Terms & Conditions

The use of Alphea ‘s website (referred to as the “Site”) maintained by Alphea SPC (the “AF”) is subject to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms”). By clicking the ‘AGREE’ button below, you acknowledge that you have understood and accepted these Terms and the legal and regulatory restrictions governing the use of the Site, without limitation or qualification and for any future use of the Site and its Content. “Content” includes any information, documents and files accessible on or through the Site or made available through electronic communications through which you might subscribe through the Site. Please read these Terms carefully before proceeding. We herein detailed a range of possible jurisdiction frameworks:

i) US Investors,

ii) UK Investors,

iii) EU Investors,

iv) CH Investors,

v) Other Areas.

US Investors

STF fund managed by Blue Capital SA (referred to as “Investment Fund”) and which is referred to hereafter is as foreign collective investment schemes not registered or qualified under the United States Securities Act of 1933 as amended, any state securities (Blue Sky) law, or any other United States of America, or state, rule, or regulation, and may not be directly or indirectly offered or sold in the United States of America, including its states, districts, territories, possessions, and areas subject to its or directly or indirectly to or for the benefit of any US Person.

Any re-offer or resale of any of the Investment Funds in the United States or to U.S. Persons (the “U.S. Persons”) is prohibited. For this purpose, “United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America, its states, territories and possessions, and any enclave of the United States government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and the following persons are not considered to be “U.S. Persons”: (1) a natural person who is not a resident of the United States; (2) a partnership, corporation or other entity, other than an entity organised principally for passive investment, organised under the laws of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and which has its principal place of business in a non-U.S. jurisdiction; (3) an estate or trust, the income of which is not subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of source; (4) an entity organised principally for passive investment such as a pool, investment company or other similar entity, provided that units of participation in the entity held by persons who do not qualify as non-U.S. Persons or otherwise as “qualified eligible persons” under CFTC rules represent in the aggregate less than 10% of the beneficial interest in the entity and that such entity was not formed principally for the purpose of facilitating investment by U.S. Persons in a pool with respect to which the operator is exempt from certain requirements of Part 4 of the CFTC’s regulations by virtue of its participants being non-U.S. Persons; and (5) a pension plan for the employees, officers or principals of an entity organised and with its principal place of business outside the United States. If you are a U.S. Person as defined above you are not permitted to access the Site or download, collect or redistribute (also not partially) any content of the site or hosted documents. Any violation of these terms will be prosecuted.

UK Investor

STF Fund managed by Blue Capital SA (referred to as “Investment Funds”) and which is referred to hereafter is a foreign collective investment schemes not registered with or authorized by the United Kingdom’s Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) and as such is classified as unrecognized collective investment scheme. Section 238 of the United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Promotion of Collective Investment Schemes) (Exemptions) Order 2001 (SI 2001/1060) prohibits the promotion of unrecognized collective investment schemes to persons in the United Kingdom (“UK Investors”) other than to the following types of persons:

A. Persons authorized to conduct investment business in the UK and investment firms passported into the UK from other Member States of the European Union in accordance with the Investment Services Directive;

B. Investment journalists;

C. A government, local authority or public authority;

D. Any corporate body which has a called up share capital or net assets of:

I Where the corporate has more than 20 members or is a subsidiary of such parent, not less than £500,000;

II the case of any other body corporate, not less than £5 million;

E. Any unincorporated association or partnership which has net assets of not less than £5 million;

F. The trustee of a High Value Trust, being a trust whose aggregate value cash and investments forming part of the Trust’s gross assets is £10 million or more, or has been £10 million or more at any time during the preceding year;

G. Any person whilst acting in the capacity of director, officer or employee of entities described in D to F above;

H. Certified High Net-Worth Individuals;

I. Certified Sophisticated Investors;

J. Associations of High Net Worth Individuals or Sophisticated Investors;

K. Authorized persons acting as settlor or grantor of a trust, a trustee or a personal representative, or a trustee of the trust, a fellow trustee or a fellow personal representative acting in such capacity;

L. Authorized persons acting as a settlor of a trust, trustee or personal representative to a beneficiary under the trust, will or intestacy, or an authorized person who is a beneficiary under a trust, will or intestacy communicating with another beneficiary under the same trust, will or intestacy acting in relation to the management or distribution of that trust, fund or estate.

Potential investors in the United Kingdom are advised that all, or most, of the protections afforded by the United Kingdom regulatory system will not apply to an investment in the Fund and that compensation will not be available under the United Kingdom Investors Compensation Scheme.

Therefore, access to the Site is not permitted and is not intended for UK Investors other than those persons specified above. By clicking the confirmation at the bottom of these terms, you are confirming that you are a person to whom the Site is directed.

