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Burford Capital

15 December 2016

15 December 2016

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED

RESULT OF EGM

Burford Capital Limited ("Burford Capital" or "Burford" or "the Company"), the world's largest provider of investment capital and risk solutions for litigation, is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its Extraordinary General Meeting today were approved by shareholders.

Proxy votes were received in respect of 153,922,455 shares in issue, being 75.25% of those shares eligible to vote. The votes received are as follows:

 
 Ordinary Resolutions         Total votes   Total votes   Total votes 
                               for           against       withheld 
---------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 1. To approve the Burford 
  Capital 2016 Long Term 
  Incentive Plan as set 
  out in the circular 
  to shareholders dated 
  23 November 2016            153,907,455   15,000        0 
                               (99.99%       (0.01% 
                                of votes      of votes 
                                cast)         cast) 
---------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------

Total Voting Rights

Burford confirms that, following the admission of new ordinary shares this morning, the total number of ordinary shares in issue and the total number of ordinary shares in the Company with voting rights is 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 Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

 
   Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited       +44 (0)20 3037 
    - NOMAD and Joint Broker                 2000 
   Jonny Allison 
   Nicholas Harland 
 
   Liberum Capital Limited - Joint          +44 (0)20 3100 
    Broker                                   2222 
   Richard Crawley 
   Jamie Richards 
 
   Numis Securities Limited - Joint         +44 (0) 20 
    Broker                                   7260 1000 
   Charlie Farquhar 
   Andrew Holloway 
 
   Neustria Partners - Financial            +44 (0)20 3021 
    Communications for Burford Capital       2580 
   Robert Bailhache [email] 
   Charles Gorman [email] 
   Nick Henderson [email]

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

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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