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WEB SITE TERMS OF USE AND LEGAL RESTRICTIONS
ATTENTION: PLEASE READ ALL THESE PROVISIONS ("TERMS")
CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE. USING THIS WEB SITE INDICATES YOUR
AGREEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS,
DO NOT USE THIS WEB SITE OR DOWNLOAD MATERIALS FROM THIS SITE.
The Site and its Use
This Web site (the "Site") is owned and
provided by KV Pharmaceutical Company from its offices in St. Louis,
Missouri and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies including without
limitation ETHEX Corporation, Particle Dynamics, Inc., and Ther-Rx
Corporation ("collectively "KV"). Please feel free to browse the Site;
however, your access and use of the Site is subject to these Terms and all
applicable laws, and KV retains the right to restrict access or change the
site at any time in the exercise of its discretion.
You shall use this Site for lawful purposes only. You
shall not post or transmit through this Site any information or material
which violates or infringes, in any way, the rights of others, or which is
unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity
rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, harassing or otherwise objectionable. Nor
shall you post or transmit through this Site any information or material
which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise
to liability or otherwise violate any law or administrative ruling or
guidelines, is in violation of these Terms, or which, without KV's prior
written approval, contain advertising or any solicitation with respect to
products or services. Any conduct by you that, in KV's opinion, restricts or
inhibits any other user from using or enjoying this Site will not be
permitted.
The Site contains information and materials (collectively
"Materials") which are derived in whole or in part from information
and materials supplied by KV and other sources, and are protected by
international copyright, trademark and other laws, including but not limited
to, text, software, photos, video, graphics and audio, and the entire content
of this Site is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States
Copyright Laws. KV owns the copyright in the overall selection, coordination,
arrangement and enhancement of such content, and owns the rights in, or license
to use, the individual components of such content. Materials may not be copied,
reproduced, republished, modified, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed
in any way or decompiled, reverse engineered or disassembled, including but not
limited to the text, images, audio and/or video, as well as any software
(including but not limited to any images or files incorporated in or generated
by the software or data accompanying such software), except that you may download
one copy of the Materials on any single computer for your personal, noncommercial
use only, provided you keep intact all copyright, trademark and other proprietary
notices and make no change in or deletion of author attribution. This limited
authorization is not a transfer of title in the Materials and by your use of this
Site, you acknowledge that you do not acquire any license, ownership or other
rights to the Materials. Modification of the Materials or use of the Materials
for any other purpose is a violation of KV's or such other sources' copyright,
trademark and other proprietary rights and may violate other laws. The use of
any such Materials on any other Web site or networked computer or environment is
prohibited without KV's express written consent. If you breach any of these
Terms, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates and you must
immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials.
Disclaimer
THE SITE AND MATERIALS AND RELATED COMMUNICATIONS ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILTY,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT
ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OF IMPLIED
WARRANTIES MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. KV ALSO DOES NOT
WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO THE RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED OR
DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE BY THE USE OF THIS SITE THAT ANY
RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH MATERIALS, ADVICE, STATEMENT OR INFORMATION SHALL BE AT YOUR
SOLE RISK.
POSTINGS ARE MADE AT SUCH TIMES AS THE COMPANY DETERMINES IN
ITS DISCRETION. READERS SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS
SITE HAS BEEN UPDATED OR OTHERWISE CONTAINS CURRENT INFORMATION. THE COMPANY DOES
NOT REVIEW PAST POSTINGS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY REMAIN ACCURATE, AND INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN SUCH POSTINGS MAY HAVE BEEN SUPERSEDED.
KV ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY
ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE SITE (INCLUDING ANY
BULLETIN BOARD AND CHAT ROOM) OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS FROM THE SITE.
