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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#008BD1" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Srry for dupes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> AusRegistry International [mailto:arimarketing@ausregistry.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 25, 2010 4:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> Anne-Rachel Inne<br><b>Subject:</b> AusRegistry International-ccTLD Newsletter-November 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:0%'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=1 style='width:.6pt'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Having trouble viewing this email?<a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/platformdirect.php?mode=view_in_browser&ctemplate_id=74">View In Browser</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=606 style='width:5.05in'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a name="#top"></a><map name=MicrosoftOfficeMap0><area shape=Rect coords="137, 16, 405, 109" href=""></map><img border=0 width=650 height=190 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/header.jpg" usemap="#MicrosoftOfficeMap0" alt="email template new letter header"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=547 style='width:328.2pt'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#F0F0F0;padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt'><p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#06559F'>What a Year for ccTLDs! </span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'><br><br>With 2010 coming to its conclusion, we thought it worth looking back over what has been a truly remarkable year in the history of the DNS. We started the year with 247 delegated ccTLDs. We’re ending it with 261 delegated ccTLDs (including 15 IDN ccTLDs), with a further 15 IDN ccTLDs pending delegation, for a grand total of 276 ccTLDs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>The highlights of the year from a ccTLD perspective were:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>• <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hdXNyZWdpc3RyeS5jb20vYmxvZy8/cD0zNTk=&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">the .yu (Yugoslavia) ccTLD was removed from the root zone</a><br>• <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hdXNyZWdpc3RyeS5jb20vYmxvZy8/cD0zNzE=&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">the first IDN ccTLDs were delegated </a><br>• .cn halved in size due to new registration requirements and non-renewal of discounted registrations<br>• the launch of second-level registrations in Colombia’s .co <br>• Russia’s IDN ccTLD achieved over <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hdXNyZWdpc3RyeS5jb20vYmxvZy8/cD02NjM=&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">500,000 registrations in the first week</a> of general availability<br>• <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hdXNyZWdpc3RyeS5jb20vYmxvZy8/cD01NzU=&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">ccTLD-based URL shortening services</a> took off on the back of Twitter’s popularity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>2011 looks like it will be an equally eventful year with dozens of IDN ccTLDs to complete their launch processes, and the opening of applications for new gTLDs expected to occur mid-year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>We’ll be keeping a close eye on developments throughout.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Wishing you all a happy December and a safe and prosperous start to the New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Best regards,<br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jon Lawrence</span></strong><br>AusRegistry International ccTLD Team<a href="mailto:jon.lawrence@ausregistry.com"><br>jon.lawrence@ausregistry.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=601 style='width:360.6pt'><tr><td width="67%" style='width:67.0%;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=0 width=389 style='width:233.4pt'><tr><td style='background:#00A9EA;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a name=aptld></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>LACTLD and ICANN Meetings – Cartagena, Colombia<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>AusRegistry International is proud to be sponsoring the next Latin American & Caribbean TLD Association (LACTLD) Meeting. This meeting will focus on ‘Commercial Aspects for ccTLDs’ and is to be held in Cartagena, Colombia, from the 2nd to the 4th of December.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>This meeting is open to non-members of LACTLD, so if you’ll be in Cartagena before the ICANN Meeting, you may wish to come along. More details are available from the <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYWN0bGQub3JnLz9jbWQ9aW5kZXgmZnVuYz1kZXRhbGxlX2NvbnRlbmlkb19pbmRleCZjb2RfY29udGVuaWRvPTEwOA==&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">LACTLD website.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>We will be presenting at the meeting and look forward to connecting with ccTLD Managers from around the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>We will also be attending the ICANN Meeting, which runs from the 5th to the 10th of December. If you’ll also be attending, we look forward to seeing you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>If you’d like to prearrange a meeting, please contact me directly at my email address above.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><img border=0 width=396 height=14 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/hr-line.jpg" alt="email template new letter hr line"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=0 width=411 style='width:246.6pt'><tr><td style='background:#00A9EA;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a name=URLShorteners></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Russia’s Cyrillic IDN ccTLD Blasts Off!<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The recent public launch of Russia’s Cyrillic script IDN ccTLD has smashed all expectations, much like a Soyuz rocket blasting off into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>See below for the Cyrillic text. This transliterates to .RF, for Russian Federation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><img border=0 width=38 height=35 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/russia_script.jpg" alt="Russia IDN"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>With 100,000 names registered in the first hour alone, and over 550,000 names now registered, this newest ccTLD has already hit 25th on the list of largest ccTLDs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Even if we assume that a large proportion of registrations are speculative at this early stage, this launch cannot be regarded as anything but a huge success. This success proves that there is real community demand for native script Top-Level Domains, and bodes well for the prospects of other IDN Top-Level Domains, in both the ccTLD and gTLD contexts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br>Read the whole blog post at: <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hdXNyZWdpc3RyeS5jb20vYmxvZy8/cD02NjM=&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">Russia’s Cyrillic IDN ccTLD blasts off</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><img border=0 width=396 height=14 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/hr-line.jpg" alt="email template new letter hr line"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=0 width=411 style='width:246.6pt'><tr><td style='background:#00A9EA;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a name=Window></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>More Industry Growth Statistics<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Nominet has recently released its fourth annual Domain Name Industry report, which includes some interesting observations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Excluding China’s .cn from calculations, the underlying ccTLD growth rate over 2010 is 11.3%, slightly above the gTLD growth rate of 9%. It is important to exclude .cn from these figures as the number of active .cn domain names has halved over the past nine months, down from a peak of 13.5 million. