Burford Capital Finance LLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (1542K)

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RNS Number : 1542K

Burford Capital Finance LLC

27 August 2019

27 August 2019

BURFORD CAPITAL FINANCE LLC

Notification of transaction by person discharging managerial responsibilities

Burford Capital Finance LLC (the "Company"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), announces that it has been notified of certain purchases of the Company's bonds by Hugh Steven Wilson, Burford's Deputy Chairman.

On 21 August 2019, Mr Wilson purchased 2,800 6.125% US Dollar denominated bonds due 12 August 2025 issued by the Company (the "Bonds") at a price of US$88.625 per Bond.

The Notification of Dealing Form for the transaction mentioned above is included at the end of this announcement.

For further information, please contact:

 
Burford Capital Limited 
Jim Kilman, Chief Financial Officer           [phone] 
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited - NOMAD    [phone] 
 and Joint Broker                              2000 
Jonny Allison 
Alex Reynolds 
                                              [phone] 
Liberum Capital Limited - Joint Broker         2222 
Richard Crawley 
Jamie Richards 
                                              [phone] 
Numis Securities Limited - Joint Broker        1000 
Charlie Farquhar 
Jonathan Abbott 
Montfort Communications Limited - Financial   [phone] 
 Communications                                7908 
Robert Bailhache - email 
 

About Burford Capital Finance LLC

Burford Capital Finance LLC is a special purpose financing vehicle created to issue the Company's 2018 US Dollar denominated retail bonds and an indirect wholly--owned subsidiary of Burford Capital Limited.

About Burford Capital Limited

Burford is the leading global finance and investment management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, and it works with law firms and clients around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington DC, Singapore and Sydney. For more information about Burford: www.burfordcapital.com

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
       closely associated 
      (a) Name                                       Hugh Steven Wilson 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
      (a) Position/status                            A PDMR occupying the position of 
                                                      Deputy Chairman of Burford Capital 
                                                      Limited 
      (b) Initial notification                       Initial 
       /Amendment 
     ---------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      (a) Name                                       Burford Capital Finance LLC 
      (b) LEI                                        549300L30WEIAK4ZUX81 
     ---------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
       for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
      (a) Description of                             6.125 per cent. US Dollar denominated 
       the financial instrument,                      bonds due 2025 at 100 per cent. 
       type of instrument                             of their principal amount ("Bonds") 
      Identification code                            XS1756325228 
      (b) Nature of the transaction                  Purchase of Bonds 
      (c) Price(s)and volume(s)                      Price(s)             Volume(s) 
                                                    -------------------  ------------------- 
                                                     $88.625              2,800 
 
        (d) Aggregated information                   N/A 
          *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
          *    Price 
  (e) Date of the transaction                        21 August 2019 
  (f) Place of the transaction                       Outside of a trading venue 
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