Public Technical Identifiers

“Pti has one member, icann.”

“Pti's member, icann, shall have the right to vote, as set forth in the pti's bylaws, on the election of directors, on the sale, transfer or disposition of the corporations assets (other than in the ordinary course of the corporations business), on any merger and its principal terms and any amendment to those terms, on any election to dissolve the corporation and on any amendment or repeal of these bylaws.”

“Form 990 review process a copy of the form 990 is provided to pti's board members before it is filed. The process by which the form 990 is prepared, reviewed and received is as follows: 1. Pti engages an outside tax preparer to assist in the preparation of its form 990. 2. Pti's treasurer and icann's office of the general counsel review the form 990, and the treasurer signs off for approval. 3. The form 990 is provided to the pti board members.”

“Conflicts of interest policy pti has written conflicts of interest policies, which apply to all board members and staff members. The pti secretary monitors the policies in coordination with the chair of the pti board. A conflicts of interest disclosure statement is completed upon initial engagement or election, as well as annually and signed by each board member, officer and key employee. The staff member disclosure statements are reviewed by icann's head of human resources and discussed if any issues arise. The board level disclosure statements are reviewed by the pti secretary, chair of the pti board, and the icann general counsel's office. The board member, officer and key employee conflicts of interest policy can be found at: https://pti.icann.org/conflicts-of-interest-policy this policy describes, among other things, the duty to disclose, the procedures for addressing conflicts of interest, the duty to abstain, how violations of the conflicts of interest policy will be handled, the process by which all covered persons sign annually their affirmation of the policy and disclose their actual or potential conflicts, and the requirement and nature of periodic reviews.”

“Pti has adopted icann's whistleblower policy and document retention and destruction policy whereby icann maintains an internal document retention and destruction policy and historically has followed best industry practices and applicable laws for retention and destruction. Icann also maintains an internal whistleblower (or "anonymous hotline") policy, that also follows industry best practices.”

“Process for determining compensation during the reportable time period of calendar year 2019, ptis compensation was reported by pti and paid by its sole member, icann. Pti is supported by the icann company policies and therefore employs the process used by icann to review and determine compensation. Icann follows principles of accountability and transparency and describes its remuneration plans and practices, which are continually updated. The version of icann's remuneration practices applicable during fy2019 and fy2020 are posted at: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/remuneration-practices-fy19-01 jul18-en.pdf https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/remuneration-practices-fy20-01 jul19-en.pdf”

“Pti posts its form 990 on its website. The prior year posting is located at: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/pti-irs-990-fy19-12may20-en.pd f in addition, the form 990 is posted on the www.guidestar.org website. Finally, hard copies of the form 990 are available upon request. Requests should be submitted to icann's vice president, finance by email to [email protected], or by phone at +1.310.301.5800. Pti posts the irs letter granting tax-exempt status, and the favorable determination letter on its website at: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/pti-irs-favorable-determinatio n-letter-28jan19-en.pdf”

“Availability of governing documents, conflicts of interest, and financial statements. In accordance with its corporate bylaws (see http://pti.icann.org/bylaws), pti is committed to accountability and transparency principles. This includes providing extensive access to the public through the pti website of its governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements. (https://pti.icann.org/) (https://pti.icann.org/financial-information-for-public-technical-identifi ers-pti)”

“Officer/director service dates in part vii, a date following an officer's or director's name indicates the date on which the officer's or director's services ended. If no date is indicated, that officer or director was active as of june 30, 2020. One pti director, kim davies is employee of pti and compensated for his service as director. Three pti directors who, during the reporting period were also employees of icann, david conrad, trang nguyen and jia-rong low were not compensated for their roles as pti directors, but they were compensated as icann employees. Accordingly, their compensation was reported as paid by icann, a related organization. Rebecca nash and samantha eisner are not compensated by pti for their roles as pti officers. They are employees of icann so their compensation is reported as paid by icann, a related organization.”

“Pti is an affiliate of icann. Pti was established in august 2016 under the laws of the state of california as a non-profit public benefit corporation and icann is its sole member. Icann is responsible for the performance of the iana functions. The iana functions include the maintenance of the registry of technical internet protocol parameters, the administration of certain responsibilities associated with internet dns root zone and the allocation of internet numbering resources. Through contracts and subcontracts, icann has delegated the performance of the iana functions to pti effective october 1, 2016. Pti's sole purpose is the performance of the iana functions as delegated by icann under a direct contract with pti as well as three subcontracts. Through this series of agreements, icann is obligated to provide pti with all funding necessary for pti to perform the agreements. Pti has no other funding source. See additional information about pti's programs and activities on the pti website at: https://pti.icann.org/.”

“Pti's vendors are paid by pti's sole member, icann. Icann issues form 1099-misc under its tax id. Icann complies with backup withholding rules for reportable payments to vendors.”

“Form w-2 the process for determining compensation, including surveys of comparable positions and other market studies is described in icanns remuneration practices which are also applicable to pti. Each year the appointment for each officer is confirmed by the board of directors at the annual general meeting. The annual compensation merit review process for organization personnel for the period of july 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020 was completed as of july 1, 2019.”