<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Dear Resource Members,</font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="1"><br></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></font></p><pre style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Please note that <b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday</span>, <span lang="EN-GB">1<sup>st</sup> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">and Thursday </span><span lang="EN-GB">2<sup>nd</sup></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">November </span>2023</b> are public holidays in the Republic of Mauritius, All Saints’ Day and Commemoration of the Arrival of Indentured Labourers, respectively. </font></pre><pre style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial" size="1"><br></font></pre><pre style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Subsequently, AFRINIC Offices shall remain closed and we shall resume business on <b>Friday, 3<span lang="EN-GB"><sup>rd</sup> November</span> 2023.</b></font></pre><font face="Arial" size="1"><br></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="1"><br></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Urgent resource membership-related issues can be addressed to:</font></span></div><font face="Arial" size="1"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"></p><ul class="MailOutline"><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="mailto:new-member@afrinic.net">new-member@afrinic.net</a> for queries or clarifications regarding how to become an AFRINIC member.</font></span></li><li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="mailto:hostmaster@afrinic.net">hostmaster@afrinic.net</a> for additional resources and general queries relating to resources management.</font></span></li></ul><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><font face="Arial" size="1"><br></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; 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