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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><div><div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>June 13, 2012</span></b></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><em><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For Immediate Release</span></b></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>New Top-Level Domain Name Applications Revealed </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Historic Milestone for the Internet’s Domain Name System </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>London, U.K…. </span></b></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today revealed who has applied for which generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) names in what is expected to become the largest expansion in the history of the Internet’s Domain Name System.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A total of 1,930 new gTLD applications were received during the application period of the new generic Top-Level Domain program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“We are standing at the cusp of a new era of online innovation,” said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer. “That means new businesses, new marketing tools, new jobs, and new ways to link communities and share information.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Beckstrom made the comments during a London news conference, where it was revealed which organizations have applied for which specific domain names.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz noted that the applications will now be subject to a public comment and objection period, and a rigorous, objective and independent evaluation system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“A 60-day comment period begins today, allowing anyone in the world to submit comments on any application, and the evaluation panels will consider them,” said Pritz. “If anyone objects to an application and believes they have the grounds to do so, they can file a formal objection to the application. And they will have seven months to do that.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Of the 1,930 applications received:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>66 are geographic name applications.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>116 applications are for Internationalized Domain Names, or IDNs, for strings in scripts such as Arabic, Chinese, and Cyrillic. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Applications were received from 60 countries and territories, broken down by ICANN’s geographic regions;<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>911 from North America.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>675 from Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>303 are from Asia-Pacific.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>24 from Latin America and the Caribbean.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>17 from Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Beckstrom noted that the applications from Latin America/Caribbean and Africa would be the first gTLDs ever from those regions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>He also pointed out that the new gTLD program is the result of seven years of international consultation and debate among a wide variety of Internet stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To see who has applied for which generic Top-Level Domain, go here: <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To post comments on applications, go here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-comments">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-comments</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To file an objection, go here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/objection-dispute-resolution">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/objection-dispute-resolution</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To obtain background information on the new generic Top-Level Domain program, go here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/reveal-day-13jun12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/reveal-day-13jun12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For information on ICANN’s geographic regions, go here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/background/geo-regions">http://archive.icann.org/en/meetings/montreal/geo-regions-topic.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>MEDIA CONTACTS: </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Brad White<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Director of Global Media Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Tel. +1 202.570.7118<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:brad.white@icann.org">brad.white@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Andrew Robertson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span 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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tel. +1 202.570.7240<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:James.cole@icann.org">James.cole@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>About ICANN: </span></strong><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ICANN’s mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet.</span></em><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> For more information please visit: </span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.icann.org</span></b></em></a><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If you would rather not receive future communications from ICANN, let us know by clicking <a href="http://ICANN.pr-optout.com/OptOut.aspx?523509x19831x78151x1x3785396x24000x6&Email=david.olive%40icann.org">here.</a><br>ICANN, 4676 Admiralty Way Suite 330, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 United States<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>