Result of Meeting

RNS Number : 0019S

Burford Capital

15 December 2016

 

15 December 2016

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED

RESULT OF EGM

Burford Capital Limited ("Burford Capital" or "Burford" or "the Company"), the world's largest provider of investment capital and risk solutions for litigation, is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its Extraordinary General Meeting today were approved by shareholders.

Proxy votes were received in respect of 153,922,455 shares in issue, being 75.25% of those shares eligible to vote.  The votes received are as follows:

Ordinary Resolutions	Total votes for	Total votes against	Total votes withheld
1.    To approve the Burford Capital 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan as set out in the circular to shareholders dated 23 November 2016	153,907,455 (99.99% of votes cast)	15,000 (0.01% of votes cast)	0

Total Voting Rights

Burford confirms that, following the admission of new ordinary shares this morning, the total number of ordinary shares in issue and the total number of ordinary shares in the Company with voting rights is 208,237,979. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change of interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

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
Andrew Holloway
Neustria Partners - Financial Communications for Burford Capital	[phone]
Robert Bailhache [email]
Charles Gorman [email]
Nick Henderson [email]

About Burford Capital

Burford Capital is a leading global finance firm focused on law. Burford's businesses include litigation finance and risk management, corporate intelligence and judgment enforcement, and a wide range of law firm financing activities. Burford's equity and debt securities are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, and it works with lawyers and clients around the world from its principal offices in New York and London.

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

 

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