Burford Capital Notification of Major Interest in Shares (0701U)
January 12 2017 - 10:23AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMBUR
RNS Number : 0701U
Burford Capital
12 January 2017
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
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1. Identity of the issuer or Burford Capital Limited
the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which
voting rights are
attached: (ii)
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate
box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial No
instruments which may result in the acquisition
of shares already issued to which voting rights
are attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with No
similar economic effect to qualifying financial
instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights No
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Other (please No
specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) Invesco Limited
subject to the
notification obligation:
(iii)
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4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):(iv)
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5. Date of the transaction 11 January 2017
and date on
which the threshold is
crossed or
reached: (v)
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6. Date on which issuer 12 January 2017
notified:
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are
crossed or
reached: (vi, vii) 26%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)
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Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the
of to the triggering triggering transaction
shares transaction
if possible
using
the ISIN
CODE
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Number Number Number Number of % of voting
of of of voting rights (x)
Shares Voting shares rights
Rights
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Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(xi) (xii)
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NPV
GG00B4L84979 56,278,743 56,278,743 56,211,743 26.99%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion rights that rights
(xiii) Period (xiv) may be
acquired if
the
instrument
is
exercised/
converted.
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
financial price date Conversion rights instrument rights (xix,
instrument (xvii) period refers to xx)
(xviii)
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Nominal Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
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56,211,743 26.99%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the
voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
(xxi)
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Invesco Asset Management Limited - 56,211,743
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder: Invesco Limited
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11. Number of voting rights proxy N/A
holder will cease
to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will N/A
cease to hold
voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name: Philippa Holmes
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15. Contact telephone number: 01491 417 447
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Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not
the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to
the notification obligation
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Full name
(including legal form of
legal entities)
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Contact address
(registered office for legal
entities)
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Phone number & email
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Other useful information
(at least legal representative
for legal persons)
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B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
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Full name Invesco Limited
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Contact address Perpetual Park, Perpetual
Park Drive, Henley-on-Thames.
Oxon. RG9 1HH
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Phone number & email
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Other useful information
(e.g. functional relationship
with the person or legal
entity subject to the notification
obligation) 01491 417 000
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C: Additional information
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For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the
FCA website.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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