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Team Internet Group PLC(formerly namedCentralNicGroup PLC) is a Britishmultinationalinternet servicesholding company[1]headquartered in London, United Kingdom.[2]Its subsidiaries provide services categorized in two segments: Online Marketing and Online Presence. The Online Marketing segment offers services and products indigital advertising,domain monetization, traffic commerce and product comparison; the Online Presence segment providedomain nameregistry[3]andregistrarservices,[4]in addition to associated products and services, includingweb hosting,brand management,anddomain parking.[5]

Team Internet Group PLC is listed within theAIMmarket on theLondon Stock Exchangesince 2013. It was featured in the FT1000 sixth (2022) and seventh (2023) annual list of Europe's fastest growing companies, being listed among the top-250 fastest-growing companies in both reports, published by theFinancial Timesin partnership withStatista,and among the top-50 fastest-growing Technology companies in Europe.[6][7]Team Internet Group PLC is incorporated on both theFTSE AIM 100andFTSE AIM UK 50Indices.

History

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CentralNic was founded by Stephen Dyer in 2000[8]as a successor organisation toNomiNation,a company which he had founded in 1995.[9]

In August 2013 CentralNic announced[10]that it planned tofloaton theAlternative Investment Marketof theLondon Stock Exchange.Shortly after this announcement, the Group began trading its shares on the LSE in September 2013.[11]

In the following years CentralNic carried out several acquisitions: early in 2014 CentralNic acquired DomiNIC GmbH.[12]That same year it announced the acquisition of retail domain name registrar Internet.BS, for US$7.5m, adding to its expanding Registrar Portfolio.[13]In 2015 CentralNic acquired Instra Corp and quickly integrated this retail and corporatedomain name registrarinto its portfolio.[14]A few years later, in 2018, CentralNic acquired the ccTLD for Slovakia (.sk) in a €26m deal.[15]

CentralNic announced a transformative merger with KeyDrive Group on 16 July 2018, in a reverse takeover (according to AIM rules of the London Stock Exchange).[16]After this, more acquisitions followed: on 6 September 2018 CentralNic acquired Romania and Brazil-focused registrar and domain hosting provider GlobeHosting Inc. for a consideration of €2.56 million.[17]

2019 was a particular year with several acquisitions announced: on 20 May the Group announced its plans to acquire the leading Australian and New Zealand domain name and hosting reseller business TPP Wholesale for $24m AUD.[18]On 1 July CentralNic acquired international domain name reseller platform Hexonet Group for up to €10 million.[19]On 7 August CentralNic acquired international domain name retailer Ideegeo Group Ltd ( "Ideegeo" ) for up to NZD$5.2 million (c.$3.4m USD).[20]Then later in November CentralNic acquired Team Internet fromMatomy Mediafor $48m.[21]

In September 2020 it was announced that the Group would acquire the Zeropark and Voluum businesses of Polish company Codewise for $36m.[22]The deal was completed in November 2020. Shortly after, in January 2021 CentralNic acquired French brand protection registrar Safebrands for $4.4m.[23]

In October 2022, CentralNic acquired theCalifornia-headquartered domain name management business, Intellectual Property Management Co. Inc. for $7.6 million USD.[24]And then in December 2022, it was announced the Group had acquired a portfolio of revenue generating niche websites from multiple sellers for $ 5.2 million USD cash.[25]

On 4 September 2023, the rebranding of the CentralNic Group to Team Internet Group was announced during an event at the London Stock exchange to celebrate the company's 10-yearIPOanniversary.[26]

Companies within the group

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Country code top-level domains

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CentralNic Ltd, thedomain name registrysubsidiary of Team Internet Group PLC, registerssecond-level domains(SLDs) under thesecountry code top-level domains(ccTLDs):[28]

New top-level domains

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Team Internet registers SLDs under these [new]generic top-level domain(gTLDs):[29]

Second-level domains

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Team Internet registerssubdomainsunder theseunofficialsecond-level domains(SLDs):

None of these domains is an official SLD. Therefore, this part of Team Internet's operation is aprivate sub-domain registry.

