Legal Notice

Dear User,

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THIS LEGAL NOTICE THAT REGULATES THE USE OF THE INTERNET SITE PROVIDED BY DEACERO, S.A.P.I. DE C.V. (HEREINAFTER "DEACERO") AT THE URL ADDRESS https://www.deacero.com (THE "SITE"), OR ANY EMAIL WITH THE DOMAIN DEACERO.COM. AS IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE SITE HAVE BEEN MODIFIED SINCE YOUR LAST VISIT, EACH TIME YOU ENTER AND USE THIS SITE YOU ARE RATIFYING YOUR CONSENT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE LEGAL NOTICE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH SUCH PROVISIONS, YOU ARE KINDLY REQUESTED NOT TO USE THE SITE. For purposes of the use of this SITE and the communication through e-mails under its domain, DEACERO, a Mexican company, domiciled in the municipality of San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico, hereby presents and informs you of this LEGAL NOTICE containing the terms and conditions that shall regulate the relationship between DEACERO and the people accessing the SITE and/or receiving e-mails under the DEACERO domain, or who in any way are related thereto, through collaborations, products, services, clients, commercial alliances or any analogous relationship (hereinafter the "User") and the proper use of the SITE.

1. THE SITE
The pages comprising the SITE are a publication owned by DEACERO for informative purposes, allowing the public access to certain information, mainly on the manufacture and marketing of steel-based products and for the steel industry, with a developing market at national and international level. Buyers, suppliers, investors or anyone visiting us should not base decisions solely on information provided through the SITE. The User must have the necessary software, hardware, connection to the Internet network or any other necessary mechanism, as well as the necessary updates, in order to carry out communications, access products and/or services offered through the SITE under his/her exclusive responsibility. The User is solely responsible for obtaining access to the Internet network necessary to use the SITE. If the User accesses or uses the SITE from a wireless device, your mobile network data and messaging rates and fees may apply, in accordance with the provider of such service. DEACERO does not warrant that the SITE, or any portion thereof, will operate on any particular hardware or device. No action or use of any device, software, or other means tending to interfere with the activities, databases and operation of the DEACERO SITE is permitted. Any attempt or activity in violation or contrary to the laws on intellectual property rights and/or the prohibitions stipulated in this Legal Notice will make you liable to the pertinent legal actions, and to the sanctions provided for in this agreement, as well as will make you liable to compensate for the damages caused.

2. THE DEACERO GROUP
The terms "DEACERO", "GROUP", "WE" or any other similar term used in the SITE and/or through e-mails under the DEACERO domain refer to the national and foreign companies in whose management DEACERO, S.A.P.I. de C.V. has significant influence, even if it does not control them, unless otherwise expressly indicated, identifying the name of any of our companies in particular. Some of these, including but not limited to, are mentioned in the "Company and Trademarks" section, which can be consulted at the following address: https://www.deacero.com/acerca-de/companias-y-marcas

3. E-MAILS
DEACERO may contact customers, suppliers, authorities and/or any third party through e-mails for information and/or commercial purposes. DEACERO hereby informs you that the information contained in the e-mails and in any attached file is CONFIDENTIAL, privileged and for the exclusive use of the addressee or addressees. The information shared in the e-mails may not be copied, reproduced, mutilated (in whole or in part) for commercial or other purposes. Unauthorized reading, distribution, copying and use are prohibited. In case the User is not the final recipient, please destroy the e-mail immediately and notify the main sender of the message. All e-mails and their attachments have been validated by DEACERO's antivirus. However, it is not possible to guarantee that they are free of any malicious software. DEACERO is not responsible for any damage caused by viruses that may be sent by e-mail. It is the responsibility of the User, as the recipient, to confirm the viability and execution of the attached files.

4. PERSONAL DATA
DEACERO may collect through the SITE as well as through e-mails, personal information provided by the User in order to provide services related to, but not limited to, communication purposes, services rendered, product commercialization or any other agreement subscribed between the parties involved. For the purpose of the foregoing, personal data will be treated in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Notice. For our Privacy Notice visit: https://www.deacero.com/es/aviso-de-privacidad/

5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The SITE and the information contained therein, or that it may contain in the future, as well as that shared through e-mails under DEACERO's domain, including but not limited to articles, reports, directories, guides, user manuals, photographs, press releases, product information and prices, statistics, maps, drawings, trademarks, commercial notices and designs (collectively "CONTENT"), is property of DEACERO, as well as of its collaborators and/or employees (works for hire) and are protected by the Federal Copyright Law (Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor), the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (Ley Federal de Protección a la Propiedad Industrial), various international conventions to which Mexico is a party, as well as other applicable legislation. Some of the works, trademarks, slogans and designs displayed on the pages of the site may belong to third parties.

