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[sarkasm] 14/12/2016 14:08

HO HO HO

POOR EYE SIGHT COMES TO MIND

especialy when one forgets where one has misplaced eye glasses

EYE SEE YOURS GOT STUCK 2

so what you really got to post apart from having a go at an aging old codger

enjoy the rest of week fella

[hjb1] 14/12/2016 13:31

YES, AND YOUR CAPS LOCK IS STUCK ON!! LOL.

[sarkasm] 14/12/2016 13:12

WHATS THE NEXT NEW BIG MARKET TO BE TARGETED AFTER CHINA

LOOK AT FED DAY PLUS ONE

IMO THIS SHARE IS ONLY IMPACTED BY SUPER BIG NEWS FLOW

[simonsaid1] 14/12/2016 10:56

I'm willing to sit tight on this one as there's plenty of good sentiment and the premium to book is pretty modest. Just a bit unnerving watching the dramatic peaks and troughs when there's no news to explain it. It's now down 10% on the peak highs earlier this month, and a strange tiny transaction this morning went through at just 11p (just 4k shares, so £440 or thereabouts). How did such a tiny trade take the price down by over 2%?

[davr0s] 14/12/2016 10:21

Yes been a real disappoint - must tell myself to take a profit when it's on offer next time. Just no momentum at all

[simonsaid1] 14/12/2016 10:15

Anyone else watching the price movement of this stock and starting to wonder what's going on? Very erratic, and pretty large swings on fairly small trades, all against a background of fairly still waters, just a few nice news stories. Peculiar.

[waldron] 08/12/2016 06:54

GoDaddy Acquires Host Europe Group for $1.79B
Wednesday, December 07, 2016 GoDaddy, Mergers and Acquisitions No comments

GoDaddy agreed to acquire Host Europe Group (HEG) for €1.69 billion (US$1.79 billion), including €605 million paid to the selling shareholders and €1.08 billion in assumed net debt.

As the largest privately-owned web services provider in Europe, HEG serves small businesses and web experts, and has built a thriving business with more than 1.7 million customers. It holds strong positions in the UK and Germany with brands such as 123Reg, Domain Factory, Heart Internet and Host Europe. HEG has offices in Germany, the U.K., France, Spain, Romania, and Bulgaria.

HEG is currently owned by international private equity firm Cinven, which acquired the business in August 2013. GoDaddy intends to integrate the majority of HEG's business while exploring strategic alternatives for HEG's PlusServer managed hosting business, including a possible sale.

"GoDaddy has successfully expanded its international business to 56 global markets over the past four years," said GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving. "HEG has built an impressive business that generates strong top-line growth, high margins, and industry-leading customer satisfaction. By joining forces with HEG, we accelerate our expansion into Europe with the delivery of a broader range of cloud-based products, built on a single global technology platform, and supported by unparalleled customer care to help small businesses and web designers succeed online."

[grupo guitarlumber] 06/12/2016 12:13

GoDaddy has beaten out the competition to buy Host Europe Group for $1.8bn
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Website domain name provider GoDaddy is buying rival Host Europe Group (HEG) €1.69bn (£1.42bn) including debt.

The move is designed to help accelerate GoDaddy’s international expansion and expand its services beyond the initial set-up of websites.

Host Europe is currently owned by private-equity firm Cinven which picked up the business in August 2013 and has a debt pile of about of €1.08bn. It's understood that a number of telecom and private equity firms had been interested in Host Europe before dropping out of the bidding.

GoDaddy chief executive Blake Irving said:

GoDaddy has successfully expanded its international business to 56 global markets over the past four years.

By joining forces with HEG, we accelerate our expansion into Europe with the delivery of a broader range of cloud-based products, built on a single global technology platform, and supported by unparalleled customer care to help small businesses and web designers succeed online.

In a statement GoDaddy said it is looking into options for Host Europe's PlusServer managed hosting business, including a possible sale.

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Bankers had valued Host Europe at around £1.6bn to £1.7bn, after it posted a 45 per cent increase in underlying profits to £95m last year. Earnings are forecast to rise to £140m next year.

Host Europe manages some 7m internet domain names and has 1.7m customers across nine data centres and a large business in Germany.

Chaired by former BBC director-general Lord Birt, Host Europe is currently owned by buyout firm Cinven, which bought it from equity rival Montagu for £438m three years ago.

The sale was put on hold by the UK’s European Union referendum, after it first went under the hammer in the spring of 2016.

Earlier this month it was reported that Deutsche Telekom – working with buyout firm Hellman & Friedman – had withdrawn from the bidding for Host Europe.

