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Important Warning
AST FORTIS Pty Ltd (AST FORTIS) is primarily a platform for wholesale, sophisticated and professional investors. Some of the opportunities presented, provide access for investors who directly express an interest to invest in predominantly private equity opportunities.
AST FORTIS also provides a business introduction service in accordance with ASIC Class Order 02/273 (Class Order) which provides an exemption to the disclosure requirements under section 708 of the Corporations Act (Cth) 2001(Act).
Subscribers to our website, astfortis.com (Website), may come across opportunities in which they would like to invest, however, they may not be considered a ‘Sophisticated’ or ‘Professional’ investor within the meaning of the Act and they would therefore (without the Class Order) be subject to the disclosure requirements of the Act.
The Class Order provides these potential investors and share issuers/sellers with the framework in which they can raise private equity without complying with the disclosure requirements under the Act.
We confirm that:
1. We receive an agreed upon fee for providing the business introduction service; and
2. Neither the Website nor AST FORTIS is endorsed or approved by ASIC.
We wish to make you aware:
1. Investment in new business carries high risks. It is highly speculative and before investing in any project about which information is given, prospective investors are strongly advised to take appropriate professional advice;
2. The information contained in our Website has been prepared by or on behalf of the person who is proposing to issue or sell the securities or scheme interests and neither AST FORTIS nor the publisher (if any) has undertaken an independent ‘Exhaustive’ review of the information contained on our Website;
3. The information contained in our Website about the proposed business opportunities and the securities or scheme interests is not intended to be the only information on which the investment decision is made and is not a substitute for a disclosure document, product disclosure statement or any other notice that may be required under the Act, as the Act may apply to the investment. Detailed information may be needed to make an investment decision, for example: financial statements; a business plan; information about ownership of intellectual or industrial property; or expert opinions including valuations or auditors’ reports;
4. Prospective investors should be aware that no established market exists for trading private unlisted companies securities or scheme interests that may be offered; and
5. The Website is subject to this Class Order.
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