REG - Burford Capital Ltd - Result of AGM

Burford CapitalAnnouncement

14/05/2019 14:45

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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