Reglikedomain industry desk

CentralNic completes .SK buyout

A bit later than expected, CentralNic completes buyout of .sk country code manager.

Domain name registry CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) has completed its buyout of SK-NIC, the firm that controls the .sk country code top level domain name for Slovakia.

When the deal was originally disclosed in late August, CentralNic planned to acquire only assets of the firm. On December 1, CentralNic disclosed that the deal had been changed to an outright buyout of the firm.

CentralNic paid €20.27 million cash plus incentives up to €5.85 million through 2023 for a total maximum purchase price of €26.12 million.

The deal faced opposition from many in the local internet community.

There are regarding 360,000 registered .sk domain names.

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