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Posted at 25/2/2014 08:36 by johnma
House BrokerMorning Comment, CP 16.63p, Market Cap £137m 25 February 2014 Secured .WEDDING in Private Auction; Transition to Operating Company On its Way Event TLDH announced that following the private auctions held last week for .WEDDING and .GREEN, the group has secured the uncontested application rights for .WEDDING. The net cost to the company for securing the sole application for .WEDDING was approximately US$2.23m (c.£1.39m) once the proceeds of the .GREEN private auction are taken into account. The above figure includes the rebate that the group will receive from ICANN for withdrawing its application for .GREEN and commissions payable to the auctioneer. TLDH now has a portfolio of 26 uncontested applications in which it has a commercial interest. Separately and further to the comment on 31st January 2014, the company reported that the documentation associated to the change of name and change of status from an investment company to an operating company is at an advanced stage of preparation and the Board anticipates the Circular and Notice of General Meeting in relation to the above will be posted to shareholders in early March. Impact on Earnings & Valuation We currently have no published forecasts for TLDH. We view the result of the private auction positively as we see very strong potential in the .WEDDING top level domain. Every year an average of 2.4m weddings are performed in the US alone representing a US$50bn annual industry. In the UK, the industry is estimated to be worth c. £10bn annually. We believe this will make for a strong addition to the group's portfolio. N+1 Singer View This latest private auction has delivered another good result for the group, bringing in a key string to its portfolio without unduly impacting its cash reserves. With the recent announcement that .LONDON will be launched on the 29th of April, we believe the news flow around TLDH will continue to highlight how well-positioned it is in the sea-change that will be taking place in the Internet landscape. We believe the news flow in 2014 will drive a better understanding of the value of TLDH's portfolio and the transition into an operating business trading under the brand of its registry and registrar services, Minds + Machines also signals the start of an exciting phase in the group's business.
Posted at 17/2/2014 08:43 by johnma
Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH.L) CORPORATE FTSE AIM .LONDON Launch Dot London Domains Ltd, the subsidiary of London & Partners, the official promotional organisation of the Mayor's office, announced that .LONDON will be launched on the 29th of April. This is an exciting time for TLDH as .LONDON is one of the key assets in its portfolio of 25 uncontested, generic top-level domains in which it has an economic interest in. A YouGov survey has shown over 200,000 small businesses are likely to register. TLDH also has a "seat at the table" for 43 contested names and we expect a good proportion of these to be settled by private auctions over the next few months. With the recent £21m fund raising, TLDH is in a strong position to further enhance its portfolio. April 29 Launch Date for .LONDON – TLDH's client, Dot London Domains Ltd, has today announced that .LONDON will begin taking registrations on 29 April 2013, marking the formal launch of the .LONDON domain. This is an exciting time for TLDH, with .LONDON being one of the most attractive of the 25 uncontested, generic, top-level domains it has an economic interest in. TLDH also has a "seat at the table" for 43 contested TLDs which will be settled over the next few months either through deals, private auctions (losing bidders split the winning bid) or as a last resort, ICANN auctions. Over 200,000 Small Businesses Likely to Register– A YouGov research commissioned by London & Partners, the Mayor's official promotional organisation for London, shows that over a quarter of London's 840,000 small businesses are likely to apply for an address in the .LONDON domain. Interestingly, of these 41% said a .LONDON web address would help customers find them more easily and 27% said it would help them generate more sales. Registrars have confirmed the high levels of interest in .LONDON based on registrations of interest received thus far. 3-Month Priority Period – As part of the launch programme, London-based businesses and Londoners will be given an initial three-month priority period in which to pre-register domain names. During the same period, trademark holders registered in ICANN's Trademark Clearinghouse, will also be able to submit a claim for their associated address (es) for their trademark. News Flow Over Next Few Months to Remain Exciting – The internet landscape will be going through a sea-change with new internet endings such as .london, .app, and .music to be launched, challenging the .com dominance. It has taken years to get to this stage but the programme is now in full flow and with TLDH being one of the largest applicants together with Google, Amazon, and Donuts, we believe they are strongly positioned. We expect the news flow over the next few months on private auctions, launch dates, customer registrations to drive a better understanding of the value of TLDH's portfolio.
