As of September 27, 2023, Burford Capital Limited had 219,049,877 ordinary shares of nil par value issued, of which 350,947 ordinary shares were held in treasury, resulting in 218,698,930 ordinary shares issued and outstanding. As of September 27, 2023, 9.47% of ordinary shares were not in public hands. There are no restrictions on the transfer of Burford Capital Limited’s ordinary shares.

The shareholding information set forth in the tables below for shareholders holding more than 5% of Burford Capital Limited’s ordinary shares and Burford Capital Limited’s directors and members of the management committee is as of June 30, 2023.

Major Shareholders Information1

Ratings Table
Shareholder name Number of Ordinary Shares % of Voting Rights
Mithaq Capital 23,021,070 10.53%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 10,949,785 5.01%

1 The shareholding information set forth in this table for shareholders holding more than 5% of Burford Capital Limited's ordinary shares reflects shareholdings as notified to Burford by shareholders via TR-1 or SEC disclosures, and Burford updates the shareholding information in this table as TR-1 or SEC disclosures are made. Burford does not independently verify the information provided via TR-1 or SEC disclosures nor does Burford include shareholding information not provided via TR-1 or SEC disclosures.

Director Shareholdings

Ratings Table
Director name Number of Ordinary Shares % of Voting Rights
Hugh Steven Wilson 303,835 0.140%
Christopher Halmy 25,490 0.010%
John Sievwright 17,798 0.008%
Robert Gillespie 12,798 0.006%
Rukia Baruti 2,492 0.001%

Management Committee Shareholdings

Management Committee Member Owned Burford Capital Limited’s Ordinary Shares Unvested Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) Shares Under Burford's Deferred Compensation Plan1 Total2 Total As % Of Shares Issued And Outstanding
Craig Arnott 164,626 139,252 0 303,878 0.14
Christopher Bogart3 9,209,515 590,385 187,200 9,987,100 4.56
Mark Klein 44,713 98,894 6,305 149,912 0.07
Jordan Licht 0 140,086 0 140,086 0.06
Jonathan Molot3 9,815,755 590,385 277,998 10,684,138 4.88
Elizabeth O’Connell 130,892 105,868 0 236,760 0.11
David Perla 72,207 169,659 26,202 268,068 0.12
Aviva Will 297,927 111,679 27,217 436,823 0.20
Total management committee 19,735,635 1,946,208 524,922 22,206,765 10.14

1 Includes 33% matching contribution by Burford. Under Burford’s deferred compensation plan, a specified group of employees can elect to defer a portion of their compensation until future years without incurring current taxes. The deferred compensation plan permits the full amount of such deferred compensation to be allocated to Shares (or to other investment options). Additional details about Burford’s deferred compensation plan can be found in Burford's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2023.

2 The “Total” figures in the table above present total potential ownership of Shares by the members of Burford’s management committee but does not present beneficial ownership as it would have been calculated in accordance with the rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

3 As described in Burford’s RNS made available on March 15, 2019, each of Messrs Bogart and Molot established US charitable foundations and each of Messrs Bogart and Molot donated 250,000 of Shares to their respective foundations. Burford has determined that the foundations do not constitute Persons Closely Associated with Messrs Bogart or Molot, respectively. However, Burford continues to include the Shares held by the foundations in the table above for completeness and reduces the listed shareholdings accordingly as the respective foundation gifts Shares. As of June 30, 2023, Mr. Bogart’s foundation held 216,350 Shares and Mr. Molot’s foundation held 227,195 Shares.