Potential Contractor Agreement

This agreement, available on the Internet at https://help.mail.ru/legal/terms/contractors/en/ (hereinafter referred to as the Website), (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), is made between VK LLC (OGRN 1027739850962, 125167, Moscow, Leningradsky Prospekt, 39, bldg. 79) or companies that are members of the same group of partners as VK LLC within the meaning of article 9 of the Federal Law dated July 26, 2006 “On Protection of Competition” (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Company, separately - the Company’s Partners) and a potential contractor (hereinafter referred to as the Applicant), who in one way or another has expressed a desire to enter into partnership relations with the Company.

This Potential Contractor Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) specifies the terms and conditions of data exchange between the Company and the Applicant within the framework of the Applicant’s use of the Company’s potential contractor registration service available on the Internet at the https://contractors.vk.company/ domain (hereinafter referred to as the Service).

The Applicant unconditionally and comprehensively accepts the terms and conditions hereof by submitting the contractor questionnaire via the web form at contractors.vk.company (under part 3 of article 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).

Within the framework hereof, the term “Company” shall be used to refer to all partners included with VK LLC in one group of partners within the meaning of article 9 of the Federal Law dated July 26, 2006 “On Protection of Competition” (hereinafter referred to as the VK Group), or to a certain legal entity of the VK Group, depending on the context and actual relations between the Applicant and the Company.

Within the framework hereof, the term “Company Partner” shall be used to refer to a certain Company Partner of the VC Group, depending on the actual relationship between the Applicant and the Company Partner.

1. SUBJECT OF THE AGREEMENT

1.1. The Company shall perform the following services (hereinafter referred to as the Services) without charge:

I. Registering the Applicant on the Service and providing access to the functions (interface) of the Service designed for exchanging the information necessary for the fulfillment of the Agreement between the Company and the Applicant.

II. Examining the Applicant for meeting the requirements for the Company’s contractors to make a decision on conclusion, maintenance, amendment, termination of agreements by the Company.

III. Considering the Applicant as a potential contractor of the Company, including acceleration of repeated reviews of the Applicant for meeting the requirements for the Company’s contractors.

IV. Selecting and informing the Applicant on the most economically attractive terms of cooperation with the Company based on the information provided by the Applicant on the terms of cooperation preferred by the Applicant.

1.2. For the purpose of rendering the Services, the Company shall collect and process the personal data specified in the Table below (hereinafter referred to as the Table).

1.3. The Applicant ensures that the data specified by them during registration on the Service are provided by them personally, are authentic, correct and valid and agrees to allow the Company to verify the provided data through supporting documents or copies thereof.

1.4. The Applicant being an individual and the Applicant being an individual entrepreneur hereby gives consent to the Company for the period of validity of the Agreement to process (collect, receive, record, systematize, accumulate, store, clarify (update, change), extract, transfer (provide, access), use, block, delete, destroy) the personal data provided during registration on the Service with or without the use of means of automation for the purposes of fulfillment of the Agreement for the validity period.

1.5. For the purpose of fulfillment of the Agreement (receipt of Services), the Applicant authorizes the Company to process the information about the Applicant’s representatives and contact persons specified in the Table for the validity period of the Agreement, with or without the use of means of automation in the following ways: receiving from the Applicant, recording, systematizing, accumulating, providing access, storing, clarifying (updating, changing), using, blocking, deleting, destroying.

The Applicant ensures that there are legitimate grounds for the Company to process, on behalf of the Applicant, the information on the Applicant’s representatives and contact persons listed in the Table. If such legitimate grounds no longer apply to the relevant data subject, the Applicant undertakes to notify the Company immediately at contractors-cancellation@corp.mail.ru.

The Company undertakes to ensure confidentiality of the information processed on behalf of the Applicant hereunder. The Company undertakes to comply with the requirements of the applicable legislation to the protection of the information processed on behalf of the Applicant.

The Applicant ensures that the Applicant’s representatives and contact persons have been notified of their data being processed by the Company on behalf of the Applicant hereunder.

1.6. If the legitimate grounds for processing of the information about the Applicant, the Applicant’s representative and/or contact persons are terminated by the relevant Company Partner, the Applicant shall send to the Company Partner a notice in writing to the location address of the Company Partner.

1.7. The Company undertakes to process the personal data received in fulfillment of the Agreement under the procedure specified by the Agreement and the legislation of the Russian Federation.

1.8. The Company shall ensure that the personal data provided by the Applicant is stored in the Company’s information systems.

1.9. The Applicant hereby expresses the desire to enter into an agreement with any Company Partner if the terms of cooperation offered by the Applicant meet the needs of the Company Partner.

1.10. Providing information about the Applicant, the Applicant’s representatives and contact persons to the Company solely for the purpose of fulfillment of the Agreement shall not be a violation of the confidentiality specified in previously signed agreements between any Company Partner and the Applicant.

2. TERM OF VALIDITY, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT

2.1. The Agreement shall come into force for the Applicant from the moment of the Applicant’s acceptance and shall remain in force until its termination by the agreement of the Parties, or at the request of one of the Parties for the reasons and under the procedure specified in the Agreement and current legislation of the Russian Federation.

2.2. The Applicant shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement by sending to the Company a notice thereof to contractors-cancellation@corp.mail.ru. The Agreement shall be deemed terminated after 30 calendar days from the date of receipt by the Company of the Applicant’s notice.

2.3. The Company shall be entitled to continue processing the personal data provided by the Applicant after the Applicant has sent a notice of termination of the Agreement if there are other legitimate grounds for their processing which may include the need to fulfill other agreements to which the Applicant is a party, as well as the need to perform the functions, powers and duties assigned to the Company by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

2.4. In case of termination of the Agreement by the Applicants who have concluded a civil law contract with the Company or the Company’s Partner, clause 1.7 of the Agreement shall remain in force for 5 years after the termination of the relevant contract.

2.5. The Agreement may be amended by the Company by notifying the Applicant by posting a new version of these documents on the Website. The Applicant undertakes to independently check the Agreement for amendments from time to time. Amendments to the Agreement made by the Company shall come into force from the day following the day of posting such amendments on the Website.

2.6. In case of failure to fulfill and/or properly fulfill the obligations hereunder, the Parties shall be liable under the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

3. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

3.1. All disputes related to the conclusion, interpretation, fulfillment and termination of the Agreement shall be settled by the Parties through negotiations. It is obligatory to follow the pre-trial claim procedure of dispute resolution. Claims shall be considered by the Party receiving the claim within 30 (thirty) calendar days from the date of its receipt.

3.2. If it is impossible to settle the dispute through negotiations, the Parties shall be entitled to apply to judicial authorities for the dispute resolution. In this case the dispute shall be submitted to the appropriate court at the location of the Company unless otherwise specified by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Version dated August 12, 2024