Posted at 08/2/2014 06:59 by johnma
House BrokerTLDH announced that the International Centre for Expertise of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has upheld the Community Objections lodged by the International Rugby Board (IRB) against the two competing applications of dot Rugby Limited, and Atomic Cross LLC for .RUGBY. As a result, the IRB is now the sole applicant for .RUGBY, taking the number of uncontested top level domains in which the Company has an interest to 25. TLDH and Roar Domains LLC are the IRB's joint venture partners for .RUGBY. Impact on Earnings & Valuation TLDH expects a smooth contracting and delegation process and likewise to establishing .RUGBY as the domain choice for all those who are passionate about the sport whether at the playing, spectator, or commercial levels. Whilst we have no forecasts for the group as we await further details on its final portfolio (settled via deals, private auctions, or ICANN auction) and the respective launches of these gTLDs, we believe the group will be profitable this year through a combination of gains in private auctions as well as the operations of its TLDs later on in the year. N+1 Singer View The old world dominated by Verisign (registry in charge of .com) and GoDaddy (largest registrar - i.e. retailer of domain names) is about to be disrupted by new players that include Google and Amazon. TLDH, one of the two largest independent players, offers a unique exposure to this market where we believe considerable value for shareholders can be created. TLDH recently announced it raised £21m from institutional investors, providing it with the opportunity to further strengthen its portfolio. The long-term annuity revenue stream this will generate and the associated profits and cash generation are highly attractive and will be the key driver of the group's value.
Posted at 08/2/2014 05:45 by johnma
Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) is one of the companies behind the International Rugby Board's (IRB) application to control the .RUGBY top level domain (TLD).On Friday, the IRB saw two competing applications to control the .RUGBY TLD dismissed by the International Chamber of Commerce.What this means, in effect, is that if rugby league team Wigan wants to set up a web site called www.wiganwarriors.rugby then, galling though it may for a rugby league team, it will have to go through the world governing and law making body for the game of Rugby Union to do so.The .RUGBY top level domain - the bit after the final dot in an internet address - is just one of many generic TLDs that the AIM-listed company either controls or has an uncontested application to control.The company's chief executive, Antony Van Couvering, describes Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) as a wholesaler of domain names.Companies that specialise in registering (and, often, hosting) internet domain names will have to apply to TLDH for the right to set up a web address that ends in a generic TLD string controlled by TLDH, such as .FISHING, .VODKA and .BEER.In the cases of Anheuser-Busch InBev, which sells the well-known US beer Budweiser, and Budweiser Budvar, the Czech company that brews the well-known Czech beer Budweiser, the competition to bag www.budweiser.beer could prove interesting for TLDH's legal eagles.A bit like personalised car number plates, it costs money to get the web site address you want; unlike personalised car number plates, web site owners have to keep renewing their right to a web address, which should prove a regular source of income to TLDH.It is only relatively recently that ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, loosened up the restrictions on generic TLDs, and a lot of heavy hitters are involved in the scramble to blag large chunks of cyber real estate.Among the big players are Amazon and Google, but although the UK-listed company is only valued at £96mln, TLDH is more than holding its own against the big boys, and recently topped up its war chest through a well-supported placing so it could compete more effectively in auctions for contested TLD names.Besides, which company would want to cross swords with a chairman whose name is Fred Krueger and whose most recent board addition is called Elliot Noss?The barriers to entry to this high-margin market opportunity are steep, and include the significant administrative costs involved, major investment in information technology and the knowledge-base required to operate and thrive in the space.Best of all, from TLDH's point of view, is that the deadline for applications to control ICANN's newly minted generic TLDs ended over a year ago, so it knows where it stands in terms of contested and uncontested applications.The contested applications are usually resolved through an auction process where the amount of the winning bid is divided equally among the losing bidders, prompting some wags among the TLDH shareholder base to suggest the company should low-ball a few bids to ensure it gets a pay-out, but the recurring revenue to be earned from controlling a TLD means, in TLDH's view, winning bids is the way to go.
Posted at 04/2/2014 10:02 by ftangftang
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TLDH Announces Raising $34m, Board Changes And gTLD Update




