Top Level Domain Holdings

Application Window Re-Opening Update

Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) is pleased to notify shareholders that the Internet’s governing body, ICANN, has announced that the technical glitch affecting The Application System (“TAS”) has been resolved and that ICANN intends to re-open the Application Window on 22 May 2012 to remain open until 30 May 2012. The date on which ICANN will reveal the full list of gTLD applications is yet to be confirmed.

ICANN has informed the Group that while two of its filed applications had a non-descriptive file name exposed due to the technical glitch, there is no evidence that any unauthorized users were able to download or view the contents of these attachments.

Updates on the application window are available from ICANN’s website.

Update on gTLD Application Timetable

The Internet’s governing body, ICANN, had intended to publish those applications which ICANN considered complete and ready for evaluation by the end of April. As has been widely reported in the media, ICANN suspended its on-line application system on 12 April due to a technical glitch in the application platform through which applicants have to file their applications. As a result, based on information released by ICANN, some 105 applications of the 2091 received by 12 April had been affected. ICANN is currently completing the process of notifying applicants impacted by the glitch. Once completed, ICANN plans to announce the schedule for reopening the application system and completing the application period shortly thereafter. As at the date of this announcement, TLDH has received no notifications from ICANN that any of its applications, or those of its clients, have been affected by the glitch. Updates on the application window are available from ICANN’s website.

Holding(s) in Company

Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd today filed a notice of certain changes in holdings in the company, as detailed in the attached document [PDF link].
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