<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'll let the proposal speak for itself. Not in favor.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 7:23 AM ARIN <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net">info@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The following has been revised:<br>
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* Draft Policy ARIN-2019-12: M&A Legal Jurisdiction Exclusion<br>
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Revised text is below and can be found at:<br>
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<a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2019_12/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2019_12/</a><br>
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You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will <br>
evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this Draft <br>
Policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as <br>
stated in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these <br>
principles are:<br>
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* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration<br>
* Technically Sound<br>
* Supported by the Community<br>
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The PDP can be found at:<br>
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Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Sean Hopkins<br>
Policy Analyst<br>
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<br>
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Draft Policy ARIN-2019-12: M&A Legal Jurisdiction Exclusion<br>
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Problem Statement:<br>
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Merger and acquisition activity sometimes results in a surviving legal <br>
entity that is not in ARIN service region, but may prefer to continue <br>
the pre-existing relationship with ARIN.<br>
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Example: Imagine a case where a global company has decided to <br>
discontinue service in the ARIN service region (shuttering ARIN region <br>
offices laying off ARIN region employees, and canceling ARIN region <br>
customers) and repurpose the network resources and number resources in <br>
the rest of its global footprint. During restructuring the company <br>
concentrates its holdings in its European subsidiary, and then dissolved <br>
its US legal entity.<br>
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Imagine a case where a global company has decided to divest its service <br>
in the ARIN region (selling all ARIN region offices, all ARIN region <br>
network assets, all ARIN service region customers, all number resources <br>
used in the ARIN (associated with previous noted sale of network and <br>
customers), but retaining ARIN issued resources in use outside of the <br>
ARIN service region. During restructuring the company concentrates its <br>
holdings which are not in us in the ARIN service region in its European <br>
subsidiary, and then sells off its US legal entity (including the <br>
network, customers, addresses in use, etc) dissolved its US legal entity.<br>
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Policy Statement:<br>
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Add the following to section 8.2<br>
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Mergers, acquisitions, and reorganization activity resulting in the <br>
surviving entity ceasing to have a real and substantial connection with <br>
the ARIN region shall be permitted to continue holding any numbering <br>
resources issued (directly or indirectly) by ARIN prior to the merger, <br>
acquisition or reorganization activity, but shall not qualify for any <br>
additional numbering resources (directly or indirectly) from ARIN, <br>
unless and until it once again has a real and substantial connection <br>
with the ARIN region as required by the Numbering Resource Policy Manual.<br>
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Timetable for Implementation: Immediate<br>
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Anything Else:<br>
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This proposal may be overtaken by a more general approach to ARIN <br>
membership legal jurisdiction exclusion<br>
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To clarify scope, a legal entity present within the ARIN service region, <br>
and a current ARIN RSA executed with that entity, is necessary to <br>
receive allocations or assignments from ARIN. Therefore in the scenario <br>
postulated in the problem statement, the organization would have to <br>
re-establish itself within the ARIN service region to receive additional <br>
resources from ARIN, while it can continue to hold the allocations or <br>
assignments made prior to any merger, acquisition, or reorganization <br>
activity.<br>
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