Koninklijke Ahold N.V. (“Ahold”), its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates (together “Ahold Companies”) appreciate your interest in their products and services and your visit to this website (the "Site") and the sites of the Ahold Companies. Your access to and use of the Site is subject to the terms and conditions of use, including disclaimer language, set forth below (the "Terms of Use") and all applicable laws. Please read the Terms of Use carefully. To the extent any discrepancy exists between the terms of Use as specifically applicable to the sites of the Ahold Companies and these Terms of Use, the former terms prevail.
By accessing the Site and the materials and information contained herein, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, accept and agree to be bound by the Terms of Use and disclaimer language that follow.
Restrictions on use of materials
The contents of the Site and all downloads are copyright as of © 2001 Koninklijke Ahold N.V. or where indicated its subsidiaries, joint venture partners, associates or third parties. All rights have been reserved. Information on the Site, including but not limited to, text, presentations, figures, images and sound, may not, except where otherwise indicated, be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, transferred, distributed or stored without prior written permission of Ahold.
Unless otherwise indicated, all trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress and logos displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered trademarks of Koninklijke Ahold N.V. or its subsidiaries, joint ventures or associates. These include without limitation each of Ahold's primary brands such as Albert, Albert Heijn, Albert.nl, Etos, Feira Nova, Gall & Gall, Giant Food, Giant Food Stores, Hypernova, ICA, Martin’s Peapod, Pingo Doce and Stop & Shop and its corporate logos and emblems.
Forward-looking statements
Statements made on the Site (or in documents referred to on the Site), including, but not limited to, those regarding (projections of) capital employed, capital expenditure, cash flows, costs, cost savings, debt, dividends, earnings, efficiency, gearing, growth, margins, performance, bonus payments, prices, production, productivity, profits, reserves, returns, sales, strategy, synergies, tax rates, trends, value, volumes or acquisition activity, may be forward-looking statements and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained in Koninklijke Ahold N.V.'s latest published Annual Report.
No information contained in the Site constitutes an invitation to invest or otherwise deal in the shares or other securities of Koninklijke Ahold N.V. or an invitation by or on behalf of Koninklijke Ahold N.V. or any of its subsidiaries to enter into an agreement with you, except with regard to these Terms of Use.
No warranties or representations
Information on this web site is provided "as is" without any warranties of any kind either express or implied. Ahold Companies and their suppliers, to the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaim all express and implied warranties, including but not limited to the warranty of merchantability, warranty of non-infringement of third-party rights and the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. Some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Without limitation, Ahold Companies and their suppliers make no warranties about the accuracy, content, operability, reliability, completeness or timeliness of the material, services, software, text, graphics and links on the Site.
Specific software available on the Site
Use of the software that may be made available to download from the Site (the "Software") is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software ("License Agreement"). An end user who installs any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement, is thereby deemed to agree to the License Agreement terms. Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software not in accordance with the License Agreement may result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Without limiting the foregoing, copying or reproduction of the Software to any other server or location for further reproduction or redistribution is expressly prohibited. The Software is warranted, if at all, only according to the terms of the License Agreement. Except as warranted in the License Agreement, Ahold hereby disclaims all express and implied warranties and conditions with regard to the Software including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
Linked Internet Sites
The Ahold Group respectively the Ahold Companies, comprises a broad spectrum of companies, many of which are operating under their own brand names. A number of Ahold Companies have their own website on the internet where they offer information about its products and services. Reference is made to those websites for further details and hyperlinks have been provided from this website to those Ahold companies, business units and product groups, if available.
Users are advised that information on hyperlinked or referred-to websites is neither investigated nor analyzed by Ahold Companies. No warranty or representation, express or implied, is given as to the accuracy or completeness of that information. In no event will Ahold Companies, nor any of its directors, employees or advisors accept any liability with regard to the information contained in the relevant individual websites or any other hyperlinked or referred-to websites.
Ahold Companies are not responsible for the content of any other internet sites linked to a site. A link to another site is meant for convenience only and does not imply that Ahold Companies endorse the site or any products or services that it describes. Your access to and use of any other internet sites linked to or from this site is at your own risk and Ahold Companies do not assume any obligation or liability in connection therewith. Ahold Companies reserve the right to terminate any link or linking program at any time.
By accessing this site, you also agree to abide by the proprietary guidelines set forth at any website accessed or linked to through the Site.
Limitation on Liability
In no event will Ahold, its subsidiaries, joint ventures, associates and/or contributors be liable to any party for any damages whether direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental, consequential or other, resulting from access to, or use of or inability to use, the Site or its contents, or of any other hyperlinked website, including but not limited to, any damages for lost profits, business interruption, loss of programs or data, even if they are expressly advised of the possibility of such damages. You hereby waive any and all such claims against Ahold Companies and/or contributors. The limitations set forth above are fundamental elements of these Terms of Use and the Site and its materials would not be provided to you absent your agreement to such limitations.
Indemnification
You agree that you will not use the Site for any unlawful purpose, or for any purpose prohibited by these Terms of Use. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Ahold, its subsidiaries, joint ventures, associates and/or contributors from any liability, loss, claim and expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) related to (i) your violation of these Terms of Use, and/or (ii) your posting or use of materials on the Site. This Site may contain links to other sites. When you use such links, you are entering websites for which Ahold has no responsibility or control. Ahold makes no warranties and/or representations whatsoever about any such websites. Such links are provided only as a convenience. Information on the Site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. The information contained on the Site may be changed at any time without prior notification or obligation. Information that we publish on the Site may contain references or cross references to, amongst others, Ahold Companies’ products and services that are not announced or available in your country. The accuracy of such information cannot be guaranteed, particularly since this information is subject to change.
Comments, questions and suggestions
Ahold does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through the Site. Information that you provide through the Site will be deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary. By sending us any information or material, you grant the Ahold Companies a worldwide royalty free, unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute those materials or information, and to sublicense such rights, and you also agree that the Ahold Companies are free to use for any purpose any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us.
Note on Annual Reports and Forms 20-F
The Ahold Annual Reports and the Ahold Annual Reports on Form 20-F available on or via the Site are copies of the same reports available for inspection by public filing with the Authorities Financial Marten (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets) (AFM) and the trade register as managed by the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce as well as, for the Forms 20-F, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In the event of any discrepancy between any such publicly filed report and any version of such report for the same year on the Site, including but not limited to web versions, the former prevails. The maintenance and integrity of the Site is the responsibility of Ahold. The work carried out by the external auditor does not involve consideration of these matters. Accordingly, the external auditor accepts no responsibility for any changes to the Site. Legislation in the Netherlands governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
General
If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be considered to be stricken from the Terms of Use and the remainder of the Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect. Ahold's failure to insist upon strict enforcement of any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.
Ahold may at any time revise these Terms of Use by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms of Use to which you are bound. The Terms of Use are governed by and construed under the laws of the Netherlands, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions. Any disputes in connection with these Terms of Use or its enforcement shall be resolved by arbitration under the rules of the arbitration association with hearings held in the English Language in the Netherlands.