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CentralNic Group in the Press

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2019

CentralNic buys Team Internet for $48 million

Source: Various - November 15, 2019

CentralNic Group PLC to acquire Team Internet for US$48m

Source: CentralNic - November 15, 2019

New Registry DNS Services from CentralNic Registry Solutions

Source: CentralNic - November 5, 2019

CentralNic Group PLC to acquire HEXONET for €10m

Source: CentralNic - July 1, 2019

How China’s e-commerce playbook can help emerging economies transform – The View by Ben Crawford

Source: South China Morning Post - March 13, 2019

CentralNic’s Ben Crawford’s 2018 Highlight Was KeyDrive Merger, While nTLDs Offer Great Opportunities

Source: Domain Pulse - January 23, 2019

The Manager of Internet addresses

Source: Saarbrücker Zeitung - January 22, 2019

TechInvest - New Year Tips

Source: TechInvest (print) - January, 2019

2018

CentralNic buys .fans for peanuts

Source: Domain Incite - October 8, 2018

CentralNic revenue hits £11.2 million in first half of year

Source: Domain Name Wire - September 26, 2018

CentralNic earnings double in first half as it eyes further acquisitions following KeyDrive

Source: Proactive Investors - September 26, 2018

CentralNic acquired yet another company

Source: Domain Incite - September 7, 2018

CentralNic scoops up tiny domain name registrar with focus on Romania and Brazil

Source: Domain Name Wire - September 6, 2018

CentralNic acquires Romania and Brazil-focused domain host provider GlobeHosting

Source: Proactive Investors - September 6, 2018

Acquisition of GlobeHosting

Source: CentralNic - September 6, 2018

Shareholders approve KeyDrive acquisition; deal to close tomorrow

Source: Domain Name Wire - August 1, 2018

Centralnic joins the domain name big boys with Keydrive acquisition

Source: Proactive Investors - July 17, 2018

KeyDrive reverses into CentralNic in $55 million deal

Source: Domain Incite - July 16, 2018

CentralNic Acquires KeyDrive - Essentially Doubling in Size Overnight

Source: DN Journal - July 16, 2018

CentralNic scoops up KeyDrive for up to $55 million

Source: Domain Name Wire - July 16, 2018

More Domain Industry Consolidation as CentralNic Acquires Key-Systems

Source: Domain Pulse - July 16, 2018

CentralNic closes transformational acquisition of KeyDrive

Source: Proactive Investors - July 16, 2018

CentralNic Group PLC set to double in size with KeyDrive acquisition

Source: Proactive Investors - July 16, 2018

CentralNic reports 2017 earnings, merger with KeyDrive still in the works

Source: Domain Name Wire - May 31, 2018

CentralNic now managing failing .fan and .fans

Source: Domain Incite - May 14, 2018

How the GDPR Will Affect the CentralNic Registry System

Source: CentralNic - May 14, 2018

CentralNic and KeyDrive in merger talks

Source: Domain Incite - March 14, 2018

CentralNic and KeyDrive look to merge

Source: Domain Name Wire - March 14, 2018

CentralNic confirms in talks on potential combination with Luxembourg-based KeyDrive; shares temporarily suspended

Source: Proactive Investors - March 14, 2018

CentralNic Group's acquisition strategy augmenting its growth surge

Source: Proactive Investors - February 19, 2018

CentralNic spends $3.3 million on .com portfolios

Source: Domain Incite - January 9, 2018

CentralNic buys £2.5 million of domain names

Source: Domain Name Wire - January 9, 2018

2017

CentralNic appoints Vladimir Vano as Group Economist and Head of Communications for Slovakia

Source: CentralNic - December 13, 2017

CentralNic secures contract to support 14 new Top-Level Domains

Source: Realwire - October 24, 2017

Update on completion of acquisition of SK-NIC

Source: CentralNic - October 19, 2017

CentralNic lining up further acquisitions after strong first half

Source: Proactive Investors - September 7, 2017

CentralNic to acquire SK-NIC

Source: CentralNic - August 25, 2017

CentralNic picks up a Megabuyte award

Source: Realwire - July 3, 2017

'Our growth is very encouraging' - CentralNic's Ben Crawford

Source: Proactive Investors - May 9, 2017

Growth in 2016 'massive' says CentralNic’s Crawford

Source: domainnamewire.com - March 9, 2017

CentralNic sales double; outlines ambitious expansion plans

Source: Proactive Investors - March 7, 2017

Trading and Strategic Update

Source: CentralNic - March 7, 2017

CentralNic appoints Stuart Fuller as Group Commercial Director

Source: CentralNic - February 22, 2017

2016

CentralNic boss says more to come in China as he reveals US$4.5mln sale

Source: Proactive Investors - December 14, 2016

Change to Whois Record Formats, 2017-03-01

Source: CentralNic - December 1, 2016

Saudi Telecom launches .STC (Arabic)

