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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-13oct11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-13oct11-en.htm</a><br><br><br><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424242;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div style='margin-bottom:9.0pt' id=doctitle><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid #E57F3E 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 4.0pt 0cm'><p class=title style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.75pt;border:none;padding:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#424242;background:white'>ICANN FY11 Financials – Open, Transparent and CLEAN!</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=docdate style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424242;background:white'>13 October 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424242;background:white'>For the 12<sup>th</sup><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>straight year, ICANN has received an unqualified "clean" opinion from the independent auditors, Moss Adams LLP. We have posted the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/financial-report-fye-30jun11-en.pdf"><span style='color:#569FCC;text-decoration:none'>results</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[PDF, 821 KB] and invite you to take a transparent peek into our audited FY11 financials.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424242;background:white'>"Unqualified" means that the auditors have not identified any matter that would require them to alter the extent of the "clean" opinion they are giving on ICANN's financial statements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424242;background:white'>ANNOUNCEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424242;background:white'>Title: Audited Financial Statements Posted<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424242;background:white'>ICANN's FY11 Audited Financials are now<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/financial-report-fye-30jun11-en.pdf"><span style='color:#569FCC;text-decoration:none'>posted</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[PDF, 821 KB] and are available for review by the community. In accordance with Article XVI of ICANN's by-laws, the audited financial statements are to be posted by the end of October. For the 12<sup>th</sup><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>straight year, ICANN has received an unqualified "clean" opinion from ICANN's independent auditors, Moss Adams LLP, the 11<sup>th</sup><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>largest accounting firm in the United States. The Community is invited to review ICANN's audited financials and to provide commentaries and/or questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></div></body></html>