These subdomains have been relatively popular and sold across a wide range of domain registrars globally, includingGoDaddy,Alibaba,Network Solutions,eNom,Webfusion,GMO Internet, Inc.,Gandi,Key Systems,Directi,InternetX,and many others.[30]

References

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  1. ^"Company Information - CentralNic Group plc (CNIC)".Hargreaves Lansdown.Retrieved22 November2019.
  2. ^"CentralNic".Peldon Rose.Retrieved22 November2019.
  3. ^"Registry - CentralNic".Retrieved22 November2019.
  4. ^"Retail - CentralNic".Retrieved22 November2019.
  5. ^"Corporate - CentralNic".Retrieved22 November2019.
  6. ^Kelly, Maxine (2022-03-01)."FT 1000: the sixth annual list of Europe's fastest-growing companies".ft.Retrieved2023-09-19.
  7. ^"FT 1000: the seventh annual ranking of Europe's fastest-growing companies".2023-03-01.Retrieved2023-09-19.
  8. ^McCarthy, Kieren (2004-06-23)."Vote for who should run the UK's Internet".The Register.Retrieved2008-03-10.
  9. ^"Exhibit 1 Information on Nominet UK".ICANN.Retrieved2008-03-10.
  10. ^Titcomb, James (2013-08-12)."UK web domain firm CentralNic eyes London IPO".The Daily Telegraph.Retrieved2013-08-21.
  11. ^"CentralNic Begins Trading Its Shares on The London Stock Exchange's AIM Market".businesswire.2013-09-03.Retrieved2023-09-20.
  12. ^"CentralNic acquires assets of DomiNIC GmbH".TheDomains.2014-04-10.Retrieved2018-03-03.
  13. ^"CentralNic buys domain name registrar Internet.bs (IBS) - Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Website Stuff".Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Website Stuff.2014-06-16.Retrieved2018-03-03.
  14. ^O'Sullivan, Patrick (2015-12-14)."Instra snapped up for $35m".NZ Herald.ISSN1170-0777.Retrieved2018-03-03.
  15. ^"BRIEF-Centralnic Group to acquire business and assets of SK-NIC".Reuters.2017-08-25.Retrieved2018-03-03.
  16. ^"CentralNic closes transformational acquisition of KeyDrive".16 July 2018.
  17. ^"Press Release, 6th September 2018".Retrieved2019-11-22.
  18. ^"Press Release, May 20th 2019".Retrieved2019-11-22.
  19. ^"Press Release, July 1st 2019".Retrieved2019-11-22.
  20. ^"Press Release, August 7 2019".Retrieved2019-11-22.
  21. ^"CentralNic Acquires Team Internet AG for up to $48 million (USD)".15 November 2019.Retrieved16 November2019..
  22. ^"CentralNic to acquire monetization company Codewise for $36 million".10 September 2020.Retrieved27 January2021..
  23. ^"CentralNic Group snaps up 'French footprint' SafeBrands, 'making us major non-US company in space'".18 January 2021.Retrieved27 January2021..
  24. ^"CentralNic to acquire Californian domain name management firm | Financial News".lse.co.uk.Retrieved2022-10-26.
  25. ^"CentralNic acquires niche website portfolio for USD5.2 million | Financial News".lse.co.uk.Retrieved2022-12-19.
  26. ^"CentralNic Commemorates a Decade on the London Stock Exchange with a Distinguished Rebrand to 'Team Internet'".londonstockexchange.Retrieved2023-09-04.
  27. ^"Retail".
  28. ^"Complete TLD List: Domain Names: CentralNic".CentralNic website.Retrieved2023-04-07.
  29. ^"Generic Top-level Domains (GTLDS)".
  30. ^"Accredited Registrars: Support: CentralNic".centralnic.Retrieved2019-04-17.
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