CentralNic Group PLC Completion of the acquisition of Hexonet Group (1651I)

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RNS Number : 1651I

CentralNic Group PLC

07 August 2019

7 August 2019

CentralNic Group plc

("CentralNic" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Completion of the acquisition of Hexonet Group

CentralNic Group PLC (AIM: CNIC), the global internet platform that derives revenue from the subscription sales of internet domain names, is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement released on 1 July 2019, the acquisition ("the Acquisition") of Hexonet Group ("Hexonet") is now complete.

Hexonet, with operations in Canada and Germany, sells domain name subscriptions directly and via more than a thousand resellers in over 110 countries, managing over 3.8 million domains on its proprietary software platforms. The acquisition increases CentralNic's domains under management by c.28%.

Completion of the Acquisition follows CentralNic paying EUR7.0 million for all shares in Hexonet. The Company will further make a deferred payment of up to EUR3.0 million on the first anniversary of completion, payable in cash or CentralNic shares at prevailing market price, at the Company's discretion.

Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic, said: "This transaction marks another important step in CentralNic's strategy to rapidly consolidate the global recurring revenue domain name industry. Like CentralNic, Hexonet has a high level of recurring revenue and excellent customer retention. Its technically advanced global reseller platform and expert staff further boost our market share and competitiveness. We look forward to providing further updates in future."

For further information:

 
 CentralNic Group Plc 
  Ben Crawford, Chief Executive 
  Officer 
  Don Baladasan, Group Managing 
  Director 
  Michael Riedl, Chief Financial 
  Officer                                 [phone] 
 Zeus Capital Limited (NOMAD 
  and Joint Broker) 
  Nick Cowles / Jamie Peel (Corporate 
  Finance) 
  John Goold / Rupert Woolfenden           [phone] 
  (Institutional Sales)                    [phone] 
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 Stifel (Joint Broker) 
  Fred Walsh / Neil Shah / Alex 
  Price                                           [phone] 
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 Newgate Communications (for             [phone] 
  Media)                                  [e-mail] 
  Bob Huxford 
  Tom Carnegie 
  Robin Tozer 
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About CentralNic Group plc

CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) is a London-based AIM-listed company which drives the growth of the global digital economy by developing and managing software platforms allowing businesses globally to buy subscriptions to domain names, used for their own websites and email, as well as for protecting their brands online. Its core growth strategy is identifying and acquiring cash-generative businesses in its industry with annuity revenue streams and exposure to growth markets and migrating them onto the CentralNic software and operating platforms.

CentralNic operates globally with customers in almost every country in the world. It earns recurring revenues from the worldwide sales of internet domain names and other services on an annual subscription basis.

For more information please visit: www.centralnicgroup.com

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