1. Introduction

These Terms and Conditions apply to your Structured Product or Structured Deposit Plan. Your Plan will have the features and risks set out in this Brochure and the Application and you should read all these documents. These Terms and Conditions apply from when your application is accepted (including the time your money is held as cash either before the Start Date or after the Maturity Date). They are in addition to any terms and conditions that relate to any other investment account you may have with Hilbert Investment Solutions. Not all these Terms and Conditions necessarily apply to your investment.

2. Acceptance

(a) We will open a Plan in your name once we have received an application that is in a form acceptable to us and your payment has cleared. All applications are subject to anti-money laundering and other regulatory checks as appropriate and determined by us from time to time. You will be classified as a Retail Client in accordance with the FCA’s Conduct of Business rules unless we specify otherwise in correspondence with you. An application will not be accepted if in our reasonable opinion:

(i) you are not eligible to hold a Plan. (ii) the Application is incomplete or needs clarification or the information provided is insufficient. (iii) any Application and/or Payment is received after the close of the Plan Opening Period. If any such late Payment is a Transfer Amount then the Payment will not be banked and will be returned to the previous ISA manager.

(b) A Payment received without an Application can be held for no longer than twenty-four (24) hours and in such a case if the relevant Application is not received the Payment will be returned to the account from which it was paid.

(c) The Manager has the right to close the Plan Opening Period early or terminate the offering prior to the Start Date. For example, if sufficient Plan Payments are not received or the Plan is oversubscribed or if the Counterparty requires it as a result of changes to market conditions or changes to laws or regulations. If the Plan is closed early and your Application is not accepted we will return your Plan Payment to you. We cannot return any sums you sent to us for the payment of Adviser Fees once your Adviser has been paid.

(d) We will have no liability for any Adviser Fees you have paid when a Plan is closed in line with our Terms and Conditions.

(e) Where you wish to invest in the Plan by transferring an ISA amount to us. please be aware that an ISA transfer can take up to 30 days to effect and that if after deduction of any Adviser Fee your Plan Payment is less than the minimum allowable your Application will not be accepted and we will return your Payment to your previous ISA Manager. The minimum allowable Plan Payment is detailed in the Brochure.

(f) You confirm that you are not relying on any communication/advice (written or oral) from the Manager or the Plan Manager.

3. What we do with your Payment

(a) We will deposit your Payment, including any Adviser Fee into a Client Money Account, if the deposit is made by electronic means, funds will be deposited immediately upon receipt; if the funds are sent to Hilbert by means of a cheque, the firm will bank it within one business days of receipt. This account will be held with a UK regulated bank (or such other bank or authorised institution as we may nominate from time to time). We are obliged to treat money held by us on your behalf in accordance with FCA’s Client Assets Sourcebook (CASS).

The bank may hold such money with other clients’ money in a pooled client money bank account in the name of Hilbert Investment Solutions Limited. In the event that one of the banks with which we place client money fails, you may be entitled to seek compensation from the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Any losses will be borne by all clients in proportion to their entitlement in accordance with FCA rules.

(b) On acceptance of your Application, any amount sent by you to pay an Adviser Fee will be paid from the Client Money Account to the advisory firm within three Business Days. This amount will no longer be your property once payment has been made to us. We will pay the Adviser Fee amount to the adviser’s firm.

(c) Under the terms of your Application, we use all your Plan Payment to acquire Investments on the Start Date. If for any reason the Investments are not issued, we will return your Plan Payment to you. We cannot return any sums you sent to us for the payment of Adviser Fees. Advisory fees will be paid within 3 business days of receipt.

4. Dealing and investing

(a) Aggregating Orders – We may combine your order with our own orders and orders of other customers. By combining your orders with those of other customers we must reasonably believe that we will obtain a more favourable outcome for you than if your order had been executed separately. However, on occasions aggregation may result in you being disadvantaged by obtaining a less favourable outcome.

Purchases and sales effected by us on your instructions will be done in compliance of applicable FCA rules in accordance with our Order Execution Policy (summarised below) When we execute an order on your behalf we will be acting as your agent and not as principal unless agreed otherwise. We may execute the order directly with the market, however, we may execute trades using a ‘Direct Market Access’ arrangement which means that trades are routed through a fellow group company rather than being executed directly on the exchange. This does not detract from our best execution obligation. There may be circumstances where we may deal through a third-party firm (e.g. for reasons of market access or liquidity) and in these instances, we will pass on the broker’s charges to you.

(b) Off-exchange Transactions – We may deal for you in circumstances in which the relevant transaction is not governed by the rules of any investment exchange (either a regulated market, multi-lateral trading facility or organised trading facility) By signing this agreement you give your express consent to transactions being executed in this way.

(c) Orderly Execution – There may be a delay in executing your order if we have received prior orders in the same security which have not been fully executed. We reserve the right to postpone your order if we reasonably believe that postponing the order is in your best interests. We will not be liable for any losses caused by such a delay or postponement.

