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Boku Inc
20 December 2023
20 December 2023
Boku, Inc.
("Boku" or the "Company")
Vesting of Restricted Stock Units, PDMR Dealing and Total Voting
Rights
The Company announces that on 18 December 2023, restricted stock
units ("RSUs") over 200,200 common shares of $0.0001 each in the
Company ("Common Shares") vested for Meriel Lenfestey and Loren
Shuster, both Non-Executive Directors of the Company. This vesting
triggered immediate tax liabilities that were satisfied by partial
sales of Common Shares on 19 December 2023.
Meriel Lenfestey, Non-Executive Director, vested 100,100 RSUs.
Following this notification, Ms. Lenfestey has a beneficial holding
of 100,100 Common Shares, representing 0.03% of the issued share
capital of Company.
Loren Shuster, Non-Executive Director, vested 100,100 RSUs and,
on 19 December 2023, sold 47,275 Common Shares at a price of 139.0
pence per share to meet part of the tax liabilities from the
vesting and dealing expenses. As a result of these transactions,
Mr. Shuster has a beneficial holding of 52,825 Common Shares,
representing 0.02% of the issued share capital of Company.
Name Role Net Shares Acquired Resultant Shareholding % of issued
share capital
Meriel Lenfestey Director 100,100 100,100 0.03%
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Loren Shuster Director 52,825 52,825 0.02%
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Total Voting Rights
Following these transactions, in conformity with Rule 5.6.1 of
the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules, the Company's total issued share capital
consists of 300,718,414 Common Stock, of which 3,684,148 Common
Stock are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting
rights in Boku is 297,034,266.
The above figure of 297,034,266 shares 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 Disclosure
Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely
associated with them.
1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a. Name (i) Meriel Lenfestey
(ii) Loren Shuster
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2. Reason for the notification
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a. Position/status (i) Non-Executive Director
(ii) Non-Executive Director
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b. Initial notification Initial notification
/ Amendment
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3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a. Name Boku, Inc.
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b. LEI 549300Y4P2ZPFKCZ0C60
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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
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a. Description Common Shares of $0.0001 each
of the financial
instrument,
type of instrument
Identification USU7744C1063
code
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b. Nature of the Acquisition of Common Shares following
transaction vesting of restricted stock units under
the 2017 Equity Incentive Plans
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c. Price(s) and Price Volume
volume(s) (i) nil 100,100
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(ii) nil 100,100
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d. Aggregated
information
Aggregated N/A - single transactions as above in (c)
volume
Price
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e. Date of the 18 December 2023
transaction
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f. Place of the Outside of a trading venue
transaction
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1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a. Name Loren Shuster
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2. Reason for the notification
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a. Position/status Non-Executive Director
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b. Initial notification Initial notification
/ Amendment
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3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a. Name Boku, Inc.
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b. LEI 549300Y4P2ZPFKCZ0C60
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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
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a. Description Common Shares of $0.0001 each
of the financial
instrument,
type of instrument
Identification USU7744C1063
code
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b. Nature of the Sale of sufficient Common Shares to meet
transaction tax liabilities as a condition of the vesting
restricted stock units
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c. Price(s) and Price Volume
volume(s) (i) 139.0p 47,275
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d. Aggregated
information
Aggregated N/A - single transactions as above in (c)
volume
Price
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e. Date of the 19 December 2023
transaction
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f. Place of the London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM
transaction
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Enquiries:
Boku, Inc.
Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0)20 3934 6630
Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) +44 (0)20 7418
8900
Paul Gillam / Tom Ballard
IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR & IR) +44 (0)20 3934
6630
Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Florence Chandler
Notes to Editors
Boku Inc. (AIM: BOKU) is a leading global provider of mobile
payment solutions. Boku's mobile-first payments network, including
mobile wallets, direct carrier billing, and account to
account/real-time payments schemes, reaching over 7.5 billion
mobile payment accounts 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, Meta Platforms, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, 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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