Amendment No. 3 to the .PRO Registry Agreement
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
and Afilias Limited agree, effective as of
______________________________________ (“Amendment Effective Date”), that the
following modification is made to the 22 April 2010 .PRO Registry Agreement:
I. The Parties agree to the following
modifications to Section 7.1 of the Agreement:
1.
Deleting Section 7.1(c), which currently
reads:
“7.1(c) Restrictions on Acquisition of Ownership or
Controlling Interest in Registrar. Registry Operator shall not acquire,
directly or indirectly, control of, or a greater than fifteen percent
ownership interest in, any ICANN-accredited registrar; provided, however that
any ownership or controlling interest in any ICANN-accredited registrar as of
the date of this Agreement held by Registry Operator or any of its affiliates
shall not be in violation of this Section.”
2.
Amending Section 7.1(b) to read:
“7.1(b) Registry Operator Shall Not Act as Own Registrar.
Registry Operator shall not act as a registrar with respect to the TLD. This
shall not preclude Registry Operator from registering names within the TLD to
itself through a request made to an ICANN-accredited registrar or from
becoming an Affiliate of or reseller for an ICANN-accredited registrar.”
3.
Adding new Sections 7.1(c), 7.1(d), and
7(e) to read as follows:
"7.1(c) If Registry Operator (i) becomes an Affiliate
or reseller of an ICANN accredited registrar, or (ii) subcontracts the
provision of any Registry Services to an ICANN accredited registrar,
registrar reseller or any of their respective Affiliates, then, in either
such case of (i) or (ii) above, Registry Operator will give ICANN prompt
notice of the contract, transaction or other arrangement that resulted in
such affiliation, reseller relationship or subcontract, as applicable,
including, if requested by ICANN, copies of any contract relating thereto;
provided, that ICANN will not disclose such contracts to any third party
other than relevant competition authorities. ICANN reserves the right, but
not the obligation, to refer any such contract, transaction or other
arrangement to relevant competition authorities in the event that ICANN
determines that such contract, transaction or other arrangement might raise
competition issues.
7.1(d) For the purposes of this Agreement: (i)
"Affiliate" means a person or entity that, directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, or in combination with one or more other persons or
entities, controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person or entity
specified, and (ii) "control" (including the terms "controlled
by" and "under common control with") means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of a person or entity, whether through the ownership
of securities, as trustee or executor, by serving as an employee or a member
of a board of directors or equivalent governing body, by contract, by credit
arrangement or otherwise."
4.
Adding Section 7.1(e) to read:
"In connection with the operation of the registry for
the TLD, Registry Operator shall comply with the Registry Code of Conduct as
set forth in Appendix 12."
II. The Parties agree that Appendix 12
to the Agreement is hereby added in its entirety in the form attached hereto.
The parties have duly executed this Amendment as of the
date associated with that party’s signature first written below.
THE INTERNET
CORPORATION FOR
ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS
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AFILIAS LIMITED
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By:____________________________
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By:_____________________________
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Name: Akram Atallah
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Name: Tom Wade
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Title: President, Global Domains Division
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Date:___________________________
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Date:____________________________
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