# CentralNic Group PLC Completion of the acquisition of TPP Wholesale

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/centralnic-group-plc-completion-of-the-acquisition-of-tpp-wholesale/412789097
- Published: 2019-08-01T07:17:41+01:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**CentralNic Group PLC** ([LON:CNIC](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/centralnic-group-plc/cnic.l)),
the global internet platform that derives revenue from the subscription sales of
internet domain names, today announced that it has now received the funds from its
recent bond raise and, further to the announcement released on 20 May 2019, the 
acquisition of TPP Wholesale Group is now complete. The acquisition of Hexonet Group,
announced on 1 July 2019, is also expected to complete on 5 August 2019.

TPP Wholesale is the leading platform for resellers of domain names and hosting 
in Australasia, with around 14,000 reseller customers and 840,000 domains under 
management. The acquisition is the next step in CentralNic’s strategy of consolidating
the recurring revenue global domain name industry.

Headline consideration for the acquisition was $24m AUD. TPP Wholesale’s stand-alone
revenues and Adjusted EBITDA to be acquired for the financial year ended 31 December
2018 were determined to be $17.0m AUD and $3.9m AUD respectively on an unaudited
basis. 

> **Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic, said:** “I am delighted to report that, having
> completed the acquisition of TPP Wholesale, CentralNic is now the leading supplier
> to domain name and hosting resellers in Australasia. The acquisition is also earnings
> enhancing, provides numerous cost synergies, and enables us to participate in 
> the proposed launch of the new .au domain extension. We look forward to providing
> further updates in future.”

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