TLDH logoTop Level Domain Holdings, the applicant for the fourth largest number of gTLDs (92) for both itself and clients, has announced it has conditionally raised £21 million (approximately US$33.6 million) from institutional and other investors to develop its services and contest gTLD auctions. In addition it announced Tucows' Elliot Noss has joined the board, replacing Guy Elliott, and given an update on the status of all of its applications.



In the gTLD update, TLDH currently has interests in 24 uncontested gTLD applications, which it is progressing to operational launch through its wholly-owned registry services business, Minds + Machines Limited. It is also developing its global network of registrars through which names in the new domains can be sold to the public.

For more information on the above and other issues, see the TLDH announcement below:

Placing to raise £21 million; Board Changes

Highlights

£21 million (approximately US$33.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors
Cash balances on completion in excess of approximately US$48 million with an additional US$15 million available to compete in a single private auction
Elliot Noss, President and CEO of Tucows, Inc (NASDAQ:TCX) to join Board as a non-executive director
Company to be re-named Minds + Machines Limited to reflect transition to a full operating business

Placing

The Board of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited, is delighted to announce that the Company has today conditionally placed 175,000,000 new ordinary shares (the "Ordinary Shares") through N+1 Singer as broker to the Company at a placing price of 12p per Ordinary Share (the "Placing Price") with institutional and other investors to raise £21 million before expenses (equivalent to approximately US$33.6 million at current exchange rates) subject to admission (the "Placing").

The Company intends to use the Placing proceeds to continue developing its registry and registrar operations, Minds + Machines LLC and Minds + Machines Registrar Limited, as well as to provide additional funding for participation in the relevant private auction rounds for the 43 contested generic top-level domain ("gTLD") applications in which TLDH has an interest. The Company believes private auctions provide a significant opportunity for the Company both to increase the number of high-value gTLDs within its portfolio and to generate cash from those gTLDs which it chooses to relinquish. Under the private auction process, the winning bid is divided equally and paid to the losing applicants net of the auctioneer's fees.

The new Ordinary Shares being issued pursuant to the Placing will, on issue, rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue and application will be made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. Trading in the new Ordinary Shares on AIM is expected to commence on or around 5 February 2014.

Status of Operations and Available Cash

TLDH was the fourth largest new gTLD programme applicant after Donuts, Inc., Google, Inc., and Amazon, Inc. having submitted 92 new gTLD applications on behalf of itself and its clients in 2012. TLDH has subsequently established itself as one of the major participants in the Internet governing body's new gTLD programme and currently has interests in 24 uncontested gTLD applications, which it is progressing to operational launch through its wholly-owned registry services business, Minds + Machines Limited. TLDH is also developing its global network of registrars through which names in the new domains can be sold to the public. The Company is further extending its sales channel reach through the recent launch of its wholly-owned registrar business, Minds + Machines Registrar Limited, and priority reservation service, OPENdb. Launched in November 2013, the industry and consumer interest in priority reservations continues to be strong.

TLDH also has a further 43 wholly-owned new gTLD applications which are in contention with one or more applicants for the following strings:
.app .art .baby .beauty
.blog .book .cloud .coupon
.cpa .cricket .data .dds
.deals .design .dog .eco
.fashion .flowers .garden .gay
.green .home .hotel .immo
.inc .latino .law .llc
.love .pizza .property .realestate
.restaurant .school .site .soccer
.store .style .tech .video
.vip .wedding .yoga

As indicated above, the Company intends to use the Placing proceeds to provide additional funding for participation in the relevant private auction rounds for the contested generic top-level domain ("gTLD") applications in which TLDH has an interest.

On completion of the Placing, the Company's cash balances will increase to in excess of US$48 million (approximately £30 million). In addition, as previously announced, the Company also has a funding facility in place for up to US$15 million (equivalent to approximately £9.4 million) to support its participation in a single prospective auction for one contested gTLD. The Directors therefore believe the Company is now very well positioned to participate fully in the auctions and maximise the value of the contested gTLD applications in which the Company is interested.