(d) Limit Orders – Where we accept an order from you where execution is dependent on the price of the security concerned at a future point in time (a ‘limit’ order) we will only do so on a ‘best endeavours’ basis. Share prices can move quickly and investments may not be available at the required price for sufficient time or insufficient volume to allow us to execute your order. We, therefore, do not guarantee the execution of such orders even if the conditions stipulated when you placed the order are met and we will not be liable for any losses caused by us or any agent used by us failing to execute your order.

In the case of a limit order in respect of shares admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility or an organised trading facility that is not immediately executed under prevailing market conditions, you expressly instruct us not to make the order public.

We do not accept ‘good till cancelled orders’. If a limit placed by you is not completed by the end of the day we will cancel this order unless specifically instructed to keep it open. The maximum period for which we will keep an order open is 4 business days after the end of the day on which the order is placed with us; after which we will cancel the order without further reference to you.

Further details are included in our Execution Policy. This policy may be updated from time to time and is available on our website or from any of our offices.

5. Your right to cancel – the cooling off period

(a) When we have received your Payment and accepted your Application we will send you in writing by post or email as applicable, an acknowledgement incorporating a cancellation notice. This means that you will not be sent an acknowledgement for an ISA Account set up by way of an ISA transfer until we have received the Transfer Amount.

(b) If you decide not to proceed with your investment in the Plan and wish to cancel you must send the completed cancellation notice form to us at the address set out in clause 26 within 14 days from the date you receive the cancellation notice.

(c) lf we receive your cancellation notice on or before the Start Date. We will cancel your Plan and you will receive a full refund of your Plan Payment by direct credit. We cannot return any sums you sent us for the payment of Adviser Fees.

(d) if we receive your cancellation notice form after the Start Date and the Investment has already been purchased we will sell your Investment on the Business Day following the next Dealing Deadline subject to the Counterparty providing a price for the Investment on that date or such later date as the Counterparty is able to provide such a price. The amount we return to you will be affected by any market movement in the value of the Investment. Therefore, the amount we return to you may be less than the amount you subscribed to the Plan.

(e) If you exercise your right to cancel in relation to an ISA transfer, you will permanently lose your ISA entitlement relating to that transfer.

(f) Payments for cancellation will be made once we are certain of cleared funds in respect of your investment (banks and building societies may take up to seven working days to fully honour any Payment). Any cancellation payments will be returned to you by direct credit except for ISA transfers and in exceptional circumstances.

(g) We will not return any money you sent us for the payment of an Adviser Fee following a cancellation because the amount you instructed us to pay your adviser will have ceased to be your property (as explained in more detail in clause 3).

(h) We will have no liability for any Adviser Fee you have paid when a Plan is closed in line with our Terms and Conditions.

6. Ownership of investments and how they are held

(a) Hilbert Investment Solutions has a number of custodian relationships including The Bank of New York Mellon, unless alternative custodial arrangements are agreed, your Investments will be held collectively in an account with our custodian and, although the amount that you hold will be recorded and separately identified by the Plan Manager, your holding may not be identifiable by separate documents or certificates of title.

(b) Investments may be held on a pooled basis. An Investment that we hold for you on a pooled basis may attract different treatment during corporate actions or other events from what it would attract if the investment was held in a separately designated account. Your options may therefore be limited, in such cases, any rights or other benefits will be shared proportionately among all holders whose holdings are affected. If your Investment is held in safe custody, we will send you a list of all such investments held on your behalf quarterly. We will not be obliged to send you annual reports and other documents issued by companies whose securities are held on your behalf where no decision is required by you unless you instruct us in writing to do so. Investments held on your behalf may be held by a third party.

In order to protect investments and money held in custody, we carefully select the third parties on whom we place reliance. We also ensure that we have adequate internal controls which, amongst other things, ensure that regular reconciliations are performed.

We also maintain insurance cover and are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

(c) You may not charge, pledge or otherwise use your Investment as security for any loan or other obligation and agree to remain the sole beneficial owner of the Investment.

(d) The Investment will be held on your behalf until the Maturity Date. unless the Plan is terminated earlier in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

7. Frozen accounts

Where your account has been frozen we will (to the extent not restricted by Applicable Law):

(a) Action instructions to sell stock but will keep the proceeds on deposit;

(b) Collect dividends and interest on your behalf and place the proceeds on deposit;

(c) Exercise any rights on your behalf where we have the authority to do so;

We will NOT

(e) Action any instruction to purchase stock;

(f) Transfer any funds or assets out of the account to another account held by you or a third party;

(g) Accept any deposits of monies or assets from any source whatsoever.

Any such money or assets will be returned to source.

