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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 | +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 [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