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End User License Agreement

PDF-XChange® Versions 9.x EULA (End User License Agreement)

PDF-XChange® V9

This license agreement details your rights and entitlement to use PDF-XChange Lite, PDF-XChange Standard, PDF-XChange Viewer, PDF-XChange Editor, PDF-XChange Editor Plus, PDF-Tools, PDF-XChange PRO (suite/bundle) and all other utilities and components. Please read it carefully and treat it as valuable property.

This agreement is between you (either an individual or an entity) and PDF-XChange Co Ltd, (hereinafter called ‘PDF-XChange Co’). PDF-XChange Co is willing to grant you the following rights to use the software known as PDF-XChange Lite, PDF-XChange Standard, PDF-XChange Editor, PDF-XChange Editor Plus, PDF-Tools and/or PDF-XChange PRO, and its accompanying documentation, (collectively, the ‘software’) only if you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this agreement, relevant to the version in use. If you are not willing to agree to any of the terms of this agreement, PDF-XChange Co is unwilling to grant you a license and you should not open the sealed media package (or distributed software files if it was supplied by electronic distribution). Instead, you must promptly return any sealed media packaging and documentation or, in the case of electronic distribution, delete it completely from any storage media on which you may have saved it. If you meet these above conditions then any payment you have made will be refunded, except in cases where a trial version of the software was used prior to payment and an unlock code was subsequently supplied.

This software is provided for your use free of charge (functionality may be limited or available only in evaluation mode) or as a licensed and chargeable product. If you wish to use all of the features of the software without restriction or limitation then you will require a license for the specific application you wish to use.

You may use the free versions of these applications without charge provided you are the end user and do not intend to distribute or incorporate it with or into any other product or software package intended for resale or distribution for any purpose whatsoever, other than as provided for in this license. Should you wish to distribute the PDF-XChange Viewer/Editor (free versions) for any purpose, please email PDF-XChange Co at sales@pdf-xchange.com and, provided you receive no direct or indirect commercial or financial gain from doing so, such permission will usually be granted promptly and for ‘free’.

Use of the advanced ‘PRO’ features contained in the PDF-XChange Editor or Editor Plus trial/evaluation/free versions may result in ‘DEMO’ label stamps being placed on your documents. Please pay attention to the onscreen messages and warnings when using our trial/evaluation/free versions and, if you are in any doubt about whether or not you are using licensed features, always ensure you have a copy of any documents prior to making modifications.

1. OWNERSHIP: The software is and shall remain a propriety product of PDF-XChange Co. PDF-XChange Co and its suppliers shall retain ownership of all copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets and other proprietary rights relating to or residing in the software. Except for the license grant provided in Section 2, you shall have no right, title or interest in or to the software. The software is licensed, not sold, to you and for you to use only under the terms of this agreement. If you agree to be bound by all of the terms of this agreement then you will own only the media (if any) on which the software may have been provided, and not the software itself.

2. GRANT OF LICENSE AND VOLUME LICENSES: PDF-XChange Co grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, restricted right to use the software for your own personal, commercial or business uses – provided you and/or your business are end users, and not software developers or distributors to end users – subject to the terms of this license agreement. This license does not allow the accessing of the API of the software – even if you have a developer’s kit – this is an END USER version ONLY of the software – it is not a developer software tool. Should you wish to utilise a version of this product linking to or from within another software application (directly or indirectly) – you must purchase and license a software development kit (SDK) that is intended specifically for this purpose. These SDKs are available from PDF-XChange Co Ltd on a limited and case-by-case basis.

Each licensed user may use this software in PERPETUITY, and there is no requirement to make any further payment for the continued use of the version of the software purchased. Optional annual maintenance is available to allow users to update to versions released after their maintenance expires, and there will be an annual charge payable should they wish to have access to these later versions. Each licensed user may install and use this software on a single desktop PC and one laptop or notepad PC, provided that the user is the PRIMARY USER of both pieces of equipment.

