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Result of AGM - correction
Result of AGM - correction.
About this update from Burford Capital Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9331E Burford Capital 16 May 2013 \n \n\nThe following amendment has been made to the 'Result of AGM' announcement released on 15 May 2013 at 15:24 under RNS Number 8104E.\n \nThe dividend payment figure was incorrectly stated as 4.768¢ (United States cents) per share. The correct figure, as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 24 April 2013, is 4.758¢ (United States cents) per share.\n \nAll other details remain unchanged.\n \nThe full amended text is shown below.\n \n \n \n \n \n15 May 2013\n \nBURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED\n \nRESULT OF AGM\n \n \nBurford Capital Limited (\"Burford Capital\" or \"Burford\" or \"the Company\"), the world's largest provider of investment capital and risk solutions for litigation, is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting today were approved by shareholders, of whom more than 75% were represented in person or by proxy.\n \nAmong other matters, shareholders unanimously approved the dividend payment of 4.758¢ per share. That dividend will be payable on 17 June 2013 to shareholders on the register as at the close of business on 24 May 2013.\n \nThe votes received are detailed below:\n \n\n\n\n\nOrdinary Resolutions\n\n\nTotal votes for\n\n\nTotal votes against\n\n\nTotal votes withheld\n\n\n\n\n1. To receive the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 and the directors' and auditors' reports thereon\n\n\n157,042,353\n\n\n0\n\n\n0\n\n\n\n\n2. To declare a final dividend of 4.758¢ (United States cents) per ordinary share\n\n\n157,042,353\n\n\n0\n\n\n0\n\n\n\n\n3. To re-appoint David Charles Lowe as a director\n\n\n157,042,353\n\n\n0\n\n\n0\n\n\n\n\n4. Reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors \n\n\n157,041,093\n\n\n1,260\n\n\n0\n\n\n\n\n5. To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration\n\n\n157,041,093\n\n\n0\n\n\n1,260\n\n\n\n\n6. To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount\n\n\n157,042,353\n\n\n0\n\n\n0\n\n\n\n\n7. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares up to a specified amount\n\n\n157,042,353\n\n\n0\n\n\n0\n\n\n\n\nSpecial Resolutions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8.  ...