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27/03/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 4191I  Boku Inc  27 March 2024

27 March 2024

 

Boku, Inc.

("Boku" or the "Company")

 

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

 

 

Boku (AIM: BOKU), a leading provider of mobile payment solutions, announces
that on 26 March 2024 it purchased, through Peel Hunt LLP, 500,000 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                                      26 March 2024
 Aggregate number of shares purchased                  500,000
 Highest price paid per share (pence)                  183
 Lowest price paid per share (pence)                   183
 Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence)  183

 

Total Voting Rights

 

Following the purchase, the Company's total issued share capital consists of
301,096,914 Common Shares, of which 554,774 Common Shares are held in treasury
under Diagonal Nominees Ltd. Therefore, the total number of voting rights is
300,542,140. 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 (26 March 2024)

 

 Number of shares  Transaction Price   Time of Transaction  Transaction reference number  Execution venue

                   (pence per share)
 500,000           183                 AIMX                 08:24:00                      00160056390TRLO0

 

For further enquiries:

 

 Boku                                                      +44 (0)20 3934 6630

 Stuart Neal, Chief Executive Officer

 Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer
 Investec Bank plc (Nominated Advisor & 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

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
(https://www.boku.com)

 

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