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Classifications and hold-expiration dates are evidence-based interpretations and do not constitute confirmation that a resource is available for issuance or transfer.","resource":"199.233.218.0/23","resource_type":"ipv4","page":"https://rirtracker.com/ip/199.233.218.0-199.233.219.255/","statistics_now":{"registry":"ARIN","status":"allocated (dated 2012-05-11)"},"current_holder":{"rir":"ARIN","org":"Global Payments Inc.","how":"ARIN's latest statistics and the latest transfer record"},"rdap_snapshots":[],"transfers":[{"id":41635,"date":"2025-10-07T21:33:49Z","type":"MERGER_ACQUISITION","source_rir":"ARIN","recipient_rir":"ARIN","source_org":"Sterling Payment Technologies, LLC","recipient_org":"Global Payments Inc.","range":"199.233.218.0/23","log":"ARIN"}],"events":[{"event_id":"6d7f793264ab6ea9","registry":"ARIN","report_date":"2025-10-07","source":"transfers","raw_action":"TRANSFER","raw_line":null,"resource_type":"ipv4","resource":"199.233.218.0/23","start":"199.233.218.0","end":"199.233.219.255","classification":"MERGER_ACQUISITION","classification_label":"Merger/acquisition or reorganization","confidence":"CONFIRMED","source_rir":"ARIN","recipient_rir":"ARIN","source_organization":"Sterling Payment Technologies, LLC","recipient_organization":"Global Payments Inc.","inventory_effect":"No effect on ARIN applicant inventory","inventory_effect_code":"NO_EFFECT","provisional":false,"classifier_version":"1.4.0","classified_at":"2026-10-14T00:19:24+00:00","page":"https://rirtracker.com/ip/199.233.218.0-199.233.219.255/#e-6d7f793264ab6ea9","report_page":"https://rirtracker.com/arin/reports/2025-10-07/","evidence_url":"https://rirtracker.com/api/v1/resources/ip/199.233.218.0-199.233.219.255.json","observed":"Merger/acquisition: Sterling Payment Technologies, LLC (ARIN) to Global Payments Inc. (ARIN)","explanation":"ARIN's transfer log records a merger, acquisition or reorganization from Sterling Payment Technologies, LLC (ARIN) to Global Payments Inc. (ARIN) on 2025-10-07 21:33 UTC. The registration changed hands; it is not a new allocation from ARIN. ARIN-Issued and ARIN's statistics don't show this change; only the transfer log records it.","evidence":[{"type":"transfer","url":"https://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/arin/transfers/transfers_latest.json","retrieved_at":"2026-10-13T13:57:20+00:00","summary":"Transfer log: MERGER_ACQUISITION on 2025-10-07 21:33 UTC, Sterling Payment Technologies, LLC (ARIN) to Global Payments Inc. (ARIN); resources moved: 199.233.218.0/23"},{"type":"delegated_before","url":"https://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/arin/archive/2025/delegated-arin-extended-20251006.gz","retrieved_at":"2026-10-13T00:08:07+00:00","summary":"ARIN delegated statistics 2025-10-06 (produced 2025-10-06T13:00:50+00:00), before the report: allocated (dated 2012-05-11)"},{"type":"delegated_after","url":"https://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/arin/archive/2025/delegated-arin-extended-20251008.gz","retrieved_at":"2026-10-13T00:08:11+00:00","summary":"ARIN delegated statistics 2025-10-08 (produced 2025-10-08T13:00:46+00:00), after the report: allocated (dated 2012-05-11)"}]},{"event_id":"f5f8170d0d1f299b","registry":"ARIN","report_date":"2025-06-09","source":"statistics","raw_action":"NOT_IN_ARIN_ISSUED","raw_line":null,"resource_type":"ipv4","resource":"199.233.218.0/23","start":"199.233.218.0","end":"199.233.219.255","classification":"REMOVED_REASON_UNKNOWN","classification_label":"Removed (return, revocation or reclamation not publicly distinguishable)","confidence":"STRONG_INFERENCE","source_rir":null,"recipient_rir":null,"source_organization":null,"recipient_organization":null,"inventory_effect":"Possible future reissue candidate after hold","inventory_effect_code":"HOLD_CANDIDATE","provisional":false,"classifier_version":"1.4.0","classified_at":"2026-10-14T00:13:20+00:00","page":"https://rirtracker.com/ip/199.233.218.0-199.233.219.255/#e-f5f8170d0d1f299b","report_page":"https://rirtracker.com/arin/reports/2025-06-09/","evidence_url":"https://rirtracker.com/api/v1/resources/ip/199.233.218.0-199.233.219.255.json","observed":"199.233.218.0/23 allocated on 2025-06-09, reserved on 2025-06-10","hold":{"hold_rule_source_url":"https://www.arin.net/resources/guide/request/#reissuing-returned-revoked-and-reclaimed-resources","hold_rule_days":60,"estimated_hold_end":"2025-08-08","availability_statement":"Possible reissue candidate after this date; not confirmed available"},"explanation":"Removed from active registration. 