1.1 In these Conditions:
"The Company" means Protex Fasteners Ltd as seller of the Goods;
"The Customer" means the person or corporate body named overleaf who is
buying the Goods from the Company upon these conditions;
"The Goods" means the articles which the Customer agrees to buy from the
Company as set out overleaf.

1.2 The Company shall sell and the Customer shall purchase the Goods in accordance
with any written quotation of the Company which is accepted by the Customer or any
written request of the Customer which is acknowledged by the Company and accepted by
the Customer in either case subject to these Conditions of Sale and to the General
Conditions of Sale of the Engineering Industries Association (Third Edition) so far as such
Conditions are consistent with these Conditions of Sale.

1.3 The Conditions set out below shall prevail over any Conditions put forward by the
Customer and except as provided for in 1.4 below, no conduct of the Company shall
constitute acceptance of any Terms put forward by the Customer unless the Company
expressly agrees to them in writing signed by its duly-authorised agent.

1.4 No employee or agent of the Company has any authority to vary these terms orally or
to make any representation on behalf of the Company as to their effect. No addition to or
variation to these Conditions shall be binding on the Company unless in writing signed by a
Director of the Company and the authorised representative for the Customer shall be the
Director or Sales Manager.

2.1 All prices are quoted net ex works exclusive of VAT and are subject to fluctuations in
the event of any increase in the cost of labour or, increase in the cost of materials, and
overheads and other costs of manufacture. Any increase in such costs during the period
of production will be added to the quoted price.

2.2 In the event of any alteration being required by the Customer in design specification or
quantities the Company shall be entitled to make an adjustment of the contract price
corresponding to such alteration.

2.3 The cost of carriage if required by the Customer shall unless otherwise stated be
subject to an additional charge.

2.4 The cost of packaging shall unless otherwise stated by included in the price except in the
case of delivery outside the U.K. where such costs will be subject to an additional charge.

3.1 Delivery unless otherwise agreed shall be ex-works and it shall be the Customer,s
responsibility to take delivery of the Goods at the Company,s premises.

3.2 When the Goods are ready for delivery the Company will give Customer notice of
readiness for collection. It is a condition of this contract that the Customer shall then within
seven days of service of that notice either:

3.21 Collect the Goods; or

3.2.2 Give the Company instructions for their delivery at the Customer,s expense.

3.3 If the Customer fails either to collect the Goods or give the Company instructions for
delivery in accordance with Clause 3.2 the Company may exercise either of the following rights:

3.3.1 Treat the Customer,s failure as a repudiation of the contract and terminate the
contract with immediate effect; in that case the Company may do any of the following either
alone or in combination:

3.3.1.1Dispose of the Goods as it thinks fit.

3.3.1.2Retain any payments made by the Customer before termination of the contract

3.3.1.3 Recover from the Customer any costs incurred in respect of the costs of storage of

the Goods or of their disposal, together with damages for any other losses caused by the
Customer,s breach; or

3.3.2 Arrange for storage of the Goods in which case:

3.3.2.1 The Goods shall be stored at the Customer,s risk

3.3.2.2 The cost of the storage shall be for the Customer,s account who will indemnify the
Company against all costs incurred by the Company in arranging such storage.

3.3.2.3 The Customer will pay the Company a reasonable fee for its services in arranging
for storage of the Goods

3.3.2.4 The Company may at any time give the Customer notice to collect the Goods and if
the Customer fails to comply with such notice treat the Customer,s breach as repudiatory in
accordance with Clause 3.3.1 above or continue to store them in accordance with this Clause.

3.4 The Company will endeavour to have the Goods ready for delivery by the date agreed
for delivery but it is agreed that the Customer shall not be entitled to terminate this contract
by reason of the Company,s failure to deliver by the agreed date. In this respect time shall
not be of the essence unless previously agreed by the Company in writing.

3.5 The time for delivery does not begin to run until any necessary information required
from the Customer has been received. The Goods may be delivered by the Company in
advance of the quoted delivery date on giving reasonable notice to the Customer.

3.6 Date of delivery shall in every case be dependent upon receipt of final instructions or
approvals being obtained from the Customer.

