Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0060Z
Burford Capital Limited
14 May 2019
 

This announcement contains inside information.

 

14 May 2019

 

RESULT OF BURFORD CAPITAL'S AGM

 

Burford Capital Limited ("Burford Capital" or "Burford" or "the Company"), the leading global finance and investment management 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 8.83¢ per share.  That dividend will be payable on 14 June 2019 to shareholders on the register as at the close of business on 24 May 2019.

 

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 2018 and the directors' and auditors' reports thereon

149,666,275

200,440

415,190

 

2.     To declare a final dividend of 8.83¢ (United States cents) per ordinary share

150,281,728

0

177

 

3.     To re-appoint David Charles Lowe as director

148,271,130

2,010,481

294

 

4.     To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors

147,893,793

2,381,911

6,201

 

5.     To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration

148,319,258

1,956,472

6,175

 

6.     To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specific amount

142,104,292

8,169,404

8,209

 

7.     To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares up to a specified amount

150,053,044

199,096

29,765

 

Special Resolutions




8.     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)

150,242,120

 

 

31,426

8,359

 

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) for an acquisition or specified capital investment

149,896,719

378,711

6,475

 

 

The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is Elizabeth O'Connell, Chief Financial Officer.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Burford Capital Limited


Elizabeth O'Connell, CFA, Chief Financial Officer

+1 212 235 6825



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


Jonathan Abbott




Montfort Communications Limited - Financial Communications

+44 (0)20 3770 7908

Robert Bailhache - bailhache@montfort.london


 

 

About Burford Capital

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and investment management 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, Chicago, Washington, Singapore and Sydney.

 

For more information about Burford: www.burfordcapital.com

 

 

 


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