VeriSign (VRSN)

5.1. Registration Fees.

(a) Registrar agrees to pay VNDS the non-refundable fees set forth in Exhibit D for initial and renewal registrations and other services provided by VNDS (collectively, the “Registration Fees”).

(b) VNDS reserves the right to adjust the Registration Fees, provided that any price increase shall be made only upon six (6) months prior notice to Registrar, and provided that such adjustments are consistent with VNDS’s Registry Agreement with ICANN.

(c) Registrars shall provide VNDS a payment security comprised of an irrevocable letter of credit, cash deposit account or other acceptable credit terms agreed by the Parties (the “Payment Security”). VNDS will invoice Registrar monthly in arrears for each month’s Registration Fees. All Registration Fees are due immediately upon receipt of VNDS’s invoice and shall be secured by the Payment Security. If Registrar’s Payment Security is depleted, registration of domain names for the Registrar will be suspended and new registrations will not be accepted until the Payment Security is replenished.

5.2. Change in Registrar Sponsoring Domain Name. Registrar may assume sponsorship of a Registered Name Holder’s existing domain name registration from another registrar by following the Transfer Policy.

(a) For each transfer of the sponsorship of a domain-name registration under the Transfer Policy, Registrar agrees to pay VNDS the renewal registration fee associated with a one-year extension, as set forth above. The losing registrar’s Registration Fees will not be refunded as a result of any such transfer.

(b) For a transfer approved by ICANN under Part B of the Transfer Policy, Registrar agrees to pay VNDS US $0 (for transfers of 50,000 names or fewer) or US $50,000 (for transfers of more than 50,000 names).

Fees under this Section 5.2 shall be due immediately upon receipt of VNDS’s invoice pursuant to the Payment Security.

5.3. Charges for ICANN Fees. Registrar agrees to pay to VNDS, within ten (10) days of VNDS’s invoice, any variable registry-level fees paid by VNDS to ICANN, which fees shall be secured by the Payment Security. The fee will consist of two components; each component will be calculated by ICANN for each registrar:

(a) The transactional component of the Variable Registry-Level Fee shall be specified by ICANN in accordance with the budget adopted by the ICANN Board of Directors for each fiscal year but shall not exceed US$0.25.

(b) The per-registrar component of the Variable Registry-Level Fee shall be specified by ICANN in accordance with the budget adopted by the ICANN Board of Directors for each fiscal year, but the sum of the per registrar fees calculated for all registrars shall not exceed the total Per-Registrar Variable funding established pursuant to the approved 2004-2005 ICANN Budget.

5.4. Non-Payment of Fees. Timely payment of fees owing under this Section 5 is a material condition of performance under this Agreement. In the event that Registrar fails to pay its fees within five (5) days of the date when due, VNDS may: (i) stop accepting new initial or renewal registrations from Registrar; (ii) delete the domain names associated with invoices not paid in full from the Registry database; (iii) give written notice of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1(b) below; and (iv) pursue any other remedy under this Agreement.