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RESULT OF BURFORD CAPITAL'S AGM
RESULT OF BURFORD CAPITAL'S AGM.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 8216M\n Burford Capital Limited\n 13 May 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 13 May 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n RESULT OF BURFORD CAPITAL'S AGM\n \n \n \n \n \n Burford Capital Limited (\"\n Burford \n Capital\" or \"Burford\" or \"the Company\"), the leading global finance and investment management firm focused on law\n , is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting today were approved by shareholders.\n \n \n \n \n \n The votes received are detailed below:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ordinary Resolutions\n \n \n \n \n Total votes for\n \n \n \n \n Total votes against\n \n \n \n \n Total votes withheld\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1. To receive the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 and the directors' and auditors' reports thereon\n \n \n \n \n 162,290,419\n \n \n \n \n 1,585,938\n \n \n \n \n 332,417\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2. To re-appoint Sir Peter Middleton as a director\n \n \n \n \n 134,256,064\n \n \n \n \n 18,008,875\n \n \n \n \n 12,009,207\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 3. To re-appoint Charles Parkinson as a director\n \n \n \n \n 138,972,393\n \n \n \n \n 25,285,742\n \n \n \n \n 16,011\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 4. To appoint Robert Gillespie as a director\n \n \n \n \n 162,417,616\n \n \n \n \n 1,750,122\n \n \n \n \n 41,036\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 5. To appoint John Sievwright as a director\n \n \n \n \n 162,417,617\n \n \n \n \n 1,750,121\n \n \n \n \n 41,036\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 6. To appoint Christopher Bogart as a director\n \n \n \n \n 162,307,520\n \n \n \n \n 1,860,218\n \n \n \n \n 41,036\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 7. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors \n \n \n \n \n 162,190,034\n \n \n \n \n 1,990,726\n \n \n \n \n 28,014\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 8. To authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration\n \n \n \n \n 162,366,661\n \n \n \n \n 1,812,966\n \n \n \n \n 28,147\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 9. \n To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specific amount\n \n \n \n \n 152,197,465\n \n \n \n \n 11,962,647\n \n \n \n \n 47,662\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 10. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares up to a specified amount\n \n \n \n \n 162,078,969\n \n \n \n \n 2,085,495\n \n \n \n \n 43,310\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 11. To approve the rene...