Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4796Y

Burford Capital

17 May 2016

 

17 May 2016

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED

RESULT OF AGM

Burford Capital Limited ("Burford Capital" or "Burford" or "the Company"), a leading global finance 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 unanimously approved the dividend payment of 5.67¢ per share.  That dividend will be payable on 17 June 2016 to shareholders on the register as at the close of business on Friday 27 May 2016.

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 2015 and the directors' and auditors' reports thereon	162,202,699	0	0
2.     To declare a final dividend of 5.67¢ (United States cents) per ordinary share	162,202,699	0	0
3.     To re-appoint David Lowe as a director	162,201,874	0	825
4.     To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors	162,157,699	45,000	0
5.     To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration	153,217,876	1,822,213	7,162,610
6.     To authorise the directors to allot shares up to 68,181,818 shares	161,010,312	1,192,387	0
7.     To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares up to a specified amount	162,199,543	3,156	0
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)	162,182,718	19,981	0

For further information, please contact:

Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited - NOMAD and Joint Broker	[phone]
Ken Fleming
Nicholas Harland
Nick Donovan
Haitong Securities (UK) Limited - Joint Broker	[phone]
John Riddell
Harry Stockdale
RBC Capital Markets - Joint Broker	[phone]
Oliver Hearsey
Neustria Partners - Financial Communications for Burford Capital	[phone]
Robert Bailhache
[e-mail]
Computershare Investor Services (Guernsey) Limited - Company Registrar	[phone]
International Administration Group (Guernsey) Limited - Company Secretary
Mark Woodall	[phone]

About Burford Capital

Burford is a leading global finance firm focused on law.  Our businesses include litigation finance, insurance and risk transfer, law firm lending, corporate intelligence and judgment enforcement, and a wide range of investment activities. Burford's equity and debt securities are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange. We work with lawyers and clients around the world from our principal offices in New York and London.

For more information about Burford, visit www.burfordcapital.com 

 

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