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Top 20 ccTLD Registries by total registrations – Nominet figures</span></strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>1. .de (Germany) <br>2. .uk (United Kingdom)<br>3. .cn (China) <br>4. .nl (Netherlands)<br>5. .eu (European Union)<br>6. .ru (Russian Federation)<br>7. .br (Brazil)<br>8. .ar (Argentina)<br>9. .it (Italy)<br>10. .pl (Poland)<br>11. .au (Australia)<br>12. .fr (France)<br>13. .us (USA)<br>14. .ch (Switzerland)<br>15. .ca (Canada)<br>16. .es (Spain)<br>17. .jp (Japan)<br>18. .kr (Korea, Republic of)<br>19. .dk (Denmark)<br>20. .be (Belgium)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Interestingly, and unlike <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy52ZXJpc2lnbi5jb20vZG9tYWluLW5hbWUtc2VydmljZXMvZG9tYWluLWluZm9ybWF0aW9uLWNlbnRlci9kb21haW4tbmFtZS1yZXNvdXJjZXMvZG9tYWluLW5hbWUtcmVwb3J0LWp1bmUxMC5wZGY=&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">Verisign’s recent report,</a> Nominet excludes Tokelau’s .tk from its Top 20 list (Verisign has them at number 11).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>As noted above, Russia’s IDN ccTLD is currently sitting at number 25, even though it is only into its second week of open registrations. It should not be too long before it, or perhaps China’s soon to-launch IDN ccTLDs, become the first IDN ccTLD to make the top 20 list. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>For full details, please see Nominet’s <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ub21pbmV0Lm9yZy51ay9kaWdpdGFsQXNzZXRzLzQ2NTQxX0ROSVIxMC5wZGY=&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">Domain Name Industry report – 2010</a> (pdf – 3.6MB).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><img border=0 width=396 height=14 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/hr-line.jpg" alt="email template new letter hr line"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=0 width=410 style='width:246.0pt'><tr><td style='background:#00A9EA;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a name=growth></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>IDN ccTLD Status Update<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Morocco’s Arabic script IDN ccTLD string was approved by ICANN on the 15th of November. We congratulate them on joining the increasingly crowded IDN ccTLD club!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>John Yunker, who is responsible for the excellent <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL2J5dGVsZXZlbC5jb20vbWFwL21hcF9vZl9XV1cuaHRtbA==&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">Country Codes map</a> that adorns our wall, has started work on an IDN ccTLD version, which shows the <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nbG9iYWxieWRlc2lnbi5jb20vYmxvZy8yMDEwLzExLzE4L3RoZS1uZXh0LWludGVybmV0LXJldm9sdXRpb24v&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">spread of IDN ccTLDs across much of Asia and the Middle East.</a> John has assured us that he’ll be making the IDN ccTLD version available as a poster once it’s finished. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Below are updated statistics for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><img border=0 width=392 height=106 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/ccTLD_news_Nov_2010_table.jpg" alt="ccTLD update table 24/11/2010"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>For full details about what has passed the String Evaluation phase, see <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL2ljYW5uLm9yZy9lbi90b3BpY3MvaWRuL2Zhc3QtdHJhY2svc3RyaW5nLWV2YWx1YXRpb24tY29tcGxldGlvbi1lbi5odG0=&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">ICANN’s website.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><img border=0 width=396 height=14 id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/hr-line.jpg" alt="email template new letter hr line"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#00A9EA;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a name=5></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Delegated IDN ccTLDs<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>There have been no new delegations of IDN ccTLDs since our last edition, however the ICANN Board has approved the delegation of Qatar’s Arabic script IDN ccTLD (see below), alongside the re delegation of their .qa ASCII ccTLD. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><img border=0 width=32 height=21 id="_x0000_i1032" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/qa_script.jpg" alt="Qatar IDN">. (.qatar) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>For full details about which IDN ccTLDs have been delegated, see <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pYW5hLm9yZy9kb21haW5zL3Jvb3QvZGIv&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">IANA’s website.</a><br><img border=0 width=396 height=14 id="_x0000_i1033" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/hr-line.jpg" alt="email template new letter hr line"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td><td width="33%" valign=top style='width:33.0%;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 width=187 style='width:112.2pt'><tr><td style='background:#06559F;padding:4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>In this edition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#EEEFF0;padding:4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#aptld">LACTLD and ICANN Meetings – Cartagena, Colombia</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#EEEFF0;padding:4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#URLShorteners">Russia’s Cyrillic IDN ccTLD Blasts Off!</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#EEEFF0;padding:4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#Window">More Industry Growth Statistics</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#EEEFF0;padding:4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#growth">IDN ccTLD Status Update</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#EEEFF0;padding:4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt 4.8pt'><p><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#5">Delegated IDN ccTLDs</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3R3aXR0ZXIuY29tL2F1c3JlZ2lzdHJ5aW50&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=75 id="_x0000_i1034" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/twitter.jpg" alt="email template new letter twitter"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=650 height=112 id="_x0000_i1035" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/media/images/footer-img.jpg" alt="email template new letter footer"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#06559F;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><br>Copyright (c) 2010 <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdredirect.php?link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hdXNyZWdpc3RyeS5jb20g&ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79" target="_blank">AusRegistry International Pty Ltd </a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>To unsubscribe <a href="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/unsubscribe.php?cid=79&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&upw=">Click here</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1036" src="http://ausregistry.platformdirect.com.au/pdimage.php?ctid=74&pid=1323&auth=4671aeaf49c792689533b00664a5c3ef&cid=79"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>