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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The IPR doesn’t permit individual members to exclude affiliates. That’s one of the proposed revisions which haven’t been adopted yet. Section 8.3a of the IPR permits the “CAB Forum Board of Directions” to grant exclusions in its discretion. However, we don’t have a Board of Directions, which makes this provision impossible to apply. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jeremy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> public-bounces@cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>philipp.zimmermann@swisssign.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 01, 2012 12:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> public@cabforum.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [cabfpub] SwissSign IPR with Excluded Affiliates<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>please find attached SwissSign’s IPR including the Notice of Excluded Affiliates. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Philipp Zimmermann<br>Head SwissSign CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SwissSign AG </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> extreme security & identity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Zurich Office </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Sägereistrasse 25 </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>8152 Glattbrugg </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Switzerland<br>Bern Office </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Swiss Post Headquarters </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Viktoriastrasse 21 </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3030 Bern<br>Phone +41 58 338 96 98 </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Cell +41 79 696 89 39<br><a href="mailto:philipp.zimmermann@swisssign.com">philipp.zimmermann@swisssign.com</a> <span style='color:#FFC000'>></span> <a href="http://www.swisssign.com">www.swisssign.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>