Burford Capital Limited Update On Market Manipulation (1536O)

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RNS Number : 1536O

Burford Capital Limited

30 September 2019

30 September 2019

BURFORD CAPITAL UPDATE ON MARKET MANIPULATION

Burford Capital Limited ("Burford Capital" or "Burford" or "the Company"), the leading global finance and investment management firm focused on law, today announces that, further to its 12 August 2019 disclosure concerning a preliminary investigation into market manipulation in Burford's shares on 6-7 August 2019, independent expert Professor Joshua Mitts has delivered a report on his principal findings.

Burford has also today sought judicial approval to obtain from the London Stock Exchange further information about orders in Burford shares.

The principal court filing along with Professor Mitts' report have been uploaded to the Briefing Papers section within Investor Resources on Burford's investor relations website which can be found at www.burfordcapital.com/investors/investor-resources/briefing-papers/.

For further information, please contact:

 
   Burford Capital Limited 
   Jim Kilman, Chief Financial Officer                 [phone] 
   Robert Bailhache, Head of Investor Relations        [phone] 
    - email                                             2023 
   Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited - NOMAD          [phone] 
    and Joint Broker                                    2000 
   Jonny Allison 
   Alex Reynolds 
 
                                                       [phone] 
   Jefferies International Limited - Joint Broker       8000 
   Graham Davidson 
   Tony White 
 
                                                       [phone] 
   Numis Securities Limited - Joint Broker              1000 
   Charlie Farquhar 
   Jonathan Abbott 
 
 

About Burford Capital

Burford Capital 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, Singapore and Sydney.

For more information about Burford: www.burfordcapital.com

This release does not constitute an offer of any Burford fund. Burford Capital Investment Management LLC ("BCIM"), which acts as the fund manager of all Burford funds, is registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. 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.

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