Burford Capital Result of AGM (9085O)

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RNS Number : 9085O

Burford Capital

22 May 2018

This announcement contains inside information.

22 May 2018

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED

RESULT OF AGM

Burford Capital Limited ("Burford Capital" or "Burford" or "the Company"), the leading global finance and investment management firm focused on law, is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting today were approved by shareholders.

Among other matters, shareholders approved the dividend payment of 7.95c per share. That dividend will be payable on 22 June 2018 to shareholders on the register as at the close of business on Friday 1 June 2018.

The votes received are detailed below:

 
 Ordinary Resolutions                 Total   Total votes   Total votes 
                                      votes       against      withheld 
                                        for 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 1. To receive the 
  accounts for the year 
  ended 31 December 
  2017 and the directors' 
  and auditors' reports 
  thereon                       148,464,184     3,794,958       146,494 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 2. To declare a final 
  dividend of 7.95c (United 
  States cents) per ordinary 
  share                         152,405,636             0             0 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 3. To re-appoint Hugh 
  Steven Wilson as a 
  director                      150,200,911     2,204,510           215 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 4. To re-appoint Ernst 
  & Young LLP as the 
  Company's auditors            151,092,653     1,312,983             0 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 5. To authorise the 
  directors to agree 
  the auditors' remuneration    152,012,126       391,626         1,884 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 6. To authorise the 
  directors to allot 
  up to 68,718,533 shares 
  and up to 137,437,066 
  by way of a rights 
  issue                         149,255,466     2,920,500       229,670 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 7. To authorise the 
  Company to purchase 
  its own shares up 
  to a specified amount         152,064,477       227,160       113,999 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Special Resolution 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 8. To authorise the 
  directors to allot 
  shares for cash without 
  making a pre-emptive 
  offer to shareholders 
  (subject to the limitation 
  set out in the resolution)    151,989,497       411,729         4,410 
-----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 

For further information, please contact:

 
 Burford Capital Limited 
 Elizabeth O'Connell, CFA, Chief 
  Financial Officer                              [phone] 
 
 Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited              [phone] 
  - NOMAD and Joint Broker                        2000 
 Jonny Allison 
 Nicholas Harland 
 
 Liberum Capital Limited - Joint                 [phone] 
  Broker                                          2222 
 Richard Crawley 
 Jamie Richards 
 
 Numis Securities Limited - Joint                [phone] 
  Broker                                          1000 
 Charlie Farquhar 
 Jonathan Abbot 
 
 Neustria Partners - Financial Communications    [phone] 
  for Burford Capital                             2580 
 Robert Bailhache [email] 
 Charles Gorman [email] 
 Nick Henderson [email] 
 
 

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 and Singapore.

For more information about Burford: www.burfordcapital.com

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