Terms & Conditions for Shell LiveWire Pitch Competition

a) The Organiser and Delivery Partner assume no responsibility or liability for any loss arising out of or from: (i) technical issues, system or software failures experienced by an Entity and/or its relevant Participants in submitting their registration via the online application form; (ii) user errors; or (iii) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete or unintelligible registrations. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of receipt.

b) The Organizer tries to ensure the standard of the online application form link remain high but cannot be held responsible for interruptions of service. The Organizer reserves the right to suspend temporarily the operation of the online application form link without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for any other reason beyond its control.

c) The following terms and conditions of participation apply during the entire Programme:

i. Each Entity and/or its relevant Participants takes part in the Programme on his/her own account and liability;

ii. Each Entity and/or its relevant Participants is aware of the potential hazards associated with his/her participation;

iii. Under civil and criminal law, each Entity and/or its relevant Participants will be solely responsible for all damage caused by him or her in participating in this Programme, as well as for damage to his or her own property. In particular, the Entity and/or its relevant Participants must compensate any damage he/she has caused to the Organiser’s premises and the Organiser’s other facilities;

iv. Each Entity and/or its relevant Participants declares that they accept liability in the case of damage and that they will indemnify the Organiser against any possible claims for damages;

v. Every Participant shall not be under the influence of drugs, or alcohol and shall comply with all of Organiser’s HSSE policies while participating in any of the events for the Programme;

vi. Each Entity and/or its relevant Participants is aware that the Organiser will not offer or provide any insurance cover;

vii. Each Entity and/or its relevant Participants undertakes to observe the Organiser’s code of conduct and all safety regulations;

viii. Each Entity undertakes that it will not discuss commercially sensitive information with other participants or engage in any anti-competitive or antitrust practices whether in formal or informal settings of this Programme.

d) The Organiser shall not be liable to any Entity and/or its relevant Participants under or in connection with the Programme for any indirect, economic or consequential loss or for any loss of profits, loss of business, loss of contracts, loss of use or loss of reputation.

e) The Organiser reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Programme in whole or in part at any time.

f) The Organiser may at its sole discretion disqualify any Entity and/or its relevant Participants from participating further in the Programme if the Individual Participant or Entity shows a disregard for these Terms & Conditions or acts in any inappropriate, unsporting or disruptive manner.

 g) The Delivery Partner and Organiser reserves the right to monitor any information/materials submitted through the Programme Website by each Entity and/or its relevant Participants. The Organiser, at its sole discretion and without prior notice, may at any time review, remove or otherwise block any information/materials submitted through the Programme.

h) The Organiser reserves the right to unilaterally amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time and each Entity and/or its relevant Participants shall review and comply with the Terms and Conditions as updated on the Programme Website from time to time.

i) If the Entity and/or its relevant Participant has submitted the same, or a broadly similar, idea in any other programme(s), details of the programme(s) in which that idea has been used must be provided to the Organiser. The Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any entry which is composed of substantially the same idea or concept as has been submitted by the relevant Entity and/or its relevant Participants in any other programme.

j) If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained in these Terms and Conditions will be not affected or impaired in any way.

k) Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall create or be deemed to create a partnership or joint venture between the Organiser and the Delivery Partner or render any of them directly liable to any third party for the liabilities or obligations of the other. Except as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions, none of the Organiser or the Delivery Partner have the authority to or hold themselves as having authority to act as an agent of another, make any representations or give any warranties to third parties on behalf of or in respect of another, or bind another in any way.

l) These Terms and Conditions shall be interpreted in accordance with and governed by the laws of Malaysia.

Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions or its subject matter or formation, whether in tort, contract, under statute, or otherwise, including any question regarding its existence, validity, interpretation, breach, or termination, and including any non-contractual claim, will be finally and exclusively resolved by arbitration under the arbitration rules of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (Malaysia) (the “Rules”).

m) The arbitral tribunal, to be appointed in accordance with the arbitration rules, will consist of one arbitrator.

n) The seat of the arbitration will be Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

o) The language of the arbitration will be English.

p) Nothing in this Article will be construed as preventing any party from seeking conservatory or similar interim relief from any court with competent jurisdiction. Any award rendered by the arbitral tribunal will be made in writing and will be final and binding on the parties. The parties will carry out the award without delay. Judgment upon any award or order may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. All aspects of the arbitration will be considered confidential. Important notes for acknowledgement by any Participant:

(i) Any ideas or other material submitted by you will be treated as having been submitted on a NON-CONFIDENTIAL basis whether or not such ideas or other material are marked or referred to by you as confidential. The Organiser will not have a duty to treat such ideas or other material as confidential.

(ii) The Organiser may pass on any ideas or other material submitted by you to any Shell Group Ventures, Delivery Partner and any other partners. Again, this will be on a NON-CONFIDENTIAL basis.

(iii) All information or advice provided as part of the Programme website is intended to be general in nature. The Organiser is not liable for any action you may take as a result of relying on such information or advice or for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of you taking this action.

(iv) Each Entity and/or its relevant Participants agree to provide the Organizer, the Shell Group and the Delivery Partner a worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence (with the right to grant sub-licences) to reproduce, use, copy, modify, distribute and/or reference the whole or any part of any Programme Materials for any purpose whatsoever and in any media, whether or not currently invented.