3.7 The Company will endeavour to comply with reasonable requests by the Customer for
postponement of delivery but shall be under no obligation to do so.

3.7.1 Where postponement is agreed by the Company in writing the Customer shall pay all
costs and expenses including a reasonable charge for storage occasioned thereby.

3.8 Times quoted for delivery refer only to the date of completion of the Goods at the
Company,s works. The Company shall not be liable to the Customer for any losses
caused to the Customer by late delivery of the Goods.

3.8.1 If delivery is delayed by Force Majeure circumstances the following provisions shall apply:

3.8.1.1 The Company shall as soon as it is reasonable practicable give the Customer
notice of the reasons for the delay provided that the Company shall incur no liability by
reason of any failure to give notice.

3.8.1.2 The Company,s duty to deliver shall be suspended so long as the Force Majeure
circumstances continue and the time for delivery shall be extended by an equivalent period.

3.8.1.3 The Company may at any time under its sole discretion give notice to the Customer
to terminate the contract. In that case the Company shall incur no liability to the Customer
for any losses caused.

3.9 Notwithstanding that title to the Goods shall not pass otherwise than in accordance with
Clause 4, risk of damage to or loss of the Goods shall pass to the Customer at the time
when the Company notifies the Customer that the Goods are available for collection.

3.10 In the event that delivery shall be delayed otherwise than due to the fault of the
Company necessitating storage of the Goods then the Company reserves the right to make
a charge to the Customer for storage or to claim reimbursement from the Customer in
respect of charges made to the Company by a third party for storage.

3.11 Where the Goods are to be delivered in instalments each delivery shall constitute a
separate contract and failure by the Company to deliver any one or more of the instalments
in accordance with these Conditions or any claim by the Customer in respect of any one or
more instalment shall not entitle the Customer to treat the contract as a whole as
repudiated.

3.11.1 The Company reserves the right to withhold later deliveries until earlier ones are
paid for.

3.11.2 The Company reserves the right to terminate the contract if the Customer fails to
pay for an instalment.

3.11.3 In the event that a delivery instalment is defective the Customer may reject that
instalment subject to Condition 7 but shall not be entitled to terminate the whole contract
and will allow the Company to tender a replacement delivery.

3.12 VAT is only applicable to countries within the European Union. Any customs or import
duties levied once the package reaches your destination country will be your responsibility
as we have no control over these charges and cannot predict them. Online customers should be
aware that commodity codes will be shown on your e-mailed confirmation.

4.1 Goods delivered shall be at the Customer,s risk from the time they are delivered.

4.2 Property in the Goods delivered shall not pass to the Customer until the Customer has

paid all the sums due to the Company:-

4.2.1 In respect of the Goods; and

4.2.2 Any other account.

4.3 Until title in the Goods passes to the Customer, the Customer shall remain a bailee of
the Goods and shall mark them so as to be clearly identifiable as the Company,s property
and store them safely and separately from other Goods and shall insure them to the full
contract price against all perils usual in the Customer,s business.

4.4 The Customer shall on request supply the Company with a copy of the insurance policy
and shall have the interest of the Company noted. on the policy.

4.5 Upon the written request of the Company the Customer shall allow access at all
reasonable times to the Company to inspect the Goods at their place of storage and if
upon making such inspection the Customer has not fully complied with the terms the
Company may in its absolute discretion serve written notice upon the Customer specifying
the appropriate steps to rectify such breach and should the breach not be rectified within
seven days then the Company shall be entitled to exercise those rights set out in
paragraph 6 of this Clause.

4.6 The Customer hereby grants the Company its agents and employees an irrevocable
licence at any time to enter any premises where the Goods are stored in order to inspect
them or where the Customer,s right to possession is terminated, recover them (without
being responsible for any damage caused in so doing).

4.7 Until title in the Goods passes to the Customer the entire proceeds of sale of any
Goods supplied by the Company to the Customer shall be held in trust for the Company
and shall not be mingled with other monies or paid into any overdrawn bank account and
the Company shall at any time be entitled to demand a statement of account to be
provided by the Customer within two working days which statement shall provide full
details of the whereabouts of the sale proceeds which shall be held by the Customer as
the Company,s fiduciary agent in trust.