In addition, the Company has an interest in a further 10 contested applications listed below, seven of which are third party client applications and three of which are joint venture applications with the Federation Internationale de Basketball (.basketball), the International Rugby Board (.yogarugby) and Tucows, Inc. (.yogagroup).
.basketball .broadway .casino
.group .music .poker
.radio .rugby .tickets
.tube

Board Changes

As part of the Company's impending transition from an investment company to a full operating business, the Board is also delighted to announce that, subject to the satisfactory completion of standard regulatory checks in compliance with the AIM Rules, Mr Elliot Noss has agreed to join the Board of TLDH as a non-executive director. Mr Noss is President and CEO of Tucows, Inc, one of the largest domain registrars.

Mr Guy Elliott will at the same time step down from the Board. Mr Elliott was a founding director of the Company and has played a key role in the development of the Company's portfolio of gTLD investments.

Fred Krueger, Chairman of TLDH, commented:
On behalf of the Board I would like to personally thank Guy for his wise counsel and support over the years and we wish him well on his other projects. We are likewise delighted that Elliot Noss has accepted our invitation to join the Board as a non-executive director at this key time in our development. Elliot is a highly regarded and respected individual within the domain industry and we welcome the additional commercial and operational perspectives he can bring as we continue to build our registry and registrar operations and commence the commercial launch our gTLDs. We are also exceptionally pleased by the level of interest from institutions to the placing which has exceeded our expectations.

Proposed Change of Name, Transition to an Operating Business and Re-Admission

The Company is now fully focused on commercialising its gTLD assets through its registry, registrar and registry service provider operations. As a result, the Board intends to implement fully a number of changes to the way in which TLDH is managed which will have the effect of changing the status of the Company from an investing company under the AIM Rules to an operating company with a material trading activity. As part of this transition, the Directors intend to change the name of the Company to Minds + Machines Limited, the same name as the Company's 100 per cent. owned subsidiaries, operating in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Directors believe the change of name will benefit stakeholder communications and branding significantly.

The change to an operating company with a material trading activity would be classified as reverse takeover of the Company under the AIM Rules and therefore would be conditional, inter alia, upon the approval of Shareholders at the Meeting of Shareholders. The Company is at an advanced stage of preparation of a circular to shareholders and a further announcement is expected to be made during February.
Total Voting Rights