8. Management and Maturity

(a) After the Start Date, we will send you a contract note detailing the purchase of the Investments in your Plan. Subsequently, we will also send you a valuation of your Plan every quarter, and if we hold a cash balance for you we will send you a statement of your cash account quarterly. In addition, we will send you a safe custody statement listing the investments we hold for you every quarter. Details of the exact statement dates are available on request from us at our address as set out in clause 26. Please note that there is no annual report or accounts or any other information issued other than your statement. There are no shareholders’ or Investment holders’ mailings or voting rights applicable to your Plan. Valuations are available online via our Web Portal.

Where applicable to your Plan, we will arrange if you request, for you to receive a copy of the annual report and accounts and any other information issued to shareholders, securities holders or unit holders by every company or other concern in respect of shares, securities or units which are held directly in your Plan. Further, we will arrange if you request, for you to attend shareholders’, securities holders’ or unit holders’ meetings to vote.

(b) All information we provide to you may be provided in electronic format via email and/or via the Hilbert Investment Solutions Web Portal. The Web Portal is a secure online platform through which clients can obtain a valuation or statement of their accounts. Clients can log into the Web Portal by providing an email address when they subscribe for a Plan or subsequently by contacting Hilbert Investment Solutions directly.

(c) Where we hold investments in custody on your behalf, any dividends, interest or other income received in respect of those investments will be held in an income cash account. Unless agreed otherwise, the balance of your income cash account will be paid to you every month. Interest will be paid on your income cash account as set out below.

(d) Other than for ISAs where we operate a deposit account for you your account will have two elements: an income cash account into which dividends and interest will be paid and a capital account. Unless agreed otherwise, income will be transferred from the income cash account to the capital account on a monthly basis. (e) Any interest will be payable separately on balances in income cash accounts and capital accounts, and if payable, will only be paid on money that has been held in excess of 10 days.

(f) Interest rates on cash held on deposit are linked to, and will be less than, the rate received by us from the bank. As a result of this they may change from time to time. Any interest will be credited on a monthly basis but no interest will be paid in any particular month where the amount due to you would be less than 25p per month.

Any interest earned by cash held as client money will not be made payable to you and instead will be claimed by us.

(g) Where we receive client money on your behalf which is in a foreign currency (i.e. not sterling) you instruct us to convert the money into sterling and hold it in sterling unless otherwise agreed.

(h) On the basis of current UK tax legislation, UK income tax will not be deducted from the interest which may be paid. You will be responsible for accounting to HMRC for any tax due.

(k) On the Maturity Payment Date the Counterparty is required to pay the Maturity Payment on the Investments. Shortly after the Maturity Date, we will write to you outlining the options available to you. Until we receive your written instructions we will hold your Maturity Payment in a Client Money Account for a reasonable period of time.

(l) lf we do not receive your Written instructions within a reasonable period of time. we reserve the right to transfer your Maturity Payment (plus any interest) into a non-interest-bearing Client Money Account and/or transfer such payment back into your nominated bank or building society account. We will notify you if by failure to satisfy the provisions of the ISA Regulations your account has or will become void.

9. Withdrawal, termination or early encashment

(a) The Plan is structured to be held until the Maturity Date. You may, however, encash some or all of your Investment in a Plan and close it completely before the Maturity Date by giving notice to that effect to the Manager. The notice must be in Writing.

You must be aware that if we receive your request to withdraw after the Start Date the amount you will receive on encashment may be considerably less than the amount of your original Plan Payment. You will also be charged an administration fee as set out below (although this will not apply if your cancellation is made during the cooling-off period as described in clause 5). This is subject to the Counterparty providing a price for the Investment on that date, or such a later date, as the Counterparty provides a price.

(b) For a withdrawal or early encashment of an Investment before the Maturity Date (including the transfer of the proceeds of an Investment to a new ISA Manager) you will be charged an administration fee of £100. The £100 payable to us is to cover our administrative and processing costs in relation to receiving your instructions, making identity checks, executing and clearing the trade i.e. the sale of the security and its settlement, acting as collecting agent and transferring the sale proceeds to you and informing you of the status of your instruction in writing. You will be notified of any change in advance.

(c) lf we receive your request to encash after the Investment has been purchased we will sell the Investment in your Plan on the Business Day following the next Dealing Deadline subject to the Counterparty providing a price for the Investment on that date or such later date as the Counterparty provides a price. The amount you receive is dependent on the market value of the Investment at the time of sale. This will be affected by a number of factors including but not limited to the marketability of the Investment, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, the level of the stock and indices to which they relate and other market data. The value of your investment is likely to be less than the amount you originally invested for a substantial part of the Plan’s term.

(d) We will pay you the proceeds of the sale of your Investment within approximately 2 Business Days of receiving them from the Counterparty. Payments will be paid into the bank or building society account you provided us with in your Application or to the account that you subsequently informed us of in Writing. Where a withdrawal is made shortly after a Payment is made, the proceeds will only be paid once we are assured of cleared funds in respect of that Payment and will not include any Adviser Fee amount you agreed.

