Burford Capital Limited, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting held on May 15, 2024 were approved by shareholders, including, among others, the approval of a final dividend of 6.25¢ (United States cents) per ordinary share to be paid on June 14, 2024 to all ordinary shareholders on the register of members at the close of business on May 24, 2024.
The votes received are detailed below:
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Ordinary resolutions |
Total votes |
Total votes |
Total votes |
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1. To receive the accounts of Burford for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the report of the directors and the external auditor thereon |
128,505,379 |
1,637 |
686,754 |
|
2. To declare a final dividend of 6.25¢ (United States cents) per ordinary share |
129,119,855 |
7,324 |
66,591 |
|
3. To re-elect Rukia Baruti as director |
127,904,703 |
1,172,294 |
116,773 |
|
4. To re-elect Christopher Bogart as director |
129,099,046 |
20,952 |
73,772 |
|
5. To re-elect Pamela Corrie as director |
129,093,481 |
25,306 |
74,983 |
|
6. To re-elect Robert Gillespie as director |
127,847,237 |
1,271,499 |
75,034 |
|
7. To re-elect Christopher Halmy as director |
128,032,369 |
1,086,357 |
75,044 |
|
8. To re-elect John Sievwright as director |
129,052,199 |
66,337 |
75,234 |
|
9. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Burford’s external auditor |
141,486,391 |
901,181 |
59,712 |
|
10. To authorize the directors to agree upon the remuneration of the external auditor |
128,482,052 |
649,435 |
62,283 |
|
11. To authorize the directors to allot and/or issue ordinary shares in Burford up to a specified amount |
124,530,251 |
4,582,687 |
80,832 |
|
12. To authorize Burford to make market acquisitions of its ordinary shares up to a specified amount |
129,021,272 |
43,517 |
128,981 |
|
Special resolutions |
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13. To authorize the directors to allot and/or issue equity securities for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders (subject to the limitations set forth in the resolution) |
126,091,341 |
2,909,951 |
192,478 |
|
14. To authorize the directors to allot and/or issue equity securities for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders (subject to the limitations set forth in the resolution) for an acquisition or specified capital investment |
125,650,917 |
3,348,450 |
194,403 |
About Burford Capital
Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset 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 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.
