Boku Inc Transaction in Own Shares (5983U)

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RNS Number : 5983U

Boku Inc

29 March 2023

29 March 2023

Boku, Inc.

("Boku" or the "Company")

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Boku (AIM: BOKU), a leading provider of mobile payment solutions, announces that on 28 March 2023 it purchased, through Peel Hunt LLP, 1,400,778 common stock of $0.0001 each in the Company ("Common Stock") on the London Stock Exchange (the "Repurchased Shares"), pursuant to the share buyback programme (the "Buyback Programme") that was announced on 7 July 2022.

 
 Date of purchase                        28 March 2023 
 Aggregate number of shares purchased    1,400,778 
 Highest price paid per share (pence)    136.5000 
 Lowest price paid per share (pence)     136.5000 
 Volume weighted average price paid 
  per share (pence)                      136.5000 
 

Total Voting Rights

Following the purchase, the Company's total issued share capital consists of 299,380,021 Common Stock, of which 1,584,148 Common Stock are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights is 297,795,873. 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 (28 March 2023)

 
 Number of shares   Transaction   Time of Transaction   Transaction         Execution 
                     Price                               reference number    venue 
                     (pence per 
                     share) 
 1,270,580          136.5000      12:17:57              00146824304TRLO0    AIMX 
                   ------------  --------------------  ------------------  ---------- 
 130,198            136.5000      14:15:40              00146832247TRLO0    AIMX 
                   ------------  --------------------  ------------------  ---------- 
 

Enquiries:

Boku, Inc.

Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer

[phone]

Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer

Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

[phone]

Paul Gillam / Tom Ballard / James Smith

IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR & IR)

[phone]

Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Florence Chandler

Notes to Editors

Boku Inc. (AIM: BOKU) is a leading global provider of mobile payment solutions. Its mobile-first payments network provides multiple mobile payment methods, including mobile wallets, direct carrier billing, and real-time payments schemes, reaching over 7 billion mobile payment accounts in 91 countries - all 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, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, PayPal, 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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