Issue of Common Shares

RNS Number : 9938K

Boku Inc

07 September 2021

 

7 September 2021

Boku, Inc.

("Boku" or the "Company")

Issue of Common Shares

Boku (AIM: BOKU), the world's leading independent carrier commerce company announces, further to its announcement on 22 June 2021, that restricted stock units ("RSUs") over 49,356 common shares of  $0.0001  each in the Company ("Common Shares") have vested. This vesting is the second of three tranches for Fortumo employees who received Boku RSUs in exchange for RSUs that they had previously held in Fortumo. The remaining tranche, which is expected to vest in October 2021, consists of RSUs over a total of a further 61,695 Common Shares.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission of the Common Shares to trading on AIM and these Common Shares, which will rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued Common Shares, are expected to be admitted to trading on or around 8 September 2021.

Total Voting Rights

Following the vesting of these RSUs, in conformity with Rule 5.6.1 of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Company's issued ordinary share capital comprises 295,715,880 Common Shares. There are no shares held in Treasury. Therefore the total number of Common Shares with voting rights in the Company is 295,715,880.

The number of 295,715,880 Common Shares above may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the ordinary share capital of the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Unless otherwise defined herein, definitions used in this announcement are the same as those used in the announcement released by the Company on 17 June 2020.

Enquiries:

Boku, Inc. Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Edward Knight / Paul Gillam / James Smith	[phone]
IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR & IR) Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Florence Chandler	[phone]

Notes to Editors

Boku Inc. (AIM: BOKU) is a leading global provider of mobile payment and identity solutions. Its Mobile First Payments Network 'M1ST' features 330+ mobile payment methods, including mobile wallets, direct carrier billing, and real-time payments schemes, reaching 5.7 billion mobile payment accounts in 90 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 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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