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RNS Number : 3434U  Burford Capital Limited  22 November 2023

 

22 November 2023

 

 

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED

 

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial
responsibilities

 

Burford Capital Limited, the leading global finance and asset management firm
focused on law, provides the following notifications of transactions by
persons discharging managerial responsibilities (each, a "PDMR" and,
collectively, "PDMRs").

 

Investment in Shares through Burford employee deferred compensation plan

 

On November 20, 2023, David Perla, Co-Chief Operating Officer, used his
deferred cash compensation to purchase 1,330 ordinary shares of nil par value
of Burford Capital Limited (the "Shares") through the Burford employee
deferred compensation plan.

 

Further details about the Burford employee deferred compensation plan can be
found in Burford's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
2022 filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2023. In
essence, Burford employees are able to elect to defer cash compensation,
without incurring current taxes, into the Burford employee deferred
compensation plan, which in turn permits the full amount of that deferred
compensation to be allocated to the Shares (or for other investment options).
This is a tax-efficient way for employees to continue to accumulate exposure
to the Shares.

 

Estate planning by Mr. Molot

 

On November 20, 2023, a 4.918453% interest in Jonathan Molot LLC ("JM LLC"), a
company which is controlled by Chief Investment Officer Jonathan Molot and
which holds 6,000,000 Shares, was transferred from Jonathan T. Molot August
2022 Trust to Mr. Molot, and Mr. Molot transferred a 4.918453% interest in JM
LLC to Jonathan T. Molot November 2023 Trust. Ongoing annual movement of
ownership interests in JM LLC back-and-forth between Mr. Molot and annual
trusts established by Mr. Molot, of which he and his family members are the
beneficiaries, is expected as a normal part of the US estate planning
undertaken.

 

The Notification of Dealing Forms for these transactions set forth above are
included at the end of this announcement.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Burford Capital Limited
 For investor and analyst inquiries:
 Robert Bailhache, Head of Investor Relations, EMEA and Asia - email  +44 (0)20 3530 2023
 (mailto:rbailhache@burfordcapital.com)
 Jim Ballan, Head of Investor Relations, Americas - email             +1 (646) 793 9176
 (mailto:JBallan@burfordcapital.com)
 For press inquiries:
 David Helfenbein, Vice President, Public Relations - email           +1 (212) 235 6824
 (mailto:dhelfenbein@burfordcapital.com)

 Deutsche Numis - NOMAD and Joint Broker                              +44 (0)20 7260 1000
 Giles Rolls
 Charlie Farquhar

 Jefferies International Limited - Joint Broker                       +44 (0)20 7029 8000
 Graham Davidson
 James Umbers

 Berenberg - Joint Broker                                             +44 (0)20 3207 7800
 Toby Flaux
 James Thompson
 Yasmina Benchekroun

About Burford Capital

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm
focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance
(https://www.burfordcapital.com/) and risk management, asset recovery and a
wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly
traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock
Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the
world from its offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, DC,
Singapore, Dubai, Sydney and Hong Kong.

 

For more information, please visit www.burfordcapital.com
(http://www.burfordcapital.com) .

 

 

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy any ordinary shares or other securities of Burford.

 

This announcement does not constitute an offer of any Burford private fund.
Burford Capital Investment Management LLC, which acts as the fund manager of
all Burford private funds, is registered as an investment adviser with the
US Securities and Exchange Commission. The information provided in this
announcement is for informational purposes only. Past performance is not
indicative of future results. The information contained in this announcement
is not, and should not be construed as, an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy any securities (including, without limitation, interests or
shares in any of Burford private funds). Any such offer or solicitation may be
made only by means of a final confidential private placement memorandum and
other offering documents.

