Company will separate NPAC contract from the rest of its business.
Neustar, which operates domain name registry services for .co, .biz and many others, is splitting into two publicly traded companies.
The move comes as the company’s stock (NYSE:NSR) has fluctuated wildly in recent years as the company tried to retain its Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) contract.
The NPAC contract with the government is akin to Verisign’s contract to run .com; it provides stable revenue and makes up a good chunk of its business.
Neustar is losing the $500-million-a-year NPAC contract, but it’s not clear when the transition will take place. It’s also suing to try to retain the contract.
Since the NPAC contract represents half of the company’s revenues, any movement in the transition date can have a big effect on its stock price.
The other half of Neustar’s business is marketing services, domain name registries, internet security and some other telecom services. The company has built this business up as its prepares for losing the NPAC contract.
The proposed split will enable people to essentially bet on the future of the NPAC contract (and a few related revenue streams) and Neustar’s other businesses separately.
The part of the company with the NPAC contract will retain the Neustar name and the other part will be rebranded under the leadership of Paul Lalljie Lisa Hook. Paul Lalljie, currently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Neustar, will run Neustar.
The split will probably take a year to complete.
Happy to hear. I got a good amount of NeuStar stock that I bought when it dipped
So let me see if I have this correct now:
Neustar is about to split into company #1 which seeks to keep .US a total failure in widespread obscurity and apathy, and company #2 which seeks to keep .US a total failure in widespread obscurity and apathy? That sound about right?
sounds wrong to me, both companies wouldn’t care much about .US, nor should they. Just some side income for them.
Seriously? You being more sarcastic than me there, or just clueless?
And “nor should they” because it’s only some side income for them? Seriously? You mean because they’ve made sure it’s only some side income for them by making sure .US remains a hidden failure buried in a swamp of obscurity and apathy? Or because you just don’t like .US. Ever occur to you to think they should care and that things should not be that way for .US? Or are you perhaps another America-hating person outside the US all too happy to see things the way they are?
Better yet – don’t answer any of that. I’m just sharing some thought there.
Yes, seriously. And you thinking people outside the US care at all about the .US extension. Clueless.
You think I’m outside the US? Really?
And the short version of my reply to you currently “awaiting moderation” is:
Unreal.