Purchase of Shares by Directors

RNS Number : 1642K

Boku Inc

11 December 2018

 

11 December 2018

Boku, Inc.

("Boku" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

Purchase of Shares by Directors

The Company announces that Jon Prideaux (CEO), Stuart Neal (CFO) and Richard Hargreaves (non-executive director) yesterday notified the Company that they each purchased common shares of $0.0001 each in the Company ("Common Shares") on 10 December 2018.

Jon Prideaux purchased 30,000 Common Shares for 72.5 pence each. Following this transaction, Mr Prideaux has a beneficial holding of 2,318,875 Common Shares which represents 1.04% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Stuart Neal purchased 30,000 Common Shares for 72.5 pence each. Following this transaction, Mr Neal has a beneficial holding of 287,500 Common Shares which represents 0.13% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Richard Hargreaves purchased 285,999 Common Shares for an average price of 72.9 pence each. Following this transaction, Mr Hargreaves has a beneficial holding of 1,383,008 Common Shares which represents 0.62% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The below notifications, which have been made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Jon Prideaux
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
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)	Price Volume 72.5 pence 30,000
d.	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A - single transaction
e.	Date of the transaction	10 December 2018
f.	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.	Name	Stuart Neal
2.	Reason for the notification
a.	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
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)	Price Volume 72.5 pence 30,000
d.	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A - single transaction
e.	Date of the transaction	10 December 2018
f.	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM

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
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)	Price Volume 72 pence 28,798 72 pence 7,949 73 pence 219,178 73 pence 30,074
d.	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	285,999 72.9 pence
e.	Date of the transaction	10 December 2018
f.	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM

Enquiries:

Boku, Inc. Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer Stuart Neal, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Edward Knight / Nick Prowting	[phone]
IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR & IR) Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Heather Armstrong / Miles Nolan	[phone]

 

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