4.8 The Customer,s right to possession of the Goods supplied by the Company shall be
terminated if the Customer is declared bankrupt or makes any proposal to his Creditors for
any composition or voluntary arrangement or, if the Customer is a company, an
Administrator or Administrative Receiver or Liquidator is appointed in respect of its business.

Cancellation will only be agreed to by the Company on condition that all costs and
expenses incurred by the Company up to the time of cancellation, and all loss of profits
and other loss or damage or charge resulting to the Company by reason of such
cancellation will be reimbursed by the Customer to the Company forthwith.

6.1 Invoices may be raised by the Company in respect of Goods sold at the time such
Goods are available for delivery.

6.2 All accounts shall be net monthly and due and payable by the Customer not later than
the last day of the month following the month in which the Goods are delivered. The time
of payment of the Invoices shall be of the essence of the contract.

6.3 No further credit shall be given to the Customer unless agreed in writing by a Director
of the Company.

6.4 Except where the Company reduces a contract price the Customer will pay the full
invoiced price of Goods delivered without any deduction or set-off on the grounds of any
shortfall in delivery, defect in quality or failure to conform to specification or other breach of
the contract by the Company.

6.5 The Company reserves the right to charge interest at the rate of 8% per annum over
HSBC plc base rate from time to time on any amount unpaid on a daily basis after the due
date for payment.

6.6 In the event of default payment by the Customer in accordance with agreed terms the
Company shall be entitled without prejudice to any other right or remedy to suspend all
further deliveries without notice, and the Company shall be entitled to bring an Action for
the price notwithstanding that property in the Goods has not passed to the Customer. The
Customer shall indemnify to the Company all costs incurred of bringing the Action.

6.7 All credit accounts are granted subject to the approval of trade and bank references by us.
Customers wishing to open a credit account should contact the address set out on the web site.

6.8 All invoices are due for payment on the 30th day of the month following the invoice date. Any
invoice outstanding beyond this period will be referred to Daniels Silverman Ltd & will be subject to a
surcharge of 15% plus VAT to cover the collection costs incurred. This surcharge together with all
other charges & legal fees incurred will be the responsibility of the customer & will be legally enforceable.

7.1 The Company shall be entitled to deliver the contract Goods by instalments of any size
and in any order.

7.2 If the Company delivers more or less than the agreed quantity of Goods the following
provisions shall apply:

7.2.1 The Company shall have no liability to the Customer in respect of the excess or
shortfall unless the Customer gives the Company notice of the excess or shortfall within
seven days of delivery. If the Customer does give such notice:

7.2.1.1 In the case of excess delivery the Company will make arrangements for the excess
to be returned to the Company at the Company,s expense.

7.2.1.2 In the case of short delivery the Company may at its own discretion either (a) make
good the shortfall by one or more further deliveries or (b) reduce the contract price by the
same proportion as the shortage bears to the contract quantity.

7.3 The Customer shall not be entitled to reject any delivery on the grounds of excess or
short delivery but shall pay the contract price or, where the Company exercises the option
referred to in 7.2.1.2 (b) above, the reduced price in accordance with that provision.

7.4 Save as provided in Clauses 7.1 to 7.3 above, the Company shall not be liable for any

losses caused by excess or short delivery.

8.1 The Company warrants that the Goods conform to the contract specification and with
any sample referred to in the specification.

8.2 The Company shall have no liability for any alleged failure of the Goods to conform to
the contract specification unless such failure is notified within seven days of their being
delivered. This notice should be in writing with details of the defects.

8.3 If any of the goods are found not to be in accordance with the contract specification the
Customer shall notify the Company within seven days of their being delivered. The
Company,s representative may then visit the Customer,s premises and examine the
relevant Goods and if they are found not to conform to the contract specification the
Company may at its sole option either (a) at its own expense replace the Goods found not
to be in accordance with the specification or (b) reduce the contract price by an amount
equivalent to that proportion of the price payable in respect of the Goods found not to
conform to the contract specification.

