RNS Number : 4825I

Burford Capital Limited

09 August 2019

9 August 2019

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and investment management firm focused on law, has been notified of certain share purchases made yesterday afternoon by Hugh Steven Wilson, Burford's Deputy Chairman, and Charles Parkinson, who is a member of the Board of Directors of Burford.

As outlined in previous announcements, Mr Wilson and Mr Parkinson can confirm that they have purchased shares following release of Burford's response to the Muddy Waters report. Mr Wilson purchased 25,000 ordinary shares of nil par value in Burford ("Ordinary Shares") on the market at a price of 797.55 pence per share and Mr Parkinson purchased 8,000 Ordinary Shares on the market at a price of 655 pence per share.

As a result of these transactions, Mr Wilson controls a total of 225,000 Ordinary shares, amounting to 0.10% of the issued share capital and Mr Parkinson controls a total of 8,000 Ordinary Shares in Burford, amounting to 0.004% of the issued share capital.

The Notification of Dealing Forms for each of the transactions mentioned above are included at the end of this announcement.

For further information, please contact:

Burford Capital Limited
Elizabeth O'Connell, CFA, Chief Financial Officer	+1 212 235 6825
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited - NOMAD and Joint Broker	+44 (0)20 3037 2000
Jonny Allison
Alex Reynolds
Liberum Capital Limited - Joint Broker	+44 (0)20 3100 2222
Richard Crawley
Jamie Richards
Numis Securities Limited - Joint Broker	+44 (0)20 7260 1000
Charlie Farquhar
Jonathan Abbott
Montfort Communications Limited - Financial Communications	+44 (0)20 3770 7908
Robert Bailhache - email

About Burford Capital

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and investment management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, and it works with law firms and clients around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington DC, Singapore and Sydney.

For more information about Burford: www.burfordcapital.com

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
	(a)    Name	Hugh Steven Wilson
2	Reason for the notification
	(a)    Position/status	A PDMR occupying the position of Deputy Chairman
	(b)   Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
	(a)    Name	Burford Capital Limited
	(b)   LEI	549300FUKUWFYJMT2277
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
	(a)    Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of nil par value
	Identification code	GG00B4L84979
	(b)   Nature of the transaction	Purchase of ordinary shares
	(c)    Price(s)and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		797.55p	25,000
			(d)   Aggregated information ·    Aggregated volume ·    Price	N/A
	(e)    Date of the transaction	8 August 2019
	(f)    Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
	(a)    Name	Charles Parkinson
2	Reason for the notification
	(a)    Position/status	A PDMR occupying the position of Director
	(b)   Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
	(a)    Name	Burford Capital Limited
	(b)   LEI	549300FUKUWFYJMT2277
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
	(a)    Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of nil par value
	Identification code	GG00B4L84979
	(b)   Nature of the transaction	Purchase of ordinary shares
	(c)    Price(s)and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		655p	8,000
			(d)   Aggregated information ·    Aggregated volume ·    Price	N/A
	(e)    Date of the transaction	8 August 2019
	(f)    Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange AIM

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