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This does not confirm availability.","evidence":[{"type":"statistics_diff","url":"https://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/arin/archive/2025/delegated-arin-extended-20250610.gz","retrieved_at":"2026-10-13T00:01:21+00:00","summary":"Not listed in ARIN-Issued; found by comparing ARIN's daily statistics: 199.233.218.0/23 allocated on 2025-06-09, reserved on 2025-06-10"},{"type":"delegated_before","url":"https://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/arin/archive/2025/delegated-arin-extended-20250608.gz","retrieved_at":"2026-10-13T00:01:16+00:00","summary":"ARIN delegated statistics 2025-06-08 (produced 2025-06-08T13:01:12+00:00), before the report: allocated (dated 2012-05-11)"},{"type":"delegated_after","url":"https://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/arin/archive/2025/delegated-arin-extended-20250610.gz","retrieved_at":"2026-10-13T00:01:21+00:00","summary":"ARIN delegated statistics 2025-06-10 (produced 2025-06-10T13:01:14+00:00), after the report: reserved"}]},{"event_id":"3cd66d3cd2bded9c","registry":"ARIN","report_date":"2012-05-11","source":"arin_issued","raw_action":"ADD","raw_line":"Add 199.233.218.0-199.233.219.255","resource_type":"ipv4","resource":"199.233.218.0/23","start":"199.233.218.0","end":"199.233.219.255","classification":"APPARENT_NEW_ISSUANCE","classification_label":"Apparent new issuance","confidence":"STRONG_INFERENCE","source_rir":null,"recipient_rir":null,"source_organization":null,"recipient_organization":null,"inventory_effect":"Likely issued from ARIN-controlled inventory","inventory_effect_code":"ISSUED","provisional":false,"classifier_version":"1.4.0","classified_at":"2026-10-13T23:50:59+00:00","page":"https://rirtracker.com/ip/199.233.218.0-199.233.219.255/#e-3cd66d3cd2bded9c","report_page":"https://rirtracker.com/arin/reports/2012-05-11/","evidence_url":"https://rirtracker.com/api/v1/resources/ip/199.233.218.0-199.233.219.255.json","explanation":"No transfer record matches. ARIN's statistics show it not issued on 2012-05-10 and assigned (dated 2012-05-11) on 2012-05-12. (Until 2013-03-05, ARIN's statistics list only what's issued.) It moved from ARIN's unissued pool to an active registration dated around the report, so it appears to be newly issued by ARIN.","evidence":[{"type":"arin_issued","url":"https://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-issued/2012-May/001247.html","retrieved_at":"2026-10-12T18:37:31+00:00","summary":"ARIN-Issued report for 2012-05-11: \"Add 199.233.218.0-199.233.219.255\""},{"type":"delegated_before","url":"https://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/arin/archive/2012/delegated-arin-20120510.gz","retrieved_at":"2026-10-12T19:35:24+00:00","summary":"ARIN delegated statistics 2012-05-10, before the report: not issued"},{"type":"delegated_after","url":"https://ftp.arin.net/pub/stats/arin/archive/2012/delegated-arin-20120512.gz","retrieved_at":"2026-10-12T19:35:29+00:00","summary":"ARIN delegated statistics 2012-05-12, after the report: assigned (dated 2012-05-11)"}]}],"classification_history":{"6d7f793264ab6ea9":[{"raw_change_id":574542,"classification_code":"MERGER_ACQUISITION","confidence":"CONFIRMED","classifier_version":"1.4.0","classified_at":"2026-10-14T00:19:24+00:00","current":1,"public_explanation":"ARIN's transfer log records a merger, acquisition or reorganization from Sterling Payment Technologies, LLC (ARIN) to Global Payments Inc. (ARIN) on 2025-10-07 21:33 UTC. The registration changed hands; it is not a new allocation from ARIN. ARIN-Issued and ARIN's statistics don't show this change; only the transfer log records it."}],"f5f8170d0d1f299b":[{"raw_change_id":481515,"classification_code":"REMOVED_REASON_UNKNOWN","confidence":"STRONG_INFERENCE","classifier_version":"1.3.0","classified_at":"2026-10-13T06:15:39+00:00","current":0,"public_explanation":"Removed from active registration. ARIN-Issued didn't list this; the tracker found it by comparing ARIN's daily statistics. ARIN's statistics show it allocated (dated 2012-05-11) on 2025-06-08 and reserved on 2025-06-10. Public sources do not distinguish a voluntary return, revocation, or reclamation. ARIN holds returned, revoked and reclaimed IPv4 space for 60 days before reissuing it, so the earliest estimated hold expiration is 2025-08-08. This does not confirm availability."