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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>Voting closed on Saturday 26 January 2013 at </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>23h59 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contracted Parties House (Total 7 votes)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(6 people voted – I person did not vote)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Result:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5 people abstained<br>1 <a name="_MailEndCompose">person supported each of the candidates<o:p></o:p></a></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Non Contracted Parties House (Total 13 votes)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(11 people voted – 2 people did not vote)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Result:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9 votes in support of Olivier Muron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>8 votes in support of Marie-Laure Lemineur<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Sixty percent support of both</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>houses represented in the Council is required for endorsement. The candidates have not obtained that level of support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>The list of endorsements obtained via the bottom-up process of stakeholder group nominations will be deemed final and forwarded to ICANN.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=653 style='width:392.0pt;margin-left:-1.05pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:20.1pt'><td width=213 style='width:128.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Thomas Barrett<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=78 style='width:47.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=143 style='width:86.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>North America<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=72 style='width:43.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>RrSG<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=147 style='width:88.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Endorsed<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:20.1pt'><td width=213 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:128.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Brian Cute<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=78 style='width:47.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=143 style='width:86.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>North America<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=72 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:43.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>RySG<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=147 style='width:88.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Endorsed<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:20.1pt'><td width=213 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:128.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Avri Doria<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=78 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:47.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>F<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=143 style='width:86.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>North America<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=72 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:43.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>NCSG<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=147 style='width:88.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Endorsed<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:20.1pt'><td width=213 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:128.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Michael Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=78 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:47.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=143 style='width:86.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>North America<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=72 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:43.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>CSG<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=147 style='width:88.0pt;background:#92D050;padding:0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;height:20.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Endorsed<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Glen de Saint Géry <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>GNSO Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'>De :</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:FR'> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <b>De la part de</b> Volker Greimann<br><b>Envoyé :</b> samedi 26 janvier 2013 10:20<br><b>À :</b> Jonathan Robinson<br><b>Cc :</b> council@gnso.icann.org<br><b>Objet :</b> Re: [council] GNSO ATRT2 Applicants (minor change to improve clarity)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Jonathan,<br><br>thank you for making sure the process remains on track despite the difficult deadlines and our inablility to resolve this early on our last call. During the Amsterdam meeting the RrSG councilors have met and discussed the ballot, and we have elected to abstain on a vote on the two additional candidates. We believe the GNSO has endorsed four candidates for the ATRT that are highly capable for the role. The questions of geographic and gender diversity are fully available to the Chairs of the Board and GAC through the full slate of candidates from all parts of the community.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Volker Greimann<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Council has now received endorsements from all four SGs. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As a reminder, the GNSO process is as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>The Council will consider the resulting list of up to four nominees at its next teleconference. If the list does not meet the above mentioned diversity objectives, the Council as a whole may choose to endorse up to two additional candidates from the applicant pool who would help to give the list of GNSO nominees the desired balance. In this case, the Council would hold a vote during its teleconference, with sixty percent support of both</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>houses represented in the Council being required for endorsement. If no candidate obtains that level of support, the list of endorsements obtained via the bottom-up process of stakeholder group nominations will be deemed final and forwarded to ICANN.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please note:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The candidate list meets the GNSO agreed gender diversity requirements in that not all endorsed candidates are of the same gender.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>However it does not meet the GNSO agreed geographic diversity requirements in that all endorsed candidates are from a single (North America) ICANN region.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Therefore the slate needs to be added to with (up to two) additional SG supported candidates in order to get closer to meeting geographic diversity requirements.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The two SG supported candidates that assist us in meeting this requirement are:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=597 style='width:358.0pt;margin-left:-1.15pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:15.75pt'><td width=230 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:138.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Marie-Laure Lemineur</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>F</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=167 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:100.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Latin America</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>NCSG</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.75pt'><td width=230 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:138.0pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Olivier Muron</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>M</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=167 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:100.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Europe</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=100 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>CSG</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Therefore we will ballot the Council on list (since a teleconference is now not practical ahead of the deadline) in order to see if either or both (of </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Marie-Laure Lemineur</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> and </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Olivier Mouron</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>) have the support of 60% of both houses of the Council.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please can you keep an alert view on the Council list for the ballot which will be available no later than 23h59 UTC today (24<sup>th</sup> January 2013). The ballot will close 23h59 UTC on 26<sup>th</sup> January.</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank-you.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jonathan</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>