Daniel Stewart & Company Initiates Coverage of TLDH

September 11, 2011

Daniel Stewart & Company have initiated coverage of Top Level Domain Holdings, Ltd. We attach a copy of their report of September 9, 2011, entitled “Domain Name Explosion” (PDF, 1MB).

Interactive Investor Interviews Antony Van Couvering and Peter Dengate Thrush

August 11, 2011

On August 8, 2011 Interactive Investor (http://www.iii.co.uk/tv/episode/top-level-domain-holdings) interviewed Anthony Van Couvering and Peter Dengate Thrush on ICANN’s ruling to introduce new domains on the Internet and how Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) will deliver on this.

Exercise of Warrants

August 10, 2011

TLDH announces that it has issued 200,000 new ordinary shares pursuant to an exercise of 200,000 warrants at an exercise price of 4p each. (more…)

Appointment of Joint Broker – Daniel Stewart and Company

August 7, 2011

The Board of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM: TLDH.L) is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Stewart and Company plc as the Company’s joint broker with immediate effect. (more…)

Q&A: Domain name changes and the Internet landscape

August 5, 2011

From Faster Forward, Washington Post Blogs 5 August 2011

In June, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a program that has the potential to send shockwaves throughout the entire Internet.

Starting in January, ICANN is set to accept applications for the new domains, meaning that brand-centric domain names (think “.apple”) or industry-centric domains (“.pharm”) could spring up online very soon.

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Top Level Domain Holdings primed for the arrival of a “new Internet age”

August 5, 2011

From Proactive Investors 5, August 2001

“Today’s decision will usher in a new Internet age. We have provided a platform for the next generation of creativity and inspiration.”This is how Peter Dengate Thrush described an end of restrictions on internet suffixes such as .com, .org and .gov.

At the time of those comments he was chairman of ICANN – the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – which is the body set up to oversee domain names.

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Appointment of Joint Broker – XCAP Securities

August 2, 2011

The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of XCAP Securities plc as Top Level Domain Holdings’ joint broker with immediate effect. (more…)

Minds + Machines Partners with Right of the Dot for Premium Domain Names

July 25, 2011

From CircleID 14, July 2011

MINDS + MACHINES is pleased to announce that it has reached an alliance with RIGHT OF THE DOT to identify and market premium domain names for Minds + Machines clients. Under the non-exclusive arrangement, Minds + Machines will refer applicants for new top-level domains (TLDs) to Right of the Dot for high-value premium domain consulting services, and Right of the Dot will refer clients seeking top-level domain registry services to Minds + Machines.

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Outgoing ICANN Chairman, Peter Dengate Thrush, Joining Minds + Machines as Executive Chairman

July 25, 2011

From TheDomains 17, July 2011

According to the Independent.co.uk, the outgoing chairman of ICANN Peter Dengate Thrush  is joining Minds + Machines as its executive chairman.

The article quotes Antony Van Couvering, CEO of publicly traded Top Level Domain Holdings, otherwise known as Minds+Machines as saying:

“Peter is a superstar in our field. We are delighted to have him at the helm”

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Outgoing ICANN Chair Moves Over to Private Sector

July 25, 2011

From XBIZ Newswire 18, July 2011

LONDON — Peter Dengate Thrush, who chaired ICANN from 2007 through its last meeting in Singapore, has been tapped by Top Level Domain Holdings as its executive chairman.

Dengate Thrush, who has been involved in Internet policy development and governance since 1995, led the ICANN board to approve the.XXX sponsored top-level domain as well as the new generic top-level domains.

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