether using the STOCK OCEAN or a third-party , is subject to terms of STOCK OCEAN and also the terms and conditions of such third-party .

By deciding to invest, you accept that you have evaluated the concerned research model or strategy or both and the research recommendation made in a Security or combination of Securities under such research model independent of the recommendations provided by such SEBI-registered research analyst. As such, no liability in respect of such investment decision shall attach to such SEBI-registered research analyst.

Your decision, action or omission to transact in a Security or combination of Securities under a particular research offered by a research analyst shall be based on your own independent evaluation of the risks and rewards of the investments and your own verification of all the relevant facts, including financial and other circumstances and a proper evaluation thereof. You are responsible to evaluate and decide to accept or not to accept any subsequent recommendations made by the research analyst under a particular research model. STOCK OCEAN and its corporate affiliates (including third parties affiliated with STOCK OCEAN ) shall not be liable and responsible in case you transact or fail to transact in recommendations made by SEBI registered research analyst under one or more research model or strategy or both.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere, the total liability of STOCK OCEAN to a user for all claims arising from or relating to these Terms, including, without limitation, any claim for indemnification or any cause of action arising in contract, tort, or strict liability, will not exceed Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand only). The user agrees that given the nature of services to be provided by STOCK OCEAN being merely those of a technology , this limitation of liability is fair, equitable and reasonable. The user acknowledges that their acceptance of this limitation of liability is the basis of the legally binding agreement constituted hereby and that absent such acceptance, this agreement would not have been consented to by STOCK OCEAN.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the entire risks, damages and losses accruing to a user out of their use of the STOCK OCEAN remains with the user, irrespective of the cause of such risk, damage or loss. STOCK OCEAN or its employees, representatives, agents, contractors, and licensors involved in creating or operating the STOCK OCEAN are not liable for any losses, regardless of

(a) the basis of such losses including delay or non-performance by STOCK OCEAN or Third-party Service Providers, server error, service interruption, system failure, etc. and

(b) the nature of such losses such as lost profits, loss of data, loss of goodwill, computer damage, or the cost of substitute products or services, or personal or bodily injury or emotional distress arising out of or in connection with the user’s use of the STOCK OCEAN , etc., whether the claim for such losses is based on warranty, contract, law, tort (including negligence), product, content or service liability and irrespective of whether or not STOCK OCEAN has been informed of the possibility of such damage, even if a limited remedy set forth herein is found to have failed its essential purpose.

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, in respect of any loss or claims arising due to any deficiency or delay in rendering of the services related to the STOCK OCEAN , the user’s exclusive remedy and the entire liability of STOCK OCEAN shall be the correction of such deficiency or delay on a going forward basis.

In no event shall STOCK OCEAN or Third-Party Service Providers be liable to a user or to a third-party in respect of any matter arising from or incidental to the use of the STOCK OCEAN for special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages.

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, in respect of any loss or claims arising due to any deficiency or delay in rendering of the services. The disclaimers, exclusions and limitations of liability set forth in herein form an essential basis of the contract between the user and STOCK OCEAN. STOCK OCEAN places reliance on the user’s acceptance of these Terms (including disclaimers, exclusions and limitations of liability) to agree to the provisions of these Terms, and that absent such disclaimers, exclusions and limitations of liability, the agreement constituted hereby would not have been consented to by STOCK OCEAN.

A user will not, directly or indirectly solicit, encourage, facilitate, hire, engage, employ, coerce or induce any third party (including its employees) to curtail their business relationship with STOCK OCEAN. This restriction excludes recruitments conducted pursuant to a non-targeted, general campaign.

Nothing contained in these Terms constitute a relationship akin to a partnership or joint venture between STOCK OCEAN and a user or constitute one of them to be a representative or an agent of the other.

No third-party shall be entitled to make a claim under these Terms against STOCK OCEAN.

If a court finds any provision of these Terms, or portion thereof to be unenforceable, then

(a) the remainder of these Terms shall continue in full force and effect, and

(b) the impugned provision will be modified to the least extent possible so as to render it enforceable. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provisions of these Terms in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of these Terms in any other jurisdiction.

All disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be resolved by arbitration as per the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (as amended). The arbitration shall be conducted in Jodhpur by a sole arbitrator jointly appointed by the concerned user(s) and STOCK OCEAN. If these parties are unable to decide on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days, then any of them may apply to the Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court under section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for such appointment. The arbitration shall be conducted in the English language. The arbitral award shall be final and binding upon STOCK OCEAN and the concerned user(s).

These Terms are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunals and courts in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.