 

Forward-looking statements

This announcement contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding
assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions and beliefs about future
events. These statements are intended as "forward-looking statements". In some
cases, predictive, future-tense or forward-looking words such as "aim",
"anticipate", "believe", "continue", "could", "estimate", "expect",
"forecast", "guidance", "intend", "may", "plan", "potential", "predict",
"projected", "should" or "will" or the negative of such terms or other
comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements,
but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. In addition,
Burford and its representatives may from time to time make other oral or
written statements that are forward-looking, including in its periodic reports
that Burford files with, or furnishes to, the US Securities and Exchange
Commission, other information made available to Burford's security holders and
other written materials. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors because they relate
to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future.
Burford cautions that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance and are based on numerous assumptions, expectations, projections,
intentions and beliefs and that Burford's actual results of operations,
including its financial position and liquidity, and the development of the
industry in which it operates, may differ materially from (and be more
negative than) those made in, or suggested by, the forward-looking statements
contained in this announcement. Significant factors that may cause actual
results to differ from those Burford expects include, among others, those
discussed under "Risk Factors" in Burford's annual report on Form 20-F for the
year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 16, 2023 and other reports or documents that Burford files
with, or furnishes to, the US Securities and Exchange Commission from time to
time. In addition, even if Burford's results of operations, including its
financial position and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which
it operates are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in
this announcement, those results of operations or developments may not be
indicative of results of operations or developments in subsequent periods.

 

Except as required by law, Burford undertakes no obligation to update or
revise the forward-looking statements contained in this announcement, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

 

 1  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
    associated
    (a)     Name                                                             David Perla
 2  Reason for the notification
    (a)     Position/status                                                  A PDMR occupying the position of Co-Chief Operating Officer
    (b)    Initial notification /Amendment                                   Initial
 3  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
    (a)     Name                                                             Burford Capital Limited
    (b)    LEI                                                               549300FUKUWFYJMT2277
 4  Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
    instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
    place where transactions have been conducted
    (a)     Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument      Ordinary Shares
             Identification code                                             GG00BMGYLN96
    (b)    Nature of the transaction                                         Allocation of fully vested notional Ordinary Shares equivalent to a deferred
                                                                             amount of cash compensation under Burford's deferred compensation plan
    (c)     Price(s)and volume(s)                                            Price(s)                                 Volume(s)
    $ 14.23                                                                                                           1,330

    (d)    Aggregated information                                            N/A

    ·    Aggregated volume

    ·    Price
    (e)    Date of the transaction                                           20 November 2023

    (f)     Place of the transaction                                         Outside a trading venue

 

 

 1  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
    associated
    (a)     Name                                                             David Perla
 2  Reason for the notification
    (a)     Position/status                                                  A PDMR occupying the position of Co-Chief Operating Officer
    (b)    Initial notification /Amendment                                   Initial
 3  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
    (a)     Name                                                             Burford Capital Limited
    (b)    LEI                                                               549300FUKUWFYJMT2277
 4  Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
    instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
    place where transactions have been conducted
    (a)     Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument      Notional Ordinary Shares
            Identification code                                              GG00BMGYLN96
    (b)    Nature of the transaction                                         Allocation of unvested notional Ordinary Shares pursuant to the provisions of
                                                                             Burford's deferred compensation plan due to vest in 2025
    (c)     Price(s)and volume(s)                                            Price(s)                                 Volume(s)
    $ Nil                                                                                                             443

    (d)    Aggregated information                                            N/A

    ·    Aggregated volume

    ·    Price
    (e)    Date of the transaction                                           20 November 2023

    (f)     Place of the transaction                                         Outside a trading venue

 

 

 1  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
    associated
    (a)     Name                                                             Jonathan T. Molot
 2  Reason for the notification
    (a)     Position/status                                                  A PDMR occupying the position of Chief Investment Officer
    (b)    Initial notification /Amendment                                   Initial
 3  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
    (a)     Name                                                             Burford Capital Limited
    (b)    LEI                                                               549300FUKUWFYJMT2277
 4  Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
    instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
    place where transactions have been conducted
    (a)     Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument      4.918453% interest in Jonathan Molot LLC, which holds 6,000,000 shares in
                                                                             Burford Capital Limited
            Identification code                                              N/A
    (b)    Nature of the transaction                                         Acquisition of membership interests from Jonathan T. Molot August 2022 Trust
    (c)     Price(s)and volume(s)                                            Price(s)                                 Volume(s)
    $14.135                                                                                                           295,107.18

