Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0422F

CentralNic Group PLC

12 May 2017

 

Press Release

12th May 2017

CentralNic Group plc

("CentralNic" or the "Company")

Holding in Company

CentralNic received notification today from Robert Pooke (who was a Director of the Company until 5 February 2016) that on 9^th May 2017 he sold a total of 3,750,000 Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company. 

Mr Pooke retains an indirect interest in the Company via his 32.0% minority shareholding in Jabella Group Limited.  Jabella Group Limited has a total holding of 5,687,891 shares in the share capital of the company, which represents 5.9% of the issued share capital. 

For further information:

CentralNic Group plc
Ben Crawford, Chief Executive Officer Glenn Hayward,  Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Zeus Capital - Nomad and Joint Broker
Nick Cowles / Jamie Peel (Corporate Finance)	[phone]
John Goold / Alex Davies (Institutional Sales)	[phone]
Peel Hunt LLP - Joint Broker	[phone]
Richard Kauffer / Euan Brown (Corporate Finance)
Alastair Rae (Syndications)
Abchurch Communications
Julian Bosdet / Tim Thompson / Vera Prokhorenko	[phone]
[e-mail]	www.abchurch-group.com

About CentralNic Group plc

CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) is a London-based AIM-listed company which operates globally with customers in over 200 countries.  It earns revenues from the worldwide sales of internet domain names using its proprietary technology platform.  CentralNic sells these domain names on an annual subscription basis.  Customers pay for domain names upfront, making CentralNic a cash-generative business with annuity revenue streams. 

CentralNic comprises of three business lines within the domain name industry including wholesale, retail and enterprise divisions.  It operates a global network, supplying domain names to over 1,500 vendors in 77 countries to reach over 100,000 resellers.  CentralNic is the exclusive wholesaler for over 30 new Top-Level Domain (nTLDs) extensions such as .xyz, .site, .online, .website, .space, and .tech (the new alternatives to .com and .net).  They rank amongst the top 25 most subscribed nTLDs.  About one in three of all domains registered under nTLDs globally use the CentralNic platform.  This positions CentralNic as the leading global supplier with more than eight million of these domains under management.

CentralNic is also a leading global domain name retailer, with retail websites including internetbs.net, buydomains.london and domain.luxury.  After acquiring Instra Group, CentralNic Group now includes instra.com and a number of other leading retail websites.  Through its enterprise programme, CentralNic supplies domain names (itself owning approximately 37,500 premium domain names that it trades), software and services directly to large companies and governments including Saudi Telecom Company, Etisalat and Kuwait Finance House.

For more information please visit: www.centralnic.com

 

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