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APPENDIX H SEATING/TICKETS AND HOSPITALITY FOR VISITING NATIONS, ITF, TITLE SPONSOR AND INTERNATIONAL SPONSORS The seats/tickets and hospitality in Regulations 34, 63 must be as follows: VISITING NATION Complimentary Tickets/Hospitality 1) 12 seats for the team positioned immediately behind the seat on the court occupied by its Captain. 2) Up to 10 seats, in priority positions, in the Presidential Box for the VIP's of the Visiting Nation. Hospitality must also be provided free of charge for these 10 places. 3) 50 (World Group), 100 (Davis Cup Final) or 25 (Zonal Competition) first category daily tickets. Where a stadium does not include any boxes, the Visiting Nation's complimentary tickets must be given first choice for their complimentary tickets after the Home Nation's requirements for its President's area have been met. Where a stadium includes boxes, the Visiting Nation shall not automatically be entitled to have their complimentary seats positioned in the area set aside for boxes unless more than the first six rows of seating are categorised as boxes. In such cases, complimentary seats must be positioned starting in the rows immediately behind row 6. These seats must be positioned at one location. Purchased Tickets/Hospitality 1) For the Davis Cup Final, additional seats may be purchased, subject to availability, for its VIP's in the Presidential Box. 2) The Visiting Nation is entitled to purchase 10% of the available tickets less the number previously allocated as complimentary (see above). Such tickets must be divided in proportion to the number of available tickets in the two highest price categories (excluding boxes), with the entitlement to purchase 500 first category tickets (700 Davis Cup Final). The seats in each price category must be positioned together in significant numbers. The Visiting Nation must confirm to the Home Nation within 20 days of being advised of the venue/ticket prices whether or not it wishes to take up its option to purchase such tickets. The balance of the 10% must be located in a block starting in the area directly behind the team bench of the visiting Nation, unless otherwise agreed by the ITF. Hospitality When requested, at least 30 days before the Tie, the Home Nation will provide to the Visiting Nation a reasonable sized facility on-site for hospitality for the official party of the Visiting Nation (maximum 50 people – 100 in the case of 87

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