Transition of Registry upon Termination of Agreement. (a) Upon expiration of the Term pursuant to Section 4.1 or Section 4.2 or any termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 4.3 or Section 4.4, Registry Operator will provide ICANN or any successor registry operator that may be designated by ICANN for the TLD in accordance with this Section 4.5 with all data (including the data escrowed in accordance with Section 2.3) regarding operations of the registry for the TLD necessary to maintain operations and registry functions that may be reasonably requested by ICANN or such successor registry operator. After consultation with Registry Operator, ICANN shall determine whether or not to transition operation of the TLD to a successor registry operator in its sole discretion and in conformance with the Registry Transition Process; provided, however, that, subject to the terms of this Section 4.5, if the TLD is qualified as a .Brand TLD by ICANN in accordance with Specification 13 on the date that the Agreement expires or terminates (the “Expiration Date”), ICANN may not delegate the TLD to a successor registry operator for a period of two years following the Expiration Date without Registry Operator’s consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless ICANN reasonably determines that transitioning operation of the TLD is necessary to protect the public interest.
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Transition of Registry upon Termination of Agreement. (a) Upon expiration of the Term pursuant to Section 4.1 or Section 4.2 or any termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 4.3 or Section 4.4, Registry Operator will provide ICANN or any successor anysuccessor registry operator that may be designated by ICANN for the TLD in accordance with accordancewith this Section 4.5 with all data (including the data escrowed in accordance with Section 2.3) regarding operations of the registry for the TLD necessary to maintain operations and registry functions that may be reasonably requested by ICANN or such successor suchsuccessor registry operator. After consultation with Registry Operator, ICANN shall determine whether or not to transition operation of the TLD to a successor registry operator in its sole discretion and in conformance with the Registry Transition Process; provided, however, that, subject to the terms of this Section 4.5, if the TLD is qualified as a .Brand TLD by ICANN in accordance with Specification 13 on the date that the Agreement Deleted: for DNS and WHOIS records expires or terminates (the “Expiration Date”), ICANN may not delegate the TLD to a successor registry operator for a period of two years following the Expiration Date without Registry Operator’s consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless ICANN reasonably determines that transitioning operation of the TLD is necessary to protect the public interest.
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