Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4543O

Burford Capital Limited

01 June 2020

 

1 June 2020

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

Burford Capital Limited ("Burford") has been notified of certain purchases of the bonds issued by Burford Capital Finance LLC (the "Company"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Burford, made by Christopher P. Bogart, Burford's Chief Executive Officer, and Jonathan Molot, Burford's Chief Investment Officer.

On 28 May 2020, Mr Bogart purchased 5,000 6.125% US Dollar denominated bonds due 12 August 2025 issued by the Company ("Bonds") and Mr Molot also purchased 5,000 Bonds, in each case at a price of US$87.375 per Bond.

The Notification of Dealing Forms for each of the transactions mentioned above are included at the end of this announcement.

For further information, please contact:

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

About Burford Capital Finance LLC

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

About Burford Capital Limited

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 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.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
	(a)  Name	Christopher Bogart
2	Reason for the notification
	(a)  Position/status	A PDMR occupying the position of Chief Executive Officer of Burford Capital Limited
	(b)  Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
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 the financial instrument, type of instrument	6.125 per cent. US Dollar denominated bonds due 2025 at 100 per cent. 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)
		US$ 87.375	5,000
	(d)  Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price	N/A
	(e)  Date of the transaction	28 May 2020
	(f)  Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
	(a)  Name	Jonathan Molot
2	Reason for the notification
	(a)  Position/status	A PDMR occupying the position of Chief Investment Officer of Burford Capital Limited
	(b)  Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
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 the financial instrument, type of instrument	6.125 per cent. US Dollar denominated bonds due 2025 at 100 per cent. of their principal amount (the "Bonds")
	Identification code	XS1756325228
	(b)  Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Bonds
	(c)  Price(s)and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		US$87.375	5,000
	(d)  Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price	N/A
	(e)  Date of the transaction	28 May 2020
	(f)  Place of the transaction	Outside of a trading venue

 

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