Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 4080U

Burford Capital

27 December 2012

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Burford Capital Limited
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):					Change in share capital following completion of reorganisation on 12 December 2012
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		The owners of the shares are EP Cayman, Ltd., and Eton Park Master Fund, Ltd. (the "owners"). Eton Park Capital Management, L.P. (the "Investment Manager") has been granted discretionary investment management authority in respect of the assets of the owners. The Investment Manager has in turn delegated investment management authority in respect of the assets of the owners to its UK affiliate, Eton Park International LLP (the "sub-Manager").
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		EP Cayman, Ltd., and Eton Park Master Fund, Ltd. The holding is registered in the name of a nominee, Vidacos Nominees Limited.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		12 December 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		27 December 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		9%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

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17,919,999

17,919,999

17,919,999

17,919,999

8.76%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

17,919,999

8.76%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The parent undertakings of the Investment Manager are: 1.   Eton Park Capital Management, L.L.C. 2.   Eric M. Mindich The parent undertakings of the sub-Manager are : 1.   Eton Park Capital Limited 2.   The Investment Manager 3.   Eton Park Capital Management, L.L.C. 4.   Eric M. Mindich
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		Not applicable
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		Not applicable
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		Not applicable
13. Additional information:	Not applicable
14. Contact name:	Not applicable
15. Contact telephone number:	Not applicable

 

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