Burford Capital Notification of Major Interest in Shares (0701U)

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RNS Number : 0701U

Burford Capital

12 January 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                               Burford Capital Limited 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                           Yes 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial                    No 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with                        No 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                      No 
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 Other (please                                                         No 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                      Invesco Limited 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                     11 January 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                        12 January 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                  26% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type      Situation previous                            Resulting situation after the 
  of              to the triggering                             triggering transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                 Number                      Number            Number      Number of               % of voting 
                  of                          of               of           voting                  rights (x) 
                  Shares                      Voting           shares       rights 
                                              Rights 
--------------  --------------------------  ----------------  ----------  ----------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                               Direct      Direct     Indirect     Direct      Indirect 
                                                                           (xi)        (xii) 
--------------      ---------  -----------      ------------  ----------  ---------  -----------  ----------  ----------- 
 
  NPV 
  GG00B4L84979   56,278,743                  56,278,743                               56,211,743               26.99% 
                --------------------------  ----------------  ----------  ---------  -----------  ----------  ----------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration                Exercise/                     Number of voting        % of voting 
  instrument          date                      Conversion                    rights that             rights 
                      (xiii)                    Period (xiv)                  may be 
                                                                              acquired if 
                                                                              the 
                                                                              instrument 
                                                                              is 
                                                                              exercised/ 
                                                                              converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of           Exercise     Expiration       Exercise/       Number of voting                  % of voting 
 financial         price         date             Conversion      rights instrument                 rights (xix, 
 instrument                      (xvii)           period          refers to                         xx) 
                                                  (xviii) 
----------------  -----------  ---------------  --------------  --------------------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                                                                   Nominal       Delta 
----------------  -----------  ---------------  --------------  --------------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                         Percentage of voting rights 
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 56,211,743                                                      26.99% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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   Invesco Asset Management Limited - 56,211,743 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                 Invesco Limited 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy                   N/A 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will                 N/A 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                            Philippa Holmes 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                01491 417 447 
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 Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not 
  the issuer 
 Annex: Notification of major interests in share 
 
 A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to 
  the notification obligation 
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 Full name 
  (including legal form of 
  legal entities) 
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 Contact address 
  (registered office for legal 
  entities) 
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 Phone number & email 
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 Other useful information 
  (at least legal representative 
  for legal persons) 
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 B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable 
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 Full name                                      Invesco Limited 
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 Contact address                           Perpetual Park, Perpetual 
                                          Park Drive, Henley-on-Thames. 
                                                  Oxon. RG9 1HH 
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 Phone number & email 
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 Other useful information 
  (e.g. functional relationship 
  with the person or legal 
  entity subject to the notification 

  obligation)                                    01491 417 000 
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 C: Additional information 
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 For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the 
  FCA website. 
 

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