On 16 May 2019, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted "ARIN-prop-270:
Inter-RIR M&A" as a Draft Policy.
Draft Policy ARIN-2019-10 is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2019_10/
You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will
evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this draft
policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as
stated in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these
principles are:
* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
* Technically Sound
* Supported by the Community
The PDP can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/
Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/
Regards,
Sean Hopkins
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
Draft Policy ARIN-2019-10: Inter-RIR M&A
Problem Statement:
Merger, acquisition, or reorganization activity sometimes results in a
restructuring where company resources, the management of number
resources, or the use of number resources are concentrated outside the
ARIN service region. In this case it may be desirable for the current
legal entity or a legal entity that is a parent, child or sister to move
the servicing of the number resources to a different RIR.
Example:
Imagine a case where a global company has decided to discontinue service
in the ARIN service region (shuttering ARIN region offices laying off
ARIN region employees, and canceling ARIN region customers) and
repurpose the network resources and number resources in the rest of its
global footprint.
Imagine a case where a global company has decided to divest its service
in the ARIN region (selling all ARIN region offices, all ARIN region
network assets, all ARIN service region customers, all number resources
used in the ARIN (associated with previous noted sale of network and
customers), but retaining ARIN issued resources in use outside of the
ARIN service region.
Policy Statement:
Add to section 8.2:
When merger, acquisition, or reorganization activity results in
surviving legal entity that is incorporated outside the ARIN service
region, or focused outside the ARIN service region, or is merging with
an organization that already has a relationship with another RIR, then
resources may be moved to another RIR in accordance with the receiving
RIR’s policies.
Comments:
Timetable for implementation: Immediate
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