Third-Party Sites
KV may provide as a convenience to you, links to Web sites
operated by other entities and persons, but makes no representations whatsoever
about any other Web site which you may access through this one. Any link to a
non-KV Web site does not mean that KV endorses or accepts any responsibility for
the content, or the use of such Web site. If you use these sites, you do so at your
own risk. KV makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not sponsor or
endorse, any linked Web sites or the information or materials appearing thereon or
any of products and services described thereon. Furthermore, links do not imply
that KV is affiliated or associated with, or that any linked site is authorized to
use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright of KV
Third Party Content
Any opinions, statements, services, offers or other
information or content expressed or made available in this Site by any third party
are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of KV
Limitation of Liability
Your use and browsing of the Site is at your risk. If
you are dissatisfied with any of the Materials contained in the Site, or with any
of these Terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and
using the Site.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL KV, ITS SUPPLIERS OR OTHER THIRD
PARTIES MENTIONED AT, OR INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THIS SITE
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, COSTS AND EXPENSES OF ANY TYPE
INCURRED, LOST PROFITS; LOST DATA OR PROGRAMS; AND BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING
OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE, INABILITY TO USE OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THIS SITE,
ANY WEB SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, OR ANY MATERIALS CONTAINED AT ANY OR ALL SUCH
SITES (INCLUDING BUT LIMITED TO THOSE CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM A FAILURE OF
PERFORMANCE; ERROR; OMISSION; LINKING TO OTHER WEB SITES; INTERRUPTION; DELETION;
DEFECT; DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION; COMPUTER VIRUS; COMMUNICATION LINE
FAILURE; OR DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF ANY
COMPUTER OR SYSTEM), WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE,
STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT KV WAS ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
KV SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ACTS,
OMISSIONS OR CONDUCT OF ANY USER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY.
KV's obligations and responsibilities regarding its products
and services are governed solely by KV's terms and conditions of sale or license
under which such products and services are sold or licensed.
Safe Harbor
The materials at this Site may contain various forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation reform Act of
1995 ("PSLRA") and which may be based on or include assumptions, concerning KV's
operations, future results and prospects. Such statements may be identified by
the use of words like "plans", "expect", "aim",
"believe", "projects", "anticipate",
"intend", "estimate", "will", "should",
"could" and other expressions that indicate future events and trends.
All statements that address expectations or projections about the future,
including without limitation, statements about the Company's strategy for
growth, product development, market position, expenditures and financial
results, are forward-looking statements.
All forward-looking statements are based on current
expectations and are subject to risk and uncertainties. In connection with the
"safe harbor" provisions, KV provides the following cautionary statements
identifying important economic, political and technology factors which, among
others, could cause the actual results or events to differ materially from those
set forth or implied by the forward looking statements and related assumptions.
Such factors include (but are not limited to) the following:
(1) changes in the current and future business environment, including interest
rates and capital and consumer spending; (2) the difficulty of predicting FDA
approvals; (3) acceptance and demand for new pharmaceutical products; (4) the
impact of competitive products and pricing; (5) new product development and
launch; (6) reliance on key strategic alliances; (7) the availability of raw
materials; (8) the regulatory environment; (9) fluctuations in operating results
(10) the difficulty of predicting the pattern of inventory movements by the
Company's customers; (11) the impact of competitive response to the Company's
efforts to leverage its brand power with product innovation, promotional programs,
and new advertising; and, (12) the risks detailed from time to time in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This discussion of uncertainties is by no means exhaustive,
but is designed to highlight important factors that may impact the Company's
outlook.
Information Provided By You
It has been and remains KV's policy not to accept or consider ideas, suggestions
or materials other than those that KV has specifically requested from you.
Accordingly, KV does not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential
or proprietary information to KV through our Site unless specifically requested
by KV Please note that any unsolicited information or material sent to KV will
be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary. By submitting information and
material to this Site, you automatically grant to KV (or warrant that the owner
of such information and material has expressly granted to KV) a royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, unrestricted, right and license to use, reproduce,
display, perform, modify, adapt, publish, translate, transmit and distribute
or otherwise make available to other such information and material (in whole
or in part and for any purpose) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other
works in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed. You
also agree that KV is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques
that you send KV for any purpose.
