Boku Inc Trading Update (6548T)
05 Luglio 2018 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 6548T
Boku Inc
05 July 2018
5 July 2018
Boku, Inc.
("Boku" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries,
the "Group")
Trading Update for the six months ended 30 June 2018
Strong first half growth. Total Payment Volume and Monthly
Active Users more than double.
Boku (AIM: BOKU), the world's leading independent direct carrier
billing company, is pleased to provide the following unaudited
trading update for the six months ended 30 June 2018.
The Group saw continued growth in all key metrics during the
first half of 2018:
-- Revenue for H1 2018 is expected to be in the range $16.5 million
to $17 million (2017 $10.2 million); representing growth in excess
of 60% on H1 2017
-- Adjusted EBITDA* has remained positive for H1 2018 with earnings
on track to meet full year expectations
-- Total Processed Value (TPV)** of $1.5 billion for H1 2018 was
153% up on H1 2017's figure of $0.6 billion. The total processed
in the whole of 2017 was $1.7 billion
-- 10.3 million Monthly Active Users (MAU) of the Boku platform in
June 2018 (H1 2017: 4.7 million)
-- The company held approximately $30 million in cash at the end
of period (2017: $20 million). The average daily cash balance
- a measure which smooths out the effect of carrier and merchant
payments, was $23.1 million in June (December 2017: $19.2 million)
* Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted for IPO costs, stock option
expenses, Forex gains/losses and Exceptional items
** TPV is the $ value of transactions processed by the Boku
platform
Jon Prideaux, Boku CEO, commented: "Our customers come to us for
help in acquiring new users and I'm delighted to report that, with
10.3 million Monthly Active Users, we've more than doubled this
most important metric in the last year.
Driven by these new users and increased stickiness for existing
users, more than $1.5 billion was processed through our system in
the first six months of the year, a growth of 153%. Spending
through our platform is the raw material that we turn into revenue
and by controlling costs we're able to generate the earnings that
can be used to make sensible investments in future growth.
These volumes make us the scale player in our industry, which is
important: scale means that we can simultaneously afford to operate
the world's most sophisticated, high-capacity, carrier billing
platform whilst having the lowest unit cost. We are continuing to
roll out new and existing customers into new territories and are
developing new products. I'm particularly encouraged by the
reaction of the market to our Mobile Identity offerings.
We are very pleased to have achieved this level of growth across
all of our key metrics, and look forward to reporting continued
growth in the future."
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/ 2014. For the purposes of
MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
2016/1055, this announcement is being made on behalf of Boku by
Stuart Neal, Chief Financial Officer of Boku.
Enquiries:
Boku, Inc.
Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0)20 3934
Stuart Neal, Chief Financial Officer 6630
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) +44 (0)20 7418
Edward Knight / Nick Prowting 8900
IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR & IR)
Tim Metcalfe / Heather Armstrong / Florence +44 (0)20 3934
Chandler 6630
Notes to Editors
Incorporated in 2008, Boku is the leading independent direct
carrier billing company in the world. Boku's technology enables
mobile phone users, of which there are more than five billion
worldwide, to buy goods and services and charge them to their
mobile phone bill or pre-pay balance.
Boku's platform connects its customers, including Apple, Google,
Facebook, Microsoft, Spotify and Sony, with billing, identity and
sales systems of mobile network operators. The Group's technology
makes a consumer's mobile phone number a convenient and secure
payment method, providing an alternative to credit and debit cards.
By using Boku, merchants take people with mobile phones and make
them paying users.
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