(e) If we receive your request to encash on or before the Start Date before the Investment has been bought. We will cancel your Plan and you will receive a full refund of your Plan Payment without any interest by direct credit.

(f) We will not return any sums you sent to us for the payment of an Adviser Fee following a withdrawal.

(g) Where we have good reason to query a signature or the validity of a withdrawal instruction we will not pay you until the query has been resolved to our satisfaction.

(h) If you instruct us to make a payment to a non-sterling bank account, payment will be made in sterling and we will not pay any costs for currency conversion. Payments to anyone other than you will only be made on death (see clause 13) or when transferring to another ISA Account manager (see clause 11).

(i) Payments will not be made to individuals holding powers of attorney unless they operate a Client Money Account.

(j) We reserve the right to deduct any outstanding fees, charges and expenses from the amount due to be paid to you.

(k) If for whatever reason we cannot pay you we will hold the money in a Client Money Account. If you have not provided us with revised payment details within six years, we may write to you at your last known address. We will inform you that it is no longer our intention to treat this as client money. You will have 28 days to make a claim for this money. We will then transfer this amount from the Client Money Account. However, we will make good any valid claims that are subsequently received.

(I) In certain circumstances we may no longer be able or willing to act as Manager. Examples of these circumstances are:

(i) HMRC removes its approval for us to act as ISA Manager;

(ii) we are no longer qualified to act as Manager due to a change in applicable law or regulation;

(iii) we voluntarily cease to be Manager (in which case we will give you no less than 30 days’ notice of our intention to cease acting as Manager).

In the event that we no longer act as Manager we will write to you 30 days before the change is made wherever possible to let you know how it will affect the way your investment is managed.

(m) Your account will become void in the following circumstances:

a change to the ISA Regulations causes us to be unable to continue to offer the Plan;

• HMRC policy changes;
• subscription level breaches;
• you are or become a US resident;
• incorrect application form;
• you breach ISA subscription limits in a tax year;
• incorrect action on death of investor;
• balance of ISA falls below minimum subscription amount if applicable;
• you have failed to comply with these Terms and Conditions.

If any of the above circumstances arise we will do our best to give you 30 days’ prior notice that your account will

become void. We will also write to you to explain what will happen to your account and the options available to you.

10. Allocated But Unclaimed Client Money & Assets

Unclaimed money: In accordance with applicable Law, you consent to us releasing the balance of any unclaimed money which we hold on your behalf from our client money bank account and paying the balance to a registered charity of our choice, in which case we will no longer treat it as client money, where:

(a) we have been unable to trace you, after taking reasonable steps to contact you as required by the FCA CASS Rules, where we will attempt to contact you at your last known address and will give you at least 28 days from the date of our notification to you of our intention to cease to treat the balance as client money to make a claim; and

(b) the balance on the account is £25 or more and there has no movement on your balance for at least 6 years (except for our periodic charges or debit or credit interest).

Where we do this, however, we agree to make good any valid claim made by you on your behalf against any balances we treat in this way where you have provided evidence to support your claim.

Unclaimed assets: If we have received no instructions in respect of your Assets which we hold in safe custody for a period of at least 12 years (notwithstanding any receipts of dividends or similar items), and we have been unable to contact you having taken reasonable steps in accordance with the FCA CASS Rules to trace you and return such Assets, (which will include us attempting to contact you at your last known address and giving you at least 28 days from the date of our notification to you of our intention to cease to treat the balance as custody Assets to make a claim) we may decide to:

(i) liquidate any such Assets at market value and pay away the proceeds;

(ii) pay away any such Assets, in either case to a registered charity of our choice.

Where we do this, however, we will unconditionally agree to pay you a sum equal to the value of the relevant custody Assets at the time they were liquidated or paid away, in the event you seek to claim the custody Assets where you have provided evidence to support your claim.

However, where the balance is under £25 and we have taken the steps required by the FCA CASS Rules to contact you, we may stop treating the balance as client money and donate it to a registered charity of our choice but we will not make good any claim by you against the balance.

11. Taxation

(a) If your investment in the Plan is an ISA and you live in the UK you will not, under current tax rules, have to pay UK income tax or UK capital gains tax on any income payments or capital growth you make from your investment in the Plan. Any losses on your investment in the Plan will be ignored for the purposes of UK capital gains tax.

(b) If your investment in the Plan is not through an ISA or pension you may, depending on your circumstances, have to pay tax on any income or gain that you receive.

(c) These taxation statements are based on Hilbert’s understanding of current tax legislation, regulation and practice. Such tax legislation, regulation and practice are subject to change in the future and nothing in this Brochure constitutes tax advice. We do not offer guidance on tax issues, you should therefore conduct your own independent investigation or speak with an adviser on the appropriate tax treatment.

(d) Where you receive interest gross you will be responsible for accounting to HMRC for any tax due.