OWNERS OF CORPORATE AND ENTERPRISE LICENSES may use and install the software on an unlimited number of workstations or servers, provided that sufficient licenses are purchased to cover all users. Additionally, where a ‘Site’ or ‘Country’ license pack has been purchased for use by an unlimited number of users, the following geographical and scope-based restrictions apply:

•A single SITE LICENSE is for a single corporate ‘body’ and for use in a single geographical/physical corporate location;

•Owners of the CORPORATE ‘COUNTRY’ LICENSE may install and use the software on unlimited sites within a single national border/nation – but not in other countries, and only for the benefit of a single corporate body or its wholly owned subsidiary enterprises.

•Owners of the WORLD-WIDE CORPORATE LICENSE (GLOBAL) shall have the right to install and use the software in an unlimited number of locations, and without any restriction on use in so far as national borders are concerned – all of these licenses relate to a single corporate body or its wholly owned subsidiary enterprises.

•Owners of the WORLD-WIDE CORPORATE LICENSE (ENTERPRISE) shall have the right to install and use the software in an unlimited number of locations and without any restrictions on use in so far as national borders are concerned. Licenses relate to a single corporate body, any subsidiary enterprise in which an ultimate controlling interest (howsoever structured) of not less than 50.1% is held, and to all staff employed by any agency or affiliate of the corporate body, provided that such staff are employed and engaged in a role exclusively for the benefit of the licensee or its qualifying subsidiary enterprises on a long-term basis.

•This software may only be installed on equipment directly owned or leased by the licensee and used by its staff or agency staff who are employed long-term with and for the sole benefit of the licensee.

•In the case of ACADEMIC CAMPUS LICENSEES, teaching staff may install the software on personal equipment used in pursuance of their academic course work. Use of the software by students on campus equipment is allowed, however - the installation and use of the software on the personal equipment of students is prohibited.

•Government Licenses. For the purposes of this agreement, municipal & local government offices/departments shall be treated as the commercial equivalent of a single corporate body/entity. Individual state and federal government departments shall be treated as the equivalent of a single corporate body/entity. If a state or federal government wishes to purchase a license to cover multiple departments then a ‘Federal’ license will be required – details of which are available by contacting your reseller or PDF-XChange Co Ltd directly at sales@pdf-xchange.com

3. RESTRICTIONS: I) PDF-XCHANGE CO RESERVES ALL RIGHTS IN THE SOFTWARE NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED TO YOU. II) EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN SECTION 2, YOU MAY NOT USE, COPY, MODIFY, CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS OF, SELL, DISTRIBUTE, ASSIGN, PLEDGE, SUB LICENSE, LEASE, LOAN, RENT, TIMESHARE, DELIVER, ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SOFTWARE, NOR PERMIT ANY THIRD PARTY TO DO ANY OF THE FOREGOING. III) YOU MAY NOT REMOVE FROM THE SOFTWARE, OR ALTER ANY OF THE TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES, LOGOS, PATENT OR COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR MARKINGS, OR ADD ANY OF THE FOREGOING TO THE SOFTWARE. IV) YOU MAY NOT DERIVE OR ATTEMPT TO DERIVE ANY OF THE SOURCE CODE BY ANY MEANS, NOR PERMIT A THIRD PARTY TO DO SO. V) YOU MAY NOT REVERSE ENGINEER, DECOMPILE, DISASSEMBLE, OR TRANSLATE THIS SOFTWARE OR ANY PART THEREOF. VI) NO LICENSES ARE GRANTED UNDER THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT UNDER ANY PATENTS OF IMAGES. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU NEED ANY SUCH LICENSES YOU MUST CONTACT ANY THIRD PARTIES YOURSELF DIRECTLY TO OBTAIN THEM.

PDF-XCHANGE CO welcomes all magazine, printed publications, software download sites etc in facilitating the distribution of the free version of the software, which they are permitted to do free of charge – provided that no re-engineering occurs to the installer or components, and that no added charge is made for the distribution of the software – other than any publisher’s subscription/news stand fees or other similar costs that are always charged for their publication.

