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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Commercial Stakeholder Group,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please find attached a letter from Mr. Göran Marby, ICANN’s President and CEO, in response to the Commercial Stakeholder Group letter of 5 January 2017. This response will be posted alongside the initial letter on the ICANN Correspondence page shortly (<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence</a>; <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/csg-to-marby-et-al-05jan17-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/csg-to-marby-et-al-05jan17-en.pdf</a>). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions about this message, you may direct your question to <a href="mailto:correspondence@icann.org">correspondence@icann.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The ICANN Correspondence Team <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:correspondence@icann.org">correspondence@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>