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    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">More information in
        yesterday's <i>Register </i>article describes it as a 30-year
        debt. <br>
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        initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">"The few
        details that have emerged are a further cause of concern. The
        $1.135bn purchase is 32 per cent funded by debt; $360m has been
        raised from unnamed US financial institutions. PIR – the
        operator of the registry – “has sufficient operational cash flow
        to service the loan,” the documents claims, noting it is half
        what PIR has paid to ISOC each year. In other words, debt
        repayments will be approximately $15m a year, which points to
        30-year loans."</span></p>
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          href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/14/icann_org_redacted/">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/14/icann_org_redacted/</a></span></p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/14/2020 4:56 AM, Holly Raiche
      wrote:<br>
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      <div class="">I share your concerns about the assumption by by PIR
        of so much debt.  It will make it that much harder for them to
        have a public interest focus with the burden of debt they are
        assuming.  It will certainly make any insistence on a public
        interest focus that much harder - even if we insist on
        commitments by Ethos for such focus.</div>
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            <div class="">On Jan 14, 2020, at 5:53 PM, Greg Shatan <<a
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                  style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I suggest we
                  need a balance.  We can't be totally zeroed in on the
                  Ethos Capital deal, but neither can we be
                  transaction-agnostic.  There are things to say about
                  this particular transaction and things to say about
                  the bigger picture.  We need to address both, albeit
                  with a largely forward-looking focus (i.e., what
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                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 13, 2020
                  at 3:11 AM Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi <<a
                    href="mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg" class=""
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                          class="">Agree with Marita that it is better
                          to keep our response owner neutral. Let our
                          recommendations focus on the interest of the
                          current registrants,  the public interest
                          aspect and the trust that the end users need.</span></p>
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                            class="">From:</span></b><span
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                          class=""> CPWG [mailto:<a
                            href="mailto:cpwg-bounces@icann.org"
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                            moz-do-not-send="true">cpwg-bounces@icann.org</a>]
                          <b class="">On Behalf Of </b>Greg Shatan<br
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                          <b class="">Sent:</b> Monday, January 13, 2020
                          8:19 AM<br class="">
                          <b class="">To:</b> Marita Moll<br class="">
                          <b class="">Cc:</b> CPWG<br class="">
                          <b class="">Subject:</b> Re: [CPWG] Fwd: Re:
                          Reuters reports new cooperative formed to take
                          over management of .ORG</span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">Based on my experience,
                            this is how all private equity deals are
                            financed.  Since this is business as usual,
                            I would not read much into it re:
                            uncertainty. It has nothing to do with
                            “shortfalls,” as Kevin Murphy surmised. In
                            the go-go years, it was not uncommon to see
                            up to 80% financing, but banks are much more
                            conservative now.</p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">The thing that concerns me
                          is that they are going to saddle PIR with the
                          $360 million of debt.  This is also not
                          uncommon in PE deals, but this concept of
                          “pushing down the debt” is one of the more
                          toxic aspects of PE deals. I assume PIR is
                          debt-free now. Going from debt-free to owing
                          more than 1/3 of a billion dollars is not a
                          step in the right direction for any company. 
                          For a company that is allegedly going to
                          embrace a public benefit approach, it is
                          teeth-grindingly dissonant.</p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">The more this sounds like a
                          “typical” PE deal, the more suspicious I get
                          that there will be anything  special about
                          this PE firm or Post-Acquisition PIR. Instead
                          it sounds like business as usual.  That is not
                          what is called for here.</p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">Greg</p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at
                              6:23 PM Marita Moll <<a
                                href="mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net"
                                target="_blank" class=""
                                moz-do-not-send="true">mmoll@ca.inter.net</a>>
                              wrote:</p>
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                              <p class="">Well, this information shows
                                that the financing of this deal is not
                                necessarily in the bag -- given that is
                                mostly leveraged. These sorts of things
                                can fall through. So our response has to
                                be owner-neutral -- setting conditions
                                for any new owner - IMHO</p>
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                              <p class="">Marita</p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal">On 1/12/2020 5:05
                                  PM, Maureen Hilyard wrote:</p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Marita</p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">And still lots
                                      more rumours and other information
                                      to come, no doubt.
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal">I think we
                                        should keep ourselves focused on
                                        what we have set out to do - to
                                        produce some constructive and
                                        forward thinking advice to the
                                        Board, along the lines that
                                        Ethos is the new owner and what
                                        we might suggest to ICANN (and
                                        PIR) about preserving the
                                        interests of  current and future
                                        .org registrants through the
                                        contractual processes and other
                                        recommendations.</p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal">Otherwise we
                                        will be stuck in the same hole
                                        forever, as more information is
                                        thrown in.</p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal">Maureen</p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, 12 Jan
                                      2020, 9:18 AM Marita Moll, <<a
                                        href="mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net"
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                                      <p class="">More information on
                                        the Ethos PIR takeover revealed
                                        in response to ICANN questions.</p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal">Marita<br
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                                          -------- Forwarded Message
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal">Re:
                                                  Reuters reports new
                                                  cooperative formed to
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                                                  of .ORG</p>
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                                                  12 Jan 2020 16:56:05
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal">Wisdom
                                                  Donkor <a
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal">Wisdom
                                                  Donkor <a
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal">DomainIncite
                                              has provided a summary of
                                              these documents:<br
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                                              "here are the headlines:<br
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                                              * The deal is being partly
                                              funded by an enormous
                                              loan.<br class="">
                                              * Technically, Ethos isn’t
                                              the direct buyer. There
                                              are at least three
                                              corporate entities
                                              involved in the
                                              acquisition that we
                                              haven’t heard of before.<br
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                                              * Ethos won’t reveal the
                                              names of the directors of
                                              PIR’s would-be owner.<br
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                                              * Another former senior
                                              ICANN staffer and
                                              long-time Fadi Chehadé
                                              collaborator has been
                                              revealed as having an
                                              interest in the
                                              acquisition."  
