[gnso-vi-feb10] DAGv4 is out

[Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

See Page 1-17:
"Restrictions on Registrar Cross-Ownership1 -- Applications will not
be considered from any of the following:

1.    ICANN-accredited registrars or their Affiliates;
2.    Entities controlling or Beneficially Owning more than 2% of any
class of securities of an ICANN- accredited registrar or any of its
Affiliates; or
3.    Entities where 2% or more of voting securities are beneficially
owned by an ICANN-accredited registrar or any of its Affiliates.

Further, applications where the applicant has engaged an
ICANN-accredited registrar, reseller, or any other form of distributor
or any of their Affiliates (or any person or entity acting on their
behalf) to provide any registry services for the TLD will not be approved.

“Affiliate” means a person or entity that, directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, the person or entity specified.

“Control” (including as used in the terms “controlled by” and “under
common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of a person or entity, whether through the ownership of
securities, as trustee or executor, by serving as a member of a board
of directors or equivalent governing body, by contract, by credit
arrangement or otherwise.

A person or entity that possesses “Beneficial Ownership” of a security
includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract,
arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise has or shares
(A) voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the
voting of, such security; and/or (B) investment power which includes
the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such security."

Eric