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1 March 2024
Litigation Capital Management Limited
("LIT", the "Company" or the "Group")
Transaction in Own Shares
The Company announces that Canaccord Genuity Limited ("Canaccord") has made the following purchases of ordinary shares of no par value in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), on its behalf on the London Stock Exchange, pursuant to the Share Buyback Programme announced on 5 October 2023.
Date of purchase | 29 February 2024 |
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased (aggregated volume): | 33,000 |
Highest Price paid per Ordinary Share (p): | 101 |
Lowest Price paid per Ordinary Share (p): | 99.4 |
Volume Weighted Average Price paid per Ordinary Share (p): | 100.07 |
Venue where Ordinary Shares are traded | London Stock Exchange (AIM) |
Canaccord holds the repurchased shares on behalf of the Company. Following the purchase, the number of Ordinary Shares in issue and admitted to trading on AIM will be 117,776,749 excluding shares held by Canaccord (being the "Total Share Capital"). Canaccord on behalf of the Company will hold 1,423,583 ordinary shares, representing approximately 1.2087 per cent of the Total Share Capital.
This figure of 117,776,749 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The Company and Canaccord will make further announcements in due course following the completion of any further purchases pursuant to the Share Buyback Programme.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Canaccord on behalf of the Company.
Individual transactions:
Number of shares purchased | Transaction price (pence per share) | Time of transaction | Trading venue |
17,500 | 99.4 | 11:59:28 | London Stock Exchange |
10,000 | 101 | 14:25:34 | London Stock Exchange |
5,500 | 100.5 | 15:09:24 | London Stock Exchange |
Enquiries
Litigation Capital Management | c/o Tavistock |
Patrick Moloney, Chief Executive Officer Mary Gangemi, Chief Financial Officer |
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Canaccord (Nomad and Joint Broker) | Tel: 020 7523 8000 |
Bobbie Hilliam / Alex Orr | |
Investec Bank plc (Joint Broker) | Tel: 020 7597 5970 |
David Anderson | |
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Tavistock (PR and IR) | Tel: 020 7920 3150 |
Tim Pearson Katie Hopkins | lcm@tavistock.co.uk |
NOTES TO EDITORS
Litigation Capital Management (LCM) is an alternative asset manager specialising in disputes financing solutions internationally, which operates two business models. The first is direct investments made from LCM's permanent balance sheet capital and the second is third party fund management. Under those two business models, LCM currently pursues three investment strategies: Single-case funding, Portfolio funding and Acquisitions of claims. LCM generates its income from both its direct investments and also performance fees through asset management.
LCM has an unparalleled track record driven by disciplined project selection and robust risk management. Currently headquartered in Sydney, with offices in London, Singapore, Brisbane and Melbourne, LCM listed on AIM in December 2018, trading under the ticker LIT.
www.lcmfinance.com