Last checked at 31 Mar 2020 13:16
31 March 2020
Boku, Inc.
("Boku" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
Director Shareholding
The Company announces that Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, today notified the Company that he purchased a total of 115,000 common shares of $0.0001 each in the Company ("Common Shares") at an average price of 78.559 pence per Common Share. Further details of this purchase are disclosed in the table below.
Following this notification, Mr Butcher has a beneficial holding of 265,474 Common Shares (which represents 0.103% of the issued share capital of the Company).
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||||||||||
a. | Name | Keith Butcher | ||||||||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||||||||||||
a. | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer / PDMR | ||||||||||||||
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 | Purchase of Common Shares | ||||||||||||||
c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price
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115,00078.559p | ||||||||||||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 30 March 2020 | ||||||||||||||
f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM | ||||||||||||||
Enquiries:
Boku, Inc. Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer | +44 (0)20 3934 6630 |
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Edward Knight / Nick Prowting / Christopher Golden |
+44 (0)20 7418 8900 |
IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR & IR) Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Florence Chandler |
+44 (0)20 3934 6630 |
Notes to Editors
Boku Inc. (AIM: BOKU) is one of the world's leading providers of carrier commerce and mobile identity solutions. Boku's technology platform, which is linked to more than 190 mobile network operators worldwide, verifies user identity, executes payments, and provisions new services, simplifying daily mobile interactions between consumers and digital organizations.
Boku's technology platform is used in over 59 countries with over 815 million verified transactions in 2019, contributing $5 billion to the digital economy. Businesses that currently employ Boku's platform to simplify sign-up, acquire new paying users and prevent fraud include global leaders such as Apple, Discover, Experian, Facebook, Fiserv, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, PayPal, Sony, Spotify, Uber and Western Union.
Boku Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in London, UK, with offices in various locations globally including in the US, Mumbai, Munich, Beijing, Paris, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Taipei, and Tokyo.
To learn more about Boku Inc., please visit: https://www.boku.com