4. LIMITED WARRANTY: PDF-XChange Co does not warrant that the functions contained in the software will meet your requirements or that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted or error-free (it is furnished ‘AS IS’ and without warranty as to performance or results). PDF-XChange Co warrants that the media on which the software is supplied will be free from defect for a period of thirty (30) days from the receipt of the software or, in the case of electronic supply, that the ‘wrapper’ in which the software is contained shall be complete and without defect on our end of the connection. However, we cannot warranty that it will be received in the same condition, as the means of supply is beyond our absolute control. This limited warranty shall be void if failure of the software to conform to the warranty has resulted from improper installation, misuse, testing, neglect, accident, fire or other hazard or any breach of this agreement. This warranty is limited to you and is not transferable. No PDF-XChange Co supplier, agent or employee is authorized to make any changes, modifications, alterations, extensions or additions to this limited warranty.

5. LIMITED REMEDIES: In the event of a breach of the foregoing limited warranty, you must return the software to PDF-XChange Co or the PDF-XChange Co authorised distributor that provided you with the software, postage prepaid, before the expiration of the warranty period, with a copy of the invoice for the software. PDF-XChange Co’s entire liability, and your exclusive remedy, shall be at PDF-XChange Co’s sole discretion, either to i) refund the license fee you paid and terminate this agreement or ii) provide a replacement copy of the software with said replacement being warranted for thirty (30) days.

6. NO OTHER WARRANTIES: Other than the foregoing limited warranty, which is made solely by PDF-XChange Co and not by any other PDF-XChange Co supplier, this software is licensed to you 'AS IS', without warranty of any kind. PDF-XChange Co and its suppliers disclaim and reject all other warranties express or implied, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement of third-party rights. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the above disclaimer may not apply to you, in which case the duration of any implied warranties is sixty (60) days from the date on which you receive the software. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have additional legal rights depending on your jurisdiction.

7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: PDF-XChange Co’s aggregate liability in connection with this agreement and the software, regardless of the form of action giving rise to such liability (whether in contract, tort or otherwise), shall not exceed the license fees paid by you to PDF-XChange Co under this agreement. No PDF-XChange Co suppliers shall have any liability whatsoever under this agreement. PDF-XChange Co and any of PDF-XChange Co’s suppliers shall not be liable for any indirect, exemplary, special, consequential or incidental damages of any kind (including without limitation lost profits), even if PDF-XChange Co or such supplier has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. PDF-XChange Co shall not be held liable for any claims of third parties relating to the software. The limited warranty, limited remedies and limited liability provisions contained in this agreement are fundamental parts of the basis of PDF-XChange Co’s bargain hereunder, and PDF-XChange Co would not be able to provide the software to you absent of such limitations.

The only exception committed to by PDF-XChange Co in relation to the above indemnification is that in using any product created by PDF-XChange Co to create, view, modify or print PDF files, PDF-XChange Co indemnify the licensee from any liability in regards to use of the PDF format and its products. The PDF format has always been an open standard – it was originally designed and owned by Adobe Systems Inc, who formally relinquished control to the International Standards Organization (ISO), which is now responsible for maintaining the specifications for the current version (1.x) and for updating and developing all future versions. Further, PDF-XChange Co will at all times endeavour to ensure its products meet the PDF format as specified by the ISO committee and thus ensure compatibility with all other PDF-compliant products from other manufacturers.

8: FREE & TRIAL VERSIONS: Where the software is provided for free on a permanent, semi-permanent, limited use or trial basis, all the terms relating to licensing shall be identical, save that you accept there has been no financial gain on PDF-XChange Co’s part, and as such you will use the software without warranties or guarantees of any kind. The risk is entirely yours and you acknowledge this. You agree to indemnify us against all claims by you or any third parties for any reason whatsoever. You accept that we have provided the software for your sole benefit, and that we have received no financial reward and as such cannot be held responsible in any way and/or for any reason.

9. TERMINATION: You may terminate this agreement at any time. This agreement shall terminate automatically upon breach of any term of this agreement. Upon termination you shall destroy the software and any additional copies that you made of it pursuant to this agreement.

10. GOVERNMENT END USERS: This paragraph applies only if you are a branch or agency of the U.S. government. The software is comprised of ‘Commercial Computer Software’ and ‘Commercial Computer Software Documentation’ as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (Sept 1995), and is provided to the government I) for acquisition by or on behalf of civilian agencies, consistent with the policy set forth in C.F.R. 12.212 or II) for acquisition by or on behalf of units of the Department of Defence, consistent with the policies set forth in 48 C.F.R. 227-7202-1 (Jun 1995) and 227-7202-3 (Jun 1995).

