23 May 2024
Boku, Inc.
("Boku" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
Result of Annual General Meeting and Confirmation of Board Changes
Boku (AIM: BOKU), a leading global provider of mobile payment solutions, is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM"), held yesterday, all resolutions were passed. The results of the proxy voting for the resolutions are set out in the table below.
Further to the announcement made on 1 February 2024, the Company confirms that Stewart Roberts retired as a Non-executive Director of the Company at the AGM and that Charlotta Ginman, Senior Independent Non-executive Director, has now assumed the role of Chair of the Audit Committee and has become a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Further to the announcement made on 1 May 2024, the Company also confirms that Keith Butcher stepped down from the Board of Directors at the AGM. Recruitment of a new Chief Financial Officer is in process and a further announcement will be made in due course.
| Resolution | In Favour | Against | Number of votes withheld | ||||||
| Number of votes | % | Number of votes | % | ||||||
| 1 | Approve and adopt the amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to the Certificate of Amendment. | 198,461,340 | 100.00% | 0 | 0% | 0 | |||
| 2 | If Resolution No.1 is approved, approve and adopt the amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws pursuant to Amendment No.1 to Amended and Restated Bylaws | 198,461,340 | 100.00% | 0 | 0% | 0 | |||
| 3
| If Resolutions No.1 and No. 2 are approved, election of the following as directors of the Company until the 2025 annual general meeting of the Company. | | | | | | | | |
| Meriel Lenfestey | 198,461,340 | 100.00% | 0 | 0% | 0 | ||||
| Charlotta Ginman | 198,132,840 | 99.83% | 328,500 | 0.17% | 0 | ||||
| Keith Butcher | [resolution withdrawn] | ||||||||
| Richard Hargreaves | 194,740,811 | 98.13% | 3,720,529 | 1.87% | 0 | ||||
| Stuart Neal | 198,461,340 | 100.00% | 0 | 0% | 0 | ||||
| Jonathan Prideaux | 198,461,340 | 100.00% | 0 | 0% | 0 | ||||
| Mark Britto | 198,461,340 | 100.00% | 0 | 0% | 0 | ||||
| Loren I. Shuster | 198,461,340 | 100.00% | 0 | 0% | 0 | ||||
| 11 | If Resolutions No.1 and No. 2 are not approved, election of the following individuals as Class I directors of the Company: | [resolution withdrawn] | |||||||
| Meriel Lenfestey | [resolution withdrawn] | ||||||||
| Charlotta Ginman | [resolution withdrawn] | ||||||||
| Keith Butcher | [resolution withdrawn] | ||||||||
| 14 | Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company. | 198,461,340 | 100.00% | 0 | 0% | 0 | |||
| 15 | Authorise the Company's Audit Committee to determine PwC's remuneration. | 198,461,340 | 100.00% | 0 | 0% | 0 | |||
| 16 | Approve, on an advisory basis, the Directors' Remuneration Report set out in the Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2023 | 158,512,074 | 98.50% | 2,406,833 | 1.5% | 0 | |||
Enquiries:
Boku, Inc.
Stuart Neal, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0)20 3934 6630
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7597 5970
Edward Knight / Nick Prowting / Cameron MacRitchie
Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7418 8900
Paul Gillam / Adam Telling
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 network of localised payment solutions. Boku's mobile-first payments network, including digital wallets, direct carrier billing, and A2A (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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