    (d)    Aggregated information                                            N/A

    ·    Aggregated volume

    ·    Price
    (e)    Date of the transaction                                           20 November 2023

    (f)     Place of the transaction                                         N/A

 

 

 1  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
    associated
    (a)     Name                                                             Jonathan T. Molot August 2022 Trust
 2  Reason for the notification
    (a)     Position/status                                                  A person closely associated with Jonathan Molot, a PDMR occupying the position
                                                                             of Chief Investment Officer
    (b)    Initial notification /Amendment                                   Initial
 3  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
    (a)     Name                                                             Burford Capital Limited
    (b)    LEI                                                               549300FUKUWFYJMT2277
 4  Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
    instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
    place where transactions have been conducted
    (a)     Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument      4.918453% interest in Jonathan Molot LLC, which holds 6,000,000 shares in
                                                                             Burford Capital Limited
            Identification code                                              N/A
    (b)    Nature of the transaction                                         Disposal of membership interests to Jonathan T. Molot
    (c)     Price(s)and volume(s)                                            Price(s)                                  Volume(s)
    $14.135                                                                                                            295,107.18

    (d)    Aggregated information                                            N/A

    ·    Aggregated volume

    ·    Price
    (e)    Date of the transaction                                           20 November 2023

    (f)     Place of the transaction                                         N/A

 

 

 1  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
    associated
    (a)     Name                                                             Jonathan T. Molot
 2  Reason for the notification
    (a)     Position/status                                                  A PDMR occupying the position of Chief Investment Officer
    (b)    Initial notification /Amendment                                   Initial
 3  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
    (a)     Name                                                             Burford Capital Limited
    (b)    LEI                                                               549300FUKUWFYJMT2277
 4  Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
    instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
    place where transactions have been conducted
    (a)     Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument      4.918453% interest in Jonathan Molot LLC, which holds 6,000,000 shares in
                                                                             Burford Capital Limited
            Identification code                                              N/A
    (b)    Nature of the transaction                                         Disposal of membership interests to Jonathan T. Molot November 2023 Trust
    (c)     Price(s)and volume(s)                                            Price(s)                               Volume(s)
    $14.135                                                                                                         295,107.18

    (d)    Aggregated information                                            N/A

    ·    Aggregated volume

    ·    Price
    (e)    Date of the transaction                                           20 November 2023

    (f)     Place of the transaction                                         N/A

 

 

 

 1  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
    associated
    (a)     Name                                                             Jonathan T. Molot November 2023 Trust
 2  Reason for the notification
    (a)     Position/status                                                  A person closely associated with Jonathan Molot, a PDMR occupying the position
                                                                             of Chief Investment Officer
    (b)    Initial notification /Amendment                                   Initial
 3  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
    (a)     Name                                                             Burford Capital Limited
    (b)    LEI                                                               549300FUKUWFYJMT2277
 4  Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
    instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
    place where transactions have been conducted
    (a)     Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument      4.918453% interest in Jonathan Molot LLC, which holds 6,000,000 shares in
                                                                             Burford Capital Limited
            Identification code                                              N/A
    (b)    Nature of the transaction                                         Acquisition of membership interests from Jonathan T. Molot
    (c)     Price(s)and volume(s)                                            Price(s)                                  Volume(s)
    $14.135                                                                                                            295,107.18

    (d)    Aggregated information                                            N/A

    ·    Aggregated volume

    ·    Price
    (e)    Date of the transaction                                           20 November 2023

    (f)     Place of the transaction                                         N/A

 

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