PEQUOT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
PRIVACY NOTICE
This notice describes the Privacy Policy of Pequot Capital Management, Inc. (“Pequot”) regarding how Pequot and/or its affiliates handle and protect personal information that is received about its prospective, current or former clients/investors.
Pequot collects personal information primarily to provide investment management services, communicate information about its products and services and process subscriptions in its private investment vehicles. Personal information, which may be obtained from discussions with you and documents you may deliver to Pequot, may include your:
· name;
· address;
· telephone number;
· social security number or tax identification number;
· assets, net worth and income;
· bank account information; and
· occupation (collectively, “Personal Information”).
Pequot permits only authorized individuals, who have been advised as to the proper handling of client/investor information, and who need to access this
information to perform services, to have access to this information. These authorized individuals
are required to maintain and protect the confidentiality of Personal Information. Pequot maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect Personal Information.
In order to service your account and process transactions for your account, Pequot may provide Personal Information to its affiliates and to non-affiliated third party financial service providers that assist Pequot in servicing your account and have a need for such information, such as a broker-dealer or administrator. In addition, Pequot may share Personal Information with non-affiliated third party non-financial service providers, in order to process or service client/investor transactions or products. Unaffiliated third parties in this instance may include service providers such as word processors and printers
. Any such contract entered into by Pequot will include provisions designed to ensure that the third party will uphold and maintain Pequot’s privacy standards when handling Personal Information. Pequot may also disclose Personal Information to regulatory authorities as required or permitted by applicable law. Pequot does not otherwise provide information about you to outside firms, organizations or individuals except at your request or to our attorneys, accountants and auditors and as permitted by law.
Except as described in this Privacy Notice, Pequot will not use Personal Information for any other purpose unless Pequot describes in advance how such Personal Information will be used and you are given an opportunity to decline approval of such use of your Personal Information.
Pequot will continue to adhere to this privacy policy with respect to the information we have in our possession relating to both existing and former clients/investors.All material changes to this privacy notice will be posted on Pequot’s websites at www.pequotcap.com and www.pequotventures.com, offered to existing clients/investors of Pequot and made available upon request. If you have any questions or concerns about your Personal Information or this Privacy Notice, please contact Investor Relations at (212) 651-3400 or Investor_Relations@pequotcap.com.