(e) You confirm that you have taken tax advice as appropriate to your circumstances in respect of the Plan and that you are not relying on any communication/advice (written or oral) from the Manager or the Plan Manager in this respect.

12. Investment by Pension Scheme Trustees

Where a pension scheme trustee (“First Trustee”) purchases an Investment and the scheme member subsequently transfers to another pension scheme (“Second Scheme”) we will seek to allow the transfer of the Investment from the First Trustee to the trustee of the Second Scheme by means of a simple re-registration agreement. This agreement will allow the First Trustee to relinquish all interest in the Investment and for the Manager to allow the Investment to be re-registered in the name of the trustee of the Second Scheme who will take over the Investment on exactly the same terms as the First Trustee. The terms of the original investment cannot be changed in any way on transfer.

13. Death

(a) In the case of an Investment held in more than one name on the death of one of the investors the Plan will continue in the name of the surviving investor(s). However, it is important that correct re-registration instructions are provided by the Executors on a timely basis when probate is granted in accordance with clause 29.

(b) In the case of an ISA account, the account will continue to be treated as an ISA until either:

• Your executor closes it.
• The administration of your estate is completed.

Otherwise, your ISA will be closed 3 years and 1 day after you die. There will be no Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax to pay up to that date, but ISA investments will form part of your estate for Inheritance Tax purposes.

(c) For an Investment in one name, on the death of the investor before the Maturity Date following receipt of the information we require, your executors can elect to either:

(i) close your Plan in which case we will sell the Investment on the Business Day following the next Dealing Deadline. This is subject to the Counterparty providing a price for the Investment on that date, or such later date, as the Counterparty provides a price.

The proceeds (which if the sale is prior to the Maturity Date may be less than your original Plan Payment) less the administrative fee set out below will be sent to your personal representatives; or

(ii) transfer your Plan into the name of the executors or beneficiary(ies) of the estate so that the Plan is able to continue until the Maturity Date, subject to the executors or beneficiary(ies) agreeing to these Terms and Conditions.

(d) Should your executors elect to sell the Plan an administrative fee of £100 will be charged to cover our administrative and processing costs relating to the receipt of executors’ instructions, obtaining grants of probate, death certificates and wills and confirming their validity, executing and clearing the trade, transferring the sale proceeds in accordance with the instructions of the executors and informing the executors of the status of their instruction in writing. No charge is applied if the plan is assigned to a beneficiary and remains inforce until Maturity

(e) The total value of your Investment forms part of your estate for inheritance tax purposes. If any tax credits were added to your Plan after the date of your death a sum equal to these credits will be deducted from the Plan and paid to HMRC and your executors will receive the cash value of the Plan subject to that deduction.

(f) If your executors require a Plan to be opened with us in another investor’s name we may require verification of the identity of the new Plan holder.

14. Plan charge

A Plan Charge has already been taken into account in the terms of your Plan. This Plan Charge is used to meet the Plan Manager’s design and distribution costs and the Manager’s administration costs and is disclosed in the Brochure.

15. Other Fees and Charges

(a) Your Plan is designed to be held for the full term. Should you subsequently encash withdraw or transfer your Investments at any time during the Plan’s term an administration fee of £100 will be charged. The fee is to cover our administrative and processing costs in relation to receiving client instructions, arranging the sale and settlement of the Investment, transferring the sale proceeds to you and informing you of the status of your instruction in writing.

(b) We reserve the right to introduce an additional charge in the future to cover any additional expenses incurred by us for a valid reason, for example:

(i) to take account of significant regulatory change or material events outside our control such as but not limited to the administration or insolvency of a counterparty or promoter or manager;

(ii) to allow us to look after your Plan more effectively;

(iii) to provide services to you which you may reasonably be expected to require, in the event that Hilbert or any successor company to it is unable or unwilling to provide similar or related services in relation to your Plan.

No such additional charge will be introduced without giving you three months’ written notice. If you are not in agreement with such a charge, you may terminate your Plan in accordance with clause 9.

(c) If our services become subject to Value Added Tax or any other tax, then it will be added to charges at the prevailing rate.

(d) As a result of the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review with effect from 1st January, 2013. commission or fees will only be payable to your financial adviser on the basis of an agreement reached between you and your adviser. No fees or commissions will be paid to your adviser unless you have agreed on the amount to be paid in writing. See clause 16 below dealing with the Adviser Fee.

(e) For certain deposit based Plans, commission may still be payable to your adviser. In such a case any commission payable will be detailed in correspondence sent to you.

16. Adviser Fee

(a) You may instruct us to pay an initial Adviser Fee from the money you send us as part of your Application. If you want to do this, you can instruct us to do so on your Application. We will pay the Adviser Fee deducted from the money you send us to your adviser’s firm. The amount of the Adviser Fee must be included on your Application. In the case of a new ISA subscription, your Payment must be increased to take into account the amount of the Adviser Fee if you wish to use your annual ISA allowance in full.

