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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