Intended Purchases of Ordinary Shares to Satisfy Non-Employee Directors' Awards

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Burford Capital (BUR) announced plans for open market purchases of its ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange. The purchases will be executed by Numis Securities Limited to satisfy awards granted to non-employee directors under the Burford Capital Limited 2021 Non-Employee Directors' Share Plan. The company intends to acquire 29,227 shares with an approximate aggregate market value of £274,000, based on the June 4, 2025 closing price. The purchases will be made as soon as practicable following the announcement.

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• Share purchases demonstrate commitment to director compensation alignment with shareholder interests
• Relatively small purchase amount (£274,000) indicates minimal impact on company's cash position

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NEW YORK, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces the intended open market purchases of Burford's ordinary shares of nil par value ("Shares") on the London Stock Exchange to satisfy a grant of awards to Burford's non-employee directors under the Burford Capital Limited 2021 Non-Employee Directors' Share Plan as soon as practicable following this announcement. One of Burford's joint brokers, Numis Securities Limited (trading as Deutsche Numis), will purchase the Shares on Burford's behalf, pursuant to an instruction to purchase 29,227 Shares at an approximate aggregate market value of £274,000 based on the closing price on the London Stock Exchange on June 4, 2025.

About Burford Capital

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset 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 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR) and works with companies and law firms around the world from its global network of offices.

For more information, please visit www.burfordcapital.com.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any ordinary shares or other securities of Burford.

This press release does not constitute an offer of any Burford private fund. Burford Capital Investment Management LLC, which acts as the fund manager of all Burford private funds, is registered as an investment adviser with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The information provided in this press release is for informational purposes only. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The information contained in this press release is not, and should not be construed as, an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities (including interests or shares in any of Burford private funds). Any such offer or solicitation may be made only by means of a final confidential private placement memorandum and other offering documents.

Forward-looking statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provided for under these sections. In some cases, words such as "aim", "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "could", "estimate", "expect", "forecast", "guidance", "intend", "may", "plan", "potential", "predict", "projected", "should" or "will", or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although Buford believes that the assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions and beliefs about future results and events reflected in forward-looking statements have a reasonable basis and are expressed in good faith, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause Burford's actual results and events to differ materially from (and be more negative than) future results and events expressed, projected or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause future results and events to differ include, among others, those discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Burford's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2025. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements contained in the periodic and current reports that Burford files with or furnishes to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Many of these factors are beyond Burford's ability to control or predict, and new factors emerge from time to time. Furthermore, Burford cannot assess the impact of each such factor on its business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results and events to be materially different from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on Burford's forward-looking statements.

All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Burford or to persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except as required by applicable law, Burford undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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SOURCE Burford Capital Limited

FAQ

How many shares will Burford Capital (BUR) purchase for its non-employee directors?

Burford Capital will purchase 29,227 shares with an approximate market value of £274,000.

What is the purpose of BUR's share purchase announcement?

The share purchases are intended to satisfy awards granted to non-employee directors under the Burford Capital Limited 2021 Non-Employee Directors' Share Plan.

Who will execute the share purchases for Burford Capital?

Numis Securities Limited (trading as Deutsche Numis), one of Burford's joint brokers, will execute the share purchases on behalf of the company.

When will Burford Capital's share purchases take place?

The purchases will be made on the London Stock Exchange as soon as practicable following the June 5, 2025 announcement.