(b) On acceptance of your Application, any Adviser Fee will be paid to the Manager within three Business Days. The Adviser Fee amount will no longer be your property once payment has been made. The Manager will pay the Adviser Fee amount to the adviser’s firm. If you choose to use your ISA transfer money to pay an Adviser Fee you will permanently lose the ISA entitlement on the amount paid to your adviser. You will not be able to replace that money in your ISA unless you use your current tax year allowance.

(c) You should inform Hilbert of any change of adviser to enable us to keep our records up to date.

17. Extraordinary Circumstances, Adjustments and Disruption

(a) We will perform our obligations set out in these Terms and Conditions unless events outside our reasonable control prevent or restrict us from doing so. Such events are Extraordinary Events and are defined below. If an Extraordinary Event occurs, one consequence may be that payment due to you is adjusted, reduced or delayed. If an Extraordinary Event occurs, we will use due care when considering how to respond and our response will be fair and proportionate. We will not be liable for any failure or delay in performing our obligations as described in the Brochure or these Terms and Conditions caused by an Extraordinary Event but we will use ‘reasonable efforts to minimise any adverse impact on you as far as we reasonably can and if you are being disadvantaged we will tell you as soon as we can.

(b) An Extraordinary Event means a significant event that is outside our control. Examples are: Strikes, lockouts or other industrial action; Civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war or the threat or preparation for war; Fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster; Restrictions imposed by legislation, regulation or other governmental initiatives that are not a result of our misconduct; Recession or significant economic collapse of a market or country; Failure of transport networks or other external utilities (for example telecommunications networks, water or power) leading to unavoidable disruption; A fundamental change to the method of calculation of the price of any Underlying; The suspension, limitation or material disruption of trading of any of the Underlying; The exchanges on which any Underlying is traded failing to open for trading or closing early; The announcement that the trading of any underlying stock is to cease; Any Underlying is replaced by another Underlying; or The level of an Underlying is not calculated or published.

These are examples of Extraordinary Events and there may be other significant events outside our control that we are unable to anticipate. If such an event impacts our ability to perform our obligations under the Plan we will advise you as soon as reasonably able and let you know how we intend to deal with it. How quickly we are able to notify you may depend upon the severity of the event

(c) Any payment due to you under the Plan is dependent on payment being made by the Counterparty of the Investment in accordance with the terms of the Investment. These terms contain provisions which may result in adjustments to the calculation of your entitlement and/or the timing of such calculation as a result of certain adjustment or disruption events. Depending on the event or circumstance you may have to wait longer for the Maturity Payment than the Maturity Payment Date.

18. Counterparty and other risks

(a) During the term of the Plan you are exposed to the credit risk of the Counterparty and the risk that the Counterparty fails to pay back the money including any investment returns which are promised under the terms of the Investment. If for whatever reason, the Counterparty does not meet the terms of the Investment this will affect what you will get back from the Plan and you could lose some or all of your original investment and any investment returns. We are not responsible if the Counterparty does not comply with the terms of the Investment.

(b) The Plan may be closed early if the Investment is terminated early. This could happen if the Counterparty is unable to comply with the terms of the Investment because a change in the law means that to do so would be illegal or impractical. If your Plan is opened as an ISA Account the Plan could also be closed early if the Counterparty is required to pay additional tax on the Investment. In either of these circumstances, the Plan may pay out less than expected or even nothing.

19. Conflicts of interests

During your investment, conflicts of interest may arise between you, Hilbert or Hilbert’s employees, associated companies or representatives of Hilbert. To ensure we treat investors consistently and fairly, we are required to have a policy on how to identify and manage these conflicts. A summary of our policy is detailed below. A copy of the full policy is available on request from the address in clause 26. We:

(a) will consider the interests of all of our customers and treat them fairly;

(b) will manage conflicts of interest fairly to ensure that all customers are treated consistently and to prevent any conflict of interest giving rise to a material risk of damage to the interests of our customers;

(c) have in place procedures to ensure that staff identify and report any new conflicts;

(d) will keep a written record of any conflicts or potential conflicts;

(e) if appropriate, we will disclose any relevant conflict to a customer before undertaking business with them; and

(f) will ensure new business developments identify any new conflicts of interest.

This policy applies to any company to whom we delegate any of our responsibilities.

20. Delegation

We may delegate any of our duties under these Terms and Conditions to any Related Company or other agent and may provide them with information about you and your Plan and you agree that we may do so.

However, we will remain liable to you for the performance of any delegated matters. We shall only delegate our duties under these Terms and Conditions where it is permitted by law and regulations. In any event, we will not delegate unless we are satisfied that the person to whom we delegate any of our duties is competent to carry them out.

21. Assignment

We may appoint another company to be the Manager of your Plan under these Terms and Conditions providing one month’s notice has been given to you. The new Manager must be approved to act as an ISA Manager by the Commissioners of HMRC.