The use of the SITE and the information available therein, as well as that shared by means of e-mails under the domain of DEACERO, in no case grants the User any right over its CONTENT, nor is any license or authorization granted for its use or exploitation, beyond personal use for the purposes mentioned in item 1 of this legal notice. In any case, the User must recognize and express the origin of the information coming from the SITE that he/she uses. It may not be modified in any way, respecting any right that a third party may have over it. Any use other than that mentioned in item 1 of this legal notice, such as, but not limited to, commercial or political use, is strictly prohibited.

DEACERO may allow the User to provide text, audio and/or visual Content and information, including comments and opinions about the various features, products and services offered on the SITE, which shall not be offensive or contrary to morality or unlawful, as determined by DEACERO in its sole discretion. DEACERO may, without express obligation, monitor, edit or remove content that the User provides that it deems to be unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or objectionable or violates the intellectual property of any DEACERO.

All User Content shall remain your property. However, by providing it to DEACERO you grant a worldwide license, with the right to sublicense, use, copy, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform or otherwise exploit in any manner such user content in all formats and distribution channels, now known or hereafter devised, without further notice or consent from you and without payment to you or any other person or entity.

The User warrants that it is the sole owner of all User Content or that it has all rights, licenses and permissions necessary to grant DEACERO the license to use the Content; and neither the User Content nor its posting or use by DEACERO will infringe, misappropriate the intellectual property or proprietary rights of any third party or rights of publicity or privacy or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation. DEACERO shall not be responsible for Content provided by other Users, even if it is published on the SITE, only the owner of the Content shall be responsible.

The User acknowledges that the SITE and any software required to be used in connection therewith may contain third party and confidential information that may be protected by intellectual property and other applicable laws. The User undertakes and agrees not to modify, copy or reproduce, rent, lend, sell, distribute or create equal works and/or derivative works and/or based on the SITE, in whole or in part.

DEACERO's trademarks and trade names are duly registered by DEACERO in Mexico and in some foreign countries, so their use by third parties is subject to prior written authorization from their owner. The User may not use the trademarks in process of registration and/or registered, nor the DEACERO logo or any other under the ownership of DEACERO, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and/or its affiliates, in any way that could cause confusion among Users or that could discredit DEACERO. Use of the SITE or communication through e-mails under the DEACERO domain does not grant any permission or license to use the intellectual property of DEACERO and/or its affiliates.

6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
DEACERO has made great efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information and links on its SITE. Such information and links are displayed to the User provided that they are available. Therefore, and without prejudice to the applicable legal provisions, DEACERO makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, as to the legality, availability, accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, reliability or generally any aspect of its CONTENT. Without limitation, DEACERO does not guarantee and shall not be liable for any direct, secondary, indirect, punitive or any other damage resulting from: a) the inaccuracy of the information contained in the pages of the SITE or any omission in its content; b) the interrupted or erratic operation of the SITE as well as any other defect therein; c) the transmission of viruses or any other harmful component through the SITE or the server that hosts it and that results, for example, in the affectation of computer equipment, loss of business, profit, usefulness or data.

DEACERO makes available technical devices for linking to third party SITES. The SITES to which you have access through links available on the SITE are not owned or controlled by DEACERO, so DEACERO does not express any opinion regarding them and is not responsible for their content.

DEACERO makes no representations or warranties regarding the User's use of the information contained on the SITE or on third party sites accessed through a link available on the SITE. Therefore, the User agrees that such use shall be at the User's own risk and responsibility.

The User agrees to hold DEACERO harmless from any complaint, claim, action or demand, including attorneys' fees and expenses, related to the improper or unlawful use made by the User of the information contained in the SITE or in third party sites accessed through a link available in the SITE.

DEACERO may modify the pages that make up its site at any time without prior notice or authorization and without assuming any liability for such updates.

7. OFFERS OR REQUESTS
The CONTENTS of the SITE or e-mails under its domain do not constitute, in any way, an affirmation, acceptance, request, negotiation, offer or binding transaction of any DEACERO securities, even if price(s), quantity(ies) or other similar concepts are included in the e-mail or in its attachments, unless expressly stated otherwise.

8. JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW
DEACERO and the User agree that for disputes, litigation and/or any other contingency arising from the conclusion, implementation, construction and/or execution of this instrument, they agree to collaborate in the best terms and reach a mutual agreement through a good faith negotiation process, being able to initiate a mediation or conciliation process through the judicial authority corresponding to the state of Nuevo Leon.

In the event of failure to mutually reach an agreement satisfactory to DEACERO and the User, both agree to expressly submit to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, waiving any other jurisdiction that by reason of their present or future domicile or any other circumstance may correspond to them. In this sense, this Legal Notice is governed in each and every provision of the applicable legislation in the United Mexican States.

If you have any comments regarding the service provided by DEACERO, either positive or negative, please send them to the following e-mail: info@deacero.com, where they will be answered as soon as possible.