MMX.L Regulatory News (MMX)

For Immediate Release

13 August 2012

TOP LEVEL DOMAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED

("TLDH" or the "Company")

Grant of options

TLDH announces that it has adopted a new option scheme for the Company's employees that will enable the Company, inter alia, to issue qualified incentive options to US-based employees (the "2012 Option Scheme"). Pursuant to the Option Scheme the Company has granted in aggregate 2,212,500 options to staff to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 7p per new Ordinary Share which must be exercised on or before 31 July 2022. 1,226,482 of the options vest immediately and 423,518 will vest on 1 January 2013. The remaining options will vest in three-monthly instalments at rate equivalent of one-twelfth of the unvested option shares (equivalent to 46,875 option shares per three month period).

In addition, the Company has granted 350,000 options pursuant to the 2012 Option Scheme to a consultant to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 7p per new Ordinary Share which must be exercised on or before 31 July 2022. The options will vest in three-monthly instalments at rate equivalent of one twelfth of the grant (equivalent to 29,166 options per three month period).

Following the grant of the new options, there is in aggregate a total of 53,215,194 outstanding options representing 10.23 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

For further information, please contact:

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

ENDS