Furthermore, you confirm that you access the Site at your own initiative and not in response to any prior solicitation of any kind on the part of AF or its affiliates.

AF is responsible for all Content of the Site. Any related service provider such as for example trading advisor, auditor, bank, clearing broker or administrator is neither responsible nor liable for any of the content of the Site and is not involved in its maintenance.

The Site offers information about AF and its related Investment Fund.

There is no guarantee of positive future performance. Past, pro-forma or expected performance is no indication/guarantee for future results.

While AF makes reasonable efforts to obtain information from sources which it believes to be reliable, AF makes no representation that information or opinions contained in the Site is accurate or reliable or complete. Information and opinions on the Site are provided for informational purposes only and are subject to change without notice as AF may update, revise, delete or modify information on the Site anytime. Information should only be considered current as of the time of initial publication on the Site or as otherwise stated on the Site without regard to the date on which you may access the information.

The Site, the Content and the Investment Fund are not directed at or intended for distribution to any person (natural or legal person) who is a citizen or resident of or subject to any jurisdiction where the use of the Site (or the purchase or sale of the Investment Fund) would be contrary to applicable law or regulation or would require AF to any registration or licensing in such jurisdiction. Persons who wish to access the Site are required by AF to inform themselves about and to observe any legal or regulatory restrictions which may affect their eligibility to access the Site or to subscribe for interests in the Investment Fund.

The Content is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or offer, or advice or recommendation, to buy or sell any investment(s) and/or Investment Fund, to effect any transactions, or to conclude any transaction of any kind whatsoever.

Potential investors should read the terms and conditions in the relevant offering documents carefully before any investment decision is made. Particular attention should be paid to sections referring to sales restrictions and associated risks of the Investment Fund.

Your use of the services on the Site may be monitored by AF and/or its affiliates for its internal purposes.

Copyright and intellectual property rights in the Content are owned by AF. Any use of the Content for any purpose is accordingly prohibited without prior written agreement by AF. The Content on the Site is intended for your own personal use and shall not be distributed or forwarded to persons to which the Site and its Content is not directed at or intended or that would require AF to any registration or licensing in such jurisdiction.

All information provided on the Site is for your exclusive, personal and confidential use. Any distribution (also not partially) of its Content is prohibited.

AF will not be responsible for any loss or damage that could result from interception by third parties of any information made available to you via the Site. In no event will AF or any of its directors, officers or employees be liable to you for any direct, special, indirect, consequential, incidental damages or any other damages of any kind.

The Site may provide links to other sites that AF does not maintain and where AF has no control over the persons or entities that maintain those sites or the content, products or services these sites provide. AF expressly disclaims any responsibility for material on these other sites and does not recommend these organisations or their products or services. In no event, AF will be liable for any direct or indirect loss or damage arising out of the use or reliance on the information provided on the Site (or linked sites) including without limitation, any loss of profit or any other damage, direct or consequential.

You will only be eligible to access the Site if you can confirm that the statement set out below is true and accurate.

Confirmation:

To the best of my knowledge, after due inquiry and in case of doubt professional advice, I am permitted by the laws of the jurisdiction I am subject to, to access the Site and the Content contained therein and I have entirely read and fully understood the terms and conditions and agree to them.

EU Investors

STF Fund, managed by Blue Capital SA (referred to as “Investment Funds”) and which is referred to hereafter, is foreign collective investment schemes not registered with or authorized by any EU regulatory body. Therefore, AF does not engage in the public distribution or commercial promotion of its Investment Fund in EU or to EU persons. Thus, the Site is not directed at EU persons with the exception of professional institutional investors. Nothing on the Site shall be construed as establishing direct contacts with potential EU persons as investors.

Potential investors must consult professional tax advisors as to possible tax implications resulting from a possible investment in these Investment Funds.

Performance data listed on the Site or hosted documents do not take account of possible fees or commissions and/or costs incurred on the issue and/or redemption of the Investment Fund.

By clicking the ’AGREE’ button below, you certify that you are by EU regulations allowed to access the Site and invest in Investment Funds offered on the Site.

Furthermore, you confirm that you access the Site at your own initiative and not in response to any prior solicitation of any kind on the part of AF or its affiliates.

The Site offers information about AF and related Investment Fund.

There is no guarantee of positive future performance. Past, pro-forma or expected performance is no indication/guarantee for future results.

The Content is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or offer, or advice or recommendation, to buy or sell any investment(s) and/or Investment Funds, to effect any transactions, or to conclude any transaction of any kind whatsoever.

Your use of the services on the Site may be monitored by AF and/or its affiliates for its internal purposes.

All information provided on the Site is for your exclusive, personal and confidential use. Any distribution (also not partially) of its Content is prohibited.

You will only be eligible to access the Site if you can confirm that the statement set out below is true and accurate.

