DISCLAIMER

By using this site, you agree to be bound by these Conditions of Use and the Privacy Statement in relation to your use or the performance of this website, and the information, services and material contained in or provided by it. If you do not accept these Conditions of Use and Privacy Statement, please exit this website.

INTRODUCTION

You should read these Conditions of Use and Privacy Statement below carefully. In these Conditions of Use "We", "Our" or "Us" means members of all committees that contribute reference information on the VESI website and agents; and "You" or "Your" means the person who accepts these Conditions of Use, by using this website. Acceptance by you of these Conditions of Use binds you and all of your employees, officers and agents to comply with these Conditions of Use. Without implying any licence to do so, if you pass on any information contained in the web site to any other person, you should pass on these Conditions of Use also and draw it to their attention.

YOUR INFORMATION

Please ensure that all information provided by you in making use of this website or any of the information, services or material provided by this website is and remains accurate and complete.

BINDING CONDITIONS AND VARIATIONS

These Conditions of Use and any which are imposed by law and which may not lawfully be excluded, are the only conditions which bind Us. We may vary these Conditions of Use at any time, without notice, by posting the varied Conditions of Use on this website. By using this website or the services provided through it after the Conditions of Use have been varied, you agree to be bound by the varied Conditions of Use.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

All statutory or implied terms, conditions or warranties concerning the quality or condition of this website or any information, service, material, advice or recommendation supplied by us to you through this website is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

If we breach any term, condition or warranty which is implied by law and which cannot lawfully be excluded, our liability for a breach of the applicable term, condition or warranty (other than a warranty implied by section 69 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) or corresponding state legislation) is limited to, at our election:

1. a. he resupply of the relevant goods, advice, service, recommendation or information; or
2. b. the payment to you of the cost of having the relevant goods, advice, service, recommendation or information supplied again.

Except to the extent that liability may not lawfully be excluded, we will not be under any liability to you (or any of Your officers, agents or employees) for any loss of profit or anticipated profit, loss of data, loss of use, damage to goodwill and loss due to delay, or other direct or indirect loss or damage (including without limitation consequential loss or damage,) however caused (including without limitation due to breach of contract, negligence and/or breach of statute) which may be suffered or incurred or which may arise from or in connection with Your use of this website or your use of or reliance upon any of the information, services and/or materials contained in it or provided by it to you or our negligence or our breach of our obligations under these Conditions of Use. We do not warrant that any of the functions contained in the website or your access to the website will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that any notifications (such as may be selected in the investor relations section of the website), will be made in a timely manner, or at all.

The information contained in this website is derived from sources believed to be accurate and has been reviewed as at the date shown by the "last reviewed" date in the respective sections of the website. However, the content may include errors and changes or events may occur which cause the information to be inaccurate or out of date. For various reasons substantial delays may occur before particular information on the website is updated. Accordingly, we do not warrant the reliability, accuracy, currency or completeness of that information and any reliance by you upon that information is at your sole risk. You should satisfy yourself as to the currency and accuracy of any information provided through this website.

You must indemnify Us and hold Us harmless against all loss, actions, proceedings, costs, expenses (including legal fees), claims and damages arising from any breach by You of these Conditions of Use, your access and/or use of the website or reliance on its contents or information received through it by Yourself or any person accessing any content through your website.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

This website contains links to websites maintained by other organisations. We are not responsible for the contents of any linked website or any hyperlink contained in a link website. These links are provided for your convenience only and by accessing these linked sites you agree to any terms of access or use imposed by those linked sites. We do not endorse any material on those websites and do not provide any warranty, or assume any responsibility, regarding the quality, accuracy, source, merchantability, fitness for purpose or any other aspect of the material on those websites, nor do we warrant that material on other websites does not infringe intellectual property rights of any other person.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADE MARKS

The materials displayed on this website, including without limitation all information, text, graphics, names, logos, trademarks, design, software and advertisements ("Content") are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws unless expressly indicated otherwise on the website. You may access and display these pages on a computer or a monitor, and print out for your personal or internal business use any page or part of any page of this website. All other use, copying or reproduction (including reproduction on any other website) of any part of this website is prohibited unless expressly stated otherwise. You must not use this website in any manner or for any purpose which is unlawful or which violates the rights of any owner of any content. Unless expressly stated otherwise, nothing contained in this website should be construed as a licence or right of use of any trademark displayed on the website without the express written permission of the owner of the trademark.

