AGUATO

These Terms and Conditions (the "Terms") are entered into between you and Aqueous Solutions FZCO, a free-zone company organised under the laws of the United Arab Emirates (trade licence number 69385), having its registered office at Premises No. DSO-THUB-G-D-FLEX-G129B, THUB, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates ("Aguato", "we", "us", or "our").

These Terms govern access to and use of the Aguato platform at aguato.comand all related products, services, applications, APIs, and data systems operated by Aqueous Solutions FZCO or its affiliates, including the Nepti data and artificial-intelligence system (collectively, the "Platform"). Aguato and Nepti are trading names and products of Aqueous Solutions FZCO.

By accessing, registering for, or using the Platform, you ("you", the "Client", the "Provider", or the "User") agree to be bound by these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and any additional policies referenced herein. If you do not agree, you must not use the Platform.

Replacement of Prior Versions. These Terms supersede and replace any previous Terms of Use, Terms and Conditions, brokerage terms, platform terms, or similar agreement published or made available by Aguato, Nepti, or Aqueous Solutions FZCO. Any prior version is of no further force or effect from the effective date stated above.

Retroactive Application to Existing Data and Projects. The licences, ownership rights, data-use authorisations, confidentiality obligations, and AI-training rights set out in these Terms (in particular Sections 4 and 5) apply to all Submitted Data, projects, proposals, and communications uploaded to or exchanged through the Platform, including data, projects, proposals, and communications uploaded prior to the effective date of these Terms. Continued use of the Platform after the effective date constitutes your acceptance of these Terms in respect of past, present, and future Submitted Data. Where applicable data-protection law requires consent for any specific processing of personal data, that consent is sought separately and may be withdrawn without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

1.1 Aguato operates as a technical broker and digital project facilitation platform for industrial water and wastewater treatment projects.

1.2Nepti is Aguato's proprietary data and artificial intelligence system. Nepti ingests, structures, indexes, analyses, and learns from data flowing through the Platform in order to power Aguato's matching, recommendation, benchmarking, comparison, automation, and AI features. Nepti and all of its outputs, models, weights, embeddings, and derivative datasets are the exclusive property of Aguato.

1.5 All engineering design, system performance, installation, and operational responsibility remains solely with the selected Provider and/or Client.

2.1 Registration requires accurate, current, and complete information. You agree to keep your account information up to date.

2.2 You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You must notify Aguato immediately of any unauthorised access or suspected security breach.

2.3 Aguato may, at its sole discretion, refuse, suspend, or terminate any account, including for inaccurate information, suspected fraud, breach of these Terms, or any other lawful reason.

2.4 You must be at least 18 years old to use the Platform.

3.1 By submitting a project, the Client represents and warrants that all information provided is accurate, complete, and not misleading to the best of their knowledge.

6.1 Aguato may contact one or more Providers at its sole discretion.

7.2 Proof of experience is considered a positive evaluation factor, but is not mandatory unless explicitly stated for a specific project.

7.3 Aguato does not independently verify all Provider claims and makes no representation or warranty as to their accuracy.

8.1 All communications related to any Aguato-facilitated project — including technical, commercial, contractual, or strategic discussions — must occur exclusively through Aguato unless explicitly authorised in writing.

9.1 All payments related to projects introduced, facilitated, or coordinated by Aguato must be processed exclusively through Aguato, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

10.1 Clients and Providers agree not to bypass Aguato for any project introduced, facilitated, or coordinated by Aguato.

11.1All information exchanged via Aguato is confidential as between Clients and Providers. Aguato's commitments regarding identifiable raw Submitted Data are set out in Section 4.5. This Section 11 does not limit Aguato's rights to use Submitted Data and Derivative Data under Sections 4 and 5.

You agree not to:

• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the Platform or Nepti
• Scrape, crawl, harvest, or use any automated means to extract data from the Platform
• Use the Platform or any AI Output to train, build, or improve a competing product, model, or dataset
• Transmit any virus, malware, or malicious code, or attempt to compromise Platform security
• Frame, mirror, or commercially exploit the Platform without Aguato's written consent
• Submit content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, infringing, deceptive, or that violates the rights of others
• Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation
• Misuse Aguato's or Nepti's names, logos, or trademarks
• Use the Platform to circumvent the non-circumvention or communication-exclusivity provisions of these Terms

13.1 Aguato provides the Platform, Nepti, and all services on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise.

14.1 You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Aguato, Nepti, and their officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, and licensors from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in any way connected with:

• Your access to or use of the Platform
• Any Submitted Data you upload, transmit, or make available
• Your breach of these Terms or any applicable law
• Your violation of any third-party right, including intellectual property, privacy, or contractual rights
• Any project, contract, or transaction you enter into with another User

15.2Aguato's aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall not exceed the fees actually paid to Aguato by you for the relevant project in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

16.2 Failure to provide verification may result in payment suspension.

17.3 Sections 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, and 19 survive termination.

18.1 Aguato may modify these Terms at any time by posting updated Terms on the Platform. Material changes will be communicated by reasonable means. Continued use of the Platform after the effective date of any update constitutes acceptance.

18.2 Aguato may modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature of the Platform or Nepti at any time, with or without notice, and without liability to any User.

19.1 These Terms are governed by the laws of the United Arab Emirates.

19.2 All disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Dubai.

20.1 These Terms constitute the entire agreement between Aguato, Clients, and Providers with respect to the Platform, Nepti, and platform-facilitated projects, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings.

20.2 In case of conflict, these Terms prevail over any other agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise in writing and signed by an authorised representative of Aguato.

20.3 If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

20.4Aguato's failure to enforce any right or provision shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

20.5You may not assign or transfer these Terms without Aguato's prior written consent. Aguato may freely assign these Terms, including to any affiliate or successor.