Burford Capital Completion of Acquisition / Total Voting Rights (8827R)
December 14 2016 - 12:08PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMBUR
RNS Number : 8827R
Burford Capital
14 December 2016
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 +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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