VIRUSES

We do not represent or warrant that this website and any other information or material contained in, downloaded or accessible from this website, is free from computer viruses (including macro viruses) or any other defect or error which may affect your software or systems. You should protect your software and systems by installing and implementing your own security and system checks.

GOVERNING LAW

The website under the domain name www.vesi.com.au is created and controlled by the committees that contribute reference information on the VESI website and we reserve the right to revise the content of, amend links from or withdraw access to this website at any time without notice. You must terminate your link to this website if we request you to do so, either directly or by notice on this website. We recognises the importance of privacy protection and is committed to protecting your privacy and fully complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This Privacy Statement explains how your personal information will be treated as you access and interact with the Website.

As the Website develops and as technology evolves, we will continue to strive to provide you with a more effective website. We encourage you to review this Privacy Statement periodically as this Privacy Statement may change from time to time.

In addition to the provisions of this Privacy Statement, there may also be specific and additional privacy provisions that apply to certain sections of the Website. Because those specific and additional provisions also relate to your privacy protection, you should review them wherever they appear. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Privacy Statement and those other specific and additional provisions, the specific and additional provisions will prevail.

INFORMATION COLLECTED

The information about you which the Website may collect includes:

• Information collected when you register or update Website profiles, personalisation preferences or requests for information you select as you use the Website
• Any messages or comments you submit to the Website, including identifying information such as your name, email address and telephone number, for example the "Contact us" form or "Send us a message" form
• Information submitted to online facilities such as search tools
• tracking information we collect as you use the website including which areas of the site you visit

You may browse some information-only areas of the Website without providing any personal information.

The Website may contain links to websites operated by third parties("Third Party Websites"). Third Party Websites should contain their own privacy statements and those third parties are responsible for informing you about their own privacy practices.

COOKIES

Like most major websites, the Website uses "cookies" - small text files placed on your computer by our web server to allow our server to remember who you are each time you visit certain parts of the Website. Cookies are also used by the Website to manage security and store information about the type of browser being used. Most browsers allow you to set your own preferences about whether or not to accept cookies, or which cookies to accept. However, to enable and enjoy full usage of the Website you must allow cookies.

Use and disclosure of information

We will use or disclose personal information that we collect about you in accordance with Privacy Policy's and this Website Privacy Statement, for the purpose(s) for which we collected it, where you have consented to the use or disclosure, or for purposes related to the Group's normal business operations. Related purposes for which personal information may be used or disclosed include the following:

• to provide you with information relating to VESI or promotional details about products and services that may be of interest to you, unless you have previously advised us that you do not wish to be contacted for those purposes
• purposes related to the VESI research (including market research), planning, product development, security, testing and risk management
• purposes connected with the operation, administration, development or enhancement of the Website
• where we suspect that fraud or unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in

We may provide the information we collect about you to our service providers who assist us in providing the Website and our products and services. We will only disclose your personal information to those third party service providers on a confidential basis so that the service provider can effectively provide those services.

We use and disclose aggregated non-personally identifying information collected through the Website as part of our process of constantly improving the website.

How we handle email and "Contact us" messages

We may preserve the content of any email or "Contact us" message that you send us. Any personal information contained in your message will only be used or disclosed in ways set out in this Privacy Statement.

SECURITY

We use a number of mechanisms to protect the security and integrity of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as completely secure. So while we strive to protect such information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Once your personal information comes into our possession, we will take reasonable steps to protect that information from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

Contact details

If you have any questions or feedback about privacy on the Website or this Privacy Statement please contact us.