As further provided above, KV does not want to receive, and
you are deemed to covenant and agree through the use of this Site not to provide,
any information or materials to KV that are defamatory, threatening, obscene,
harassing, in violation of any law, governmental requirements or otherwise unlawful,
or that incorporate the proprietary information or materials of another person or
entity.
You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on this
Site any information and material protected by copyright, trademark or other
proprietary right without the express written permission of the owner of such
right(s). You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any
infringement of copyright, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from
such a submission.
Changes
KV reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise
these Terms at any time and correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the
Site and Materials. Materials may also be changed, modified, added or removed and
updated without notice at any time; however, KV is under no obligation to update
Materials. KV may also make changes in the products, services, programs or prices
(if any) described in the Site at any time without notice. Your continued use of
the Site after any change KV makes to the Site will be considered acceptance of
those changes. You should revisit these Terms from time to time to review the
then-current Terms because they are binding on you.
Linking to this Site
Anyone linking to KV's Web site must comply with KV's
guidelines for linking to KV's Web site and all applicable laws.
International Users
This Site is administered by KV from its offices in the
United States. Materials published at this Site may refer to products, programs
or services that are not available in your country. Furthermore, KV makes no
representation that the Materials at this Site are appropriate or available for
use at other locations outside of the United States and access to them from
territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use the
Site or export information and materials in violation of the export laws of the
United States or any other country. If you access this Site from a location
outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all
applicable laws.
Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State
of Missouri, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. If
any provision of this Agreement and Terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any
reason unenforceable then that provision shall be severable from these Terms
and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
The user agrees that any dispute arising out of the use of this site shall be
subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue in courts located in St. Louis,
Missouri, USA.
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between KV
and you with respect to your use of the Site. Any cause of action you may have
with respect to your use of the Site must be commenced within six (6) months
after the claim or cause of action arises or it is deemed to be waived.
PRIVACY
Overview
KV is aware of the need to address Internet privacy
issues and we believe you should be aware of how we intend to treat any
information about you that we might receive on the Internet as a result of
your visit to our Site.
Information About KV On-Line Visitors
Our web servers generally collect the domain names, not
the e-mail addresses, of visitors. In general, we gather information about
users of the Site collectively in order to determine, for example, which
areas users access more frequently and which Materials users access the most.
This information helps us to determine what is most beneficial for our users,
and how we can continually create a better overall experience for our users by
improving the content of the Site.
There are times however, when we may need information
from you, such as your name and address. The personal information KV obtains may
be used for the purposes deemed by KV to be legitimate business purposes including,
for example, to respond to inquires, to process orders, or to allow the user to
access specific account information. We may also ask you to voluntarily provide
us with information for market research such as, your interests, demographics,
and experience with our products. Occasionally, we may make the e-mail addresses
of those who provide information available to other reputable organizations whose
products or services we think you may find interesting.
Cookies
There is a technology called "cookies" which
is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser which may then
store on your system. Some Site pages use cookies so that we can better serve you
when you return to our Site. You can set your browser to notify you when you
receive a cookie, giving the chance to decide whether to accept it. KV’s site may
employ the use of cookie technology that may be required for the use of the site.
The users failure or refusal to accept cookies may adversely effect the users
ability to use the site.
Web Site Links
KV's Site may contain links to other Web sites such as
KV distributors and sales representatives. While KV tries to link only to sites
that share its high standards and respect for privacy, KV cannot take responsibility
for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites.
We make no representations whatsoever about any other web site that may be linking
to our site. Any link from another site to our site does not mean that we endorse
or accept any responsibility for the content or the use of such web site. If you
use the other web sites, you do so at your own risk. We make no warranty or
representation regarding them, and do not sponsor or endorse any linked web sites,
the information or materials appearing on them, or any of the products and services
they describe. Links from another web site to ours does not imply that we are
affiliated or associated with the linked site, or that it is authorized to use any
trademark, trade name, logo or copyright of ours. In addition, third party web
sites may have different privacy policies and you should review them.
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