11. US GOVERNMENT ECCN CERTIFICATE: The software has been tested & certified under by the Department of Commerce ECCN process. Any individual or company interested in being provided with our ECCN certificate information can contact support@pdf-xchange.com for further information.

12. GENERAL: This agreement shall for all purposes be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England or, if agreed in preference by both parties, Canada may optionally be substituted as the preferred legal jurisdiction for governance and interpretation. If any of the provisions of this agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable for any reason, then the remaining provisions hereof shall be unaffected and remain in full force and effect. This agreement is the final, complete and exclusive agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings and agreements relating to such subject matter, whether oral or written, and may not be amended except by writing executed by both parties.

** For users of PDF-XChange Editor Plus/PDF-XChange PRO – please also see the important additional licensing T&Cs attached below for convenience, relevant to the PDF-XChange Enhanced OCR (EOCR) Plug-in and its use.

COPYRIGHT: THIS SOFTWARE AND ALL ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION ARE COPYRIGHTED AND PDF-XCHANGE CO RESERVES ALL RIGHTS. THE ACCOMPANYING EULA (END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT) SPECIFIES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS GOVERNING USE OF THIS PRODUCT.

Tracker Software Products (Canada) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of PDF-XChange Co Ltd. Registered in England. Registration No: 11091579

www.pdf-xchange.com email: sales@pdf-xchange.com

TRADEMARK: PDF-XChange® is a Registered Trademark of PDF-XChange Co Ltd

The PDF-XChange Enhanced OCR Plug-in is powered by the ABBYY® FineReader® Engine 12 © 2017 ABBYY Production LLC., ABBYY and FINEREADER are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ABBYY Software Ltd. and cannot be used without prior written consent of ABBYY Software Ltd.

ABBYY FineReader SDK incorporates Datalogics Software and Adobe Products (Adobe PDF Library and Adobe Color Profile)

ABBYY SDK incorporates additionally in part or in full

CUMINAS DjVu

DjVu is protected by U.S. Patent No. 6,058,214. Foreign Patents Pending. Powered by AT&T Labs Technology.

DjVu SDK contains the following Third Party Code:

A portion of this software is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.

rights reserved.

WIBU, CodeMeter, SmartShelter, SmartBind are registered trademarks of Wibu-Systems.

German export regulations apply in the event of an export of Wibu-Systems products.

Leptonica By Dan Bloomberg

ZLIB by Mark Adler & Jean-Loup Gailly

PDF-XChange is based in part on the Independent JPEG Group's work and uses the libjpeg-turbo library.

The libjpeg-turbo library IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS", AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

All other trademarks/copyrights acknowledged & are the property of their respective owners.

PDF-XChange® Enhanced OCR (EOCR) Plug-In. V9.x EULA (End User License Agreement)

For use with PDF-XChange Editor Plus and PDF-XChange PRO

This license agreement details your rights and entitlement to use the PDF-XChange Enhanced OCR Plug-in. Please read it carefully and treat it as valuable property.

This agreement is between you (either an individual or an entity) and PDF-XChange Co Ltd, (hereinafter called ‘PDF-XChange Co’). PDF-XChange Co is willing to grant you the following rights to use the software known as the PDF-XChange Enhanced OCR Plug-in, and its accompanying documentation (collectively, the ‘software’) only if you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this agreement, relevant to the version in use. If you are not willing to agree to any of the terms of this agreement, PDF-XChange Co is unwilling to grant you a license and you should not open the sealed media package (or distributed software files if it was supplied by electronic distribution). Instead, you must promptly return any sealed media packaging and documentation or, in the case of electronic distribution, delete it completely from any storage media on which you may have saved it.

