<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">On 27 January 2016, </span><a href="http://www.powerauctions.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Power Auctions LLC</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">, </span><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">ICANN</abbr><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">'s authorized auction service provider, conducted a New </span><abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">gTLD</abbr><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> Program Auction to resolve string contention for one new generic top-level domain (</span><abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">gTLD</abbr><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">) contention set: .SHOP</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);">Please read more at </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-01-27-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-01-27-en</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>-</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Yaovi Atohoun</font></font></div><div>Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager – Africa</div><div>ICANN – www.icann.org </div><div>Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri; "><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>