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,</p>
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style="font-size:7.5pt" class="">Africa Open Data and Internet Research
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                                                          <a
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target="_blank" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">www.aodirf.org</a>  / <a
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style="font-size:7.5pt" class="">Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi
                                                          wisdom
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style="font-size:7.5pt" class="">E-government Network Infrastructure and
                                                          E-application,
                                                          Internet
                                                          Governance, 
                                                          Open Data
                                                          policies
                                                          platforms
                                                          &
                                                          Community
                                                          Development,
                                                          Cyber
                                                          Security, 
                                                          Domain Name
                                                          Systems,
                                                          Software
                                                          Engineering,
                                                          Event Planning
                                                          &
                                                          Management, </span></p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal">On
                                                Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at
                                                10:28 AM Wisdom Donkor
                                                <<a
                                                  href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com"
                                                  target="_blank"
                                                  class=""
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                                                wrote:</p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal">In
                                                    this <a
href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/07/reuters-america-internet-nonprofit-leaders-fight-deal-to-sell-control-of-org-domain.html?__source=sharebar%7Ctwitter&par=sharebar"
title="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/07/reuters-america-internet-nonprofit-leaders-fight-deal-to-sell-control-of-org-domain.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar"
                                                      target="_blank"
                                                      class=""
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true">7
                                                      January 2020
                                                      article</a> we
                                                    learn that, "<i
                                                      class="">prominent
                                                      internet
                                                      executives told
                                                      Reuters they have
                                                      created a
                                                      nonprofit
                                                      cooperative they
                                                      are offering as an
                                                      alternative owner
                                                      of .org.</i>"</p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal">This
                                                    would appear to me
                                                    to pose an
                                                    existential threat
                                                    to ISOC, as this
                                                    nonprofit
                                                    cooperative - whose
                                                    membership appears
                                                    to me to have more
                                                    political muscle
                                                    than ISOC has - is
                                                    not proposing to buy
                                                    PIR from ISOC, but
                                                    to instead have the
                                                    .ORG Registry
                                                    Agreement assigned
                                                    to it by ICANN.</p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal">The
                                                    full article is
                                                    here, and I have
                                                    extracted some
                                                    relevant quotes
                                                    below: <a
href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/07/reuters-america-internet-nonprofit-leaders-fight-deal-to-sell-control-of-org-domain.html?__source=sharebar%7Ctwitter&par=sharebar"
                                                      target="_blank"
                                                      class=""
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><i
                                                      class="">“What
                                                      offended me about
                                                      the Ethos Capital
                                                      deal and the way
                                                      it unfolded is
                                                      that it seems to
                                                      have completely
                                                      betrayed this
                                                      concept of
                                                      stewardship,” said
                                                      Andrew McLaughlin,
                                                      who oversaw the
                                                      transfer of
                                                      internet
                                                      governance from
                                                      the U.S. Commerce
                                                      Department to
                                                      ICANN, completed
                                                      in 2016.</i></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><i
                                                      class="">Maher and
                                                      others said the
                                                      idea of the new
                                                      cooperative is not
                                                      to offer a
                                                      competing
                                                      financial bid for
                                                      .org, which brings
                                                      in roughly $100
                                                      million in revenue
                                                      from domain sales.
                                                      Instead, they hope
                                                      that the unusual
                                                      new entity,
                                                      formally a
                                                      California
                                                      Consumer
                                                      Cooperative
                                                      Corporation, can
                                                      manage the domain
                                                      for security and
                                                      stability and make
                                                      sure it does not
                                                      become a tool for
                                                      censorship.</i></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><i
                                                      class="">... The
                                                      initial seven
                                                      directors of the
                                                      cooperative
                                                      include former
                                                      founding ICANN
                                                      President Michael
                                                      Roberts, MacArthur
                                                      Foundation
                                                      philanthropist
                                                      Jeff Ubois and
                                                      Bill Woodcock,
                                                      whose Packet
                                                      Clearing House now
                                                      runs the technical
                                                      aspects of the
                                                      .org system under
                                                      contract.</i></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><i
                                                      class="">The new
                                                      group has briefed
                                                      members of the
                                                      U.S. Congress and
                                                      hopes to prompt
                                                      the Internet
                                                      Society to
                                                      reconsider the
                                                      sale. But its best
                                                      shot at stopping
                                                      the pending sale
                                                      lies with ICANN,
                                                      which can veto any
                                                      change in
                                                      ownership out of
                                                      concern for the
                                                      security,
                                                      reliability or
                                                      stability of the
                                                      .org domain.</i></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal">Best
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style="font-size:7.5pt" class="">Africa Open Data and Internet Research
                                                          Foundation</span></p>
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                                                          <p
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style="font-size:7.5pt" class="">P.O. Box CT 2439, Cantonments, Accra |
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                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:7.5pt" class="">Tel: +233 20 812 8851</span></p>
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                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:7.5pt" class="">Skype: wisdom_dk | Facebook: kwasi
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                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:7.5pt" class="">Specialization:</span></p>
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style="font-size:7.5pt" class="">E-government Network Infrastructure and
                                                          E-application,
                                                          Internet
                                                          Governance, 
                                                          Open Data
                                                          policies
                                                          platforms
                                                          &
                                                          Community
                                                          Development,
                                                          Cyber
                                                          Security, 
                                                          Domain Name
                                                          Systems,
                                                          Software
                                                          Engineering,
                                                          Event Planning
                                                          &
                                                          Management, </span></p>
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