Umbrellar

Short description: New Zealand domain registrar and web hosting company

Umbrellar Ltd.Type of business| Private

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Founded| 1997; 26 years ago (1997) (as Digiweb)
Headquarters| Auckland, New Zealand
Area served| New Zealand
CEO| Michael Foley
Key people| Robert Rolls, CFO & Head of Online[citation needed]
Dave Howden, Head of Cloud [citation needed]
Industry| Web hosting, small businesses
Website| www.umbrellar.com

Umbrellar Ltd. is a New Zealand privately owned Internet web hosting company[1] headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand and incorporated in New Zealand.[2]

Its services are utilised by small businesses, marketing agencies, web specialists, and large corporate enterprises across New Zealand, Australia and Asia.[3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Infrastructure
* 1.2 Acquisitions
* 2 Ownership
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

The company, dating back to 1997, was formed from the amalgamation of 10 New Zealand domain name and web hosting brands including Digiweb, Web Drive & Freeparking.[3]

### Infrastructure

Umbrellar has a data-centre located in Albany Heights. One of four data-centres operated by Umbrellar.

### Acquisitions

* 13 June 2012, Digiweb (now Umbrellar) announced that it would acquire Digital Network Limited, a fellow provider of hosting services and domain name management.[4] Adrian Grant was Managing Director at the time.
* 8 September 2014, Web Drive was sold to Digiweb Holdings Limited. Daniel Williams & Steve Hogg were directors of Web Drive at the time.[5]
* 2005, 2day.com acquired by Freeparking.[6]

## Ownership

PenCarrow PE owns 82.8% of Umbrellar via its holding company DWDA Holdings Limited.[2] Smaller shareholders include 10.5% owned by DWDA LTIS Trustee Ltd, 3.9% by Aminoex Trustees & RDP Trusteed Ltd. (owned by current CFO Robert Rolls), 1.63% by Adrian Grant, 1.12% by Robin Dickie.

## References

1. ↑ "Pencarrow PEc: Company Profile". https://www.pencarrowpe.co.nz/investments/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "DWDA HOLDINGS LIMITED (5421222)". NZ Companies Office. https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/5421222/shareholdings. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 True Commercial (November 25, 2017). "Albany data centre up for sale" (Press release). Auckland, New Zealand: NZ Herald. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
4. ↑ "Second acquisition for Digiweb". IT Brief. June 13, 2012. https://itbrief.co.nz/story/second-acquisition-for-digiweb.
5. ↑ "New Zealand's largest domains & hosting company sold". IT Brief. September 8, 2014. https://itbrief.co.nz/story/new-zealands-largest-domains-hosting-company-sold.
6. ↑ "October 2015 Update - Pencarrow Newsletter". Pencarrow. October 2015. https://www.pencarrowpe.co.nz/newsletters/document/77.

## External links

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