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RNS Number : 3729X  Boku Inc  19 March 2026

19 March 2026

 

Boku, Inc.

("Boku" or the "Company")

 

Vesting of Restricted Stock Units, PDMR Dealings and Total Voting Rights

 

The Company announces that 4,442,003 common shares of $0.0001 each in the
Company ("Common Shares") held in treasury are being utilised to satisfy
vested Performance Restricted Stock Units ("PRSUs") and Restricted Stock Units
("RSUs") over the Common Shares awarded to certain employees, including the
PDMRs listed in the table below. This vesting triggered immediate tax
liabilities that were satisfied by partial sales of Common Shares on 19 March
2026.

 

Stuart Neal, CEO, vested 210,000 RSUs and, on 19 March 2026, sold 99,330 of
the resultant Common Shares at a price of 168 pence per share to meet the tax
liabilities and dealing costs from the vesting. As a result of these
transactions, Mr. Neal's holding in the Company increased by 110,670 Common
Shares to 819,195 Common Shares, representing 0.27 % of the issued share
capital of Company.

 

Jon Prideaux, Non-Executive Director, vested 210,000 PRSUs and, on 19 March
2026, sold 99,330 Common Shares at a price of 168 pence per share to meet the
tax liabilities and dealing costs from the vesting. As a result of these
transactions, Mr. Prideaux's holding in the Company increased by 110,670
Common Shares to 2,129,314 Common Shares, representing 0.70% of the issued
share capital of Company.

 

Adam Lee, PDMR, vested 175,000 RSUs and 175,000 PRSUs and, on 19 March 2026,
sold 350,000 Common Shares at a price of 168 pence per share, to meet the tax
liabilities and dealing costs from the vesting and for personal reasons. There
is no change in Mr. Lee's holding in the Company as a result of these
transactions.

 

 Name          Role  Initial Shareholding  Net Shares Acquired  Resultant Shareholding  % of issued share capital
 Stuart Neal   CEO   708,525               110,670              819,195                 0.27%
 Jon Prideaux  NED   2,018,644*            110,670              2,129,314               0.70%
 Adam Lee      PDMR  1,298,703             Nil                  1,298,703               0.43%

*includes 18,644 shares held by family members

 

Total Voting Rights

Following these transactions and following completion of all sales and
subsequent transfers, in conformity with Rule 5.6.1 of the Financial Conduct
Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Company's total
issued share capital consists of 303,710,292 Common Shares of which 6,065,888
Common Shares will be held in treasury under Diagonal Nominees Ltd. Therefore,
the total number of voting rights in Boku will be 297,644,404.

The above figure of 297,644,404 shares will be able to be used by shareholders
as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they
are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in,
the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

 

 1.                    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
                       associated
 a.                    Name                              (i)            Stuart Neal

                                                         (ii)           Jon Prideaux

                                                         (iii)          Adam Lee
 2.                    Reason for the notification
 a.                    Position/status                   (i)            Chief Executive Officer

                                                         (ii)           Non-Executive Director

                                                         (iii)          Chief Product 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       Common Shares of $0.0001 each

                       Identification code

                                                                                         USU7744C1063

 b.                    Nature of the transaction                                         Acquisition of Common Shares following vesting of restricted stock units
                                                                                         (RSU's) and performance related restricted stock units (PRSU's) under the 2017
                                                                                         Equity Incentive Plans
 c.                    Price(s) and volume(s)                                            Price                          Volume
                                                                                         (i)            Nil             210,000 (RSU's)
                                                                                         (ii)           Nil             210,000 (PRSU's)
                                                                                         (iii)         Nil              175,000 (RSU's) + 175,000 (PRSU's)
 d.                    Aggregated information

                       Aggregated volume                                                 N/A - transactions as above in (c)

                       Price
 e.                    Date of the transaction                                           19 March 2026
 f.                    Place of the transaction                                          Outside of a trading venue

d.

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

 

N/A - transactions as above in (c)

 

e.

Date of the transaction

19 March 2026

f.

Place of the transaction

Outside of a trading venue

 

 

 1.                    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
                       associated
 a.                    Name                              (iv)         Stuart Neal

                                                         (v)          Jon Prideaux

                                                         (vi)         Adam Lee
 2.                    Reason for the notification
 a.                    Position/status                   (iv)         Chief Executive Officer

                                                         (v)          Non-Executive Director

                                                         (vi)         Chief Product 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       Common Shares of $0.0001 each

                       Identification code

                                                                                         USU7744C1063

 b.                    Nature of the transaction                                         Sale of sufficient Common Shares to meet tax liabilities as a condition of the
                                                                                         vesting restricted stock units and for personal reasons
 c.                    Price(s) and volume(s)                                            Price                       Volume
                                                                                         (iv)         168p           99,330
                                                                                         (v)          168p           99,330
                                                                                         (vi)         168p           350,000
 d.                    Aggregated information

                       Aggregated volume                                                 N/A - transactions as above in (c)

                       Price
 e.                    Date of the transaction                                           19 March 2026
 f.                    Place of the transaction                                          London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM

d.

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

 

N/A - transactions as above in (c)

 

e.

Date of the transaction

19 March 2026

f.

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM

 

For further enquiries:

 

 Boku                                                      +44 (0)20 3805 4822

 Stuart Neal, Chief Executive Officer

 Rob Whittick, Chief Financial Officer
 Investec Bank plc (Nominated Advisor & Joint Broker)      +44 (0)20 7597 5970

 Nick Prowting / Kamalini Hull / James Smith
 Headland Consultancy (Financial PR & IR)                  +44 (0)20 3805 4822

 Matt Denham / Henry Wallers / Georgina Powley

Note to Editors:

 

Boku Inc. (AIM: BOKU) is a global network of Local Payment Methods (LPMs).
Through a single integration, Boku provides its merchants with access to a
comprehensive network of Direct Carrier Billing (DCB), Digital Wallets and
Account-to-Account (A2A) real-time payment schemes, reaching over 7 billion
consumer payment accounts worldwide. Boku also enables merchants to distribute
their services via its Bundling product and provides additional value-added
services, including currency conversion and cross-border funds settlement,
facilitating international expansion.

 

Boku's merchants include the world's largest technology, media and
entertainment companies, who trust the Group to simplify their integration to
hundreds of LPMs, acquire new paying users and prevent fraud.

 

Boku Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in London, UK, with
offices in the US, India, Brazil, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Indonesia,
Ireland, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan and Vietnam.

 

To learn more about Boku Inc., please visit: https://www.boku.com
(https://www.boku.com/)

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