14 December 2016
COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION / TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
Burford Capital Limited ("Burford" or the "Company"), a leading global finance firm focused on law, announces today that further to its statement this morning, the acquisition of GKC Holdings LLC, the parent of Gerchen Keller Capital, LLC (the "Acquisition"), is now complete.
The Acquisition was funded through a combination of cash, loan notes and new Burford shares. Following admission of the new ordinary shares, expected tomorrow 15 December 2016, the total number of ordinary shares in issue and the total number of ordinary shares in the Company with voting rights will be 208,237,979. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change of interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited - NOMAD and Joint Broker |
+44 (0)20 3037 2000 |
Jonny Allison |
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Nicholas Harland |
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Liberum Capital Limited - Joint Broker |
+44 (0)20 3100 2222 |
Richard Crawley |
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Jamie Richards |
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Numis Securities Limited - Joint Broker |
+44 (0) 20 7260 1000 |
Charlie Farquhar |
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Andrew Holloway |
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Neustria Partners - Financial Communications for Burford Capital |
+44 (0)20 3021 2580 |
Robert Bailhache [email] |
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Charles Gorman [email] |
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Nick Henderson [email] |
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About Burford Capital
Burford Capital is a leading global finance firm focused on law. Burford's businesses include litigation finance and risk management, corporate intelligence and judgment enforcement, and a wide range of law firm financing activities. Burford's equity and debt securities are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, and it works with lawyers and clients around the world from its principal offices in New York and London.
For more information about Burford, visit www.burfordcapital.com
