Top Level Domain Holdings

TLDH Announces Unaudited Interim Report for April 2010

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. (more…)

June Update to ICANN Progress

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. (more…)

Total Voting Rights

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.

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

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.

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Issue of shares – 23 April 2010

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. (more…)

Audited Results for the period ended 31 October 2009 Released

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

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. (more…)

Holdings in Company

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.

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Expressions of Interest Update

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. (more…)