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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace">As some folks have been tracking this matter, I'm pleased to be able to </font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace">announce that </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Microsoft has received approval of the US Bankruptcy Court </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">in Delaware </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">certain Internet Protocol (IP)
number resources being </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">transferred </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Microsoft </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">from
the Nortel bankruptcy will be placed under </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">registration </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">services agreement between ARIN
and Microsoft. T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">he </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">registration services </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">agreement provides that
the transferred Internet </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">number resources will be </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">managed according to
the community-developed </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Internet address policies in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">the region. </span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Microsoft has a long-standing positive and cooperative relationship </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">with </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">ARIN, and ARIN is pleased to be able to work with Microsoft </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">productively </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">in this matter.</span></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace">Press release: </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><a href="https://www.arin.net/about_us/media/releases/20110426.html">https://www.arin.net/about_us/media/releases/20110426.html</a></span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">FYI,<br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">/John</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">John Curran</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">President and CEO</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">ARIN</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br>
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