Directors’ Dealing
Following the release by ICANN of the full list of applications for new generic top level domains and by the Company of the unaudited results for the 6 months ended 30 April 2012, the Board of TLDH was informed on 20 June 2012 by certain of the directors that they intend to exercise in aggregate 34,165,680 warrants at an exercise price of 4p per ordinary share and which would otherwise expire on 31 July 2012. In addition, Mike Mendelson has informed the Board that he intends to exercise 300,000 options at an exercise price of 4p per ordinary share. In aggregate the total proceeds to the Company will amount to £1,378,680. The directors have also confirmed to the Company that they have no current intention to dispose of any of the ordinary shares issued to them on exercise of the relevant warrants or options. The proposed warrant and exercise notices by the directors are set out below:
| Director | Number of Warrantsor OptionsExercised | Exercise Price | TLDH Ordinary SharesFollowing Exercise | Interest in TLDHOrdinary SharesFollowing Exercise |
| Fred Krueger |
25,054,280
|
4p
|
106,957,840
|
21.0%
|
| David Weill (note 1) |
4,000,000
|
4p
|
12,500,000
|
2.4%
|
| Guy Elliott (note 2) |
4,500,000
|
4p
|
30,500,000
|
6.0%
|
| Mike Mendelson |
300,000
|
4p
|
1,300,000
|
0.3%
|
| Clark Landry |
611,400
|
4p
|
12,569,200
|
2.5%
|
Notes:
1. David Weill’s current and enlarged shareholding is held through Bellone Investments Services Corp
2. Of Guy Elliott’s new shares, 500,000 have been issued to the Elliott Family Irrevocable Trust
The new TLDH ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing TLDH ordinary shares. Following completion of exercise and allotment by the Board, application will be made for the new TLDH ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to occur on or about 6 July 2012.
For further information, please contact:
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
North America
Antony Van Couvering
Tel: +1 917 406 7126
Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nomad)
Roland Cornish
Michael Cornish
Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
XCAP Securities plc (Joint Broker)
Karen Kelly
Halimah Hussain
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3216 2661/2667
Daniel Stewart & Company plc (Joint Broker)
Martin Lampshire
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 6550
gth media relations
Toby Hall/Suzanne Johnson Walsh
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3103 3903/2
About Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
Top Level Domain Holdings is a publicly-traded holding company listed on the London AIM market. The company is focused on the new top-level domain space. Top-level domains, such as .com, run by VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), and .biz, run by NeuStar (NYSE: NSR), are regulated by ICANN. ICANN has announced plans to expand the number of top-level domains. TLDH intends to make targeted investments in this space, focusing on both infrastructure technologies and specific top-level domains.
About Minds + Machines
Minds + Machines is a registry services provider that works internationally with commercial organisations, cities, not-for-profits, and entrepreneurs to secure and operate new web domains, known as top-level domains (TLDs). Minds and Machines Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Top Level Domains Holdings Limited.