ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
Dot-HAUS Registry Agreement
This Assignment and Assumption of the Dot-HAUS Registry Agreement ("Assignment and Assumption Agreement") is entered into as of 28 January 2014 (the "Effective Date") by and between Pixie Edge, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company with its principal place of business located at 155
108th Avenue NE, Suite 510, Bellevue, WA 98004 USA (“Pixie Edge”) and United TLD Holdco, Ltd., a Cayman Islands
corporation with its principal place of business located at Ugland
House, South Church Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands
(“United TLD”). The parties to this Agreement shall
be referred to individually as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties."
RECITALS
A.
Pixie
Edge is a party to that certain
Registry Agreement entered
into 5 December 2013, by and between Pixie Edge and the Internet
Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers,
a California nonprofit public benefit corporation ("ICANN") for the .haus top-level domain (the “Registry Agreement”).
B.
Pursuant
to Section 7.5 of the Registry Agreement, in a letter from Pixie Edge’s parent,
Donuts, Inc. dated 10 January 2014, Pixie Edge requested ICANN’s prior written
consent to an assignment of the Registry Agreement from Pixie Edge to United
TLD.
C.
On
23 January 2014, ICANN granted its conditional written consent (“ICANN’s
Consent”) to Pixie Edge for assignment of the Registry Agreement to United TLD.
D.
Having
received ICANN's Consent as aforementioned, and both Parties having represented
herein below its fulfillment of all conditions of ICANN’s Consent, Pixie Edge
hereby desires to assign its rights and obligations under the Registry
Agreement to United TLD, and United TLD hereby desires to assume Pixie Edge’s
rights and obligations under the Registry Agreement via assignment, pursuant to
the terms and conditions of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
AGREEMENT
In
consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein and for good and valuable
consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties now
agree as follows:
1.
Pixie
Edge hereby assigns, transfers, and conveys to United TLD all of Pixie Edge’s
rights, obligations, title, and interest in and to the Registry Agreement.
2.
United
TLD hereby accepts the assignment of the Registry Agreement and assumes all
liabilities of Pixie Edge relating thereto, whether contingent or accrued, and further
agrees to assume and perform all of the covenants, obligations and agreements
of Pixie Edge under the Registry Agreement from and after the Effective Date.
3.
The
Parties hereby agree that United TLD shall be substituted for Pixie Edge as the
Registry Operator for all purposes of the Registry Agreement.
4.
The
Parties hereby represent that all conditions set forth in ICANN's Consent have
been fulfilled as of the Effective Date of this Assignment and Assumption
Agreement.
5.
The
Parties hereby acknowledge that ICANN's Consent to Pixie Edge’s assignment of
the Registry Agreement does not waive any rights ICANN may have to take action
with respect to the performance of covenants, obligations and agreements of Pixie
Edge under the Registry Agreement prior to the Effective Date or any breaches
of the Registry Agreement by Pixie Edge occurring prior to the Effective Date.
6.
Each
Party shall, upon the reasonable request of the other Party, make, execute,
acknowledge, and deliver any and all further documents and instruments, and do
and cause to be done all such further acts, to evidence and/or in any manner
perfect Pixie Edge’s assignment of the Registry Agreement to United TLD
pursuant to this Agreement.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Parties have
caused this Assignment and Assumption Agreement to be executed and delivered as
of the Effective Date first stated above.
PIXIE EDGE, LLC
By:_______________________
Name: Paul Stahura
Title: Manager of its sole Member
UNITED TLD HOLDCO, LTD.
By:_______________________
Name: Taryn Naidu
Title: Director