Top Level Domain Holdings

Minds + Machines Chosen for .miami

The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), the only publicly-traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”), are delighted to report that Minds + Machines has been chosen by the City of Miami to apply for the .miami top-level domain. On 7 March 2012, the Commissioners of the City of Miami voted 4-0 to accept the proposal from Minds + Machines and requested Minds + Machines to begin work on the application for .miami immediately. The Minds + Machines’ proposal was chosen following a competitive bid process. Minds + Machines is wholly-owned by TLDH.

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Minds + Machines GmbH Wins .NRW Contract

The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), the only publicly-traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains (“TLDs”), are delighted to report that Minds + Machines GmbH, its majority-owned registry services business, has been appointed by the German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) to manage the .NRW top-level domain application and ongoing management of the .NRW domain.

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Minds + Machines Secures .bangaluru Contract

The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), the only publicly-traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”), are delighted to report that Minds + Machines, its wholly-owned registry services business, has been appointed by India TL Domain Pvt Ltd (“ITLD”), with the exclusive approval of the city of Bruhat Bangaluru (Bangalore), to provide registry and consulting services for ITLD’s proposed application for the generic top-level domain .bangaluru.

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gTLD Application Update

The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), the only publicly-traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”), are delighted to report that further to the announcement on 12 January 2012, the Company will shortly be purchasing a second batch of 20 application slots for new gTLDs from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), following which the total application slots purchased by the Company to date on behalf of itself and clients of Minds + Machines will amount to 40 (at an aggregate cost of US$200,000).

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Placing to raise approximately £9.0 million

The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), the only publicly traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”), are delighted to announce that the Company has today conditionally placed 109,468,353 new ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares”) at a placing price of 8.25p per Ordinary Share (the “Placing Price”) with institutional and other investors to raise £9,031,139 before expenses (equivalent to approximately US$14.2 million at current exchange rates) subject to admission (the “Placing”).

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Minds+Machines works with .bayern

The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), the only publicly traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”), are pleased to announce that Bayern Connect GmbH, the German operating company in which TLDH has a majority holding, has been exclusively awarded the contract to apply for the .BAYERN gTLD string by the Bavarian State Government. Top Level Domain Holdings’ wholly owned registry services company, Minds+Machines, will provide the back-end registry services for the proposed new domain. Revenue to the Company will be based on a share of the revenues generated by the domain.

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New gTLD Application Window Opens

The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH), the only publicly traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”), are delighted to announce that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has today formally opened the application window under which organisations can apply for the right to own and operate a new generic top level domain. The application window will remain open until 12 April 2012. Under ICANN’s rules, applicants for new gTLDs must first purchase an application slot, or placeholder, for each application for US$5,000 each, which will then be deducted from the US$185,000 gTLD application fee.

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ICANN Chair Says No Delay or Restriction on new gTLD Programme

In an interview, ICANN Chair Steve Crocker said that there would be no delay or restriction of the new gTLD programme.

According to the interview on Dot-Nxt [warning: payment required]:

Steve Crocker [said that the ICANN] Board will be holding a special meeting in the first week of January and that the meeting’s focus will be the launch of the new gTLD program the following week. But that meeting will not consider either a delay or a limited rollout, he stated.

Asked specifically about widespread calls for a “pilot program” that would feature only a limited number of Internet extensions, Crocker noted that the organization had already run pilot programs for expanding the top level of the Internet and argued that “we haven’t seen anything to suggest there would be value in delaying the launch.”

A highly organized campaign by lobbyists against new gTLDs, begun after the new gTLD programme was approved, has brought letters from U.S. politicians urging delay, or a limited roll-out of new gTLDs.

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New gTLD Programme Update

The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), the only publicly traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”), are pleased to announce that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) proposed timetable for applications for new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”) remains as previously announced.

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