UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 327, 2026

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BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Guernsey	001-39511	N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Oak House, Hirzel Street

St. Peter Port

Guernsey GY1 2NP

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

+44 1481 723 450

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary shares, no par value	BUR	New York Stock Exchange
Ordinary shares, no par value	BUR	London Stock Exchange AIM

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 57.0201 Regulation ~~Departure~~FD ~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Disclosure.

On March 327, 2026, Burford Capital ~~LLC~~Limited (the “~~Burford~~Company”), issued a ~~Delaware~~press ~~limited~~release ~~liability~~providing ~~company~~its ~~and~~statement ~~wholly~~on ~~owned~~the ~~subsidiary~~opinion issued by the United States Court of ~~Burford~~Appeals ~~Capital~~for ~~Limited~~the ~~(together,~~Second Circuit in the ~~“Company”),~~YPF ~~entered~~matter. ~~into~~A ancopy ~~amended~~of ~~and~~the ~~restated~~press ~~employment~~release ~~agreement~~is ~~with~~attached ~~Aviva~~to ~~Will,~~this ~~the~~Current ~~Company’s~~Report ~~current~~on ~~President~~Form ~~(the~~8-K ~~“Agreement”)~~as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The ~~Agreement~~information ~~amends~~included ~~and restates~~ in ~~its~~Item ~~entirety~~7.01 ~~the~~“Regulation ~~employment~~FD ~~agreement,~~Disclosure” ~~dated~~of asthis ofCurrent ~~March~~Report 1,on ~~2016,~~Form by8-K ~~and~~is ~~between~~being ~~Burford~~furnished and ~~Ms.~~shall ~~Will.~~not ~~Pursuant~~be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the ~~Agreement,~~Securities onExchange ~~March~~Act 11of 1934, ~~2026~~as amended (the “~~Effective~~Exchange ~~Date~~Act”), ~~Ms.~~or ~~Will~~otherwise ~~will~~subject ~~cease~~to ~~serving~~the asliabilities ~~President~~of ~~and~~Section ~~will~~18 ~~instead~~of ~~serve~~the inExchange Act, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the ~~role~~Securities Act of ~~Vice~~1933, ~~Chair~~as ~~and~~amended ~~will~~(the no“Securities ~~longer~~Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as shall be anexpressly ~~executive~~set ~~officer~~forth ofby ~~the~~specific ~~Company~~reference in such a filing.

~~Unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms, the Agreement provides for an initial two~~Forward-~~year~~Looking term beginning on the Effective Date, during which Ms. Will will receive an annual base salary of $1,000,000 and be eligible to participate in the Company’s employee benefit plans. Ms. Will will also receive (i) a one-time cash retention payment in the amount of $1,762,984.88, (ii) a one-time grant of restricted share units (“RSUs”) in the amount of $300,000, (iii) an additional one-time grant of 4,240 RSUs and (iv) a grant of carried interest for the 2025 vintage year at the same level as Ms. Will received for the 2024 vintage year.Statements

~~The~~This ~~Agreement~~Current ~~provides~~Report on Form 8-K may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provided for under these sections. In some cases, ~~subject~~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 Msidentify forward-looking statements. ~~Will’s~~Although ~~execution~~the Company believes that the assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions and ~~non~~beliefs about future results and events reflected in forward-~~revocation~~looking ofstatements have a ~~general~~reasonable ~~release~~basis ofand ~~claims,~~are expressed in ~~the~~good ~~event~~faith, ~~that~~forward-looking ~~Ms.~~statements ~~Will’s~~involve ~~employment~~known isand ~~terminated~~unknown ~~(i)~~risks, byuncertainties and other factors, which could cause the Company’s ~~without~~actual ~~“cause”~~results and events to differ materially from (asand ~~defined~~be inmore ~~the~~negative ~~Agreement~~than) future results and events expressed, ~~she~~projected ~~will~~or beimplied ~~entitled~~by these forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause future results and events to ~~receive~~differ ainclude, ~~cash~~among ~~amount~~others, ~~equal~~(i) uncertainty relating to adverse litigation outcomes and the ~~greater~~timing of resolution of litigation matters and (xii) ~~continued~~those ~~base~~discussed ~~salary~~in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the ~~remainder~~year ofended December 31, 2025 filed with the ~~initial~~US ~~term~~Securities and ~~(y)~~Exchange $1Commission on February 26,~~000,000~~ 2026. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and ~~(ii)~~should ~~for~~be ~~any~~read ~~reason,~~in ~~twelve~~conjunction ~~months~~with ofthe ~~continued~~other ~~health~~cautionary ~~coverage~~statements ~~under~~contained in the periodic and current reports that the Company’s ~~group~~files ~~health~~with ~~insurance~~or furnishes to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The ~~Agreement~~forward-looking ~~also~~statements ~~contains~~speak ~~perpetual~~only ~~confidentiality~~as ~~and~~of ~~non-disparagement~~the ~~covenants~~date ~~and~~of ~~one-year~~this ~~post-employment~~press ~~non-competition~~release and, ~~non~~except as required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-~~solicitation~~looking ~~covenants~~statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The foregoing summary of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.						Description
10.1						Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2026, by and between Burford Capital LLC and Aviva Will.
99.1						Press release, dated March 27, 2026.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED

By:									/s/ Mark N. Klein
									Name: Mark N. Klein
									Title: General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer

Date: March 627, 2026

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