Last checked at 10 Dec 2019 17:11
10 December 2019
Boku, Inc.
("Boku" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
PDMR Shareholding
The Company announces that Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, today notified the Company that he purchased a total of 42,000 common shares of $0.0001 each in the Company ("Common Shares") at a price of 86 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 150,474 Common Shares (which represents 0.06% 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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42,00086p | ||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 10 December 2019 | ||||
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
Incorporated in 2008, Boku is the world's leading independent carrier commerce company. Boku's Platform, which is linked to billing, identity and sales systems of more than 170 mobile network operators, simplifies transacting on mobile devices.
Boku's Payment products enable mobile phone users, of which there are more than five billion worldwide, to buy goods and services and charge them to their mobile phone bill or pre-pay balance. Its Identity Products are used to verify user details. Companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, PayPal, Spotify, Square, Sony and Western Union use Boku to simplify sign-up, acquire new paying users and prevent fraud.