Article 1 - Introductory provisions and definitions
1. Company and purpose of the Terms
These General Terms and Conditions of Heraldic Capital Ltd govern the rights and obligations arising from contractual relationships between Heraldic Capital and clients in connection with the purchase, buyback, storage and delivery of investment gold.
2. Part of the agreement
These Terms are an integral part of the Agreement for the purchase of investment gold between Heraldic Capital and the client.
3. Definition of client
A client is a natural person who has entered into an Agreement with Heraldic Capital, the subject of which is the one-off or regular purchase of investment gold in the form of a savings programme and related storage and delivery services for investment gold.
4. One-off gold purchase
A one-off gold purchase is a contractual relationship between Heraldic Capital and the Client, the subject of which is a one-time obligation of Heraldic Capital to transfer ownership rights to investment gold to the Client and to deliver, store, or buy back the investment gold.
5. Savings programme
A savings programme is a contractual relationship between Heraldic Capital and the Client, the subject of which is the obligation of Heraldic Capital to regularly purchase investment gold for the Client in the value of paid monthly and extraordinary instalments, to store this gold and to record the Client's co-ownership share of the total gold quantity.
7. Investment gold
Investment gold means gold in the form of a bar or ingot accepted by the precious metals market with a fineness of 995 thousandths or higher, and in the form of gold coins with a fineness of 900 thousandths.