Terms and Conditions of Use

This document establishes the rules and security guidelines of the Hatch Beef platform. By creating an account and using our services, you agree that you have read, understood, and are legally bound by these Terms.

1. Legal Binding Effect and Irrevocability of Agreements

1.1. Definitive Contracts

Hatch Beef operates as an environment for negotiation and formalization of agreements. Any transaction, accepted offer, promise of purchase and sale, or partnership agreement entered into through the platform is legally binding, definitive, and irrevocable between the parties involved, governed by the Brazilian Civil Code.

1.2. Completion of the Transaction

Clicking confirmation buttons, such as "Accept Agreement," "Buy," "Sell," or "Confirm Transaction," formalizes mutual acceptance and creates an immediate obligation to perform, whether for payment, delivery of animals, or transfer of results/dividends.

2. Exclusivity of Transactions on the Platform (Anti-Fraud and Security Clause)

2.1. Mandatory Internal Payments

To ensure maximum security and prevent fraud, scams, and defaults, ALL financial transactions, payments, deposits, transfers, and settlements arising from binding agreements MUST be carried out exclusively through the official mechanisms integrated into the Hatch Beef platform.

2.2. Prohibition of Off-Platform Transactions

Users are expressly prohibited from making, accepting, proposing, or requesting payments directly outside the platform, including external PIX deposits, bank transfers made directly to the seller/investor, cash payments, or non-intermediated checks.

2.3. Loss of Guarantees and Legal Support

Any financial transaction carried out outside Hatch Beef channels will not be recognized by the platform. In the event of external payments:

• Hatch Beef shall be fully exempt from any responsibility for defaults, delays, non-delivery of cattle, or financial losses.
• The User shall lose all custody support, guarantee retention, and mediation provided by the platform.

2.4. Penalties for Circumvention

Attempting or carrying out off-platform negotiations and payments with the purpose of bypassing the platform will result in immediate blocking, permanent suspension, or definitive banning of the accounts of all involved parties, in addition to the application of contractual termination penalties.

3. Legal Validity and Electronic Signature

3.1. Legal Effect

All authenticated actions on Hatch Beef carried out through login, password, token, or biometrics have legal validity and indisputable evidentiary force, and are equivalent to physical signatures notarized in a registry office.

3.2. Legal Basis

This validity is guaranteed and recognized under Article 10, paragraph 2, of Provisional Measure No. 2.200-2/2001 and Law No. 14.063/2020 (Electronic Signatures Law).

4. Strict User Responsibility

4.1. Account Security

The account is personal and non-transferable. The User is solely responsible for any and all financial and legal obligations undertaken through their access credentials.

4.2. Accuracy of Information

The User guarantees that all data provided, as well as information regarding herds, properties, including sanitary documentation such as GTA, and guarantees, are strictly truthful. Documentary or ideological falsity will result in banning and reporting to the authorities.

4.3. Default

Failure to comply with agreements entered into on Hatch Beef will subject the offender to judicial enforcement, negative credit reporting, formal protest before a registry office, and claims for losses and damages.

5. Limitation of Hatch Beef Liability

5.1. Intermediary and Custody Role

Hatch Beef acts as a provider of technological infrastructure and a secure environment for negotiation and settlement. Except when expressly indicated as a contracting party, Hatch Beef is not the direct owner of the cattle or underlying asset, nor a guarantor of Users, limiting itself to ensuring the execution of the financial and contractual flows properly recorded on the platform.

6. Choice of Venue

6.1. Jurisdiction

To resolve any disputes arising from these Terms or from contracts entered into on the platform, the parties elect the courts of the District of São Luís, State of Maranhão, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction, however privileged it may be.