CH Investors

STF Fund, managed by Blue Capital SA (referred to as “Investment Fund”) and which is referred to hereafter, is a foreign collective investment scheme not registered with or authorised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (“FINMA”) for public distribution in Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Collective Investment Scheme Act prohibits the public promotion of such foreign collective investment schemes to persons in Switzerland (“CH Investors”) other than to qualified investors as considered in Art. 10 para. 3 CISA, Art. 6 para. 2 CISO and Art. 10 para. 4 CISA:

A. Regulated financial intermediaries such as banks, securities dealers and fund management companies;

B. Regulated insurance institutions;

C. Public entities and retirement benefits institutions with professional treasury operations;

D. Companies with professional treasury operations;

E. High-net-worth individuals, whereas a high net worth individual in this context is a private person who can confirm in writing to possess directly or indirectly net financial assets of at least two million Swiss francs. Financial assets are bank assets, fiduciary assets, securities, derivatives, precious metals as well as life insurances with a repurchase value. Direct investments in real estate and claims from social insurers (including claims from the 2nd and 3rd pillar) are not considered financial assets in this context;

F. Investors who have concluded a written discretionary management agreement with a financial intermediary as defined under A as far as the asset managers as financial intermediary are subject to the Money Laundering Act (MLA) of October 10, 1997 (Art. 2 para. 3 letter e MLA) and as far as the asset manager is subject to a professional code of conduct which is recognised as a minimum standard by the supervisory authority and the asset manager contract contains recognised guidelines of a professional organisation;

The Federal Council may deem other categories of investors to be qualified.

Therefore, access to the Site is not permitted and is not intended for CH Investors other than those persons specified above. By clicking the confirmation at the bottom of these terms, you are confirming that you are a person to whom the Site is directed.

Furthermore, you confirm that you access the Site at your own initiative and not in response to any prior solicitation of any kind on the part of AF or its affiliates.

The Site offers information about AF and its related Investment Fund.

There is no guarantee of positive future performance. Past, pro-forma or expected performance is no indication/guarantee for future results.

The Site, the Content and the Investment Fund are not directed at or intended for distribution to any person (natural or legal person) who is a citizen or resident of or subject to any jurisdiction where the use of the Site (or the purchase or sale of the Investment Funds) would be contrary to applicable law or regulation or would require AF to any registration or licensing in such jurisdiction. Persons who wish to access the Site are required by AF to inform themselves about and to observe any legal or regulatory restrictions which may affect their eligibility to access the Site or to subscribe for interests in the Investment Fund.

Your use of the services on the Site may be monitored by AF and/or its affiliates for its internal purposes.

All information provided on the Site is for your exclusive, personal and confidential use. Any distribution (also not partially) of its Content is prohibited.

The Site may provide links to other sites that AF does not maintain and where AF has no control over the persons or entities that maintain those sites or the content, products or services these sites provide. AF expressly disclaims any responsibility for material on these other sites and does not recommend these organizations or their products or services. In no event, AF will be liable for any direct or indirect loss or damage arising out of the use or reliance on the information provided on the Site (or linked sites) including without limitation, any loss of profit or any other damage, direct or consequential.

You will only be eligible to access the Site if you can confirm that the statement set out below is true and accurate.

Confirmation:

Other Areas Investors

STF Fund, managed by Blue Capital SA (referred to as “Investment Funds”) is a collective investment scheme not registered for public distribution in any jurisdiction and not suitable for retail investors.

Therefore, access to the Site is limited to eligible parties. By clicking the confirmation at the bottom of these terms and registering with the Site, you confirm that your economic and regulatory environment allows you to access the Site. IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT your eligibility to access the Site, you should consult your broker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant, financial advisor, or other professional advisor.

Furthermore, you confirm that you access the Site at your own initiative and not in response to any prior solicitation of any kind on the part of AF or its affiliates.

The Site offers information about AF and related Investment Fund.

There is no guarantee of positive future performance. Past, pro-forma or expected performance is no indication/guarantee for future results.

Your use of the services on the Site may be monitored by AF and/or its affiliates for its internal purposes.

All information provided on the Site is for your exclusive, personal and confidential use. Any distribution (also not partially) of its Content is prohibited.

The Site may provide links to other sites that AF does not maintain and where AF has no control over the persons or entities that maintain those sites or the content, products or services these sites provide. AF expressly disclaims any responsibility for material on these other sites and does not recommend these organizations or their products or services. In no event, AF will be liable for any direct or indirect loss or damage arising out of the use or reliance on the information provided on the Site (or linked sites) including without limitation, any loss of profit or any other damage, direct or consequential.

You will only be eligible to access the Site if you can confirm that the statement set out below is true and accurate.

Confirmation:

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