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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-SE link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Results of Ballot SMC07: Align Logging Requirement and Key Escrow clarification</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>The voting period for “Ballo</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>t</span><span lang=EN-US> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>SMC07: Align Logging Requirement and Key Escrow clarification” has completed, and the ballot has <b>passed</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Voting Results</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Certificate Issuers</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>1</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>5</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> votes total, with no abstentions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>1</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>5</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Issuers voting YES: Asseco Data Systems SA (Certum), DigiCert, D-TRUST, eMudhra, Entrust,</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>HARICA, IdenTrust, </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Logius PKIoverheid, </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>OISTE Foundation, Sectigo, SSL.com, SwissSign, Telia Company, TWCA</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>, VikingCloud</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>0 Issuers voting NO<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>0 Issuers ABSTAIN<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Certificate Consumers</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>2</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> votes total, with no abstentions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span lang=SV style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>2</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Consumers voting YES:</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Mozilla, rundQuadrat<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>0 Consumers voting NO<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>0 Consumers ABSTAIN<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Bylaws Requirements</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Bylaw 2.3(f) requires:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>A "yes" vote by two-thirds of Certificate Issuer votes and by 50%-plus-one of Certificate Consumer votes. Votes to abstain are not counted for this purpose. This requirement was <b>MET</b> for Certificate Issuers and<b> MET</b> for Certificate Consumers.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>At least one Certificate Issuer and one Certificate Consumer Member must vote in favor of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted. This requirement was <b>MET</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Bylaw 2.3(g) requires that a ballot result only be considered valid when “more than half of the number of currently active Members has participated”. The number of currently active Voting Members is the average number of Voting Member organizations that have participated in the previous three meetings. Votes to abstain are counted in determining quorum. The quorum was 7 for this ballot. This requirement was <b>MET</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>This ballot now enters the 30-day IP Rights Review Period to permit members to review the ballot for relevant IP rights issues. The IP Rights Review Period ends at 2359 UTC on </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>July</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> 1</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>2</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>