1. Results on.info Presented by: Desiree Miloshevic, Director, Business Development Milan – November 5, 2002 – www.domainday.info

2. 2CONFIDENTIAL Agenda l Introduction to Afilias l Market Overview l Results on.info l Summary

3. Introduction to Afilias

4. 4CONFIDENTIAL Afilias Background l Founded in Sept 2000 l Consortium of 18 ICANN registrars l.INFO contract awarded in Oct 2000 l.INFO launched in July 2001 l.ORG- contract awarded in Oct 2002

5. 5CONFIDENTIAL Source: Root Server Performance Analysis; Catbird Networks, Sept. 2002 Afilias technology is fast l EPP process is fast and efficient l UltraDNS enables.INFOs to resolve faster –Registration to Resolution time is nearing real time –Near continuous updating drives fast propagation

6. 6CONFIDENTIAL Afilias technology is fast, secure and reliable l Millions of Euros invested to develop a superior registry system l Partnered with best of breed: IBM, UltraDNS and DSI Technology Escrow Services l Ability to support thin and thick models l Open Source database yields excellent performance and overall cost of ownership l Existing relationships with over 100 registrars l EPP registry system pioneer

7. 7CONFIDENTIAL Afilias is the EPP Pioneer l Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) enables: – Registrars to manage multiple domains across multiple registries – Registries to handle multiple registrars accessing the database simultaneously –.INFO domain names will be password protected for the first time –Peace of mind for registrants

8. 8CONFIDENTIAL Afilias technology is secure and reliable l Performance history-August, 2002 results: –DNS % uptime: 100% –DNS update interval: 100% < 5min –SRS % uptime: 100% –SRS query processing time: 270ms avg –Whois service availability: 99.87% –Whois query processing time: 100% < 200ms –Whois update interval: 100% < 5min l Last 5 months available at www.icann.orgwww.icann.org

9. Market Overview

10. 10CONFIDENTIAL Legacy domains are declining

11. 11CONFIDENTIAL New gTLDs are growing Source: SOTD thru 6/02

12. 12CONFIDENTIAL New gTLDs are the growth segment biz

13. Market Progress

14. 14CONFIDENTIAL.INFO share of gTLDs continues to grow

15. 15CONFIDENTIAL Total.INFO registrations have continued to build steadily Nearing One Million.INFO

16. 16CONFIDENTIAL Europe is a major source of success-53% of.INFOs

17. 17CONFIDENTIAL Germany leads the world in live sites.INFO Live Sites Distribution by Country

18. 18CONFIDENTIAL Companies are marketing their.INFOs l domainday.info: l spain.info: by Turespaña l safrica.info: South Africa’s official gateway l germantv.info: A joint project of public broadcasting and international broadcaster Deutsche Welle l cranfieldmba.info: Cranfield University School of Management in the UK l mta.info: New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority

19. 19CONFIDENTIAL Summary - Why use.info? l Clear and distinctive positioning l Open, non-restrictive, intuitive, international -.info – “le informazione” -.info – Informationen -.info - l’information Affordable, It’s for organisations, enterprises, individuals… everyone

20. 20CONFIDENTIAL Contact: l Desiree Miloshevic (Europe/ME/Africa) +44.207.602.9695 Dmiloshevic@afilias.info

21. Thank You!