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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Microsoft published a new set of requirements in June, and at that time we communicated that all partners are required to sign our new agreement before 19 September 2015 as a condition of
remaining in our program. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">If you have not received the contract to sign please contact me as soon as possible.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Otherwise, our plan is that we are going to remove roots that belong to companies that have not signed the contract as part of our November release, and part of this process will include several
publicly-facing notifications of the companies that we are removing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">If you have any questions, please email
<a href="mailto:trustcert@microsoft.com">trustcert@microsoft.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Jody Cloutier<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Senior Security Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://aka.ms/rootcert"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0563C1">Microsoft Trusted Root Certificate Program</span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="sip:jodycl@microsoft.com" title="send an IM to Stein Dolan"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="55" height="16" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D0E631.E437EA00" alt="cid:image001.png@01D066D6.E5E48E60"></span></a><a href="tel:+1%20(425)%20705-7566" title="Call Stein Dolan's Work Number"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="65" height="16" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D0E631.E437EA00" alt="cid:image002.png@01D066D6.E5E48E60"></span></a><a href="mailto:jodycl@microsoft.com" title="Email Stein Dolan"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="55" height="16" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D0E631.E437EA00" alt="cid:image003.png@01D066D6.E5E48E60"></span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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