8.4 For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall accept no responsibility or liability for
damage caused to the Goods by the use or misuse of the Customer after delivery.

The Company warrants that the Goods will correspond with their specification at the time of
delivery and will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of twelve
months from the date of despatch from the Company,s works.

10.1 Save as provided by Clause 8 above the Company agrees to replace or repair at its
option Goods or parts of Goods manufactured by the Company and proved to the
Company,s satisfaction to be faulty (fair wear and tear or damage due to misuse or
operation excepted) provided that such fault be notified within twelve months from the date
of despatch from the Company,s works. Any such replacements shall include free delivery
to the Customer,s works.

10.2 The performance of the Company of its obligations contained in this Clause shall be
the total liability of the Company in respect of any defect or fault in the Goods supplied by
it. Delivery or replacements shall include all cost of delivery to the Customer,s premises in
the United Kingdom (or if the Customer has no such premises F.O.B. UK port) but shall
exclude all consequential loss or removal or rectification work required in connection with
the installation of such replacements and to the extent permitted by law no liability shall
attach to the Company for any direct or indirect costs damages or expenses relating to
damage to property or injury or loss to any person or firm or company and for any loss of
profits or production arising out of or occasioned by any fault or defect of the Goods
supplied by the Company.

11.1 The Company shall not be liable in respect of:

11.1.1Goods arising from any drawing, design or specifications supplied by the Customer.

11.1.2 Any defect arising from fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, abnormal
working conditions, failure to follow the Company,s instructions (whether oral or in writing)
misuse or alteration or repair of the Goods without the Company,s approval.

11.1.3 The above Warranty (or any other warranty, condition or guarantee) if the total price
of the Goods has not been paid by the due date for payment.

11.2 The above Warranty does not extend to parts, materials or equipment not
manufactured by the Company, in respect of which the Customer shall only be entitled to
the benefit of any such warranty or guarantee as is given by the manufacturer to the
Company; and to the extent that the same may be assigned to the Company.

11.3 SUBJECT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS, AND EXCEPT
WHERE THE GOODS ARE SOLD TO A PERSON DEALING AS A CUSTOMER WITHIN
THE MEANING OF SECTION 12 OF THE UNFAIR CONTRACT TERMS ACT 1977, ALL
WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS AND TERMS IMPLIED BY STATUTE, REGULATION OR
COMMON LAW ARE EXCLUDED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

11.4 Where the Goods are sold under a consumer transaction (as defined by the
Consumer Transactions (Restrictions on Statements) Order 1976) the statutory rights of
the Customer are not affected by these conditions.

11.5 Except in respect of death or personal injury caused by the Company,s negligence,
the Company shall not be liable to the Customer by reason of any representation, or any
implied warranty, condition or other term, or any duty at common law, or under the express
terms of the contract, or any consequential loss or damage (whether for loss of profit or
otherwise), costs, expenses or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever
(and whether caused by the negligence of the Company, its employers or agents or
otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with the supply of the Goods or their use or
resale by the Customer, except as expressly provided in these conditions.

11.6 Where the Goods are sold by means of distance communication, the Consumer
Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2005 apply.

12.1 The Customer hereby indemnifies the Company as follows:

12.1.1 against all claims liability damages costs and expenses incurred by the Company
arising in any way from any defect or failure of materials manufacture design or
specification in any Goods supplied to the Customer and forming part of the Company,s
product including all consequential losses.

12.1.2 The Customer specifically indemnifies the Company against any claim liability loss
costs damages and expenses incurred by the Company arising out of any liability of the
Company under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and the General Product Safety
Regulations Act 1994.

13.1 The Customer agrees that it has relied upon no representation or statement made by
the Company save for those made in writing between the parties or contained in the
quotation or this document or any document expressly stipulated therein to form part of the
contract and to be outside provisions of this Clause.

13.2 Illustrations and specifications or any advertising matter set out in the sales literature
of the Company are statements of opinion and are provided for information only and form
no part of the contract.

13.3 Any typographical, clerical or other error or omission in any sales literature, website
based information, quotation, price list acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or
information issued by us shall be subject to correction without any liability on our part.

