Transaction in Own Shares

Boku Inc
09 May 2024
 

9 May 2024

 

Boku, Inc.

("Boku" or the "Company")

 

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

 

 

Boku (AIM: BOKU), a leading provider of mobile payment solutions, announces that on 9 May 2024 it purchased, through Peel Hunt LLP, 200,000 common shares of $0.0001 each in the Company ("Common Shares") on the London Stock Exchange (the "Repurchased Shares"), pursuant to the share buyback programme (the "Buyback Programme") that was announced on 8 June 2023. The Repurchased Shares will be held in treasury.

 

Date of purchase

9 May 2024

Aggregate number of shares purchased

200,000

Highest price paid per share (pence)

172.0000

Lowest price paid per share (pence)

172.0000

Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence)

172.0000

 

Total Voting Rights

 

Following the purchase, the Company's total issued share capital consists of 301,245,914 Common Shares, of which 748,001 Common Shares are held in treasury under Diagonal Nominees Ltd. Therefore, the total number of voting rights is 300,497,913. Shareholders may use this figure as the denominator for the calculations by which they can 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.

 

Schedule of purchases

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Peel Hunt LLP on behalf of the Company as part of the Company's Buyback Programme.

 

Individual Transactions (9 May 2024)

 

Number of shares

Transaction Price

(pence per share)

Time of Transaction

Transaction reference number

Execution venue

100,000

172.0000

11:00:47

00161745312TRLO0

AIMX

100,000

172.0000

16:24:56

00161774101TRLO0

AIMX

 

For further enquiries:

 

Boku

Stuart Neal, Chief Executive Officer

+44 (0)20 3934 6630

Investec Bank plc (Nominated Advisor & Joint Broker)

Edward Knight / Nick Prowting / Cameron MacRitchie

+44 (0)20 7597 5970

Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)

Paul Gillam / Adam Telling

+44 (0)20 7418 8900

IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR & IR)

Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Florence Chandler 

+44 (0)20 3934 6630

Note 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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