7th Feb 2014 15:26
For immediate release
7 February 2014
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
("TLDH", the "Company" or "Group")
Holding(s) in Company
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: | TOP LEVEL DOMAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED | |||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | ü | |||
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ü | |||
Other (please specify): | ||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: | HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) | DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS | |||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 05 FEBRUARY 2014 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 07 FEBRUARY 2014 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: | 5% | |||
8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||||||||||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||
VGG892311074 | 21,448,600 | 21,448,600 | 43,420,723 | 43,420,723 | 5.2596% | ||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights
| ||||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||
43,420,723 | 5.2596% | ||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||
39,804,173 of these shares are held for unit trusts operated by Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd for whom Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the investments on a discretionary basis. The remaining shares are held for other Discretionary clients. | ||
Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | ||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | ||
13. Additional information: | The difference in the percentage of shares held is entirely due to participation in the placing by Top Level Domain Holdings Limited, the shares from which were admitted to AIM on 05/02/2014. | |
14. Contact name: | David Clueit | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 01253 754739 | |
Further Information:
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
North America
Antony Van Couvering Tel:+1 310 452-1491
Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nomad) Tel:+44 (0)20 7628 3396
Roland Cornish / Michael Cornish
N+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 7493/92
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