22. Disclosure of information and Data Protection

(a) The EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) provide the current legal framework for the protection of personal data in the UK. All references to ‘Data Protection Law’ in the following clauses under this heading mean the GDPR and DPA 2018 or any other applicable law or regulation.

(b) The Data Protection Law governs the use of personal data by businesses and other organisations. In order to fulfil our agreement with you to provide products and services we need to collect, use, share and store personal data about you and your transactions.

(c) Personal data means information that relates to you and from which you can be identified, such as your name, address. telephone number, or date of birth. It may also include information about your financial affairs and transactions. The personal data may also include ‘sensitive personal data’ as defined in the Data Protection Law (for example, information relating to criminal records).

(d) The personal data collected by us in our capacity as the Plan Manager may be obtained from you directly, or from third parties, such as employers, credit reference agencies (who may search the Electoral Register), fraud prevention agencies or other parties associated with you, when you apply for any product or service, or which you or they give to us at any other time.

(e) In our capacity as Plan Manager we will use your personal data to provide: our services and products; process and store your application; understand your requirements; manage your accounts; provide you with periodic statements of your investment; prevent and detect fraud, money laundering and other crime; to carry out regulatory checks; to meet our obligations to any relevant regulatory authority; to undertake analysis of our business; and to develop and improve our services to you and to protect our legitimate interests.

(f) We will take appropriate measures to keep your personal data secure and confidential.

(g) You must notify the Plan Manager of changes to your data.

(h) We may disclose your personal data to the following third parties:

• our employees, consultants, and professional advisers; successors-in-title to, and potential purchasers and investors in, all or part of our business; Associated Companies (as defined in Section 416 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988) to process this application; your financial adviser by email or other means; you if you ask in accordance with your rights under a ‘Data Subject Access Request’;
• licensed credit reference and/or fraud prevention agencies to help make financial decisions during the application and on an ongoing basis. This information will be used to decide whether to continue to make products and services available to you. Our enquiries or searches may be recorded and credit reference agencies may supply us with financial information; contractors who provide a service to us or are acting as our agents, on the understanding that they will keep the personal data confidential and secure; and/or other third parties where we are under a legal or regulatory obligation to do so, for example where we are required to share information with the FCA, HMRC, or any other regulatory body.

(i) We may collate, process and share statistics based on an aggregation of information we hold. No individuals will be identifiable from the resulting analysis.

(j) Where you provide us with the personal data of a third party (for example, about another individual in your household), you confirm that you have obtained their consent prior to disclosing that personal data to us. 

(k) We may transfer your information to other countries, including countries outside the European Economic Area which may not have laws which provide the same level of protection to personal data as provided in the Data Protection Law. Where we do so we will ensure that such transfers are compliant with the Data Protection Law and that appropriate security measures are put in place.

(l) From time to time we may change the way we use your personal data. Where we believe you may not reasonably expect such a change we will contact you by email or other means to notify you of the change.

(m) If you terminate your relationship with us we will retain the personal data we have collected on you for as long as permitted by Data Protection Law or as required by other legal and regulatory obligations.

(n) You can request a copy of the personal data that we hold about you at any time by contacting the Data Protection Officer at Hilbert Investment Solutions, St Clements House, 27-28 Clements Lane, EC4N 7AE or contact@hilbert-is.com.

(o) You also have the right to have any of your personal data corrected if it is factually incorrect. For further information on your rights under Data Protection Law, including the right to have your data deleted and/or corrected, you can contact us as above, or visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website at www.ico.gov.uk.

23. Our liability

(a) Hilbert Investment Solutions does not give any warranty as to the performance or profitability of the Plan. You must be aware that the price of investments can go down as well as up and that there are both investment and counterparty risks attached to market-linked investments. You may not get back the amount invested. You are reminded that past performance is no guarantee or indicator of future returns. In the event of any failure, interruption on, or delay in the performance of their obligations resulting from any event or circumstance not reasonably within its control. Hilbert Investment Solutions shall not be liable or have any responsibility of any kind for any loss or damage you incur or suffer as a result.

(b) Hilbert Investment Solutions will not be liable or have any responsibility of any kind for any loss or damage you suffer as a result of any failure, Interruption or delay in carrying out our obligations resulting from:

Breakdown or failure of any telecommunications or computer service; Failure of people other than Hilbert Investment Solutions to carry out their obligations;

Acts of governments or international authorities; and Any other significant or material event or circumstance that is not reasonably within our control when we have made all reasonable efforts to minimise the consequences of such events.

