<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);border-top-width:1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> Friday, September 19, 2014 2:26 AM</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><b>Subject:</b> ICANN News Alert -- Results Available for 17 September 2014 New gTLD Program Auction<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:8pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://www.icann.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="94" height="94" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFD400.F6906360" alt="ICANN"></span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><h2 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:18pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">News Alert<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-18-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-18-en</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="margin-top:15pt"><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div></div><h2 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:18pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Results Available for 17 September 2014 New gTLD Program Auction<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">18 September 2014<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">On 17 September 2014, an Auction conducted by ICANN's authorized Auction service provider, <a href="http://www.powerauctions.com/" target="_blank">Power Auctions LLC</a>, was held to resolve string contention sets for three new generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) strings; BUY, TECH, and VIP. String contention occurs when more than one applicant has applied for the same or a confusingly similar gTLD. The applicants for these strings were unable to resolve the contention sets among themselves, and thus proceeded to an auction, which is the method of last resort to resolve string contention sets as prescribed in Module 4 of the Applicant Guidebook. Subject to payment of the Winning Price and meeting all other criteria for eligibility, the winner will begin the contracting process to sign a Registry Agreement to operate the respective gTLD.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:justify"><em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Four applicants for BUY participated in the Auction. Amazon EU S.à r.l. prevailed in the Auction with the winning price of $4,588,888.</span></em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:justify"><em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Six applicants for TECH participated in the Auction. Dot Tech LLC prevailed in the Auction with the winning price of $6,760,000.</span></em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:justify"><em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Five applicants for VIP participated in the Auction. Top Level Domain Holdings prevailed in the Auction with the winning price of $3,000,888.</span></em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Akram Atallah, President of ICANN's Global Domains Division noted "The proceeds from these Auctions will be separated and reserved until the Board determines a plan for the appropriate use of the funds through consultation with the community. We continue to encourage parties to reach agreements amongst themselves to resolve contention."<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Additional bidding information is available in the Auction Reports which can be found on <a href="https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults" target="_blank">Auction Results page</a>within the New gTLD Microsite.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Subsequent auctions are <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/schedule-11sep14-en.pdf" target="_blank">scheduled</a> [PDF, 250 KB] to occur on a monthly basis throughout 2014 and into early 2015. The auction events are intended to resolve multiple contention sets simultaneously.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For information about ICANN Auctions please see the <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions" target="_blank">Auctions landing page</a> on the New gTLD Microsite.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br>Regards<br><br>Philip Adar<br>
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