Burford Capital Limited, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting held on May 18, 2022 were approved by shareholders, including, among others, the approval of a final dividend of 6.25 US cents per ordinary share to be paid on June 17, 2022 to all ordinary shareholders on the register of members at the close of business on May 27, 2022 and the appointment of Christopher Halmy as a new director.
The votes received are detailed below:
Ordinary Resolutions |
Total votes for |
Total votes against |
Total votes withheld |
1. To receive the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 and the directors’ and auditors’ reports thereon |
107,165,019 |
10,295 |
135,000 |
2. To declare a final dividend of 6.25¢ (United States cents) per ordinary share |
106,820,085 |
489,965 |
264 |
3. To re-appoint Hugh Steven Wilson as director
|
98,118,849 |
8,425,685 |
765,780 |
4. To re-appoint Christopher Bogart as director
|
107,186,856 |
88,876 |
34,582 |
5. To re-appoint Robert Gillespie as director
|
103,267,640 |
4,019,749 |
22,925 |
6. To re-appoint Andrea Muller as director
|
106,803,038 |
471,711 |
35,565 |
7. To re-appoint Charles Parkinson as director
|
106,656,670 |
630,719 |
22,925 |
8. To re-appoint John Sievwright as director
|
107,263,178 |
12,911 |
34,225 |
9. To appoint Christopher Halmy as director
|
107,249,008 |
10,268 |
51,038 |
10. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Burford’s auditors
|
107,167,722 |
138,322 |
4,270 |
11. To authorize the directors to agree to the auditors’ remuneration |
107,171,145 |
134,655 |
4,514 |
12. To authorize the directors to allot and/or issue Burford’s ordinary shares up to a specified amount |
105,184,172 |
2,061,548 |
64,594 |
13. To authorize Burford to purchase its ordinary shares up to a specified amount |
107,253,364 |
11,122 |
45,828 |
Special Resolutions |
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14. To authorize the directors to allot and/or issue equity securities for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders (subject to the limitation set out in the resolution) |
105,058,549 |
2,130,049 |
121,716 |
15. To authorize the directors to allot and/or issue ordinary shares for cash without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders (subject to the limitation set out in the resolution) for an acquisition or specified capital investment |
104,074,441 |
3,102,857 |
133,016 |