24. Changes to these Terms and Conditions

We may make fair and reasonable changes to these Terms and Conditions at any time by giving you prior written notice provided that such variations or changes are permitted under the Financial Conduct Authority Handbook. We will only make changes for good reasons as follows:

to make our terms clearer or more favourable to you;

to reflect legitimate increases or reductions in the cost of providing the Plan to you. Which include:

– changes to the basis of taxation applicable to the Plan or to us in connection with the Plan;

-costs associated with changes in staff, support services, technology or systems.

to comply with applicable law, regulation, the judgment of any court regulator or ombudsman or any regulatory guidance or codes;

to reflect a change in our corporate structure that does not have an unfavourable impact on your Plan but does require us to change the terms of the Plan but not to close it;

to provide for the introduction of new or improved system services or facilities;

to correct any mistake that may be discovered:

to reflect an Extraordinary Event (as further detailed in clause 17).

If you are unhappy with any change that we make to these terms you can exit the Plan (see clause 9).

25. Why do I need to prove my Identity?

To protect you and us from financial crime we may need to confirm your identity from time to time. We may do this by using reference agencies to search sources of information about you (an identity search). This will not affect your credit rating. If this identity search fails we may ask you for documents to confirm your identity. In certain circumstances, we may need to contact you to obtain more information regarding you or your investment.

26. Notices or Requests

(a) We will send notices or other correspondence for you either to the address you have given us in your Application or if you have notified us in writing of a change to your new residential address. We will only carry out instructions if they are from you or your authorised representatives.

(b) You should send any notices, instructions, or requests for further information to us at: Hilbert Investment Solutions, St Clements House, 27-28 Clements Lane, London, EC4N 7AE or to such other address that we tell you about after acceptance.

27. Complaints

(a) If you have a complaint about the Plan Manager you should make an oral or written complaint to the Compliance Officer at Hilbert Investment Solutions, St Clements House, 27-28 Clements Lane, London EC4N 7AE or calling +44 (0) 203 318 1742. Hilbert will provide details of their complaints procedure upon request, or automatically in the event that you make a complaint that is not satisfactorily resolved. Details of our complaints procedure are available from our website.

(b) If you are not satisfied with the manner in which the matter is addressed you may refer your complaint to The Financial Ombudsman Service at Exchange Tower, Harbour Exchange Square, London, E14 9SR. Making a complaint will not prejudice your right to take legal proceedings. More information on how to complain can be found on the Financial Ombudsman Services website: www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk or by calling them on 0800 023 4567.

(c) Should your complaint relate to any aspect of the service provided by the Counterparty we will refer your complaint to the Counterparty. Should your complaint relate to the service provided by your financial adviser, we will refer your complaint to your financial adviser.

28. Compensation

(a) In the event that we become insolvent and cannot meet our financial obligations to you, you may be entitled to compensation under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Details of your rights under this scheme are available from us on request and further information is available from either the FCA or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (their websites are www.fca.org.uk and www.fscs.org.uk). The amount and scope of the compensation is presently 100% of the claim up to a maximum amount of £85,000.

(b) You will not be entitled to any compensation if the Counterparty bank from which we buy investments on your behalf fails to meet its financial commitments or if the investment performance of the asset underlying the Plan is poor.

(c) Prior to the trade date your money will be held in accordance with FCA client money rules with an approved UK bank. The bank holding client money is a member of the FSCS. On the bank’s default, if you are an eligible claimant under the compensation scheme rules you may be entitled to compensation of up to £85,000.

(d) The £85,000 compensation limit is the maximum amount of compensation you can claim per institution and not per product/asset. If you hold other products/assets with the same bank you cannot make a separate claim for each product/asset. A single banking license may apply to one or more financial institutions i.e. the parent and its subsidiary companies. You can only claim up to £85,000 across all institutions operating under a single license.

(e) You will not be entitled to any compensation if the Counterparty bank from which we buy investments on your behalf fails to meet its financial commitments or if the investment performance of the asset underlying the Plan is poor.

29. Informing us of changes

You agree to inform us without delay of any change in your circumstances or status, including in particular any change of address, name, bank account or residency status or change of your financial adviser. We shall not be responsible for any consequences of your failure to notify us of a change in respect of your personal information. Where we do not have an up to date address for you we may make enquiries to identify your new address and reclaim the cost of tracing. To this end, we may need to share your details with trusted external parties.

We provide a broad range of products and services to UK residents. If you no longer reside in the UK you must inform us. For these purposes, you are considered to be a resident of a country if you have resided there for at least a year or moved there with the intention of doing so. If you no longer reside in the UK, we might not be able to provide you with all of our products and services.

30. Law and jurisdiction

(a) This document is based on our understanding of current law of England and Wales and HMRC practice, both of which may change in the future.

(b) These Terms and Conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England.

(c) We will always communicate with you in English.

(d) All communications from us will normally be by email, letter or telephone.

(e) No particular meaning should be attributed to the use of upper or lower case letters in relation to whether a term is defined or not. The singular includes the plural and vice versa.

31. Entire Terms

These Terms and Conditions, the remainder of the Brochure and the completed Application constitute the entire terms on which the Plan is provided to you.