13.4 The Company shall be under no liability in respect of any defect in the Goods arising from
any drawing, design or specification supplied by you.

14.1 All drawings documents and other information supplied by the Company is supplied on the
express understanding that the Customer will not without the written consent of the Company:

14.1.1 Give away, loan, exhibit or sell any such drawings or extracts therefrom or copies thereof.
14.1.2 use them in any way except in connection with the components for which they are issued.

14.2 The Company accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the information or
drawings supplied by the Customer.

14.3 The Customer shall indemnify the Company from and against all actions claims costs
and proceedings which arise due to the manufacture of components to the drawings and
specifications of the Customer where such drawings and specifications shall be at fault or
where it is alleged that they involve an infringement of a Patent, Registered Design,
Copyright or Design Copyright or other exclusive right.

14.4 The Customer undertakes to indemnify the Company against all costs expenses loss
or damage incurred by the Company arising as a result of any claim or proceedings for or
on account of infringement of letters patent trademark or trade name or registered designs
or any other protected rights in relation to Goods supplied by the Company and which were
manufactured or designed by the Company in accordance with specifications and/or
drawings produced to the Company by the Customer on the Customer,s behalf.

14.5 Having manufactured designed or assembled products to specifications supplied by
the Customer the Company shall in no way be liable for any loss or damage of whatsoever
nature arising in any way out of or out of the use of defective designs specifications or
information supplied by the Customer on the Customer,s behalf and the Customer will keep
the Company indemnified in respect thereof.

15.1 The Company shall be entitled to appoint one or more sub-contractors to carry out all
or any of the Company,s obligations hereunder without any obligation to the Customer to
obtain permission to do so.

15.2 The Company shall be under no liability for any delay loss or damage caused wholly or
in part by Act of God, war, strike, lock-out, fire, flood, drought, tempest, industrial action,
government restriction condition or control or by reason of any act done or not done
pursuant to a trade dispute whether such dispute involves the Company,s servants or not or
by reason of any other act, matter or thing beyond the reasonable control of the Company.

15.3 No right or licence is granted under this contract to the Customer under any patent,
trademark, copyright, registered design or other intellectual property right except the right
to use or resell the Goods.

15.4 The specifications and design of the Goods (including the copyright) design right or
other intellectual property shall as between the parties be the property of the Company.
Where any designs or specifications have been supplied by the Customer for the
manufacturer by or to the order of the Company then the Customer warrants that the use
of those designs and specifications for the manufacture, processing, assembly or supply of
the Goods shall not infringe the rights of any third party.

15.5 Any notices required to be served pursuant to this contract of sale shall be in writing
served by first class post or by hand on the Company at the address set out overleaf or
such other address as the Company may from time to time notify to the Customer and on
the Customer,s Registered Office or principal place of business.

15.6 We reserve the right, without prior notice, to discontinue or make design changes to
the Goods as part of a continuous programme of improvement, or to assist availability.

15.7 This website uses, or may from time to time use, cookies. Cookies are pieces of information
that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk for record keeping purposes and they can
make the world wide web more useful by storing information about your preferences on a particular
site. The use of cookies is normal practice and many websites use them to provide useful features
for their customers. Cookies do not personally identify an individual user of a computer but they
do identify the computer being used. Most browsers are set to accept cookies. If you prefer you
can set your browser to refuse cookies.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS:-
CADMIUM - CADMIUM COMPOUNDS ARE EXTREMELY POISONOUS SO CARE
NEEDS TO BE TAKE IN THE HANDLING AND USE OF CADMIUM PLATED
COMPONENTS. CONTAMINATION FROM NORMAL HANDLING IS LIKELY TO BE
SLIGHT BUT NORMAL HYGIENE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE STRICTLY OBSERVED.
CADMIUM PLATED PARTS SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO COME INTO CONTACT
WITH FOODSTUFFS OR BE USED IN CONTAINERS FOR HOLDING FOOD.
PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN TO AVOID INHALING CADMIUM FUMES IF IT IS
NECESSARY TO HEAT CADMIUM PLATED COMPONENTS, E.G. FOR SOLDERING,
WELDING OR CUTTING.
IN MANY APPLICATIONS ZINC IS A SAFER ALTERNATIVE TO CADMIUM.
ZINC - ZINC SHOULD NOT BE USED WHERE IT MAY COME INTO CONTACT WITH
FOOD CONTAINING ANY ACID WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOLUBLE ZINC
COMPOUNDS. PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN TO AVOID INHALING THE
EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT AND POSSIBLE DANGEROUS WHITE FUMES IF IT IS
NECESSARY TO HEAT ZINC PLATED COMPONENTS, E.G. FOR SOLDERING,
WELDING OR CUTTING.
CHROMATE PASSIVIATION TREATMENTS - CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN IN HANDLING
COMPONENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ZINC OR CADMIUM PLATED AND CHROMATE
PASSIVATED; THERE IS A RISK OF SKIN IRRITATION AND DERMATITIS FROM
HANDLING SUCH COMPONENTS FOR LONG PERIODS WITHOUT THE USE OF GLOVES.