Following the issue of the new Ordinary Shares, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 825,558,522 Ordinary Shares, with voting rights. This figure 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 Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The above TLDH announcement was sourced from:
www.tldh.org/2014/01/placing-to-raise-21-million-board-changes/
Posted at 01/2/2014 04:48 by johnma
Top Level Domain Holdings raises $33m from investorsBy Robert Cookson in LondonAn Aim-quoted company which is competing against Google and Amazon for control of new web suffixes such as ".app" and ".cloud" has raised $33m from investors to increase its bidding power in private auctions.Top Level Domain Holdings will announce on Friday that it has completed a capital raising that brings its cash balance to $48m in the run-up to auctions of some of the most coveted new domains.MoreTLDH makes its play in the name gameBut this pales in comparison to Google's $53bn and Amazon's $3.8bn in net cash as of September's end."It's a poker game – and you want to have enough chips on the table to be able to win some hands, lose some hands, and come out with the best outcome," said Antony Van Couvering, chief executive.The Dublin-based company is one of many seeking to capitalise on internet regulations that will result in the number of "generic top-level domains" such as ".com" expanding from a few dozen to more than 1,000.TLDH has already taken control of several uncontested domains, including ".horse", ".casa" and ".cooking". It is also working with London on the suffix ".london", which is due to go live this summer.But TLDH has also applied for more than 40 domains that are contested by others, including deep-pocketed technology groups such as Google and Amazon, as well as internet registry specialists such as Donuts.Contested domains are to be allocated by means of auctions.These are typically structured so that all participants are rewarded: highest bidder takes ownership of the domain, while losing participants split the winning bid equally between themselves.In the first private auction last year, six domains sold for a total of $9m. To date, auctions have tended to involve domains related to niche areas – such as ".red" or ".photography".Mr Van Couvering says prices are likely to rise significantly in the coming year as bidding begins on the most coveted and potentially lucrative names such as ".blog"."We'd be surprised to see any of the domains go for less than $1m," he said. "Many will go for $5m-$10m and some will go for much more."TLDH said it was working with a wealthy individual who has promised to provide as much as $15m to support its bid in a prospective auction for one domain, which it did not name.The company, with a market capitalisation of about £80m, is to announce on Friday that it will change its name to Minds+Machines Limited.
Posted at 14/1/2014 07:04 by nickg2
Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd Portfolio updateTIDMTLDHRNS Number : 5542XTop Level Domain Holdings Ltd14 January 2014For immediate release14 January 2014Top Level Domain Holdings Limited("TLDH", the "Company" or "Group")gTLD Portfolio UpdateThe Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) are pleased to provide an update on the progress of its uncontested gTLD applications, Minds + Machines' OPEN Priority Reservation programme and the private auction process.Progress of uncontested TLDH and client applicationsOf the 24 uncontested applications in which TLDH has an interest, the Company is delighted to confirm that contracts have now been exchanged with ICANN on seventeen - fifteen of which are wholly/majority owned by TLDH, with the remaining two being client-led applications.The fifteen TLDH wholly/majority owned applications where contracts have now been signed and exchanged with ICANN are: .FISHING, .CASA, .BUDAPEST, .VODKA, .RODEO, .WORK, .MIAMI, .COOKING, .HORSE, .LUXE, .NRW, .COUNTRY, .BAYERN, .BEER, and .SURF. Of these, .FISHING, .CASA, .BUDAPEST, .COOKING, and .HORSE have already passed pre-delegation testing ("PDT").The directors are confident that all of its uncontested portfolio will continue to move smoothly through the PDT and final approval phases ahead of delegation into the Internet's root zone.Meanwhile, TLDH's portfolio of uncontested client-led applications continues to progress well with .KIWI now delegated into the Internet's root and scheduled to start its Sunrise later in January. The Sunrise is the 30-60 day period where trademark owners can claim their name within a new gTLD ahead of the public launch of a new top level domain.Priority Reservation PlatformFurther to the announcement of 18 December, reservations for TLDH's wholly-owned domains .CASA, .COOKING, and .HORSE via the Company's OPEN Priority Reservation platform continues to be strong, as have early sales of PeopleBrowsr's .CEO and .BEST names which are also available through Minds + Machines OPEN service. To date, 17 registrars from around the world have signed Registry-Registrar Agreements ("RRAs") with TLDH enabling them to market/sell names to consumers within TLDH owned domains when launched; in addition 11 registrars have agreed to implement Minds + Machines' Priority Reservation service thereby extending its marketing reach.Private and ICANN Auction UpdateAs previously announced, the directors fully expect TLDH to participate in the upcoming private auctions for the 43 contested strings in which it has an interest as and when they occur.The Board also notes ICANN has recently published a preliminary schedule for potential ICANN sponsored auctions for contested strings on which ICANN is seeking comment ( The Board believes this development should provide further stimulus to those applicants not wishing to go down the ICANN auction route to resolve contention issues in a timely manner and enable the Company to take a more strategic view on those applications that advance to the ICANN auction rounds.Antony Van Couvering, Group CEO, commented:"We have an exceptionally strong portfolio of uncontested applications already in place, the first of which are now entering their respective launch phases. We likewise are gathering significant market insights through our OPEN platform which in turn is enabling us to better understand the potential value of our contested gTLDs. We therefore look forward to advancing our contested portfolio in a manner that best returns value to our shareholders."Further Information:Top Level Domain Holdings LimitedNorth America Antony Van Couvering Tel: + 1 917 406 7126 Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nomad) Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 Roland CornishMichael CornishN+1 Singer (Broker) Matt Thomas/Shaun Dobson Tel +44 (0) 20 7496 3000 gth media relations Toby Hall /Suzanne Johnson Walsh Tel: +44 (0) 20 7822 7493/2 Or visit the group's website atwww.tldh.orgAbout Top Level Domain Holdings LimitedTop Level Domain Holding is a publicly traded holding company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange focused on the new top-level domain space. Top-level domains, such as .com and .net are regulated by ICANN. ICANN is expanding the number of new generic top-level domains from the current 22 to over 1000. TLDH is making targeted investments in this space, focusing on both infrastructure technologies and specific top-level domains.About Minds + Machines, Minds + Machines is a registry services provider that works internationally with commercial organisations, cities, not-for-profits and entrepreneurs to secure and operate new top-level domains (TLDs). Minds + Machines' registrar services are provided through Minds + Machines Registrar Limited. Both Minds + Machines LLC and Minds + Machines Registrar Limited are wholly owned subsidiaries of Top Level Domains Holdings Limited.This information is provided by RNSThe company news service from the London Stock ExchangeENDSTRBCGDBXGBBGSX
Posted at 14/1/2014 03:58 by thaimalc
TLDH opens up list of 70,000 premium names for all new gTLDs

