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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>TAS Interruption - Update (4 May 2012)<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-04may12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-04may12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Statement by Akram Atallah, COO<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=date-display-single><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4 May 2012</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The TLD Application System, or TAS, held 2091 applications - either submitted or in progress - when it was taken offline on 12 April 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In addition, there are 214 potential applications that were registered prior to the 29 March cut-off date, but whose payments have not yet been received or reconciled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ICANN has received approximately USD $350 million in fees for applications for new gTLDs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>As we have reported, we are in the process of notifying applicants whether they were affected by the software glitch, and plan to complete this process on or before Tuesday, 8 May. Shortly after that process is complete, we will announce the schedule for reopening TAS and completing the application period. Once the system is reopened, we will keep it open for at least five business days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We appreciate your understanding as we work to bring the TLD application system back online.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>