Top Level Domain Holdings

Holdings in the Company Update

barbara — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:33:26 +0000

TLDH was informed on 30 July 2010 that Libra Fund, LP owns 13,400,000 ordinary shares and Libra Offshore Master Fund, LP owns 3,350,000 ordinary shares in the Company, together in aggregate 16,750,000 ordinary shares representing 5.9 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. Libra Advisors LLC are investment advisors to Libra Fund, LP and Libra Offshore Master Fund, LP and have the rights to vote the ordinary shares.

Further Information:

Top Level Domain Holdings Limited.
David Weill Tel: +44 (0) 20 7881 0180

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish
Michael Cornish Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

gth media relations
Toby Hall /Christian Pickel Tel: +44 (0) 20 7153 8039/8036

Or visit the group’s website at www.tldh.org

TLDH Announces Unaudited Interim Report for April 2010

barbara — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:56:28 +0000

TLDH (AIM: TLDH) today announces its unaudited results for the six month period ended 30 April 2010 (the “Period”). A copy of the interim results for the Period report is available on the Company’s website, www.tldh.org.

The following sets out the audited results for the Company for the period ended 30 April 2010.

CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT

The Company’s strategy is to build a portfolio of top level domains (“gTLDs”)applicants and infrastructure technologies.

The six month period ended 30 April 2010 was one of further progress by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) towards the eventual roll out of gTLDs.

At its March meeting in Nairobi, the ICANN Board resolved that there should be no cross-ownership between domain name registries and registrars. This prohibition prevents existing ICANN-accredited registrars from owning or operating new gTLDs, thus limiting the number of prospective applicants. TLDH was unaffected by this policy and the Board of TLDH therefore expects that TLDH will benefit from this continuing separation between registrars and registries. The ICANN Board also resolved to focus on the full introduction of gTLDs later this year.

At its subsequent June meeting in Brussels following the Period end, the ICANN Board resolved to hold a special meeting in September 2010 to address all the outstanding issues related to the implementation of the new gTLD programme. The final Applicant Guidebook is expected to be published in November 2010, which will set the final rules for applicants. The applications start date is then expected to be announced at the December 2010 ICANN meeting in Cartagena, Colombia.

We have taken a conservative view toward the timing of what we believe to be a revolutionary stage of the development of the Internet. The TLDH Board is preparing for the likelihood of an early December announcement of the date of the gTLD application window.

Revenue for the Period was £32,000 with finance revenue totalling £3,000. Administrative expenses totalled £480,000. Share options expensed totalled £17,000. Retained loss for the period attributable to members of the parent Company totalled £465,000 for a loss of 0.16 pence per Ordinary share. The Company still has significant cash resources. Cash and cash equivalents at the Period end amounted to approximately £3.9 million

We remain excited about the prospects for the development of the Company that the introduction of gTLDs will create. With our substantial cash resources, low operating costs and our significant interests in prospective applicants for .eco, .nyc, .berlin, .bayern and .gay amongst others, together with the capabilities of our wholly-owned subsidiary Minds and Machines LLC, and also with the restriction on competition that has been placed on existing registrars, we believe that TLDH is well positioned ahead of the start of the gTLDs application and award process.

Frederick Krueger
Executive Chairman

Further Information:

Top Level Domain Holdings Limited.
David Weill Tel: +44 (0) 20 7881 0180

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish
Michael Cornish Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

gth media relations
Toby Hall /Christian Pickel Tel: +44 (0) 20 7153 8039/8036

Or visit the group’s website at www.tldh.org

June Update to ICANN Progress

barbara — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:30:04 +0000

The Board of TLDH announces that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has now released the fourth version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook for generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”). This is in line with the decision reached by ICANN’s Board of Directors at its Nairobi meeting in March where it resolved to focus on the full introduction of gTLDs later this year rather than implement an intermediate step by adoption of the expressions of interest/pre-registrations proposal.

As reported by ICANN staff during the Nairobi meeting, the draft guidebook is expected to be the last draft before the final guidebook which is expected to be published in October / November 2010, according to ICANN’s project plan. The new draft guidebook includes an expanded role for public comments on gTLD applications, as well as incorporating various measures to protect intellectual property as proposed by ICANN participants.

The new draft guidebook keeps in place the strict separations of cross-ownership and control between registries and registrars, placing significant barriers in front of registrars who wish to start new top-level domains. If this restriction remains in the final guidebook, the Board of TLDH believes that a number of potential competitors will find it difficult or impossible to enter the market. TLDH is unaffected by this policy and the Board of TLDH therefore expects that TLDH will benefit from this continuing separation between registrars and registries

ICANN has also released other supporting documents in relation to the proposed gTLD application process, including a budget for the new generic top-level domain review process. The budget document is based on ICANN’s assumptions that there will be 500 gTLD applications, of which 5 per cent. are assumed to fail the initial evaluation and a further 5 per cent. are assumed to request voluntary partial refunds. Accordingly, ICANN’s budget assumes that 90 per cent. of all applications will proceed to either successful delegation, or in the case of conflicting applications, to an auction or other tie-breaking resolution.

