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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-4-04jun12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-4-04jun12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New gTLD Program: Updated Applicant Guidebook Available<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:17.4pt;background:white'><span class=date-display-single2><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>4 June 2012</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>ICANN has issued today a new version of the <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb">gTLD Applicant Guidebook</a>. The Applicant Guidebook describes the requirements and procedures for submitting applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), as well as the criteria and procedures for evaluation. See <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about</a> for more information about the New gTLD Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>The application submission period is now closed, and changes have not been made to the application process. However, in anticipation of the opening of the objection filing period, the relevant information has been updated in the Guidebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>A summary of the changes can be found at <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/summary-changes-applicant-guidebook-04jun12-en.pdf">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/summary-changes-applicant-guidebook-04jun12-en.pdf</a> [PDF, 121 KB]. The summary provides the text revisions in redline, as well as a description and rationale for the changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Glen de Saint Géry <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>GNSO Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'><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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>