TLD Sponsorship Agreement: Attachment 23 (.aero)

TLD Sponsorship Agreement: Attachment 23 (.aero) Posted: 17 November 2001

In addition to the representations and warranties and covenants included in the body of this Agreement, Sponsor makes the following covenants:

1. Structure of Sponsor

Sponsor is and during the Term of this Agreement will remain a co-operative incorporated by the laws of Belgium.

2. Open Forum for Communication

Sponsor will operate a web site located at www.information.aero to provide clear information to prospective registrants about registration procedures. In addition, Sponsor will post on its web site, information about its procedures and policies as well as Sponsor's meeting minutes and decisions so that any interested person or entity will can be aware of, and have an opportunity to respond to, Sponsor's actions and understand how to participate in the sTLD. See also Subsection 4.2.1.

3. Insurance

Sponsor shall acquire within thirty days after the Effective Date and shall maintain throughout the Term of this Agreement, at least US $10,000,000 in comprehensive general liability insurance from a reputable insurance provider with an A.M. Best rating "A" or better.

4. Limitations on Merger Consolidation or Reorganization

During the Term of the Agreement, Sponsor shall not allow: (i) the merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Sponsored TLD Registry Operator into or with any Registry Operator, or any of its affiliates, who individually or collectively have more than 10,000,000 Registered Names under management; (ii) the sale or transfer of the assets or stock of the sponsored TLD Registry Operator to any other Registry Operator, or any of its affiliates, who have more than 10,000,000 Registered Names under management.

Sponsor may allow the sponsored TLD Registry Operator to merge, consolidate or otherwise reorganize into or with a: (i) Registry Operator which has less than 10,000,000 Registered Names under management; or (ii) domain name registrar, only upon the express written consent of ICANN, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

5. Relinquishment of .int Domain Name

Sponsor currently has a registration of the name sita.int. Sponsor is not an international organization established by a treaty between or among national governments, and therefore does not meet the current qualifications for new registrations within .int. Sponsor shall promptly submit a plan for migration of all its use of sita.int to sita.aero (and possibly other domains) so that, no later than 24 months after the Effective Date of the Agreement, the sita.int registration may be deleted.

6. Two Letter Airline Designator Codes

During the Term of the Agreement, Sponsor may allow airlines and other aviation community members to register their specific industry-standard two-character airline designator codes currently managed by IATA (International Air Transport Association) as second-level domain identifiers in the Sponsored TLD. Sponsor clearly and publicly states that the industry standard two-character airline designator codes have nothing to do with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes relating to the names of countries and distinct economies ("ccTLDs").