The other few and mostly small changes in the new draft guidebook suggest that there is near-consensus among ICANN and industry participants and governments and that the application guidebook is near completion.

TLDH remains well-positioned to move forward with its plans for new top-level domains. The next meeting of ICANN will be held in Brussels from June 20 – 25. TLDH and its operating subsidiary, Minds + Machines LLC, will be participating in the ICANN meeting and will provide a further update following that meeting.

Enquiries: Top Level Domain Holdings Limited

North America
Fred Krueger
Tel: +1 310 866 1935
Antony Van Couvering
Tel: +1 917 406 7126

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish/Michael Cornish
Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

gth media relations
Toby Hall /Christian Pickel
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3103 3903/3902

Total Voting Rights

barbara — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:00:23 +0000

For the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Services Authority, the Board of TLDH is required to notify the market of the following:

As at the date of this announcement, the Company’s issued share capital consists of 284,139,275 ordinary shares, with voting rights (“Ordinary Shares”). The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

Therefore the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights is 284,139,275.

The above figure of 284,139,275 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Further Information:

Top Level Domain Holdings Limited.
David Weill
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7881 0180

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Michael Cornish
Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

Issue of shares – 7,545,000 new Ordinary Shares

barbara — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:00:16 +0000

Further to the announcement on 23 April 2010, the Board of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM: TLDH) announces that the 7,545,000 new Ordinary Shares (the “Second Consideration Shares”) due to the vendors of Minds and Machines LLC will be issued on the later of 1 August 2010, when the final tranche of consideration shares are due, or within 10 days of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ announcement of the formal timetable for the award of new global generic top level domains. Application for trading on AIM in respect of these shares will be made at that time.

In the meantime, application has been made for trading on AIM of the 1,200,000 new Ordinary Shares (“New Ordinary Shares”) issued and allotted on exercise of options and warrants. The New Ordinary Shares rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue and trading on AIM is expected to occur on 6 May 2010.

Further Information:
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited.
David Weill Tel: +44 (0) 20 7881 0180

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish
Michael Cornish Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

Or visit the group’s website at www.tldh.org
ENDS

Issue of shares – 23 April 2010

barbara — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:00:26 +0000

On 7 August 2009 the Board of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM: TLDH) announced that it had acquired the outstanding issued and to be issued share capital of Minds and Machines LLC (“Minds and Machines”) not already owned by the Company (the “Acquisition”).

Under the terms of the Acquisition agreement, the Company has today issued 7,545,000 new Ordinary Shares (the “Second Consideration Shares”) to the vendors of Minds and Machines. In addition, the Company has today issued and allotted 1,200,000 new Ordinary Shares (“New Ordinary Shares”) on exercise of options and warrants at an exercise price of 4p per Ordinary Share for an aggregate payment of £48,000.

Following the issue of the Second Consideration Shares and the New Ordinary Shares, the enlarged issued share capital of the Company is 291,684,275 TLDH ordinary shares (“Enlarged Issued Share Capital”). The Second Consideration Shares and the New Ordinary Shares rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue.

Application will be made for the Second Consideration Shares and the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to occur on 29 April 2010.

Fred Krueger, Antony Van Couvering and Clark Landry, directors of the Company, were vendors of Minds and Machines and their interests in the Enlarged Issued Share Capital will be as follows:

Director	Current holding of Ordinary Shares	Second Consideration Shares	Enlarged holding of Ordinary Shares	Percentage interest in the Enlarged Issued Share Capital
Fred Krueger	81,903,560	6,795,000	88,698,560	30.41%
Antony Van Couvering	15,000	15,000	30,000	0.01%
Clark Landry	11,957,800	735,000	12,692,800	4.35%

Further Information:
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited.
David Weill Tel: +44 (0) 20 7881 0180

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish
Michael Cornish Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

Or visit the group’s website at www.tldh.org

Audited Results for the period ended 31 October 2009 Released

barbara — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:00:17 +0000

Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM: TLDH) today announces its audited results for the year 31 October 2009 (the “Period”). The report and accounts for the Period are being sent to shareholders and are available on the Company’s website, www.tldh.org.

The following sets out the audited results for the Company for the year ended 31 October 2009.

Download the Audited Results for the period ended 31 October 2009.

Update on ICANN Progress

barbara — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:07:32 +0000

On Friday, 12 March 2010, at a meeting in Nairobi of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), ICANN’s Board of Directors clarified and progressed further the framework for the introduction of generic top level domains (“gTLDs”).

