Last checked at 31 Oct 2018 13:45
31 October 2018
Boku, Inc.
("Boku" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
Exercise of Options
The Company announces that Richard Hargreaves, non-executive director of the Company, notified the Company that he has exercised a total of 31,250 options over common shares of $0.0001 each in the Company ("Common Shares") at $0.28 per share on 29 October 2018 under the Company's Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
Adam Lee, Chief Revenue Officer of the Company, notified the Company that he has exercised a total of 446,113 options over Common Shares at $0.28 per share on 25 October 2018 under the Company's Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
As a result of these option exercises, Richard Hargreaves has a beneficial holding of 1,097,099 Common Shares (which represents 0.49% of the issued share capital of the Company) and Adam Lee has a beneficial holding of 649,710 Common Shares (which represents 0.29% of the issued share capital of the Company).
Total Voting Rights
The Company advises that, as at 30 October 2018, the Company's issued share capital is 223,366,994 Common Shares. No shares are held in treasury. As such, the Company's total number of Common Shares with voting rights is 223,366,994.
The above figure of 223,366,994 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a. | Name | Richard Hargreaves | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a. | Position/status | Non-executive director / 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 | Exercise of options | ||||
c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price |
N/A - single transaction as above | ||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 29 October 2018
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f. | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue | ||||
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a. | Name | Adam Lee | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a. | Position/status | Chief Revenue 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 | Exercise of options | ||||
c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price |
N/A - single transaction as above | ||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 25 October 2018 | ||||
f. | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue | ||||
Enquiries:
Boku, Inc. Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer Stuart Neal, Chief Financial Officer
| +44 (0)20 3934 6630 |
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Edward Knight / Nick Prowting
| +44 (0)20 7418 8900 |
IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR & IR) Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Heather Armstrong / Miles Nolan | +44 (0)20 3934 6630 |