Last checked at 16 May 2017 12:06
16 May 2017
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 approved the dividend payment of 6.48¢ per share. That dividend will be payable on 16 June 2017 to shareholders on the register as at the close of business on Friday 26 May 2017.
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 2016 and the directors' and auditors' reports thereon | 163,456,175 | 253,602 | 0 |
2. To declare a final dividend of 6.48¢ (United States cents) per ordinary share | 163,709,640 | 137 | 0 |
3. To re-appoint Sir Peter Middleton as a director | 163,078,135 | 629,580 | 2,063 |
4. To re-appoint Charles Parkinson as a director | 163,078,272 | 629,443 | 2,063 |
5. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors | 163,176,819 | 531,821 | 1,137 |
6. To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration | 163,431,558 | 278,219 | 0 |
7. To authorise the directors to allot up to 69,412,660 shares and up to 138,825,319 by way of a rights issue | 162,837,329 | 872,311 | 137 |
8. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares up to a specified amount | 163,706,621 | 3,156 | 0 |
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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) | 163,672,184 | 17,593 | 20,000 |
For further information, please contact:
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited - NOMAD and Joint Broker | +44 (0)20 3037 2000 |
Jonny Allison | |
Nicholas Harland | |
Liberum Capital Limited- Joint Broker | +44 (0)20 3100 2222 |
Richard Crawley | |
Jamie Richards | |
Numis Securities Limited - Joint Broker | +44 (0)20 7260 1000 |
Charlie Farquhar | |
Andrew Holloway | |
Neustria Partners - Financial Communications for Burford Capital | +44 (0)20 3021 2580 |
Robert Bailhache [robert.bailhache@neustriapartners.com] | |
Charles Gorman [charles.gorman@neustriapartners.com] |
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Nick Henderson [nick.henderson@neustriapartners.com] |
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About Burford Capital
Burford Capital is a leading global finance 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 and Chicago.
For more information about Burford, visit www.burfordcapital.com
This release does not constitute an offer of any Burford fund.