17.1 The figures for ultimate strengths shown in our literature have determined by tensile
tests on standard assemblies, i.e. fastener and catchplate, and do not include any safety
factors. The loading figures for handles are for loads applied normally and do not allow for
side loading which will tend to straighten out the wire component, except handle 98-651
which incorporates a joining piece to resist deformation.

17.2 Overstrain can be caused by the load applied to close a toggle action fastener, where
no resilience is present. There is a considerable mechanical advantage obtained by the
overcentre action, concomitant with the leverage ratio.

17.3 Where applications to be clamped have no resilience such as rubber seals or flexible
materials, a fastener with one of the forms of spring extension may give a more satisfactory
result. Load extension characteristics are available on request. Ultimate loads given for
spring loaded fasteners are actual failure loads which are outside the resilient range.

17.4 To prevent inadvertent release, certain fasteners are offered with a safety catch; or
have provision for a security pin, as an alternative to a security seal.

17.5 Fixing centres where given in the catalogue are to commercial tolerances for average
applications and Customers are advised to determine dimensions for specific applications
from a sample.

17.6 The corrosion resistance of Stainless Steel fasteners are offered is dependent upon
the grade of material and some may oxidise more rapidly under certain conditions. Details
of grades used are available on request.

17.7 Zinc plate, with full iridescent passivation, may be substituted for Cadmium plate, with
full iridescent passivation, unless otherwise agreed.

18.1 The formation, construction and performance of this contract shall be governed in
respects by English Law.

18.2 All disputes arising out of or connected with this contract shall be resolved by
arbitration. The arbitrator shall be appointed by agreement of the parties or in default
within thirty days by the President of the Law Society.

19.1 Protex Fasteners Ltd is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Protex Fasteners Ltd makes no warranties or representations with regard to their products
or services.

20.1 The copyright of all 3D Models and CAD drawings on this website of the property of Protex
Fasteners Ltd. Obtaining a user ID and password for the 3D models and CAD download service
authorises you to download and use CAD drawings and the content contained therein exclusively
for your internal, non-public, business use. You are prohibited from publishing the 3D models
or CAD drawings and information contained therein in any form to any third party without the
prior written consent of Protex Fasteners Ltd. All reproductions shall identify the product
as a Protex Fasteners Ltd. product.

20.2 The Company shall be under no liability for any delay loss or damage caused wholly or in
part by the user not reading and/or understanding the "Read Me" files which are supplied for
certain generic parts.

20.3 The 3D models are modelled only as representations of the product. Any accurate dimensions
should be taken from the 2D drawing.

21.1 By registering for the 3D models and CAD drawings or using our online trading facility you
agree to receive at least one product information e-mail (eNews) from Protex Fasteners Ltd. If
(after you have received at least one product information e-mail) in the unlikely event you do
not wish to receive our informative e-mail, you will be able to unsubscribe from this service.

If any of the conditions in this Conditions of Sale shall be adjudged to be void and
unenforceable as going beyond what is reasonable in the circumstances but would be valid
if part of wording or clause was amended or deleted, such conditions shall apply with such
minimum modifications as may be necessary to make them valid and effective.
Feb.2005

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