Kevin Murphy, January 14, 2014, 03:54:37 (UTC), Domain Services
Top Level Domain Holdings has ramped up its new gTLD pre-registration effort with a new database service that enables registries to automatically collate and price their premium names.

The new OpenDB.co service builds on the Online Priority Enhanced Names system we reported on during the ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires a couple months ago.

TLDH chairman Fred Krueger told DI today that new gTLD registry operators will be able to automatically generate a list of up to 70,000 premium names - with associated prices - for their TLD(s).

It works using a proprietary taxonomy of strings in 500 categories, put together by about 30 people working for TLDH, and baseline .com pricing estimates calculated by various only tools such as Estibot.

If you're the registry for .web, for example, you might decide that all premium .web domains are worth 50% of the .com price, and you could create your premium names list accordingly with just a few clicks.

But if you're the registry for a narrower, niche gTLD, you might want to assign values by category, subcategory or individual name.

If you're .poker, you might decide that names in the OpenDB "gambling" category are worth 300% of .com, due to the affinity between the TLD and the second level, and that "sports" names are worth 50%, but everything else is worth just 1% of the corresponding .com name.

A possible drawback of the system might be that the algorithmic .com price estimates underlying it are just that - estimates, based on factors such as Google search volume and Adwords cost-per-click.

Online tools that do this kind of price estimation are quite often criticized or mocked for under- or over-pricing names in existing TLDs.

Another drawback might be that while 70,000 is certainly a lot of strings, it might not dive deeply enough into the potential premium pool for very niche gTLDs.

If the service catches on, I expect it will wind up competing with consultancies that offer expertise-based pricing, such as Right Of The Dot, and brokerage platforms such as Sedo.

So far only PeopleBrowsr (.ceo, .best) has openly committed to use the system.

TLDH says that it will start offering any names in OpenDB via its affiliated Minds + Machines registrar, with a 20% markup.

There's also an OpenDB API that registrars can use to add these premium names to their own storefronts, Krueger said.
Posted at 18/12/2013 07:59 by spiritfinder
Excellent development concerning the OPEN platform - as was noted at the time of launch (19th Nov RNS), this is critically important development to facilitate another revenue stream whilst enabling TLDH to challenge the likes of GoDaddy in the Registrar space.

Todays RNS clearly indicates that strategy being developed towards eventual realization.

Development of Registrar Network

"TLDH has now signed Registry-Registrar Agreements ("RRA's") with an initial twelve ICANN-accredited registrars in the US, Europe and Asia."

"Of the initial twelve registrars that have signed RRAs, seven have signed up with Minds + Machines OPEN Priority Reservation Platform, thereby extending the reach of its Priority Reservation program. Currently reservations are being taken for five yet-to-launch top-level domains through the OPEN Priority Reservation Platform.

The Company expects this number to INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY as a result of the interest being shown in the platform by registrars and other operators of new generic top-level domains."