Source: Alriyadh Newspaper (print) - October 20, 2016

Global bars and restaurants set to benefit from newly released pool of .bar and .rest domains

Source: CentralNic - October 17, 2016

.XYZ domain helping to drive growth at CentralNic

Source: Proactive Investors - October 12, 2016

.AM Now Available On CentralNic’s Registry Gateway

Source: CentralNic - August 30, 2016

CentralNic awarded contract for .FM

Source: CentralNic - August 1, 2016

CentralNic to Launch .CX via its Registry Gateway Service

Source: CentralNic - June 20, 2016

UKCI Awards Contract for .ART to CentralNic

Source: CentralNic - June 17, 2016

2015

Important Security Notice Regarding Fraudulent Invoices

Source: CentralNic - November 3, 2015

Growth is as easy as XYZ for CentralNic

Source: Various - August 14, 2015

Share idea for your consideration - CentralNic

Source: The Motley Fool (blog) - August 11, 2015

CentralNic Bolsters Registrar Relations Team with Senior Hire

Source: CentralNic - May 11, 2015

Speculation over Anglo American mega-deal sends shares soaring

Source: Daily Mail - April 29, 2015

CentralNic Group doubles revenues in year of transition

Source: Proactive Investors - April 29, 2015

CentralNic adjusted earnings up 70%

Source: Interactive Investor (iii.co.uk) - April 29, 2015

CentralNic Group has its eyes on the big prizes

Source: Proactive Investors - April 28, 2015

CentralNic puts its money where the internet's mouth is

Source: Cambridge News - April 22, 2015

New gTLD Registrations Pass 5 Million Mark With Many Performing Well

Source: Goldstein Report - April 15, 2015

CentralNic picks up new batch of top level domains

Source: Proactive Investors - April 1, 2015

Dot-com at 30: will the world's best-known web domain soon be obsolete?

Source: The Telegraph - March 15, 2015

How can we raise the profile of Wales in our expat communities?

Source: North Wales Daily Post - March 1, 2015

.Cymru goes global with help from CentralNic Group

Source: Wales Online - March 1, 2015

2014

Brands are finally moving forward with their new gTLD applications, says Ben Crawford

Source: IP Pro The Internet (Print) - December 9, 2014

Tempus Column: Still a big player after shrugging off defeat

Source: The Times (Print) - December 9, 2014

CentralNic Group wins hotly contested top level domain battle

Source: Proactive Investors - October 27, 2014

Investment in Accent Media Ltd, the new rights holder for the new ".tickets" Top-Level Domain

Source: CentralNic - September 22, 2014

New .bar domain name launched to bar industry

Source: Bar Magazine - July 21, 2014

Bars get own internet domain

Source: The Drinks Business - July 21, 2014

New domain name '.bar' launched for the bar and club industry

Source: Food & Drink International - July 21, 2014

London internet business CentralNic launches campaign to "Get London businesses online

Source: CentralNic - July 7, 2014

Medium-sized businesses need more support to stop them from falling over the tax cliff

Source: The Independent - June 27, 2014

CentralNic buys domain name registrar Internet.bs (IBS)

Source: Domain Name Wire - June 17, 2014

The battle for cyber real estate hots up in the luxury world

Source: Financial Times - May 29, 2014

CentralNIC Group set to pick up the pace

Source: Proactive Investors - May 8, 2014

CentralNic boosts revenues in first final results since listing

Source: Proactive Investors - May 8, 2014

CentralNic Group PLC - Final Results

Source: CentralNic - May 8, 2014

CentralNic Purchases DomiNIC

Source: Various - May 1, 2014

First dot-London web addresses go live

Source: Various - April 29, 2014

CentralNic launches new domain names to compete with .com

Source: Proactive Investors - April 25, 2014

CentralNic at the heart of an internet revolution

Source: Proactive Investors - April 23, 2014

New gTLD: .INK

Source: Various - March 31, 2014

Radix Awards Contracts for .website, .host, .space, and .press to CentralNic

Source: Various - March 25, 2014

New gTLDs: .XYZ

Source: Various - May 13, 2014

World Wide Web at 25: the next 25 years

Source: The Telegragh - March 12, 2014

AGIP & CentralNic Signed a Memorandum of Understanding

Source: AG-IP News - March 12, 2014

CentralNic New gTLDs

Source: Various - February 28, 2014

CentralNic Signs Agreement with Domain Venture Partners

Source: Various - February 18, 2014

Glenn Hayward, Formerly With Nominet, Joins CentralNic’s Board & Becomes Its CFO

Source: Various - February 10, 2014

New: .CO.COM

Source: Various - January 10, 2014

New gTLD: .WIKI

Source: Various - January 7, 2014