Burford Capital Limited : Notification of Major Interest in Shares
January 12, 2013 at 10:22 am
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:ii
Burford Capital Limited
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii
Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
09 January 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:
10 January 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
39%, 38%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares
Number
of
Voting
Rights
Number
of shares
Number of voting
rights
% of voting rights x
Direct
Direct xi
Indirect xii
Direct
Indirect
NPV
80,439,664
80,439,664
79,634,803
38.93%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date xiii
Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise price
Expiration date xvii
Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rights xix, xx
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
79,634,803
38.93%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Asset Management Limited - 23,082,752
Invesco Fund Managers Limited - 56,552,051
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:
Samantha Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:
01491 416381
Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name
(including legal form of legal entities)
Contact address
(registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
Other useful information
(at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Invesco Limited
Contact address
Registered address:
30 Finsbury Square, London. EC2A 1AG
Phone number & email
020 7638 0731
Other useful information
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.
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Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services, comprising core legal finance, complex strategies, and post-settlement finance. The Company is also engaged in the asset management business. The Company's segments include capital provision, asset management and other services, and other corporate. The capital provision segment comprises the provision of capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters, both directly and through investment in its managed funds. The asset management and other services segment includes the provision of services to the legal industry, including litigation insurance. In its post-settlement business, the Company offers clients the ability to monetize post-settlement and other legal receivables. In its complex strategy business, the Company acts as a principal and acquires assets that are mispriced and for which value can be realized through recourse to litigation proceedings.