},{"raw_change_id":481515,"classification_code":"REMOVED_REASON_UNKNOWN","confidence":"STRONG_INFERENCE","classifier_version":"1.3.1","classified_at":"2026-10-13T08:23:48+00:00","current":0,"public_explanation":"Removed from active registration. ARIN-Issued didn't list this; the tracker found it by comparing ARIN's daily statistics. ARIN's statistics show it allocated (dated 2012-05-11) on 2025-06-08 and reserved on 2025-06-10. Public sources do not distinguish a voluntary return, revocation, or reclamation. ARIN holds returned, revoked and reclaimed IPv4 space for 60 days before reissuing it, so the earliest estimated hold expiration is 2025-08-08. This does not confirm availability."},{"raw_change_id":481515,"classification_code":"REMOVED_REASON_UNKNOWN","confidence":"STRONG_INFERENCE","classifier_version":"1.3.2","classified_at":"2026-10-13T15:07:57+00:00","current":0,"public_explanation":"Removed from active registration. ARIN-Issued didn't list this; the tracker found it by comparing ARIN's daily statistics. ARIN's statistics show it allocated (dated 2012-05-11) on 2025-06-08 and reserved on 2025-06-10. Public sources do not distinguish a voluntary return, revocation, or reclamation. ARIN holds returned, revoked and reclaimed IPv4 space for 60 days before reissuing it, so the earliest estimated hold expiration is 2025-08-08. This does not confirm availability."},{"raw_change_id":481515,"classification_code":"REMOVED_REASON_UNKNOWN","confidence":"STRONG_INFERENCE","classifier_version":"1.4.0","classified_at":"2026-10-14T00:13:20+00:00","current":1,"public_explanation":"Removed from active registration. ARIN-Issued didn't list this; the tracker found it by comparing ARIN's daily statistics. ARIN's statistics show it allocated (dated 2012-05-11) on 2025-06-08 and reserved on 2025-06-10. Public sources do not distinguish a voluntary return, revocation, or reclamation. ARIN holds returned, revoked and reclaimed IPv4 space for 60 days before reissuing it, so the estimated hold end is 2025-08-08. This does not confirm availability."}],"3cd66d3cd2bded9c":[{"raw_change_id":126188,"classification_code":"APPARENT_REISSUANCE","confidence":"STRONG_INFERENCE","classifier_version":"1.3.0","classified_at":"2026-10-13T03:17:13+00:00","current":0,"public_explanation":"No transfer record matches. ARIN's statistics show it not issued on 2012-05-10 and assigned (dated 2012-05-11) on 2012-05-12. (Until 2013-03-05, ARIN's statistics list only what's issued.) The tracker saw this range released from hold on 2011-06-06 (69.57.208.0-216.250.127.255), so it appears to have been issued again from ARIN's pool."},{"raw_change_id":126188,"classification_code":"APPARENT_REISSUANCE","confidence":"STRONG_INFERENCE","classifier_version":"1.3.1","classified_at":"2026-10-13T08:05:24+00:00","current":0,"public_explanation":"No transfer record matches. ARIN's statistics show it not issued on 2012-05-10 and assigned (dated 2012-05-11) on 2012-05-12. (Until 2013-03-05, ARIN's statistics list only what's issued.) The tracker saw this range released from hold on 2011-06-06 (69.57.208.0-216.250.127.255), so it appears to have been issued again from ARIN's pool."},{"raw_change_id":126188,"classification_code":"APPARENT_NEW_ISSUANCE","confidence":"STRONG_INFERENCE","classifier_version":"1.3.2","classified_at":"2026-10-13T14:47:59+00:00","current":0,"public_explanation":"No transfer record matches. ARIN's statistics show it not issued on 2012-05-10 and assigned (dated 2012-05-11) on 2012-05-12. (Until 2013-03-05, ARIN's statistics list only what's issued.) It moved from ARIN's unissued pool to an active registration dated around the report, so it appears to be newly issued by ARIN."},{"raw_change_id":126188,"classification_code":"APPARENT_NEW_ISSUANCE","confidence":"STRONG_INFERENCE","classifier_version":"1.4.0","classified_at":"2026-10-13T23:50:59+00:00","current":1,"public_explanation":"No transfer record matches. ARIN's statistics show it not issued on 2012-05-10 and assigned (dated 2012-05-11) on 2012-05-12. (Until 2013-03-05, ARIN's statistics list only what's issued.) It moved from ARIN's unissued pool to an active registration dated around the report, so it appears to be newly issued by ARIN."}]},"arin_statistics_now":{"status":"allocated (dated 2012-05-11)"}}