Burford Capital Limited Intended Purchases of Ordinary Shares (5129O)

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Burford Capital Limited

10 June 2022

10 June 2022

INTENDED PURCHASES OF ORDINARY SHARES TO SATISFY NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' AWARDS

Burford Capital Limited, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces that it intends to conduct open market purchases of Burford's ordinary shares of nil par value ("Shares") to satisfy a grant of awards to Burford's non-employee directors under the Burford Capital Limited 2021 Non-Employee Directors' Share Plan as soon as practicable following the date of this announcement. The purchases will have a market value of approximately GBP160,000, which would result in the purchase of no more than 23,066 Shares based on the average closing prices on the New York and London Stock Exchanges between June 6, 2022 and June 8, 2022.

An announcement is expected to be made upon completion of the open market purchases of the Shares.

For further information, please contact:

 
   Burford Capital Limited 
   For investor and analyst inquiries: 
   Robert Bailhache, Head of Investor Relations,           [phone] 
    EMEA and Asia - email                                   2023 
   Jim Ballan, Head of Investor Relations, Americas        +1 (646) 793 
    - email                                                 9176 
   For press inquiries: 
   David Helfenbein, Vice President, Public Relations      +1 (212) 235 
    - email                                                 6824 
 
   Numis Securities Limited - NOMAD and Joint              [phone] 
    Broker                                                  1000 
   Giles Rolls 
   Charlie Farquhar 
 
                                                           [phone] 
   Jefferies International Limited - Joint Broker           8000 
   Graham Davidson 
   Tony White 
 
 

About Burford Capital

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset 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 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, DC, Singapore, Sydney and Hong Kong.

For more information, please visit www.burfordcapital.com .

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any ordinary shares or other securities of Burford.

This release does not constitute an offer of any Burford fund. Burford Capital Investment Management LLC, which acts as the fund manager of all Burford funds, is registered as an investment adviser with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The information provided herein is for informational purposes only. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The information contained herein is not, and should not be construed as, an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities (including, without limitation, interests or shares in the funds). Any such offer or solicitation may be made only by means of a final confidential private placement memorandum and other offering documents.

Forward-looking statements

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