14 May 2012 07:00
For immediate release
14 May 2012
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
("TLDH", the "Company" or "Group")
Application Window Re-Opening Update
Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) is pleased to notify shareholders that the Internet's governing body, ICANN, has announced that the technical glitch affecting The Application System ("TAS") has been resolved and that ICANN intends to re-open the Application Window on 22 May until 30 May. The date on which ICANN will reveal the full list of gTLD applications is yet to be confirmed.
ICANN has informed the Group that while two of its filed applications had a non-descriptive file name exposed due to the technical glitch, there is no evidence that any unauthorized users were able to download or view the contents of these attachments.
Updates on the application window are available from ICANN's website at http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas/interruption-updates.
Further Information:
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
North America
Antony Van Couvering Tel: + 1 917 406 7126
Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nomad) Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
Roland Cornish
Michael Cornish
XCAP Securities plc (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 3216 2661/2667
Karen Kelly
Halimah Hussain
Daniel Stewart & Company plc (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 6550
Martin Lampshire
gth media relations
Toby Hall /Suzanne Johnson Walsh Tel: +44 (0) 20 3103 3903/2
Or visit the group's website at www.tldh.org
About Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
Top Level Domain Holding is a publicly traded holding company listed on the London AIM market. The company is focused on the new top-level domain space. Top-level domains, such as .com, run by VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), and .biz, run by NeuStar (NYSE: NSR), are regulated by ICANN. ICANN has announced plans to expand the number of top-level domains ("gTLDs"). TLDH intends to make targeted investments in this space, focusing on both infrastructure technologies and specific top-level domains.
About Minds + Machines, http://mindsandmachines.com
Minds + Machines is a registry services provider that works internationally with commercial organisations, cities, not-for-profits and entrepreneurs to secure and operate new web domains, known as top-level domains (TLDs). Minds and Machines Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Top Level Domains Holdings Limited.