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Vesting of Restricted Stock Units & PDMR Dealings

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The Company announces that, on 26 March 2024, 3,953,094 common shares of $0.0001 each in the Company ("Common Shares") which were held in treasury have been utilised to satisfy 3,630,385 vested restricted stock units ("RSUs") and 322,709 exercised options over the Common Shares awarded to certain employees, including the PDMRs listed below. This RSU vesting and exercise of certain options triggered immediate tax liabilities that were satisfied by partial sales of the resultant Common Shares on 26 March 2024.

Details of the PDMR dealings are as follows and summarised in the table below:

  • Stuart Neal, CEO, vested 66,000 RSUs and, on 26 March 2024, sold 31,175 of the resultant Common Shares at a price of 183 pence per share to meet the tax liabilities from the vesting and dealing expenses. As a result of these transactions, Mr. Neal's holding in the Company increased by 34,825 Common Shares to 634,825 Common Shares, representing 0.21% of the issued share capital of Company.
  • Keith Butcher, CFO, vested 275,000 RSUs and, on 26 March 2024, sold 335,000 Common Shares at a price of 183 pence per Common Share to meet the tax liabilities from the vesting, dealing expenses and for personal reasons. As a result of these transactions, Mr. Butcher's holding in the Company decreased by 60,000 Common Shares to 672,860 Common Shares, representing 0.22% of the issued share capital of the Company.
  • Jon Prideaux, Non-Executive Director, vested 300,000 RSUs and, on 26 March 2024, sold 141,554 of the resultant Common Shares at a price of 183 pence per share to meet the tax liabilities from the vesting and dealing expenses. As a result of these transactions, Mr. Prideaux's holding in the Company increased by 158,446 Common Shares to 3,501,549 Common Shares, representing 1.16% of the issued share capital of Company.
  • Mark Stannard, PDMR, vested 250,000 RSUs and, on 26 March 2024, exercised a total of 100,000 options over Common Shares at 86 pence per Common Share under the Company's 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. On 26 March 2024, Mr. Stannard sold 218,088 Common Shares at a price of 183 pence per share to meet the tax liabilities from the vesting, exercise, dealing expenses and for personal reasons. As a result of these transactions, Mr. Stannard's holding in the Company increased by 131,912 Common Shares to 502,321 Common Shares, representing 0.17% of the issued share capital of Company.
  • Adam Lee, PDMR, vested 250,000 RSUs and, on 26 March 2024, sold 500,000 Common Shares at a price of 183 pence per share to meet the tax liabilities from the vesting, dealing expenses and for personal reasons. As a result of these transactions, Mr. Lee's holding in the Company decreased by 250,000 Common Shares to 1,298,703 Common Shares, representing 0.43% of the issued share capital of Company.
NameRoleNet Common Shares Acquired / (Disposed of)Resultant Shareholding (Common Shares)Resultant Shareholding (% of issued share capital)
Stuart NealCEO34,825634,8250.21%
Keith ButcherCFO(60,000)672,8600.22%
Jon PrideauxNED158,4463,501,5491.16%
Mark StannardPDMR131,912502,3210.17%
Adam LeePDMR(250,000)1,298,7030.43%

As separately announced today, on 26 March 2024 Boku purchased 500,000 Common Shares in the Company pursuant to its share buyback programme, which will be held in treasury.

Total Voting Rights

Following these transactions, 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 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 in Boku is 300,542,140.

1.Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.Name(i) Stuart Neal (ii) Keith Butcher (iii) Jon Prideaux (iv) Mark Stannard (v) Adam Lee
2.Reason for the notification
a.Position/status(i) Chief Executive Officer (ii) Chief Financial Officer (iii) Non-Executive Director (iv) Chief Business Officer (v) Chief Product Officer
b.Initial notification / AmendmentInitial notification
a.NameBoku, Inc.
b.LEI549300Y4P2ZPFKCZ0C60
b.Nature of the transactionAcquisition of Common Shares following vesting of restricted stock units under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plans
c.Price(s) and volume(s)Price Volume (i) nil 66,000 (ii) nil 275,000 (iii) nil 300,000 (iv) nil 250,000 (v) nil 250,000
d.Aggregated information Aggregated volume PriceN/A - single transactions as above in (c)
f.Place of the transactionOutside of a trading venue
1.Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.Name(i) Stuart Neal (ii) Keith Butcher (iii) Jon Prideaux (iv) Mark Stannard (v) Adam Lee
2.Reason for the notification
a.Position/status(i) Chief Executive Officer (ii) Chief Financial Officer (iii) Non-Executive Director (iv) Chief Business Officer (v) Chief Product Officer
b.Initial notification / AmendmentInitial notification
a.NameBoku, Inc.
b.LEI549300Y4P2ZPFKCZ0C60
c.Price(s) and volume(s)Price Volume (i) 183p 31,175 (ii) 183p 335,000 (iii) 183p 141,554 (iv) 183p 118,088 (v) 183p 500,000
d.Aggregated information Aggregated volume PriceN/A - single transactions as above in ©
f.Place of the transactionLondon Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM
1.Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.NameMark Stannard
2.Reason for the notification
a.Position/statusChief Business Officer
b.Initial notification / AmendmentInitial notification
a.NameBoku, Inc.
b.LEI549300Y4P2ZPFKCZ0C60
b.Nature of the transactionExercise of options over Common Shares
c.Price(s) and volume(s)Exercise Price(s) Volume 86p 100,000
d.Aggregated information Aggregated volume PriceN/A - single transaction as above
f.Place of the transactionOutside of a trading venue
1.Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.NameMark Stannard
2.Reason for the notification
a.Position/statusChief Business Officer
b.Initial notification / AmendmentInitial notification
a.NameBoku, Inc.
b.LEI549300Y4P2ZPFKCZ0C60
b.Nature of the transactionSale of sufficient Common Shares to meet tax liabilities as a condition of the exercising options and personal reasons
c.Price(s) and volume(s)
PriceVolume
183p100,000
d.Aggregated information Aggregated volume PriceN/A - single transaction as above
f.Place of the transactionLondon Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM

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