Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0060Z

Burford Capital Limited

14 May 2019

 

This announcement contains inside information.

14 May 2019

RESULT OF BURFORD CAPITAL'S 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 8.83¢ per share.  That dividend will be payable on 14 June 2019 to shareholders on the register as at the close of business on 24 May 2019.

The votes received are detailed below:

Ordinary Resolutions	Total votes for	Total votes against	Total votes withheld
1.     To receive the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018 and the directors' and auditors' reports thereon	149,666,275	200,440	415,190
2.     To declare a final dividend of 8.83¢ (United States cents) per ordinary share	150,281,728	0	177
3.     To re-appoint David Charles Lowe as director	148,271,130	2,010,481	294
4.     To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors	147,893,793	2,381,911	6,201
5.     To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration	148,319,258	1,956,472	6,175
6.     To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specific amount	142,104,292	8,169,404	8,209
7.     To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares up to a specified amount	150,053,044	199,096	29,765
Special Resolutions
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)	150,242,120	31,426	8,359
9.     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) for an acquisition or specified capital investment	149,896,719	378,711	6,475

The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is Elizabeth O'Connell, Chief Financial Officer.

For further information, please contact:

Burford Capital Limited
Elizabeth O'Connell, CFA, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited - NOMAD and Joint Broker	[phone]
Jonny Allison
Nicholas Harland
Liberum Capital Limited - Joint Broker	[phone]
Richard Crawley
Jamie Richards
Numis Securities Limited - Joint Broker	[phone]
Charlie Farquhar
Jonathan Abbott
Montfort Communications Limited - Financial Communications	[phone]
Robert Bailhache - [e-mail]

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

 

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