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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Please find enclosed a memo from lawyers on a question that was identified during a recent WP1 call. Jordan has been mentioning it on the CCWG call. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Mathieu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De :</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gregory, Holly [mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com] <br><b>Envoyé :</b> lundi 23 novembre 2015 23:33<br><b>À :</b> León Felipe Sánchez Ambía; Thomas Rickert; mathieu.weill@afnic.fr; ACCT-Staff<br><b>Cc :</b> Sidley ICANN CCWG; ICANN@adlercolvin.com; Rosemary E. Fei (rfei@adlercolvin.com); Gregory, Holly; ICANN@adlercolvin.com<br><b>Objet :</b> Memo on Approval of Amendments to Articles<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear Co-Chairs and Staff,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In response to the question you certified to us today, attached please find a memo regarding approval of amendments to ICANN’s Articles of Incorporation by the Empowered Community, for distribution and posting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please let us know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Kind regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Holly and Rosemary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>HOLLY J. GREGORY<br></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Partner and Co-Chair<br>Global Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Practice<br><br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sidley Austin LLP</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>787 Seventh Avenue<br>New York, NY 10019<br>+1 212 839 5853</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com" title="Click to send email to Gregory, Holly">holly.gregory@sidley.com</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><br><a href="http://www.sidley.com/" title=www.sidley.com><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.sidley.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.sidley.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=35 height=35 id="Image_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D12687.69015330" alt="Description : Image supprimée par l'expéditeur. http://www.sidley.com/files/upload/signatures/SA-autosig.png"></span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <b>SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP</b></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=08896adb-c2fb-4148-844c-9246cce7fcdc><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>****************************************************************************************************<br>This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential.<br>If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us<br>immediately.<br><br>****************************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>