PDMR Dealing

RNS Number : 2132P

Boku Inc

07 February 2023

 

7 February 2023

Boku, Inc.

("Boku" or the "Company")

PDMR Dealing

The Company announces that, on 6 February 2023, Mark Stannard, Chief Business Officer of the Company, exercised a total of 110,000 options over common shares of $0.0001 each in the Company ("Common Shares"), comprising of 30,000 options at $0.37 per share and 80,000 options at $0.28 per share under the Company's Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan. Also on 6 February 2023, Mr. Stannard sold 37,007 of the resultant Common Shares in order to meet the exercise costs and tax liabilities arising from the exercise, and dealing expenses.

Following this notification, Mr. Stannard has a beneficial of 237,326 Common Shares (which represents 0.08% of the issued share capital of the Company).

Further details of the above transactions are detailed in the disclosure tables below.  

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Mark Stannard
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Chief Business Officer
b.	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Boku, Inc.
b.	LEI	549300Y4P2ZPFKCZ0C60
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a.	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code		Common Shares of $0.0001 each USU7744C1063
b.	Nature of the transaction		Exercise of options over Common Shares
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)		Exercise Price(s) Volume $0.37 30,000 $0.28 40,000 $0.28 40,000
d.	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price		N/A - single transaction as above
e.	Date of the transaction		6 February 2023
f.	Place of the transaction		Outside of a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Mark Stannard
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Chief Business Officer
b.	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Boku, Inc.
b.	LEI	549300Y4P2ZPFKCZ0C60
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a.	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code		Common Shares of $0.0001 each USU7744C1063
b.	Nature of the transaction		Sale of sufficient Common Shares to meet exercise costs and tax liabilities as a condition of the exercising options
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price Volume 145.00p 37,007
d.	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price		N/A - single transaction as above
e.	Date of the transaction		6 February 2023
f.	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM

Enquiries:

Boku, Inc.

Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer                                                                [phone]

Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer

Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker)              [phone]

Paul Gillam / Tom Ballard / James Smith

IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR & IR)                                             [phone]

Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Florence Chandler

Notes to Editors

Boku Inc. (AIM: BOKU) is a leading global provider of mobile payment solutions. Its mobile-first payments network provides multiple mobile payment methods, including mobile wallets, direct carrier billing, and real-time payments schemes, reaching over 7 billion mobile payment accounts in 91 countries - all through a single integration.

Customers that trust Boku to simplify sign-up, acquire new paying users and prevent fraud include global leaders such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, PayPal, Sony, Spotify and Tencent.

Boku Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in London, UK, with offices in the US, India, Brazil, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan and Vietnam.

To learn more about Boku Inc., please visit: https://www.boku.com

 

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