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It was also reported that private equity group Permira, which had teamed with Interroute had also dropped out of the bidding.

There has recently been a rapid rise in demand from small business owners for managed web services, driving up valuations for many website hosts.

GoDaddy said the deal, subject to customary regulatory requirements, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2017.

[ftangftang] 05/12/2016 15:25

Domain names can now be hosted in China.
.Club, .VIP (MMX) and XYZ are celebrating today after being approved by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”).
The approvals mark the first time Western registries have received MIIT's stamp of approval for domains to be hosted in China.
Previously, .Club, .VIP and .XYZ domains could be registered in China but could not be activated or hosted there. Now, owners of these names can apply for the relevant local license (“bei-an”) in order to host these domain names in China.
These three domains are among the three most popular Western TLDs in China. China accounts for over 90% of .VIP registrations, more than half of .Club and a third of .XYZ's registrations to date.
The companies hope the approval will further improve their TLD's standing in China now that Chinese citizens can activate the domain names in China to reach Chinese consumers.
Andrew Allemann | December 5, 2016 at 8:04 am



cheers
ft ft

[simonsaid1] 05/12/2016 10:45

Great news, share price not budging yet.

[ftangftang] 05/12/2016 10:36

.vip MIIT approval



Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), the publicly quoted owner and operator of Internet top-level domains, is delighted to announce that it has today received official approval from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ("MIIT") of the People's Republic of China for MMX's dot VIP top-level domain. The announcement was made via the official website of the MIIT. Approval means that owners of dot VIP domain names within China can now apply for the relevant local license ("bei-an") to allow their dot VIP domain names to be hosted in the country. MMX's TLD dot VIP is one of only three generic new top-level domains ("new gTLDs") to have received this approval via this MIIT announcement.



Toby Hall, CEO of MMX, commented:



"MIIT approval is a major milestone for MMX and the continued successful development of our dot VIP domain. We share the China domain industry's opinion that regulatory approval will provide for another wave of top-level domain growth in the region. Influential Chinese registrars will now be able to market this select group of approved new gTLDs more actively to the important local Chinese SME end-market for usage. We are deeply honoured to be one of only three registries to be approved in this first round of approvals."



Launched in May 2016, dot VIP has been the most successful new top-level domain ever launched to date based on registrations in its first month with Chinese domain investors being amongst the first major purchasers of dot VIP domain names. Today's announcement bodes well for both further domain name sales and renewal rates of those names acquired prior to MIIT approval going forward.



Toby Hall added:



"China is a key market for the Group, the country accounting for 42% of the 27 million new top-level domain addresses that have been registered to date. It therefore was a priority of 2016 to successfully access this region. Having a domain that is fully compliant, approved and extremely well accepted by the Chinese market, is therefore a key asset for the Group."



Dr Mao Wei, a luminary of the Chinese domain industry and Board Chairman of ZDNS, MMX's technical partner in China, commented:



"We congratulate dot VIP on its approval and believe it has the potential to become one of the most popular, significant top-level domains in China."



The full announcement confirming the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ("MIIT") approval can be found at:



cheers
ft ft

[simonsaid1] 01/12/2016 15:54

Very odd to settle at such a low price. Are we suspecting Market Makers doing some sort of hedging here?

[davr0s] 01/12/2016 15:47

Think the 11.25 was a sell

[simonsaid1] 01/12/2016 15:41

How did somebody just buy at 11.25 when the share price was soaring over 12p? I just don't understand this stock's movements.

[davr0s] 01/12/2016 13:43

I did as I added off the earlier big trades this morning - regrettably mine isn't one of the big ones. I fact mine isn't showing at all. It's been a bit quiet here so time for some action soon

[treble in 1999] 01/12/2016 13:37

More buying. Someone definitely decided that if the Chinese paid 13p it must be a steal at 11.5/12.5p. Hopefully very positive.
Anyone know when the next information is coming.

[simonsaid1] 01/12/2016 13:31

Some absolutely enormous trades today at 12p. Encouraging.

[treble in 1999] 28/11/2016 12:53

hjb1

there is your answer , another million.

think i have enough in this at present, been adding since jan'10

[hjb1] 25/11/2016 19:41

no probs.Someone loading up today it seems!

[treble in 1999] 25/11/2016 18:53

My error. But on nominet it gave it to us. Now removed.
Thank you for pointing this out. Cheers

[hjb1] 24/11/2016 17:34

err, .Blog is nowt to do with MMX!

[treble in 1999] 24/11/2016 17:00

Anyone else noticed we have released .blog

23000 registrations already

suspect the premium sales and auctions will be very nice revenue streams.

hxxps://ntldstats.com/backend/Nominet