Gulf News

> Column Widths:
1 col = 45mm.
2 col = 95mm.
3 col = 145mm.
4 col = 195mm.
5 col = 245mm.
6 col = 295mm.

> Height of Ad sizes:
0.5M = 45.86mm.
1M = 98.78mm.
1.5M = 151.7mm.
2M = 204.61mm.
3M = 310.47mm.
4M = 416.31mm.

> Incl Colour:
- DPS.
- Half DPS.
- Full Pg.
- 4 col x 3M.
- Quarter Pg DPS.
- Half Pg (Hor/Ver).
- 3 col x 3M.
- 6 col x 1.5M (Front Pg only).
- 4 col x 2M; 2 col x 4M.
- Qtr Pg (Reg) 3 col x 2M.
- Qtr Pg (Hor) 6 col x 1M.
- 2 col x 3M.
- 3 col x 1.5M (Main Front.
- Pg & Bus. Front Pg only).
- 2 col x 2M; 4 col x 1M.
- 3 col x 1M.
- 2 col x 1M.

> ROP BERLINER - LOADINGS:
- Main Front Page Position Loading (bottom centre - 3 col x 1.5M).
- Main Front Page Position Loading (bottom right).
- Other Sections: Front Page Position Loading.

> GNP Loading:
- 2 col x 1M to 3 col x 1M.
- 2 col x 2M / 4col x 1M to 3 col x 3M / 6 col x 1.5M.
- Half Pg +

> Position Loadings:
- Page 2, 3, 5, 7, Back Page.
- Page 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, Centrespread & Inside Back Pg.
- Page 10, 12, 15, Business / Sports Pg 2, 3.
- Any other right hand page.
- Any other pre-specified page.
- Any pre-specified Section.

- Main Front Page - only 3 col x 1.5M or 6 col x 1.5M size allowed.
- Business Front Page - only Half Pg (Hor) or Quarter Pg (Reg/Hor) or 3 col x 1.5M or 6 col x 1.5M size allowed.
- Sports Front Page - only Half Pg (Hor) or Quarter Pg (Hor) or 6 col x 1.5M size allowed.

> TABLOID (incl Colour):
- DPS.
- Full Pg.
- Half Pg (Hor/Ver).
- Vertical Panel (2 cols) Solus.
- Quarter Pg (Hor).
- Front Pg Banner: height 43 mm.
- Front Pg Banner: height 28.2 mm.
- 1/2 Vertical Panel (2 cols).

> GN Main Front Page Skybox Panel (6 col x 15 mm).
> GN Business Opening Page Skybox Panel (6 col x 10 mm).
> GN Business Inside Page Floating Panel (45 mm x 45 mm).
> Front Page Panel (60 mm x 60 mm).

- The grid provided shows 6 expenditure slabs. The advertiser commits the proposed expenditure and is invoiced at the applicable rate. At the end of the agreement period, based on actual achievement in terms of expenditure in the Gulf News package, a credit/debit note will be issued.

- The credit note cannot be encashed but can only be adjusted against expenditure in products/services of Al Nisr Publishing LLC and its subsidiary/associate companies. If the advertiser has a Gulf News Classifieds Exclusive Agreement during the Valuead period, the advertiser will have to advertise exclusively in the publications of Al Nisr Group.

- Advertisers signing up on VALUEAD will have the facility of getting debit/credit at the end of the agreement period depending upon actual consumption and the effective rate thereby.

- VALUEAD agreements may be signed from any month in 2022 before the first insertion, effective from the month in which the first insertion is released, but not effective beyond December 31, 2022.

- All agreements will be for periods beginning on the first day of a calendar month and ending on the last day of December within the same year.

- Al Nisr Publishing LLC reserves the right to refuse or alter any advertisement or change its position without prior notice and providing any reason for doing so. While every care is taken in compiling the advertisements, neither Al Nisr Publishing LLC nor its agents accept responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissions or for any consequences arising from the publication of any advertisement, or for any loss or damage to any advertising material submitted to the publisher.

- The advertiser agrees to indemnify Al Nisr Publishing LLC against any damages, losses or claims by third parties arising from publication of the advertisement.

- All advertisements must comply with all government and other statutory regulations and stipulations and is solely the responsibility of the advertisers or their representatives and or advertising agencies. Any discounts, commissions or contract rates offered are subject to payments being received by the publisher within the stipulated credit period last announced by the publisher.

- Al Nisr Publishing LLC reserves the right to charge the casual rate and levy a surcharge in the event of payments not being received within the stipulated credit period.

- The publisher reserves the right to charge the full rate for advertisements cancelled beyond these deadlines.

> TERMS & CONDITIONS OF THE VALUEAD AGREEMENT:
- The Agreement commences on the 1st day of the starting month and ends on the last day of the closing month (irrespective of the first and last insertion dates within the starting / closing month).

- The date of release of the 1st insertion must be within the starting month.

- The Agreement must be signed before the first insertion (not retroactively).

- Expenditure Commitment means value of advertising committed by the advertiser in the Gulf News package during the Agreement period.