This software is provided for your use free of charge (for 30 days in trial/evaluation versions) or as a licensed and chargeable product if you intend to use and access the Enhanced OCR functionality as identified in the user interface of the software. You may use the free version without charge provided you are the end user and do not intend to distribute or incorporate it with or into any other product or software package intended for resale or distribution for any purpose whatsoever, other than as provided for in this license. You may not redistribute the software for any purpose, whether for commercial gain or not – please email PDF-XChange Co at sales@pdf-xchange.com should you have any further enquiries in this regard.

Use of the Enhanced OCR Plug-in features contained in PDF-XChange Editor, PDF-XChange Editor Plus or PDF-Tools trial/evaluation/free versions may result in ‘DEMO’ label stamps being placed on your documents. Please pay attention to the onscreen messages and warnings when using our trial/evaluation/free versions and, if you are in any doubt about whether or not you are using licensed features, always ensure you have a copy of any documents prior to making modifications. Use of the Enhanced OCR Plug-in beyond the free trial/evaluation period is automatically disabled, PROHIBITED and requires a paid-for license.

If you own a license for PDF-XChange Editor Plus, PDF-XChange PRO or PDF-Tools on the date of the initial, first release of the PDF-XChange Enhanced OCR Plug-in V9.x, and have valid maintenance on that date which is current and in force, then you will receive, free of further charge, a license for the PDF-XChange Enhanced OCR Plug-in.

2. GRANT OF LICENSE AND VOLUME LICENSES: PDF-XChange Co grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, restricted right to use the software for your own personal, commercial or business uses – provided you and/or your business are end users, and not software developers or distributors to end users – subject to the terms of this license agreement. This license does not allow the accessing of the API of the software – even if you have a developer’s kit – this is an END USER version ONLY of the software – it is not a developer software tool. PDF-XChange Co does not offer any software developer toolkit options or licensing of any kind for developers to access the API or functionality of the Enhanced OCR Plug-in application.

Each licensed user may install and use this software on a single desktop PC and one laptop or notepad PC, provided that the user is the PRIMARY USER of both pieces of equipment.

•A single SITE LICENSE is for a single corporate ‘body’ and for use in a single geographical/physical corporate location;

It is essential that all users of this product understand that Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology cannot and does not provide perfect conversion from image-based content to editable text content. Results are dependent on many factors including, but not limited to, the source document’s image quality, resolution, language and text properties. All results must be checked and proofread for accuracy prior to use by the end user or any party for any purpose, and PDF-XChange Co and its suppliers offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of results, and specifically and universally reject all liability and warranties as to consequences of any subsequent use of converted text attained by the use of this product. All risks are borne by the user and author of all documents created, assembled and converted as a result of the use of this application.

12. GENERAL: This agreement shall for all purposes be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England or, if agreed in preference by both parties, Canada may be substituted as the preferred legal jurisdiction for governance and interpretation. If any of the provisions of this agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable for any reason, then the remaining provisions hereof shall be unaffected and remain in full force and effect. This agreement is the final, complete and exclusive agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings and agreements relating to such subject matter, whether oral or written, and may not be amended except by writing executed by both parties.

Tracker Software Products (Canada) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of PDF-XChange Co Ltd. Registered in England. Registration No: 11091579

www.pdf-xchange.com email: sales@pdf-xchange.com

TRADEMARK: PDF-XChange® is a Registered Trademark of PDF-XChange Co Ltd

ABBYY FineReader SDK incorporates Datalogics Software and Adobe Products (Adobe PDF Library and Adobe Color Profile)

ABBYY SDK incorporates additionally in part or in full

CUMINAS DjVu

DjVu is protected by U.S. Patent No. 6,058,214. Foreign Patents Pending. Powered by AT&T Labs Technology.

DjVu SDK contains the following Third Party Code:

A portion of this software is derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.

rights reserved.

WIBU, CodeMeter, SmartShelter, SmartBind are registered trademarks of Wibu-Systems.

German export regulations apply in the event of an export of Wibu-Systems products.

Leptonica By Dan Bloomberg

ZLIB by Mark Adler & Jean-Loup Gailly

PDF-XChange is based in part on the Independent JPEG Group's work and uses the libjpeg-turbo library.

All other trademarks/copyrights acknowledged & are the property of their respective owners.

Last amended date: March 30th, 2022.