Whats also of great importance, is the clear indication that TLDH are in clear control of the timing of Private Auctions in which they participate. As the RNS states, that would facillitate the "Optimal" timing to suit TLDH's purpose within that process.

2014 should start off very bullish for equities after the skittishness caused by the US concerns over Fed Tapering etc. We should see the relevant Private Auction partricipation by TLDH at that time & beyond the current round proceeding atm, which may not include TLDH if not deemed strategically 'optimal' timing.
Posted at 18/12/2013 07:19 by nickg2
Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd Sales Channel and gTLD Portfolio UpdateTIDMTLDHRNS Number : 8112VTop Level Domain Holdings Ltd18 December 2013For immediate release18 December 2013Top Level Domain Holdings Limited("TLDH", the "Company" or "Group")Sales Channel and gTLD Portfolio UpdateThe Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) are pleased to provide an update on the ongoing development of its sales channels to consumers, Minds + Machines' OPEN Priority Reservation program, and progress within its portfolio of gTLDs.Development of Registrar NetworkTLDH has now signed Registry-Registrar Agreements ("RRA's") with an initial twelve ICANN-accredited registrars in the US, Europe and Asia. Registrars are the entities authorised by the Internet's governing body, ICANN, to sell web addresses directly to the public. The Company plans to expand its registrar network in 2014 to complement its own direct sales channel to market through its wholly-owned registrar, Minds + Machines Registrar Limited.OPEN Priority Reservation Platform UpdateOf the initial twelve registrars that have signed RRAs, seven have signed up with Minds + Machines OPEN Priority Reservation Platform, thereby extending the reach of its Priority Reservation program. Currently reservations are being taken for five yet-to-launch top-level domains through the OPEN Priority Reservation Platform. The Company expects this number to increase significantly as a result of the interest being shown in the platform by registrars and other operators of new generic top-level domains.gTLD Portfolio UpdateThe Directors expect to see the first of its portfolio of 25 uncontested top level domains in which it has an interest launch in Q1 2014 with a rolling program of launches continuing throughout the year. The Group will continue to participate in private auctions during the first half of 2014 to resolve contention on the Company's 43 wholly-owned gTLD applications currently contested between itself and one or more other parties. All applicants for a contested gTLD must consent to a private auction which enables the Group to determine the optimal time and basis for participating.Antony Van Couvering, Group CEO, commented:"2013 has been an exceptional year of achievement for TLDH and the new gTLD program. As we move into 2014 and commence the rolling launch of new domains within our portfolio, we are greatly encouraged by the consumer and industry response to the Minds + Machines OPEN Priority Reservation Platform and the level of interest from registrars wishing to work with us across our portfolio, as each brings important marketing and distribution reach."Further Information:Top Level Domain Holdings LimitedNorth America Antony Van Couvering Tel: + 1 917 406 7126 Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nomad) Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 Roland CornishMichael CornishN+1 Singer (Broker) Matt Thomas/Shaun Dobson Tel +44 (0) 20 7496 3000 gth media relations Toby Hall /Suzanne Johnson Walsh Tel: +44 (0) 20 7822 7493/2 Or visit the group's website at www.tldh.orgAbout Top Level Domain Holdings LimitedTop Level Domain Holding is a publicly traded holding company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange focused on the new top-level domain space. Top-level domains, such as .com and .net are regulated by ICANN. ICANN is expanding the number of new generic top-level domains from the current 22 to over 1000. TLDH is making targeted investments in this space, focusing on both infrastructure technologies and specific top-level domains.About Minds + Machines, Minds + Machines is a registry services provider that works internationally with commercial organisations, cities, not-for-profits and entrepreneurs to secure and operate new top-level domains (TLDs). Minds + Machines' registrar services are provided through Minds + Machines Registrar Limited. Both Minds + Machines LLC and Minds + Machines Registrar Limited are wholly owned subsidiaries of Top Level Domains Holdings Limited.This information is provided by RNSThe company news service from the London Stock ExchangeENDSTREAEAPFADDFEF

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