- If the advertiser has a Gulf News Classifieds Exclusive Agreement during the Valuead period:
a. The advertiser must advertise exclusively in the publications of Al Nisr Group.
b. In the case of advertising in web sites, the advertiser undertakes not to advertise in the web sites of UAE-based publishing
houses or its subsidiary/associate companies (other than that of Al Nisr Publishing LLC and its subsidiary/associate companies).

- Expenditure Commitment must be fulfilled to be eligible for the applicable discount rate as indicated above.

- Debit/Credit will be issued at the end of the Agreement period depending on actual performance and the corresponding effective rate.

- The credit note cannot be encashed but can only be adjusted against expenditure in products/services of Al Nisr Publishing LLC and its subsidiary/associate companies.

- An agency signing on behalf of the advertiser is responsible for maintaining the commitments, inclusive of advertising released by the
advertiser, directly or through other agencies.

- Any revision in the terms of the Agreement will be mutually agreed to by both the parties in writing.

- The Conditions of Acceptance of advertisements, which forms part of this Agreement, have been read, fully understood and agreed.
- The Agreement is applicable only for the UAE.

> PANELS SERIES DISCOUNT AGREEMENT:
- Discounts are applicable on the above advertisements only.

- A Debit Note will be issued at the end of the contract period, in case the number of bookings falls below the committed level of bookings.

- Rates & Discount structures are subject to change from January 2023.

- The Agreement must be signed before the first insertion.

- An Agency, signing on behalf of the advertiser, is responsible for maintaining the commitments stated, inclusive of advertisements released by the advertiser directly or through other agencies.

- Any revision in the terms of the Agreement will be mutually agreed to by both the parties in writing.

- Any and all supplied materials are presumed to be correct and in accordance with Al Nisr Group stated requirements.
- Al Nisr Group will not be held liable for printing complications which may arisedue to receipt of non-conforming materials.
- All Transparencies should be fl attened. It should be noted that the Asura system will not check this.
- Al Nisr Group will not be held liable for discrepancies arising due to non-fl attening of transparencies.
- Al Nisr Group cannot guarantee legibility of 4-colour reverse type below 10 point and black & white reverse type below 6 point.

- Handling & Disposition Of Advertising Materials Please follow material deadlines for sending materials.
- All advertising materials should be provided specifying details regarding the publication & date of insertion, advertiser, agency and special instructions, if any. Materials received for insertion will not be released until after publication of issue.
- All materials will be kept electronically by publisher for 15 days following the original date of insertion, after which, these will be destroyed.
- Please Note: If white space is required in an advertisement without a border, use crop marks only. Note that the crop marks should exactly defi ne the Booking Size.

Overprint Attributes:
- Only Black text can be ‘overprint’ on colour ground. Colour textshould be ‘knockout’. Gulf News will not be responsible for any discrepancies, which may arise due to not conforming to overprint guidelines.
- The Agreement must be signed before the first insertion.
- An Agency, signing on behalf of the advertiser, is responsible for maintaining the commitments stated above, inclusive of advertisements released by the advertiser directly or through other agencies.
- Any revision in the terms of the Agreement will be mutually agreed to by both the parties in writing.

Material Format & PDF Specifications :
- PDF Version: 1.4 / PDFX-3
- Resolution: 300dpi.
- Mode: CMYK.
- CMYK Colour Profile “Coated Fogra39”
- All Fonts Embedded.
- All Transparencies should be flattened.
- The PDF fi le should match the exact booking size without any extra white space.
- PDF fi les should not have crop marks, trim marks, document header or any other page information.
- The dimensions of the PDF fi le for Bleed artworks should match the exact bleed size without crop marks or extra information.

Not accepted at any stage:
- DCS.
- Multitone.
- Multichannel (more than 4 channel i.e. CMYK).
- Duotone Images.

Bleed Advertisements :
Keep live matter 10mm from trim edges—head, face, foot and scuff . Additionally, for double page spread bleed advertisements,
keep live matter 5mm from the spine.

Colours :
- All colours must be built from process colours (CMYK).
- Always use Coated Fogra39 ICC Colour profile as working space for all your advertisements.
- Advertisements received in RGB / Wrong CMYK Profile will be converted to working CMYK with best nearest conversion.
- Gulf News will not be responsible for any colour shift which may arise due to this action.
- All Spot colour advertisements, two and three colour advertisements will be converted to CMYK with best nearest conversion.
- Gulf News will not be responsible for any colour shift which may arise due to this action.

- Pricing includes VAT.
- Payment Terms: Prepayment. Credit, if approved, will be for maximum 30 days from the date of invoice.

Watermarks :
- The minimum standard values for screens in highlight areas (e.g. watermarks) is 5% + 2% extra in all colours for printing on Newspaper web.
- Pricing includes VAT.
- Discounts are applicable on advertisements in Friday only.
- A Debit Note will be issued at the end of the contract period, in case the number of bookings falls below the committed level
of bookings.
- The expenditure in Friday will be included in the commitment fulfilment for Gulf News Value-ad contract.
. Payment Terms: Prepayment. Credit, if approved, will be for maximum 30 days from the date of invoice.

- Cancellation deadlines are the same as booking deadlines.
- Cancellations will be allowed only for bonafide reasons, but not later than 15 days prior to release date.

- All bookings will be firm bookings.
- Bookings will be for pre-specified clients only.
- Cancellation deadlines are the same as booking deadlines.