Exercise of Share Options & Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 7168N

CentralNic Group PLC

02 February 2016

 

Press Release

2 February 2016

CentralNic Group Plc

("CentralNic" or the "Company")

Exercise of Share Options & Total Voting Rights

CentralNic, (AIM: CNIC), the internet platform business which derives revenues from the global sale of domain names, announces that it has issued 20,417 new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence ("Ordinary Shares") following the exercise of share options in line with share option vesting terms.

Application was made to the London Stock Exchange for the 20,417 Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the option exercise to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to occur at 8:00 a.m. on 8 February 2016. The Ordinary Shares shall rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares in the Company.

Following Admission, the Company's enlarged issued share capital comprises 95,684,348 Ordinary Shares with one voting right per share. There are no shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 95,684,348.

This figure of 95,684,348 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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For further information:

CentralNic Group Plc
Ben Crawford (CEO)	[phone]
Zeus Capital Limited - NOMAD and Joint Broker
Nick Cowles / Ross Andrews John Goold / Alex Davies	[phone] [phone]
Peel Hunt LLP - Joint Broker
Richard Kauffer / Euan Brown	[phone]
Abchurch Communications
Jamie Hooper / Canace Wong	[phone]
[e-mail]	www.abchurch-group.com

About CentralNic

CentralNic (LSE: CNIC) is a London-based AIM-listed company which earns revenues from the worldwide sales of internet domain names over its proprietary technology platform. These domain names are sold on an annual subscription basis and paid for by customers upfront, making CentralNic a cash-generative business with annuity revenue streams.   CentralNic comprises three business lines within the domain name industry.   It operates a global wholesale network, supplying domain names to over 1,500 vendors in 77 countries. CentralNic is the exclusive wholesaler for all domains ending with .xyz .tickets, .site, .design .bar, .love, .feedback, and over 30 other new Top-Level Domain extensions (the new. alternatives to .com and .net). As at 14 January 2016, .xyz is ranked as the most subscribed new Top-Level Domain extension, with total number of registrations close to two million.  

One in five of all domains registered under new TLDs globally uses the CentralNic platform, consistently ranking CentralNic as a top two global supplier with over two million of these domains under management. CentralNic is also a leading global domain name retailer, with its retail websites including internetbs.net, buydomains.london and domain.luxury and most recently instra.com and onlydomains.com following its acquisition of global domain name retailer Instra Group. Additionally, via its enterprise programme, CentralNic supplies domain names (including high-value premium domain names), software and services directly to large corporations and governments.

For more information please visit: www.centralnic.com 

 

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