The ICANN Board resolved that there should be no cross-ownership between domain name registries and registrars. This prohibition will prevent existing ICANN-accredited registrars from owning or operating new gTLDs, thus limiting the number of prospective applicants. This continues a trend of increasing the barriers to application for non-experts as ICANN adds additional requirements and restrictions to the framework for the introduction of gTLDs. TLDH is unaffected by this policy and the Board of TLDH therefore expects that TLDH will benefit from this continuing separation between registrars and registries.

The ICANN Board also resolved that ICANN should focus on the full introduction of gTLDs later this year rather than implement an intermediate step by adoption of the Expressions of Interest/Pre-Registrations Proposal. The ground rules for application for new gTLDs are expected to be published by early summer 2010. Accordingly, as ICANN approaches the point where it will be able to proceed with full applications, the Expressions of Interest (“EoI”) program becomes unnecessary. ICANN staff reported during the Nairobi meeting that the next draft of the Draft Applicant Guidebook, expected to be issued in June, will be near final, and subject only to a final comment period.

While we were supportive of the EoI proposal, we welcome ICANN’s focus that the main objective should be to speed up the gTLD process, and the intermediate step of EoIs is unnecessary if ICANN is close to resolving the final details prior to the launch of new gTLDs.

With our substantial cash resources, low operating costs and our significant interests in prospective applicants for .eco, .nyc, .berlin, .bayern and .gay amongst others, and also with the restriction on competition that has been placed on existing registrars, we believe that TLDH is well positioned ahead of the start of the gTLDs application and award process.

Following the ICANN Board meeting, Rod Beckstrom, ICANN’s chief executive, provided further details on the gTLD process, which is available on-line at http://bit.ly/buru8z.

Enquiries: Top Level Domain Holdings Limited

North America
Fred Krueger Tel: +1 310 866 1935
Antony Van Couvering Tel: +1 917 406 712

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish/Michael Cornish Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

gth media relations
Toby Hall /Christian Pickel Tel: +44 (0) 20 7153 8039/8036

Holdings in Company

barbara — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:51:03 +0000

TLDH was informed on 28 December 2009 that Libra Fund, LP owns 15,080,000 ordinary shares and Libra Offshore Master Fund, LP owns 3,770,000 ordinary shares in the Company, together in aggregate 18,850,000 ordinary shares representing 6.66 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. Libra Advisors LLC are investment advisors to Libra Fund, LP and Libra Offshore Master Fund, LP and have the rights to vote the ordinary shares.

Further Information:

Top Level Domain Holdings Limited.
David Weill Tel: +44 (0) 20 7881 0180

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Michael Cornish Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

Or visit the group’s website at www.tldh.org.

Expressions of Interest Update

barbara — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:00:14 +0000

Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd (AIM: TLDH) is pleased to note that ICANN, the internet’s independent governing body, has resolved to progress the development of the proposed Expressions of Interest (“EOI”) process model and has requested that it be submitted for approval at ICANN’s next Board meeting on 10 February 2010. The preliminary minutes of ICANN’s last Board meeting, released on 9 December 2009, state that following the public comment phase, “ICANN staff shall present a proposed EOI process model for approval at the ICANN Board’s February 2010 meeting”.

The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings believe this represents a significant step forward and underlines ICANN’s commitment to expanding the number of top level domains on the internet.

As announced by Top Level Domain Holdings on 6 November 2009, the EOI process will allow ICANN to establish the number of proposed new generic top level domains (“gTLDs“) being applied for, and to size and resolve the relevant technical issues arising from the creation of new gTLDs ahead of the formal application process beginning. The EOI process will also allow ICANN to see which applications might be in contention, and to enable ICANN, should it so wish, to categorize and sequence applications for any future roll-out.

It is anticipated that prior to ICANN’s February meeting, the ICANN staff’s recommendations on the proposed EOI process will be made public on the internet.

Frederic Krueger, Chairman and CEO of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited, commented:

“We are delighted with these developments. For the first time we are now seeing a clear time-table emerging for the expansion of top level domains on the internet. Once again we applaud the determination being shown by ICANN to starting the gTLD programme in 2010 and look forward to reviewing the EOI recommendations as and when they are made public.”

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About TLDH

Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) is a publicly-traded holding company. The company is currently focused specifically on the new top level domain space. Top level domains (such as .com, .net and .org) are organized and controlled by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN has recently announced plans to expand the universe of generic and country top level domains. TLDH intends to make targeted investments in this space, focusing on both infrastructure technologies and specific top level domains.

Note to editor – about ICANN:

ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols that help computers reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet’s operation, so ICANN’s global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet’s ongoing security and stability. ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.

Contact details:

Top Level Domain Holdings Limited

North America
Fred Krueger Tel: +1 310 866 1935
Antony Van Couvering Tel: +1 917 406 712

Europe
David Weill Tel: +44 (0) 20 7881 0180

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Roland Cornish/Michael Cornish Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

gth media relations
Toby Hall /Christian Pickel Tel: +44 (0) 20 7153 8039/8036