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Terms of Use

1. Subject of the Terms of Use
   1. SYNLAB Bondco PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England, with company number 09503922 and registered office at 4th Floor 1 Kingdom Street,

      London W2 6BD, United Kingdom (hereinafter "SYNLAB") provides bondholders with certain information relating to bonds issued by Synlab Bondco PLC and Synlab Unsecured Bondco PLC on www.synlab-notes.com (hereinafter the "Website").

   2. These terms of use (hereinafter, the "Terms of Use"), together with the Data Privacy Statement, govern the use of the Website by its users. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using the Website. By registering with and using the Website, users confirm that they accept these Terms of Use and agree to comply with them. If a user does not agree to these Terms of Use, they must not use the Website. Where a user registers with the Website on behalf of another person who is a bondholder, the user warrants and represents that they are authorised to accept these Terms of Use on behalf of that person, which is bound by these Terms of Use in full.
   3. To contact us, please use the following contact form. 

2. Changes to Website Terms of Use
   SYNLAB reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time with immediate effect. Any changes made to these Terms of Use are binding on the user.
3. Availability
   
   1. The user is responsible for ensuring that they are able to access and use the Website from a technical perspective. SYNLAB is not under a duty to provide the user with any assistance relating to such matters.
   2. There is no obligation on SYNLAB to provide the Website. SYNLAB does not guarantee the technical availability or performance of the Website. In particular, maintenance, security and capacity requirements relating to the Website, in addition to events that are not within SYNLAB's sphere of control (such as disruptions to public communication networks and power failures), may result in malfunctions or interruptions on the Website.
   3. SYNLAB has the right to fully or partially change, suspend, withdraw or discontinue the Website at any time. SYNLAB will not be liable to the user if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
   4. Should the user cease to be (or to be authorised to represent) a bondholder, SYNLAB reserves the right to disable their user name and password.   
      

4. Protection of content; no responsibility for third-party content
   1. The majority of the content available on the Website is protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights and is owned by either SYNLAB, companies associated with SYNLAB, or other third parties who have submitted the respective content. All such rights are reserved. The user may only use this content in accordance with these Terms of Use.
   2. If the content available on the Website partially originates from third parties (hereinafter "Third Party Content"), SYNLAB does not check this third-party content with regard to its completeness, accuracy and legality, and therefore accepts no responsibility or liability for the completeness, accuracy, legality and up-to-dateness of third-party content. This also applies with regard to the quality of the third-party content and its suitability for any particular purpose and also to the extent that third-party content links to any external websites.

5. Account names and password
   Users must treat their user name and password as confidential. SYNLAB has the right to disable any user name or password at any time, if in its reasonable opinion the user has failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.
6. Data protection
   SYNLAB's quality standards include the responsible handling of users' personal data. In this regard, please note SYNLAB's Data Privacy Statement, which is available here. The Data Protection Statement above contains information relating to the use of cookies on the Website.
7.  Viruses
   1. SYNLAB does not guarantee that the Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. Users should use their own virus protection software.
   2. Users must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. Users must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website. Users must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, users would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. SYNLAB will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing a user's identity to them. In the event of such a breach, the user's right to use the Website will cease immediately.

8. Limitation of liability
   1. To the extent permitted by law, SYNLAB excludes all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to the Website or any content on it, whether express or implied.
   2. SYNLAB will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, including, but not limited to, loss of profit, loss of business or loss of business opportunity, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with: (i) use of, or inability to use, the Website; or (ii) use of or reliance on any content displayed on the Website.
   3. Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits the liability of SYNLAB for death or personal injury arising from its negligence, or its fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law.

9. Severability clause
   If any provision of these Terms of Use is or becomes invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. If any provision of these Terms of Use is or becomes invalid, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable.
10. Regulatory information
    1. The Website contains information regarding previously issued debt securities of Synlab Bondco PLC and Synlab Unsecured Bondco PLC. The Website should not be construed as the giving of advice or the making of a recommendation (actual or implied) and should not be relied on as the basis for any decision or action. In particular, actual results and developments may be materially different from any forecast, opinion or expectation expressed in the Website, or documents contained in it, and the past performance of the price of debt securities must not be relied on as a guide to their future performance.
    2. The information contained on the Website has been prepared for information purposes only and as a matter of record, and does not constitute, or form part of any offer or invitation to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of, or any solicitation of any offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of, any of the debt or other securities of Synlab Bondco PLC, Synlab Unsecured Bondco PLC, Labco, S.A., Synlab International GmbH or any of their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the "Synlab Group").
    3. In particular, the information contained on the Website does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. None of the securities described directly or indirectly referred to in the information on the website have been nor will they be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"). Such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) unless registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, such registration.
    4. In addition, the information contained on the Website has not been and may not be disseminated, distributed, sent, retransmitted or otherwise transferred to US persons or any person residing of or located in, or a partnership or corporation organized or incorporated or registered in the United States or a person acting on behalf of the foregoing.
    5. The release, publication or distribution of documents on the Website in jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by the law and therefore persons in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom into which such documents are released, published, distributed or otherwise accessible should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions.
    6. The Synlab Group does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in or referred to in the material on the Website. To the extent permitted by law, the Synlab Group and its directors, employees, agents exclude all liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on, the material contained on this website whether or not caused by a negligent act or omission.
    7. The information on which the material contained on the Website is based has been obtained from sources that the Synlab Group believes to be reliable, but the Synlab Group is not responsible for the accuracy and completeness of information supplied to it.
    8. In the United Kingdom any information in the following web pages which may be construed as a financial promotion within section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 is exempt under Article 69 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001 ("FPO"). For the avoidance of doubt, the information contained in this website does not (a) constitute an invitation to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any "controlled investments" or enter into a transaction or otherwise make use of services provided by the Synlab Group or any named person or (b) constitute an inducement relating to any investments other than those issued by the Synlab Group.

11. Applicable law
    These terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. SYNLAB and the user both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.